Short Summary: What happens when interfering gods and goddesses, broken down teenagers and a ship are added together? Bonding sessions of course! And what comes with bonding sessions? Unravelled secrets! Join our Argo II members (minus one plus another) as the facades of the said demigods are unravelled, slowly but surely./ Rated T for: suicide, abuse, self-harm, etc

Extended Summary: When an interfering spirit personification, who goes by the name of Philotes, and the Queen of the Gods, Hera, work together to attempt to make the Seven, Nico and Thalia more bonded, it starts off with a little bit of Aphrodite-induced-fluff and de-aging via Hebe before plunging past the facades of all of the demigods, revealing their innermost thoughts and feelings, Apollo style. Of course, the demigods strongly disapprove of this idea, but who says no to a spirit/minor goddess and an Olympian goddess, the Queen of Gods no less? The ones with less internal demons can only watch as their other friends are torn down by bottled emotions, bit by bit.

Main Characters: Perseus Jackson, Annabeth Chase, Jason Grace, Piper McLean, Leonidas Valdez, Frank Zhang, Hazel Levesque, Nico di Angelo, Thalia Grace

Side Characters (so far): Hera, Philotes, Hypnos, Aphrodite, Apollo, OC-Sarina

Mentioned Characters (so far): Eris, Oizys, Grover, Artemis, Hera, Zeus, Gabe Ugliano, Medusa, Hades/Pluto, Hebe, Geras, Akhlys, Kronos, the Fates, Nyx, Tartarus, Iapetus (Bob), Poseidon

Pairings: low-key Frank/Hazel

Warnings (in general I think, basically stuff to look forward to): Out of Character, Angst, Stealing, Mentions of Drinking, Runaways, Graphic Suicide Attempt, Minor Character Death, Fire, Abuse, Graphic Self-Harm

Personal Warnings: Romance, Friendship and Family fluff aren't really my kind of things to write.

Percy really couldn't stand it anymore, his ADHD was acting up. Why was everyone so silent?

"So, who's next?" He blurted out.

"Hm... Leonidas Valdez, Son of Hephaestus and Esperanza Valdez, first fire wielder in goodness knows how long, one of the Seven..." Sarina started before trailing off. "I am so tempted to add your future titles but I can't, not right now! Stupid Fates and not being allowed to spoil the future... Besides the point, Leo, make your choice. Rants, or secrets?"

"Huh? What?! Can't someone else go and volunteer as a tribute?!" Leo yelped frantically.

Piper chuckled at the last statement. "And let the 43rd Hunger Games begin and may the odds be ever in your favour!"

... Basically everyone else other than Leo, Piper and Sarina were confused, not getting the reference. No one volunteered as tribute either, not like many of them really understood the reference.

"So have you decided, Leo?" Annabeth asked impatiently after about two minutes, already looking done with the whole idea of bonding.

"Yes, I've decided that this is stupid," Leo declared.

Sarina stopped chuckling to herself like a madwoman and glared at Leo. Let's just say, her glare was just slightly less scary than Nico's, and Nico glares hard.

"Its the truth, Death Girl," Leo snarled in a very un-Leo-like manner.

Really, it was so clearly directed towards Sarina, yet Hazel couldn't help but feel targeted as well, being a Daughter of Pluto as well.

"Well, call me whatever you want," Sarina muttered lowly. "But don't call my ideas terrible, they all have a reasoning behind them if I've presented them, because my gods-damned fatal flaw wouldn't allow me to otherwise."

"Perfection? Is that your fatal flaw? And what do you, of all people, know about me?" Leo snapped, standing up.

"Enough, I know enough about you, about all of you," she muttered, shaking her head sadly, all the while continuously glaring and the ground and clenching and unclenching her right fist repeatedly. "More than enough and enough and not enough. They're all the same, aren't they? They're just a matter of perception. I know your fatal flaws, Minerva wouldn't let that slip past me. I know your stories, a rough idea of them, I've read the stories and heard them too, from your points of view too. I can infer your pasts, none of them were very pleasant. But in the end, its all just a matter of perception, isn't it? My opinion on the matter doesn't matter, right? No, my fatal flaw is not too different from yours, Leo dearest. It is, in fact, exactly the same."

"Its not possible," Leo murmured, yet his voice level was rising with every word, his body tensing, flames encircling his arms. "Your chances of a fatal flaw are better as holding grudges like Nico, or pride, like Annabeth, but not mine! You haven't gone through anything that makes you feel like I do. Me? My mother died when I was eight, because of my powers, my fire! I've run away from so many foster homes, I've long lost count! You think you know so much, you prideful legacy of Minerva-" Cue a flinch and a sad look from Sarina. "-but face it! There'll always be something you won't ever know! You probably never knew that I built Festus on the ship because I was feeling left out, not because I was bored! Did you? You know Percy?-" Cue a warning look from Percy that Leo ignored. "-He's probably the only one I fully and completely trust with my secrets and life! He knew before all of this, he knew this before all of you, he understands, unlike all of you! You know of my tendency of running away from foster homes, all of you, but have you ever considered the fact that I may have wanted to run away from CHB or the Argo II before? I have! You know nothing about me!"

The room was in silence for a few long moments, with only the heavy breathing of Leo to fill the silence. Then, Percy broke it.

Okay, Percy didn't actually break the silence, but he broke the stillness of the room, walking over to Leo and embracing him. The others all followed his example, with the exception of Aphrodite, Apollo and Sarina.

Jason, probably the friendliest person to the others on the ship, signalled to them to join the hug. Apollo and Aphrodite complied, but Sarina sat there, continuously glaring at the ground.

"Are you quite done yet?" Sarina asked lowly, not meeting anyone's gaze.

Leo seemed startled by the number of people hugging him as everyone broke apart and sat down in a circle again. "So do I have to do the rant or secret thing now?"

"No. That quite counted as both. Frank Zhang, Son of Mars and Emily Zhang, Legacy of Poseidon, shapeshifter, current praetor of the Twelfth Legion, one of the Seven," Sarina murmured quietly. "Rant or secret?"

"... Secret, I guess," Frank muttered. "During the quest... Mars and Ares were being irritating, talking in my head. No, not talking, shouting. For some reason... they both agreed to kill Leo... Both wanted to behead him, but Ares wanted to dip him in acid before beheading him...-" Cue an outraged cry from Leo. "Then Mars wanted to kick the Greeks off the ship-" The said Greeks looked purely miffed. "And Ares didn't like Romans much either and wanted me to ditch the Romans and behead them too." The Romans didn't look too happy either.

"Sounds like Ares and Mars," Annabeth scoffed. "Of course, two war gods in your head. How did you not kill any of us yet?"

"I don't know," Frank shrugged.

The room fell into a sort of awkward silence, the demigods shuffling nervously.

"Sarina, are you okay?" Hazel asked her half-sister in concern.

"Okay or not okay? Just a matter of perception..." Sarina grinned softly. "Shall we continue? Break the silence and bond, shall you? I want to go home already and I'm sure you all wish to return to your homes too, since no matter what, you're still teenagers, not completely ready to face the world yet. Annabeth Chase, Daughter of Athena and Fredrick Chase, Head Counselor of Cabin 6, Architect of Olympus, Wanderer of Tartarus, Heroine of Olympus… A bunch of other stuff that I never actually bothered to remember… Your turn."

Word Count: 1070 words (or somewhere around there)

(A/N: I have issues. I think I just ruined the whole think of "class bondedness" accidentally with two of my friends. We tore down the entire thing with angst. I'm laughing. Someone forgot who I am even after a year. I'm still laughing. I have issues. Serious issues. Ha! I established that in March. Well, before I actually get my insane bout for today...

Peace out!
Summer)