Author Note:

Shalom (Hebrew for hi) People! Just wanted to say thank you sooooo... much for reading my story. i know it was a bit short, but i promise this one will be better. And without further ado... i give you the next chapter of a long road home. *crowd applause's*

P.O.V: Leo

"so did you guys miss me?" Leo said as if this was just any normal conversation. The people at Camp Halfblood just stood there awestruck. "Oh come on! talk to me people." Finally Annabeth spoke up. "Leo Valdez! How dare you go behind all our backs and take the physicians cure! How dare you let us think you died!" Annabeth spoke with such fury. Her eyes blazed like fire. (good thing Leo was immune to fire :) Annabeth kept yelling for a while about how he made Frank and Hazel feel like it was their fault for his death. Let's just say that if that conversation appeared on a day-time talk show, we all would be hearing a lot of BLEEPS!

Finally Chiron intervened. "I think that's enough Annabeth. You shouldn't be yelling at him. Afterall, he is the one who stopped Gaea." "Well actually that was more Octavian than Leo." Annabeth mumbled under her breath.

"I said that's enough Annabeth." Chiron said with a look that read: Don't push me.

With a sigh Annabeth took a step back and let Chiron continue.

"So Leo, could you please tell me your exact location so we can come get you?" Chiron said

"I wish I knew, but all i know is that i woke up (can you wake up from death?), found Calypso's island, and now i'm flying on Festus somewhere in the middle of an ocean."

"Wait.. Calypso's with you?"

"Duh... i've been sitting here this whole time. You're just too distracted with lava boy over there to notice me." Calypso said as if Chiron is the most ignorant Centaur she has ever met. (which is doubtful if she has ever met the party ponies.)

"Enough!" Reyna, Praetor of New Rome said. "We have limited time on Iris messaging, Remember. So try not to get into petty arguments like this one."

"Ok, thank you Reyna. Now as I was saying...

Please insert one golden Drachma if you would like to continue this call

"well that call was a bust." Calypso said

"yeah, but it was nice getting to talk to Annabeth and Chiron." Leo happily said.

*flying in silence for what seemed like hours*

Festus interrupted the silence with an even louder MOAN! CREAK! SQUEAK! than before. "Oh no! that is definitely not a sound a mechanic ever wants to hear." At once Leo started frantically pulling wires, gears, and other mechanical thingies out of his tool-belt. Finally after about ten minutes his contraption was done. "Behold, my Leotron 5000!" Leo said with a boastful grin. "What does it do?" Calypso asked suspiciously. "It will safely take us to the nearest piece of land and (hopefully) it won't kill us. This must be done. Remember, we've been flying for days. Festus can't take much more."

five minutes later...

"Ready to jump!" Leo said a bit too enthusiastically.

"No." Calypso said

"Well too bad!"

With that, they jumped off Festus into the sea green well... um... sea. :)

Do. Not. Worry. Leo did not just abandon Festus. Let's just say that festus is tied on a leash that is attached to the Leotron 5000.

Sorry this chapter had so many conversations. I'll try to find a happy medium of action and dialogue in the next chapter. (but remember: there's not much you can do while sitting on a dragon.)

With that i must say my last few words of this chapter:

Cheerio (it's fancy talk for goodbye) *drops the mic and walks away*