So, since the chapter after this is extremely short, I'm giving you guys two updates! Yay! Now you finally get to see some Leo/Emma (Lemma?) bonding time. On with the story!

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Chapter 3:Leo

FIRST, I showed her the cabins, starting with Hecate.

"This, Emma, is the Hecate cabin; goddess of magic," I said, pointing to the greenish looking cabin.

"Did you just say goddess? As in all super-powerful being?" she asked in awe.

"Oh! A smart one!" I cheered. She glared at me. "That's what Chiron was talking about."

"You mean, getting claimed? Well I already have my parents; well, only one to be exact," she said sadly.

"That settles it! You're a demigod, Emma!" I yelled in a British accent.

"I'm a what? Was that supposed to be an insult?" she asked angrily.

"Not at all; hopefully. Now for another question: is your parent your mom or dad?"

She looked at me and answered, "My dad, but-"

"Great! And do you have any idea who your mother is?"

"Not really, my dad told me-"

"Exactly! Your mother is a goddess!" I exclaimed.

"No- no, she can't be! She died when I was three!" Emma cried.

"That's what they all say. They fall in love, have a kid, and then make some big scene to hide their appearance," I exasperated. Really, I was trying to mask that I was hurting inside. With just thinking about mom and died in the same sentence… Ok, now I'm thinking way too much. "She isn't dead, Emma. Now tell me, what do you remember about your mother? What does your dad do for a living? How did they meet?"

"Well, I don't know exactly how they met. My father's a farmer in Kentucky. That's where I'm from. He was always being drooled over by all the women, even more after my mom died; it made me sick. From what he told me, my mother was hard-working, but never really worked with him in the fields. One day, he had taken her to work with him. That's when she fell into the grain elevator," she finished. I could tell that she was holding back tears.

I wasn't sure about what to do, so I decided to just pat her on the back. "It's- it's ok. I lost my mom too when I was younger," I said to try to comfort her. I didn't want to go in any deeper, though. So instead, I went for my usual approach: laughter. "I'm guessing that you took it better than I did, though. I ran away six times before I ended up here."

"Are you serious?" she asked. She was starting to grow a smile.

"Completely! You try to run away, and suddenly you are whisked away by a dude with rainbow tattoos and flying ponies," I said. She was cracking up. "Come on; let's go see the other cabins."

We went on past Nemesis and Hypnos while just chatting. Then she started asking questions around Nike.

"So now you're telling me that all those myths I've read about my entire life are real, and that I basically am one now?" she asked.

"Yeah, pretty much," I said. "Though I've never thought of myself as a myth, but it seems like other people do."

"What do you mean?"

"I feel… well, I don't know what exactly. Maybe, sometimes I feel invisible; it can be around everyone, but mostly around-" I stopped myself. Girls, I thought. Women, females, opposite gender. "On second thought, never mind."We walked in silence for a couple minutes, just staring at the cabins; the only noise was me saying who the cabin belonged to every once and a while.

"You were talking about girls, weren't you?"

I jumped. How did she know? "What?" I played dumb. "No! I was going to say, um…"

"Girls?"

"Will you quit saying that?" I asked. I could feel myself heating up, as I usually do when I'm nervous. I knew that I needed to calm down if I didn't want to burst into flames.

"It's alright to be nervous around girls, and to feel invisible around them," she said. "I'm surprised that I've been talking to you this long. I don't talk to guys that much. I get nervous and start, well, being the girl that I am." We both laughed. She smiled, and I smiled back. That's when I heard the giggling.

I froze. "Run," I whispered.

"What?"

"RUN!" I yelled. I pushed her ahead of me, and we ran for the woods.

What do you guys think could be chasing Leo? Well, I guess you will find out in the next chapter, which I will post tomorrow!

Please review and tell me what you think is chasing Leo! I will keep taking votes for a new story until next Saturday! So far, story 1 has 2 votes and story 2 has 1 vote. Just keep voting, just keep voting...

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