As we are all running towards the entrance again i see, Clarisse trying to calm the girl Reyna down and persuade her to instead tell them what happend rather then go straight to fighting. Chiron ran ahead of me and started talking to Reyna. She seemed to calm down a bit. Who knows what chiron said to her, but he did have that effect on people when necessary. Then a blonde boy came up to Reyna " You see what they are trying to do? they are trying to earn our trust so they can just get the element of surprise on us and attack! Sneaky Greeks.." he said. " but Octavian.." she began to argue. " No! I refuse to let that happen to us again Reyna!" he snapped. This ofcourse got her riled up again. Perfect, thanks Octavian. I could see that Chiron was getting frustrated, unable to get control of the situation. I prayed to my mother to help us do something about the situation. And my prayers were answered (thanks mom!). Just then i saw piper and another boy i had never seen before. He had a black buzz cut. Since Piper was a Greek demigod and belonged with us, she was able to run right through the barrier. But the boy was thrown back just like Reyna had been. " I Piper Mclean allow Frank Zhang and only Frank Zhang to enter the boundaries of Camp Half- blood. "she yelled. " Frank come on! The boy named Frank nervously stepped through the barriers. " Frank! How could you!? Traitor!" Octavian screamed. "Leo did not purposely attack us! It was an accident! He was possessed by.." he began to explain. "Forget it! We dont have time for your excuses, im sure it would have been a very well rehearsed story." Octavian interuppted. The rest of the group mumbled in agreement. The more i heard Octavian talk, the less i liked him. "No he is telling the truth!" Piper yelled. "Piper what happened?" Chiron asked. Then Piper explained how the eidolons had possessed Leo and made him fire the cannon on the ship. Apparently they had also taken control of Percy and Jason to make them almost kill eachother. Piper was able to charmspeak the eidolons into swearing upon the River Styx that they would never take over anyones body from the Argo 2. Reynas expression started to soften as if she was beginning to believe our story. "I don't believe it still.." Octavian started. " Hush Octavian!" Reyna said, "I apologize for our mistake. I understand what has happened. I should've seen the signs. " Piper and Frank looked relieved." We will allow them to come into the camp, only if they swear upon the the river styx that they will not attack." Clarisse said. They all agreed. Thunder boomed to make it offical. "Okay, I Chiron allow the Romans from Camp Jupiter to enter the boundaries of Camp Half-blood."
Reyna stepped through the boundary line slowly obviously thinking about being thrown back like last time. Alot of the romans looked older then the campers at Camp half-blood. Greeks were lucky to make it to their 20's before dying. But alot of the romans looked even in their 30's or 40's. "Well greetings. I am Reyna and these are my companions from Camp Jupiter." " I am Mariana head of Aphrodite cabin, this is Clarisse head of the Ares cabin." i said, '' and this is Chiron our activities director." Wait your Chiron?" Reyna asked, "I've heard of you! What an honor!" "Well we would love to have you for breakfast if you may?" Chiron asked as he led the Romans to the dining pavillion while giving them a brief tour. " Piper come here!" I whispered. She pulled Frank back and walked towards me. " Hey Mariana! Its great to see you! How has everything been? This is Frank by the way. " " Good i guess, same old same old. And its nice to meet you Frank. Now tell me everything thats happening!" I said eagerly. They were about to start talking when they suddenly got a glazed look in their eye. "Umm well what do you want to know? " Frank asked confused. " Well i wanted to know about the..uhh...hmm. Thats weird, I cant remember.." I muttered. " Well I guess it wasnt that important then! " Piper said, " Now can we go eat? Im starving!" I felt like what i wanted to ask was important but for some reason i couldnt remember what i had to say. I shrugged and ran to catch up with the others.
After breakfast, Piper, Clarisse, and I offered to give a more thorough tour of the camp to Frank and Reyna. We showed them the ampitheater, strawberry fields, and the insides of all the cabins so they could see how each cabin represented a different god or goddess. It worked out for me because i needed to do inspection anyway. When we reached Poseidons cabin it made me think of Percy. I felt like he was one of the things I needed to ask Piper about, but I just couldnt get myself to do it. Everytime i tried, my mind went blank.
All the Romans ended up getting tours of the camp by our campers. Reyna and Frank loved it. It was apparently really different from what they were used to. When we reached the arena, everyone was already there. One of my friends from the Athena cabin yelled out to me" Hey Mariana! We should duel sometime again!, she smirked " Your on!" i replied. "Oh please, a Roman said, "Shes a child of Aphrodite, like she could really do any real sword fighting." There were to many Romans to tell who had said it but it had still really hurt my feelings. It made me angry to be put behind that stereotype again. It had taken a long time for me to gain the new reputation i had and I wasnt about to have it wrecked. " Oh yeah? She happens to be one of the best fighters i know thank you very much." Clarisse shouted, " Cmon Mariana show them what you got." I ran into the armory and picked out a sword. One of the Ares kids challenged me which honestly made me pretty nervous. I had never fought with one of them before, only Clarisse. And i had a sneaking suspicon that she always went easier on me then anyone else. I needed all of my strength to fight this one. I knew that this was really my time to prove myself. I channeled all of my anger, from the stereotypes and the mean comments. It got me really riled up. "You sure you ready for this? " my opponent sneered. " I was born ready,'' I replied. She then charged. I was able to anticipate her every move. I saw her attacks coming, I countered. I stepped foward and tried a thrust at her, but she dodged it. I decided to do a simple disarming maneuver. My blade hit the base of her sword and i twisted putting all my weight into a downward thrust. Her sword hit the floor and i had my blade at her chest. Everyone clapped, including the romans. It made me feel really good inside.
That night i had a dream, it was of a beautiful women. I immediatley knew it was Hera. She said to me 5 simple words: Your friends are in danger. Then i awoke. It all came rushing back to me. Percy and Annabeth and Leo and Piper. The Roman camp. Their quest. And now i knew for sure they were in trouble. Hera herself had just confirmed it. I ran to the big house and pounded on Chirons door. When he finally opened the door, i almost burst out laughing. He had curlers in his tail and a robe that only covered the human part of his body. "What is going on Mariana?" he asked groggily. "Chiron, i think annabeth and percy are in trouble!"