HEY! LONG TIME NO UPDATE! Probably because I marked the story as completed and I am working on THREE other Fanfic-books…..not to mention the other 2 book-books I am writing.

For any of you that are reading my other stories, The BIG disgrace or Amelia's Story (I already sent a Author's note out for that if u didn't read it) These will be not updated/ not updated regularly until further notice, because I am moving and things are a bit chaotic around here…. *ducks flying shoe*

ENJOY!

Its been a year since the day I appeared in Leo and Calypso's Garage.

There, I worked hard on my fighting skills and techniques, how to build and repair most things made of metal, and even shadow travel! Summoning the dead is still a working progress though.

I was walking home from babysitting a pair of twin girls named Sophia and Sierra Love. Cute, but really annoying. I was actually really good at scraping up some cash by babysitting with Calypso, but today she told me she had to work overtime at the diner because of the summer rush.

"LEO?! WHERE ARE YOU?! I EARNED 59 BUCKS TODAY!" I yelled into the house, an waited for Leo to surprise jump me or a robot to dump ice-cold water on my head. Surprisingly, there was nothing today.

"WHE-" I stopped yelling. What if monsters got to him?! I slowly advanced with caution, making sure to step on the boards that didn't creak and drawing my sword.

Then I realized how stupid that was. My phone would go off if the house scanned any monster auras in the area (thanks to a special app) and it had never gone off.

I retracted my sword back into its regular bracelet form, and entered the "living room" (more like a cleared out storage room with a couch and coffee table) , where I saw Leo staring out one of the dusty windows (it was not unusual for him to look out windows) but he was not tapping or moving or searching for monsters. He had pulled up one of the tasseled stools (Leo hated them, but Calypso and I convinced him. I would NOT sit on metal chairs) His eyes were staring blankly out the window, not searching or moving in laughter, but just staring, lost in thoughts.

"Leo? Are you alright?" I asked nervously, stepping forward. I pulled up another stool, and sat down next to him, never keeping my eyes off of him.

"Oh! Hey Amelia! I didn't see you come in." Leo said, making eye contact briefly before looking out the window again and letting out a sigh.

"Leo? What's wrong?!"

Instead of his usual "Nothing!" or "Just thinking!" He sighed again and said

"Be honest. Have you ever thought about leaving and going to Camp Half-Blood? If only to be there for a day, to see your friends again?" Leo said, and I was shocked.

"Um…I guess I think about them a lot." Then I corrected myself. "No. I do think about them everyday. I mean, What if I had never seen Katy on that beach? Or chased her into the woods? What if I had stayed in the Lotus Casino forever? My whole life balances on a What if. But, yah. It would be pretty cool to go back camp. Why?" I asked, just as Leo turned his face from the window with a mad/ecstatic smile only seen on Leo or serial killers.

"BECAUSE WERE GOING! PREP THE TRUCK CALYPSO!" Leo said in a mad scientist/bad British accented voice, and dashed out of the room, tipping the stool over.

That was when I realized;

it's a Sunday! The café is closed! Calypso was planning the trip he whole time, wasn't she?! AND she scheduled my extra-long appointment with the twins so they could plan and pack for the trip!

And THAT was when I ran after him, tipping my own stool over too, and yelled "LEO! I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!"

*Scene change*

"Tell me again. WHY on OLYMPUS are we going back to Cam Half-Blood?!"

"Basically, Zeus himself came in my dream and told me that you needed to go back."

"Sooooooo…Why didn't Zeus come to my dreams? I suppose he didn't bother to mention that did he?" I said, rolling my eyes sarcastically.

"Actually he did. He wanted us there, and he made sure that you didn't have o sneak out if we didn't believe you. I guess he knows how much you begged to go back, and how many times we said no." He shot a smile over the seat sret to Calypso, who was sitting next to me, with a cup holder in between us. She looked up from her bills and blushed.

"How important is this mission anyway?" I said, taking out the one earphone I had in my ear, so I could listen fully. "Like, 'Go save a few demigods for mortal danger' danger, or like, 'Third Titan War' level?"

"Like, 'Olympus-may-end-and-the-world-we-be-thrown-into-choas-and-world-ending-may-occur-if-you-don't-complete-it-in-time' danger level."

My jaw dropped.

Oh great. Suddenly, babysitting the Love twins didn't seem so difficult….

*end chapter*

A little extra something because I love u guys;

"I had a heart theeennnnn but the queen was overthrowwnnnnnn~" I sang, (I was a surprisingly good singer when I thought no one was listening). Lights by Ellie Goulding was playing inside the rickety old truck.

"YOU SHOW THE LIGHTS THAT STOP ME TURN TO SoOOOOOoOoooNE YOU S-" I sang, until Leo's hand quickly flashed to the radio's control panel and changed it to some random heavy metal music channel.

"LEOOOOOOOOO!" Calypso and I yelled in synch. Calypso quickly reached the dial and changed it to the orchestra channel.

"PLEASE NO!" Leo and I both yelled, and Leo turned it back to that heavy metal channel.

"DARKNESS AJJASLJNO ONE LOVEDMEFMWPOIHSATSMDLNOPARENTSKFMSKSDOGSHIJKJ " (they started singing so fast I couldn't understand the rest)

"NO WAY! I AM NOT LISTINING TO A SONG WHERE THE FIRST LINE IS 'DARKENESS!' I yelled over the electric guitar, and switched it back to Lights.

"'Cause there calling, calling, calling me home~"

Leo's hand turned it back to heavy metal again-classic-Lights-metal-classic-Ligts-meatlclassiclightsmetalclassiclights-"

"I AML ISTENING TO BEETOVEN OR YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF ON A FIRST-CLASS TICKET TO OGYGYIA!"

Classic reigned for another 15 minutes. Suddenly, the piece ended and some ads began to play.

"Switch the channel will you Leo?" Calypso asked politely, looking up from her finance papers.

Leo snitched the channels, trying not to puke.

Centuries by Fall Out Boy began to play.

Leo tried to quickly turn the channel, BUT IT WAS TO LATE.

"Some legends are told, some turn to dust and to gold~" Calypso sang, and Le obegun staring and drooling like an idiot, letting he car swerve.

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK!

A huge semi was about to hit us!

I quickly shadow-traveled the car (with usinside) to the side of the road. Every one lurched forward, and Leo's head hit the radio, causing the volume of the song to turn off. As soon as the world stopped spinning (partly from hitting my head on the Leo's headrest, partly because of shadow-travel) Leo promptly ran out of the car and threw up in the bushes. I swayed and shivered form the after-effects of the sudden shadow travel.

Calypso just looked pissed off.

"I WAS SINGING THAT!" Calypso slammed her fist on the cup holder, causing her ice-cold McDonald's coffee to spill on her lap. Somehow, that snapped her back into reality.

Or the fact I was sticking my head out the window incase I needed to throw up, and that Leo was getting hit upside the head by a nymph because he puked on her bush. Calypso quickly ran out and apologized, and Leo whipped his face with a wet wipe.

This was my family.

And I was willing to go on some quest to keep them alive.

I HOPE Y'ALL LIKED IT!

~Lots of love,

TigerL1ly81