The House of Hades

Lightning-McLean

Piper

Piper was in shock.

Hazel was gone.

According to Frank, she had been pulled into the ocean by vines. No one knew where the vines cam from either. Hazel had been pulled away before Frank could pull her up.

He had transformed into a shark to try and find her, but she was no where to be found.

It seemed odd that Leo didn't talk about it, as he was there too. In fact, it was just odd that Leo was talking, considering his ADHD.

The demigods, not including Leo, who was steering, gathered in the mess hall. Tomorrow, Piper would go off alone in Crete.

To fight Jason.

Alone.

Jason, a big achient greek jerk to women, appearently.

Frank solemly bit into his hamburger. They had all skipped breakfast from worry.

Enter Coach Hedge. He stole the seat Percy usually sat in. "So, Levesque.....whatta we gonna do about her?" He said with a mouth full of celery.

Jason stared at his pizza slice as though it might attack. "We'll......we can look for her when PIper leaves tomorrow."

"What about Di Angelo?"

"We'll look for him too." Jason said, finally taking a bite of his pizza. Call her crazy, but Piper thought about Percy when she saw Jason eating pizza. He didn't eat like Percy did, of course, no one could chow down that fast, but Jason didn't even like pizza that much......

"Jason, why are you eating pizza?"

Jason looked confused. "I'm hungry."

Piper glanced at her own lunch, a fruit salad. "You don't like pizza though, you told me that one time at camp when it was Annabeth's birthday and-"

"It reminds me of Percy, okay?" Jason was bushing furiously.

Frank stared at him, mid-chew.

"I didn't get to hang out with him that long, and I'm technacaly his cousin so that's weird and I feel bad for when we were in Kansas and the Eioldans took us and made us-"

Piper stopped him with a kiss on the cheek.

"Hold it there, Lightning McLean!" Coach Hedge looked like he was about to get his bat.

Jason raised an eyebrow. "Lightning McLean?"

"Yes!" The Coach said defensively. "Now stay here while I get my bat!" He ran off. 

Jason and PIper exhchanged a look, and ran to the deck.

It was pouring rain as they laughed.

"You," Jason said with a smile. "Are one dangerous girl."

They kissed. Piper had always wanted it- A kiss in the pouring rain, like in the movies.

Sure, she was a tomboy. But she was also a daughter of Aphrodite.

And she was really insecure about relationships too.

He r and Jason had been rocky for awhile know, and his doing this showed he still liked her.

Lightning McLean. Not bad.

She figured her mom would approve, or at least sigh lovingly.

"Ew." Leo appeared beside them, a disgusted look on his face. 

Piper sometimes really felt bad for Leo. With the whole Hazel Frank debocile, and his mom eatng up his guilt, he worying about appearently being the seventh wheel, being always left out....

It just didn't seem fair to Piper.

Piper laughed. "Something wong with kissing, Valdez?" She pecked him on the cheek, hoping for a smile from one of her best friends.

Leo's face just drew more solid. "Guys, maybe I should tell you......" He trailed off as the ship's alarm blared.

Prepare yourself, Piper McLean. You are about to get killed. 

"Who said that?" She demanded. Jason and Leo looked confused.

Frank and Hedge, weapons at the ready, charged up the stairs. "What's going on?" Frank demanded, his arrow loaded.

Piper noticed something new about him. He seemed slightly more confident and happy, as though he had just been kissed. Weird.

"Something's attacking!" Leo yelled while running to the helm.

"No duh!" Frank yelled back.

Piper drew her dagger as Jason's sword appeared in his hand. The rain made it hard to tell, but Piper thought she saw the form of something familiar appearing at the side of the ship....

"Turtle!" She shouted.

"What?" Jason looked at her like she was crazy.

"Giant turtle!" Piper corrected, pointing at the shape.

The turtle was three times the size of the ship. It looked just like a regagular snapping turtle......except bigger.

"Oh." Jason squeaked weakly.

Good luck, daughter of love. I hope you survive. I still need a female sacrifice, and the daughter of Athena will no longer be available, soon enough. And the son of Poseidon....

Shut up! Piper yelled in her head. I don't know who the heck you are, but you are getting in my way of killing a turtle!

It seemed to work. The voice shut up.

But Piper couldn't help but wonder who it was. She ran through a list of godly people who didn't like her, and within seconds she hit realization.

Right when the turtle fin slammed into her.

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So yeah. This seems pretty long too, so that's good. Finally getting more then one page.

Anyway, what ship do you guys want advertised in the next chapter? Just tell me and I'll put it in! (:

 And seriously, I am getting huuuuuuuuuuuuge writers block, and I need ideas!!! HELP!!

Like, tell me a joke I could use for Leo, or an idea for something in Tartarus, anythinggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg, will help.

Anywhosies,

BYE!!!!

(By the way......

This chappie is dedicated to iovepinecones because I can. So yeah.

I OWN NOTHING, KINDA IN A WAY! )