Calypso didn't know just how she fell in love with a pyro mechanic who owned a mechanical dragon he'd built just to prove he could. When they met, she couldn't stand him. He'd been trying to help her settle things with Nico, the merchant who sold apples in the marketplace. Calypso had grabbed an apple off his stand to give to a little girl, and while Nico was all for giving to charities, he worked hard to harvest the golden apples from the Garden guarded by the Hesperides. So Leo had said that she was a foreigner and didn't know any better. Being the independent woman that she was, Calypso didn't like that he thought she was just some damsel in distress.

But then, as time went on, Leo grew on her. And she started to feel something she'd never felt before. Love.

To say Leo was shocked when she kissed him was putting it lightly. He set himself on fire. Luckily, Calypso had made fire-resistant clothes for him after he burned his shirt off for the fifth time. The two started dating after that.

Which made things even more difficult. Her father had informed her about the law stating she had to be married before her sixteenth birthday. She'd been with Leo for three years, so that wouldn't have been a problem. Except she had to marry a prince. Though he was so much better than any stuck up suitor she'd met, he wasn't royalty.

Leo hadn't exactly been thrilled when Calypso told him the news. But the couple had no choice but to accept it. Calypso smiled wistfully as she remembered what he had told her. "Let's enjoy this while we can, Sunshine."

"Are you alright?" Calypso turned to Hazel. The two women were on their way to Leo and Piper's home aka an abandoned building. The first floor was Leo's garage as he liked to call it. It was where he created his inventions. The second floor was where the living room and kitchen were, and where the group mostly hung out. The third floor was the bedrooms, one for the two who lived there as well as a room Hazel and Calypso shared whenever they spent the night.

"Just thinking about that stupid law," Calypso replied. Hazel patted her back in sympathy. She knew how hard both Leo and Calypso were taking the news. They were perfect for each other.

"Hey, wait up!"

Both of the women turned around to see Travis and Connor Stoll, two orphaned boys who lived on the streets. Calypso rolled her eyes before she dug out two a few drachmas (to help her not be spoiled, her dad only gives her an allowance of 20 drachmas a month when she did work around the palace). She had given them three coins when she first met the Stoll brothers to help them out. And it had somehow turned into a routine.

When they had met the second time, Calypso wasn't sure how to respond to a certain question of theirs.

"Thanks, um…you know, we never caught your name," Connor stated as he and Travis looked at Calypso expectedly. She turned to Hazel who just offered a shrug. She looked around the area and spotted a vase filled with jasmine flowers.

"My name is Jasmine," Calypso replied.

"Alright, Jasmine. See you around!" Travis exclaimed as he grabbed his brother's arm and ran off, probably already in the middle of pulling a prank. Calypso sighed inwardly. She pulled the hood of her peach cloak down to cover as much of her face as she could.

"Come on," Hazel pulled on Calypso's arm. The princess blinked herself out of her stupor and began to walk again.


"Have fun, lovebirds!" Piper called as she linked arms with Hazel. The two decided to give the young couple some time alone. Who knew when, or if, they'd get to be alone again. So they went to the marketplace to get some food and some parts Leo had been whining about for the past decade or so. (Definitely not an exaggeration.)

Leo looked up from his spot in the window where he had been cleaning his tools to lock eyes with Calypso. He felt like his heart would explode just from being in the same vicinity as her. Sure, she worked a little too hard sometimes but so did he. Calypso was so caring and loyal that only a fool wouldn't love her.

And, while Leo Valdez was many things, he was not a fool.

"Why are you staring at me like that?"

Leo smiled and stood up after he placed his tools on the ground. He walked over to where Calypso stood and entwined his fingers with her. "I love you, Cal."

"I love you too...Repair Boy."

"Ooh. A new nickname, huh?" Leo teased as he smirked mischievously. Calypso groaned and went to move when he brushed her lips with his own. "What would I do without you, Sunshine?"

"Die probably," Calypso giggled at the angry look on his face. She tried to stop as Leo pulled her even closer as he smashed his lips against hers. When they both had to part to gasp for air, Calypso sighed in content. This moment was perfect. She wished it could stay like that forever.


Leo glanced at the palace through the window as he placed a blanket over a now sleeping Piper. He began to sing softly as he leaned back against the wall, eyes still staring at the home of his princess.

Riffraff, street rat,

I don't buy that.

If only they'd look closer.

Would they see a poor boy?

No siree.

They'd find out.

There's so much more

To me….


Jason was going to fire that Oracle as soon as he was made Sultan. The prophecy she'd given him made no sense.

A Diamond in the Rough

Shall lead you to

Phenomenal Power

Lightning shall deceive Sun

And find the Fire.

"I don't suppose she told you anything else, did she?" Frank asked. Jason shook his head and wrote down the prophecy on a piece of paper. "Who do you think the Diamond in the Rough is?"

"If I knew, I'd have told you to go get them," Jason snapped. He sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose, taking his glasses off. "Sorry, I just...I need that Genie."

"I know," Frank took a moment to think. Then he heard one of the guards passing by the room him and Jason were in, talking about some thief called Leo Valdez and this golden, mechanical dragon that he built that no one could find. "Huh. Hazel mentioned knowing a Leo. You think it's him?"

Jason paused for a second. That name sounded familiar. "Isn't he that demigod Reyna's always complaining about? The one with fire powers?"

"Yeah, I think so. Why?" Frank asked.

" 'Lightning shall deceive Sun and find the Fire'. I think we just found our Diamond in the Rough."


AN: Nothing to say really. Hope you're enjoying this story as much as I am writing it.

- Kitkat Out!