The Perfect Match

Chapter 1

Leo wakes to the sound of his name. "Leo?" he looks down and sees 8 year old Harley at the foot of his bed. "What's up Harley?" he asks. "I had a nightmare." Do you want to talk about it?" he asks quietly. Harley nods quickly and climbs up the bed. Leo lifts him up and sets him next to him on the pillow. "So, what was it about?" he asks carefully. "It was about my mom," he says fearfully." She was attacked by the gorgons and then she screamed and I looked in the eyes of Gaea and", Leo noticed that as he talked, Harley became more and more terrified. "Harley, take a deep breath and just relax okay it was a dream and there is no way I'm letting Queen Dirt Face scare you okay so just calm down okay? "Leo asks calmly. Harvey settles down and starts breathing heavily. Leo then notices that he's fast asleep. He tucks him in and says softly," Goodnight Harley." Then he changes into his morning clothes and steps out of the cabin.

Come on Leo you got it!" Jason yells as Leo races Percy up the climbing wall. Leo has a few tricks up his sleeve and he can't wait to see the looks on the campers' faces. Suddenly, Leo melts into thin air and in 3 seconds, he's 10 feet up. He then materializes and people are flashes his trouble maker's grin and scales up the wall. He reaches the top and notices that Percy is up to. They both dive for the laurels and Leo makes it first, tucking in and rolling just as Jason had showed him. He then rips a grapple gun from his belt and shoots it at the wall slowly easing up the rope. As he scrambles up the wall Jason flies up and they high-five. Percy high-fives him too and they all bro hug with so much power, Leo almost falls off the edge. They climb down and Leo is extremely happy as this is the first sport he's won in. "Nice job fire-boy," Hazel says lightly. Leo looks down at the ground hoping no one will see is fiery-red cheeks. "Uhhhh, thanks Hazel" he says nervously.

That night as they prepare for Capture the Flag, Hazel comes over. "Good luck Leo" she says and kisses him on the cheek. Jason walks over and looks at Leo." Dude you have to ask her too the fireworks.,He says brightly. "You're right," he says"I should." Then, they head out into the forest and await the directions from Chiron. "Ladies and Gentlemen," Chiron booms in the mega phone," You will be playing Capture the Flag tonight and here are the teams. We have Hephaestus cabin, Apollo cabin, Jason, and Hermes cabin.

On this team, you have Percy, Athena cabin, Ares cabin, and Aphrodite!' This surprised Leo as Aphrodite usually sits out. "Huh," Leo thinks. "Looks like Beauty Queen is making everyone work. This should be interesting."