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Chapter 1: The Roman Legion

Annabeths Point of View

The Argo II had finally been finished and Leo, Piper, Jason, and I had almost arrived at the Roman Camp. We pulled up onto the shore and went out onto the beach. Suddenly there were people with battle armor coming towards us. I quickly drew my knife and I saw Leo, Piper, and Jason do the same. Then before these attackers could get close enough to engage in battle, everything went dark.

When I woke up, I noticed that my feet and hands were bound and I was tied to a chair. I looked around me and saw that Leo, Piper, and Jason were the same situation I was. I noticed that we were in a large room with stone walls. There were no windows. It was a very dim room that was only lit by two torches. Then as I was looking around, I saw a man in armor approaching. "Who are you? What do you want with us?"

He merely glared at me and said, "Silence! You will not speak until the commander arrives. That goes for all of you. If any of you speak again you will be gagged!"

I decided that now would be a good time to shut my mouth. At least I knew that this guy wasn't in charge. It felt like it had been forever when all of a sudden a man and a wolf came walking out of the darkness.

Then a woman spoke, "So these are the intruders." I was confused because there was not a woman that I could see present.

The man who had been guarding us turned towards the man and the wolf approaching us and said, "Yes Mistress."

Suddenly Leo burst out, "Who is that talking?"

Then the wolf came into the light, it had deep red-brown colored fur and silver eyes. It was also much taller than the average wolf, but a little smaller than a hellhound. The wolf came right up to Leo's face. Then we heard someone saying, "It is I, the wolf standing in front of you." We all gasped in surprise. I had seen many things in my short demigod life, and a talking wolf was not one of them. The wolf spoke again, "Don't act so surprised. I can smell that you are all demigods. Unfortunately it seems as though you are of poor breeding."

I finally couldn't stay quiet any longer. "What do you mean poor breeding? Who are you? Where are we and what do you want with us?"

The wolf studied me silently and after a short pause said, "Commander, why don't you tell these prisoners about the horrible situation they are in."

"How much should I tell them Mistress?" said the man still standing in the shadows.

"Oh answer this girl's questions. They will probably be sent to death anyways, may as well sate their curiosity."

At least now, I could get some information, but that whole sent to death part didn't sound good. Then the man in the shadows began speaking again, "I will begin with the basics then. You are now prisoners of the Roman Legion-"

I quickly cut him off, "The Romans!"

Jason then spoke up, "Lupa I would appreciate it if you or Bobby untied me." That explains who the wolf is and the boy who was guarding us, but we still couldn't see the man in the shadow.

"I would love to untie you, but first we must make sure your allegiance hasn't swapped over to these filthy Greeks."

The man in the shadow spoke up, "These are the Greeks? I know you said they were weak Lupa, but some of our lowest ranking soldiers took them down. From what I heard, they were quite pathetic. Barely put up a fight. Since they apparently know so much about us already, should I go ahead and take them to the coliseum?"

"No, I wish to hear their explanation for why they are here first. Jason, you may explain." Jason told everything that had happened to him since arriving at Camp Half-Blood, "So, the Greeks and the Romans need to work together to defeat Gaea."

"Well Jason your story is very odd, but I have come to a verdict. Bobby, untie them and then go warn the rest of the camp to not bring them harm unless they have my permission. I must still decide if I will allow the Romans to work with you there will be a cabin leaders meeting tonight so I may come to a final decision." The boy named Bobby quickly slashes away our bonds with a knife and then leaves the room. "Commander, come here."

The man stepped out from the shadows. He was wearing full battle armor, but I would never mistake those eyes for anyone else, "PERCY!"

"How do you know who I am filthy Greek spawn? And by the looks of it you're a daughter of Minerva too."

It was all I could do not to cry. This wasn't the Percy that I knew. There wasn't an ounce of compassion or sympathy in his eyes. He looked disgusted to even be in the same room as us. Lupa spoke again, "Commander, you will take these Greeks to their respective parent's house. They are to follow their house leader's orders. Jason you are no longer in charge at this camp. You will follow Percy's command. If you disobey this order, I will punish you greatly. Does everyone understand?"

Percy and Jason chorused, "Yes Mistress Lupa." They took their left hands and made a fist and crossed it over their chests. Then Lupa left the room.

Percy turned to us and asked, "So who are your parents? You start."

He pointed at Jason. "I am Jason Grace, son of Jupiter."

"I am Leo Valdez, son of Hephaestus."

"I am Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite."

"I am Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena."

"It is nice to finally meet you Jason. I have heard much about your battle with Krios. Everyone follow me."

He began to walk off, but I didn't follow. "Why are you not following daughter of Minerva?"

"You never properly introduced yourself."

"Well you seemed to know me quite well a minuet ago, but if it will make you follow fine. I am Perseus Jackson, son of Neptune. I am a Child of Rome and Hero of Olympus. I am consul to demigods, and the current praetor of the Roman Legion until Lupa decides what to do with Jason."

"But you are a Greek Percy. Hera took your memory and sent you here."

"I may have once been trained as a Greek, but the Gods have fixed that problem. I am Roman at heart. Neptune was unsure whether or not I was Roman or Greek. As you more than likely know, he can be as unpredictable as the ocean. Since he most often appeared to my mother in his Greek form, he let her raise me as a Greek."

"Do you remember anything from your past?"

"I remember most things except for a few campers which you and your lot are apparently some of."

Piper chose to speak up then, "Actually Leo and I arrived after you disappeared. Are you sure you want to hold us captive? Let us go."

Percy's eyes flashed dangerously. "Don't you dare try and charm speak me girl. If I find out that you have been using your power around camp, you will be punished. The same goes for you fire bender."

Leo looked shocked, "Dude, how do you know I can control fire? And how can you tell she was charm speaking?"

"Juno taught me well, and you will call me Commander until you have proven your worth."

"Whoa Du… I mean Commander, Hera trained you?"

"Yes. In combat, Latin, history, and my true path as a Roman. Now walk. No more questions. If you disobey orders around here, you will be whipped, or worse. You will follow you set leader without question, but the only word greater than mine is Lupa's. When the morning bell rings, you will wake up with the rest of your cabin and march 15 miles. Then you will report with your cabin to breakfast. Then you will go with your cabin to whatever training they are signed up for. Afterwards you will have lunch, and then you will march another 5 miles. Then you will eat supper. At the end of the day, you have two hours to do what you wish. Curfew is at 9:00."

Piper spoke up, "That is a really hard schedule."

"All cabins participate. If you are too weak, you will perish. Now follow me to your cabins."