Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Luke Castellan had power.

Silena Beauregard had power.

Drew Tanaka had power.

Piper McLean has power.

At first it's subtle.

Blowing off archery (because let's be honest, she's never going to shoot properly no matter how much she practices, and archery's stereotypical anyway) to hang with Jason.

Sitting at the Zeus Table (because assigned tables really only promote differences between the cabins, and so what if she's trying to change an established tradition? Rosa Parks did too) instead of the Aphrodite table.

Wearing a crop top (because she looks hot in it, and orange isn't her color) instead of the Camp Half-Blood t-shirt.

And then it gets bigger.

Using charmspeak on Leo because he's being annoying.

Making Drew clean her bed because she can't be bothered.

Betraying her team in Capture the Flag because Jason's so cute when he wins.

And then she looks away and it's become massive.

She takes a step back and sees herself stealing clothes from Lacy.

Lacy isn't even her size.

Forcing Mitchell to wear the Shoes of Shame.

Never mind that the shoes are a size 7 women's, and Mitchell's a size 11. Men's.

And then she's in front of Gaia and swearing her fealty because who really wants to die young and leave a beautiful corpse anyway?

Because power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely and what is love but power?