Jason's POV

Waiting is really boring.

That was the conclusion I had come to as I was forced to wait for the "potatoes". Why Percy and Annabeth wanted me to meet a couple of vegetables was unknown.

I was in the Big House with Piper, Hazel, Frank, and Leo. Our current defense against boredom was talking about what the potatoes were and why were they so important. Somehow, it morphed into if a potato was a fruit or a vegetable.

It may have been stupid, but we were so involved in it, that we didn't hear Annabeth open the door. Our first impression on the Potatoes was that we were idiots.

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Aru's POV

Annabeth opened the door to reveal 5 people debating if a potato was a fruit or a vegetable right before they froze in shock.

Brynne crossed her arms and went into cooking mode. "Technically, it's a root of a vegetable which would classify it as a tuber."

"Sorry," said Aiden. "Brynne's a chef."

The group of 5 was still until Annabeth glared at them. The first to recover was a Mexican boy with a tool belt and a mischievous grin.

He shot forward and held out his hand to them. "Hello, I'm Leo. Nice to meet you."

"Hi, I'm Aru. Nice to meet you, too." I shook his hand and the others followed suit.

"I'm Brynne."

"I'm Aiden."

"I'm Hira."

"I'm Rudy, prince of th-"

"Shut up, Rudy."

"I'm Mini." Leo reached out to shake her hand, but Mini retracted. "Do you know how many germs you can spread by shaking hands?! Elbow bumps only!"

I spoke up to get this back on track. "We're the Potatoes."

"Why are you called the Potatoes?" A voice spoke up from where the frozen people were. Looks like they were starting to get over their embarrassment.

The guy that had asked a tall Chinese boy. He seemed nice enough.

Mini started to explained it to him. "Half of us are Pandavas and the others aren't so we decided to come up with a group name, although we didn't get to vote fairly on it."

"I voted for Avengers." I grumbled.

"Well I won, fair and square, when Boo flew away and said that we were the Potatoes because it was the last suggestion before he left to go betray us."

The strangers just looked at us in shock and confusion before the question guy introduced himself. "Um. I'm Frank."

"I'm Hazel." An African American girl with golden eyes said.

A blond haired boy with blue eyes and a scar by his lip spoke next. "I'm Jason." (And totally alive because I've been told he died, but I haven't read the Trials of Apollo series, yet, so it doesn't count.)

Last but not least, a Native American girl with kaleidoscope eyes and a feather in her hair gave her name. "I'm Piper."

Now that introduces were done, it was time to start today's investigation.

Cliff hanger!

Sorry it took so long to get this out. I was traveling and didn't have any internet.

In other news, we got those votes in about a day! That's got to be a new record! For me, at least. Next chapter will be 3 votes or comments.

Have a great rest of your day!

-Orchid