Gringotts

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Jason's POV

I woke up in the morning to the sound of Leo banging two pans together in the hallway. Piper told me to go shut him up and flipped over on her bed. I groggily stood and shuffled over to the doorway.

Outside was a hot mess. Leo was in jeans and a red t-shirt with black fire designs on it. He was banging two heavy brass pans together running up and down the small hallway.

Thalia was in a silver jacket and pajama pants. Her hair was going in every direction possible, except for down. She was chasing Leo trying to get the gods awful noise to stop.

Calypso was in a cute white blouse with blue jeans and her hair done in a simple braid. She was giggling and holding her ears from the safety of her doorway.

Hazel and Frank were both in roman camp t-shirts and jeans. Hazel's frizzy hair was frizzier than usual and Franks usually perfect military style hair looked like he had just rolled out of bed. They were both standing at their door staring groggily at the chaos that was unfolding.

Nico and Will were nowhere in sight, but from the light coming from underneath the door, I could only assume Will was still trying to wake Nico up.

Percy was at his and Annabeth's door in literally only a pair of pajama bottoms. His normally messy hair was worse than normal and he was yelling back into his and Annabeth's room about something.

Finally Piper came to join me at the door. She was in pjs with her hair already braided with feathers in it. She tapped my shoulder trying to get my attention, but I was now watching Leo get reprimanded by a very angry Annabeth.

Piper managed to drag me back into the room to get dressed. I decided on wearing a roman camp t-shirt, khaki shorts, and black nikes. I brushed my hair and left my room to see what the gang was up to.

Piper was the only one outside, but she led me to the gang, who were all grabbing a bit of breakfast. She was in a gray crop top that showed the slightest bit of her tummy, high waisted, ripped jeans, a red and black plaid flannel, and black nikes. Her hair was in the same braid from earlier.

Piper sat down next to Thalia, dragging me with her. Thalia had put on some ripped black jeans and combat boots with her silver hunters jacket. She had calmed down her hair so that it now was all going straight down.

Hazel had brushed her hair and pulled it up into a bun, and Frank had just brushed his out. They were sitting across from us.

Nico was in a black Green Day t-shirt, black, ripped jeans, a black leather jacket, and black combat boots. He was sitting next to Hazel.

Will was in a white t-shirt with a picture of the sun on it that said shine bright, blue jeans, and white converse. Will was next to Nico.

Percy was in a blue hoodie, ripped, blue jeans, and black converse. His arm was slung around Annabeth who dressed in an oversized gray sweatshirt, black leggings, and black combat boots. Her hair was up in a ponytail on the top of her head. They were sitting on the other side of Thalia. Leo and Calypso were seated next to them.

Everyone ordered what they wanted then we went over the plan for the day.

Once that was done, the bartender led us to a huge brick wall in the back. The guy still seemed kind of in aww that he was near the seven, and especially Percy. He began randomly tapping the wall with what I could only assume was a wand because it really just looked like a stick.

He stepped away from the wall when he was done, but we all noticed that it wasn't actually a wall anymore. It was an archway leading out onto a busy street with weird buildings on either side. The eleven of us stepped out on the crowded street and pulled to a stop in front of a tiny ice cream parlor.

"What does the letter say?" I asked Annabeth who was their designated letter holder. Annabeth shifted a little to pull it out than to everyone's surprise she handed it to Frank.

"I'm dyslexic too. Frank is one of the only ones that's not so I gave it to him," She explained. Percy looked at everyone with a look that said, if you contradict her I will see to it that you will be knocked out for a week. He then leaned over and kissed her cheek.

"ANyways," Frank started, "We need money, like wizard money. Our best bet is that big building over there." I looked over to where Frank was pointing. It was a large white building. I decided to start walking and hoped everyone else would follow. They did, and Piper came up and intertwined our hands. I smiled as we walked up to the large building.

Once inside we stood in the walkway in awe. The inside was huge with large columns running down the sides of the room. There were loads of desks with tiny creatures that looked like goblins at them and a large desk at the front for check in.

Annabeth took charge and walked up to the front desk. She started a conversation and when it was over she ushered us over to a small door off to the side. "We all have different vaults so this may take a while. It's underground so just prepare yourselves." The last part was aimed at Thalia, Percy, and me. I felt myself pale as I squeezed Pipers hand. She gave me a reassuring smile as a two little goblins showed up and pulled open the door.

Inside was a long narrow hallway with tracks. The two goblins whistled and two carts came zooming in our direction. We split up into the two carts Piper, Leo, Calypso, Nico, Will, and I in one cart, and Percy, Annabeth, Thalia, Frank, and Hazel in the other.

We set off down the tracks only to stop a few seconds later at vault 62 as the goblin said. It just happened to be me vault so I had to open it. The vault asked me a question only I would know, "What type of army did you face at Mount Othrys?" The voice echoed through the cavern.

"Scythian dracanae" I answered, remembering the day very vividly. I shuddered as the door opened to reveal a large amount of gold, silver, and bronze coins of various sizes. The goblin told us what they meant and I grabbed a handful of each and shoved them in the small pouch Leo had produced and handed to us.

Vault 63 was right next to vault 62, so we just walked over. This was Thalia's vault. She was shaking a little as the voice asked her her question, "How old were you when you ran away."

Thalia continued shaking but answered in a calm, clear tone, "Nine, I was nine years old." The door swung open and Thalia quickly grabbed a handful of each and left toward the carts.

Next stop was vault number 113. Piper was told it was her vault and she got out with the rest of us in tow. The voice started immediately when she reached the door, "Who named you?"

Piper smiled and answered, "My grandpa Tom." The vault swung open and we were off again.

Leo, Calypso, Frank, and Will were all asked similar questions. They all answered and we just continued moving. Thalia and I focused on not puking.

Percy and Annabeth's vaults were next. They were numbers 525 and 526. Annabeth's was first and the voice asked, "Who took the sky after you?" Annabeth froze, her eyes brimmed with tears as Percy rushed over and hugged her.

Her voice cracked as she answered, "Artemis." The vault opened and Percy helped her grab her things and they walked down the hallway together to Percy's vault. I looked over at Piper and she squeezed my hand again.

At Percy's door the voice didn't even ask a question. It simply said, "Ohhh Brain Boy!" Percy fell to the floor, paler than I had ever seen him before.

I ran over but Piper pulled me back whispering in my ear, "It's his challenge. To get in the vault is supposed to bring back memories. He has to do this, alone." I nodded and watched as Percy began rocking back and forth on the floor. He seemed to be muttering something under his breath.

Annabeth was standing in shock a few feet away. She didn't know how to help her boyfriend. She watched helplessly as he uneasily got up and, with tears in his eyes, muttered the name, "Gabe," His door swung open and Annabeth rushed in to grab all that he needed, as Percy had collapsed to the floor again.

Annabeth went over to Percy and asked him something. He seemed to have nodded and got up, leaning heavily on Annabeth. Annabeth hopped in the cart in the back and said something to the goblin. He nodded and Annabeth gestured to Thalia, Piper, and I to join them.

We did and were soon zooming back to the surface. Piper hugged Percy and I just hung back with Thalia. We waited for the others to come up.

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