Happy December 3rd!

I'm sorry to those who wanted longer chapters but writing a chapter a day is really hard and kinda stressful but I really do want to go through with this.

So, unless I just stop revising for my GCSEs and focus on writing this instead, it's going to be relatively short chapters. I really am sorry to those of you who wanted longer ones.

regardless of length, I hope you enjoy it :)

A very Percy Jackson Advent

December 3rd

"When you think about it; this explains why Leo went all quiet when he came back from that Ogygia place," Piper said to Jason as they snuggled by the fireplace in the rec room. "He was in love," she explained upon seeing her boyfriend's confused expression.

The crew had followed Reyna to the top deck the previous morning to find a confused looking girl wearing a practical but beautiful white shirt and jeans with bare feet and long brown hair.

"Calypso!" Leo exclaimed before running up to her and giving her an awkward hug.

"Calypso?" Percy had said at the same time, shock and confusion plain on his face.

"I can't believe it worked!" Leo cried as he gradually became even more hyper than he had been whilst singing Christmas songs. For the first time since Percy and Annabeth had fallen into Tartarous, Leo was truly happy and not just putting on an act to attempt to keep spirits up and the whole crew could sense it.

Again, Percy spoke at the same time as Leo. "I'm so sorry, Calypso, I tried to reason with the gods, I did..." he trailed off as he realised Leo's happy muttering that came out in what can only be described as 'Spanglish ' at the fact that whatever invention he'd built had succeeded in setting Calypso free.

Now everyone sat together in the Rec room as they absorbed the happy atmosphere.

Piper and Jason were snuggled by the fire making s'mores whilst Piper talked about Leo's love life and Jason nodded absently, laughing and agreeing with her every now and then.

Annabeth was spending her time assuring Percy that he'd done nothing wrong and that Calypso clearly didn't have any resentment toward him- at least, any resentment she did have had gone away.

Frank, for reasons known only to himself (and quite possibly Hazel), had turned into a little grey cat with white paws and was climbing the Christmas tree whilst Hazel was doubled over in laughter at him.

Coach hedge was, luckily for Frank, in his cabin. The Satyr was yet to give in to the crew's constant baiting at him to stop being a scrooge and join in their festivities but the old goat refused and locked himself in his room for most of the day.

Leo had spontaneously combusted five times and counting since the moment he'd seen Calypso. Him and Calypso sat in the middle of the Rec room talking about whatever random trivia came to mind. They were both so happy to see each other again.

"You see, I told you I'd keep my promise, Calypso," he told her smugly.

"I'm sorry I ever doubted you," Calypso smiled in reply before launching into a huge speech about the beauty of Jeans opposed to dresses.

Everything seemed to be almost perfect just this once.

Meanwhile, Nico had made himself a fort. None of the others had once made fun of him (Leo might have if he wasn't so distracted) In fact, no one even noticed as the son of Hades assembled himself a fort that made the already dark corner even darker then sat in his dark fort, talking to the dead...

Guest: I honestly don't know if Advent is a Catholic of generally Christian holiday. I'm not either and I celebrate Advent. I think it's more of a social holiday now. Even if you don't believe in god, you can still celebrate it :)

SaberMarine: I'm glad you like it! And you're right, it's not a Percy Jackson story without a bump in the road ;)

Ana-DaughterofHades: I'm glad you think that, Nico is one of my favorite characters so it means a lot that you think I got his characterization right :)

expa: haha, glad you like it and thanks for the review :)

PersassyJackson: advent calendars are still important though! I live for my daily chocolate! I'm glad you like it though, please keep reading!

Guest: awww I'm really happy that I've given you something to look forward to! I'll try my best to be here with a new chapter every day until christmas :)

stickysillyputty: I'm glad you like it and i'm really sorry about the chapter length. It's really hard to update every day; if I made the chapters any longer I'm afraid the quality would go down a lot :/

HaileeStoll0330: YES! christmas spirit is good! Oh, i'm so happy this fic put you in a christmassy mood :) thanks for the review x

Reviews will make me very happy and isn't christmas all about spreading joy?

I'll try and make the chapters a little longer but I make no promises.

see ya tomorrow x