Hey, I;m back with chapter 3. This chapter was kind of hard to write. I was trying to get Leo's character just right. Mostly funny, but a hint of seriousness also. Anyway, I wrote this chapter twice before finally figuring out how to go along with it. Enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Perccy Jackson and the Olympians or Heroes of Olympus.

Leo left the dining pavilion and a sense of dread washed over him. Why did he get chosen to talk to the centaur?

Leo didn't exactly like talking to Chiron. It wasn't that he had anything against the old horse-dude. It's just that every time Leo tried to make joke, the old horse-guy took it literally. You would think 2000 years would be enough time to learn to tell when a guy is joking. But no, every time Leo made a joke in front of the horse, Chiron gave him a look that clearly said I-really-need-find-you-a-demigod-psychiatrist.

Leo was so wrapped up in his thoughts that he didn't notice where he was walking, that is until he bumped into a small, depressing looking boy.

He had pale skin and black hair. He had eyes so dark they almost looked black. The kid wore all black and an aviator jacket that looked a size too big. Also, the outfit looked like it could definitely use a wash. He looked up at Leo, and frowned as if bumping into Leo had been some terrible inconvenience.

"Uh, sorry," the kid mumbled.

"It's fine; I'm Leo by the way." Leo replied. He doubted the kid would know much about Percy, but Leo was a procrastinator. He would do just about anything to stall talking to the humorless horse.

The boy's eyes lit up in recognition.

"Nico. You're one of the kids who went on the quest to save Hera?" Nico questioned. He said the word Hera with a noticeable amount of disgust, so Leo doubted Nico was the president of her fan club.

"Er, yeah. Well, um, guess you're not...er, a real fan of hers?" Leo said, probably sounding real intelligent in the process.

"Nope. You're friends with Jason, right? He's the guy who Hera decided to exchange with Percy?" Nico asked. Leo decided to take this as his opportunity to hopefully skip his conversation with Chiron, and just find out something from this kid.

"Yeah, do you know Percy pretty well?" Leo questioned, hoping he sounded casual, and not like some creepy missing camper stalker.

"Yeah, we go way back. I met him when I was ten, hated him when I was eleven, but not anymore. And, I was the one who convinced him to take that dip in the Styx. You know, making him invulnerable and all." Nico replied nonchalantly, like he convinced campers to go swim in the River Styx all the time.

Leo could imagine him walking around saying, 'Hey, I'm going to the underworld. Wanna come? I can take you to swim in the Styx. Hey, you might even live!'

"Woah. This Percy guy like took a bath in the Styx? And Lived?" Leo asked, definitely in shock. Who was that crazy? What did it feel like? I wonder what's for dinner tonight…

Leo silently cursed. Stupid ADHD.

"Yeah. Funny you call it a bath. I believe when I asked him how it felt, he said, 'it was pretty much the worst bath ever.' Anyways, then he beat up my dad and his undead army afterward." Nico added, also nonchalantly.

Leo wanted to laugh. 'Pretty much the worst bath ever.' Then he decided it must have hurt like Hades, so he decided against it.

"So your dad is Hades?" Leo questioned.

That explained why the kid looked so creepy… and unhappy.

Nico nodded his head slightly, and beside Nico, a few bones popped out of the ground. They started knitting themselves together. Creepy.

"And Percy beat him?" Leo continued.

"And his undead army." Nico added.

That sounded pretty farfetched, even to Leo (and Leo had seen/been through some really strange things in his lifetime). Leo assumed that taking on a god was somewhere similar to fighting a giant. Leo, Jason, and Piper barely escaped with their lives and, thankfully, the giant didn't have an undead army with him.

"Well, Percy is crazy." Leo decided.

He was almost certain Nico was going to defend Percy. 'No, he's the best.' 'Nah, that's just one of his more wild days.' 'Percy is totally sane!' Anything to defend the sanity of his missing friend.

Instead, Nico agreed. "Pretty much."

"So, did Percy do anything else crazy after his dip in the Styx?" Leo decided he might as well try for more information.

"Yeah. I mean, that's all Perce really ever does. Crazy might as well be his middle name." Nico replied. He said that in a tone that sounded a bit like shouldn't-this-be-extremely-obvious?

That didn't really help Leo with the whole getting more information. However, this kid, Nico, helped him skip a conversation with a solemn centaur, so he decided he might as well leave him alone.

"Great," Leo commented, just a hint of sarcasm in him voice.

Then the conch horn sounded time for dinner and Leo decided he might as well go. He turned around to see if Nico wanted to walk with him, but the kid was gone, as if he had melted into the shadows.

Leo started walking towards the dining pavilion, and he could swear he could see Jason sneaking around in the Demeter cabin when he passed by.

On the way, he thought about Percy and the crazy things he did. He took a dip in the Styx which, as far as Leo knew, only Achilles had ever done. He lived. And then he decided to go and beat up the Lord of the Dead. Guess I'm going to find out what's for dinner…

Leo sighed. Stupid ADHD.

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The next chapter might take a bit more time to get up because it's the whole Piper/Annabeth thing.

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