**Disclaimer** I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians or The Heroes of Olympus series Rick Riordan does.

Sorry for the delay, I haven't had time to wright much and now I realize that my previous chapter that I assumed would be long and is the most ive written in a while was actually extremely short, so here I go…

Chapter II

Percy's POV

"How do you know about her?" I say harshly, shaking my head and looking at Leo. How could he have met her, she would have left the island after I asked Zeus to let her go. Unless he didn't… what if her decided not to let her go after she supported the Titans in the first war, but that was so long ago and she's different now, how could he do that.

Leo looked at me. "I could say the same about you." He said narrowing his eyes and looking at me distastefully. I looked down at the ground and sighed. Leo just stood there and waited.

After the pause I turn and lean against the wall. "I met her two years ago when Annabeth and I were on a quest in the Labyrinth. We had to go to Mt. Saint Helens to help your dad and the volcano exploded when the monsters that were using it try to fry me alive in the lava. After I was shot out, I woke up on Calypsos Island and was there for a week. That how I know her." I said resting my head on the wall and closing my eyes.

He nodded and told me how he had been sent there by Khione and met her. "Is she alright?" I asked looking over at him. He nods and leans against the wall too.

"She should have been gone by now, I asked Zeus to set her free after the Titan War." I say standing back up and running a hand through my hair. "Anyways I have to go find Annabeth." I say, turning, and walking towards the steps and going to the main deck to see her.

Blonde hair gleaming against her now pale skin, I find her leaning against the mizzenmast. I drop down beside her and lean my head on the mast, grabbing her hand and closing my eyes.

"Hey Seaweed Brain." She says giving my hand a squeeze and laying her head on my shoulder. "Hey Wise Girl."

Leo's POV

After Percy left I stood there in the hallway for a while thinking about Calypso and how sad she was when I left. Walking into the engine room I start checking all the pistons and valves, making sure there wasn't anything wrong with them and checking everything else.

Once I had finally finished I collapsed on the floor and sat there, not noticing the door opening and seeing Piper walk in. She looked around and spotted me and walked over.

"There you are Leo! I've been looking for you everywhere; we received an Iris message from Camp. The Romans are advancing and Chiron said that they are preparing for an attack. I thought you should know." She said knelling down and looking at me. "What's wrong?" she asked looking at me.

"Nothing's wrong Piper, I checked the engine and everything is in working order." I say cheerfully, standing up and brushing off my pants and walking out of the room. I turn the corner and walk into my dorm, thinking about camp and how Octavian was waiting to attack.

I looked at the ceiling and studied the patterns that my lamp cast along it. Looking over at my night table I grab some wire and start fiddling with it, twisting and cutting it until I had finally realized I was making a wind up dragon. I sighed and set it down, laying back but not daring to sleep.

Nicos POV

After Shadow traveling from Greece to Spain, I collapsed to the ground, shrugging off the rope that held the Athena Parthenos to me. I looked over at Reyna. Her face was white and she sat as far away from me without seeming rude as she could. As per usual.

I looked up at the sky and saw that it was just after noon and crawled into the shade the forty-foot statue cast laying on its side. I took off my jacket and turned. Pulling it over my head too keep the light out.

"I'm going to take a nap then I'll watch while you take one and we will jump to India next." I say loudly so that she hears. I hear a mumble of what I think is a yes and drift into unconsciousness.

Looking out onto the Field of Punishment is a sight I know all to well. My body is slowly pulled to my dad's palace and I drift inside. Hades sits on his throne but slumps with exhaustion. His form flickers from Greek to Roman and its hard to tell who he is.

"Hello little ghost king, does it pain you to see your father in such pain, such distress?" a sleepy voice asks with a chuckle that sounds like someone spreading earth over something. I turn in slow motion to see where the voice is coming from and see a woman dressed in a chiton with eyes half open. Gaea's form was almost solid but she still looked a bit like wet clay.

I try to open my mouth to speak but nothing happens. I feel wind against my face as I am slowly pushed out of the throne room and outside. I dig my heels into the ground but they wont move. I glide towards the place I swore I would never go again and pick up speed.

I hear laughter behind me and look forwards. I'm only a few meters from the pit. My heart starts quickening and I panic trying to move. I look back and she Gaea smiling behind me and just as I look forward I slip into the darkness of the pit.

I wake up to see Reyna looking at me a taping my shoulder. I roll out from under the statue. Sitting up I grab my sword and straiten up. After stretching I look over a Reyna.

"Any monsters?" I ask as she sits down and rolls under the statue. She shakes her head and turns away. I sit down and look out at the field we stopped in. Charred ground surrounds us for miles and there are no trees. I look over the statue to see in the other direction but it's the same thing.

After two hours of nothing happening I wake Reyna up and put the straps on my shoulders. I take her hand and look at her.

"I'm ready." She says and we jump into the shadow underneath us, the world melting into darkness.

Sorry for the short chapters. I'm not very good at writing so this is all I've got. Please review and feel free to PM me questions.

~A Stich In Time 3