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Chapter 10: Leo
As he put his hand on the girl's, Annabelle, shoulder I saw Anna take a huge breath in and out. Her face flared with hatred and anger that I think she's going to explode!
"Hello new campers!" Annabelle introduced excitedly as she looked over all of us, caked in dry mud and twigs and leaves in our hair. "As Percy-bear said, I'm Annabelle Case and I'm head of the Demeter cabin. How about you tell me your names and if you know who your parent god is. We'll start with you."
She pointed directly at me; I breathed a sigh of unbelief and placed my muddy hands behind my back. She smiled a white smile, encouraging me to go on.
"Leo Valdez," I explained, but I didn't reach out for her hand. She set her manicured hand down and stared at me oddly. "I'm a son of Hep-Vulcan."
"Great," she said, her smile growing wider, if that was even possible. She directed her attention over to Dumpster Girl and I saw her take a short intake of breath. "And you?"
"Piper McLean," She sighed and didn't come to meet Annabelle's hand either. "I'm a daughter of Venus."
"Great another Venus child," Annabelle retorted with a short giggle that sounded like tingling bells. "That woman surely can't stop, can she…Anyway, how about you?"
"Me?" Jason asked, a bit off balance if you asked me. Annabelle nodded and Jason quickly cleared his throat. "Jason-"
"Jason?" Annabelle quickly interrupted. She clapped her hands together happily and quickly called over her shoulder to a small girl that looked about 12. "Paige, go tell Coriolanus that Jason is back!"
"Wait…Coriolanus?" Anna spoke up for the first time since our arrival. Annabelle looked oddly over at Anna, as if she didn't notice that she was there before. "I thought he died like, a long time ago."
"Um, well you see we have a camp consoler that is named after Coriolanus," Annabelle spoke slowly and loudly as if Anna was tone-deaf and just plain dumb.
"I'm not stupid you know," Annabeth stated loudly, her face heated up like a tomato. "I'm Annabeth Chase, daughter of Minerva, goddess of wisdom and battle strategy."
"Maybe you don't get it," Annabelle continued as if she barely heard what Anna just said. "We are amazing, us Romans, way better than anybody in the world. You little campers start down at the bottom; make your way up to the top. And don't be surprised if one of you dies along the way. It's how Coriolanus has always taught us."
"Wait, you're saying people die here?" Piper asked, obliviously stunned. Annabelle's smiled vanished and was replaced by a slight frown that hung lowly on her chin.
"You'll learn soon enough," she murmured and turned toward her Demeter cabin friends. She waved at them and tugged at Percy's arm. "Come on Percy-bear let's go get reacquainted with Tessa and Jenna!"
She pulled him along before he could protest and that left Piper, me, Jason, and Anna, but a satyr or faun thingy came and took Jason to talk to the Head Council whatever that means.
"Guys this is bad," Annabeth retorted as they sat down on a log at the far corners of the pavilion. "Percy has no memory whatsoever and now we have to deal with this happy-go lucky girl!"
"It'll be fine as long as Jason doesn't switch over," Piper edged and Anna gasped in surprise at her tone of voice. She sounded so certain and sure of herself; basically it scared me too. "I'm just looking at all of the options here."
"That is not an option!" Anna nearly screamed and pounded her fist on top of a lopsided weep. She looked over at that Percy guy briefly then back at us. "It can't be an option our mission was to get here, get Percy, bring him back, and get his memory back! Jason will be fine, he's dealt with these people before can it be much harder?"
"Just think about it Annabeth," Piper stated sternly, she looked angry for some odd reason. Oh no, angry daughter of Aphrodite is never good. "He got already lost his memory once; don't you think that they can do it again, even if Hera had a lot to do with it? I'm just stating that he could always be reeled back in, it's fact of life!"
"Can you guys just shut up and stop fighting?" I asked and they both looked at me surprised by the sudden interruption of their meaningless fight. "Shouldn't we be planning on how to get Percy out of here? I mean you guys are acting like a bunch of eight year olds."
As soon as I said that an eight year old ran up and started screaming.
"I knew you hated me!" She cried and ran off in the other direction. They all looked wildly at her and each other, which was weird. (A/N: Sorry I couldn't help but put that in.)
"Fine you're right Leo," Anna sighed and then Piper and her engaged in a talk about that Romans and forces and all that stuff that I really didn't care about right now. I began to stand up until Annabeth looked at me and shook her head curiously. "Where are you going Leo?"
"I'm going to have a look around, geez," I stated and began to walk away. Anna yelled something at me, but I was far away enough to not hear her! Thank the gods!
I had been walking for a couple minutes and had found nothing, just tough looking boys and girls that were our age in purple T-Shirts. Me, I wouldn't be caught dead wearing a purple T-Shirt; especially that trashy shade. I soon came upon a small little meadow with an opening into wild flowers, I was about to turn around when I heard the most beautiful voice singing.
My love, I have tried with all my being I know now why Shakespeare could not Each facet of your being
to grasp a form comparable to thine own,
but nothing seems worthy;
compare his love to a summer's day.
It would be a crime to denounce the beauty
of such a creature as thee,
to simply cast away the precision
God had placed in forging you.
whether it physical or spiritual
is an ensnarement
from which there is no release.
But I do not wish release.
I wish to stay entrapped forever.
With you for all eternity.
Our hearts, always as one.
I began walking forward toward the voice when I saw who is must have belonged to. Her back was turned toward me, but her hair cascaded down her back like a waterfall, and it shone like liquid gold. She was sitting next to a huge oak tree that stood in the middle of the meadow. I continued to walk forward until I reached the girl with a voice as fine as Aphrodite herself, literally.
"That was beautiful," I whispered and she immediately turned toward me and I was a bit taken back by her beauty.
Okay maybe a bit was a little bit of estimate, I was more of taken back like a feather in the breeze by her beauty. Her face was a perfect shape, almost heart shaped, but not plump at all. Her eyes shone like the Caribbean Sea, blue and green together, nothing like those eyes on that Percy guys. Her lips were a luscious red and were heart shaped almost perfectly. She held poise and perfection like a god would, but her lips held a frown. Her cheeks were red and blotchy, just matching her eyes, but her beauty was still unbearable.
"Why did you sneak up on me like that?" Yet again her voice sounded, almost more perfect than her looks, but not quite. She held my gaze for a second before dropping onto the rose that she held in her hand. It didn't hold one tenth the beauty of her if you asked me.
"I um, um, I," I stuttered and began to switch from foot to foot anxiously. My nerves tingled as she stepped backward and held the flower tightly in one palm. "I heard someone singing, so I came to investigate, sorry I didn't mean to scare you. I'm Leo by the way."
"Oh it's quite alright," she sighed and set the tensed flower down next to the oak tree. She stepped forward and shook my hand lightly. "Nice to meet you Leo, I'm Hope, daughter of Aphrodite, but I bet you could tell."
"Um yeah," I muttered stupidly and released her warm grip from mine, her smiled lightened and she began to laugh. I had no idea what she was laughing at, but it made me happy to be the cause of the laughter, "nice to meet you too Hope, but wait did you say Aphrodite?"
"Oh love bugs! I'm sorry I meant Venus," she giggled and swung back and forth on her heels. "I'm just so fascinated by Greek it's amazing, sorry."
I smiled widely at her attraction.
I think I can get to like this girl.
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