Chapter 8

                                    

                                          
Piper's POV
                          
I marched up to the Big House with Leo in tow. I know he was probably daydreaming about building his own expandable cabin, it did look pretty cool, but I'm more worried about whether we can trust them or not.
                          
"Hello children," Chiron greeted us as he set down his drink.
                          
"What do you want Paris Milton?" Mr. D asked with his usual charm. 
                          
"We have guests. They call themselves Chaos's army and have come to help us with the new threat," Leo reported.
                          
"Can we trust them?" I asked. I had never heard of a group called Chaos's army.
                          
"Oh, yes," Chiron frowned.
                          
"If we can trust them why are you frowning?" I asked worried that there was something he wasn't telling us.
                          
Mr. D looked up and grimaced, "Chaos gathers an army every few millennia. The soldiers are typically from Earth, though can be from different time periods. Sometimes there are people from different worlds. Anyways, Chaos only sets up his army when a threat, a very dangerous threat is rising. Usually, his soldiers don't come to Earth though, unless it is where the threat is rising."
                          
Leo and I took a few minutes to digest what Mr. D had said. Different worlds?
                          
Leo voiced the question before me," What do you mean, different worlds? "
                          
Mr. D rolled his eyes and muttered under his breath, "Mortals."
                          
"It is a subject not frequently discussed. Most demigods do not hear of them because Earth is not ready to learn about aliens, not even demigods. I trust you will keep that information to yourselves?" Chiron asked.
                          
Leo and I both nodded.
                          
Just as we turned to leave, Chiron called out," Tell the soldiers and cabin counselors that a meeting will be held directly after dinner."
                          
We both nodded again and went in separate directions. Leo had the Gods cabins, and Chaos's, and I had the Goddess's cabins.
                          
Selena's POV
                          
Once we got into the cabin, we all turned to Rocky, son of Athena, and Thalia. Thalia and Rocky were the main planners behind our pranks.
                          
"We could do the usual, prank them in their sleep," Thalia suggested as she took off her mask and cloak.
                          
"That might do for starters. We will have to continue planning something better. When do we want to do it?"
 Rocky addressed the soldiers, most of which were taking their cloaks and masks off, if they had not already done so.
                          
Luke was the only one still in costume when a knock was heard on the door. Sighing, he got up and everyone waited silently for him to come back. Thalia quietly got up and left through another door. When she returned, carrying several eggs, Rocky, Ethan, and Zoë took some and hid in different areas of the room.
                          
Luke came back and immediately looked around the room and asked," Where's Thalia? "
                          
Eggs were flying. Thalia, Rocky, and Ethan started to throw their eggs at Luke from their positions. Unfortunately, some of us innocent bystanders got egged as well. Pretty soon everything was flying, eggs, books, ice cream, pillows, people, pudding, some other various foods, and some bowties. 
                          
I noticed Jason was sitting over to the side and was barely fazed by the egg dripping down his nose. 
                          
"Truce! Truce! I call a truce!" Luke managed to shout over the noise.
                          
Grudgingly, everyone agreed.
                          
"Who was at the door?" Bianca asked as we started cleaning up the mess. We weren't at home anymore; the servants won't be nearby to clean things up when we decide to have an impromptu food fight.
                          
"One of the demigods, said something that about a meeting tonight, after dinner I think," Luke answered while trying to clean of the pudding on one of the books.
                          
"Should we do the prank tomorrow then?" Zoë suggested.
                          
"We could do it after campfire," Selena suggested.
                          
"Maybe we should give them a day without trouble, we want them to have a good first impression. That means not thinking we are going to prank them every day," said Bianca as she tried to get a bowtie out of Thalia's hair.
                          
"Ow," Thalia shrieked.
                          
"How did it get so tangled?" Bianca cried, frustrated.
                          
"Besides," Rocky cut in, ignoring the two girls, " I need to find the plant and get it prepared. It probably wouldn't be ready tonight."
                          
"Okay," Ethan sighed as we all continued to clean up. Each of us thinking up pranks to pull on our siblings.
                          
Jason's POV
                          
She looked so beautiful. I know she wasn't still my girlfriend, but it still felt amazing to see her again. And Leo! He really was alive and doing well, I never did actually get to see him before- before I died. 
                          
"Jason, what's wrong?" Selena asked as she approached with a cloth and handed it out to me. "Are you even aware of the food you have on your face and in your hair?" 
                          
"What?" I asked as I noticed something dripping from my nose. I took the cloth. 
                          
"You were so out of it," She said as she sat down. "You're thinking about your friends aren't you." 
                          
"What-?" I started to ask, "You are too." 
                          
She nodded. "I'm lucky, I have Charlie with me, but I still miss my old friends, Katie, Clarisse, all my siblings, some days I even miss Drew." 
                          
"Yeah," I said. 
                          
"Hey, just I know its hard to be back here, but it's going to be okay. Just don't let them know who you are, even though you want to, okay?" She said as she got up. 
                          
"Yeah, you're right, as always Selena," I said with a small smile, picking up the cloth again to help clean up.