This idea, to do a Leo songfic for White Horse, came from lancewolf6. Shout out to you! It's a great idea, but we couldn't stand to see Leo actually heartbroken... it's too painful to write about. This was the best we could do.
This is what might happen at the end or after BoO, but since I'm not Rick Riordan, I have no idea. (But it's so close! I can't wait, but I'm scared at the same time!) I also don't own White Horse by Taylor Swift.
Calypso tried to stay away from the scrawny mechanic as much as she could. But he was scaring her birds, what with all his banging on metal, so she went over to scold him. At least, that's what she told herself.
As she stomped over, he didn't even notice, he was so into his work. When he finally looked up, she noticed how his hair was shining with sweat, and so was his face. The face of an angel-with a grease stain on one cheek. She mentally slapped herself for that thought. He doesn't have a girlfriend. Calypso mentally slapped herself for that thought, too. She was NOT interested in this scrawny son-of-a-tinker-god.
The more she got to know him, the more she refused to fall in love with him. Sure, he was funny, and good with tools, and he fixed her fountain, and she just wanted to run her fingers through his hair, but she WOULD NOT love him. Nuh-uh.
Then he had to leave. So she kissed him, and he promised to come back. She believed him. Time passed so slowly after that. When would he come back?
The days dragged on. The gods stopped coming to tell her what was going on in the outside world, so she knew the Giant War Leo had talked about must have been escalating. Eventually, she stopped believing that he would come. Leo had been just like all the others.
Then, one day, as Calypso was tending her garden and cursing that son-of-a-grease-god, she saw a ship in the distance. It looked like- no, it couldn't be- it was exactly how Leo had described the Argo II! She ran to the shore, and Leo swept her into a kiss. She never looked back at her beautiful prison.
On the way back, sea monsters attacked the ship of the coast of North Carolina. They tried to fight back, but the ship was damaged and ran aground. They had to go on land the rest of the way, getting attacked repeatedly by monsters. They were almost to Camp Half-Blood when a squadron of dracenae attacked. Leo burst into flames and killed them all, but was left with a gaping slash across his chest. Calypso ran and screamed for help, but the barrier kept her out because she wasn't a demigod. She pounded on it frantically until a camper came running.
Calypso was hysterical. She managed to get out, "Leo... attacked... help..." and the camper, who turned out to be Travis Stoll, ran to get the Apollo kids and Chiron. By the time they reached Leo's wounded body, it looked to be too late. They loaded him gently onto Chiron's back and carried him to the Big House.
Say you're sorry
That face of an angel
Comes out just when you need it to
As I paced back and forth all this time
Cause I honestly believed in you
Calypso paced the waiting room frantically. Leo, her Leo. She had believed in him and he came for her. She regretted ever thinking he was like the others.
Holding on
The days drag on
Stupid girl,
I should have known, I should have known
It had only been about half an hour, but it had felt like days since Leo had gone into the healing room in the basement. Even though Calypso had extensive healing magic, she had none of her plants from her island and Chiron had deemed her too emotionally unstable to help.
That I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairy tale,
I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet,
Lead her up the stairwell
This ain't Hollywood, this is a small town,
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down,
Now it's too late for you and your white horse to come around
She was never a princess. Her father, Atlas, had been evil. He would have forced the weight of the sky upon his own children if the curse allowed him.
Maybe I was naïve,
Got lost in your eyes
And never really had a chance
My mistake, I didn't know to be in love
You had to fight to have the upper hand
She had thought she was in love so many times over the centuries. She had been so naïve, all alone for years, and then a handsome stranger with mysterious eyes would crash land and she would "fall in love." She didn't know what love was, really, until she met Leo.
I had so many dreams
About you and me
Happy endings
Now I know
She had dreamed about all of her "princes" coming back. But Leo was the only one who ever did.
That I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairy tale,
I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet,
Lead her up the stairwell
This ain't Hollywood, this is a small town,
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down,
Now it's too late for you and your white horse to come around
"He really loves you, you know," grumbled someone behind her. Calypso swiveled around, shocked. It was Hephaestus.
And there you are on your knees,
Begging for forgiveness, begging for me
Just like I always wanted but I'm so sorry
He sighed. "Like I told him, I'm not good with human life forms, but even I can tell this. Don't break his heart." Then he left.
Cause I'm not your princess, this ain't a fairytale,
I'm gonna find someone someday who might actually treat me well
This is a big world, that was a small town
There in my rear view mirror disappearing now
And it's too late for you and your white horse
Now it's too late for you and your white horse to catch me now
She'd thought Percy was the one. Funny, sarcastic, gorgeous, but Leo was better. Even though Percy's fatal flaw was loyalty, Leo was the one who had come back for her. Just then, Chiron came out of the healing room.
"He'll recover," said the centaur wearily. "But you'll need to be careful. He's sustained several major injuries, and his nervous system isn't functioning as quickly as usual, but he should be fine." Calypso tried hard to listen, but she lost track. Leo was alive.
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa
Try and catch me now
Oh, it's too late
To catch me now
Leo hobbled out of the healing room on crutches. He looked up at Calypso, and for a frightening moment, there was no sign of recognition in his eyes. She held her breath.
Then he smiled, that mischievous smile that had won her heart, though a little wearier now. She released her fears.
"Hey, princess," he said jokingly. She rushed into his arms and Leo dropped his crutches. He spun Calypso around and kissed her, and she knew that everything would be alright.
I'm so proud of myself for this one! I can't wait for Blood of Olympus to come out- wouldn't it be so weird if this actually happened? I doubt it, though. Uncle Rick will probably kill them all off.
Review, please! Tell me what you think will happen BoO. Do you think Leo will die? What about Percabeth? (Please, Rick, take Octavian instead!)
~Beth