Leo woke up feeling quite... Responsible. Yep, that's the word. Groggily, he straightened and looked for Skye.

That's when he remembered yesterday. He had to admit, he had been expecting a monster of some kind and was surprised to find Nico. Running away.

He felt angry that he was leaving Hazel like that. Yes, there was history between them (weird history ), but that wasn't it. It was because he knew how it felt to lose someone. And Hazel loved Nico. If she lost him...

He jumped out of bed and looked through the window at the bright orange sky. He slipped on a pair of jeans and headed out of the cabin door. On the way, he knocked into Jason.

"Leo?"

"Duh, who else man?"

"What are you doing?" He asked, very confused.

"Long story, " Leo explained and shrugged, as if that ended everything. "Skye." He said, pointing at the Hades cabin.

Jason gave Leo a puzzled look, however Leo, grinning, brushed past him and walked towards that cabin.

Jason frowned. "Leo...? That 's... Okay." He walked forwards, in a daze, trying to work out why Leo was visiting Nico. And what did that even have to do with Skye?

"I must be dreaming. " He finally said, shaking his head.

Leo strolled up to the front steps. He could hear what was going on inside because it was so loud.

"I won! Ha, Nico!" That was Skye.

"Okay, how do you do it? Tell me your secret. I spent half my life playing this game and you beat me?! Play again!"

Nico sounded... Happy. Wow.

Leo heard someone blow a raspberry.

"Come back here, you little monster!" Nico yelled.

Leo walked in a scene where Nico chased after Skye and grabbed her. He spun her around and began to tickle her. Skye began to laugh manically.

"Stop... Stop... Okay, Nico, you win! Ha, ha, ha!"

Leo gave them a sad look. "I thought you said you would wake me up!"

Nico grinned. "We never said that... But join in the game. We are so beating your sister!"

Leo smiled madly. "You're on! So...how do you play?"

Skye grabbed Leo's arm and make him sit on the bed. Nico sat on the edge and held out all the cards.

"So, Leo Valdez, are you ready to face the Greek myths? Well, this is how we play..."

And so the three demi-gods spent half day in the Hades cabin, with Mythomagic.

Reyna had a bad feeling. A very bad feeling. Like a sister feeling when one of your siblings has done something wrong and you can feel it in your bones.

She also had a feeling it had something to do with Nico. First reaction?

Uh oh.

Immediately, she left Camp Jupiter to Frank, and Hazel. It was only for a while. The journey didn't take that long... Mostly because she had demigod powers on her side, for once.

She ran around Camp Half Blood and tried to find the Hades cabin. Reyna didn't bother with the hello's.

She burst in through the door. It slammed against the walls.

Reyna scanned the place.

It was empty.

"Damn it!" She shouted, slightly a bit too loudly.

Retreating, she roamed around, no idea what to do. Maybe she was overreacting. Maybe-

"Shhh. Hide!"

Someone held her and pulled her down next to them behind a tree. Reyna took out her sword...only to face the daughter of Hephestus, Skye.

She lowered her weapon, still on guard.

"Uh..." Skye placed her fingers to Reyna's lips.

That's when she heard voices. They suddenly startled her. So much, she fell out of the hiding place. Stumbled, anyway.

"Ugh, " She groaned, pulling twigs and brushing dirt from her plaited hair. She looked up to see Leo and Nico.

Nico. Son of Hades.

Leo. He blew up half her camp, but he had been possessed. So...she didn't know what to think about him.

The boys glanced at each other, then gave a knowing look. Leo ran behind the tree and picked up Skye swiftly and carried her on her hip.

"How do you do it?" He asked. Skye smiled. Nico's face fell.

"I lost so many times. All thanks to this girl over there. " He pointed at Skye. She opened her mouth to speak and suddenly there was a huge argument between the three of them.

"That was not fair!" "You think?" "Do I get a say in this?" "NO!"

"What are you talking about?" Reyna asked.

"Mythomagic." They all said in unison.

"What's that?" She asked. The wrong thing to say.

Skye frowned at her. Leo mock gasped. Nico just yelled, "TRAITOR!" It had been a long time since he smiled and joked.

Leo grinned at everyone. "Another round?"

They all nodded. Reyna smiled. "At my camp. My praetor 'place'. Nico, you think you can shadow travel?"

Nico nodded. He held out his arms.

"Hold on everybody."

Skye stared at Reyna. "Can we have hot chocolate?"

"Course."

"Let's have two," Leo interrupted. "Each."

"Four. "

"Ten."

"Fifteen!" Skye shouted.

Leo shook his head. "We can't share it, though,It's not even" Typical child of Hephestus thing.

Skye gave him a look, "I meant, fifteen, for me." Nico snorted and everyone grabbed his hand.

"Fifteen hot chocolate, mythomagic and ... life stories? Sounds fun,"

"Huh, " Leo grumbled. Reyna laughed, as he took Skye's hand.

And then they disappeared into the shadows in a flash.