Constellations

Constellations: Chapter 7

Jason POV

I never expected for my first day back at Camp Jupiter, to start with an attack.

After Percy and Hazel came back, we all went to go find a place to sleep. Piper and Leo fell asleep pretty quickly, but I was up all night. It was just hard to close my eyes. Ever since the attack on Camp Half-Blood, I hadn't put my guard down. And after what happened that night, I was glad I was awake.

It hours after everyone had went to sleep, that I decided to go walk around. Thankfully, at Camp Jupiter, there aren't Harpies that will eat you if you're caught sneaking around. I walked down to the Little Tiber, where the entrance to camp is. Though I wasn't there when it happened, many of my old friends filled me in on the whole Percy Jackson and Juno thing. It honestly would have been pretty cool to see.

I have always been a little jealous of Percy, but I think everyone is at some point. Even though he has the worst luck, he still has his mom, and Poseidon seems to take actual interest in life. I know my dad tries to take interest, but he can't. Sometimes that can get you down.

I thought about this while I was sitting at the edge of the Tiber. I was just about to get up and leave when I saw a shadow pass by. I pulled out my sword, but didn't charge. I needed to make I know what I was dealing with.

I trudged through the river. If there really was a monster it would've already heard with all the noise I was making. When I finally got to the other side, a shadow passed by me again. I saw glowing yellow eyes. I moved closer. (A/N: Haha! I just remembered Jason can fly! Oops! Too late now!)

I didn't like what I saw, it was the same monster that destroyed Camp Half-Blood, but with yellow eyes. They weren't in the camp yet but they were close. I decided not engage just yet, because something through me off.

The creature was holding a hat, the same hat Annabeth received from her mom. If there was any chance Annabeth had been alive before, it was gone now. When the Athena cabin burned down, no one could find any remains, if Annabeth had been able to grab all of her stuff and escape, that hat proved these creatures had found her. And sadly, if an entire camp couldn't beat them, I doubted Annabeth could've on her own. That was it. Annabeth was dead.

I let that sink in before, I realized I could fly quickly back to camp. Most of the Greeks were sleeping in the Senate house.

I threw open the doors and yelled, "WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!"

Maybe not the best way to wake everyone up but it sure was effective! Everyone stood up quickly and ran outside.

I informed Percy what happened (Leaving out the whole Annabeth hat thing), and he ran to go wake up Reyna and Frank.

. . .

It was easy.

Too easy.

It was like they wanted us to win. I wouldn't be surprised if they did, though.

Once everyone got there you could see the army. It was tiny. No big monsters, no hellhounds, just small monsters. Nothing to hard. The hardest was the shadow creatures, who never gave us a break. Or maybe it was just one person they were giving a hard time.

Percy had two giant waves on either side of him. He was standing in the middle of the Little Tiber, on dry ground. He allowed the monsters to walk on the dry ground, and make their way to the other side.

I shot Percy a look that hopefully said, What are you thinking!?

"Don't worry. I got this." He said.

And he probably would have had it, if a wet Yankees hat wasn't thrown at his feet.

He stumbled. His eyes became cloudy. I needed to snap him out of it. So I did the only reasonable thing.

I tackled him.

I had been standing on the shore, so I took off running. I jump on Percy right as the monsters reached the middle of the Tiber. When I jumped on him, I grabbed Annabeth's hat. I figured he want to keep it.

I had prepared myself for what happened next, but I still wasn't ready. See, I try to stay out of Poseidon/Neptune's domain. I don't know if Poseidon will kill me down there, like my dad threatened Percy, but I figured after what happened with Kym and Polybotes, it might be best to stay out of the water.

So when all the water Percy was holding crashed down on us…

Well, I wasn't thrilled…

But it got all the monsters so I guess it was okay.

Percy's dazed look was gone and he seemed to register what was happening. As soon as the water crashed down, we were surrounded by water, but the ground was still dry. More importantly, I was still dry.

I didn't move until a groan came out from underneath me, "Ugh, dude. You weigh a ton!"

"Sorry." I rolled off of him and and looked up. "What did you do?"

Percy sat up next to me, "I put us in an air bubble, I have only done it twice with...um, with Annabeth."

I was about to tell him thanks but he kept talking, "First time, Annabeth, she wanted to hear the sirens in the sea of monsters. I thought she'd be okay, tied to the pole on the ship, but I forgot about her knife. She jumped into the sea and I chased after her. Finally, I got her out of the spell." He chuckled. "I had to drag her underwater to do it. I remember thinking that Annabeth, not being able to breathe, was a minor problem. After I knew she was okay, I put us in a bubble like this." He gestured around us, and his smile faded. "She was crying, so I held her. It was the first time I ever held her."

I smiled sadly. While he was talking, I saw a spark I hadn't seen in a year. Talking helped him. I asked him about the second time.

"It was my birthday. Right after the battle of Manhattan, I was sitting at camp when Annabeth handed me a cupcake." He started laughing, "I-it was so, so… I looked nothing like a cupcake." Percy stopped and caught his breath. "I tried admit to her that I liked her and not Rachel, but… she made it so hard! She was laughing, and I couldn't find the way to say it. Finally, I just gave up and told her she wasn't making things easy for me, and she responded with, and I quote, 'I will never ever make things easy for you.' Then she kissed me… And then all my friends came out of the bushes and threw us in the lake. So, once again, I made a bubble and I kissed her right then and there."

This was the Percy I met here, at Camp Jupiter, for the first time all those years ago. This was the Percy that saved me from drowning in Rome. This was him. Not that other guy that mopes all the time.

I looked over to my left where the hat was sitting. I picked it up and handed it to him. "She'd want you to have this. She'd also want you not to mope like you do, because I am pretty sure Annabeth fell in love with the happy Percy not the sad, mopey Percy."

He smiled in thanks. Then he looked down at the hat and smiled sadly at it, as if remembering something she had done with it. (Which no doubt, she had kissed him.)

A/N:

DONE!

WOW! That was almost 4 pages… crazy.

So yeah, fun right?

Did you like it?

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Did you see the word 'monster' without an 's' at the end, because I seemed to have that problem a lot with this chapter!

~E.T.