A/N: Frozen 2 is out and i want to really see it but of course, I have no money. Boo. I have to wait longer and get spoiled from social media. I can just stay off but Idk how long is the wait, so let the wait begin. I hope y'all enjoy this chapter. :3
Disclaimer: I'm only the author of this fanfic, nothing more
Leo is bundle up in bed. No matter how many blankets and sweaters he layer won't keep him warm. The fireplace is burning as well the windows are open to keep the room hot. It doesn't help Leo. He feels cold as ice.
"Is this what winter feels?" Leo shiver. He lights himself on fire. Not on purpose. His body is trying to keep himself warm. It knows that it's not suppose to be cold. It's never suppose to be cold. His body, soul, and fire, know this is wrong.
Leo can't feel the heat.
"You know you are on fire, right?" Leo move his blankets to see Calypso walk in. She is already sweating. "Its hot in here. Hotter than outside."
"When did you get here?" Leo shove himself back under the covers. His fire dim as Calypso walks near.
"Just now. Your father sent a message to me when you came home. Said you might need a friend right now. Do you want me here?" There's silence. Calypso shuffle in her place. The room is too hot for her to handle. "Leo?"
"Yeah," a muffle. "You can be here. I can't stand seeing my family right now." Leo feel a shift in the bed. Calypso have seated herself. "I know I'm on fire. It's trying to warm me up."
"Warm you up? Like, the fire have a mind of it's own?" Leo doesn't say anything. He only shiver. "What happened? Beckendorf and Nyssa wouldn't give me an answer. They only said you're cold."
Leo sits out of his blankets. He look straight at Calypso. She never seen Leo look so angry. His eyes on fire just like his body. She is scare. "Cold? I'm frozen. Jason accidentally struck me in the heart. My chest is fucking freezing. Our father broke our contract. Which by the way, is not a alliance at all. I was struck in the eyes, went blind for a few minutes, eight years ago. Casters manipulated my memories from remembering Jason and put Thalia in his place. Change my memories. I went on fire! I killed my mother!"
Leo's fire blaze up. Calypso stand up. "Leo, calm down."
"I had fire power the whole time. They block that from my mind too! And I dont know how to control it! My leg is numb from when it went through dead wood. I'm limping like my dad. It's full of scars." Leo plop out his leg and pull up his pant leg. Pale pink marks of different sizes litter on his brown skin. Calypso cover her mouth. "The watchtower collapse and I fell. I fell. My head throbs. I remember everything."
Leo's fire dim down to nothing. He cover his face. His legs are pull up to his chest. Calypso sits back next to him. She pull him in her arms. Probably not a good idea when the fire prince don't know how to use his fire. "I don't know what to say. I'm sorry for everything."
That's not what he wanted to hear. He wanted her to say nothing. But Leo lean in her hug even though he can't feel heat. Bodies are suppose to feel heat from each others. "Caly, you don't have a reason to say sorry. Sorry doesn't help either."
Calypso stay silent. She know it doesn't. This isn't Leo talking. He change. How does she handle this Leo? "I also heard you are pregnant?"
Leo laughs. "Dude, that was a lie. I just wanted to get dad mad. Did it work?"
"Yeah. His hair is literally on fire. Anything he grabs catches on fire, which is bad for paperwork. Not even talking, just grunting." Leo snicker into her shoulder. Calypso starts rubbing small circles at his lower back. "So you're not going to marry him."
"As far I know, no. I'm not."
"Are you still the heir to the throne?"
"Yeah."
"How? You're not the first born."
Leo sigh. "Our tradition for the throne is different from most kingdoms. Its not the first born that is the heir, it is the child that have the fire. Babies are put to the test if they are immune to fire. Tía Callida did our tests. That's why Charles and Nyssa have burn marks on their hand."
"That's harsh. Who's Callida?"
"Hera. She is the one that is harsh. She threw me in the fireplace and watch me. But hey, I survive." Calypso push Leo in arms reach, her hands squeeze his shoulders. A what-the-fuck look is pass between them. Leo shrug. "She doesn't like bastards. Zeus have so many."
Calypso open her mouth but interrupted by the door slamming open. They both jump that Leo bust on fire. Calypso yelp and tumble to the ground. A soldier march in with a hand on their sword. He look at Leo then at Calypso with a blank look. He then move to the window to look out.
"What is going on?" Leo ask. Shivers go up his body. The soldier say nothing. He only share a look to the fire prince. Two more march in and guard the door. Calypso look at them. "Excuse you, I demand for the reason of the extra security."
Leo slowly crawl to get off the bed. The soldier place a hand in front, not touching since Leo is still on fire. "Our apologize your highness, but your father have order for the extra security." Leo raise a brow. He wants them to continue. "You see, Prince Jason have escape his home and it is likely he is coming here."
Leo's fire dim. "Then I need to go."
"Leo," Calypso speaks. "You're not even feeling good, why push yourself? He hurt you."
His fire roar up. "I am tired of all of you saying he hurt me. He didn't hurt me!" So much anger roar out as he limp his way off the bed. "I don't need any guards. I don't need the fire. Or the blankets. Or the goddamn fiRE-PROOF KINGDOM! I NEED TRUE-LO-!" Leo stop.
He can feel it. The goosebumps on his arms can feel it. The slight cold breeze that his body isn't producing. It somehow pass his fire. Something is different. Is it good, or is it bad?
"True-love kiss?" Leo look at Calypso. She nervously smiles. She pats her chest, over her heart. His heart feel kind-of warm from the cold breeze. "I can do it. Give you a true-love kiss. To warm you up right? To un-frozen you?" The guards all nod. They are afraid to speak.
Leo take a step back. "I'm sorry but no. You don't love me that way. Your love is friendship. Its not even love, it's a like. You like coming here, away from your family and exes. You like to have me around you. Making you smile and forgetting your life."
Her smile disappear. "I like having you as a friend."
"That's right, so I have to go. I need Jason." Leo walk towards the door. There is two more soldiers outside, blocking the doorway. He may be on fire, but that won't stop them from keeping Leo in his room. No matter how hot it is or if they get burn. They will protect their prince. Leo look at the soldier he was talking to. "Why are you doing this for a bastard?"
This takes him aback. "Your Highness, that is-"
"I know y'all don't want a bastard for a king. I don't know how to rule. I don't know how to control my fire. I can put this whole kingdom a blaze. Just let me go. Let Charles rule. He can."
"Leo," another soldier calmly calls. "That is not want we think. We know you would do fine. There's-"
"Only because you guys know me. The people who live in the castle city know me. What about the people in the villages? Out there in wooden houses. They won't take a bastard for a king. They'll probably try to kill me in order to get a true blood king."
"We won't let that happen!" say a soldier outside. Calypso nods.
"Of course. I'll have y'all to protect me. Food taster to check if I'm not eating poison. But one way or another, someone is going to kill me." Everyone go silent. The soldier in front of me slump. Words loss in them.
Leo took this in advantage, he run past his soldier and leap out the window. He shumble over the patio roof and fall on his side on the hard pavement. Leo groans. He have forgotten his bedroom is on the third floor.
"Prince Leo!" Everyone scream for him. They run towards him. Leo burst into fire, making sure nobody touch him. "Close the gates!"
Leo gets up. He runs but not towards the gates. He run to the back of the castle walls, past the garden his bedroom window look over. The flowers bloom of fire. He stare up at it. The soldiers up above look down at him. Shouting to not move. Leo spread his legs, took a stance, and blasted himself up in the air.
He scream. Leo didn't know that was going to work. Launch himself like a firework. He landed on the wall. "Prince Leo, please let your fire down." He feel bad doing this to the soldiers. Running away from their care. But he need, and want, Jason.
Leo stare at the houses. "I don't want to be king either way," he says. He runs to the outlook tower. Go down the stairs and run away from the castle. He run from his family he loves dearly in order to get to his love one.
Leo doesn't want to lose him again.
