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Song of the Chapter: (aka Calypso's song) Noble Maiden Fair from the Brave soundtrack

XI

CALYPSO

Calypso didn't understand what everyone was so sad about. She walked up to the two statues and looked at them. She recognized the two as the teens that had first seen Leo when he arrived at Camp Half-Blood.

"Medusa," she grumbled. But how did that snake get down here…?

Calypso shrugged mentally and closed her eyes. She needed to concentrate for this.

Gently, she hummed a song her mother used to sing to her when she was little – only three hundred years old. It carried a strong magic within its notes and words.

She then opened her eyes and blew gently on the faces of the statues.

Nothing happened.

Then, suddenly, the stone cracked. Slowly, the cracks spread over the two demigods' bodies, starting from their heads and continuing down to their feet. Calypso watched carefully for signs that the spell wasn't working – any wrong move and she could accidentally kill Piper and Jason.

The stone now resembled a cracked, boiled eggshell. The stone fell to the floor one-by-one in pieces, revealing human skin. Leo appeared at Calypso's side.

"What did you do?" he asked as the stones fell. The last of the stone dropped and the two trapped demigods fell forward slightly. Leo and Calypso caught the two demigods and set them down gently. The rest of the group was with them now.

"Ouch," Jason groaned, clutching his head.

Leo gave him a hug. "You're okay?"

"I think…" he looked over his arms, as if he was trying to convince himself that he had a physical form. "What the heck happened?"

"I got one heck of a headache," Piper muttered. "That's what happened."

"We were hoping you could tell us," Annabeth said, bending down so that she was at her best friend's height.

Piper shrugged. "I don't really know. I remember warning you not to come into the labyrinth, then something knocked me out and I saw yellow eyes. I remember we woke for a few seconds – here, actually – and then we saw this snake-lady. Medusa, I think. Then, all of a sudden, I felt cold and you're here. It's kind of blurry, honestly."

Percy moaned. "Medusa's back? Dam. I thought we wouldn't see her again."

"They all come back," Annabeth said to no one in particular. She wondered how many old foes they would face on this quest.

"We should keep moving," Hazel said. "There's…something big…no, huge coming this way, and fast."

"How big?" Jason asked.

Hazel looked at him. "Monster-army big."

Annabeth looked back at Jason and Piper. "Can you guys stand? Or walk?"

Piper stood with mild difficulty, but Jason needed help from Percy. "Everything's spinning," he told Annabeth.

"Percy," Annabeth stated, "you help Jason. Piper, if you need any help, just ask. But we have to walk. Now." Together, the group quickly moved out of the arena and into another tunnel/hallway.

They moved at a reasonable pace. Calypso fell in line beside Piper. "You think it was Medusa?"

"Her and someone else," Piper said in a low voice. "I saw eyes before I passed out. If it was Medusa, I would've frozen on the spot, but I didn't. I'm honestly regretting our decision to enter the labyrinth."

Calypso nodded. Right now, she just wanted to get out of here.

Not the longest chapter, I know, but still satisfactory, I'd say.

And WAIT. WHAT? SPARKY'S GIRL UPDATED QUICKLY?!

Yep. So, to wrap up the story so far, Leo and Calypso return to Camp-Half-Blood

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