YAY! I already got three people who saw my story in one day! I know it sounds unimpressive, but to me it means a lot!

So this is about how leo tries to convince his friends to let him to into the forest where we know Lily waits for him. we all know that this is going to go VERY well! XD hope you enjoy!

Leo's POV

I called everyone down for a meeting. I was really nervous. I knew the second I told what I was about to do, Annabeth would yell about how crazy I was, Percy would agree with her (I wonder why). Jason and Piper would try to convince me not to do it, but luckily I was prepared. I had a pair of earmuffs that I got from my magic tool belt that I wouldn't hesitate to put on when Piper goes into charmspeak mode. Hazel would start naming all of the things that I have done wrong in the past just to prove how badly my judgment is, while Frank would look at everyone with a look like, Is this a joke? Tell me this is a joke.

But unfortunately it wasn't. I needed to do this. Some part of me just knew.

When everyone came in, they eyed me with suspicious glances, like I was about to throw a pie in their face. I can't blame them. My face just naturally looks untrustworthy.

"OK Leo," said Jason, "What did you call us down here for?"

I took a deep breath. Here is goes.

"I need to go somewhere." I managed to say.

"Where do you need to go?" said Annabeth, as it she knew how bad my idea was.

"To the Amazon."

My prediction was spot on.

Annabeth immediately started yelling at me, saying how crazy I was. Percy was nodding his head in agreement. Jason started to tell me how dangerous this would be and that we should just not do it. Piper started to join the fight, but as soon as she opened her mouth, I put the earmuffs on. I couldn't hear her by now, but I was pretty sure she was talking about my latest accident (it wasn't my fault for the hundredth time!) and Frank was wearing that expression on his face like I had just said I was going to run on Mount Olympus in my underwear.

Now, you are probably thinking, 'what is so bad about the Amazon?', but let me tell you something. The Amazon is kind of like the Bermuda Triangle. It is filled with monsters. But that wasn't going to stop me.

"Guys, I need to do this." I said.

"And do what?" shouted Annabeth, "hand yourself to a gorgon on a silver platter?"

"You don't think I can handle myself?" I snapped back.

"I never said that."

"Just listen!" I shouted at everyone. To my surprise, everyone stopped shouting.

"Thank you," I said, slightly taken aback. I took off the earmuffs because it looked relatively safe to me.

"Look, I wouldn't just charge into that forest for nothing. I had a dream. There was a voice, calling me, telling me to go into the forest."

"Leo," said Hazel, "How many times have we gotten messages in dreams telling us to go places that ended up being traps that nearly got us killed?"

"I know, I know!" I shouted, "But this was different. This voice seemed… friendly."

"Oh, come on Leo!" said Percy, looking annoyed, "of course they would try to make it sound friendly!"

"He does have a point." said Frank.

I couldn't' believe it. My own friends don't trust me. Couldn't they tell that I really needed to do this? And if, by some chance, I was wrong, didn't they think I could handle myself. I mean, I was a FIRE USER! I could summon FIRE! And it that didn't work, I could always conk them on the head with a hammer. And still they didn't believe in me?

"Ok," I finally said, "That's it. I am going whether you like it or not. If you care to join me, I will be on the upper deck in five minutes. And that's final. Don't try to convince me to go, because you will just be wasting your time." I stormed out of the room.

When I got to my bunk, I thought about my sudden outburst. Maybe I had over done it. But I knew that I was right. I knew that I had to go to the Amazon. Something was there. Something that could possibly help us on this quest. Maybe something that could help us defeat Gaea.

Then I thought about when I shouted everyone to shut up. I was weird. Everyone just stopped talking. Usually if I said something like that, they would tell me to shut up or something like that. It was almost like they didn't have a choice. Almost as if I had used…

No. It was impossible. There was no way I could have charmspeaked them. I could summon fire and build some pretty neat things. But charmspeak? That was just plain ridiculous.

When I finished packing, I ran up to the upper deck and came face to face with all of my friends.

"What do you want?" I snapped at them. I knew it was a little harsh, but I was in a bad mood.

"We want to come with you." Said Piper, which surprised me.

"You aren't going to stop me?"

"Well, we already tried that," said Jason, "Didn't work out very well."

I smiled. I knew that whatever happened to me, my friends had my back.

"Well, what are we waiting for?" I said, "Let's do this thing!"