Percy and Thalia gasped. The person who stood before them was around 12 or 13. He had blond hair and a very handsome looking face. On his jawline was a small scar, the kind one get when biting into a stapler. He wore the purple camp Jupiter t-shirt along with a pair of jeans. His eyes were blue, the same shade as Thalia. Percy didn't even need to look at his title to know who he was, but he did anyway;
Jason Grace, Son of Jupiter
Lv— 14
"Jason!" Thalia shouted out as she charged towards him. The Roman demigods readied their weapons in case she was attacking again, but to their surprise Jason simply walked up to the girl.
Jason didn't know what he was doing, it just felt right. He said nothing as he met Thalia halfway. She immediately enveloped him in a hug holding him close. Jason smelt like oak with the hint of ozone that all children of Zeus had. Thalia held her brother close as she cried tears of joy.
"I thought I lost you forever Jason," Thalia said as she sniffed, "Gods how I have missed you."
"W-who are you?" Jason asked.
Thalia broke the hug, "you don't remember me?"
Jason shook his head, "n-no. Should I?"
"Then why did you come forward?"
"You had the same last name as me," Jason said rubbing the back of his neck, "I can't explain it, but it just felt like....like I had to come forward."
Thalia nodded smiling, "it makes sence. You were only a baby when Hera took you, I mean, Juno. When Juno took you away. But nothing? You don't remember anything?"
Jason shut his eyes in concentration, "I do remember something. I remember....chocolate chips. With..with-"
"-With three layers of fudge on top," Thalia completed, "that was your favorite flavour. I used to sneak you some when mom wasn't looking."
"Mom?" Jason asked, "you mean...our mom?"
Thalia nodded again, the tears came back, "yes Jason... our mom. I'm your sister. My name is-"
"Thalia," Jason said as a look of remembrance came across his face, "you're Thalia. You're my sister."
The daughter of Zeus couldn't hold it much longer as she grabbed Jason in another hug. This time however the action was answered with a hug from Jason. The siblings held each other as warm tears rolled down their face. At last, they were whole again.
"What in the name of Mars is going on over here!" A loud and bumptious voice called out causing everyone to look away from the touching sister-brother reunion.
Percy saw the Romans open a path through which two new demigods arrived. They both had a golden set of armor on and a purple cloak over it. Each had a Gladius on the side and their chests were decorated with medals.
The first woman was a older teen, probably 17 if not 18. She had golden blonde hair with warm brown eyes. She also had a very curvy figure, her chest threatened to pop out of her chest piece and her hips were wide enough to draw the eyes of every boy there. Even Percy looked for a second before he reminded himself he had a girlfriend who could throw lighting bolts out of her hand. 'Curse you Goblin's Growth!'
The second person was a man, 16 years old with the beginnings of a beard on his chin. He had long brown hair and black eyes and a very square jaw. He looked like the kind of person who Percy would expect in a Mr. Muscle pageant. He was covered head to toe with muscles, the big rippling kind that some girls found repelling. On his back was a lone spear that looked imposing to some, but ridiculous to Percy, after all if the shaft was so big how could he use it properly? He would have to waste so much energy just to make sure the spear doesn't go flying off somewhere every time he spun it around.
Julia Roberts, Praetor of Camp Jupiter
Lv— 17
Robbert Bigwheel, Son of Mars
Lv— 21
'These two must be the praetors,' Percy realised as he stepped in front of Thalia and Jason, "hi Praetors. My name is Percy Jackson, and we have a lot to talk about."
Rob narrowed his eyes, "okay Percy, tell me something, why the fuck does everyone think you're a Greek?"
"It's because I am," Percy repled, "we both are actually," pointed to Thalia who had now broken her hug, but Jason stood by his sister's side, "we came at the request of the Gods."
Julia narrowed her eyes, "and what proof do you have of this?"
Percy scratched his head, "ah,... I don't really have... oh, I know! I swear on the Styx that we were sent by the Gods on a quest to find camp Jupiter."
Suddenly the clear blue sky rumbled with the sound of thunder indicating that the deal was done.
"You idiot!" Thalia yelled hitting Percy across the back of the head, "don't use the Styx as a type of polygraph! It's an ancient promise between a man and the Gods, not a lie detector test!"
Julia nodded, "she is right. That was a very foolish thing to do."
Rob huffed, "no wonder everyone thinks you're a Greek."
Percy threw his hands up, "I can never win."
Julia sighed, "okay fine, so you were sent by the Gods. You say that you are Greek but I find that hard to believe. You two look 16, much older than any normal demigod. Your scent must have attracted many monsters to your location, how have you survived?"
"That's because we have a camp of our own," Thalia spoke up addressing Julia's question, "it's called camp Half-Blood, and it is the Greek demigod camp site."
The gasp went through the crowd of Romans as they all began to talk in low whispers. Jason on the other hand was confused.
"Thalia?" Jason asked his sister, "what do you mean Greek Camp? Aren't you a daughter of Jupiter?"
Thalia shook her head, "no Jason, I'm not. I'm a daughter of Zeus, the Greek version of Jupiter."
"Legionnaire Jason," Julia said startling the son of Jupiter.
"Yes Praetor Julia," Jason stood at attention.
"Do you know this woman?" she pointed at Thalia.
"Yes ma'am, she is my sister."
Julia raised an eyebrow, "do you mean through your father?"
Jason shook his head, "no ma'am, through our mother. Thalia is my true sister."
"They are here to kill us all!" someone from the crowd yelled out.
"Let's kill them before they attack us!"
"Are you crazy?! She's the daughter of Jupiter! He'll kill us!"
"She's a Greek! Jupiter won't mind if we take out the trash!"
"Wow," Percy said looking at all the commotion around them, "so much racism, so little time."
"We are not racist," Rob said, "we are just stating the facts. And the facts is that you Greek and sly, scheming little pieces of-"
"Robbert!" Julia hissed, "do not insult our guests."
Robert bleached, "b-but Julia! They aren't our guests! They are Greeks!"
"Yeah Praetor Julia!" someone from the crowd yelled out, "they are probably waiting for us to lower our gaurd and then plan on invading us!"
"We need to get rid of them before they try anything!"
"Yeah! Kill the Greeks!"
"Kill the Greeks!"
"Kill the Greeks!"
Percy was pissed off. He was about to step in when suddenly Julia spoke up.
"Silence!" She yelled with a loud angry voice, "do you not remember the message the Gods sent us last night? Juno herself appeared before us and told us to expect guests soon that would help us win this war with the Titans!"
Percy was impressed, not only was Julia a looker she also seemed to know how to control the camp. She was so unlike most of the girls he knew. Something told Percy that if there was anyone in this camp that he could trust it would be her.....and that has nothing to do with her huge tits, no, nothing at all.
"And you think we need the help of these Greeks?" Rob spat out, "do you really think the Roman legion is that weak?"
Percy rolled his eyes, 'I think Rob might be compensating for something, why else would a guy need so many muscles and such a huge spear. Hehe, oh that's a good one. I should remember that.'
Percy chuckled under his breath while Thalia stepped up, "look we mean you no harm. We come under a banner of peace, nothing else. We have no alternative plans or schemes. Look I was given this quest personally by Zeus, I mean Jupiter. Kronos, ah...wait, who is the Roman equivalent of Kronos?"
"Saturn," Percy and Julia supplied at once.
Thalia nodded, "right, Saturn. He's alive and he's growing stronger day by day. The Gods want us to join forces so that we can fight him together."
The Romans began to speak among themselves as Jason looked at his sister in amazement. She was so confident and reassuring, if she was a Roman Jason was sure she would have been a Praetor.
"How do we know you are telling the truth?" Rob asked with narrowed eyes.
Percy sighed, "dude why would we be lying to you?"
"Because your-"
"-And I swear to the Gods if you say it's because we are Greek I will kick you ass," Percy snapped narrowing his eyes at the Praetor.
Rob glared back, "please, as if you can. Weak ass Greek, no muscles, no armour, nothing. What type of demigod are you?"
Percy raised an eyebrow, "a pretty good one considering I don't have to wear armour. Also who the hell wants to look like you? Personally I think you look like a peice of shit that Hercules popped out that somehow grew muscles."
Rob was furious while a few Roman laughed at Percy's comment, "silence!" Rob roared out.
"Percy do you have to piss off everyone we meet?" Thalia huffed in frustration.
"It's not my fault the racist asshole is being an asshole," Percy replied with a shrug.
"I am not a racist!" Rob shouted.
"Dude I have already been through this argument with one of your...ah, legionaries? Yeah, one of your Legionaries. So just shut up and accept what you are, a weak, muscles bound idiot that is obviously overcompensating for something below the waist."
"WHAT?! I'm not compensating for anything!"
"That giant spear strapped on your back says otherwise."
A lot more Romans laughed this time while a few forand.
"Oh my Gods Percy shut up!" Thalia hissed, "we are on thin ice as it is!"
"Right, sorry," Percy fell in on himself, he may be able to fight 30 foot zombies but Thalia still scared the shit out of him.
Julia snickered at the last comment as well, "I have to say Greek boy you must have pretty big stones to outright insult the leader of the enemy camp you are currently standing in the middle of."
Percy shrugged, "well I don't see it like that. I think of it more as a camp that is yet to become our ally. And the insulting is just my way of showing friendship."
Julia smiled, "I see.....very well, come with us. We shall discuss what to do with you and your....proposal."
"What?!" Rob shouted, "Julia you can't be serious! We can't allow them into the camp!"
Julia sighed, "it is not our decision to make Robbert. The Gods have asked us to consider their request, would you fight against the decision of the Gods?"
Rob looked like he wanted to argue but didn't. He looked away in anger but remained silent.
"That's what I thought," she turned to Percy and Thalia, "follow me. Oh and you as well Legionnaire Jason."
Jason gulped but nodded. The Praetors lead the Greek demigods further into camp while a small group of roman soldiers handed back, walking a few paces behind just in case.
Julia and Rob lead the group with Percy just behind them and Thalia and Jason at last as the two siblings started to catch up. Percy looked around at the sights. Every building here was beautifully created. Say what you will about the Romans, but at least they knew how to build.
They saw a building advertising for chariots, a shop that repaired togas, another one which sold togas. Then there was a bakery by the side and even a stable which was filled with....were those unicorns?
"What's that over there?" Percy asked pointing to a large building to the side. It was large with white collars on the front and marble steps leading up to the entrance. It was draped with flags with an eagle swon on and the words SPQR written on top.
"That's the barracks for the first cohort," Julia explained, "every cohort has a barrack and a symbol to represent them."
"The First cohort is the best of the best, so it is obvious that I came from the cohort. We only take in the best fighters," Rob explained inflating his chest with pride, "and as such our symbol is the Eagle."
"The second cohort has the bear, the third has the wolf, the fourth has a horse and the fifth has the prairie dog," Julia explained as the group took a left at a T crossing.
"Prairie dog? Why does the 5th have something so lame?" Percy asked, "why not.. I don't know? A tiger or even a lion? Why a prairie dog?"
"Their symbol was a lion," Julia explained "but after certain...difficult circumstances they chose to to change it."
"Huh, more like forced to change it," Rob said, "stupid fifth cohort. Lost the camp's treasure in a quest gone wrong. Fucking losers the lot of them."
Thalia turned to Jason, "which cohort are you Jason?"
The blonde haired kid blushed, "f-fifth cohort."
"Ha!" Rob laughed, "no wonder you're related to a greek boy! Fifth cohort is filled with nothing but Greeks and losers."
Jason flinched as Percy and Thalia narrowed their eyes in anger. Julia looked at them from the corner of her eye. They looked like they were going to do something, but luckily cooler heads prevailed.
"So what does a cohort do?" Percy asked holding in his anger.
"It is a group of the army," Julia explained as she took them further into the camp, "each legionnaire is assigned a cohort and then they are trained in said chorot." Julia then went on to further explain the working and dealings of the cohort.
The small group soon arrived at a two story wedge of white marble with a columned patio like and old fashioned bank. Roman guards stood out in the front and over the dorray was a large purple banner with the words, 'SPQR' written on it with gold.
They entered the building and Percy was again enchanted by the sights before him. On the ceiling was a mosaic painting of Romulus and Remus underneath a giant wolf. If Percy remember his Roman history right that wolf was Lupa. The floor was polished marble and along the walls was a glass display filled with medals and awards.
In the center of the room was a huge desk filled with paperwork and scroll and on the other side was two chairs with two different workstations. One station had papers neatly arranged and organized while the other was complete chaos.
Julia sat down in the organized area, Percy figured her for the serious type while Rob just looked like he liked to punch things and didn't really seem like the kind to sit behind a desk.
"So," Julia began, "explain."
"What do you want to know?" Percy asked.
"Everything."
For the next ten minutes Percy and Thalia took turns explaining all they knew to Julia and Rob. They told them about the civil war, about how the Gods separated them using the Mist and about how each God had two forms, one Roman and one Greek.
