Constellations

Constellations: Chapter 10

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN PERRY JOHN- I MEAN PERCY JACKSON!

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Frank's POV

"You guys sat in a bubble, underwater, for 10 minutes, with no sign of life, discussing a hat." Leo said recounting Percy and Jason's story. "Dude you have just taken awkward to a new level."

"Leo, it's Annabeth's hat. You know what this means." Hazel said.

Leo shook his head, "Yeah, no I really don't."

Piper brought her head out of her hands, "It means she's dead. Gone. Not coming back." And with that put her head back.

Percy had clearly had a talk with Jason about this underwater because he was taking it a lot better than Piper. I couldn't look Percy in the eyes. I know what it's like to lose someone you care about, but I don't know what it's like to lose all hope with the look of a hat.

"How are we sure that's Annabeth's, though?" I asked, "There has to millions of those hats."

"Because only Annabeth's," Jason reached forward, grabbed the hat, and plopped it on Leo's head. Leo promptly disappeared. "Makes the user invisible."

Hazel was staring, wide eyed, at where Leo used to be. "Take it off of him before he does something."

Jason's eyes widened and took the hat off. Smart choice.

"So what do we do now?" Piper asked. For the first time since Jason and Percy told them the new, I got a good look at her. Her eyes were puffy from crying. Jason didn't come up from the water and she started to freak out. She had to have seen something we didn't. Yeah, Annabeth was her best friend, but we had assumed Annabeth had been dead for a year. Not saying I wasn't sad, but crying now seemed a little weird. Especially, when Percy was taking this better than her.

"Well, we have to protect Camp Jupiter. They are clearly going to try and look for her here, too. This is now the last safe haven for demigods, they will come after us. We need campers on duty at all times." I said.

"Yeah," Percy said, "Yeah, okay. Greeks are a tad different than Romans, we might have to split them up. We also don't, um, want a accidental wars starting."

Leo snorted, "Yeah, like the Ares cabin won't do that themselves, no offense Frank." I nodded. Leo turned to Reyna, who I'd forgotten was there. "Does Camp Jupiter or New Rome or whatever, have enough room for us Greeks?

Reyna smiled, "Tonight the bunks should be done. The Greeks will not be sleeping in the Senate house tonight." She was clearly proud that the Romans had accomplished building the new buildings. Reyna stood up and turned to me, "That reminds me, I supposed to be checking those buildings. Frank, can you continue this meeting?"

I nodded, and she left. I looked at the other 5 in the room, and I could tell we were all thinking the same thing. We hadn't been in the same room together since Annabeth died. The 7 (now six) basically split when Percy started moving around. We all still kept in touch but for about a year the only time we ever saw each other was through a rainbow.

Jason cleared his throat, "Well, to keep Camp Jupiter safe, we will need someone training the campers, someone guarding the entrance, and someone on the lookout further from camp."

Percy stood up, "I call training!" and then sat back down.

"Well, then Percy calls training-" Jason started, but was interrupted by Hazel.

"I'll help. I have had enough experience with a sword, I bet I could keep up with you Percy." She said smugly.

"I don't know Hazel. There are some who say I am the best swordsman in 300 years." Percy boasted.