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Welcome to my version of The House of Hades, book 4 in the Heroes of Olympus (or HoO) series by none other than Rick Riordan. This is my re-editted and re-uploaded version, because some of my mistakes were huge and seriously bugging me, and they have been for weeks now, but I was too lazy to fix it, so now I have.

Welcome, newcomers, to my fanfictions as well, and thanks to everyone who's been with me for a while!

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Chapter 1

Leo

Leo tried his best to steer the ship, but his eyes were so blurred with building tears, he didn't know whether a bird was a monster or not.

He finally decided to put it on auto-pilot and take a break. He swung his Wii Remote side to side as he pressed the "z" button his nunchuck and put them down on his dashboard.

He staggered down to the deck, dabbing at his eyes with the back of his hands and his thumbs.

Halfway to the stairs, he hit something and fell back.

He shook his head and looked up. He saw Frank, towering over him. "Hey," Frank muttered.

"Hi," Leo replied and stood up.

There was an awkward silence as Leo brushed some dirt off his shoulder. Let's hope Coach Hedge's next punishment is having someone mop the deck, Leo thought.

"So, um," Frank started.

"Uh-huh," Leo said.

"Leo, I'm sorry," Frank said suddenly.

"Sorry for what?" Leo asked, suddenly curious.

"This," Frank replied, then a huge cage was suddenly dropped on him from the sky.

Leo grabbed the bars and tried to get out, but then he looked back at Frank.

He wasn't Frank anymore.

All he saw was a huge shadow where Frank once stood. He had no idea what it could have been, but he shrieked and backed up against the cage bars.

The scene had suddenly changed; they were now in a room. It was mostly shadows, but he could see the huge shadow of the thing that used to be Frank, and the wall behind Used-To-Be-Frank, which was painted an orange gold.

There was a loud roar that must have come from Used-To-Be-Frank. It sounded like a mixture of animals, but he couldn't make out any.

Leo screamed as it took and step forward and reached a limb in between the cage bars, toward Leo.

Leo woke with a start and flung himself out of bed, sweat all over his body. He coughed a little, trying to get the dust out of his mouth.

Water, he thought. I need water.

So, he stood up, grabbed the Archimedes Sphere and walked out of his room and around the ship until he found the kitchen.

Just because it was his ship doesn't mean he doesn't get a little lost sometimes when he's tired.

He put the sphere down on the counter, got a glass, and got some water. He took the water and the sphere back to his cabin. He put the sphere away in a big cabinet next to his bed. He sat on his bed, ran a hand through his hair, and chugged his glass quickly.

Then he decided he needed fresh air.

He was a little hesitant to go out on the deck without the Archimedes Sphere after his dream, but he was too lazy to take it out again.

So, he did the only logical thing a demigod in his position would do: he dragged the cabinet up to the deck with him.

He looked over the rail at the calm, cool night sky, and the land below him he could barely see. Every now and then he could see some lights from the ground, but it was mostly quiet and dark as they sailed overhead.

Leo started counting the stars. Then he got distracted by a small bird flying near by and lost count, so he quit.

He looked by the door that lead below deck, and he saw, leaning against the rail and the wall behind it, the Athena Parthenos.

He scowled and stalked up to it. He thought about pushing it over the edge, but that would defeat the whole purpose of Annabeth and Percy's sacrifice, so he simply growled, "It should have been you."

He turned away and walked back over to the rail. The cool air had gotten rid of the sweat, and he was feeling well enough to go back downstairs and too sleep, when suddenly he heard Jason.

"Hey, Leo," he muttered. "Why are you here?"

"Bad dream," Leo replied, and Jason walked up next to him and leaned against the rail and watched the stars.

"You too?" Jason asked.

Leo nodded. "What was yours about?"

"I was up on the deck with…" Jason hesitated, and Leo waited.

Jason sighed. "I was up on the deck with Percy, and we were talking about something, and then all of a sudden he dropped a cage on me, and turned into some…thing that I couldn't see. And then he tried to grab to me, when I woke up. So, I came up here, and here you are."

Leo froze. That was exactly like his dream, only his weird creature was Frank.

"Dude," Leo said. "That was almost the exact same dream as mine."

Jason looked over at him, shocked. "What was different?"

"Instead of Percy, I had Frank," Leo looked over at Jason. "Do you think it means something?"

"Well, it has to!" Jason walked away from the railing and paced on the deck as Leo turned around and watched him.

"But do you think it's important?" Leo asked.

"I'm hoping it's a lead." Jason sighed and looked at Leo. "What do you think?"

"Did it screech?" Leo asked.

"Yeah, when it was grabbing for me," Jason replied. "Why?"

"What did it sound like?" Leo asked.

"Like, different animals, but I couldn't make out which ones," Jason replied. "Why does this seem important?"

"Well, if this is a lead, like you say, then every detail is important," Leo replied, and started pacing by the railing. "Do you know any creatures in Mythology like that?"

"No," Jason ran a frustrated hand through his hair and said, "You know, I'm really not used to feeling useless like this. I'm used to leading, but I don't have anything to lead with!"

"Maybe you need to take a break and be a follower for a while?" Leo suggested. "Feeling like a whole thing is on your shoulders is tough."

He waved a hand to dismiss the idea before it even reached him, or at least that was what it looked like to Leo. "No, I work best under pressure."

"Well, I wasn't saying I should try leading," Leo confirmed. "I suck under pressure."

Jason nodded. Then he looked up and said, "Really?"

"Yeah. I mean, you and Piper had to help me get Buford back before the ship exploded because I couldn't do it myself, and now Percy and Annabeth are gone and things just got a crap ton more stressful." Leo sighed.

"Where are we going again?" Jason asked.

"Epirus," Leo replied, and Jason nodded.

"Okay, so what is our main plan?" Jason asked.

"We get to Greece, go kill some monsters, and then we make sure Percy and Annabeth made it to their side of the Doors, and then we close the Doors together," Leo said simply.

"That's it?" Jason asked.

"For now, yeah. Plans don't have to be complex. It's as simple as getting in and out." Leo promised.

Jason nodded. "Okay. I'm gonna go back downstairs before everyone else gets up and try to get some sleep. You should to."

Leo nodded.

Jason started walking away, but suddenly he said, "And, Leo?"

"Yeah?" he looked over at Jason.

"Nice Spiderman pajamas, dude," he winked and disappeared down the stairs.

Leo opened his mouth so say something, but he realized there was nothing to say, and Jason was probably long gone by now, so he found himself standing by the railing with his mouth hanging open for no reason.

So, he closed his mouth and took Archimedes Sphere out of the cabinet and started messing with it.

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