~Author's note~

Hello people of earth! This is my first story on this website, so it may be stupid. But it does have the much loved Leo Valdez in it, and all da ladies love Leo! Ok. Random outburst. Anyways, please read and review!

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

Save My Life Again

Chapter 1

I walked out of the Zeus cabin, and it hit me. It was freezing! Since the weather at Camp Half – Blood was enchanted, it had never been this cold. "Oh well," I whispered to myself. It was nearly Christmas, so maybe this cold was natural. I walked past cabins six, seven, eight, and stopped at nine. The door burst open, and smoke billowed out. A short, curly – haired boy followed, coughing. I smiled. Before I could even see his face, I knew it was Leo Valdez, my best friend.

Leo grinned when he saw me. "Hey Liz!" he said, jogging over to me.

"Hey Leo," I said. I pointed to the smoking entrance of the Hephaestus cabin. "Um… what happened there?" I asked.

"Oh, I might have caught my new smoke bomb on fire." He said. "But that's not important. What's new with you?"

"I was just going to take a walk in the woods," I explained, pointing to the trees. "Wanna come with?"

"I would love to," he replied. "But, totally social Leo here is extremely busy."

I raised an eyebrow.

"Okay, fine. Leo is unsocial." He admitted. "Let's go!"

As we made our way through the woods, the sun started to go down. It was getting even colder. I knew Leo didn't feel it though. He was always warm, for obvious reasons.

Despite the cold, it wasn't windy at all. As the daughter of Zeus, I could control the winds. Yet when I summoned some wind, nothing happened. I tried again, harder. Still nothing. "That's odd." I said aloud.

"What's odd?" asked Leo.

"I willed some wind, but nothing happened." I replied.

"Maybe you're just tired." Said Leo.

That sounded pretty reasonable, so I let it go. After walking a bit farther, I stopped in my tracks.

"Why'd you stop?" asked Leo, also halting.

"Something's not right." I replied, my eyes wide. Maybe it was my ESP. (ESP is when someone has mild physic abilities, such as predicting the future.) It was always freaking me out, always giving me false signals. Unfortunately, I couldn't tell if this was false or not. I got a chill up my spine, and I knew that this was real. I grabbed Leo's hand. "Run!" I yelled, bolting in the direction we came from.

We ran as fast as we could, jumping over logs and flattening weeds. I glanced at my arm and saw about half a dozen scratches. Blood seeped out of a few of them. I realized that I also had new scratches on any bare skin. I heard a loud grumbling noise that made my skin crawl.

Leo looked over his shoulder, and then back at me. "Uh, Liz," he said, clearly scared. "You might want to see what's following us."

I glanced in the other direction, and I was horrified. Black fire was seeping through the branches and closing in around us. "Can you control it with your powers?" I asked Leo.

"Already tried that." He said.

I was beginning to see the tree line that ran along the edge of Camp. "There!" I said pointing to the trees. We were almost there, so close I could touch the last tree. Suddenly I didn't see Leo next to me, and I heard cursing behind me. I stopped. Leo was face down on the ground. "Leo!" I whispered, turning him over. He had a nasty gash above his eye, and he was losing blood fast. I helped him up, and we stumbled into camp.

The fire stopped at the border and seeped into the ground with a horrible wail. I noticed that Leo also had many scratches, especially on his arms. Breathing heavily, we both collapsed on the ground, unable to go any farther. I stared up at the stars scattered across the sky.

I heard voices: Annabeth, Percy, Chiron, and others. The last thing I remember was getting lifted onto a stretcher and carried away.

Okay so I know this is short. I promise that my future chapters will be longer! I just thought this was a good place to stop. This first chapter was more like an intro to get everyone up to speed. My next chapter will be at least 1,000 words!

So tell me how you like it in a review. I love constructive criticism, and if you have any ideas for the story, I might just put them in there!

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