purpledemigod

over a year ago: =) Sounds great so far! You're a really good writer.

over a year ago: CHAPTER 8

"Jason's back!"
"Jason's back?"
"Yes, Jason's back!"
"Oh my gods, Jason's back!"
"Why are you guys talking about someone's back?" Percy called out as he walked closer to Bobby and a group of other demigods.
Bobby grinned. "Not back as in the body part, but as in... returned. Jason, praetor of the First Legion, is back!"
Percy still didn't really understand the whole legion and praetor thing, but he understood that if you were a praetor of a legion, you were pretty high up on the Camp Jupiter popularity list.
"Where'd he go?" Percy asked, curious to hear more about the Jason that everyone mentioned all the time. He couldn't imagine what it would be like to be a demigod camp's number one awesome guy.
"No one knows, but we'll find out soon enough," Bobby said. "He'll be arriving at the highway tunnel entrance of the camp."
The whole group stampeded away at his words in the direction that Percy assumed was the tunnel entrance. Bobby grabbed Percy's arm and pulled him in the opposite direction.
"Where are you going?" Percy protested. "I want to meet Jason!"
"I was lying," Bobby said. "Lupa went for the beach. I'm sure they are there now."
Percy nodded and jogged with him. They were just reaching the trees when they literally ran into Reyna.
"Ah!" Reyna cried out, falling onto her back. "Watch out."
Percy leaped to his feet and helped her up as she wiped her eyes. Percy could see that she was crying, and he could also hear it in her voice. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, it was just a little fall," she said quickly.
Percy shook his head patiently. Behind him, he heard Bobby curse and struggle to stand. "That's not what I meant. Don't deny it; I can see the tears on your face. What happened?"
Bobby went to stand beside him, slightly limping. "What? Reyna! What's wrong?" He quickly added, "Percy, promise that you'll never repeat anything about this to anyone."
"I swear on the River Styx that no one will hear about this," Percy said simply.
The sky rumbled. Somehow, Percy wasn't surprised to hear it.
"Thanks," Reyna sniffed, cutting Bobby off before he could repeat the oath. "Bobby, I trust you. You don't need to promise on the River."
Bobby bowed slightly. "I am honored that you trust me so much." His voice was uncertain as if he was not used to the formality.
To Bobby's obvious surprise, Reyna sat down hard onto a rock, clearly disappointed. "Oh, so now you act respectful. All those times you treated me with nothing but the respect of a friend, and now you're 'honored by my trust'!"
Bobby blinked. "So..."
She huffed impatiently, but tears still streamed from her brown eyes. Reyna said, "Treat me the way you always treated me. As a friend." With a sigh, she added quietly, "At least friends always stay loyal."
Bobby expression was confused and a bit horrified at the same time; he obviously had no idea what to with this new, sad, Reyna.
"What happened?" Percy asked again. He didn't understand what exactly she was talking about, but he knew enough to feel incredibly sorry for her.
She whispered, "Jason's back..."
"So I've heard," Percy grumbled, remembering how those two words had been shouted endlessly just minutes earlier.
"With him there were... new recruits, and there was this one girl, Piper, and..." She sobbed for another second, and pulled herself together a bit. "Jason likes her," she whispered. "And she likes Jason. Jason doesn't seem to remember me."
Percy felt cold. "That's odd."
Bobby frowned, seeming to share his thoughts. "Who else was with Jason?" he pressed.
Reyna struggled to remember, as if she was also suffering from amnesia. "There were others named... Leo, uh, Kya... Peter, Henry... Annabeth. And of course, you know Piper."
Annabeth. Percy was chilled to the bone, and there was a sharp, piercing pain between his eyes. He doubled over with a gasp.
"Percy! Are you remembering something again?" Bobby asked with concern.
"He does that when he remembers?" Reyna frowned, confused. "That's strange."
Recovering, Percy straightened. "Yeah, it's strange," he panted. Turning to Bobby, who looked at him expectantly, he said, "I think there was someone in my past named Annabeth."
"Describe this Annabeth," Bobby demanded to Reyna, his eyes blazing with something like excitement, as if he was on the verge of a major breakthrough. Then again, he was.
Percy was sure that this name, Annabeth, was a big part of his past. If he could just remember her...
"I didn't really notice, but I think she was a blonde," she muttered.
"Sound familiar?" Bobby asked Percy.
Percy nodded uncertainly. "Kind of." He didn't see how this was helping. It was probably a different Annabeth, anyways. There was no way that the Annabeth hidden in his memories was actually on the beach a kilometer away. Percy was sure that the girl he barely knew could be anywhere in the world. The chances of her being on that beach would be one in a million.
Reyna perked up, as if remembering something else. "Oh, and they were all wearing the same orange shirt as Percy wore."
Percy slowly looked down at his shirt, as did Bobby and Reyna. Looking carefully, he saw a horse with wings, and letters that were definitely not English. Strangely, he recognized them. It was Greek. And he knew what they said. "Camp Half-Blood."

over a year ago: Is there anyone interested in a Warriors roleplaying site? If you like roleplaying, but you're too busy with school right now to be bothered with this, that's fine because we're on vacation, and the site is... 'moving'. If anyone's interested, post a message here, and when it's open, I will post the URL here. And I know the next chapter is long overdue. It will be done soon.

over a year ago: Just found out that she's apparently "the ultimate horse whisperer". So far, this is what I know: manipulates dirt, gets seasick, named after a tree/color, is good with horses, is the daughter of a god well known to fans...

over a year ago: Really? He said that? =/ I wonder who it is...

over a year ago: Hades?

over a year ago: Now you get to see what Piper thinks of Reyna.

CHAPTER 8
Piper

Piper stepped off the ladder and turned, saying, "Jason!" As soon as she saw him, she ran towards him, only to skid to a halt as she noticed the girl standing a few millimeters away from him. She had a very faint tan, and dark brown eyes the same color as her wavy hair. No doubt, she was beautiful, but her eyes were hard and cold. And locked onto Piper's face. Piper stared back defiantly. The girl's eyes blazed into her, as if to say, Back off.
Piper hesitated before looking down at the sparkling sand.
Jason introduced them to each other awkwardly. "Er, Reyna, meet Piper, daughter of Aphrodite - uh, I mean Venus. Piper, meet Reyna, daughter of Ar - Mars, god of war."
Reyna turned her freezing gaze back to Piper. "Hello, Piper," she said icily. Her resentment was so strong, Piper almost wanted to cower behind Jason. But she was Piper McLean, daughter of a movie star and a goddess. She would not back down. On the other hand, she was not going to cause trouble, especially not here.
Reyna asked Jason, "Aphrodite? What's with the Greek names, Jason?"
"Um..." Jason seemed reluctant to mention that he had adapted to the Greek names of the gods after he went to Camp Half-Blood. The enemy.
Piper tuned out and looked around, and a peculiar lighthouse caught her eyes. The tower was white, except for the room at the top, where the big light was. It glittered like real gold. On top, a purple flag waved, though Piper sensed no wind.
She turned and saw Annabeth and Kya standing in front of a great silver she-wolf.
She gasped. "Why is there a wolf? Is that Lupa?" Her eyes stayed glued to the wolf, not noticing that Reyna and Jason were chatting.
"Yeah, that's Lupa. She's kinda like a Chiron for the Roman camp."
Piper eyed Lupa warily. "Is she friendly?" She did not like the idea of getting snapped up by a magical wolf.
Jason hesitated. "Well, I guess... I mean, if you're not wea-"
"I'll just go meet them myself," Reyna interrupted.
Piper blinked in confusion. Who was she meeting?
Jason reached out to grab her arm as she began to walk towards Lupa. "Reyna, wait," he pleaded.
Reyna tried to pull her arm away. "Jason, let go," she said, her voice tinged with exasperation.
"Listen, Reyna," he said, not letting go. "A few months ago, I woke up on a bus with no memory."
Reyna pointed out, "But you remember me now." Her voice was too soft for Piper to determine if it was a question or a statement.
"Yes, but-"
Trembling, she demanded, "But you don't remember what we meant to each other, do you?" She paused. "If you did, you wouldn't have found yourself a new girlfriend!" Shock pulsed through Piper as Reyna's accusing finger thrust itself at her.
Jason shook his head, his eyes full of pain. "No, Reyna, you don't understa-"
"I do understand," she interrupted, ice and venom in her voice. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to return to my Legion, because I care about the ones I grew up with."
Whirling around, Reyna disappeared into the forest.
Piper felt horrible. Was it her fault?
"Gods, I always mess up other people's lives," she whispered. First she endangered her father's life, then she nearly got Leo and Jason killed on the quest, and now she was breaking up a not-so-happy couple. Now she also remembered how she jabbed out her Uncle Richard's eye with some pipes when she was five. Grandpa Tom had wanted to see if she would be able to play what she was named for. That was the last time he gave her anything until she was eleven, which was the year he died. She began climbing the ladder to go back onto the ship, but Jason grabbed her arm.
"Piper, don't you leave me too," he said desperately.
"Who do you like?" she said, instantly regretting making him choose.
Jason looked confused. "Piper, I don't know... I... I've been with Reyna for a long time, and I know that I love her, even if I can barely remember her. I'm not sure what to say about that. But I like you too. I-I'm just really confused right now. I'll... get down, please."
Piper reluctantly stepped off, and Jason brushed past her, climbing the ladder and disappearing over the edge of the ship.
Piper sat down on the sand and put her head in her hands. My fears came true. Jason has a girlfriend. She sighed as the words of Aphrodite came back to her. You can see possibilities.
She muttered aloud, "Well, what good is that? The 'possibility' that Jason will end up with me is equal to the possibility that he will be with Reyna again."
Ce n'est pas vrai (This is not true), my dear Piper, a familiar voice trilled in her mind.
Mother? Piper thought. What are you doing?
Aphrodite sniffed. What do you think? Reapplying my makeup while disobeying Zeus's orders to have no contact with the mortal world. Oh, this lipstick looked so much better on the ad. I'll have to say that I'm quite disappointed.
What were you saying earlier?
I suppose you don't mean the part about disobeying Zeus's orders. I will not have a daughter of mine lose a worthy boy to competition. I will do whatever is necessary to make sure Jason will stand by your side.
But what about Reyna?
Piper, love is as fair as life. In other words, there is always going to be a broken heart. This case is no different.
But I don't want him to want me because you made him want me.
Oh my, Zeus is beginning to suspect. I must go. I'll return when you get your priorities figured out. You've got to think: only one of you can have Jason. Who would you rather have standing beside him?

over a year ago: =) Okay thanks!! And unfortunately, posting might have to wait for tomorrow.

over a year ago: Just to clear things up, Mothstar and Blazeheart are mates, with Specklestep as their daughter. Waterbelly is Blazeheart's brother, who enjoys his special treatment a lot more than Blazeheart, who tried to hide her displeasure (and often fails, despite her patient nature). I think the next chapter should be out soon...

over a year ago: Smart. Giving out the name of your school when you only needed to type the first letter. It's not just Dawnmist and other people who want to know their warrior name that could see this forum. Dawnmist, what is my warrior name?