Mortals meet Percabeth (and others)

Jiper meet: Hayley Carter

Hayley Carter

NO MIST

I always knew I was destined for something greater.

I don't mean to sound rude or stuck up, my papa says that's bad manners is bad form and he was always right, but I loved reading books, any spare seconds I had went into reading, burying my head in a book and letting my eyes fill up with luscious green fields and flowing ball gowns, forgetting about the words on the page and the world around me — at least for a while. It really was my break from reality

It confused my friends and family especially since I couldn't read that well due to my dyslexia but I loved delving into a world that was not my own. Fighting a war. Being a long lost princess. Going on my own magical quest. I just loved disappearing into my own head for a few hours and not having to apologise for it

It was exhilarating being the main character for a while

I just never thought my fantasies would turn in my reality

Although I should've expected it, I mean every time I would dress up in a fancy dress that papa would steal for me from his work. It wasn't every day but every now and then, with my long brown hair twisted into a bun and a few tendrils framing my meditation skin I would march around the room proclaiming that I was the lost princess to some far off land and that some day my prince would come dagger strapped to his side and bring me back to the world I belonged to

And every time sadness would fill his eyes — just a little bit more the older she got — but it was always gone away before I had the chance to ask him what he was so sad about, he would smile and promise me that someday my prince would come and I would shove him and tell him that I wasn't Cinderella and I would always be his little girl

Only now I realise what my papa was so sad about: he didn't want to lose me to monsters or send him to a camp where he would only see me at certain times in the year if he was lucky. It was a tearful goodbye but he finally told me the truth. The truth that my mom hadn't left when I was born and she was someone really important. She was a Goddess

The Goddess of Victory to be exact.

I found my world turned upside down and then right side up again, no matter how many times I had dreamed of living in a world that was no longer my own, I had never thought it would come true. It was a crazy thought and an even crazier world but I was slowly getting used to it, with the help of my siblings and some of the older campers and legends around here

Two of them being Piper and Jason

They had been together ever since the Giant War, having been in a fake relationship before then (I didn't really get it either but apparently it had to do with the Queen of the Gods and a switch of camps — honestly I had been so lost, I didn't dare ask) and throughout the time that the war had raged on they had grown closer and eventually started their relationship for real

It was all a bit too complicated for me

Although I supposed I should get used to complicated from now

"What did you want to do now Pipes?" A boy with blonde hair, blue eyes and slanted glasses that barely covered his eyes asked, looking up at a girl who was on his back legs wrapped around his waist a big smile on her face, the biggest smile on her face that I have have ever since, messy brunette hair that was slung into braids messily covering half her face but she didn't seem all that bothered

"I don't know Jase, as long as I'm with you I don't care"

I couldn't help but smile at her answer, it was so sweet and even though it was considered cheesy and cliched — having read it in what seemed like a thousand books — her words were laced with sincerity and her tone was warm as if she knew that was a promise she wouldn't break for as long as they both drew breath

Great! Now I sound like a romance novel

I have read hundreds of them so...

"So you wouldn't mind if I dunked you in the lake?" Jason asked with a teasing laugh, and in retaliation Piper stole his glasses causing the boy to stumble a few steps and a mix of Greek curses along with a language I didn't understand but I guessed they had to be curses from the laughter that spewed from Piper's mouth

Eventually though she gave the glasses back but it seemed like Jason wasn't about to forgive and forget as he took off running towards the canoe lake, arms wrapped around the back of Pipers thighs to keep her from falling off

"No...No...No Jase I'm sorry I'm sorry"  Piper exclaims, her pleas cut off by her laughter, it was soft and flowed like honey she really was beautiful inside and out and she attempts to place sporadic kisses on his check, neck and jaw as ways to distract him and although a blush spreads on his neck and paints on his cheeks the Roman demigod doesn't seem deterred from his mission

My heart swells with love and hope at the sight

I wished one day to have a love like that

They were just two people so in love. So connected, I wasn't sure I had ever seen two people so in love. People able to mock and joke around with each other but still have the strong sense of underlying love. This was what love was and I knew one day I would find it

Because as Jason ran into the water with Piper on his back, they made me believe it was possible like no other fairytale book or romance novel I have ever read. This was it, this was the ultimate love, something everyone hoped to find in their lifetime and Piper and Jason had already found it so early on.