It's nearly Christmas! Christmas eve and I can't wait for tomorrow to come, obviously it's because I want to see my siblings open the presents I bought mostly. Nothing I particularly want that I can think of so it should be a surprise. Happy Christmas to everyone!

Anyway here's the next chapter and I'm happy with it though there's so many other ways a meeting could go. Maybe at some point I'll write a companion piece one shot of other ways it could happen. Review about it if you like the idea. So hope you like this chapter anyway!

Kill sters first, talk later I thought. Of course I seemed to kill monsters every day; it was nothing new whereas my conversations with men I didn't dislike were shamefully few. I really wasn't fully aware of the danger these monsters posed with my thoughts on the boy running up to me.

"He's a demigod, you guard him while I distract the monsters," I said to Frank with my eyes on said demigod.

He nodded and gestured for Percy to follow him in and I managed to refocus on the monsters - nasty reptilian gorgons who treated my arrows like mere annoyances. I'd almost never seen such a lack of reaction to them.

Of course it was easy to see why - I shot a fire bolt at one of them, causing them to disintegrate. Then before it had disappeared it was already reforming, alarmingly quickly. Percy and Frank had by now made it through the tunnel and I could see this would be an endless fight if I were to continue like this. So, swinging my sword around wildly I retreated into the tunnel. The pair weren't yet confident enough to ignore my weapon completely and the tunnel wasn't very wide so I was stalling their approach.

Soon I was on the other side and a few blue arrows blossomed in one of the monster's chest - Louise presumably. Percy and Frank were standing in the river, Percy still carrying the disguised goddess. Now that they had enough space, the gorgons made a wild dash into the river as well. I was angry that they'd succeeded in somehow getting past me and shot some bolts of fire at both of them.

This was ridiculous, we were completely crushing the monsters but they were advancing anyway. Now Frank was fighting them, I was moving to find a clearer shot to use more fire as it was vastly superior to arrows at this moment though I had to avoid hitting Frank.

Suddenly giant hands made of river water grabbed the gorgons and literally ripped them apart and the vicious river prevented them from reforming. I looked up, it was Percy. He seemed to know what he was doing.

I was running over to him when the goddess decided to announce herself. As was custom, I made a sweeping bow, not that she was watching me. "Juno." Her name was being murmured throughout the crowd of campers who had gathered to watch the Percy's entrance. And it was an entertaining entrance.

They were stunned but knelt respectfully. Naturally Percy didn't bother - good to know he acted somewhat disrespectfully to just about every god or goddess he met, not just Ares and Artemis.

"Juno huh? If I passed your test can I have my memory and my life back?" Percy asked the goddess, blunt and straight to the point. I had expected that he wouldn't have any memories but it was still such a shame.

Hera - Juno - smirked at him - I sensed they they hadn't got on at all well in the past and she was enjoying messing with him. Quite cruel after presumably stealing his memories and teleporting him to the ordered Roman camp. I wondered if she was responsible for my placement here too.

"In time Percy Jackson if you succeed at camp. You've done well today which is a good start, perhaps there's hope for you yet," she said before addressing everyone gathered.

"Romans I present to you the son of Neptune. For months he has been slumbering but now he's awake. His fate is in your hands. The feast of fortune approaches quickly and death must be unleashed if you are to stand any hope in battle. Do not fail me!" Juno said this grandly before simply disappearing.

I tried to memorise everything she said, so much information at once after waiting for so long. It seemed that it would be our mission to free death after all. And there would be a battle in a few short days - an important one.

Percy was still standing in the river with a dazed look on his face. Many campers were staring at him, even Reyna though she had an unreadable expression on her face. I couldn't guess what was on her mind. So I walked through the river too and stood next to him.

He glanced at me and gave a small smile but there was no recognition in those eyes. He had no idea who I was and probably didn't know who he himself was either. Still, I silently led him forward and Reyna looked at me warily but then lost interest and focused on Percy. Reyna then led him over to her quarters while I stayed where I was.

I felt uneasy. People around me were talking, walking around losing interest in the scene that had just taken place here. But I watched Percy and Reyna's retreating figures, stared at them without moving. This was too much. I felt a urge to be noticed, to get them to take an interest in me. Why couldn't he remember? Couldn't recall who I was?

Anger was bad. But I didn't care at this moment in time. Hiding was boring, I needed to amazing, to be unforgettable. How long had I been waiting for Percy to arrive, for him to take no notice of me?

"Zoe, are you alright?" Frank. He had been watching me stew, he cared about me for some strange reason.

"I'm in the mood for a fight! I declared suddenly. "Who's the best fighter in the camp?"

Frank considered the question carefully, understanding that I was in a strange mood but considerate enough not to ask about it. "Mostly we fight in teams but I hear Reyna is very good, there's also done rumours about Nico being deadly but I'm not sure about that. Were you wanting to challenge the guy who just arrived though? Percy Jackson?" Frank listed off ignoring the renowned campers that'd I'd already beaten.

The hunt had been a constant fight. Well it hadn't seemed like it with all the tracking and scouting but you were always in risky situations with unlikely allies. Here it was mostly only war games aside from the gate which wasn't even attacked that frequently. So on occasion I would challenge some of the tougher campers to fights purely for fun. Not that those gorgons hadn't been a plenty dangerous fight but I hadn't even had the pleasure of defeating them myself.

We walked along, considering the pros and cons of challenging Reyna. Being Preator she could not afford to lose and would probably make life more difficult for me just for the challenge. Frank was great to have along seemingly knowing everything there was to know about being a Roman.

We were passing Reyna's study when Percy came out and I was told to take him to see Octavian to see if he was eligible to join the legion. Suddenly Frank was gone, replaced by the uncertain Percy. I could only hope he would regain his memories quickly.

"Octavian works with prophecies, he will judge whether you are allowed to join the legion," I said for want of a more interesting topic.

Percy nodded looking at everything with a lost expression. "So, is he kinda like an Oracle or something?"

I couldn't help but smile. "If only. I fear the future is far from clear even with his rather brutal methods," I replied, pleased he would recall something like that.

Percy could only nod, out of his depth in this strange and unfamiliar place. It was then the spirits started murmuring, expressing unease about Percy's presence. They weren't even troubling to keep their voices down.

"Are they calling me Greggus? My name's not Greg," Percy commented.

"They're calling you a Greek, Graecus, and intending it as an insult but that's idiotic, you have some sort of Greek heritage - I'd be proud of it," I snarled, these ghosts were making my blood boil. They hadn't even said that to me when I arrived!

"Wait, so there's Greeks and Romans?" Percy asked, anxious to understand.

"The gods, which are our parents and ancestors, lived in both Greece and Rome therefore they have Greek and Roman aspects - there's something Greek about you that upsets the spirits."

"That's cool, wouldn't have imagined something like that," Percy said, there was a note of relief in his voice. Not quite so lost.

That's it for now, any comments? Did it sound okay/horrible completely out of character in every way, sense and form? Hera's lines are the same as in the novel. No reason to change them.

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