A/N: Welcome back to another round of…Read That Story! Here we have Haunted, with rights to Ms. Taylor Swift, the one and only! On the other team, we have PJO/HOO characters, who belong to Rick Riordan, the ultimate troll! Now, let's get started!
You and I walk a fragile line
I have known it all this time
But I never thought I'd live
To see it break.
As soon as she found Percy on her island, Calypso experience two feelings. First, she knew that it wouldn't work out. She would fall in love, then he'd be whisked away. The second feeling was hope…she had a feeling that maybe this time the gods would grant her one little token of happiness, and that being a hero who could actually stay with her and love her forever.
One day, her hope broke when Percy was taken away, just like all the others. All the others….
It's getting dark and it's all too quiet
And I can't trust anything now.
And it's coming over you like it's
All a big mistake.
The night, Calypso built a fire on the beach, still clinging onto the hope that Percy would come back and maybe, just maybe, try to rescue her from this terribly beautiful prison. She was filled with unease, glancing around at the shadows dancing in the flames.
She put her head on her knees—she knew the truth. Percy had probably just gone 'Oh, whatever. I can't help it. Oops!'
Oh, holding my breath.
Won't, lose you again.
Something's made your eyes go cold.
She still remembered the memories of him…his dark black hair and sea green eyes. And the hope she had. No, this one won't go away. But he did, just like them all. Now his memory was ruined, forever with the others. His eyes weren't as bright anymore.
Come on, come on, don't leave me like this
I thought I had you figured out.
Something's gone terribly wrong you're all I wanted it….
Calypso thought that things would be different this time, she was so sure of it. In her heart, she just knew that it would work. Maybe she was wrong. She was wrong. He was all she wanted, but something went terribly wrong.
Come on, come on, don't leave me like this
I thought I had you figured out.
Can't breathe whenever you're gone
Can't turn back, now I'm haunted!
Calypso collapsed on her knees, sobbing under the starlight with the gentle tide of the ocean rushing up on the shore. She thought it would work this time.
Her breath came in strangled gasps in between sobs. Why'd he leave her? She'd never, ever, forget the face of yet another betrayal, the latest one at that. She…was haunted.
Stood there and watched you walk away
From everything we had
But I still mean every word I said.
To you.
Calypso had truly loved Percy. It wasn't just the curse. She still meant it. But as she watched the little boat take him away from Ogygia, she felt something deep in her gut telling her this wouldn't be the last time they met. Not the last time at all….
He will try to take away my pain
And he just might make me smile
But the whole time I'm wishing he was you
Instead.
The next day, Hephaestus came to visit as always. He brought Calypso a basket of fresh-baked bread and fruit (probably made by his automatons) and told her jokes to bring up her spirits. Maybe, she would smile wider, brighter, realer, if it were Percy sitting there beside her comforting her. But if it weren't for Percy in the first place, she wouldn't need to be comforted.
Oh, holding my breath.
Won't, see you again.
Something keeps me holding on to nothing.
Maybe he'll come back…maybe…maybe. Calypso didn't know, but she was still hoping. The little bit of hope was still lodged in her heart, making it beat faster every time she heard Percy's name.
Come on, come on, don't leave me like this.
I thought I had you figured out
Something's gone terribly wrong you're all I wanted…
True love. Is that too much to ask? That's all Calypso wanted, was for someone to stay with her on the lonely island. But they always went away. Even though she thought this time was different, she was wrong. Oh so wrong.
Come on, come on, don't leave me like this.
I thought I had you figured out.
Can't breathe whenever you're gone
Can't turn back, now I'm haunted!
A dream of Percy jerked Calypso awake a few months later, and she sat there gasping for breath, trying to remember how to breathe. What a cruel trick Hypnos had joined in on! It seemed as if Percy would never leave her thoughts, no matter how many new heroes came. Under her breath, she silently cursed him. Cursed his girlfriend, that maybe one day she'd feel the loneliness and longing of the poor girl stuck on Ogygia.
I know, know.
I know, know.
I just know.
You're not gone, you can't be gone no!
Breathe in, he'll come back. Breathe out, he won't. Breathe in, he'll come back. Breathe out, he won't. He can't be gone…she knew it. She just knows.
Come on, come on, don't leave me like this.
I thought I had you figured out.
Something's gone terribly wrong won't finish what you started.
She was supposed to be released from this prison, Hephaestus had told her the war had been won! Why wasn't she? Of course. Of course Percy forgot her just like every other hero to come along. What was she? A worthless rag you can cast aside? Percy had broken a promise, a promise to her.
Come on, come on, don't leave me like this.
I thought I had you figured out.
Can't breathe whenever you're gone, can't turn back, now I'm haunted!
The thought cascaded over her, draining her lungs of breath once more. She collapsed on the sand, gasping, clutching her heart.
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh. Oh oh.
The tears came, flooding like waterfalls. Choking her furthermore, staining her dress and wetting the soft sand around her head.
You and I walk a fragile line.
I have known it all this time.
But I never thought I'd see it break.
Never thought I'd see it—
Ooh look! Another hero! Now she could finally forget—what was his name again? Perry?
A/N: I know the ending isn't exactly how she met Leo, but I figured it was good humor. Now, cue Blank Space! (Got a long list of ex-lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane…but I got a blank space baby, and I'll write your name). Just kidding, I've got that one saved. Special plans, you know ;)