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Roses are red, violets are blue, I do not own PJO and unless you are Rick Riordan, neither do you! I do own Mark, Robert, Theseus and unimportant John though.

Last Time:

I was beginning to lose consciousness, when the water dissipated and I fell to the ground, where I vomited and gasped for breath, as I slowly recovered on the sopping wet sand.

I lifted my head and reeled backwards at what I saw. Orion was being burnt alive, as black fire coated his body and destroyed his soul. By making a false oath on the Styx, Orion had sealed his doom. After the last of Orion's screams faded, I lifted my head and only saw dust.

Now:

Leo's POV

After I watched Orion die right in front of me, the river nymph stated, "You can turn around now. I am sorry for what I did to you, but he swore on the River Styx, so I thought he was telling the truth."

I turned around to see a black haired woman standing on top of the water, with a look of disgust written on her face.

"Sorry about disturbing you, we will be off." I quickly said, before dragged Piper to her feet and started to walk away, when the nymph called out to us, "Don't leave, yet. I require a favor for my services."

"Isn't getting your neighbors back good enough?" I asked.

"No, I need to make sure, that you remember us nymphs, so that we do not fade, into the Void."

"Why would you fade, the demigods still remember you. At the camp I attend, we eat with your sisters and share stories all of the time! How could we forget you?"

"Swear it upon the River Styx, that you will not forget us."

"I swear upon the River Styx, that I will not forget the nymphs, so they will not be forced into the Void."

"I hold your oath fulfilled, you may go."

After the nymph told us to leave, I hastily helped Piper to her feet and darted into the quickly lightening woods, hoping to find the mountain, which our friends were being held captive. After a while of trudging through the woods, I couldn't help but reflect upon how we arrived here. It all started, when Percy killed the son of Ares.

After Percy's accidental killing of the son of Ares, Jason, Piper and I had attempted to calm the agitated crowd of ADHD demigods. "Settle down! It wasn't his fault! He was cursed! Stay away from him!" Jason shouted at the crowd.

"And why should we? He murdered a John, one of our senior councilors, besides Clarisse. John was right for attacking that murderer! We need to avenge our fallen leader! Let's kill the son of Poseidon, but first, we need bait." The kid turned to me, with an evil grin on his face, before he commanded, "Seize the son of Jupiter, the daughter of Aphrodite and the son of Hephaestus!"

Jason summoned the winds and forced our opponents backwards, but it wasn't enough. I didn't want to use my fire, because I might hurt someone and worsen our image. My friends and I fell underneath the massive hoard of demigods, before we were quikcly taken away, into the Ares cabin. We were restrained and tied into chairs, like criminals. They were even smart enough to gag Piper, so that she couldn't charmspeake them, into letting us go. The "leader" went up to Jason and backhanded his face, enticing a scream from Piper.

The "leader" had robes coving his body, with a large hood hiding his face, only revealing his yellow teeth. Jason looked up at the kid, with determination and rebellion in his eyes, before he stated, "At least I have friends."

The kid looked taken aback, before he shouted, "Who needs friends? All I need is people I blackmail or bribe. Friends are worthless; at least if you blackmail people, they won't betray you, like your so called "friends." Everyone has a price, its high time we found out yours."

"Maybe it's your home." He wondered, before turning to a demigod and commanding, "Blow up the Zeus Cabin." After the kid hesitated to do as he was commanded, the "leader" slammed his fist into the kid's face, before he shouted, "Now, before I kill your family!"

The kid scurried off to do what he was told, lest he be punished for his insolence. "The gods are going to be very angry with you, if you destroy one of their sacred places." Jason warned. "They might just smite you from existence."

"Let them try. Our force is massive enough to wipe this camp, from existence. We are just a small part of our group, the rest are marching here and Camp Jupiter, as we speak. There is nothing you can do, to sto-" His sentence was drowned out, by a massive explosion rocking the valley.

An evil smile lit his face, before he turned to Jason and asked, "Will you do as you are told now?"

"Not to the likes of you."

"Well then, I guess I will just kill your friends."

He moved his cloak to the side, to reveal a scabbard, holding a dagger sheathed to his belt .he withdrew the dagger, from its sheath and held it against Piper's throat, hoping to entice a scream if terror from her. However, Piper didn't she didn't squeal or make a sound; she just glared at the hooded figure at the hooded figure to her right, before spitting on his face, making him splutter and wipe the saliva from his hood, before digging his knife a little deeper into Piper's throat.

"Okay, I will do what you want." Jason sadly stated, before looking at the ground, ashamed at what he would have to do. When he spoke those seven words, Piper began making sounds of protest, trying to warn him that they would kill them anyway.

"Excellent! Bring in the needles! We need their blood, for the sacrifice." The person stated, with a grin adorning his scarred face. Three people hurriedly stepped into the room, with needles in their hands, before they went to each of us and drew our blood, before quickly backing out of the room.

"Now, kill them, they are no use to us anymore." The hooded person commanded.

After he said that last word, Jason screamed in fury, flinging the hooded figure backwards, making him drop his dagger. He slammed into the wall, where he completely reduced it to rubble, before flying outside. Jason's released so much raw energy, that he completely decimated the chairs and furniture, annihilating them, so that they were just more dust, in a dusty room.

My chair didn't stand a chance. I incinerated it, leaving a pile of ash on the floor, before I climbed to my feet and snatched the dagger our enemy had dropped. I scrambled to Piper's chair and cut her lose, before untying the gag around her mouth. With a mighty war cry, demigods poured through the hole in the wall and attacked us. I quickly handed Piper the dagger and burned through the enemies trying to kill me. Jason was zapping people left and right, while I incinerated the rest, before burning a section of the wall down and scrambling through it, so that we would not be overwhelmed , like we would if we went through the door.

I scrambled through the smoldering section of the wall and was instantly tackled to the ground, by a heavy body. I landed face first on the ground, before I felt someone restrain me with handcuffs, before drenching me in freezing water. I was dragged to my feet and brought back inside, only to find Jason being led down a secret tunnel, leading underneath the cabin.

Piper was also tied up and gagged and in the process of being brought downstairs as well. I was forced to my knees in front of the person, who interrogated me, making the hooded figure smile.

"This is how it should be! Demigods kneeling at my feet! Am I not worthy? Now, in case you didn't notice, I have complete control over your friends, if you don't do what I say, I will not hesitate to slit their throats. So be a good little boy and do what I say, so that your friends can live for another day. Your services are needed, so that we may catch the son of Poseidon, before he leaves camp."

I felt a tug on my arms, before I was dragged to my feet and lugged outside. The camp looked horrible. Fire was racing along the ground and burning many of the dryads' trees, while the dryads, satyrs and some campers fought against the evil demigods.

I was pulled in the other direction and I could see a massive ice dome, on top of Half-Blood Hill. I could see a crowd around the ice, speaking to three people inside. I was pulled up the hill, by five burly demigods and thrown in front of the ice dome, where I was commanded to melt it; otherwise they would kill Jason and Piper.

I looked at the people inside the dome and was not surprised to see Mark, Annabeth and Percy, with backpacks on, ready to journey across the United States. "I am sorry, but I have to melt this, otherwise, they will kill Jason and Piper. I am sorry" I stated, before placing my hand against the dome of ice and pouring my power into it, melting the ice.

As the ice melted, I gave sad smiles to the three, before mentally hoping they make it out alive. As I had almost broken free, pagasi descended from the sky, into the dome and flew the three west. I couldn't help, but feel elated; they were safe and were going away from this warzone.

A demigod hauled me to my feet and screamed, "You failed! You should have gone faster! Now, you will pay!" The demigod slammed his fist into my face, making me fall to the ground, where he kicked my stomach over and over, before lifting me up and squeezing my throat.

I slammed my handcuffed hands into him, but they didn't do anything, but annoy him. Suddenly, I heard someone behind me and my captor quickly released me, before backing away as fast as he could. The person came forward and lifted me to my feet, before checking me over for serious injuries, " Don't worry, he will be properly punished. We need you in top shape for tommorow, which reminds me… You failed. Now, you die." He lugged me away, towards the Ares Cabin, where he commanded a demigod, "Make gallows, so that we can hang these demigods, for their crimes against our masters."

The demigod scampered off, to do what he was told, while I was left in shock at these words. We were going die, after all we had done, our lives would end, by being hung, like criminals. Suffocation was one of the worst ways to die and we were about to experience it. Where was my happy ending? Shouldn't I deserve happiness? But no, the world was not all sunshine and rainbows. It was a dark and desolate place, where you had to fight, in order to survive. Hopefully these guys aren't as good at building, as the Romans; otherwise, we don't stand a chance.

I was brought out of my thoughts, when I was dragged into the Ares Cabin and led down the same secret tunnel, as my friends were led. Torches were lining the walls, as we descended into the Earth. The floor was a mediaeval stone staircase, which looked like it would fit well, inside a horror movie.

Finally, the stairs stopped and revealed a corridor, with several doors lining it, each locked, with people inside. It was a jail cell. I struggled to get out of their grasp, but they had an iron grip. My captors punched me in the stomach, making me double over in pain, before they shoved me into a cell, with Jason and Piper.

My friends flocked to me and pulled me inside, before Jason stated, "Just like old times, all of us together, fighting evil and being locked up."

"Guys… we need to escape. Fast. They are going to hang us, because we are "not useful" anymore.

When my friends heard this, they looked at the ground, as the information finally settled in their brains, that they were going to die.

Jason's face morphed into a sad smile, a he heard the terrible news.

"After all we have been through; we are going to die, by a couple of wannabe soldiers. That isn't right. We can't die like this, not when we still have the strength to fight. I don't know about you guys, but I am going to fight to my last breath, even if it hurts more, I will fight, because I believe that we can make the world a better place." Piper vowed.

"I am with you; let's kick some demigod gluteus maximus!" I cheered.

"Slow down, Leo. We need a plan." Jason advised.

So after hours of whispering to each other, we were finally ready to escape, from our prison. When the guards came the next morning, we were waiting for them.

"You're lucky; I get to be the one to execute you today! Consider yourselves honored. I am a very high ranking officer; I am the master jailer, as well as the executioner, so you had better feel honored, because I can do very bad things to you." An obese guard behind me stated.

Yes, honored. I get to be executed by a fat walrus. They handcuffed our hands and chained our feet, before leading us up the circular staircase, to the world above.

A WILD LINESKIP APEARED!

The sunlight burned my eyes, as I stepped out into the afternoon sun. Camp Half-Blood was littered with craters and most of the beautiful grass was reduced to ashes. I could see other prisoners being led to the executioner's platform, ready to face death, because they fought for their parents. I could see some of the new campers, being taken to a cabin, where I somehow knew, that our enemies would "reeducated them," so that they believe the lies they were told.

I was taken from my observing , when I was shoved forward and I tripped over my own feet, before I fell to the ash covered ground. Once I fell, I felt a hard kick jab itself into my stomach. I groaned in pain, before I was helped to my feet, by Jason and Piper. I glared at my attacker, who was the fat walrus, causing him to grin, before brandishing a whip.

I widened my eyes, before looking away and scampered ahead, trying to get away. I tripped again. Before I could climb to my feet, I felt burning pain race across my back, as a whip tore my back apart, causing crimson blood to fall freely down my back.

"Get up, you pathetic worm!" My attacker growled. I just moaned and remained on the ground, before I felt another wave of pain explode across my back. I clenched my teeth, before stumbling to my feet, where I continued my relentless walk, towards the gallows.

I could see Jason wink at me and I knew that our plan had worked. All of that pain had paid off. Now, we had a way to survive. I could see the looks of despair on other demigod's faces, when they saw us, being pushed along. I gave them a smile of reassurance, which they eagerly shared, before looking onwards, with new hope in their eyes, ready to face death.

My friends and I were led up the executioner's platform, where our heads are were placed into nooses. Our executioner, the fat walrus, stepped forward and stated, "These demigods helped put Gaea back to sleep and killed her sons! They deserve death! Now, we shall give it to them! For Gaea!"

The crowd roared in approval, while I smiled at Jason and Piper, because we knew, that we had done something right. I was ready to put our plan into action and save our home, from these evil people. I would not stop, until everyone single demigod of their filthy rebellion is chased from the town or dead at our feet. After the crowd had quieted down, the executioner placed bags over our heads, before he lined us up and called his buddies up here, so that they would be the ones to kill us, so that he wouldn't have to get his hands bloody. Once his buddies arrived, they positioned themselves behind us, while they waited for the order, which would end our lives.

I began to sweat, as I began to wonder if our plan would work, if it didn't we would die, in one of the most painful ways ever. Suddenly, I was shoved from behind and I fell towards the ground. I knew what was coming; the overwhelming pain and terror, which was accompanied by suffocation. But I never felt it. I didn't feel anything. I knew that I was suspended in the air. I incinerated the bag and noose on my head and neck, before I remained looking forward, waiting for the key, which would help me escape. I looked down and I was delighted to see that I was correct. I was floating in midair, like a superhero.

I looked to my right and saw a key floating in the air, before it unlocked Jason's handcuffs. Two more keys flew through the air and unlocked Piper and I's handcuffs, before we stepped back onto the platform, ready to fight.

Jason and Piper stood behind me, with their fists raised, ready to deal some justice. I stepped forward menacingly and asked "Who's ready to get incinerated?"

Hope you liked the story of how Leo and Co. made it to the forest in the first place. Sorry, but this memory will be in two parts. Hope you enjoyed the gallows, I think it was a cool idea.

Comment and tell me what you like and don't like, about my story, so that I can become a better writer. Please, please review. I haven't had a review in a while. Thanks for your time. I will post again, as soon as I can.

Yours in demigodishness, MakaidosTheFirst