*Kay so we're gonna just fast forward to the part where Jason, Piper, and Leo are flying away from Medea's store. The next few chapters will be in different POVs*
Leo Valdez
I kept looking back every second, worried that the sun dragons would sneak up and ambush us.
This quest was getting really crazy. As if it wasn't already crazy before. But at least none of us were dead, yet. Back there in Medea's store, I had almost killed my best friend. Medea used her charmspeak to convince Jason and I to fight, and we'd said some pretty harsh stuff about each other back there.
As we flew away, my eyes got heavy.
Piper was completely silent behind me. Jason told me to sleep, and I protested even though sleep sounded good now. Eventually, I gave in and Jason took the reigns and I drifted off to sleep. My dream started off hazy and all I could make out was a huge blob. Then the dream got a little clearer and I realized it was a person; a very ugly person.
As we started talking, I found out that this ugly loser was my dad. I felt angry that now, all of sudden, he wanted to talk to me. Then I found out that he had always wanted to talk to me, and that he was always watching over me. He told me about the giants and that their uprising would be bad.
"How bad," I'd asked.
He grunted and said, "Really bad. That's why you and the other six must stop them. But there will be a little err, problem along the way. This problem will be something surprising. But when you find out, please believe me that it wasn't her fault. She didn't want this either."
I gave him a confused look, but he just looked away, his expression distant and sad.
"Who is 'her' and what is this 'little problem'," I asked.
Hephaestus looked at me like he shouldn't have said something. Then he attempted to change the subject. But as he'd said, he was bad with people. He'd started chatting to me about Lydia, and my face burned. "Yupp, that girl's a real keeper. Just watch out for her; she's really… unpredictable. Yet, she's a lovely girl, just like her mother. But I think you already know that boy," he said, winking. I was sure that my face would begin melting off now. I thought back to that night when she'd found me in the woods and I'd gotten a boner from her. I hoped that my dad wasn't reading my mind, because I'm sure he'd burn me to death for the things I was thinking.
The dream switched to Wheel of Fortune and Hephaestus cursed.
He said that he couldn't talk anymore, because Zeus was getting suspicious. Then he'd said something else, but the dream got all staticy and faded. Then I woke up, and I was falling, for the second time.