Hey guys! I have an announcement to make. I have a Youtube channel called OneVeryCrazyDemigod. Yeah, I know, a little obsessive, but I'm me, ya know? I've literally just started, and I'll be uploading random Fandom (that rhymed!) related stuff. Please go and check it out (and it would mean the world to me if you subscribed!) Thanks for listening(reading) and without further yadda-ing, let's go!


I was sitting with my back against the wall, while Leo was...somewhere, getting cleaned up. I didn't really want to go, instead, I just pulled some face wipes out of my belt, and taking of my jumper, I wiped my face, arms and legs (I was wearing shorts). Pulling my hoodie back on, I noticed that the walls were reflective, and turning around, I saw that the wall I was leaning against was much more than the rest. I could see myself, as clear as a mirror. Standing there, I slowly started to take in the changes the years had brought over me. I was no longer the little girl that had run away from the orphanage. I knew that change had been brought on me, but it had never fully sunken in. My hair was a hazel-nutty brown, wavy, reaching down to my waist. It was pulled into a messy low pony-tail, with the shorter front strands falling over my face, hiding half my eye. How ever much I tried to pull it back, it always fell back into place. I shook my head and sighed. My hazel brown eyes reflected with the light of the ice-room. My skin glowed with a year round tan, and I had freckles splashed all over my face. I was a tomboy-you could tell by my outfit. I was wearing a black hoodie, that said 'Imagine Dragons, Smoke+mirrors' on the back in fancy white writing. The hoodie was baggy on me, but it was still my favorite. I was also wearing denim shorts, with a black Pegasus stitched in the corner. Around my waist was my first aid kit. Without thinking, I pulled out my guitar, and I sat down, ready to tune it. I played the lower 'E' string. My face went sour. That was really out of tune. I turned it left a little. Still a little flat. I turned it another 45 degrees. Perfect. I moved onto the 'A' string. That was really loose. And so on. When I reached the 'B' string, Leo came waltzing through the door, in his singed clothes, but his hair and face much improved. I looked down at the state of my own clothes. The shorts had a little motor oil stain on the left wing of the Pegasus, and on the roll of the shorts, but they weren't as bad as Leo's. Oh no. I grinned.

"Looking nice and ready for then love of your life?" I asked, innocently.

"How could you tell?" Leo asked, genuinely shocked.

"Are you kidding, bro? It is literally the most obvious thing in the world." I shook my head. Sighing, I pulled out a beige wind breaker, with a fresh pair of jeans. I never wore things that were too girly, so Leo would be fine.

"Here." I said, chucking the clothes at him.

"Thanks!" he said, surprised, before catching them, and saying, "Wow, you sure are not a girly-girl." I raised an eyebrow, and gestured to the stuff I was wearing, before shrugging my shoulders. Leo laughed. It warmed me to hear that, a familiar memory, something I could grasp.

"You really like Imagine Dragons, huh?" I nodded, then shooed him away.

"Go and put them on," I said, before taking my guitar back, and committing to tuning it.


Leo was sitting next to me, fiddling with some screws, and a piece of metal, while I was just strumming some chords to the song 'Light 'em up' by Fall out Boy. I was moving my fingers to the ninth fret, ready to do a hammer-on onto eleven, when Piper and Jason came down the stairs. Piper was trembling, and Jason had a worried look on his face. I stood up, putting my guitar and pick away.

"What happened, guys?" I asked. Khione stepped forward.

"You may have twisted my Father around your little finger, but I will not be so easy to manipulate. Tread carefully, son of Jupiter." With that, she swirled away in a mini blizzard.

"Oh man! Why'd you have to piss her off! I was gonna make her prom date!" Leo said, majorly annoyed. I put on my most i-did-not-say-this-to-really-annoy-you face, and said,

"Hey Leo, what if that was the reason she was really pissed off?" Leo gave me a hurt frown, and I just smiled sweetly after him.

"Guys, we need to go," said Jason, urge in his voice.

I nodded, "We figured that much, but to where?". Jason began to go in the direction of the suitcase.

"I'll tell you on the way." He ran out of the door.

"That's our cue to follow him out." I said. And with that, we all trooped after him with the utmost confusion on our faces.


We were sailing through the sky at top speed while Jason was telling us what he meant.

"When I was in front of Boreas, I had a sort of vision slash memory. It was a place with a ruined house. I think it was somewhere in California..." My face went pale, and my heart started beating really fast. I had sudden flash backs of running in the park near the Sonoma Valley, while my mum held her arms out, and then the fire, smoke building up in my chest, fleeing on the road for days, Leo and me in our shelter...

"Hey, Alex are you alright?" Piper asked concernedly. I turned around. Both she and Jason were looking at me with worried faces. I shook my head.

"I'm fine guys," I smiled at them. Leo reached his arm back, and squeezed my fingers. I put my hand on his as thanks. He knew.

"Jason, what in California?" I asked, prompting him to continue. He took the hint, and said,

"A house. I saw wolves. I think that's where Hera's being kept." I looked at him.

"You've been there before?" I asked. He frowned, saying,

"I think so." I nodded, remembering that his memories had been stolen. And that was another reason that this quest was so important. Jason needed his identity back. Leo yawned. I tapped him, so he would look at me.

"Hey, Leo, you should get some sleep." He shook his head and was turning back, but I pulled him back and said,

"No seriously, Leo, you're not a machine. You need rest. Go to sleep now. Trust me, me Jason and Piper will watch out." I nodded at him, and he gave me his 'Santa's Latino elf' grin, before closing his eyes, and slumping back into my lap. I heard a laugh. I turned around to see Piper laughing.

"What?" I gave her an annoyed look.

"You two are so damn cute!"

"Aphrodite." I said under my breath, turning back around again. I continued to hear peals of laughter from behind me. I rolled my eyes, and looked down at the boy in my lap.


Suddenly, Festus started squeaking, and clicking. I put my hand on Leo's shoulder to wake him up.

"What the heck's happening Leo?!" I yelled over the gradually increasing sound of creaks and groans. He turned back at me and said with a tired grin,

"Nothing!" I slapped his shoulder blade.

"Don't you dare lie to me, Valdez!". He grinned at me sheepishly, and said,

"If we're going like that then, Maxwell, I think we might be about to crash." As to prove his point, we suddenly jerked downwards. Piper started to scream at the same time I yelled,

"Houston, We have a problem!", before pulling out my bow.

"Now is not the time for archery practice, Al!" Leo yelled back at me. I ignored him, pulling out my enchanted arrow, and notching it. Firing, I waited before putting my hand around my quiver. After about 30 seconds, it returned.

"Guys, not to worry, but brace your selves for impact about," The dragon crashed, "NOW!". I gritted my teeth, as I hit the ground. Pain flared through my body, and I heard a sickening crack from my shoulder, where I landed. Wincing in hurt, I clutched onto it, as I scanned my surroundings. Festus had apparently chucked us off his back before finding a (probably comfier) place to crash. I was in a dark room, with a bit of light coming through the hole in the roof we created. I could see a tall figure in the background, with a slightly shorter figure leaning against him. At first I thought it was Jason and Leo, but with an embarrassed jolt, I realised that it was Jason and Piper. Leo was walking towards them. Not wanting to miss out on the buddy powwow, I walked over to join them. Leo looked fairly unscathed, Jason had a bit of a gash on his cheek, but Piper,

"Oh, Gods! What happened?!" I asked is concern. Jason put his hand protectively over her ankle.

"I think she broke it, Alex." I moved my arm forward to heal her, forgetting about my shoulder.

"Ow!" I winced in pain, while my knees buckled. Leo was by my side in seconds.

"Al, what happened?" I winced again. I was doing a lot of that.

"I think I dislocated my shoulder. I don't think it's too bad." I suddenly went pale, as a wave of duper-hurt came crashing over on me. "On second thoughts," I decided, "I don't think I'm doing too good." I reached with my left hand into my belt, and pulled out a bandage patch, with medical tape, plus an antibacterial wipe. I handed them to Jason.

"Here," I said. "Use the wipe to disinfect the gash, then place the patch down, securing it with the tape." Jason chuckled.

"Wow, Alex, you sound like an instruction manual." He did as I told him, and then asked,

"What about you?". I thought for a minute, before pulling out a roll of bandages.

"Hey, Repair boy, I'm gonna need your help." Leo grumbled, but came over to help me anyways. I got him to hold down the bandage, while I wrapped it tightly around my shoulder, immobilising it for now. I moved it forward and back. It still hurt a little, but I could bear it. I bent over Piper, and placed my hands over her ankle. I started to mutter a spell in Ancient Greek, but for the sake of the story, it's here in English.

'Oh Mighty Apollo, bring your blessings upon this being, to ensure her safety of peace and mind.' Or some similar gibberish. I just have the Greek memorised. For good measure, I added a, "There might be red carpets involved." at the end. It seemed to do the trick. I felt over her ankle.

"The main break is fixed, but she will still need a cast." With that, I pulled out some Nectar and Ambrosia, as Piper was waking up.

"What happened?" She asked groggily.

"Life happened." I told her back. "Festus crashed, and-"

"Oh my God, Festus!" Leo cried. "I was so worried about you two that I forgot!" He ran off.

"Your ankle is broken. I managed to fix the break, but the casting will still hurt. Here, take a little bit. A lot will literally burn you up, but a bit can heal you." I fed some to her. She nodded.

"That feels a lot better." I nodded, and then said,

"What color cast do you want?" I asked.

"Light pink?" she asked.

"Sorry," I said smirking. "Alex's GP consultant only does white!"

"Why'd you even ask?" Piper groaned.

"To annoy you." I set to work I 'medical taped' the bandage down on her bony bit, and then slowly worked down her ankle. In the end, I held it gingerly in between my hands.

"I'm gonna have to set it, okay?" I asked. She nodded, and immediately let out a yelp of pain and I forced the bones back into position. When I looked up, I saw that she was clutching tightly onto Jason's fingers. I grinned, and said,

"I'm gonna go look for Leo. You two have fun here! Who knows, you might even-"

"Alex!" Piper yelled red in the face.

"Okay, okay..." I ran out the door, smirking like the god of smirks (probably Hermes).


Festus had crashed in a dried up porta-potty site, or what was left of it. The fall had disrupted the order, and there was plastic every where. The place was ruined, but by no means had it gotten rid of the smell. I pinched my nose. Leo was kneeling by Festus, taking a look inside the control panel, trying to fix something. Then, for some reason, he slapped himself sharply on the cheek.

"Stop it, Valdez! No-one's going to play violins for you just because you're not important! Fix the stupid dragon!" I stepped forward, and Leo turned around.

"I could. I do play the violin. Or I could get Kayla to." Leo went red.

"Sorry," he muttered. "You weren't supposed to hear that." I walked over to him, and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Leo, you are important. To Piper, to Jason, even more so to me. Don't think other wise. You know, with out you fixing Festus, we would never have even gotten this far on the Quest." He looked at me.

"Yeah, and now he's broken."

"Oh come on! Don't be such a Wimping Willy! If anyone can fix him again, it's you, Leo. I know you can." I nodded at him. He smiled weakly at me, and said,

"What about Jason and Beauty Queen?" I grinned, and replied,

"Oh, I gave them some time 'alone'. Also, you lost the bet!" Leo looked confused, but there was some of that lively energy back in him again. I was smiling at him.

"Wait, there was a bet?"

"I made one, remember? If you couldn't get me a nickname by the time we got to another place, and went out again, then I won." Leo raised his eyebrows.

"I don't remember. Actually, wait... a name Apollo-related." Then he grinned at me, and said,

"Oh, I don't know, Doc." I groaned.

"Wow, Leo, you are so not creative." I shook my head, and then said, "What's the problem?" Leo shifted over so I could see.

"There seems to be some sort of fungus on the wires, that's jamming it up." I reached my hand forward.

"No, Al, it might not be safe!" Ignoring him, I touched the wire. I grinned at him.

"Leo, it's not fungus, it's ice! Your prom date froze the wires!" Leo groaned, and then said,

"I am so over her." before putting his hand on it.

"We need to unfreeze him. I don't think fire would be a great idea, cause you could like burn the wires or something." I went over to help him. When it came to body heat, Apollo kids sort of went right up there. Soon the wires were defrosted, and Fesus glowed with ruby eyes. I grinned.

"See, Leo, you did it!" then walking up closer to him, I stared at him in the eyes. "Never say you aren't important, ever again, Valdez. You are, you know. We all care about you. You are important." Suddenly, I felt a spray of something small, like dirt, on my back.

"She's right, you know, Leo." I turned around. There she was, in all her ground-muck glory.

"You." I snarled. "What the hell are you doing here, dirt face. Don't you think our lives are already messed up as it is? What do you get, poking your muddy nose into our business?" I put my hand on my pendant, ready to put it in sword form, but something stopped me. I turned around, to see Leo, on the verge of crying and going all-out-bersek. He was trembling, fists clenched, and he had gritted his teeth. I had never seen him like this before. There was a burning fire in his eyes (not literally), and he was breathing hard.

"You killed my mom." he said, seething with anger. My heart jolted, and I remembered what he told me.


"Right before the shed went up in flames, there was this weird person." Leo said, scared. I nodded.

"What did she do?" I asked. Leo looked around us, to make sure no-one was listening, and then he leaned in close, to say,

"She told me I was a hero, and some thing about helping her rise..again." I nodded some more. I didn't tell him that this is exactly what she told me too.


Dirt face opened her ugly mouth.

"You are important, Leo. In some ways, you are the most important of the eight. You are my hero, Leo. Leave the others. They never cared for you. Walk away. Leave them. When I rise, you will be eased of your burdens. You will tread lightly on the earth. You are the strong link of the team, but you could also be the weakest."

"Hey!" I stepped in between her and Leo. "That's not nice, ya know!"

"Ah, Alex. You are one of the eight. You will be the one to make the sacrifice to me, in ways you do not know. I am feeding off your weaknesses. In these fifteen years, have you experienced anything but sorrow? Your mother died when you were young. You are one of your father's many children. How can you survive like this?" Anger seeped over my face.

"For one, I can get rid of you!" I picked up a porta-potty toilet seat, and flung it at her. The dirt lady disappeared into thin air. Leo gave me a grateful frown (off doing the impossible), and said

"Wow." I nodded, and walked over to his side. He hung his shoulders in down. I put my hand on one.

"Leo, most times, it's easier to get over something if you talk. But I think what you need to do is just accept the fact. She's gone Leo, but it wasn't your fault. It was Dirt face. Tell yourself that. Take your anger out on her, not yourself. If you start doing this to yourself, who knows what would become of you. You just have to let it sink in." I let him process it. Finally, he said,

"Thanks, Al, that helped a lot." I smiled at him, and asked,

"Have you told anyone else about this?" He shook his head. We stayed there, just standing there in silence.

Suddenly, there was the sound of two heavy items like trucks getting slammed together. Leo got up, a worried look on his face.

"I think we should go and check on Pipes and Jason. C'mon!"


Hey guys, I'm back(I never died). I literally can't get on top of homework, and it's quite soon into the year, ya know. I was up until nine last night doing math, so yeah. I will try my best to update, but it might be hard.

Stay safe, and don't become demigod pancake!

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