(Jason Pov)

After being turned into a girl, you think you saw the worst of it for this quest, but no I just saw my best friend being dragged off by metal hellhounds, after we got off the cliff, we kept on walking until sunset when we reached the base of Mount Tamalpais.

"How far up is the entrance of the Garden of the Hesperides." Piper asked.

"Probably an hour of walking up the road until we enter." Percy said.

"So what exactly is in this garden?" I asked.

"There is this one hundred headed dragon that shouts out fire, and there are the Hesperides, who watch over the garden." Percy said.

"We are going to have to fight a dragon now." Nco said.

"Probably not, just don't go near the tree with the apples, and the Hesperides, we may have to fight them off." Percy said.

"You seem to know a lot about this place." Renya said.

"I was here before on a quest, to save Artemis and Annabeth, I went with Thalia and Zoe Nightshade." Percy said.

"Who is Zoe Nightshade?" I said.

"A good friend of mine, who died on this quest, Me and Annabeth saw her die." percy said, with tears falling down his face.

"Sorry for bringing it up." I said.

"It's fine, I moved on after her death, I still think about her from time to time, but I forgive myself for what happened." He said.

We just continued to walk up the mountain, until Annabeth said something.

"Jason, from what you told me, those hellhounds had no interest in grabbing you, just Leo." Annabeth said.

"Yeah that's weird, if you were holding him, trying to fly out of there, they could have grabbed you two." Percy said.

"Maybe this Fire champon guy wants Leo for something." Renya said.

"That could be true, he has a rare ability of making fire." I said.

Then Piper screamed, "Uh guys behind us." he screamed.

We all turned around to see ten cyclops, fifteen heel hounds and of course ten empousas, led by Kelli the empousa.

"Oh come on." Percy said.

"What." Piper said.

"That empousa, that leading them, I have run into her a few times now." He said.

"What is the plan?" Piper said.

"Percy and Renya take the cyclops, Me and Piper on the hellhounds and Jason and Nico take the empousas." Annabeth said.

We all nodded our heads in agreement and charged at them. I charged one of the empousa with my sword and stabbed it in the stomach, disgranting it. Another empousa tried to stab me with her spear, but was blocked by my sword. I then sent lighting at the empousa, which caused it to lose focus for a minute as I stabbed it in the throat. Out of nowhere one of the empousa jumped on top of me, and pinned me to the ground, until a black sword went through its chest, causing it to dissolve.

"Thank you Nico." I shouted at him.

I looked around to my other friends, Percy and Renya were finishing up the last of the cyclops, while Piper and Annabeth who just finished up the hellhounds ran over to help us.

After about one minute the last of the cyclops were gone, and Renya and Percy charged at the few empousa, the second Kelli saw Percy, she hissed at him.

"Perseus Jackson, after all these years I can finnlay kill you." She hissed at Percy.

"Not happening today Kelli." Percy said. As he charged her.

Percy went for a strike on Kelli stomach, but was blocked by her spear, then Kelli tired to kick him with her celestial bronze foot, but Percy rolled to the side, and stabbed Kelli in the shoulder, in a last ditch attempt, Kelli tired to turn around her spear to stab her, but Percy jumped in front of her, and stab her in the neck, finishing her instantly.

"Take that, Kelli." Percy said, yelling at where Kelli used to be.

(Renya Pov)

After the battle we kept on walking up the hill, until Percy told us to stop near the top.

"We are here." Percy said.

"So where is it?" Jason said.

"You just keep on walking, you find some mist. And then you will be in the garden of the Hesperides ." Percy said.

Everyone but Annabeth looked at him, with confused faces.

"Fine I go first, but first me and Renya need to drink our gift from Lady Hera." Percy said as he took out the potion and drank it, I also grabbed my potion and drank the potion with him.

"Do you guys feel different?" Nico asked.

"No, now come on guys, let go get Leo and the watch back." Percy said, running into the area, a few seconds after he ran in, we couldn't see him anymore.

"Percy, are you ok?" I said.

There were no responses for a few seconds until, Percy said. "Guys i'm in the garden, but I may have pissed off the hesperides already, hurry."

The others and I charged in and weapons out, when I saw the garden for the first time it was beautiful, in the middle was a tree, with golden apples hangout of it, with this dragon, passed out asleep, to the side of the tree, there was this wired metal type arena that did not deserved to be here, out of the corner of my eye I see Percy fighting one of the Hespride.

"Hey guys, stop staring at this place and help me." Percy said, shouting at us.

"Piper and Jason charged one of the hesperide, while Nico and Annaeth on another one and I charged the final hesperide.

"You will not take a scared apple from us." A hesperide hissed at me.

"We're not here for that apple, we're on a quest for Aphrodite, and the thing we need is in that metal arena thing." I said.

"That still no reason to come here." She shouted at me.

She spun her sword around to meet my sword, we kept our position like this for a minute, until I was able to push her sword down, and disarmed her with my sword.

"Do you yield?" I said.

"Wake up…." She never finished that sentence, as a fireball was shot at her.

"Who dares." She hissed at the direction the fireball was sent at her, I looked in that direction to see a person in a cloak.

"Who dares attack the hesperides." The four of them said, as they were about to come close to him, he pushed a button on his cloak, and a net came out tangling the four hesperides to the ground.

"Let us out." A hesperide hissed at the figure.

"I will once i'm done with them." The figure said, pointing at us.

"Let me guess your, this fire champion guy." Percy said.

"Yes I am." The figure said.

"Why are you doing this?" Jason asked.

"For my master, me and him will get our revenge on this love goddess." The figure said.

"Who is your master?" Annabeth asked.

"That is not important right now." The figure said.

"Where is the watch?" I hissed at the figure.

"In there." The figure said, pointing to the arena.

"So do you want to fight us, or surrender to us, it's six vs one." Percy said.

"I think I take my chances." The figure said, as he grabbed a sword from his waist, and set it on fire.

"What is the plan, Annabeth?" Nico asked.

"Percy stay at a distance, and throws water at him, when he tries to make fire balls, the rest of us circle him, so he has no place to run." Annabeth said.

After Annabeth told us the plan, me and the others circled around him, while Percy stayed a bit far away.

"Last chance to surrender." Jason hissed at the figure.

"I think I take my chances." The figure said, as he started to charge at Piper and Annabeth.

Annabeth put out her drakon-bone sword and tried to stab the figure in the chest, but was blocked by the figure, Piper ran to the side to try to stab him, only to be kicked in the leg by the figure, falling to the ground.

"Piper." Jason yelled, and charged the figure with his sword, only for this figure to throw a fireball at Annabeth's chest, causing her to stumble, while he went to block Jason's strike.

"Annabeth." Percy yelled, as he drew out Riptide, and began to charge at the figure, only for the figure to shoot a fireball at Percy, which he blocked by sending water at it.

"Nico, can you summon some skeletons?" Percy asked.

"Already on it." She yelled, as ten skeletons appeared out of the ground, charging at the figure, only for the figure to send out fireballs, cutting the skeletons down fast.

"Nico, come help me." Jaason said.

Nico pulled out his stygian iron sword, and changed at the figure with the last of his skeletons, only for the figure to pick the skeletons legs out, causing them to crumble, Nico blade clashed with the figure blade, the figure then with his other hand, sent a massive fireball at me.

"Renya looks out." Percy yelled, as the fireball was seconds from hitting me, only to have Percy push me out of the way, and for him to take the fireball in the chest.

"Percy, while did you do that." I yelled at him.

"What, I did not want him to barbecue you, besides I'm fireproof. Now let's help Jason and Nico." Percy said.

Me and Percy charged at the figure from the backside, the figure noticed us running, and tried to get out of the deadlock with Nico and Jason.

"Girls get out of the way." Percy said, as he made a wave of water appear, hitting the back of the figure, and sending him back into a hill, knocking him out, Jason and percy wet over to help up Annabeth and Piper, while me and Nico held are swords out, at the figure throat, until the others came over.

"Now let's figure out who this person is." Percy said, as he took off the cloak, to reveal Leo Valdez, passed out.

(Percy Pov

"How is this real, how is Leo the fire champion?" Annabeth asked.

"Maybe this master person is someone who Leo knew, it makes sense now while the hellhounds only went after her." I said.

"Leo would never beytreal us." Piper said.

"Well she is, now someone ties her up, while we go…" Jason never finished that sentence, as a massive fireball came at us, knocking us back a few feet.

"Get away from her." A voice said, as new cloaked figures came out.

"Oh come on, not another fire champion." I said.

"I am not the fire champion she is, I am just the creator of her." The figure said.

"Wait a second, you Hephaestus." Annabeth said, pointing at the cloaked person.

The figure took off their clock to reveal the deformed face of Hephaestus.

"What did you do to Leo?" Piper yelled at Hephaestus.

"Nothing much, just played around with his brain a bit." Hephaestus said.

"You mind controlled your own daughter,while you would do that." Annabeth hissed at Hephaestus.

"I just needed some help with my payback on Aphrodite." Hephaestus said.

"Why do you want to payback on my mother?" Piper asked.

"How would you like it, if another god was dating your wife." Hephaestus hissed at Piper.

"Well we need that watch back, so Aphrodite can remove the curse she put on camp half blood." I said.

"What type of curse?" Hephaestus said.

"A curse to change everyone's gender, and to remove it, we need to give her that watch." I said.

"What are you talking about Perseus Jackson, you're standing right here, the same gender as when I first met you." Hephaestus said.

And then that when the truth hit me, it all made sense now.

"Hey guys, I figured out who the cursed one is." I said.

"Who is it?" Renya asked.

"It's me, I am the cursed one." I said.

(Author note)

Hey guys hope you like t, sorry about another cliffhanger, but hope you like the twist, they will probably be two to three more chapters.