AN: Sorry for the long wait, I've had some personal problems. I'm here now though! Enjoy and feast your eyes on the horror that is my depressing story!
Leo didn't know what to think. Being who he was, people didn't really understand him much. He wished he could go back in time to a few moments ago and fix it.
It had all started with a simple question.
Where was everyone going for Christmas?
Leo sat as his regular table, which he kind of had to. Being forced to sit with your half-sibllings wasn't so bad though. He had no plans of Zeus smiting him today. He also didn't like the power of lightning, it brought pain. Leo would know from all his fights with Jason.
He saw all his friends at their respected tables.
Jason sat with his sister Thalia. She had been with the hunters, who were camping at camp for a while. They seemed to be talking about something important, the way Jason's eyebrows sat and the intense look in his eyes proved his point.
Piper was with her sisters, probably talking about make up or something. He was looking at her when she gave him a weird look. Sure she started off looking weird in the first place, but when she put on that frown it made her look worse.
Percy was sitting at his table with Tyson the friendly cyclops. Sure Leo loved the guy to death, but Tyson wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed. Most likely he was talking about something simple, like Annabeth. Leo had to give it to him though, he could make some awesome armor if he tried.
Annabeth was sitting with her siblings looking over a map. This meant they were either planning for capture the flag, or they wanted to find out where Leo stashed all the candy. His best bet though was the capture the flag theory.
Hazel was trying to get Nico to ride Arion, but she seemed to be losing by the arguing he heard. Nico seemed to hate horses, and the feeling seemed mutual. Nothing living liked to stay close to Nico, that is except campers. Most of the campers even tried to stay away from him most of the time, except for some special cases. Which pretty much meant Percy and his friends.
Clarisse, as evil as she was, seemed to be happy for once. She was talking with her siblings. Not that Leo cared, but he had never seen her not punching someone in the face or yelling. This was a new Clarisse for him.
Ash was sitting at the Hermes table. She had her hair all crazy, making it look like she hadn't brushed it. She was laughing at some joke Travis had made. She turned to look at him and smiled. She always seemed so happy and hyper. That was all fake though, he knew it. She had been a run away as well. As to how many times he wasn't sure. Even though they was dating she was still a mystery to him. One he wanted to solve.
Kara sat at the Demeter table, talking with Katie Gardener about some plant problem or something. As soon as Kara had met Katie they had become best friends. He was happy to see that she was happy and actually had a girl for a friend. He didn't want Ryan and him to be her only friends.
Ryan was probably throwing his guts out over lunch, which Leo could understand. Ryan was a son of Hermes, and Ash's older half-brother.
Breakfast ended and campers started heading to their cabins. All Leo's friends stayed behind, starting chattering about Christmas and their families.
"My mom and Paul are planning to have a quiet Christmas. Since I wasn't here last Christmas they said I could have my ones from last year they bought." Percy said.
"My dad is bringing the twins to New York along with my step mom. He said he didn't want me to travel for some reason. I guess he's afraid Zeus will strike down the plane." Annabeth laughed "That's my dad for you."
"Jason and I were planning to go home." Everyone gave Thalia a weird look. "What mom left it to us. Might as well use it."
"My dad is taking me to his winter house." Piper explained. " He wanted to celebrate with me. It's been a long time since we've spent time together."
"Hades invited us down for some reason." Hazel said suprising all of them. " He said something about way too much cereal."
Everyone else talked about their plans. Kara was going back to her father, who had explained and made up with her a few months ago. Ryan was going to his aunts. She wanted him to go meet his cousins, or whatever they were doing.
Leo just sat there for a minute. Looking down at the floor, feeling his shame. he remembered the time he ran away on Christmas. The time he almost froze in the sewer while everyone else was opening presents.
"Hey Leo! What are you planning to do for Christmas?" Piper asked.
He looked at her angrily. "What do you think I'm doing? Do you think I'm going back to my die-hard aunt who wanted me killed. Sure I'm sure she left me a place at the dinner table. Of course she bought me present and has been waiting for me for eight years! No Piper she's not! If she found me outside her door Christmas morning she would call the police and yell at me like I killed Santa or something. So no Piper I'm not going anywhere!" Leo yelled at her.
Everyone looked at him in shock. It took a lot for Leo to have an outburst. "And where the heck is Frank? Seriously dude, he's the only one who might stay here for Christmas!" Leo continued to rant
"Frank is staying at Camp Jupiter..." Hazel explained.
"I'm staying here for Christmas. It's the only placed I can stay where I can be safe. Plus I don't plan on freezing in a sewer this year." He yelled.
"We were resting, it was safe." Kara tried to explain. "No one found us did they?"
"Oh I see. Merry Christmas you didn't get caught and sent to jail for running away! It's all I ever wanted MOM!" He froze. He had just said mom.
It was silent. No one dared to move. Leo sat up and walked away with only one thing to say. "That's another thing Hera took away from me."
Now there Leo sat, cold and alone. Everyone acted as if he would freak if they came with in feet of him. He was alone, not that he wasn't use to it.
He would be alone again for Christmas.