Hola, mis amigos. A Leo chapter is coming your way! Thank you to the people who have reviewed this- they really help me think through my writing before I post it. So anyways, on with the story!

Disclaimer: I wished for Percy and Carter for Christmas, but Santa (or should I say Hermes) let me down.

Leo

FIGHTING A MONSTER? FINE. WHEN THAT MONSTER'S HOT? NOT SO MUCH.

I had expected to find a monster, or a hostile god, or maybe an insane man-eating seagull, but not a hot chick. I was just hoping that the guy wasn't her monster boyfriend. Piper had just asked me to take the duct tape off their mouths so that they could talk when she stopped me.

"Wait," she said, "I want them to say something first." She looked at the boy and girl. "Now you two will tell me the truth, right?" Piper said. I could tell that she was using her charmspeak. "When Leo takes the tape off your mouths, you won't try to attack us; physically," she said, pointing at the boy, "or verbally," she continued, this time pointing at the girl. "Understand?" she asked. They both nodded their heads. Then Piper looked at me, and I took the duct tape off.

"Ow! What was that for?" the girl screamed. She had a faint British accent, which made her 10 times hotter.

"Oh stop whining," Piper said. "So I asked you, what kind of monsters are you?"

"We aren't monsters!" the guy said. "And who are you all? Where are we?"

It seemed like they were telling the truth, but I knew that Piper didn't trust them. Her face was full of concentration as she tried to read their expressions. She finally said, "You two seem to be telling the truth. But first, what do you know about mythology?" I was glad that Piper was talking, because I would've said Welcome to the Argo II! I'm the supreme commander, Leo The Bad Boy Supreme Valdez, and we are all demigods!

"Probably way too much," the girl said, "but- wait, are we flying?"

"Yeah," I chimed in. "Piper, should we tell them?"

She said, "I guess so. They're definitely not mortals." There was a moment of silence.

"Ok," I said. "I guess I'll do it. Well… we're demigods: half mortal, half god. I'm Leo Valdez, son of Hephaestus. This is Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite; and these are Hazel Levesque and Nico di Angelo, both children of Hades."

"Though I prefer Pluto," Hazel added.

Then Frank walked out from below decks. "That's Frank Zhang, the klutzy son of Mars," I finished. Frank looked a bit offended.

"And that guy that you two knocked out?" Piper interrupted, "that was Jason Grace, son of Jupiter, who's also my boyfriend," she said.

"Oops," the girl said. "Sorry. I'm Sadie Kane, and this is my brother, Carter. Say hi, Carter."

"Um, hi," Carter said.

"Wait," Frank said. "You two are brother and sister?" I would've asked the same question. They looked nothing alike, but I was happy that they weren't boyfriend and girlfriend. I still had a chance with Sadie.

Both the siblings looked a bit annoyed when Frank said that. "Yes, we are," Sadie said. "If it's that hard to believe, would you like to see our birth certificates?" she asked sarcastically. She was definitely my type. "Carter takes after our dad, and I look like my mum," she added.

"By the way," Carter said, "what do you guys know about Egypt?"

"It's a desert," I said. Of course it was, right? Stupid demigod disorders.

"Mostly," Carter continued, "but I was thinking more ancient Egypt."

"All those things you can do…" Piper muttered. "If the Greek and Roman gods are real, then are Egypt's gods real, too? Are you two Egyptian demigods?"

"Not exactly," Sadie answered. "But close. We are magicians, and not the ones that pull rabbits out of hats. But we were godlings once- hosts of the gods. I was hosting Isis, the goddess of magic, and Carter here had Horus, the god of war. We still hear them in our heads sometimes. And by the way, could you be kind enough to untie us, Leo?" she asked. I was so mesmerized with all this godly stuff that I forgotten to untie them. To show off for Sadie, I snapped my fingers and the rope shrank down to a shoelace, then I tucked it in my tool belt. "Smooth," Sadie said, rolling her eyes. They both stood up and put their weapons away, but I wasn't sure where. The things just disappeared.

"Whoa," Nico said. That was the first time I had ever heard him really talk. "Did your weapons just… vanish? Did you shadow travel them?"

"No," Carter said, looking a bit confused. "We put them in the Duat, but I am surprised that Sadie could do it this time."

"Oh, shut up," Sadie said.

"Did you just say the Duat? What the heck is that?" I asked.

"It's kind of hard to explain," Carter sighed. He probably heard that question a lot. "I'll try to make it easy. So, think of a sandwich. But not just any ordinary sandwich: one that goes on forever," he continued. I could barely hear him talk with my stomach rumbling. I could really use a sandwich. "That's what the Duat is like- just a bunch of layers that never seem to end. I have a locker down there, and that's where I keep all my stuff: my sword, my magic bag, Leroy…" he rattled on.

"Wait," I interrupted, "who's Leroy?"

"The Set animal," Carter answered. There was a moment of silence before he noticed that everyone was staring at him. "Oh, yeah… um, long story."

Things were getting a little bit awkward between everyone. And to make it even worse, Coach Hedge just had to end his fight with the post. "Hey cupcakes!" he shouted, obviously dazed. "Did you see how I took out that drakon?"

"Hedge," Frank said, "you were fighting a post, not a drakon."

"Well, you know what they say," Hedge said. "You never live until you've been attacked by a post." He took a little look at Carter and Sadie and said, "Oh, hey! Percy and Annabeth are back! That's nice." That brought some depression to the group, but Carter looked like he wanted to pass out. Hedge started to walk back downstairs. "If anyone wants to watch the WWE fight, come on down," he yelled behind him.

Sadie looked starstruck. "Is he… half donkey?" she asked.

"More like half goat," I said. "He's a satyr, and a very aggressive one at that."

"Oh, great," Sadie said sarcastically, "I'm so relieved. And by the way, who is this 'Percy and Annabeth'?" She widened her eyes at Carter as she said their names, as if they had a secret.

No one wanted to answer that: Oh, well, they were just big and powerful demigods that were a big part in this whole prophecy thing but they kinda fell into a bottomless pit of evil and now we aren't even sure that we can defeat this earth goddess person without them so yeah, we're basically doomed. Luckily, Nico spoke up. "Well, that might take some explaining," Nico said.

"Could you explain it? Please?" Carter asked wearily.

"We can in a little bit," Piper answered. "Let's all meet in the mess hall in 5 minutes for dinner. Leo, Hazel, could you guys help these two get cleaned up please? And maybe find them a place to sleep? They might be here for a while." We all started downstairs. Over the clatter of footsteps, I could hear Piper behind me muttering, "You better be happy, Hera."

Leo, you really need to stop hitting on girls that want to kill you!

Leo: What are you talking about? Sadie loves me! *puts arm around Sadie*

Sadie: Leo. Off. Now.

Leo: Please? *puppy-dog eyes*

Sadie: Maw! Se-kebeb! *Leo gets drenched in water then frozen into a Leo-sickle**Sadie and I high-five*

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