A/N: Here's another chapter. First one for the New Year. Sorry I took long. I had family trouble and the horrible writing block. Now I am here to continue. I am also debating to continue my other story From the Sky. I have a hard time to somehow keep on going. I'll stare at the next chapter draft and wonder how. For you all who likes the story, I'm sorry if I decide to discontinue it. But I will continue my other stories. I know where to go with them. Anyway, here's the next chapter. Enjoy! :3
Disclaimer: I do not own anything that is related to Frozen nor own PJO.
~Day Three~
It took Jason a bit more longer to find Leo the next day. He didn't even come down to breakfast this morning. Jason doesn't know if Leo got lost or not. He didn't even yell out. Not to threaten the house plants. Or Jason's name. It's will past afternoon when Jason found Leo in the music room sitting at the piano.
Jason heave a sigh when he sees the blank stare that Leo gives to the piano keys. What is he thinking about?
Jason place the plate of cold chocolate chip cookies on the keys. The light sound of the cords makes Leo jump back to his surroundings. Jason settle himself on the piano bench a few inches away from Leo. Leo beam up to Jason.
"Do you play?" Jason ask. Jason slide his glove fingers over the keys.
Leo laugh. "Oh, no. Do you?"
Jason only shrug. "Yeah but its been awhile. I'm a little rusty."
"Really?" Leo beam brightly. "Can you play something please?" Jason blink at Leo. It seem that Leo need something to distract himself from the thoughts he been having. Jason nod anyway. He place both his hands on the keys and play a simple tune that anyone can play. Leo sweetly laugh. "That's Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."
"Like I said, I'm a little rusty." Jason stop playing as Leo grab a cookie. "So what's been on your mind." Leo look up to him in confusion. "You were zoning out when I saw you. You didn't even come down to breakfast."
"Its dat," Leo says in a mouthful. He notice it and swallow the cookie. "Sorry. Um, its that I got lost again after I used the restroom and I was going to call you but I saw this music room and...," he lick his lips. "I feel like I'm seeing things."
Jason wriggle in the hard bench. "What do you mean?"
"Um." Leo scratch the back of his neck and nervously smile. "Was this place fill with grass and flowers? And sun?"
Oh crap. Jason keeps a straight face, "It used to be when my parents were teenagers. Why you ask?"
"I felt like I saw it yesterday. Outside of the ballroom. And the night I came here." Leo shrug and press a key. "When I was dancing with you, I remember dancing with Thalia and that felt wrong. No offense, but it felt wrong to dance with Thalia. It felt like I was surppose to dance with someone else." Jason watch Leo, see if he'll remember anything. "Then this room." He wave a hand around to point out the room.
Leo makes eye contact with Jason. "I saw myself sitting here," he pats the bench between them and Jason flinch, "with someone playing this piano. It's blurry and I don't kn-aahh." Jason stands up, making the bench go backward with Leo.
That's scary. "Let's go outside." Jason grabs the cookies and shove them in Leo's arms.
"What?" Leo looks at the cookies.
Too scary. Jason sharply turn away from him and the piano. "Outside. Let's get you cozy up and go outside. We can -I don't know- build a snowman, or something." Jason is at the doorway and Leo is still at the piano. He looks dumbfounded for a second before nodding.
"Okay," Leo says as he gets up and walk toward Jason. He stuff a cookie in his mouth. "I'll build a snowman with you but I got to admit, snowman's are kind-of creepy. I'm afraid it'll turn alive and tries -maybe- hug you." Leo shrug. Jason blink at him. "Or something." Leo cracks a smile and laugh.
Jason sigh. "Come on jokester." Jason exits and Leo follows to get bundle up. Weird, that is something that have change about Leo. Leo used to love building snowmen.
Jason looks outside the window to see the snow fall heavily. He needs to calm down his emotions. Or there might be a blizzard. That haven't happened in a while. Leo just had a flash of one of his old memories of when Jason used to play the piano for Leo. It was one of those memories that the casters have to block out because Thalia doeSN'T PLAY PIANO!
He needs to calm down.
Conceal, don't feel.
Jason breathe out then rub his cold glove hands together.
~Snowmen might come alive and that's creepy~
"I found two rocks!" Leo shouts out to Jason as he pick up the two gray rocks. Jason holds up a glove thumbs-up. "I'm going to find more!" Leo waves them.
"Alright!" Jason shouts back. "Just be careful!" He goes back to rolling the bottom snowball.
"OKAY!" Leo stuff the rocks in his pant pockets then went back looking for more rocks.
'Be careful'? There's nothing but snow. What is going to hurt Leo? A giant snow monster? Please. There is nothing but a field of summer snow. And dead bushes from afar. A fountain at the side where the ballroom is at but from where Leo and Jason is at, they can't see the fountain. Otherwise, only snow.
Leo half-run to a spot where he might have seen a rock popping up from the snow.
"Leo! STOP!" Leo heard him. He was going to stop, but then he slip.
Leo yelp as his butt hit the cold surface and slid across it. The snow that pile in front of him made his lower half cold. Leo push the snow away, he doesn't want that part to go numb. Then he see it, the frozen ground under the snow is ice. Frozen water. Leo tilt his head in confusion. Is there a pond here?
Leo look back to Jason who is easily running across the snow to him. He also see the path he have made through the snow where he slid. Leo got on his knees to get up. "Wait, Leo." Jason is there. Jason slow down to a walk. He walk across the ice with ease. "Easy okay? You're on ice."
Leo heavily smile. "Of course I am," Leo laugh. Leo saw a flash of emotion in those electric blue eyes. He wish he knew what it was. Jason hold out his hands, Leo accept them. Jason slowly help Leo up. "Is there a pond here?"
"A lake actually." Jason starts walking backwards, pulling Leo to walk forward. "Easy now."
Leo's feet slide on each step. He can see them sliding but when he looks at Jason's feet, they don't slide. How is he doing that? Leo squeeze I onto Jason's hands when he felt himself about to do a split. Leo nervously laugh.
"Almost there. Luckily you only slid a couple of feet away."
"Luckily there was pile of snow over the ice to slow me down." Leo look up to Jason. Snow have softly falls down around them. Jason isn't looking a Leo, he is looking down to their feet. Probably only looking at Leo's. Leo decided to look at their hands instead of staring at the older prince's handsome face. He can feel the coldness coming from Jason's hands; different from the outside cold. Scarlet over white.
It's like looking at blood on snow.
Leo feels non-slippery surface under his left foot. A huge smile dance across the flame prince face. "Finally, solid ground."
"Ice is solid," Jason state, letting go of Leo's hands.
"Well, unlike ice, the ground won't break underneath you and then be drowning in ice cold water."
"Its call a earthquake. Cracks open the earth and you'll be falling." Leo huff in respond, puffin out his cheeks. It almost sounds like there was a playful tone in Jason's voice when he reply with that statement.
Leo turn away from Jason. "So there's a lake here?"
"Yes," Jason says in his neutral tone. He points where they are standing, "From here to," he then points to the wall, "past the wall. It is the only lake up here in the North Mountains."
"Does the lake lend to anywhere?" Leo seem confuse about the lake. It is just like the piano, he somehow recognize them. Something pull at the back of his head.
Leo can feel Jason's gaze on him. He doesn't dare to look up. "Yes. It separates into two streams. One to a waterfall and the other through my home kingdom."
Leo hum. For some reason, he can see boats. Little sailing boats.
The snow becomes a bit heavier. "We should go inside. We can forget about the snowmen." Jason turn around. Leo hesitate to turn away from the frozen, snow cover lake. He feels like taking a swim. Maybe fish for food. To hug... "Leo?"
Leo sharply spin to Jason, a stupid smile planted on his face. Leo doesn't know why he is smiling. Maybe that fuzzy thought that is tugging at the back of his head made him happy. He feels happy. "Yeah?"
Jason almost looks scare. "Snow is getting heavy. Better get inside." Jason turn slowly around and walk.
Leo follow after the royal prince. Leo watch the blue cloak with the golden eagle smack in the middle flow with the cold wind. Jason is not wearing any sweaters.
