mermaids are real (jiper fanfic)

Ceremony

Piper dressed in her best furs and shells. She had Annabeth do her face paint. She examined her self in the reflection on the lake. All she was missing was the feathers in her hairband. She already had feathers and beads in her hair. All she needed was two more feathers. She looked went back to her tent and dug though her small wicker basket of jewelry.  Finally she found...dove feathers? Nope. She kept digging before she found two blue feathers. She rucked them into her headband and waited.
    As soon as eve came upon the camp a large bonfire had been lit. The Healer Named Apollo did what the pale would call a 'sonnet' he wasn't very good at it. The the dance around the bonfire began. She joined all the dances and the yelling. The smoke floated into the sky towards the stars and to the spirits that fed off our spirit and prayers. Little kids played games and the elderly beat on the drums and chatter among themselfs. the chief (her father) watched like a alpha looking out for his pack. It was a time of freedom and was a distraction from our hardships. That was all until the sound of a carriage pulled up.
   
    The drums fell silent. The children his behind their mothers. The chief seemed unhappy with this intrusion. It was silent as the door remained silent. Slowly the door opened. The first thing you could see was the hem of a purple lacy dress. With ruffles and bows. Then a white glove hand appeared. Finally the most beautiful woman piper had ever seen had appeared. She had blonde hair that was pinned up and a large purple hat. The thing that took piper most of guard was her changing eye color. Eyes that couldn't understand what color they wanted to be. The chief seemed as if he would fall to his knees And cry, but he didn't. They spoke a few words then went to his tent.
       It was pipers mother.