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AFTER EVER AFTER...

The prince and princess were living happily ever after. Everything was perfect, nothing was wrong. But even a fire cannot burn forever, darkness will someday put it out.

"Calypso!" Leo hollered from somewhere below. "Bring me the wrench, would you?" Calypso groaned.

"I am not your slave Valdez!" she responded.

"Please?" begs Leo. "You know you love me?"

"Actually, I know I hate you," mutters Calypso, but grabs the wrench anyway, thumping down the stairs to the garage, where Leo was underneath a chariot.

"Thanks!" he says as he takes the wrench, fixing the last quirk. He jumps to his feet, grinning as he runs his fingers through his curly mass of hair. One year, Calypso still marveled at that simple fact. One year since Leo had rescued her from Ogygia. Their repair shop had been open for almost four months, and it was a booming success.

Somethings cannot stay forever. Nothing last forever. Forever itself is a illusion. Something will always shatter permanence. Until something new comes along and breaks that. So it was with the princess. Her demons and fears came back to haunt her, and nothing the prince could do would drive them away.

A sharp rap on the door pierces the quiet companionship. Calypso opens the door to find Percy Jackson standing outside. She stiffens.

"Hello Percy."

Percy shifts uncomfortably. "Hey Calypso." He tries for a grin, but it falls flat. "Um, there's something wrong with Reyna's shield, and she asked me to bring it to you, so..." he trails off, studying the floor.

For the past year, Calypso had only had contact with Percy twice, and those were in group situations. She tried to avoid the son of Poseidon as much as she could. Calypso knew Percy regretted what he had done, but the sight of him still filled her with burning anger, coals that were reignited at his presence.

"Hey," Percy says. "I'm, um, sorry about what happened." The words ring in Calypso's ears, only to fall flat.

"Right," she retorts. "Because "sorry" makes it all better. Whoops! I forgot all about you, even though you saved my life. Whoops! I left you in exile for what could have been another thousand years! Sorry Calypso!" Percy's eyes flash with anger. Calypso doesn't back down though. It's time Percy knew how she felt.

"But that didn't give you the right to curse Annabeth," he snaps. Calypso is shaking with rage.

"Because it's all about perfect Annabeth isn't it?" she cries. "I'm sick of hearing about Annabeth! If she's sooo important to you than go back to her! Just-GO!"

"Fine!" Percy says, irritated. "I came here to apologize and become friends, but if you don't want to, that's fine! I don't care!" He tosses the shield on the floor. "Send it to Camp Jupiter when it's fixed!" he calls as he stalks off.

The prince tried everything he could think of to cheer the princess up, but nothing worked. One day he found her sobbing her eyes out. Their happily ever after was falling apart as they watched. The prince held the broken princess to his chest.

"Sh, it's alright," he assured her. "Everything will be okay. Just-calm down. Deep breaths." The princess shuddered in his arms as the prince rocked her back and forth, lulling her into a stupor of peace and rest.

Leo cautiously entered the hall. He peaked around the corner, ready to run if an angry Calypso came barreling down the hall. MAN you did not want to make that girl mad! Seeing that the coast was clear, he strode down the hall towards the door, whistling.

He stops dead in his tracks, hearing sobbing.

"Calypso?" he calls hesitantly. "You all right?" Calypso leaned against the wall, tears pouring down her face. Leo felt a surge of rage. Whoever hurt Calypso like that would-hold on a second Valdez, he chides. Calypso is a friend. A. Friend. Nothing more. It's-brotherly protectiveness, he decided. Yeah, he liked that. His heroic and brotherly side that didn't want to see a damsel in distress. The heroic and brotherly hero knelt beside the sobbing girl.

"You okay?" he asks quietly. Calypso glares at him.

"I'm crying in the middle of the hallway," she snaps. "Do you think I'm okay?" Leo shrugs.

"Well, you're beating me up again," he smirks. "I'd say that counts as okay in my book."

The prince held the broken princess to his chest.

"Sh, it's alright," he assured her. "Everything will be okay. Just-calm down. Deep breaths." The princess shuddered in his arms as the prince rocked her back and forth, lulling her into a stupor of peace and rest. The next day the prince rose with a new determination. He was going to get her to smile again. The prince took the princess on a ride, stopping the horses on the edge of a lake.

"Remember?" he asks. She smiles sweetly.

"This is where we first met," she says tenderly. The prince nods.

"This is where you decided to trust me," he says. "Can you trust me again?" The princess nods and begins to speak.

Calypso frowned at Leo, and then, without warning, latched onto Leo, crying into his shoulder.

"What the-" Leo, one of the mighty heroes of Olympus, the greatest son of Hephaestus for generations, who battled giants, was terrified. He gingerly patted Calypso on the back, like a grenade about to explode. Calypso would've laughed if she hadn't been so upset.

"What happened?" Leo asks quietly.

"Percy," Calypso gulps. "I can't-I can't forgive him for what happened. Does that make me a bad person?"

"No," Leo assures her. "That makes you human." Feeling more confident, he hugs her to his chest and fiddles with the end of her braid. "I don't think it's completely unreasonable to hold a grudge."

Things had changed in the the land of Cadellina. The candle was relit, for as long as there's a spark, there is fire. Fire is meant to burn, and nothing, not even blackness, can put it out. It will grow again.

Leo rocked Calypso a little longer before she pulled away.

"Better?"

Calypso nods slightly. "Yes. Thank you Leo."

Leo quirks an eyebrow. "First name basis now? I take back what I said. You're definitely delusional." Calypso punches him.

"Funny. Enjoy it while it lasts."

"Oh, I plan on it!" laughs Leo. "Race you to the kitchen! All this emotional talk is making me seriously hungry!"

"Boys," grumbles Calypso, but she grins and sprints up the stairs, yelling over her shoulder, "-and you are so going to lose!"

AND THEY ALL LIVED WHAT COMES AFTER EVER AFTER!