Hey guys! So this is the Necklace of Harmonia! So to understand this story I recommend that you guys read my first story Percabeth the Perfect Couple! So yeah enjoy and review!
Connie's POV
I ran as fast as I could from whatever was chasing me. Balls of fire flew past me and one almost burned my leg.
I looked back and saw nothing was there. But I kept hearing footsteps, fast ones. I ran as fast as I could.
I was stupid enough to forget my weapons, all of them. I cursed under my breath and I stopped to catch my breath.
Then I heard the footsteps coming closer to me and I froze. The footsteps stopped and then something tackled me.
I yelped and looked that Leo Valdez was the one who was chasing me with stupid fireballs. He was laughing and hiccupping as he fell on his back.
My eyes flared and I punched him in the gut. He winced but kept laughing.
"Why the hell did you do that?" I screamed.
Leo stopped laughing abruptly and smiled.
"I did it because you so deserved it for filling the Hephaestus cabin with water," Leo said.
I smirked.
"You got me pretty bad Valdez."
"I know," Leo chuckled.
I rolled my eyes and helped Leo up.
"Come on, Percy and Annabeth are probably looking for us," I said.
He shrugged and we both ran towards camp.
When Percy saw me he sighed.
"Where were you?" He asked me.
"I was running away from Fire Boy here," I rolled my eyes as I pointed towards Leo.
Let me just explain one thing first. Percy is my brother. Literally, he's my brother. Yeah, you might think he's my half-brother since we're both children of Poseidon but this is different.
Percy, Sally, and Paul adopted me from an orphanage. My real mother died in the Marines. She met Poseidon in the Marines and that's where I came in.
Anyways, Percy started laughing at me and hiccupping just like Leo did.
I huffed and looked towards Annabeth. She smiled and gave me a look that said boys-are-just-stupid-like-that.
I smiled but then I heard a voice behind me.
"Constance, I need to talk to you," I heard Chiron say.
Chiron and the gods are the only people who call me Constance. Well except for Ares and Dionysus. Ares calls me Carter because he thinks I'm tough. He even says I'm tougher than Percy.
Dionysus, well he calls me anything.
I turned towards Chiron and followed him into the Big House. He had me sit down and he sighed.
"Constance, I have some news."
I looked at him with concern. There was just two things I was hoping he wasn't going to say.
"Constance, Jarett and Josh are missing. They've been missing since they left for their quest. It's been two weeks. They may be d-" Chiron said.
"No, they're not dead," I finished.
Josh was my best friend and Jarett was well, my boyfriend. This is one of the things I was hoping he would not say.
"Also, I'm sending you on the quest they were supposed to do," Chiron said.
Bingo. That's the other thing I was hoping he would not say.
"I accept," I sighed.
"Good, you will be retrieving the Necklace of Harmonia. Maybe along the way you may find Jarett and Josh. But as you know from our lessons the Necklace of Harmonia—" Chiron started to say.
"The necklace that can any woman young and beautiful forever. I also know the rest of the story," I finished.
Chiron nodded.
"Yes, well who would you like to go with?"
I paused.
I wanted to take Percy and Annabeth, but I wanted to take one more person. It may be against the Ancient Laws but I'm going to do this.
"I'd like to take Percy, Annabeth, and Leo," I said.
Chiron froze.
"Constance, you know about the Ancient Laws, only three should go on a quest. You know what happened with Bianca and Zoe," Chiron stated.
"I know, but I have a feeling that I'll need all of them," I hesitated.
Chiron nodded.
"As you wish Constance, but you may regret it."
I sighed.
"May I please leave?" I asked.
Chiron nodded and I left the Big House as quickly as I could. I ran towards the canoe docks as fast as a bullet. I felt tears stream down my eyes and I shut them tight as I sat down at the hard wooden docks.
I swung my legs off the dock. Then I grabbed a rock and threw it as hard as I could in anger.
I just got back from a quest a few months ago and Chiron expected me to go on another one.
The last quest I died. I came back from the dead but still I died! I might just die again and this time I won't come back.
I felt footsteps come behind me and I felt a hand rest on my shoulder. I looked up to see Leo smiling weakly at me.
He sat next to me and held my hand. I squeezed his hand back and he cracked some jokes to make me feel better.
"Hey, okay so two muffins were in an oven baking right?" Leo said.
"Right," I laughed.
"So one muffin turns to the other one and says boy it's hot in here! So the other muffin says OMG A TALKING MUFFIN!" Leo laughed.
I laughed. The joke was cheesy and weird but it still made me feel better.
Leo smiled at me and then he frowned.
"So I heard about um you know," Leo said.
I nodded as tears started to well up in my eyes.
"T-They're not dead," I said with hesitation.
Leo nodded.
"I also heard that I'm going on the quest with you," Leo said.
I looked at him and nodded.
Leo nodded and wiped the tears that I didn't even notice were streaming down my face.
"Well, we're all going to have a jolly good time aren't we?" Leo said.
I laughed and punched him in the arm lightly.
"Yeah I guess we are," I chuckled.
Leo stood up and held out his hand towards me.
I looked up at him and took his hand. He lifted me up and we walked towards the camp.
Me: Yeah I know, it was cheesy.
Connie: It wasn't cheesy it was bad.
Leo: It was not! It was good… I guess.
Me: Hey! I work hard on these stories!
Leo: Sure…
Me: REVIEW!