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VIII

Frank

Frank felt like the lamest demigod of all time. His almost girlfriend Hazel couldn't take her eyes off some new elf-like Greek kid and the same Greek kid had the power to scare him half to death. He was the muscular, Roman son of Mars; he wasn't supposed to be scared of the tiny, Greek son of Hephaestus. But obviously that wasn't what the world decided. Just as he thought he might be a hero after the whole "shape-shifter thing" Leo had to show up with his firepowers. Mars had told him he was going to be a vital part of the new quest. That was getting harder and harder to believe.

So obviously Leo blurts out something totally stupid about Annabeth burning down Rome during the Senate meeting about the prophecy and totally makes everything awkward. Annabeth looked like she wanted to strangle Leo right then and there, and Reyna didn't look so happy either. Reyna awkwardly finished off the meeting and sent everyone back to their normal activities. Frank went off with Hazel and the rest of the Fifth Cohort to train. He glanced over at Percy to see if he would come, but he walked off with his Greek friends totally forgetting about them. Hazel's eyes followed Leo all the way back to their ship where the Greeks would hang out until more permanent conditions would be made. Frank sighed and ran to catch up with the rest of his Cohort.

"Crazy Senate meeting huh?" Hazel said catching up to him.

He snorted. "Yeah. Your friend Leo has a hard time keeping his mouth shut doesn't he?"

She looked at him curiously, which made Frank blush and look away.

"Yeah, I guess," Hazel said after a minute. "But cut him some slack, he's just getting used to Roman procedures. All the Greeks are."

Frank just shrugged. He felt bad for ignoring Hazel like this, but he was mad at her. Why would she pay so much attention to Leo? He obviously wasn't Sammy.

"Frank," Hazel said touching his shoulder. He winced. "I just- I mean," she stopped as if she didn't know what to say.

Frank decided to put her out of her misery. "He's not Sammy," he growled and stalked off.

Hazel looked hurt and she stopped in her tracks. She spun on her heel and marched off in the other direction.

Fine, thought Frank, let her go hang out with her Greek friend. Who needs her?

You do, a voice in Frank's head told him. He shook it off and started practicing his sword fighting.

Frank tried, but his heart wasn't in it. All his other friends easily beat him. Finally after thirty minutes of misery, Dakota suggested he sit out the last fifteen minutes. Frank gratefully obliged. He sat down and tried to sort out his thoughts. First of all there was a big war against the giants was going on and Frank was most likely part of a quest that would take him to Rome and Greece for the final stand. On top of that, they had to find Hazel's brother Nico and the doors of the dead and close them before Gaea could release more monsters. As if that weren't enough he had the whole, Leo-Hazel drama going on. Frank shook his head. He wasn't cut out for all this stuff. Just give a bow and arrow and he would be perfectly happy.

A horn sounded through the camp signaling them to get ready for dinner. Frank perked up a little, remembering war games were tonight. He would kick Leo's podex.

They entered the dining hall and sat next to his friends at the Fifth Cohort. Everyone else filed in including the Greeks.

"Hey Frank!"" he heard Percy call from across the room. He turned his head and saw that he was calling him over to his table. He and Annabeth sat together along with Jason, Piper, Hazel and of course, Leo. He got up and went over to join them. He took a seat next to Hazel, who gave him a weak smile. Hazel wasn't very good at staying mad. Frank sent her one in return, but turned his attention toward Percy quickly afterward.

"We're exchanging stories," he told him like it was the best thing in the world. Of course Percy was happy now that he had all his old friends and his girlfriend back. Actually Percy was happier then Frank had ever seen him. He had lost that confused look in his eyes and now there was a happy sparkle. Every time he looked at Annabeth his eyes lit up and hers did the same. Frank was always jealous of Percy and now that he had his perfect relationship back, it just increased. Some people just got all the luck.

Leo of course, jumped in and said something idiotic. "Bet our adventures were way more life threatening then yours. Tell em' Jason." Piper laughed and Hazel smiled. Annabeth rolled her eyes playfully and Jason punched him on the shoulder.

"That's not something to brag about, Valdez," he joked. Frank had heard so many stories about Jason when he came to camp, and they were pretty much all accurate. Jason was a natural leader and he demanded the attention of any room he walked into. He looked tough and powerful, but there was a lot of kindness to him too. He was like a fighting peacemaker, if that makes any sense.

"First I woke up on a bus," he started and went on to tell their tale about all their Greek adventures. Jason woke up on a bus with no idea who he was or where he was. The Mist had tricked Piper and Leo into thinking they were his long time best friends (Piper blushed at this for some reason) at the school they all went to. At their school field trip they had been attacked by storm spirits and fought them off. Annabeth had shoed up and taken them to Camp Half Blood, where they were briefly introduced to everyone and put in their cabins (Greeks were sorted into cabins by their godly parent. Weird!). Then they had to travel from New York to California to free Hera from her prison and stop Gaea from rising too soon. They defeated the giant Porphyrion and even saved Piper's dad (who was actually a famous movie star) along the way. They had met up with some girl named Thalia, who was Jason's sister, and she helped them defeat Encleadus at the Wolf House.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa hold up," Percy interrupted. "Thalia is your sister? As in like the same mom and dad?"

"Yes Percy," Annabeth said annoyed. "That's what sister means. Now shut up and listen to the story."

He told them about their defeat of Encleadus and freeing of Hera, Jason made a big point of telling them how Piper literally talked Gaea back into a sleep. Piper blushed.

Percy looked confused. "Talked?"

"She's a charm speaker, Percy," Annabeth explained.

Percy just looked more confused.

"People just listen to her voice. Show him Piper."

Piper turned to Leo. "Leo," she said so sweetly that Frank was ready to bow down to her. "I would just LOVE it if slapped yourself. Right across the face."

Leo nodded earnestly, and slapped himself hard. Piper and the rest of the table cracked up. Leo seemed to come out of a daze.

"Piper," he whined. "You said you'd stop doing that."

"Sorry, Leo," Piper giggled and Leo pouted next I her.

Piper wasn't like the other Venus girls Frank had met. To him it seemed like she was trying to look bad. She no makeup and her choppy hair was always in braids. She wore hiking boots and a snowboarding jacket and didn't care if they got dirty. But none of that worked. Piper was so pretty you just had to look at her. Frank didn't like her that way, but he knew a pretty girl when he saw one.

Jason finished by telling them how they came back to camp, and finally figured out that Percy was at the Roman camp and they spent the next couple months searching for him.

"Oh," Percy said looking guilty. "Ummm.. now for our story."

Frank mostly zoned out when he told their story, he'd been there he knew what happened. Percy started off by saying that he carried Hera (Juno) across the Little Tiber into camp and that's how he'd lost his Mark of Achilles, whatever that was.

Obviously, it was a big deal among the Greeks because there was a collective gasp when he said that.

"You have, or I guess had, the Mark of Achilles?" Leo gaped at him. "Dude that's wicked cool!" Idiot, Frank thought.

Annabeth glared at him. "You would figure out how to loose your Achilles Mark. You are such a Seaweed Brain!"

Frank thought that might offended Percy, but he just grinned.

"Thanks, Wise Girl." Annabeth laughed.

Percy went on to tell about how he got to camp and met Frank, Hazel, Reyna, Octavian and Nico.

Annabeth gasped again. Percy could barely get through a sentence around here.

"NICO DI ANGELO? HERE? OH MY GODS! Did you recognize him?" she shouted.

"No of course not!" Percy said. "And the little brat pretended he didn't know me!"
Annabeth looked furious. "Next time I see Nico, he's in for it," she muttered.

Frank felt Hazel tense up next to him.

"Actually, he's already in for it with Gaea, so you'll have to wait a while. How do you know my brother?" Hazel replied calmly.

Annabeth looked shocked. "We're old friends," she said slowly. She glanced at Percy who shook his head vigorously. Ignoring him, Annabeth said "Bianca?"

"Well obviously I'm not Bianca!" Hazel snapped and Percy looked down uncomfortably.

Annabeth looked really confused now.

"I'll explain it to you later," Percy whispered to her. She blinked and nodded.

"So back to the story," Jason said awkwardly.

"Right."

Percy continued to tell their story without any interruptions. Except maybe at the gorgon's blood when Annabeth called him a seaweed brain again.

When he finished, Piper spoke up. "You defeated Poplybotes with that talking head?"

Percy grinned. "Yup."

"Wow."

"Hello! Roman and Greek heroes!" Reyna's voice announced. Everyone turned around to face her. She grinned.

"Who wants to play some war games?"

Wow that chapter took a while. Sorry for the lame description of Son of Neptune, but I assume most of you know the story. Rightttt? Anyways… is everyone ready for some war games action? I actually have lacrosse tryouts all week and a party on Friday so I won't be updating until Saturday. SORRY!

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