hello, everyone, sorry for the late update. Good news though! Next chapter Beckendorf and Nico are coming back in, and roughly two chapters after that, get ready to get reacquainted with our favorite bronze dragon!

NoNaMe19Kanies- Clovis will be coming in soon, probably some time after they find Festus. So he'll be in the story within the next four chapters.

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Pain. It was all he knew. He couldn't breathe because something was pressing on his lungs and his eyes wouldn't open because doing so made the pain ten times worse. His body ached and screamed and he could see flames licking in and out of his vision, streaming off his body in multi colored tendrils. Even he could feel their heat.

Then, mercifully, the dream changed.

He was standing in a white room, lit by seemingly nothing- no light bulbs or lamps, not even a window, and yet the room was brightly lit- and his body no longer ached as it did. The room was empty, save for himself. There wasn't even a door.

When Leo noticed this, he began to panic a bit. He didn't like being trapped; like Percy with his sea powers, fire doesn't like to be restrained. Maybe that's why he has such a severe case of ADHD.

But anyway, right before he was going to start kicking the walls in an effort to get out, the wall before him slid open and something stepped through the opening. The wall slid back into place.

Leo realized with horror that it was, in fact, a person- a girl to be more specific. She was covered from head to toe in dirt and blood, some still shimmering crimson, other patches the color of rust or dried ketchup. Her brown hair was cut choppy and almost black from all the grime caked into it. Ripped and torn to shreds, her clothes (a fleece jacket and jeans) could barely be called clothes anymore. The only things that looked remotely human were her eyes- changing colors from blue to green to brown and shining with unshed tears. At first glance, they appeared as shattered glass but upon closer inspection, Leo could see a tiny strand of hope reflecting in those eyes. Those eyes that should be so familiar, but the memory, just out of reach.

"Leo," the girl said, choking back a sob. She surged forward and took his face in her hands, probably trying to check that it was him. How did she know him, but he didn't know her? "It is you! I thought I'd never see you again!" She wrapped him in a hug and he stumbled a bit from the shock.

"What-" he began, but she cut him off.

"Look, Leo," she breathed. "You need to help us."

"What? How? Who am I helping?"

She ignored his questions and forged on. "We're stuck here unless you change it, so please, Leo, do that. We need you."

"I'm confused. Change what?" He demanded.

She shook her head, looking depressed. "They said they wiped your memory, but if you don't remember, how are you gonna change anything? I guess I just have to hope that they know what they're doing."

"Who? What about my memory?" Leo's voice was rising with frustration.

"Leo, help us. Trust those visions; you're not crazy or delusional. Those visions are important. Don't forget that, Repair Boy."

She vanished, along with the rest of the dream.

When he woke up, Grover was sitting beside his bed, reading a nature magazine.

"Hey, man," Leo greeted. "What's up?"

Grover looked over the magazine and smiled. "Thank goodness you're awake. I came in right after Percy and Annabeth two hours. I was beginning to think you were dead."

Had he really been asleep for two hours? It felt like a few minutes.

"Well, you know me, man. I need my beauty rest," Leo said in a matter of a fact voice with a cheeky grin. "How is everything? Percy and Annabeth didn't tell me."

Grover shrugged. "It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. I expected at least a dozen people to die and at least triple that to be wounded. Four people died during the battle and about twenty were wounded. It's really a miracle."

Leo smiled. "That's good. Honestly, when I saw those armies, I thought this camp would be burned to the ground by the end of the battle. Despite the people we lost, we were lucky not to have half of the camp in the Underworld."

"Agreed. Still sorry you got hurt though."

"Hey, I'm alive! And so is Alexander. Could've been worse, right?"

Grover nodded. "What were you dreaming about?"

Leo started. How did Grover know? He was sure he hadn't screamed and he rarely talked in his sleep.

"Satyrs can read emotions," Grover explained, seeing his look of confusion. "I can sense your fear."

Leo made a mental note to shut off all emotions when he was around satyrs.

He sighed, trying to think of a way to explain it. "Well, it began when I was in a lot of pain. I was on fire and every muscle in my body ached like hell. I couldn't breathe and I think I was falling, but I couldn't tell. Pain was all I knew."

Grover winced at the description. "Ouch."

Leo nodded with a shrug. "Strangely, though, that wasn't the weirdest or the one that just... gave me the heebie jeebies. What happened next somehow scared me more.

"I was in a white room with nothing in it. Not even a door. Then, one of the walls slid open and a girl stepped in. Man, she resembled a lake monster with all that blood and dirt all over her. She seemed to know me even though I didn't know her, and she acted like I'd died or something and she was given the chance to see me again. She told me they needed help. I asked her who they were, but she wouldn't answer. All she told me was trust the visions. Then, the dream ended."

Grover nodded, looking a little disturbed. "And you're sure you didn't know her?"

Leo shook his head. "Positive. Even covered in dirt, I could tell that I've never met her before."

He decided to keep the part about seeing her in a few of his visions to himself. Now didn't seem like the right time to tell.

"And are you having any visions?" Grover pushed.

Leo shrugged. "Other than that dream, nothing."

Grover nodded, looking deep in thought. "All right, I'll admit, that is rather odd, even for a demigod dream. Just... tell me if you have any more of those dreams or any visions. Make sure you tell Chiron. Maybe he'll know what it means."

"Grover!" A female voice called and a girl that highly resembled a tree with greenish skin and a moss colored dress stood in the doorway. "Oh, hi, you must be Leo. Grover's told me about you. I'm Juniper."

If you would've asked Leo a week ago, he would've screamed and threw a rock at the weird tree girl. But now... it wasn't the strangest thing he'd seen. In fact, this girl was the most normal thing he'd observed since getting thrown into the mythical world.

"Pleased to meet you," he said.

Juniper smiled at him before turning to Grover. "You could come help us finish fixing up the clearing. We're almost done, but we could use as many hands as possible."

"Got it, Juniper. See you, Leo, and remember what I said," Grover stated, staring at the younger with a stern gaze.

Leo rolled his eyes, but nodded. "Yes, Mom."

Grover chuckled and left the Infirmary.

Leo took a deep breath and prayed that Grover would forget about the dreams and visions. Whatever this was, Grover didn't need to be dragged into it until absolutely necessary.

And Fate answered Leo's prayer because soon afterward, Grover Underwood forgot all about the discussion. But he would have to remember some day, just not someday soon.

Fate would make sure of that.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: I just finished one of my other stories and I have a rule that when I complete a story, I start a new one. I have 5 ideas and have posted the summaries on my profile. Two are Leo Valdez, one is a Leo Valdez crossover with the Outsiders story, and two are Harry Potter (Sirius and Regulus Black). Just read those summaries and review on any one of my stories which story you would like to see me post first.

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