If you're confused about Sienna's attitude towards Leo, it's simple really. (To me it is.) She just doesn't realize it and makes lame excuses. I'll tell you some other time, maybe she'll realize it in the future chapters. Sorry for updating late again!

-The Drummer

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson.

Life in the air is pretty relaxing.

After Leo stopped complaining that his head hurt and that I was an incredibly violent and strong person (His words, not mine), we all decided silently that it was a good time to think things through. I, for one, find my situation extremely awkward. These guys knew each other before they went to camp (Or thought they knew, Piper and Leo were affected by the Mist) and I stuck out like a sore thumb. Could you imagine how uncomfortable that is? Imagine being the third wheel except you aren't, because there are four of you. Yeah, I know-not a good thing to feel.

I stared at the sky and breathed in the fresh air. (Don't look at me like that! I'm half god, HALF! I'm still part human. I enjoy the little things. Sometimes.) Then, I looked down and watched with mild interest as the mortals walked on, oblivious to the giant metal dragon-that could probably kill them- zooming up in the sky. Mortals are so stupid. (No offence, mortal. But, face it. You have no idea about what we are.) I was totally in peace when all of a sudden-

"Oh, shut up, me," Leo said out loud, in front of all of us. I raised an eyebrow and was going to say something when Piper said, "What?"

Leo shrugged, realizing he said that aloud.

"Nothing. Long night. I think I'm hallucinating. It's cool."

I did not like to hear that. What did he think we were going to say, "Oh, really? You didn't sleep at all last night and now you're hallucinating while driving a flying mechanical dragon? Yeah, I understand. I wouldn't mind if we crashed and broke a couple of bones. I'm totally reassured."? No, not in any circumstances would I have said that. I guess he realized we weren't very at ease with what he said because he tried to cover it up.

"Just joking." He amended. My eyes narrowed. Like I said, I'm totally reassured. He tried to change the subject next by asking Jason what we were going to do; Jason seemed to have already planned it out and told us what it was. I was silently praying to any god who was nice enough (Not many.) to listen after he was done listing it off. It had so many major flaws, you would think the Fates were screwing with us.

First, Jason wanted to find the god of the North Wind because he thinks he might know something.

"You want to look for Boreas?" I asked him, uncertainly. He nodded. Leo's head popped up.
"His name is Boreas?" Leo asked, "What is he, the God of boring?"
"No." I rolled my eyes sarcastically, he raised an eyebrow. "That's a different god."

He cracked a grin at what I just said and Piper looked at me weirdly. I have a feeling no one usually goes along with his antics. "You have one insane sense of humor." He told me. This time, it was my turn to raise an eyebrow.

"Pot calling the kettle black, eh, Valdez?" And, no, if you're asking, I don't have a "thing" for him. Come on, guys, we just met. I'm merely going along because I'm getting pretty frustrated by Jason's desire to get killed in the least "Elysium worthy" way.

Then-I personally like this part of the plan-he wanted to find the storm spirit-he calls them Venti- that tried to kill them at the Grand Canyon.

"Can we just call them storm spirits? Venti makes them sound like evil espresso drinks." Leo said randomly after Jason stopped talking. I looked at him funny. Did his mom drop him when he was a baby, or something? I didn't even find it worth it to comment on what he just said. (Though it was funny enough.)

Lastly, they were going to find out who the storm spirits worked for, so they could find Hera and free her.

"So, you want to look for Dylan, the nasty storm dude, on purpose," Leo commented when he was done. I raised an amused eyebrow.

"The monster had a name?" I asked Piper. "Yeah, he disguised as a classmate for a few months."

I pursed my lips incredulously, ignoring her last statement.

"And its name was Dylan?" Piper nodded, a disgusted look on her face. "He flirted with me, too!"

"That is disgusting." I agreed, unknowingly getting along with her.

"The guy who threw me off the skywalk and sucked Coach Hedge into the sky." Leo continued, ignoring us. My head snapped towards the two boys when I heard that, my conversation with Piper forgotten.

"You fell off a skywalk?" I asked Leo. He nodded, obviously thinking I cared.

"Did you, like, hit your head, or something?"
"Yeah, I thought I was hallucinating! Man, that was a weird experience!"
"What the Hades? Now I know why you act the way you do."
"I've never had a pretty girl wor-Hey! That's insulting! I was born with my amazing personality."

"Well-" I was about to come up with a witty retort but Jason didn't let me continue.

"Stop it, you guys! Leo, concentrate on your driving. Sienna, do you know who the storm spirits work for?" He said. I scowled at him but thought of what he said. I remembered them working for someone…but I didn't catch his or her name. Usually, monsters work for anyone powerful enough to govern them.

"No." I told him. He seemed disappointed by that.

"Well, that's it…there may be a wolf involved, too. I think she's friendly. She probably won't eat us, unless we show weakness." I raised an eyebrow at this. Wolf? She-wolf?

Okay, why not?

But, I'm concerned about the weakness part. I probably won't show it but I'm not sure with Leo or Piper, though. I was already trained for this kind of stuff, they weren't.

"Unless we show weakness?" I asked Jason.

"Pretty much."

I snorted. "We're all screwed, then. Valdez would probably get us eaten." Okay, you're probably wondering about my change of personality or the changes of how I act towards him. Well, sor-ry, if you were expecting better treatment because of a few jokes shared, you're sorely mistaken. And, in case you're wondering, I'm not like this towards Piper because Aphrodite loves all of her children and one wrong move against Piper, Aphrodite would totally consider cursing me to the depths of Tartarus. (This puts me in my dad's bad books, seeing as he'll be on the receiving ends of his consort's complaints.)-But unless it isn't major enough to get Piper to cry, I'm all good. And, thank the gods, she doesn't look like a girl to cry easily.

"Seriously, what d'you have against me? Is it my intense awesomeness? Are you too intimidated? 'Cause, if you are, I'd-" I glared at him and he abruptly stopped, grinning innocently like there was nothing wrong with the world.

"Shut up, you dolt." I ordered.

"Stop it, again with this. If you guys are going to be like this through the entire quest, then, yes, Sienna, as you so elegantly put it, we're all screwed." Piper said. My eyes instantly narrowed on her and she shifted uncomfortably in her seat. Leo and I didn't speak again after that and Jason took this as a cue to start talking. He told us the details of his dream about a vicious she-wolf and a burned house. That's demigod dreams for you; you can never really escape the world one of your parents left you with. Specifically, the godly side.

"Uh-huh, you do know where this house is, right?" Leo said after Jason finished.

"Nope." Jason said. All I heard was: We're all goners. I was starting to get extremely pessimistic whenever Jason talked about the plan so, naturally, Piper decided to add bright pink icing to the already horrible cake. And you know how much I hate pink. (Or maybe you don't-either way.)

"There's also giants." She said. "The prophecy said the giants' revenge." She said, I mimicked her warning in my head bitterly.

"Yeah, real comforting." I muttered lowly so no one would hear.

"Hold on," Leo said, looking pale. "Giants-like, more than one? Can't it be like one giant who wants revenge?"

"Not going to happen."
"I don't think so,"

Me and Piper, respectively, said at the same time. I was shaking my head. In a demigod's life, nothing is always that easy. Since we're the only entertainment ancient deities had for more than a century, of course, our life has to be at least interesting. People say they've got it tough, they have no idea.

"I remember in some old Greek stories, there was something about an army of giants." Piper continued. I glared at her for making a tiny bit of sense.

Although my inner Ares was rejoicing at the fact that there were monsters like them to kill, my rational side-which I never really listen to unless it's important-says I was going to fight giants with two new demigods, who virtually had no idea about this world, and a guy who had amnesia, who was as bad as the previous. I was so lost in my thought, I only came back to reality when Leo said something that interested me. (You should be surprised.)

"…research for that movie with your dad." That piqued my interest because I don't think any sane person would research just for a bunch of movies. Unless they aren't watching them.

Impossible, I thought.

"Your dad's an actor?" Jason asked, apparently as interested as I was. Leo laughed and my brows furrowed. What was I missing here?

"I keep forgetting about your amnesia. Heh. Forgetting about amnesia. That's funny," I saw Piper glance at me nervously and nudge Leo in a way to tell him to stop. I raised an eyebrow. Did she think I wouldn't see her reach over me to get to him?

"Is he?" I urged Leo, sending Piper a challenging glance over my shoulder. Her eyes went wide at this and she bit her lip. But, to my pleasure, Leo complied, but not before sending me a look. He stopped laughing and nodded at Jason.

"But yeah, her dad's Tristan Mclean." My other eyebrow, the one not raised, joined its companion and got lost in my dirty blonde hair. Piper was looking at me pleadingly and I smirked.

"So, your dad's Tristan Mclean?" I questioned. Piper nodded slightly. She clearly didn't want anyone to know.

"Uh-sorry," Jason said, looking troubled. I wasn't. "What was he in?" He asked. I agreed with him.

"Yeah, princess, what was he in? Isn't he, like, big in the business? I didn't know you were rich…" I looked at Piper, now fully addressing her. I hadn't said her name and I was now planning on doing no such thing. Piper looked like she couldn't believe I had the nerve to call her "princess" but also looked like she wasn't going to tell me off any time soon. She gave an annoyed sigh.

"It doesn't matter, the giants-well, there were lots of giants in Greek mythology. But if I'm thinking of the right ones, they were bad news. Huge, almost impossible to kill. They could throw mountains and stuff. I think they were related to the Titans. They rose from the earth after Kronos lost the war-" I stiffened visibly. I lost some of my half siblings at that war. A lot of campers were lost, too.

Silena…Beckendorf...Micheal…Lee…

I bowed my head slightly in respect. Piper, noticing my sullen expression, went wide eyed. She tried to correct what she said, but I was only half listening. What's done was done.

"I mean the first Titan war, thousands of years ago-" She glanced at me again. "-and they tried to destroy Olympus. If we're talking about the same giant-" She was stopped by Jason.

"Chiron said it was happening again," He reminded all of us. I inclined my head towards him a little bit. "The last chapter. That's what he meant. No wonder he didn't want us to know all the details." My expression darkened.

Leo, who didn't seem to notice the tense atmosphere in the air, whistled. "So… giants who can throw mountains. Friendly wolves that will eat us if we show weakness. Evil espresso drinks. Gotcha! Maybe this isn't the time to bring up my psycho babysitter." I looked at him questioningly, waiting for him to say that he was kidding. Instead, Piper was the one who spoke.

"Is that another joke?"

A wise question. Since I would peg Leo as the prankster type like the Stoll brothers, who are trouble making sons of Hermes, you'd never know if he was pulling your leg or actually being serious. (Which is a rare occurrence)

He froze, eyes wide. He seemed to be speechless. Finally, after a few seconds he started telling us about his Tia Callida-Hera disguised as a mortal-who was his babysitter when he was a little boy, he told us she appeared at camp. At that part, I couldn't help but fidget slightly.

So, he thought the old lady was his insane old babysitter? No wonder he was so freaked out, I thought. No one noticed my reaction though, and as Leo continued, he looked like he was still keeping something from us. Piper and Jason noticed, too, but didn't pressure him for it. He also told us about a sleeping woman in mud like robes who could tell the future.

After that, there was an awkward silence that ensued where the only things heard were the slight mutterings Leo made. I didn't know what he was talking about and I didn't get to ask.

"That's…disturbing." Piper finally decided to break the ice. I gave her an "Oh, really?" look. Leo nodded.

"'Bout sums it up," He consented. "Thing is, everybody says don't trust Hera-" I cut him off.

"Which, are good advice." I stated. Never trust someone that throws babies off mountains just because they're ugly.

"She hates demigods-"

"She actually really does. From what I've heard." Clarisse hates it when Annabeth keeps complaining about Hera at meetings when she's got the chance, so my sister, ever so mature, kept mimicking what she said in a whiny voice in our cabin at the end of the day. They were pretty funny.

"And the prophecy said we'd cause death if we unleash her rage. So, I'm wondering…why are we doing this?" He concluded. I spoke before anyone could answer him.

"Damn, Valdez. I know, for sure, that this is the first time in your life that you're actually making sense." I stated. He-you're not going to believe this-rolled his eyes at me. I glared at him. I never thought he had the guts. (Okay, so I knew he had the guts when it came to me-my whole family, really. It's like an Athena-Hates-Poseidon-So-Their-Children-Feel-The-A fter-Effects kind of thing. Except with my dad and Leo's.)

"I make a lot of sense." He argued. I shook my head. "Says who?"

"Stop it." Jason ordered. I raised an eyebrow but stopped.

"She chose us," He said. "All four of us. We're the first of the seven who have to gather for the Great Prophecy. This quest is the beginning of something much bigger." I stopped when he said that. I shook my head and he looked at me like he was crazy.

"No offence, dude, but you're wrong," He was about to argue when I raised a hand to stop him. I wanted to clear things up. I loved killing monsters, and also my dad would actually be proud of me if I was part of the Great Prophecy, but there was something inside me, compelling me to tell the truth. Telling me that I shouldn't-couldn't, really-come with them. "Seriously. She did choose us, but she chose me for a different reason. I'm not part of that seven." I told him.

"What reason, exactly?" Piper interjected.
"She said I should help you so…That's pretty much it." I blinked.
"She talked to you?" She asked, bewildered.

"She likes to talk to a lot of people, princess, not just you-Whatever. I'm just saying. I'm not part of that seven." Piper nodded her head and Jason said, "If you say so."

They didn't seem to want to argue with me. Understandable, I thought. Who would argue with a demigod who, in first sight, you already know has anger management problems? Not many, except, of course, Percy. (I shudder when remembering the stupid toilet water. Not a good experience.)

"Bummer. It would've been a lot more fun if you were there-if we were actually going to save the world again." Leo nodded. I raised an eyebrow but said nothing. Jason continued on after realizing we were still unconvinced about the "Saving Hera" thing. (Of course it was all an act, we just wanted an excuse to start talking again. It was, actually, insanely boring.)

"Besides, helping Hera is the only way I can get back my memory-"

"Of course, it's all about you, right?" I muttered sarcastically. Jason tinged pink, Leo actually laughed a bit at what I said, and Piper seemed to be trying hard not to glare at me. I was seriously enjoying myself.

"That dark spire in my dream seemed to be feeding off of Hera's power. If that thing unleashes a king of the giants by destroying Hera-"

"Which is understandable." I declared. Only Hera could unleash an evil and, no doubt, ugly king of giants. They all looked at me like I was nuts. Yes, even evil-espresso-drink Leo. Talk about hypocrisy. I scoffed at them.

"Not a good trade-off," Piper said. I nodded. "At least, Hera is on our side-" She stopped and had a thoughtful expression on her face. "-mostly." She decided.

"Losing her would throw the gods into chaos. She's the main one who keeps the peace in the family. And a war with the giants could even be more destructive than the Titan War."

She was, in all actuality, making sense.

"Then, whoever the guy doing this better have a good reason for trying to start war again." I grumbled. Piper and Jason looked at me incredulously. I did everything I could not to glare at them. It wasn't enough. Piper flinched at my stare and Jason looked away. I stopped. It wouldn't do me any good if there was tension in the air whenever we talked. But I didn't like the way they judged my cabin just because our dad is kind of a douche. Thunder boomed. I didn't even say sorry.

"What? I do love wars and fighting but other demigods don't seem to understand that we, Ares kids, hate it if it's for a stupid reason…"
There was an awkward silence. I noticed Leo wasn't speaking. Thank the gods, I thought. Jason faked a cough and we continued on with our conversation. I guess this was how it was going to be. Jason reminded us about what Chiron said. About the winter solstice being the best time for dark magic, powerful enough to sacrifice Hera. He also told us about a mistress who was controlling the storm spirits.

"Might be that weird sleeping lady," Leo supplied. I grudgingly agreed with him. "Dirt woman fully awake? Not something I want to see." I bit my lip.

"Me agreeing with a son of Hephaestus? Not something my dad would be proud of. But…I think you're right. Let's hope those storm spirits of hers remember what happened to Dylan." Leo gave me a half smile, looking a little over his shoulder. I didn't see it, though. I was too engrossed on the dirt woman he was talking about.

"But who is she?" Jason pondered. "And what those she have to do with giants?" I didn't have an answer for that. There was a reason my dad wasn't the god of wisdom.

After a while, my ADHD picked up on the frostiness of the wind. I think I was too distracted about our little chat, I didn't realize it was getting colder. Come to think of it, Leo was shivering in front of me. And so was Piper behind me. I was willing to bet that in a few minutes, with our speed, my breath would be visible. This was complete torture.

I noticed Piper scoot closer to me. I looked over my shoulder with a raised eyebrow.

"What're you doing, princess?" I asked her. She put a hand up to silence me and leaned forward, pass my shoulder.

"Why don't you get some sleep?" She said, addressing Leo. My eyes widened.

"Are you crazy?" I whispered angrily. I thought I saw Piper smirk.
"He was up all night." She reasoned.
"But that doesn't-" I saw Leo sway a bit.

"You won't let me fall off?" He asked Piper, I guess he didn't hear our conversation. Piper nodded. What the Hades-?
"Sure. Sienna won't let you fall off. Right, Sienna?" I was about to protest. I really was. But Piper kept on talking. She patted Leo on the shoulder like she was doing this for the greater good.

"Trust me, Valdez. Beautiful people never lie."

"I resent that." I said, eyeing her. "You're here in front of me."

"Actually, Leo's in front of you."
"Technicalities."

I shouldn't have talked to her that long, because the next thing I knew, Leo was slumped on Festus' neck. And he was about to fall.

"Styx!" I cursed while thunder boomed again. I put my hands on his waist and supported him. I leaned forward a little to adjust my hold. This was harder than I thought it would be.

"Curse you, Mclean." I said, fuming. I heard her chuckle and my eyes narrowed. Wasn't she afraid of me a few minutes ago?
"Come on, have a heart, he's tired. But…That's for calling me "princess", too." She whispered in my ear.

I was going to murder her.