Camp Half-Blood's shores slowly reeled in, each wave leaving behind a shining bit of wet sand. Moonlight stretched over the sea and glazed the silent sleeping camp like a spell. A trickle of water from the creek was the only sound, except for the odd rustle or howl from the woods. It was as if someone had taken a photograph of the place at night, everyone was huddled in their beds, hopefully in a dreamless sleep. Well, until the body's arrived.

It has been five years since the battle and the initial shock of his death was over. No one, not even Nico had seen this coming. On the shore lay the two sleeping bodies of Leo Valdez and Calypso, covered in sand and oil grease. There were smiles on their resting faces and their grimy hands were intertwined. The waves slowly lapped their vessel away, leaving time for the sun to rise over the horizon.

And that is where they stayed until breakfast.

Percy s table was the only one with a clear view of the beach. It had been designed that way, of course, and had come in very useful at times. That day, however, he didn't look over at it immediately like he usually did, he was grinning over at Annabeth Chase a few tables away. Why, he didn't know, he just felt like that day was going to be a good day. He turned to face the beach so that he could reach for the maple syrup to pour (drown) his pancakes in. Half way to the bottle he stopped.

"BODIES!" He shouted, standing up as fast as he possibly could. Pointing at the beach and getting ready to run he shouted, "BODIES ON THE BEACH GET THE APOLLO CABIN NOW!" Faster than he thought he could go, he sprinted to the beach.

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"Oh you are so massively screwed." Percy said, staring down at Leo's sleeping body, "so massively screwed."

Despite the fact that he was happy that Leo was back (more than happy, he was ecstatic! relieved! fantastic! He had got his friend back!) but there was the small matter that he had been "dead" for five years and had now returned with... Oh gods...

Will came running down the beach, closely followed (as always) by Nico.

"Who is it? Do we... Oh..." They all stood staring at the two sleeping humans.

Nico whispered, "but.. He died..."

"I beg to differ..." Said a small weak voice that seemed to come from Leo, "we made it then?" He said, opening his eyes slightly.

Percy grinned at Leo. He felt like exploding inside, hugging his friend and then possibly running down the beach whooping at his luck. "Yeah I guess you did."