Hi guys, I am going to post a new chapter every day, from someone else's POV. Next will be Ponyboy's! I am so excited to write this, I hope you like it!
Leo
My day was going great until the pain hit. Oh yeah, got the love of my life back, punched some earth goddess in the face, you know, normal Leo stuff. It was great. Everyone was in the gods' throne room, which, by the way, is ginormous. I was trying to figure out how to build a Gaea figurine with the metal scraps from my ever-present tool belt, when my name was called.
"LEO VALDEZ" said a voice. My dad, I was guessing. I stepped out of the crowd of demigods decked out in purple and orange tees.
"Father," I knelt in front of Hephaestus's mechanical throne.
"Rise, my son," he said. I stood up, and gave the gods a goofy grin.
"For your bravery in the past war, I would like to award you the gift of immortality. I am not sure you will accept it, since your friends decided not to…" he rolled his misshapen eyes and looked towards Percy and Annabeth.
"Hmm… no thanks, but I have a request."
"Go on" my dad sighed.
"Release Calypso from Ogygia and bring her here now. Please. I want to make sure you don't forget… again." I looked in the direction of Percy, not wanting to make him feel bad, but I guess my awful ADHD didn't care about that.
"Very well, boy, but you will have to complete a quest."
"Fine, anything." I didn't care at the moment. Also I didn't think I'd be going alone back in time. My father looked slightly annoyed at this response, but he waved his hand and a blinding light filled the room. When it died down, a pillar of smoke occupied the middle of the throne room. I called into it uncertainly,
"Calypso?"
A voice that I had been dying to hear for weeks, called back,
"Leo? Is that you? Where am I? What happened?" The smoke died down and I saw her. She was so beautiful, and she looked like she had been working in her garden; flecks of dirt covered her arms and white dress. Her hair was braided, and it swished down her back in a mesmerizing way. I was so happy to see her.
"Calypso!" I exclaimed, running towards her, not caring who saw.
"Leo!" she yelled, running into my arms. Words could not describe how happy I was at that moment.
"I knew you would save me." She whispered into my ear. I heard a couple of 'awwws' from the crowd, probably coming from the Aphrodite kids. I kissed her forehead, loving how good she smelled, like cinnamon. Then the pain started. It progressed from a minor headache, to a migraine, and then to a pain that felt like someone was trying to saw through my head with a sword. I cried out, and without meaning to, fell to the ground. The edges of my vision tinged black, and things were swinging in and out of focus. I saw Calypso crouching over me with the seven, but I couldn't hear them, couldn't respond. Then, they were being pulled away from me, the girls crying. I couldn't take it anymore; the agony. I let loose a horrific scream and blacked out.
