Piper was still thinking over the confusion that is named, Perseus.

He seemed like a hero. Someone who you could trust, be friends with, and most importantly, love.

Now, Piper never liked the idea of being a Daughter of Aphrodite, but she knows how important it is to have someone.

Although, Michaela and Perseus are close, there was love, but Piper can tell they're not in a romantic relationship.

Getting up from her table in the dining pavilion, Piper walked to the beach.

And, she wasn't the only one.

Sitting in the golden sand was Jason, Hazel, Frank, Leo, and Annabeth. She walked over and sat in the sand next to, her boyfriend, Jason.

"What are you talking about?" She asked, looking around the circle.

They glanced at each, it was Leo who broke the silence. "Perseus."

"He seems like a good person, but everyone treats him like he's evil. I mean even the Guardian of Hestia, who is peaceful, seems afraid." Jason explained, seeing the confused and interested look on his girlfriend's face.

"Perseus...he isn't bad." Piper started. "He never hurt anyone, expect when he apparently hurt Jordan. But, I don't think that's the whole story."

Piper looked around the group of demi-gods wanting to see their thoughts in their expressions, before she continued.

"Perseus was made leader for a reason. Lady Artemis trusts him. The Olympians seem to respect him. Maybe it's a misunderstanding with what happened, that accident Alyssa mentioned. We can't judge him for something we didn't witness." She concluded.

Piper was pleased to see everyone else agreed to not judge Perseus, as well as to listen to his side of the story.

After the agreement, they started to, yet again, plan ways of finding Percy.

Piper (along with many) thinks that he will return in his own time. Even the Olympians didn't actually do anything to Percy for him to leave.

As Piper gazes out into the lake, she wishes for Percy to come back. Leo did, why didn't Percy...

A scream pierced through the air, interrupting Piper's thoughts.

Jumping to her feet, Piper ran towards the source of the scream, hearing other footsteps along with the way.

Sprinting all the way there, Piper couldn't believe her eyes. She doesn't get why someone screamed, when no one was hurt.

Looking at the dining pavilion, she saw many campers, who were prepared for a fight, looking in awe. Piper gets why someone screamed, because of ghost-like horses, as a white and silvery light, were galloping around.

As she stared in awe, one of the horses were getting close to a Daughter of Demeter, it let her reach up and touch it.

Mid-way to touching the horse, the horse reared back and turned pitch black. The Daughter of Demeter screamed and ran out of the way just in time.

"What is going on?" Dakota demanded, walking out of the woods behind the dining pavilion with Alyssa walking behind.

Ben stood up from Athena table with, his cloak's hood down, revealing his neck long brown with red, and his brown eyes shown with careful calculation.

He turned to Eric at the Aphrodite table, looking for help maybe, Piper thought.

Eric must of recognized the horses, because he turned back to Dakota and Alyssa, "Don't touch the horses. We need to find Perseus and/or Michaela."

"Then how do you propose we find them?" Alyssa demanded.

"Easy." Said a voice walking out of the woods. At first, Piper thought it was Michaela, but turned out to be Gracie.

"How?" Piper asked, interested.

Gracie smiled. "MICHAELA!" Everyone covered their ears. "PERSEUS! WE FIND THE HORSES!"

Piper, who caught a muffled version of what she said, couldn't believe the horses were theirs.

"I KNEW IT!" Yelled a voice from in the woods.

A golden light was shown in front of the dining pavilion, appearing out of it was Perseus. "This is not good."

Piper heard some confusion in his voice, why would he be confused.

"No..." A small distant voice said.

Piper looked to see Michaela coming next to Perseus. "Michaela, don't." He told her.

She walked up to the closest horse, that scared the Daughter of Demeter, and reached out to pet it. The horse reared back, Michaela didn't look afraid. Next she gripped the horses mane and swung onto its back, tuning it back to the white and silvery color.

Michaela turned to Perseus. "The last time we saw them was..." She trailed off.

"I know. That's what I'm worried about..." He looked at Michaela. "You're still mad, aren't you." He stated.

"Of course I'm mad. You corrupted my horses!" Michaela said, angrily.

"That, was one time." Perseus replied, causing Michaela to scowl.

Perseus walked up to another horse, it reared back and turned black. Perseus, not being affected, took a knife and stabbed it in its side where it's heart is. It turned white and disappeared.

Michaela gasped in horror, "Why are you killing my..." She realized something. "Oh. You're a genius."

She pulled out her bow, and shot a few at a time, as more spilled into the camp. Perseus started helping, but never riding one like Michaela had been doing.

After killing most, Michaela stabbed the horse she was riding, and landed on the ground in a kneeling position. Everywhere around Michaela turned white, with a light white mist.

As the mist touch the horses, they turned back to white and disappeared. Her, along with Perseus, walked back to the dining pavilion talking.

"-come back. It's not possible. Not in that sense. Someone did it." Michaela was saying.

Perseus shook his head. "Then you're saying that..."

"What! No! I'm not saying that. He couldn't have-" Michaela looked horrified.

Perseus gave her a look.

She huffed angrily and left into the woods. Perseus shook his head, looking at her fading figure.

"What was that?" Leo asked, looking excited.

"Nothing." Perseus answered.

Eric and Ben spoke up. "Those were war horses."

"How do you know?" Clarisse asked Eric, looking interested.

Eric flipped his hood back. "Because I am Aphrodite's Guardian, and a Child of Athena."

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