Disclaimer: Rick Riordan owns all the characters. I own nothing except for the children.

Return of a Hero

'It was on a dark winter's night when…'
'Leo.' Drat. Calypso was already onto him about something. 'You have to tell them what it's about. Honestly. I may have lived on an island for three thousand years but I do know how to talk to children.'
'Fine. This one is about when I returned back to camp with Calypso here. Whose suggestion was this?'
A shy looking girl raised her hand. It was Thalia Grace who was nothing like her namesake. She had blonde hair and huge blue eyes that could win even the toughest *cough*Clarisse*cough* person over.

'Okay. Let's carry on shall we? It was on a dark winter's night when a huge bronze dragon landed on a grassy hill. It had just begun to storm heavily and the two riders were drenched and shivering.'
'But why didn't you use your fire? It would make sense wouldn't it?' Leo sighed. Of course, little Sally Jackson would always find a loophole in everything.
'Because the rain stopped it from working. Do you know what I think caused that storm? I reckon it was Jason over there. He was probably in a mood about something and decided to make it rain to match his mood.'
The children all laughed at that, although Thalia and Mitchell were looking at their father a little warily.
'Hey. It's not my fault Dad can create thunder storms at will. Blame him, not me.'
'Um… I'd rather not Jace. I don't really want to get in trouble with Zeus again. Not after I came back to the dead. He was really, erm, he was really irritated with me.'

'Back to the story. So the two riders were soaked to the skin and were thankful when they saw a bit of shelter. They landed the dragon on the hill and trudged up it. Now, unbeknownst to our heroes, the place they had landed at was none other than Camp Half-Blood for Greek demigods. The sound of them landing had woken all of the campers up with the exception of the Hypnos cabin. Honestly, those guys sleep really deeply and snore like complete pigs.'
Again, everyone in the room laughed. Leo bowed like a stage performer.

'Thank you, thank you. You're too kind really.' However, he stopped when he caught the warning look in his wife's eyes.
'Anyway… Where was I? Ah yes. Everyone was emerging from their cabins in a wide variety of clothing. Some had pyjamas on, some were wearing amour, some of the Aphrodite girls had rollers in their hair and all their makeup was smudged. It was hilarious really. Sorry Pipes! I didn't mean you! So, most of them had a weapon at least and they were charging up towards us. Fortunately, I found some white material in my trusty belt and started waving it to say that we came in peace. They all slowed down, confused. I heard lots of mutterings about who we were.

'Is that who I think it is?'
'Can't be, he's dead.'
'Who's that he's with?'
'Ugh. She can do sooo much better than him.'

'You get the idea. Some of these comments came from your siblings, Piper and I'm not too happy with what they said. But that's past the point. Finally, I heard a familiar voice and saw a friendly face. Actually, looking back on it now, it wasn't that friendly at all. It was in the shape of Piper McLean marching up to me, red in the face. When she reached me, she stared at me for a second and then raised her hand and slapped me round the face. So here's a warning to you. Stay on the right side of Piper Grace.'

'Then she hugged me. Talk about mood swings. Jason came up as well and he joined in the hug which was where it got a little weird to say the least. But I put up with it. Calypso was standing off to the side, a bit awkwardly so I introduced her and she hit it off with everyone else immediately. I was welcomed back as a hero and a saviour because it was down to me that Gaia won't be killing anyone anymore. Well, maybe not all down to me. Everyone else did their share as well. So there you have it. Now, what's next?'

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