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A Year Later
Piper's POV
Losing Leo was hard on all of us. We missed his cheeky grin and sharp comments. Sure, he was annoying but he was also the best friends any of us ever had. When we got back to camp, everyone cheered. We introduced Frank and Hazel to the campers but everyone grew quiet when Calypso walked out. She was carrying Leo's body on a stretcher along with Jason. We introduced her and announced we needed a shroud for a son of Hephaestus, We burned him that night. His shroud was cleverly designed so that it looked like it was actually on fire, with the symbol of Hephaestus in the middle. The next day, Calypso was given a note from Jake Mason, the senior counsellor for the Hephaestus cabin. He said they were clearing out Leo's bunk and they found an envelope addressed to her. She showed it to me afterwards. It read:
Calypso,
If you're reading this, I'm probably dead. I'm sorry I had to leave you but we needed to defeat Gaia. Tell the others I'm sorry. I hope Dirt Face is safely sleeping now. I'm sorry about our shop. Hopefully I saw you before I died. I'll remember you. Always.
From the Super-Sized McShizzle
Leo Valdez, Bad Boy Supreme
The last year's been hard for all of us, most of all Calypso. None of us have stopped grieving yet and I don't think we ever truly will. But, although Leo is dead, he still lives on in our hearts. Anyway, I'm sure we'll see him in Elysium someday. Calypso does odd jobs around camp but she mainly helps the satyrs and the Demeter cabin with the plants. Frank and Hazel visit from time to time. Whenever they do come, Frank stays in the Ares cabin where he seems to fit in quite well despite his rather sunny nature and Hazel joins Nico in the Hades cabin. I think it's good for him to have some company every once in a while. Jason decided to stay with us here at Camp Half-Blood. Reyna understands his decision. I think she knew ever since we camp to New Rome all that time ago. We all settled back into normal camp life, although it seems a bit dull without Leo's endless stream of bad jokes and his crazy grin. Just after we got back I kept looking around for him. I kept thinking he would just pop out of Bunker 9 all covered in grease stains and oil splashes. None of us are going on any more quests now. They'd just give us horrible memories and remind us just what quests can cost you. Anyway, we promised Leo we'd live for him and that is just what we intend to do.