AN: hey guys! like the summary said, this is my first fan fiction, but definitely not my last. Important note on the bottom.

Disclaimer:
Percy: Man, Rick is gonna be mad...
Me: No, im doing it right now bro.
Leo: Shut up, you know you wished you owned this awesomeness!
Moral of the story?

i dont own PJO, HoO or any other brand names. unfortunately.

Leo
its been 6 months. 6 months after the war with Gaea. So much has changed since then. Jason left Piper. Beauty Queen was crushed. Festus, is a full-form-fire-breathing-badass-dragon. My crazy skills with the Archimedes sphere has paid off. For sure. Frank cant beat MY dragon. Everything has been fixed by Team Leo. Except for the Percy-Annabeth-tartarus thing... Since i discovered my father was old Crater face, everything that was put in front of me, i fixed. Except for that. I WILL fix this shit.. Before i get into the present, i want to clarify just what hapened in Greece.
Leo Everyone was still in shock. The Athena Parthenos was barely strapped in by the time we all broke down. From pure exhaustion, absolute fear, utter misery. All of the above. Percy and Annabeth were probably still falling deeper into that damn hole. Why didn't we fucking do anything?! Jason was right there! Even dumbass Frank could have caught them! But this isnt the time to blame anyone. This is MY fault. That stupid fortune cookie and that bitch Broken Spoke, Nemesis. I shouldn't have broke it open... But, Im the Captain of the Argo II. I need to figure this out. But first. We need to get the ship in the air before the mortals notice a flying death machine right above them. "Jason, i need you to get some wind in the sail." After that was just a blur of emotion and thoughts. I dont remember exactly what, but it wasnt good. Jason and Dragon Boy said they would take watch.
"Perc- Frank, umm, i need you to hold the floor for a minute. Piper is crying." Said Jason.
"Uhh, Yeah sure thing man."
I couldnt help but wonder about Hazel. Poor Hazel... I wonder how she is taking all of this in. Then the last person i would expect asked me to their cabin.
"Leo, could you come talk to me for a minute?" Said nico.
But their didnt seem to be another option. I mean, im not scared easily, but this Son Of Hades, really freaked me.
I shook my WiiMote and put the ship on auto-pilot and silently said "Please don't bring up Hazel."
naturally, thats what he wanted to talk about. For a scrawny pasty white boy who almost died in a jar an hour ago, he still creeped me out. Nico was sitting on his bed, with his Stygian Iron sword on his lap. He didnt look happy.. He had found his voice apparently, because when he spoke it had an unneccasary sense of hardness. Like i was dog who got into the trash.
"Leo, shut the door, we need to have a little chat."
Okay, now he is scaring me. "Uhh, Sure thing Nico." I said, barely concealing my growing sense of fear.
I shut the door, and took a seat in the chair closest to the left wall. Out of habit I pulled some pipe cleaners out of my pocket. Only half paying attention to it as my hands did there own thing.
"Nico, whats up? What did you call me down here for, not to kill me right?"
"Thats really what you thought?"
I laughed, realizing how stupid i just sounded.
"Naw, just testing you..."
I let some of the tension leave my shoulders. He doesnt want me dead.
Nico suddenly shouted,
"Leo! Thats awesome!" At first i didnt realize what he was talking about. I thought maybe my nose caught on fire or something.
"Whats awesome? Im not burning anything am i?"
Nico just shook he head. Still in awe over something i still hadnt figured out.
"Nico! What the hell are you talking about?!"
He smiled and pointed at my hands. I looked down, finally noticing the Mini Argo II, i had constructed out of my pipe cleaner.
"Oh, this? You should see some other things of mine."
I almost started bragging about this functioning helicopter i made in the Grand Canyon, but i thought better of it.
Nico, shook his head to refresh his memory.
"Leo, I need to know what you know about Hazel."
At first it seemed like a dumbass question then I understood what he meant.
"Leo, tell me actually how you feel about MY sister."
I immediately thought, "Beautiful girl talks to me, like a person. "
Not usually my type of girl, but she had that 1940's thing going on. It was hot.
This is what i said:
"Nico, I honestly have no idea how i feel about her."
This is when the world went crazy:
"Well, you'd better figure it out. REAL quick. She is breaking up with Sumo Baby Frank. Today."
At first I was excited. Beautiful girl is leaving her dragon boy, for little Valdez.
Then I realized I wasnt being fair. Frank is really into Hazel, but he doesnt trust Hazel enough. Hazel deserves the best. That isnt me or Frank. The only thing i could say was "Oh..."
"Hey, Leo! Leo!" Nico shouted.
I realized had started to go up in flames. "Oh shit, my bad man."
I quickly extinguished myself, and stood up and walked out.
Behind me Nico called out "Hey, uhh set a course for the House of Hades... We got some friends to save."
And with that happy thought boiling my brain, i went back to the helm. Frank hadn't moved an inched. He looked like a statue.
"Ehh, Frank, You okay?"
... No reply.
"FRANK!"
Still no reply. Was he dead, or just lost in thought? I wasnt sure so i did the safe thing. I blared "Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites" by Skrillex. He jumped so hard he changed into A turtle. I couldn't help but crack a smile. When he changed back, he wasnt happy.
"What the fuck man?!"
Me being Leo, I laughed. "Haha, sorry man but you were sleeping on watch duty. Cant have that happening."
I wasn't laughing long. The rest of the crew came up on deck. Except Piper. Each quite pissed off.
Jason: "I don't know what that was Leo, but if you wake up Piper.."
Nico: "My sword will drain the life from you before you could even joke about it Valdez."
Coach Hedge: "Made me miss the knockout of my cage match you little runt."
Hazel wasnt quite as mad. "Leo, please try to be a bit considerate to everyone else..."
Geeze that girl makes nervous sometimes. Maybe if she wasn't so damn fine...
"Sorry Hazel, Raphael over there looked dead, so i wanted to make sure."
"Raphael?"
"He turned into a turtle."
Obviously, she didnt get the name Raphael, but she didn't ask for an explanation. As everyone went below decks, i realized that i didnt have anyone to comfort. No one but my masthead Festus. See, on my first adventure, Festus was a massive Celestial Bronze automaton dragon. But, we accidently flew over bat-shit crazy Midas' yard. He has a killer home defense system. No pun intended.
Now, I repurposed his head. The only surviving thing from the crash. I have come to understand his mechanical language of clicks and pauses. Even my DRAGON hates dubstep.. Alone with my thoughts, I thought about what Nico told me.
How could gorgeous Hazel, daugther of Pluto, want me? Im like if a Santa elf met Gabriel Iglesias and things got hot and heavy. The offspring of a fat mexican and a midget russian. A nobody. A lowly little mechanic. Luckily, i didnt have to think about it for long. Just then, we ran into our first attack just outside of Rome.

AN: I hope you guys will review, flames are expected, but Constructive Critisism is Appreciated! i have a couple more chapters typed up. you know what that means! if you like what you read, let me know! im only gonna continue this if you guys want it.