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Chapter 12: I Dont Hate You

I looked outside and saw a deathly pale face that I never wanted to see in a million years. The man that betrayed me, and loved me.

"Demetri Whitlock. He should be dead." I spat out.

"Blame Gaea." Terra said. I looked to her.

"What?" All of the Demi-gods looked at me like I was crazy. I was reborn people! Cut me some slack.

"Gaea was killed a few years back when the prophecy of seven was fulfilled. She trapped Thanatos, changed him up, and opened the Doors of Death. Letting out Demetri and his band of traitors." Nox told me.

"Why is he here though!?" I yelled at no one in particular.

"He knew you'd be here." Sage said quietly. I cocked my head to the side. "I don't know! It was the only thing I could think of."

"Haven't seen him in a while." Mr. D said peering over my head. I turned and walked over to a wall.

"That's because he's supposed to be dead!" I said angrily, punching the wall leaving an indent. "I killed him myself. How did he get out?" I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned and saw Nico; he smiled a bit at me. I told him about Demetri and the war. I smiled a small smile at him.

"What now, Leto?" River asked me. And I went into authority mode.

"We go to him. But we need to get everyone away from him. Nico, do you think you can shadow travel Percy and Jason past Demetri and tell everyone to go to their cabins and stay there. We don't need any idiotic campers trying to save the day."

"Yeah sure." He walked over to his cousins grabbed them and walked into the closest shadow disappearing.

"Okay." I walked towards the door; I heard footsteps so I turned. They were following me. "No, all of you are staying up here. I do not care that you are demi-god, I do not care that you are gods. You will stay up here. Watch from the window, I don't care just don't follow. If I get in trouble that you know I can't handle then help. Other than that stay safe." I said firmly.

"Alright." They mumbled.

"And Nox?" He turned towards me. "Watch your sister, and make sure she doesn't do anything stupid."

"Hey!" Alice protested.

"Demetri?" I called. He turned; you could see his raven and his violet eyes that had neon green rings around them. He looked just as I remember him. The same black tee, black jeans, black boots, and that damn long black jacket. He smiled widely at me, I used to love that smile now it makes me want to barf.

"Leto!" He tried to move close to me, I took a step back. "Leto? My love, why are you scared?"

"I am not scared Demetri, but I do not trust you. And I'm not your love." I said in distaste. He smiled sarcastically at me.

"Poor, poor Leto. Never knew what she could have." Demetri said. I glared at him.

"I know exactly what I could've had!"

"Then why didn't you join me!" He demanded.

"I would never betray my family!" I yelled.

"Really? The family that wanted to kill you! That family?" He yelled back.

"Yes, that family! I don't care how fucked up they are, they are family! You never understood that! You never understood how much they matter! You went against your own father to start to-to rebel!"

"And? They are not suitable to be in the position they're in! They only care for themselves!" He spat out. "You were the only god that had a heart. We have another chance, Leto. We can rule the world, side by side. I love you, Leto. And I'm willing to start over. I know what you did was in the moment. And I forgive you." Demetri took my chin in his hand and forced me to look into his eyes.

"And… if I have fallen for someone else?" I asked. He griped my chin tighter, and with every word he griped it harder.

"Really? Who is he?" He hissed at me.

"Why do you care?"

"You are meant to rule beside me! Not be with some pathetic fool!" That's where I cracked. I always had a problem with someone calling someone I care for names. I pushed him away with such force that he fell to the ground. He looked up at me in shock.

"He is more of a man that you will ever be! Don't you bring him into this!" I screamed. He has never seen me lose my cool.

"You've changed." He simply said.

"Yeah," I told him. "I have. Now get out of here. I don't want to see your face anywhere near this camp!" He stood up, and glared at me.

"The fates have given me another chance. We will win. And you will be my queen!" He whispered harshly. He turned and ran up the hill and out of camp.

"Jess- I mean, Leto?" Nico said from behind me. I turned and hugged him.

"Call me Jessie. I like it, especially when you say it." I buried my face in the crook of his neck. He hugged me back.

"So that was him, eh?" I nodded. I felt close to tears, I had no idea why. Maybe because of learning that there was a war coming… A war. Shit. I pulled back from him, looking at him in panic. "What?"

"They have another chance." He looked at me in confusion. I ran inside. When I got to the room everyone looked to me.

"What did he say?" Chiron asked. I looked to my Keepers.

"I want this whole camp surrounded! No one goes in or out without my permission. Nox you stay with me." They just stood there staring at me. "Go!" I yelled at them. They rushed out, talking about where they were going to scout. Terra said something about the ground –as in in the ground. She can "melt" into the ground and "feel everything going around in it". Jason and Percy came in as they left.

"Okay." Jason said a little out of breath. "What now?"

"Well, first off. Leto what happened?" I leaned against the table and took a few deep breaths before answering.

"They are back and… it is a war." I told them.

"Who are back?" Clarisse asked. I looked up at them.

"I do not feel like explaining more. You will each get a dream to night. It will explain how this all started. I need paper." I abruptly started to search around the room looking for a piece of pare and a pen. I found one on the table; I ripped it in three and started to write. Demetri is back. Put your defences back up. Meet me at Camp-Half Blood, Long Island New York to discuss this problem, meet me here tomorrow. This is a war. – Leto. There that should do it. I turned around to face them; they were all staring at me. Waiting.

"Nox," I said to him. "Take these. Give one to General Kane; tell him to get the army ready. This one to Mary. And this one to Hunter. Go now." I handed him the letters and he was gone. "We need to warn the gods."

Percy, Jason, Annabeth, Nico, Grover, and I all stood in the cramped elevator being shot up to Olympus. It dinged, and the doors slid open. We walked out and made our way towards the throne room. The doors were closed when we got there, they always are. I moved to push them open.

"Wait!" Grover said. "What are we going to tell them? That some demi-god showed up and declared war?" The others murmured in agreement.

"I hardly come up here. And I haven't told them that I was visiting, so they better." I turned back around and pushed the doors open. All of the Olympians were there, even Hades. They all looked at me, startled.

"Hello, Olympians." I walked in with the demi-gods following.

"Leto?..." My dad hesitates to as me. I smiled and nodded at him.

"Thought, I've grow to like the name Jessica." I said.

"Why are you here?" Zeus asked. I smiled even wider.

"Always strait to the point, eh Grandpa?" He scowled at me. The other gods had to stifle some laughs.

"Why are you here, Leto?" He said more firmly.

"In a second, Zeus. But first father," I said. "When you first were explaining things, why didn't you tell me the Doors of Death were opened in the past!"

"I didn't think it would be important." Apollo told me, confused.

"Well it is!" I yelled. "If you told me then I would have been more prepared for what just happened!"

"Leto?-"

"Jessica. Call me Jessica, Hera." The goddess smiled at me.

"Jessica," Hera said. "What happened and why are the demi-gods here with you?"

"I'll give you a hint. He betrayed me in the seventeen hundreds." They sat there thinking for a while.

"Demetri." We all turned to Athena. "Hades you said you brought all of the missing souls."

"It said he never left. He slipped out of my fingertips!" Hades gripped his arm tight.

"But that doesn't explain what happened."

"I was explaining my past to the demi-gods. Alpha was supposed to tell them about him, but he saw something out the window. He was standing out there. I came out, we talked. It wasn't the friendliest conversation.-"

"You can say that again." Nico grumbled.

I rubbed my chin, it was probably still red. "Anyways, he started to talk about being given another chance to rule." Hera raised her eyebrows at me.

"He just wanted to tell you that?" She questioned me. I closed my eyes and inhaled deeply.

"He- he said that he wanted me as his queen." I spat.

"And?" Zeus asked me impatiently. I snapped open my eyes to glare at him.

"And what? What do you think I said if I was up here telling you this?"

"You have brought demi-gods with you. They could have brought you up here to see what we should do with you." Many of the gods were wide-eyed at what he said.

"You are blinded with hatred, Zeus." I hissed. "You have hated me from the day I came up to Olympus just because I am stronger, more powerful than you. So tell me, do you truly hate me for me… or for my power?" I kept my voice level, looking straight into his eyes. Zeus seemed panicked; apparently that was a hard question.

"I do not hate you, Leto." He stated. I raised my eyebrow at him.

"I do not believe you. You wouldn't question me, yet you do. You should know by now that you are not the smartest of gods." Artemis snickered behind her hand. He turned to glare at her.

"Why shouldn't we question you?" Ares asked me.

"You can, just be ready to be wrong. Athena and I agree on all of the strategies that we both individually put together."

"So?" He said scanning through his motorcycle magazine.

"You know? I like Mars better. He has much better manners than you." He grunted at me.

"Back to the topic at hand." Zeus' voice boomed through the room.

"Yes. Keep your security high. They will try to get in here. Check up on your children, and make sure they know not to join him. Especially you Hades, he will try to kill Nico." I said, wearily.

"Why?" Hades asked.

"I think you could guess that one." I told him quietly, sneaking a quick glance at Nico that only Hades saw.

"Alright." He said. I looked back to the gods nodding once at them, and turned to speak with the demigods.

"Go to your parents I will be in the hallway once you're done." And with that I walked out of the room, waiting in the hallway.

I was out there for at least ten minutes before someone came out, it was Percy. I looked at him confused.

"You should be with your father."

He just shrugged. "I wanted to talk to you, and I didn't really know what I was in there for."

"To just talk to your dad? Like a father and son should do, I don't know catch up." I said.

"Ah, I find it awkward to talk with him, sometimes." Percy said. "And now is that time." I laughed, and shook my head at the man.

"I always find it awkward to go in meeting. I'm still not that used to being in power." I sat down on a bench; Percy came and sat next to me.

"Really?" He asked me.

I took a deep breath. "Yeah," I said. "It's weird. Knowing that responsibilities are on you 24/7. I don't think I will ever get used to it. I'd be nice to have someone by my side that I fully trust. But my relationships haven't really worked out in the past have them?" I laughed bitterly. Percy hummed.

"Maybe you just haven't found that someone yet." He told me. Even though sometimes the boy is oblivious, he can be smart.

"Well, I would be with Hypnos still but things got in the way."

"Was he nice?"

"Very."

"Did he treat you right?"

"Always."

"Was he by your side fighting with you?" His question took me by surprise.

"No…" I breathed out.

"Was he the man of your dreams?"

"I… No."

"Then you wouldn't still be with him. I can tell that you are the type of person -or goddess- that wouldn't be afraid to get what she wanted, or who she wanted. And I think I know who you want…" I looked over to him, eyes wide.

"Okay, first: I thought you were supposed to oblivious. And second: Who do you think I want…?" I asked him slowly. He smiled at me.

"I'll ignore that first one, and I can see the way you two look at each other, same way I look at Annabeth." I blushed and looked down.

"Oh." I feel like such a little kid, blushing over a boy. An incredibly cute boy I might add… And nice and sweet… hmmm…

Percy laughed at me. I glared at him. "Is this what you wanted to ask me?" I demanded. His laughing creased and he sobered up, looking uncharacteristically serious.


And done! I left it off, that didn't sound right, OH WELL! Anything you need to know just ask below. See ya!
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