I told her about the camp from the lake and the volleyball court to the archery station and the cabins. We walked up the hill so she could get a better view of her surroundings. She looked around looking amazed and confused. "Mortals can't see the valley and as you can see each cabin represents a Greek god or goddess and this is really the only place a demigod like you or me can be safe". I informed her. I looked at her trying to see if I was going too fast or something and she eventually asked "so you're saying mom was a goddess?". I smiled and said "you're taking this better than most". Piper took a sharp breath and said "well after this morning I guess it's not that hard to believe,who's my mom?". "Hopefully we'll know by the campfire tonight" I said. "You're what 15 usually the gods are supposed to claim you when you turn 13 that's the deal" I said gruffly. "The deal?" Piper looked confused. "They made a promise last summer that they would not ignore their demigod children anymore and that they would claim them when they turn 13…" I paused because I knew if I kept going I would start yelling. "Well why am I not claimed already?" Piper asked. I knew I was getting visibly angry but I still blurted out "your mom probably doesn't care much about you or something" I said angrily. "Gee thanks" Piper said looking pissed. I took a deep breath and said "I'm sorry it's just that I'm like you" I said. "You haven't been claimed?" Piper said, confused. "Nah I haven't, I don't even know if my godly parent is a god or a goddess" I said annoyed. "Why not?" Piper asked. "I'm adopted I guess you could say" I said. "Oh okay" Piper said. "Sorry for laying this on you, let's change the subject" I said. "Oh one very important thing" I said suddenly remembering. "The older you get," I said, "the more monsters notice you, try to kill you. 'Round thirteen is usually when it starts. That's why we send
Satyrs in the schools to find you guys, get you to camp before a monster finds you."
"Like Coach Hedge?" Piper asked. I paused and said "he was a satyr half man half goat their kinda our main way of getting new campers" I said . "What happened to him?" she asked. "When we went up into the clouds, did he ... is he gone for good?". "Maybe not,from what I've heard coach hedge was a real tough guy he could've gotten away from the storm spirits or he may have been taken alive" I reassured her. "If he did..you know what would happen?" Piper asked. "Well when satyrs die they reincarnate as plants or something like that" I said
She tucked her hands under her arms and
I immediately understood and was about to pat her shoulder when I refrained from it because I didn't want to weird her out. "I'm sorry" I said. She looked over to the cabins and looked to be in deep thought and looked worried. "Hey don't worry you'll find brothers and sisters and friends and we all know what you're going through" I said, deciding to just go and pat her on the shoulder which she didn't seem to mind. "I've been kicked out of five different schools the past five years," she said. "My dad's running out of places to put me." "Only five?" I said laughing. "Piper we've all been seen as nothing more than thugs heck my dad actually made me go to camp he couldn't find anyone else to take me" I said. Piper turned around and looked shocked. "He made you go?" She asked, shocked. "Yeah but I can hardly blame him, he was just trying to help me!" I said. I said "how'd you get kicked out of those schools?" I asked. Piper still looked shocked but she quickly snapped out of it and said "I steal stuff". "Why? isn't your dad the big movie star" I said chuckling. Piper gasped and started coughing madly. "How'd you know that?!" Piper asked, almost looking scared. "I'm a really big fan of your dad's movies and I bought I guess a paparazzi magazine and it said that they had a picture of Tristan McLeans daughter so I bought it and I saw the picture" I said laughing. "Oh my god yeah my dad was furious at that magazine he got the guy who took the picture fined a lot of money and they stopped selling the magazine" Piper said. "Please don't tell anyone" Piper begged. "Hey I won't tell anyone but people are going to find out,I mean there's this one guy in the Aphrodite cabin who's obsessed with your dad won't shut up about his as…" I said. "No need to finish that" Piper said, now looking grossed out. "So given the stealing thing I would assume you're a daughter of Hermes god of thieves" I said. "I don't steal anything!" Piper said angrily. "Well then what do you do?" I was confused. Well ... nobody ever believes me. The police, teachers, even the people I took stuff from: they're so embarrassed, they'll deny what happened. But
The truth is, I don't steal anything. I just ask people for things. And they give me stuff. Even a BMW convertible. I just asked. And the dealer said, 'Sure.
Take it.' Later, he realized what he'd done, I guess. Then the police came after me." Piper explained. She looked up at me I guess trying to see if I thought she was lying. "Hmm Hermes kids can do that kinda thing but your dad is obviously mortal" I said. "So you believe me?" She asked. "This may surprise you but what you just said isn't the most unbelievable thing I've heard" I said laughing. Piper laughed as well. I then remembered what Annabeth told me to do and stopped laughing. "So how long has Percy been gone?" Piper asked. "About three days" I said solemnly. "And you've got no idea what happened to him?" Piper asked. "Nah he just up and disappeared" I said. "How long has Annabeth and Percy been together?" Piper asked. "A couple of weeks before I got here umm around August" I said. "Wait a second you got here 5 months ago?" Piper asked, confused. "Yeah thankfully my godly parent must be pretty minor otherwise a monster would've found me by now" I said. "Wait did Percy and Annabeth get together on August 18?" Piper asked. I snapped my fingers remembering and said "that's right! "Almost exactly when I met Jason," Piper said. "But we've only been together a few weeks." I winced and said "you might want to sit down" I said. "Why?" Piper said. "Annabeth told me what happened with everything at the Grand Canyon and about what you said" I said. "Look, I know Jason thought he thought he
just appeared at our school today. But that's not true. I've known him for four months. Piper panicked. "Piper, that was because of the mist," I said sadly. "Missed ... what?" Piper asked. "M-i-s-t." I said. "It's kinda like a forcefield that makes it so mortals can't see magic,like mortals can't see the valley even if it was right in front of it" I explained. Piper swallowed. "No. Annabeth said I'm not a regular mortal. I'm a demigod.". "Even demigods can be affected by the mist. I've heard stories of monsters infiltrating schools making everyone think that they've always been there. The Mist can change memories, even create memories of things that never
happened" I tried to explain. "But Jason's not a monster!" Piper insisted. "He's a human guy, or demigod, or whatever you want to call him. My memories aren't fake. They're so
real. The time we set Coach Hedge's pants on fire. The time Jason and I watched a meteor shower on the dorm roof and I finally got the stupid guy to kiss
me..." Piper rambled. She started telling me about her entire semester at school where she met Jason and how she eventually kissed him under the stars and how that couldn't be fake. "Piper, your memories are very sharp but I'm sorry to say that if you know him so well…" I started to say. "I do!!" Piper yelled. "Then where is he from?" I asked. "He must have told me, but… " she started to say. "Piper, what's his last name?" I asked solemnly. At first Piper looked like she had been punched in the face and she started to cry. She sat down on the rock and just kept crying. I am not exactly sure what to do when a girl starts crying so I did what came to mind first. I patted her on her shoulder. I know I know not exactly the most comforting thing to do but I'm not exactly the expert in dealing with girls. "Hey don't worry we'll find out what happened and who knows it might work out between you two" I said. She brushed a tear from her cheek. "Annabeth told you to bring me up here so no one would see me blubbering, huh?" Piper said. I nodded and said "yeah she figured it would be quite a shock for you" I said. ""But I still can't believe ... I know we had something. And now it's just gone, like he doesn't even recognize me. If he really did just show up today, then
why? How'd he get there? Why can't he remember anything?" "Good questions hopefully Chiron knows but now we need to get you settled into camp" I said standing up. "Ready to head back down?" I asked. She hesitated and then eventually said "yeah I'm ready"