Amelia POV

"Ame, can you please come here?" Captain Castellan asked.

"Coming!" I said, turning away from Prince Prissy.

"So, who are the new recruits?" Captain Castellan asked.

"Jason Grace-"

"The brother of that upstart Thalia Grace?"

"I'm not sure. Grover Underwood, I'm 99% sure that he's a satyr, who just so happens to be excellent at hiding his cloven hooves, and the Prince of Crete, Percy."

"He's the one tied up to the mast if I'm not mistaken?"

"Yes sir, he is."

"They seem like fine recruits. Keep up the good work Melia. And keep our royal guest company." Captain Castellan smiled evily.

"Sir yes sir." I said, saluting him and walking back go Prissy.

"Who was that?" He asked.

"The captain of this fine vessel, Captain Castellan." I said, smirking. "You are just to loyal to people you don't know, aren't you?"

"Well, I am a prince, so I really don't have a choice. It's part of who I am." Prissy responded. "Why did you kidnap Jason and Grover?"

"Ransom."

"Is that all you guys care about?"

"Yes, Prince Prissy, it is."

Prissy sighed. "I have a name, and it's Percy. Not Prissy. I don't mean to be rude-"

"I don't care." I responded. "Pirates are meant to be rude. It's part of who we are."

"Melia, I'm not a pirate."

"A, yes you are, and B, it's Amelia to you. Only the crew get to call me Ame or Melia." I said, walking away.

Jason POV

"Hey sleepy head," I heard a voice say. "wake up."

I opened my eyes and saw that girl from the market, Piper, at least, I think that's her name, standing over me. The other girl, Juniper, was standing in the corner with Grover, talking silently.

"What the hell is going on here?" I asked, slightly angry.

"Um, Captain Castellan and First Mate Amelia ordered us to kidnap you three. I'm sorry. I personally don't believe in doing this." Piper said, kneeling down and sitting next to me.

"You're pirates?" I asked her.

"I'm more like the chef, and Juniper," Piper responded, nodding towards Juniper. "is the house maid. He kidnapped us off of Captain Thalia's ship."

"Funny, I had a sister named Thalia. She ran away from home when we were young." I said, scratching my head.

"Do you remember what she looks like?" Piper asked.

"Um, unlike me, she had black hair, but she also had electric blue eyes, like mine."

Piper was silent. "You just described Captain Thalia."

"So that's what became of my older sister, she became a pirate?"

"I guess so." Piper said, sitting down next to me, handing me a flask that smelled like brandy. She gave it to me, expecting me to drink it.

"No thanks." I responded. "I make it a habit to not drink brandy or any other alcoholic beverage."

Piper looked confused, but then looked like she understood. "Oh! Don't worry. This isn't alcohol. It's water. Captain Castellan kept brandy in here before a hole got in the bottom."

"How did it get a hole at the bottom of it? It doesn't look all that bad."

Piper smirked, which I'll admit looked really hot on her. "I had a friend of mine weld metal on the bottom to fix the hole I made."

I chuckled. "Smart girl."

"I know." Piper responded, still holding out the flask. "Are you going to take a drink, or not?"

I took the flask. "Thanks. Now, why did you kidnap us?"

"Look," Piper said, sighing. "I didn't want to. Amelia's the first mate. Has been since she was four, I think. She calls the shots. Juniper and I just follow blindly-"

"Bullshit!" I yelled as Grover and Juniper looked over at me.

"I've never heard you use that type of language before Jason." Grover said quietly, just loud enough for all of us to hear. "Especially not when Percy's around."

"Because Percy doesn't need to be around my vulgar language! I do this at home all the time!" I said. "Just cut to the chase Piper! Why the hell did you kidnap us!"

"Because you're demigods!" Piper yelled, exasperated. "There, I said it! Happy now!"