Sry it took so long, I was busy, but now that school is over I should have even more time! Enjoy!

By the way, I was thinking that for annabeth, before she found percy, a good song to fit how she was feeling is "taking over me" by evanessence. Look it up!

Chapter 19: Leo

"No, not there! No, no STOP!" Leo shouted, and a son of Vulcan put down the piece of wood he was about to attach to the Argo II. It was the day after they had gotten to the camp, and Lupa had let Leo begin reconstruction on the boat immediately.

"Can't you see that that board won't fit in that space?" Leo asked "Jeez!" They definitely had better builders at Camp Half-Blood.

"Well," the guy sneered, "why should we want to help you? The only reason we're doing this is because Lupa ordered us to!"

"I don't suppose you want us to stay here either do you?" Leo shot back. The guy scowled at him and put the board in the right place.

Thankfully, not too much of the boat had been destroyed. Only the bow, or the front of the ship had been broken when the ship crash-landed. There was also a hole in one of the sails and in the side of the ship where the cannonballs had hit. Mostly, the only thing they had to do was replace the wood. The problem was, they couldn't reuse any of the broken wood, and there weren't too many boards just lying around. Leo had sent a few people into the forest to cut down some wood (with Lupa's permission), since there wasn't a hardware store anywhere close by.

As he turned towards the ship again, Leo suddenly understood what Khione had said about him and Piper being from Camp Half-Blood, and why the Romans would think the Greeks united with the giants, at least if they had lost to her that night at the Wolf House. They had only delayed the problem. He hadn't given Khione that much thought since they returned from the quest, with shipbuilding and training, but he knew now that Khione's plan had depended, and still did, on Legion Camp and Camp Half-Blood being enemies or allies.

After lunch, Lupa ordered Leo and the Vulcan cabin to take a break from repairing the Argo II.

"But we have to leave soon!" Leo protested. "We're running short on time, we need to get to Greece as soon as possible!"

Lupa shook her head. "It is not good to be focused on only one thing at a time. You must train as well, because almost everyone you will meet will want to kill you." she started walking away, then turned back to look at Leo. "I do have your best interests at heart, you know. But I'm afraid you'll have to wait." she walked away.

Great. Leo thought. I work six months on something, and then I'm not even allowed to fix it when it breaks. A nagging voice in the back of his mind continually said, Festus, Festus. Shut up. Leo told it.

When Leo got to the colosseum, he found Mark waiting for him.

"Hey cous" Mark said casually. "You have a weapon? Lupa told me to help you practice."

I don't need anyone to help me! Leo thought. But then he said, "Thanks." He then pulled his hammer out of his tool belt. He had a sword, but right now he wanted to see if these guys got any hammer training.

"No sword or spear or something?" Mark raised his eyebrows. "That's not going to do you much good in a fight. Against monsters or anything."

Leo gritted his teeth. The two were liking each other less and less. "Yeah." Leo said. "I'll stick with this for now." Then he swung the hammer, and Mark jumped out of the way.

Leo used the momentum of the hammer to swing it up and bring it down towards Mark's head, and Mark parried it with his sword, but it was clear that Mark wasn't used to his enemy having such a heavy weapon.

Leo was starting to feel good about himself, pushing Mark farther and farther back towards the bleachers, when Mark turned and ran up the first step, then did a back flip over Leo's head, landing behind him.

"Yeah," he said. "Bet they don't teach that where you come from." Mark swung his sword at Leo, who blocked it with his hammer, but the hammer didn't have the reach of a sword, so he barely managed to push Mark's sword off. Mark jumped back and twisted his sword under Leo's hammer, forcing him to drop it. Mark had won. Or so he thought.

"Where do you stand now?" Mark sneered, pointing his sword at Leo's throat. Leo just smiled and pulled another hammer out of his tool belt. Before Mark realized what was happening, Leo had knocked the sword out of his hands and had his hammer raised above his head.

"I stand," Leo said. "Above your standards."

"I'll get you for this." Mark snarled, then picked up his sword and walked out of the arena. Leo picked up his other hammer and shoved them both back into his tool belt. Mark wasn't the first kid of Ares to not like being beaten.

Reyna

Reyna stared at the colosseum, where Jason and Piper were heading to go practice. Piper had a dagger, but Jason had a borrowed sword. Reyna wondered where he had lost his weapon, a coin that could turn into a sword, a lance, or a bunch of other weapons.

Reyna followed them into the colosseum. She passed Mark on the way, who looked very, very angry, as if he had just been beaten in training. When she got to the colosseum, she saw Jason and Piper talking to Leo. Leo saw her, and Jason and Piper turned around to face her.

"Hey," Reyna said. "Any of you guys want to fight me?"

Piper smirked. "Bring it on." she said, drawing her dagger.

Reyna pulled out her sword, and they started. Reyna made the first move, trying to get under Piper's guard, but Piper deflected her strike with her dagger. Reyna had always preferred a sword, but she had been trained to fight with and against many different weapons. Piper then rolled and tried to stab her side, but Reyna used her blade to stop Piper's stroke. Before Piper came up behind Reyna, Reyna hit Piper's hand with the but of her sword and knocked the knife out of her hand. Reyna had won.

Piper picked up her dagger and backed away. "You fight well." Reyna said. "For a daughter of Venus."

Piper looked outraged. "Excuse me? You think that I'm obsessed with perfume and makeup? Cause I'm not! Don't hold grudges against me or my siblings!"

For a moment, Reyna wanted to do what she said. Then she cleared her head. "Don't you dare try charmspeaking me again." Reyna said coolly, then walked out of the arena. She wished Piper wasn't here. She was just getting in the way! Sure she could charmspeak, but if that was all she could do on the quest, then she was no good! Reyna didn't want to believe that Piper was part of the prophecy.

Thx for reading! Hopefully I'll have the next chapter out soon!