A sidekick that's all I am to them: Piper, and Jason.

Oh Piper…my flaming pants she was fine. But she liked Jason.

Jason he was my best friend who doesn't remember that time we put chocolate pudding on Timmy Faleon's chair.

Bam! When he got up you should've seen his girlfriend's face. It was like 'Oh-mee-gee did my boyfriend crap his pants?'

But that never happened. All lies, all of them.

Every day I wake up and see Piper and Jason getting closer and closer together…

Where does that leave me?

They'll probably be telling their grandkids about how they went on a grand quest to save Hera.

And how they meet the pack of wolves, and Jason saw Thalia-his sister- again.

But they'll forget to tell them about their poor old sidekick.

Flaming Leo Valdez

All I am is a dangerous fire user. At least that's what Nyssa thinks of me and all of my half brothers and sisters.

Ever since I started using my fire powers again I've been thinking about my Mom.

She did everything for me. Everything. Well everything she could do or afford.

My grandparents never saw how great my mother was.

Beautiful, good with her hands, multi-cultured, a multi-tasker too I might add.

And all I'm doing is tarnishing her past by using my powers again.

My Dad says it's a gift but I don't think so.

It's a horrible, mind-twisting power that in anyone's control they could go insane.

It also doesn't help that my Father has to keep close tabs on me.

It's like he watches me for entertainment.

'Oh hey my son just failed at making the ship that is the key to this whole journey! Let's go get some popcorn!'

I mean I don't think the gods get it.

WE ARE NOT HERE FOR YOUR ENTERTSINMENT!

Oh well.

I hate being pressured.

And this whole 'you have to build this ship with a crayon drawing a 4 year old drew as your blue print for saving the world. Good luck!'

Wouldn't that pressure you too?

Good I thought we we're on the right page.

Oh wait some of you said no?

Well for those of you who did say no…

You can do all my work on building the boat, taking ancient Greek with a girl who's boyfriend is across America and who keeps asking you 'Leo do you know when the boats ganna be finished?'

It's pure torture.

Not that Annabeth is an annoying person she's just all stressed out about her boyfriend not remembering anything.

And to top that all off my sword lessons with my trainer Clarisse aren't going to well.

Every time I slip up she pushes me harder and harder.

Then I look over and see Jason and Piper making puppy dog faces at each other.

Every time I see them doing that I yell "Get a room!"

Then they send me a glare and I give them a thumbs-up.

But it reminds me that even though I'm here with people who are just freaks like me, nobody else had the powers I have.

Or the pain of knowing you messed up life for the one person you call Mom.

Or that you are a freak among freaks.

Or that you'll always be the last one saved next to your two best friends.

Or that you'll be left out 24/7 if they do get together.

Or that everything you make could come crashing down in a second.

That's what I think every day.

And that's what I am a freak among freaks.

Me.
Flaming Leo Valdez.