Okay, so here's chapter 2. Just a request: If you notice any mistakes throughout this story, put it in a review or a PM and I'll fix it as soon as I can.
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Percy POV
When I opened my eyes on Olympus, at first all I saw was a head full of curly blonde hair. At some point during the teleportation Annabeth had wound up in my arms again. Not that I was complaining. On impulse, I pressed a quick kiss into her hair. When she turned, I gave her my signature smirk and turned to find our friends.
Jason and Piper were taking in the splendor of the city in the clouds. Hazel was attempting to not be sick, and Frank was doing his best to comfort her while Leo absentmindedly fiddled with some sort of device he had pulled out of his tool belt. Was that an astrolabe? Something about Leo's melancholy appearance prompted me to walk over to him. Wow. I used the word melancholy. Annabeth must be rubbing off on me. I wonder wh—Percy. Focus. Leo.
When Leo saw me he put the unfinished tool back into his tool belt and grinned, I guess he was trying to act naturally. I noticed that the smile didn't quite reach his eyes though.
"What's up Leo?" After the words left my mouth I realized how lame they were. We just finished a war and now we're in the city of the gods. What else would be up?
"Not much Aquaman. How are ya?" Leo replied.
"Oh, you know. Same old, same old. Was that an astrolabe I saw?"
Leo seemed shocked that I had noticed his project and paused, probably to decide whether to tell me about it or not. "Yeah, it was. I'm trying to fix it so that…" he trailed off.
"So that what? Why do you need an astrolabe if you have Festus for a navigation system?" I prompted.
Leo seemed to make the decision to tell me what it was for, and his normally cheerful eyes hardened a little. "So I can return someplace magical."
All at once the story that Piper had told me about his disappearance clicked into place. "Ogygia." I breathed. But that didn't make any sense… I had made the gods promise to release Calypso at the end of the second Titan war.
Leo looked like he had been slapped. "How did you know? I haven't told anyone about…" he looked down, "her."
"Piper told me the story about when you disappeared, and all of a sudden it made sense. What happened? I told the gods to release her!" I muttered.
Leo didn't get a chance to reply before Zeus called out to all of the demigods.
"Heroes! If you need medical attention, please go to the Apollo tent over there." He pointed to the "tent" that was the size of the Big House back at camp. "But first, we would like the Seven, Renya, and Nico to come to the throne room for a council in five minutes." Zeus flashed out with a crackle of thunder.
"I don't know. I just landed on the island and she was there. Maybe we can ask them about her in the council." Leo finally replied.
I nodded to him and walked back towards Annabeth who was talking with Piper.
"- and I designed that temple for Hestia right over there…" Annabeth pointed to a building several yards away from us, "I was planning to do one for Artemis next to it but…" She trailed off disappointedly.
When I reached them, I slipped my hand into Annabeth's and pulled her in the direction of the throne room. "Come on, Wise Girl. You can tell Piper more about Olympus later." I squared my shoulders towards our destination at the top of the hill. "But first, we have a council to attend."
