He dreamt of flames.

Red hot embers, blazing in the endless darkness. From the distance, he could hear echoes of terrified screams, and wretched sobbing rang in his ears.

The ghostly whispers were suffocating, circling him like a predator.

Make it stop - he heard - Make me forget.

Please.

Silence.

Jason woke up with a start, his fingers trembling. For a few minutes, he sat helplessly on his bed, head buried in his arms. The flames from his nightmare was etched into his memory. Running a hand through his golden hair, he jumped out of bed.

Something is terribly wrong.

Throwing on a camp half-blood shirt, he ran out of his cabin to the Big House. On the way, he knocked into an exhausted son of Hades. Nico di Angelo looked up at him with his large onyx eyes, questioning him. His gaze was calculating, and Jason knew immediately that Nico understood.

"You felt it too, didn't you?"

Jason nodded miserably. "I had a nightmare. It didn't make any sense, but I was on the way to see Chiron. "

"We're not the only ones, " Nico mumbled, pointing at a figure beside Chiron. Grabbing the small boy by the arm, Jason ran towards them. "Piper!"

The daughter of Aphrodite turned around, her kaleidoscope eyes flickering with fear. "Something's wrong. "

"We've already established that. " Nico began, fingers playing with his black shirt, "Jason had a nightmare about it. Hardly any of the demi-gods have them anymore, unless they are memories from the war. "

"Nightmare..?" Chiron spun to face Jason, eyes narrowing."What did you see?"

Jason briefly gave the description of the fire, and the voices he had heard. Nico nodded, solemnly.

"No, this is something completely different. It was a strong force. A god or goddess was definitely involved. "

Piper frowning, twisting a strand of her hair. " dreamt of flames? " Jason nodded.

Chiron cursed in Ancient Greek, grasping her unsaid theory. "And there is only one person in the camp who has control over fire. "

"Leo."

Piper and Jason checked the forges and his cabin - Leo was nowhere to be seen - his half-siblings hadn't seen him since yesterday. Harley, the youngest of the Hephaestus siblings, jumped into Piper's arms, "Is Leo okay?"

"I hope so," She replied quietly. She was cut off when she saw Nico running towards them.

"Bunker Nine!" He yelled, and sprinted off without an explanation. Sharing a worried look, Jason and Piper followed him.

Nico had already walked in by the time they were in front of Bunker Nine.

Half finished projects were scattered all over the floor, the metal glinting in the sunlight. Plans for inventions were scattered all over the floor. Buford was asleep in the corner of the room. Typical work space for Leo Valdez.

Piper gasped as she saw Nico on the floor, holding a limp body of Leo, Festus standing over him. She dropped to the floor, holding him in her arms, and ran her small fingers through his messy curls. His cheekbones were more defined, and his skin was paler than usual; signs that he had been working too much.

Jason reached over, trying to shake him awake. "Is he.."

Nico shook his head. "Not dead. Just unconscious. We should get him to the infirmary." Together, they tried to hoist his weak body off the cold floor, when suddenly, his eyes fluttered open.

Holding back tears, Piper threw her arms around him. "Gods, don't ever do that again. I was so worried; we thought you were - " She stopped when Leo untangled himself from their embrace, a scowl on his face. His eyes were darker than usual, and there was no humor in his expression.

"Leo...?" Jason inquired.

Leo stared at the three demigods. "Who are you?" Piper, Jason and Nico fell silent.

The son of Hephaestus stared at his hands with wistful curiosity.

"...Who am I?"

Wow. It's been a looong time. I've missed you guys. *Grabs tissues*

This also took an unhealthy amount of time. Dude, the first sentence took like, half an hour.

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