Hey, I'm back! School starts soon, so I have that much time to fit in as many chapters as possible, but after that, I might not be able to update regularly. But please bear with!


We were about to decend. The brilliant lights of Quebec, Canada shone like a beacon, and down below, the active city buzzed with life. Piper was leaning back against Jason, when Leo thrust his hand forward, and said,

"There!". And sure enough, there was a massive castle of ice, floating in the air.

"How does it not fall?" Piper mused out loud.

"It's like Mount Olympus," I explained. "From below, it looks like a normal cloud, but in reality, it's the peak of a mountain hanging off the 600th floor of the Empire state building." Piper sat up, shocked.

"Wait, WHAT?!" she screeched. "But the Empire state building only has 120 floors!". I grinned at her in a, 'You-won't-get-it' kind of way. "Yeah...no." I said. Piper looked like she had eaten a sour grape.

"That shouldn't be possible," Leo reasoned. "The weight of the mountain should be way to heavy, according to the tracjectory laws of-"

"Yo, Leo." I inturrupted. "When has our life ever had anything to do with science anyway? There is living proof!" I waved my arm in the direction of the ice castle, which was rapidly approaching us, or us to it. Leo grinned at me sheepishly.

"Yeah, you're right, Al. Dang, you're smart." I remembered that's what exactly I thought about Leo the day after I met him, but I said nothing, just smiled.

"Alright, crew!" said Jason. I jumped (or as much as you can jump when you are sitting atop a bronze dragon). I almost forgot he was there. Almost.

"We're here, but there are supposed to be two guards, sons of Boreas, and I don't see them anywhere. Should we wait to see if they're here, or should we just go?"

"There will be no need!" said a voice. I looked to the left. Two bulk of people came walking in front of us. They were floating dudes, with white wings. The first one was dressed as your typical jock, with a hockey jersey, too-small sweats, and shin-pads, with rotten brown trainers. He grinned at us in pleasure, which was funny to look at, as he had lost most of his teeth. I put my hand over my mouth to stop myself from laughing. The dude behind him was obviously trying to outshine his buddy in the clothes department. He was wearing a silk shirt, with the first few buttons undone, revealing his hairy chest. I forced down the urge to gag. He was wearing a blazer on top, as well as business trousers, with curly-point shoes. His hair was gelled back into a sorry attempt at a quiff. He was the one to step forward.

"No clearance." He grunted. Leo leaned back, onto me, making me fall back onto Piper slightly.

"Excuse me?" he asked.

"Destroy?" the dude in the hockey jumper said.

"Nah, bud, no-one's doing any destroying today," I said, crushing his hopes into a very large pouty face.

"You don't have clearance to enter on your flying missile," the first dude said. Leo patted Festus' head.

"Aw, c'mon, why not?" he asked. The dude shook his head.

"No landing, unless it's an emergency."

"Destroy?" the hockey dude asked hopefully. The other one nodded.

"Wait!" yelped Piper. "This is an emergency." I could tell she was putting all her charm speak into it. I silently nodded in approval. The more stylish dude turned around to look at Piper, his face morphing into one of romance. I turned around, and covered my eyes with my arm. Some one patted my back. It was probably Leo.

"We need to see Boreas, it's really urgent, and we really need you to help us!" I smirked underneath my jumper sleeve. I removed my arm to see how this would turn out.

"The girl is pretty- I mean, the girl is right. Names please?" the SO (stylish one) asked.

"First up," Jason said. "Who are you?". They nodded at each other, and then the first dude said,

"This is Cal, short for Calais, and I am Zethes, short for Zethes. We are our father's gatekeepers. Names?"

"Jason," Jason said. Their faces fell.

"No you cannot be. Our Jason is dead. He died a mortal death. You are not him." said Zethes. Jason nodded.

"No I'm not. I'm a different one." Zethes smiled, which was a truly disturbing sight.

"Yes, you are right. Our Jason had much more style that you." Jason grumbled,

"Gee, thanks." I stifled a snort. Zethes walked up to Piper, and tried (and failed) to smile romantically.

"And what is this pretty girl's name?"

"Piper," Piper said. "And once you have our names, you will let us go through." Charm speak again. I liked this. Zethes nodded in approval.

"Piper. That is a pretty name, Piper." He turned to Leo.

"And what is your name, o-short boy." Leo looked taken aback. I could tell. Being called short really hit home court.

"My name is Leo. But Super sized McShizzle is good too," he replied. Calais looked taken aback by this very long name. I grinned, thinking of an evil plan.

"No, we will call you Leo. Ice is very messy when it shizzles." He turned to look at me.

"And what is this not-so-pretty girl's name?" he asked me. I wasn't fazed by the name.

"My name is Alexandra." Leo looked confused as to why I used my full name. The others didn't even probably know Alex was just a nickname. I grinned at Calais. Leo saw what I was doing, and gave me his trademark smirk of approval.

"Why don't you try saying that, Cal?" I asked the big guy, playfully. He screwed his face up, attempting to do the impossible.

"Come on, say it with me, Al-ex-an-dra!" Cal opened his mouth.

"Al...en...a.." He looked at his brother(?) hopefully.

"Destroy?" Zethes shook his head. He then turned to us, but why did I get the feeling he was talking to Piper the most?

"You must excuse my brother. He cannot say words with more than two syllables." Calais nodded, and to prove his point, he said,

"Pizza! Hockey! Destroy!" I shook my head at Leo, and he grinned back at me.

"Way to go man! That was three words!" Calais grinned at him proudly. Zethes slapped his side.

"Fool. He mocks you. Not to worry. Come, dragon people, and you shall meet our father."


The doors opened wide enough to let the dragon through. I was getting a bad feeling about this. The dragon flew through the entrance, and we jumped off. The hall was a place of mass grandeur. There was an ice chandelier hanging proudly from the center, and there were two grand staircases curling up to another floor. My hand grabbed on tighter to my belt. I reached inside, to feel the familiar grip of my guitar, and quiver.

"Fire is not good." Zethes said, in a horrible forced French accent, different to the one he was using outside. "The dragon must be deactivated." Leo frowned.

"Hey, man, can you not say that. Festus is a little touchy about the whole deactivation concept. But not to worry! Uncle Leo has another solution!". I snorted.

"Uncle Leo? For real?". Leo gave me a weird look.

"Would you prefer Father Leo?"

I shook my head in disgust. "Nope, Uncle Leo suits fine. Father Leo makes you sound like a priest or something." Oh gods. I wished at once I had said nothing. Now the disturbing image of Leo wearing those white dresses and a cross around his neck, with his curly hair long, and glasses was stuck in my mind, and it would never go. Ever. Leo nodded, and then said,

"Back to the point. Al, remember when we were fixing Festus, we found all those buttons in the control panel?" I burst out laughing.

"Like the one that shot out water balloons!"

"Yeah!"

"Oh boy, Juniper's face was priceless!"

"Wait, the green lady?" Leo asked. I nodded vigorously.

"Yeah. If Grover had seen that, I wonder what he would have thought of his girlfriend then!"

"Grover?" Piper asked.

"Yeah, a satyr. He's the one that brought me, Annabeth and Percy to camp. Seriously, he is nothing like Coach hedge, like his only weapon in a set of reed pipes. A great guy, really." Leo nodded.

"Back to the point. One button, well, watch for your selves.". With that, he slid open a panel, and pressed the one near the left. Suddenly, the dragon started folding up, the scales sliding on top of each other, creating a sort of case around the wiring. I whistled in admiration.

"Go, Repair Boy!" I said. He frowned at me.

"I can't be bothered to think of a good nickname for you right now, but trust me I will." He then tried to pick the 50-ton box up. His face went red. Then he stood up, and whispered to himself,

"Should be here somewhere," and fiddling with the controls at the back, a handle appeared at the top.

"Ta~da!" Leo grinned, flourishing his arms. "The world's heaviest carry-on!" He looked around for approval, but when his head turned in the direction of the staircase, his face fell dreamy, and he tried lugging the suitcase. It was still very heavy, but he was managing it inch by inch. I turned to look at the apple of his eye. I almost staggered backwards at the sight. She was the strangest human-goddess(?) I had ever seen. Her hair was raven black, but her skin was pale white. With her red, plump lips and her cold blue eyes, she was certainly pretty, but she wasn't what I would call 'attractive'. And our boy Leo Valdez had fallen for her. I had to literally turn around, and put my hand over my mouth to try and stop myself from laughing, but it was of no use. I doubled over, my hands on my stomach, bellowing like no-mans business. I looked up (or as much as I could) and I saw everyone's confused stares on me. Then Piper seemed to make the connection, and she let a smile of amusement take over her face. Jason smiled too, but a smile of confusion rather than amusement. Gradually, i slowly stopped laughing, and my grin was replaced by a large smirk.

"Demigods, I hope there's a reason for you to come here, because otherwise, my father will be very angry." Jason stepped forward, and said,

"I'm Jason Grace, son of Jupiter-"

"A son of Jupiter, hmm?" the goddess looked over him, like she was checking him out. Piper had a look of rage on her face, and Leo had gone completely red. My smirk grew wider (a feat of the impossible), as the young lovers' faces went redder. "We have been waiting for you," she continued. She turned towards Piper.

"Aphrodite spawn." Piper stepped forward.

"Piper McLean, pleased to meet you." She let sarcasm lace these words, as Leo gave her an annoyed look. The goddess nodded, oblivious to this. She turned to me.

"And you, girl, who are you? You radiate warmth, something that is of high displeasure to my father."

"Alex Maxwell, daughter of Apollo. So I'm stuck down here." I rolled my eyes at her. She nodded curtly, before walking slowly over to Leo.

"You. You smell of fire. I thought it was the dragon, but now I realise the fire is on you. Who are you, boy? I child of the south wind, spying on us?" Leo put his hands up in surrender.

"Friendly mechanic. Leo Valdez, son of Hephaestus." He grinned at her. I quickly stepped into his rescue.

"And he probably smells like fire, because he has some burns from staying up all night fixing our dragon. I bet I smell like fire too. That is, if fire has a smell." I raised my eyebrows. The goddess nodded.

"You do. But it is different with him. She jerked her thumb towards Leo. Jason quickly stepped forward.

"He's not a fire guy. Tell them Leo, Tell them you're not a fire guy!". I looked at Leo. He looked back at me.

"Umm..." He said.

"Alright. Me and Leo-stay down here. Jason, Piper, go up there, have all the fun. Is there anything else, miss highness, or will that be all? Hm?" I rasied my arms in mock surrender. The goddess glowered at me coldly.

"Be careful, daughter of Apollo. You must tread carefully here, in a place where you do not belong. I do not forget an insult easily." She nodded to Jason, and ignored Piper. "Come, Jason grace, son of Jupiter. My father has been waiting." She began to lead him up the stairs.

"Hold up." Leo said. "Waiting for him. Like in a good way;You'll shower him with gifts, or in a bad way;You wanna kill him." The goddess smiled cruelly.

"That, Leo Valdez, will depend on my father's will." She began to take them further, when I stopped her now. She was beginning to get really annoyed this time.

"Who even are you?" I asked. The goddess nodded thoughtfully, before saying,

"That is true, young mythology does not mention me much. I am too cold for them." No Kidding! I wanted to say. But I kept silent, letting her go on. "I am Khione, Goddess of Snow."


And cut! Sorry t took longer than some, but it turned out to be quite a long chapter, but school started half way through me writing this, and I've been busy 'first day' stuff yada yada. But I'm waking up extra early to be able to update, so you might not see much change from the day to two day schedule!

Yours,

MilkandCheez