heroes of olympus

JASON

brace yourself. this chapter has a cliffhanger about... you know what? in not going to tell you. read and find out bwahahaha

Piper's father's car was easy to drive, after all, it was the car he'd done his driving course in. The drive was a quiet one, mainly because it was six in the morning and Jason couldn't think of anything to say. Or at least, anything that would be appropriate for the occasion.

Luckily Jason had other things on his mind that wasn't small talk. He was mainly trying to concentrate on the road and vanquish the thought that he should have put makeup on in the morning. Every time Jason forced himself to think that he was not a girl, but a boy, his mind would reply with mascara or some other kind of makeup. How did girls put up with it? Feeling that they needed to look their best or people wouldn't like them?

As Jason shifted in his seat he felt something in his back pocket... the note. He was sure that he hadn't put that in one of the pockets of the jeans. Perhaps it appeared with him wherever he went in whatever he wore, kind of like Percy's sword. Except a sword was useful, who needs a note?

It was three in the afternoon when Jason and Piper arrived at camp. Deciding that they still had a considerable amount of time left they decided to take a walk along the beach. As they were heading towards the sand a voice behind them called out

"Hey you!" It was Chiron. He trotted up to them once they had stopped walking. He studied their faces. "Hmmm" Chiron murmured as he looked at Jason's glasses. "I wonder..." He pointed at them. "Jason, Piper, follow me" Chiron said as he walked towards the big house.

"How did you know it was us?" Piper asked as they sat in the big house. "Jason's glasses gave it away." Chiron replied. "How?" Jason asked feeling self-conscious about his glasses. "Down in the very corner of the glasses is a sign of a staff with one snake curled around it. The only possible way to collect such glasses is to get them from the god Asclepius himself, and the only person I know that has done that is" he spread his arms out "Jason Grace."

"I've called the rest of the seven for a meeting here at four, do you want to come?" Jason asked, thinking it may be a good idea to have his thoughts on the topic. The electric sign on the front on the door blinked. Suddenly the words 'never give up' was replaced with 'ALL DA LADIES LUV LEO' and the door flew open. In burst Leo, grinning like a madman followed closely by Calypso, girl Percy and Frank, and boy Annabeth and Hazel.

Jason marveled at how much everyone had changed. Frank had a straight fringe and hair that went down three-quarters of his neck, which made him look kind of like a pudgy Asian girl. Annabeth had short hair much like Jason had when he was a boy and her storm-grey eyes had turned from storm; to raging thunderstorm. He already knew about Percy.

Hazel had dark, frizzy hair, which combined with her golden eyes made her look older and much more clarified. Leo was, well, Leo, and Calypso, not being one of the seven, was herself as well. "It's not four yet but seeing as though everyone's here, should we start?" Chiron asked.

Jason started Off the meeting by clearing his throat and saying "Um, I guess you all know why we're here. Most of us here have had a great, ah, inconvenience and I would like to tell you all how I think it may have happened, and how I may have made it happen." That caused a lot of murmuring.

"Yesterday I was going for a jog in the park when out of the bushes came a wisp of mist that took on the form of a man. The man had a blue suit on and eyes that looked like a storm was inside them. As I raised my sword to send him to Tartarus he whispered in my ear and said without moving his lips that if I use any aggression on him the seven would wake up to a nasty surprise. By then it was too late for me to stop the swing. My sword passed straight through him and he laughed. He said he was made from the essence of Jupiter, and that he couldn't be killed. The man then turned back into mist and was whisked away by the wind. He said his name was genus PERMUTO, which is gender swap, in Latin."

Jason lowered his gaze, shamefully, as his blonde hair swung next to his face. "Jason, we don't blame you for what happened." Hazel said "Any one of us would have done the same thing, had we been in that position." Everyone else nodded their heads in assent. The note grew heavy in Jason's pocket, as if signaling that its content was important to this conversation.

"I found a note on my bed this morning." Jason said, "I haven't read it yet but I feel it will give us a clue about what to do next." Jason drew the note out from his pocket and laid it on the ping-pong table everyone surrounded. Almost instantly a holographic image flickered to life above it.

"that's him" Jason said, and indeed, the holographic image was an image of the man made of mist. "Hopefully all of the seven are gathered right now because this is the only time you will ever be able to hear what has happened." The holograph said "Zeus has been captured and is being held hostage at the entrance to death. Mount Olympus is in havoc. I am made from the essence of Zeus and Jupiter so I can't be killed.

Also, to reverse your ah, little problem, Jason has the remedy in his pocket and it needs to be taken before midnight tomorrow night or the spell will be permanent. To make SOME sort of peace on Olympus the son of the king will be taken to fulfill Zeus's place for the while. Finally, the potion will only work if Zeus is back on Olympus while Jason is. Say goodbye Jason" The Holograph disappeared.

"Jason, look at your feet" Annabeth said fearfully. Jason looked down and almost jumped out if his skin. His feet were surrounded by mist. No, not surrounded by mist. He thought. They were the mist. The mist creeped up his body, getting faster as it went. Jason couldn't feel up to his chest. This is a stupid way to die, Jason thought as the mist covered over his head and launched him up to the clouds.