"Festus, what's going on? " Leo raised his voice.

"What in Hades are you?! Stop possessing my dragon!" Skye stirred in her sleep and turned over. Festus opened his mouth.

"Leo...listen to me..." However, it sounded extremely human. Probably like the person who was possessing his dragon "You are in danger...take take of...she's back...her spirit...Surprises..." Leo stepped forward, forgetting how dangerous that was.

"What? Who? Take care of who? What spirit? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!" Of course, Festus, no, the guy, couldn't answer that.

Festus, the dragon, roared, and his eyes stopped glowing. So loudly, everything around them fell off the shelves and fell down with a huge CRASH.

Skye immediately woke up and looked around. "What...? What's wrong with Festus?"

Leo looked at her. "I don't know... almost like he was giving me a warning..." Skye immediately straightened and was all ears.

Running and giving his dragon a hug, Leo asked, "What was that?"

Festus looked like he was frowning. Suddenly, Leo wished it looked more like a smile.

I don't know. A presence. It was trying to transfer a message, but it couldn't. So it went away. But I can still feel it in the room.

Slightly panicked, Leo looked around, Nothing.

"What's going on?" He whispered.

Nico walked through the crowds, avoided anyone's eye contact. He wore an ordinary black skull t-shirt and jeans, but decided to ditch the jacket. People tended to tell him that it was too hot to wear a jacket, however he tended to ignore. It was a free country; he could wear he wanted.

Weirdly, he was heading to the Hephestus place. He was always so lonely, and tried very hard to try and not make friends, or relationships. He knew what happened what happened in the end; he was a son of Hades.

And of course, Hazel had to come in. But he didn't have the heart to ignore her forever, because she was in the same situation as him. Then it was Reyna, someone who treated him as a younger brother, and cared for him, even though she was a praetor and everything. Leo wasn't so bad either. He was like a slightly annoying but caring older brother, who was always by his side. It was weird, but actually, Nico was quite thankful.

But then there was Skye. There was something amazingly magical about that girl. She might have been only about 4, but she was intelligent, and special. Nico had no idea why, but she was. She was probably the first child to be not scared or terrified of him. Instead, she looked up to him. Nico had silently promised himself,

I will not let this girl down, and be by her side always and protect her from any danger.

The sunlight burned on his pale skin. Well. It wasn't so pale anymore. Because of all the time he was spending in the sun, his olive skin had returned. It had been a while since...

Tartarus.

Percy and Annabeth had no idea how lucky they were to have each other. They jumped in Tartarus for each other.

He, on the other hand, had been all by himself, and had to survive, and not lose his sanity.

Stop remembering everything, bad, Nico.

Lost in his thoughts, he accidently bumped into a Cherokee pretty girl. She fell backwards and onto the floor.

Piper. Jason's boyfriend.

Don't think of Jason, Don't think of Jason, Don't think of Jason, Don't think of Jason, Pretend he doesn't know your secret, Pretend he doesn't know your-

Piper, slightly backed away, "Um. I'm so-" Another person that was still terrified of him.

"Sorry!" Nico exclaimed. Grabbing her muddy hands, he gently pulled her up. Piper looked into his eyes, surprised.

"Thank you, Nico." She whispered.

"You're welcome," He replied quickly, before running past her. Suddenly, he heard a huge CRASH!

It sounded a lot like tons of metal. Nico suddenly ran into the cabin, and found a scared Leo and a dragon. Leo was breathing rapidly, and Skye just looked shocked.

"What happened?" Nico asked.

Leo took a deep breath. "Festus just got possessed. He said... I was in danger, and all this whatnot."

Nico sat down on the bed, careful not to make it messy, and placed Skye on his lap.

"Look. Tell me anything that has been going on that's weird. I'll listen and help you. I promise you."

Leo sighed. He might regret this decision, but it was tearing at him, and he needed someone to tell. Nico waited, whilst Skye fell asleep on his lap.

And Leo told him everything. About Calypso, and how much she hated him, and he hated her, and everything that gone on between them. About the kiss. His voice cracked at the end, and he didn't finish. Leo said nothing about the oath; it was too dangerous.

When he was finished, he looked up again, and saw Nico smiling. "Wow. Talk about a love story. Aphrodite is probably shipping that hard. I don't know what to do. But, I will help you make it, whatever happens. We'll make Festus. But how are we going to find island? No one can return to it twice."

"The astrolabe."

"Errrr...what astrolabe?"

Leo sighed. "Years and years ago, there was Odysseus. And... he was stranded on the island and everything, but he had to leave of course. That was the curse. However, he wanted to return and made this astrolabe, right? And... well, you see these dwarf people-"

"Dwarf people?" Nico asked startled.

"Yes. Dwarf people. And they stole it from Odysseus, when he was asleep, and he said something like'The crystal, all I needed was the crystal,' So, I took a crystal from Calypso's garden and so I have a chance. All I need to do is fix the astrolabe, because it's slightly broken and yeah... But , you see, there's a problem."

"What?"

"I have no idea what to do with it. I don't even know if I should do anything. So many things have been warning me about Zeus-knows what, and, what if Calypso doesn't even love me?" " Leo replied.

"Helpful. But, seriously, the fates didn't exactly bring you there, Khione did. You guys weren't meant to fall in love. It wasn't because of the curse, it was actually because of you. Don't look at me! I don't know. Anyway, are you going to tell anyone else about her?"

Leo frowned, and placed his head in his hands. "I don't know... when Percy told them, it spread like Greek fire. Maybe not now exactly..."

Nico nodded and stood up, heading towards the door. "Well...since you're kind of busy..."

"I'm not-" Leo started.

That was when the most blood-curling scream rung in the air, followed by a deadly silence.