Author's Note:
Ok, ok. So Bellus is my new favorite OC I have made, she reminds me a lot of Megurine Luka, full of… well, shining light in neon pink. Later you'll know why she's so important, I don't know if you'll like her later… I'm so sorry for her. ;P
Well, it starts with Bellus's part. It's just to lighten the fic but it talks of some important things that will happen in the future of this fic. If you want you can skip that part is okay, I know how it feels when authors put a lot part with their OC because they're too excited and I am also like "Can you only go with the character I came here for?" And like that. It's a part that says how did she gets to Athena's cabin and meets Annabeth. Only that, if you seem something odd in the fic go on and read it.
I Am Not Losing Leo
Chapter 2: The repair boy runs away.
Bellus finally leaved Aphrodite's cabin late in the night deciding to take some air. She was really nervous; it was her first time meeting her siblings.
Sighting, she looked at the sky waiting for something, perhaps a recommendation from his mother? She didn't know, but she wasn't going to beg Aphrodite for that, even if she was a little attached to her. But the more time staring at the sky the more an image of Leo seemed to appear, she was sure she wasn't imagining that, it was a message of his mother hurrying her.
Then, she listened something in the woods, and her hands were automatically to her thighs pressing her daggers in the black straps ready to pull them out.
"Who's there?" Asked Bellus, at the same time seeing her opportunities to attack, hide and scape, but still very cautious about her enemy.
"Sorry for scaring you." A blonde girl said leaving the woods towards her. "I was just talking with a friend."
"It's nothing." Said Bellus leaving her daggers attached her black straps below her skirt and analyzing innocently the girl. She was a girl of 15 old; she had a large and yellow hair attached in two pony tales, blue sky eyes and had a black skirt with black boots and black tights under them. She used a belt like Annabeth with a dagger and in the other side of the belt was a bag.
"I'm Athena's daughter, by the way." Smiled. "Adeline is my name."
"I'm Aphrodite's." Bellus gave her hand to the Athena's daughter with a smile.
Suddenly the Athena's daughter dragged her near and said something. Bellus's mode went directly to a fighting one, she already have her dagger ready to cut off her companion's head.
"That means you can't lie to me. I know you came here to find something, something important to you. Your eyes are telling me that." Whispered in her ear. "And you're not leaving without it. Because I know you'll leave."
Bellus stayed in shock a second, but recomposed half a second after.
'You're too of an analyzing woman, my bad, you're right on suspecting of me so soon. But why are you saying this to me? I know you were following me all day long, but you're telling me I didn't hidden it well enough. It was something fool of your side, telling me this to improve… you aren't cautious at all, are you? I still can lie to you.'
"Hey Miss Smartie." Called Bellus grinning. "I will learn something from you."
"Come this way." Adeline grabbed her hand.
…
"I'm back!" yelled entering in Athena's cabin.
"Didn't they get mad if you des concentrate them?" Asked Bellus in her side.
"Nah, they focus so much in their job they don't notice me." Said Adeline, but when she looked forward, she was surprised to see Malcom looking directly at her. "Who-, Malcom!"
"Hey, you came with someone." Recalled Malcom analyzing Bellus's beauty.
"Yeah, she's the newbie –Aphrodite's daughter."
"You can call me Bell." Presented herself Bellus at her side.
"My name is Malcom." Said and looked at his sister. "And you're not the one to say. Coming with another -more- newbie is something immature if you think that's going to make you someone like us, newbie. Two months aren't enough for me."
"But…!" Was going to reclaim to her brother.
"I'm no listening to one more word."
Bellus giggled "So, I'm pleased to meet you."
"She came to learn of the Athena's cabin! Isn't that incredibly?" Said Adeline.
"Bell," Called Malcom "Even if she doesn't seem very intelligent Adeline is incredibly when she's in combat. I haven't see her fight sword to sword or using a dagger, but she doesn't need one to win. Incredibly, isn't it?"
"Yeah, I wonder if someday I will fight against you, Malcom. You seem to be a good fighter too."
"Okay that's a dea-"
"Hey! Watcha talking about?" Interrumpted Adeline. She and Malcom seemed to get well and while they were talking, Bellus was looking at Annabeth face of disturbance in front of Dedalus's laptop.
"Do you have a problem?" Inclined Bellus at Annabeth's side. "Oh, I see. And I suppose you need to do that."
"Yes, but I wonder how" Said Annabeth touching her chin. Bellus looked at her.
"It's easy. Look." Said Bellus, taking the laptop of Dedalus and start writing, the 'click click' the mouse made was making some Athena child to look in confusion.
"Wow." Exclaimed her sister looking at the screen, a very fast process was having its place. "You are pretty fast."
"And intelligent." Her brother said with amazement and Annabeth saw he was blushing.
"I thought it was already decided" Adeline said. "We are very fortunate you came today."
"Thanks, you are very cute. And I love cute people" Said Bellus giving them a smile. "I know you were smart people for the first sight, I saw it on your eyes. But now that we are in Athena's cabin it seems pretty obvious." Bellus giggled. She looked at Annabeth, whom was watching the whole scene, her siblings have been caught completely in Bellus' charming "Sorry for the intrusion, wisdom child, but I was being presented to my siblings when I came. I have to leave or I would be ruder than I am."
"I will-" Both of Annabeth's siblings talked but stopped at listening to the other.
"We will guide you to your cabin." Said the girl.
"I'm sure she can go alone." Said Annabeth with her authoritarian voice analyzing Bellus's acts.
"Please, believe I'm not using charm speak." Ordered Bellus charm speaking them. "I'm so tired everyone is always analyzing me! Even my siblings, do I really look that suspicious?" Asked with a lame voice watching how they all were stepping right into her trap.
"It's not that. But we all wondered how an Aphrodite's daughter has been surviving alone. Did someone took care of you? Perhaps you have been house to house influencing people with your charm speak?" Asked a girl.
Bellus giggled "Ok, I will tell you, but I have to go so it is going to be quick." Said thinking of Leo and Jason. In her eyes was a little spark of something that looked like madness.
…
Bellus just leaved Athena's cabin walking in a straight line while thinking on her new friends, she had a big smile on her face, it was then when she crashed into someone.
"Sorry." Said both at the same time, Leo finally seeing Bellus and remembered his dream. Bellus realizing about the atmosphere it was making, giggled.
"So, you're the famous Leo, so handsome." Said Bellus. "I am very happy to meet you."
"Famous? Why?" Leo finally asked still a little afraid.
"I have admired you long enough since I first listened of you!" Said smiling with her face too near of Leo's, she was grabbing both of Leo's hands and her eyes were sparkling. "My mother always told me all your adventures!"
'All your adventures!' Still made echo in his head, he couldn't move for a moment of atonement.
"Am… Leo? Did I said something I shouldn't?" Asked Bellus making Leo come to the reality. A blush managed to get to his face and make him look like a tomato, the only thing he could think was 'Oh my- so embarrassing'. Bellus giggled. "So cute."
"I… I…" Leo was speechless.
"It was that, wasn't it? If it was that just forget it."
"Forget…" Repeated a moment Leo with a dead tone. Then, finally he awakened. "Eh? What's happening? B-Bellus, is that you?" Asked with a pale face.
"Yeah, and you just stepped into me." Said. "Hey, let's go to somewhere else. I need to talk to you. Mmmm… let me into your bunk."
"Okay." And with that, Leo walked with Bellus towards his bunk.
It was approx. 3 a.m. and Leo was just leaved alone. Finally, he thought, but even so, he was still a little angry and grateful about Jake's worrying over him. It was a complicated feeling he wasn't interested in. Now Leo was lying on the Zeus cabin's door thinking about his complicated day and his new insomnia problem.
Back into the world, he was just in Jason's door, maybe he could enter? He wasn't sure he could do it. He felt culprit of what was he going to do to him.
'I wonder what Jason's dreaming now… I bet it's something more fun than this.' Thought Leo tightening his grip on the little object.
…
"Jason! Help me!" yelled Leo in somewhere, he listened like if he was under water, so Jason tried to no call a lightning in order to not kill Leo. Jason tried to look at Leo and help him, but the monster wasn't helping much.
"Leo! Hold on!" screamed back.
"You can't do anything to rescue him. He already belongs to my mistress" Said his enemy. "Too late, demigod."
"JASO-!"
Jason waked up when he dropped a lamp Piper had just given to him. The sound it made when it crashed with the floor was too intense he felt like ringing himself.
"What's happening in here?!" Leo entered with his hammer out, ready to fight. He looked around searching for his enemy, but there was no one. Leo blinked trying to get used to the darkness. "Jason… what's happening? Why did you scream?"
Jason looked at Leo and saw that at his side, a shadow passed outside his cabin side to side of the window, but he ignored it.
"Leo I… I had a dream." Jason saw at him with sad eyes.
"And what is so intense to make the blonde superman cry?" Leo said with his mocking tone.
"It was about you."
"Oh…" Leo sited at Jason side, wondering what it was, but begging it wasn't the prophesy's. "And? What was it?" Asked Leo stealing his best friend's attention one more time. "What did you dreamed that was about me?"
"It started…" Jason stayed looking at Leo's eyes; he hadn't looked at them before, not like this. There was something special about his eyes that night, like if he had been working desperate all night and tired, very tired. Jason had compassion over his best friend and his mouth and tongue moved on their own, his vocal cords produced sounds independently "I can help you."
"I don't think you can." Lied Leo.
Jason realized he was entering in a different conversation without knowing; a more advanced one. Leo realized Jason's confusion and was back to his other… conversation? Innocent role? Yes, it was written all over his face like a: 'Ups, I just said something wrong'
"Leo, you…" Jason hesitated. "Have you dreamed of something important lately?"
Leo looked at him suspicious, it had to be something about being roman but Jason never hesitated. NEVER.
"I don't know…" whispered to himself, then, he changed to a voice full with confident. "No. Seriously, I can't dream with the tired I am lately, dude, I have a lot of-"
Suddenly, Jason grabbed him by both sides of his head and Leo stopped talking. "I'm serious, Leo, please. Don't lie to me." Said Jason with a sincere look.
"I…!" Leo looked at the wall on Jason's side and grabbed Jason's hands. It was just too much pressure. "What do you want to do? We both know you aren't any real hero. Not for me." Leo said taking Jason's hands off of him. He knew it was an egoist way to protect himself, but he couldn't let Jason know.
Jason's face was shameful for a moment but changed to a serious one, was Jason angry? It was the most correct feeling… or whatever, he couldn't understand people.
"Leo, I have saved you millions of times. Even you know that is a lie."
"No, I have been saving my guts while you were fighting for everyone else." Said Leo. "I have been trying, but I couldn't be even the best friend. I suppose that if I stay here I will always be the seventh wheel."
Then, Leo took Jason by the neck, but his movements were too sweet that Jason didn't react until Leo's hand touched his skin. "Hey! What do…?" Jason tried to protest as Leo tumbled Jason on his bed. "What are you trying to do?" He sited again "If you want to escape-" Jason was interrupted by Leo's hand in his hair.
Leo caressed his hair and looked down at the floor, his hand moving between Jason's ear and his hair. Jason definitely knew something was happening for his best friend's strange act and that included that he knew Leo wasn't gay to do that, seriously, what the hell was he planning?
Jason was about to complain to Leo when he realized something. He couldn't move.
"I'm sorry, Jace." Leo whispered touching Jason's forehead with his. "I'm so sorry, Jason." Said giving him a hug, his head in Jason's shoulder. Jason could bet he was crying and his heart broke, even more.
"Like hell you're sorry, man." Thought Jason 'I trusted in you! How could you do this?! LEO!' Jason felt like if someone has just given him a punch in his stomach. That was until Leo talked again:
"Es solo que es mucha presión, ya no puedo más, Jason. No es solo estar contigo, las miradas, las voces, los sueños, todo. Oh" Said and laughed a little. "I forgot you can't understand me. I said it is too much pressure I can't resist this anymore. It's not only being with you, the stares, the voices, the dreams, everything. I can't stay here anymore."
But what Leo didn't say was that Bellus was the worst part, he couldn't stay with her anymore. Not at camp. Bellus said she was being a massager of the gods.
Not long ago when they were heading to Leo's bunk, she grabbed a rose and when she was in his bunk the rose's petals seemed to be sprinkled with blood, and the more time he saw it the rose's seemed to have fire and when he recognized it, his fire burning camp half blood. He couldn't see it anymore and Bellus saw him in horror, he was exploiting with flames.
And with that, Leo leaved Zeus's cabin leaving Jason behind while whispering little "Lo siento."s and "Perdoname, Jason."
…
"Jason! Wake up! Chiron says you should stop sleeping! You need to have breakfast" Piper knocked at his door. "Hey, can I enter?" She waited a moment before Jason listened the door was open. "Are you here?"
Piper went on finally was able to see him. She sited at his side and said "Jason, you're late for breakfast." A moment passed and nothing. "Jason, don't ignore me, I can see you breathing." Silence again. "Jason, are you okay?" Piper tried to move him. "And what's with this little machine on your head?" she tried to took off the machine, but it gave her electric shocks. "Auch! Agh, I'm going for Leo! I'm sure he can take this off."
Thirty minutes passed when Piper came again with Jake behind her. Her preoccupation face said more than any word.
"Jason, we can't find Leo!"
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So, from now on I'm switching from Leo's point of view to Jason's. Recommendations are well received!
