The Blood of Olympus

IV Piper

Dedicated to my writing buddy @iwritebooks1 even though she isn't in this fandom. Just wanted to show her that she MUST UPDATE HER BOOK!

"Oh, look. Griffins." Piper said, the sarcasm evident in her voice. The entire crew of the Argo II was on deck.

Demigods were supposed to fight monsters their whole lives, but Piper was already tired of doing so. It has only been year or so. Piper supposed this was how people who were not happy with their jobs felt like.

The monsters weren't as frequent now, since the Seven has closed the Doors of Death, and the monsters won't be able to regenerate faster. That didn't mean the crew didn't get bothered by monsters anymore, though. They still visit every week.

Earth Mother Gaea seemed to be very intent on annoying the Seven with monsters they have all killed easily before. Piper didn't like it, since Queen Dirt Face has seen how they could kill. Yet, she gave them monsters, not giants.

Before, the crew would have come up with a plan on how to kill the griffins effectively, but it was obvious they were all thinking the same thing as Piper is. Easy. Let's charge and make a plan when we need to.

Piper watched Jason launch himself into the air towards the griffins, his gladius drawn. Piper unsheathed Katoptris, even though she knew that a knife wouldn't be very damaging to monsters that stayed in the air.

She surveyed the scene and saw Annabeth tackling the griffins closer to the ground with her new drakon bone sword.

Something scratched her back. Piper quickly turned around and slashed wildly at the griffin in front of her with her knife. She could feel something warm drizzling on her back. Blood.

The griffin disintegrated quickly. But it was quickly replaced by more, swarming the Argo II.

Piper just kept slashing. At least she wasn't useless.

A griffin raked its talons along Piper's neck. She cried out in pain, and her knife slipped out of her hand

That's when she noticed Ariel. She was in the corner, with only one griffin attacking. It exploded to dust, and no griffins came to bother her anymore. She met Piper's eyes and ran over.

Piper knew she shouldn't trust her. It wasn't safe, especially being in the middle of a quest. But still, she's been pretty helpful so far.

The griffins were diminishing. There was no longer a storm of them.

"You're bleeding to death and you just sit there?" Ariel is in front of her now. Piper hated - and admired - how she could still be sarcastic in battle. "Where do you keep your ambrosia?"

Piper took a square out from a pocket near her knee. She tried to open the Ziploc bag, but her nails just can't seperate the two sides. Ariel plucked it from her and brought out the ambrosia sqaure with ease.

Piper took the square back and nibbled on it. The taste of Tristan Mclean's black bean soup filled her mouth.

A griffin came towards them. Ariel lifted a dagger Piper didn't see before and stabbed it. The griffin sprawled away, but it obviously wasn't dead.

Apparently no more griffins were pestering them anymore. The others came over. Ariel shrunk back behind them.

Jason shot Ariel a glance. Piper noticed he wasn't trusting her as much as she was.

"Where's your knife?" He asked, while helping Piper up. Piper shook her head, indicating she didn't know. She couldn't have lost it.

He helped her down to sickbay and tended her wounds. Piper didn't think the scratches were that bad, but now, she's feeling a little dizzy from blood loss.

She closed her eyes, hoping no dreams would invade her mind.

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A/N: Hello! I finally updated. I was aiming for an update a day, but I had a stupid audition to go to this weekend.

By the way, Ariel is named after me. But of course, I had to make her look prettier and have a better last name. Oh, how I wish I had loose curls.

But anyways, I will probably update again tomorrow. The only times I won't would be weekends.

Peace from Manhattan,

Percy Jackson.

Oh, who am I kidding. No, I'm just kinda obsessed with ending my letters like that ever since Percy Jackson's Greek Gods.

-Ariel ;)