Title: Leo's Fury
Story idea/Adopted from: jbana21
~Part One~
So I know what you're thinking. About a month ago, there we were, in the crowded schoollbus with a crazy satyr P.E. coach. I had a few tricks up my sleeves (literally, I mean, who wouldn't take up a chance to take apart a megaphone?), and Jason had fell asleep on Piper's shoulder, and I was all "Ooh, cute couple!" and really happy for them. Although I was their friend, I always felt a bit of a loner around them, a third wheel. But then Jason woke up, and Hera just had to mess it up.
Holy Hera! Okay, sorry! Don't kill me using peacocks!
I'd gotten a good laugh when Piper's foot landed in that overly-desperate Aphrodite girl- Dana, I think. No, Drew. AND, when Ms. Beauty Queen showed her up, the look on her face! Then I caught myself. Why am I thinking about Piper? She's Jason's girlfriend. Stop it.
Anyway, it all started when I went to an archery lesson. I was kinda wary, because those Hunters of Artemis were flawless at archery, besides being able to take down males with a single death glare. But at least Apollo's nice.
"So you grip your left hand on the bow, like this." Jake Mason said, showing me how to correctly hold a bow.
"Man, this is hard." I wrapped my right fingers around the thin wood. Probably made of aspen, which made it easily inflammable. But I decided not to say. "Wait-right, right? Or-"
"Left," Jake corrected me.
I switched my fingers. "Okay. What about my right?"
Twenty minutes later
Yeah, I know. Twenty minutes can do wonders with bows. And I was itching to go back and work on the Argo II. It isn't going to build itself, you know. Back to the point.
Standing there a couple metres from the target, I felt a bit awkward with an arrow drawn.
"Pull the string back," Jake instructed me. Behind him, I noticed a few other Hephaestus kids watching me. Probably to see if I sucked at archery more than Percy Jackson.
I pulled the string back. "Now?"
"Aim for the middle of the target. The farther it is, the more force and angle you'll need. But this is the beginner distance. Try it once."
I directed the bow toward the centre of the target. Twang!
Yeah, it was an epic fail. But...
"Not bad for your first try, Leo! It's on the edge of the target," said Jake, showing me the wood. I was astonished too.
"C'mon, let's try again," he said, a few people congratulating me in the process.
I re-positioned my fingers. Notching another arrow, I started pulling the string back- and then-something happened (no, not the apocalypse). It was...I can't explain it...maybe...oh yeah, memories! They came so fast that I couldn't stop the arrow from flying.
I grinned widely, dragging Piper to an empty classroom. A few yells echoed far away.
"That was so cool!" she exclaimed. "Even better than embarrassing my dad's assistant!"
"You should've seen the look on their face!" I said, rolling on the floor. "Especially with the eggs!"
"How did you do that, anyway?" Piper asked me.
"Oh, blackmailed a few kids. But I got most of it myself from the cafeteria," I replied, smiling. Piper's lively eyes always seemed to wipe away all my fears.
She laughed, the best thing I could ever hear. "I've got such a great boyfriend." She leant forward and kissed me.
Another one came.
"Did you hear about the new student?" Piper asked me in the crowded cafeteria.
"Jason Grace?" I said. "Yeah, he's in our grade."
Then a blond boy with a small cut on his lip, for reasons unknown, came to our table with a tray of food.
"Hi, I'm Jason. I'm new here, and, um, I need some help getting around."
"Sure!" Piper gestured to the bench across the table, staying beside me.
And that was the day we made a new friend.
Yet another.
My heart was bursting with happiness when I crawled into bed that night. Just the sense that Piper was there made my thoughts of running away disperse. It was truly the only reason I had to stay at the Wilderness School, and the only thing that made me happy.
Even though most of the people here teased me, Piper was the best thing that happened to me.
I could hear someone jumping and shouting in surprise as the arrow veered off course. But I couldn't breath, and I could feel steam coming out of my arms. These memories-what the-how come they suddenly came to me? And why was I dating Piper in the first place?
The only suspect popped into my mind.
Hera. She must've done it.
~End of Part One~
