Jason I

Jason woke up with a start.

He had been napping in the Zeus cabin when he heard a knock on his door. Before he could get up to open it, Piper rushed inside and called his name.

"Jason!" She ran over to his bed and picked up a cup of water from his nightstand. Splashing it in his face, she said his name again. "Jason!"

She was panting from what looked like a long run to get there. Although he was slightly angered by the fact that his sheets were now drenched, he forced himself to sit up and look at Piper. Despite her worried disposition, she looked as beautiful as ever.

"What? What happened?" he asked sleepily.

"It's Leo. You know those dreams he's been having? Well, they've gotten worse. Much worse. Nyssa had gone in to talk to him about the ship, and she found him lying in his bed hyperventilating. I know he hasn't had amnesia, like you, but when I saw him, he had that same faraway look in his eyes, like he was remembering something – something from his past."

"His past? Like, his mom? Or Hera, maybe?"

"I don't know, maybe. But he won't talk about it. I even tried charmspeaking him to tell me what he saw."

"And?" Jason had been so preoccupied with his own flashbacks lately that it hadn't even occurred to him that his friends might be having trouble, too.

"Nothing. He just keeps muttering words under his breath like 'horses' and 'picnic'. But maybe you should come see for yourself."

Jason got out of bed and hurriedly put on his orange Camp Half-blood t-shirt and jeans. He was a little embarrassed to have Piper see him in only his boxers, but thankfully she was facing the opposite direction, her focus on the pictures taped to the wall in the corner of the cabin.

"Heard anything from Thalia?" she asked.

"If I had, don't you think I'd have told you?"

"I don't know, it might've been secret or something."

"I don't keep secrets from you."

Piper smiled and seemed pleased by this comment. She might have blushed, but it was too dark in the room to tell. Jason finished putting on his clothes and started for the door. They barely had time to run the full way to the Hephaestus cabin before Nyssa ran straight into them.

"Nyssa!" Piper was anticipating some news. "Did he say something?"

"Hardly. But he keeps muttering those same words, 'horses' and 'picnic'. Only this time he said something different, too. He looked straight at me, with a really sad expression, and whispered the word 'hazel'."