Author's note:
This is my first fanfiction so bear with me please. It may not be the best work ever written.
Also, I don't own any of the characters or settings that appeared in the PJO or HoO books.
Ok, here we go…
Chapter One: Leo
Leo was tired of crashing spontaneously into gardens. It wasn't like he had anything against them, and he supposed he should be grateful for the soft landing spot. Festus honestly was about ready to plummet to the earth anyway, the only thing keeping him together being Calypso's magical singing and Leo's sheer willpower. It just so happened that every garden on earth wanted to welcome them. They seemed to want to attract Calypso to them, and whenever Leo was being careless and accidentally flew over a garden, BOOM! They would plummet toward earth. Cue the flowers cushioning Calypso's fall. Cue Leo getting knocked out by something or another. Cue a few more days of Calypso-healing before they could fly again.
This time, Calypso had been leaning forward over his shoulder, her hair swirling in the wind in front of them, and Leo had been distracted by the scent of her, and her arms wrapped about his waist, and how close she was to him…which had led to them accidentally crash landing in Central Park. As Festus spiraled downward, he could tell that this was more than the dragon could take. Maybe it was some sort of Son-of-Hephaestus power, or maybe he was just surprised that Festus had actually lasted this long, but he wasn't surprised upon hitting the ground to see metal parts scattered everywhere. He was, however, very surprised to hear a quite recognizable voice exclaim, "Oh my gods! Is that…Leo?!" before the world went black.