Hola! So this is a little something I put together about Leo and an original character. ~~~~~WARNING! SPOILERS FOR MARK OF ATHENA!~~~~~ This is my first Fan Fiction so please be nice in the comments. Constructive Criticism Only!

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the character mentioned in this story (excluding my original character). All the characters belong to Rick Riordan.

(but i really wished i did own the characters)

Now, ON WITH THE SHOW!

My love,

Although this my come as a shock to you, we have conceived a child together. She is the infant with which this note came. I had planned on keeping her a secret from you so that she may live with me in peace but sadly, that cannot happen. She does not look like the rest of my kind, so she cannot be excepted. She looks like you. They had planned on killing her, but I sent her away before they could.

If I am to entrust you with our child, there are some important things you need to know. Never, under any circumstance, let her into the water in public. The water reveals her true form. Do not share the information of her to anyone, even the people you trust most. And finally, don't let her know of her true self or of any of this. She may become curious and try to find me. If she takes this journey, she will not survive.

And a single rule for you. Do not come to find me. You narrowly escaped last time. I'm sure you won't be as lucky a second time. It's with a heavy heart I send this final letter to you. I shall break contact immediately. Good luck with our daughter.

All my love,

You know who

15 years later

Perry's POV

Summer, Italy

"Torna qui, lardo!" I hear the angry Italian baker call from behind me. I try to run as fast as I can without losing the loaf of bread in my arms. Now I know what you're thinking. 'Why are you stealing a loaf of bread?' Because I don't have the money to afford it, that's why. And last I checked, no one pities a teenage street urchin enough to buy some bread for them.

I was zooming down the street, careful to avoid the sound of approaching police sirens. I had to find a place to hide and fast. Or else, well let's just say this isn't the first time the fuzz has chased me. I'm sure they already had the worst cell picked out for me.

I had to find an escape route and fast. Just when I thought I was dead meat, lo and behold, a hole in the fence appears. I gladly jump throw and continue to run. Even though I know I'm safe, I have to take precautions.

After about five more minutes of running, my lungs can't take anymore so I stop. When I have most of my breath back, I look down at my latest stolen loot. My stomach gives a loud growl that roughly translates to "Eat up, girly!" Now how can I say no to that?

I practically swallow the loaf whole. Hey, give me a break, I haven't eaten in almost two days. When my stomach and I are satisfied, I stand up, brush off the few remaining crumbs, and make my way to the outskirts of Rome, Italy.

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By the time I get to my hammock that I made out of an old bed sheet I found in the trash and strung between to old buildings, it's nearly dark. Usually I like to stay up and watch the stars, but after my almost encounter with the police, I'm exhausted. I place myself in bed and start to close my eyes to sleep.

But the world hates me, so that obviously doesn't happen.

Just a few yards away I hear a low growling. I let out an exasperated sigh and yell to the heavens "Can't you just let me have one night off?"

I grab my trusty broken glass bottle from under my hammock and pursue the noise.

Trying not to make a sound, I tip-toe around the corner and see and ugly monster's rear sticking out from a garbage can. He seems to occupied in what he should eat out of it first, so he doesn't notice me inching towards him. Just my luck, he decided that I smell worse than the garbage and takes his head out of the can to see where the smell is coming from. The monster was fairly big. It's body resembled a lion, but it had a neck the same length as an ostrich's. Instead of a normal tail, it looked like the stinger that a scorpion posses.

He gave me a wicked smile. "Dinner?" he asked hopefully.

I scoffed at him. "Not if I can help it." I lunge at him, hoping that I can take him down in one strike, but he saw my attack coming and pounced on me. He bared his yellow fangs and released a noise that sounded like a mix between a hiss and a growl. I hold a strong grip on my bottle and aim for his heart, a spot, that I learned from experience, will always finish them off.

Just before I can deliver the final blow he takes out his claws and knocks the bottle out of my hand. "Shit!" I yell to no one. The creature growls at me again. "Now you are dinner," It says proudly. "I catch you and now you are mine!"

He raises his tail and pierces my arm. I cry out in pain and feel a warm liquid enter my body. I struggle but it soon becomes hard to see. Too late I realize he ejected poison into me. There is nothing left to do but hope that my death isn't too painful.

As I'm thinking about all of my regrets, I notice that the weight of the monster has mysteriously disappeared. Then I hear three sets of feet running toward me. I want to look, but my eye lids are too heavy to lift and I slowly fell myself slipping out of consciousness. But before I fall asleep, I hear a conversation.

"Is she alright?" I hear a girl ask. She sounds frantic and worried. Another voice replies. "I don't know. What do we do, Piper?" This voice sounds much deeper than the first, so this one must belong to a boy.

A third voice answers. "Okay, guys, we just need to calm down, " I assume 'Piper' says. "She saw the monster so she must be one of us. That means we can take her onto the Argo II. Maybe we have some medicine there. Okay, Hazel you lift her right arm over your shoulder..."

I black out.

Leo's POV

"Leo, please. Just take an hour long nap. You've barely slept at all in the last few days," Jason pleaded with me. "Coach can take the wheel. He knows how to fly. Besides, we're anchored so there's no need for a captain right now."

Although he did have a point, I couldn't bring myself to leave the control room for more than a few minutes at a time. It had been only three days since Percy and Annabeth... you know, and I know that it was all my fault. Nemesis had warned me that there would be consequences if I had opened the fortune cookie. But at the time, I hadn't realized that they would be so severe.

"Nah, man," I replied back, trying to sound wide awake. "I'm fine."

Jason gave me a concerned look. "You sure? You look exhausted."

I shook my head and said "No way, I never get tired. I'm too amazing." Hoping my small amount of humor would convince him to leave me alone. He gave me a small smile. "Alright," he said. "If you insist." With that he leaves the control room. I let out a sigh of relief. He had been bugging me all day to leave the control room. But if I do and something bad happens, I know it will all be my fault. I just can't have another thing being my fault on my conscience.

I get lost in thought about everything bad that would happen if I left the control room for a measly twenty minutes. Someone could come in and press the wrong button sending us spirally toward the ground. An flying monster we've never seen before could attack and I wouldn't be in the control room to fly us away. The ship could explode for Hephaestus' sake! No way, too risky. I am not leaving this room.

I hear a stubborn knocking on the door behind me. I groan. Why can't people leave me alone? I open the door and to my surprise, I see Nico di Angelo. Nico is Hazel's brother who we had to save from evil, theater-loving, giant twins. And when I say giant, I mean a literal giant. They kidnapped Nico and used him as a ransom. Percy, Piper, and Jason saved him from suffocating. Before I met the guy, I never really trusted him. It seemed kinda sketchy that he knew about both the Roman camp and Camp Half-Blood but never told either camp about the other. When I actually meet him, he just seemed down-right creepy.

"Leo," he said in an anxious tone. "Piper, Hazel, and Frank just came back from getting supplies and they brought someone with them. She might be another demigod."

How gullible does this guy think I am? Does he really expect me to fall for that? He'll probably push me out of the control room, head inside, and lock the door so I can get some sleep. I know what you're thinking, but I'm not acting paranoid. Hazel and Piper tired to do the same thing yesterday.

I scoff at him. "Yeah, and I'm the Queen of England." I start to close the door but he pushes it open. "I'm serious, Valdez. It's not a trick to get you out of your stupid control room," He says in s frustrated tone.

I shake my finger at him and make a tsk noise. "One mustn't use that tone with the queen." I shut the door on him and lock it. I turn back to the wheel and try to ignore the banging on the door and a few annoyed shouts from Nico.

A/N: So what do you think? Love it? Hate it? I promise it will get a lot better later. I just needed to start off the story. R&R! I will take anything that you can throw and try to improve in the next chapter!

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