Hey guys! I said I was going to update all my stories so here I am! I'm sorry for such a long wait! For those of you who were wondering, Aγνo is pronounced agnO.I hope you all enjoy this chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson or Heroes of Olympus. All credit goes to Rick Riordan. I only own my characters. Enjoy!

Theme: The Way That You Do

Mirabella's POV

I woke up just before sunrise, like I always did. I quickly threw on my clothes and brushed my hair out. I tiptoed out of my cabin, past all my siblings, and out into the brisk morning air. I took a deep breath in. I loved mornings. Everything was so peaceful. Like the quiet before the storm.

I made my way over to my special tree that sat on a small cliff overlooking the lake. I came out here every morning to watch the sunrise. It was one of the few times that I actually got some time to myself. It was quiet and serene. Just what I like. But that was completely disturbed.

I heard footsteps coming towards me. I closed my eyes and sighed when I saw who it was. So much for a peaceful morning. "What do you want?" I said, obviously annoyed. The sun started to peek out over the horizon, the tip just barley visible.

"I was just walking by and I saw you," he explained. "Can I sit?"

"I don't know, can you?" I said sarcastically.

"I'll take that as a yes." and he sat down. I looked over at him. One of his legs was up by his chest while the other was stretched out in front of him. His hair hanging just above his face, curly and messy. His features were barley visible in the dim light. I turned my attention back to the rising sun. it had made a little progress, the top mostly visible now.

"So why are you up so early?" he asked.

"Might I ask you the same thing."

"I asked you first."

"I asked you first. What are we six?" He laughed a bit at that. "I couldn't sleep." he explained. "Your turn."

"I always get up early to watch the sunrise."

"Every morning?"

"Every morning."

"You must be crazy."

"I'm not crazy."

"What kind of teenager gets up at, like, five in the morning, just to watch the sunrise."

"Me. I also do it because it's the only time that I get to myself. After this, it's all 'Mira do this. Mira do that. That was horrible. Can you do anything right?! Where were you?!' and blah, blah, blah..." I hugged my knees as I said this.

"Well I guess that makes sense." I laughed a bit as he said that. The sun was now a little less than half way risen. It cast a yellow and orange glow on everything. I looked over at him again. The rising sun cast a slight shadow across his face, and his brown eyes were gleaming. I looked over at the sun again. I sighed a bit. "What?" he asked. "Nothing," I breathed.

Leo's POV

I heard her sigh as we sat and watched the sunrise. "What?" I asked. "Nothing," she breathed out. I looked over at her. The sun set a shadow on the right side of her face. Her warm eyes were glowing like a fire in the light, her brown hair fell over one shoulder.

The sun was more than half way up by now and everything began to stir slightly. Birds started chirping, and the occasional roar of a monster could be heard in the nearby forest. We sat like that for ages until the sun was mostly risen. I heard some campers getting up. She sighed again the stretched her arms out. "Well I guess that was fun while it lasted..." she said half to herself. I yawned a bit and stood up, brushing off some stray leaves. I offered a hand to help her up. She looked at my outstretched hand, then up at me. She then took it, a bit reluctant, and I helped her up. We were a few inches apart, our gazes locked. We stood like that for a moment, not moving or saying anything. She then dropped her gaze and I let go of her hand. She brushed herself off.

"Well," I started sort of awkwardly. " See ya later, Arrow Head." she glared at me for a minute, but then her gaze softened.

"See ya, Metal Mouth." And with that, we went our separate ways.

Mirabella's POV

*later that day*

"C'mon Mira! You can do a whole lot better than that! And you call yourself a daughter of Apollo!" yelled Sarah McKinley, our head counselor. She was the most self-centered, arrogant, blow head ever. Everything she did was perfect and everything we did was always "off".

She was yelling at me because my arrow missed the center by no more than a centimeter. I gritted my teeth, knowing if I said something, it would just make it worse. I just sighed and pulled another arrow out of my belt. I heard her let out a sigh of annoyance. "Honestly, can't you get a real quiver?" she said. I glared at her. Instead of going off on her and starting something, I juts simply said, "No." and turned around. I heard her scoff and stomp away do go annoy somebody else. I just shot my arrow out of pure anger and triumph. It hit the target exact.

"Nice." came a voice. I looked over to where the voice was. It was, of course, Leo.

"What, are you stalking me now?" I asked as I grabbed another arrow and set it up.

"Well hello to you too, Miss Sunshine." he said. I could almost see his eyes roll. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath as I aimed. I let go and the arrow went sailing and pierced the other one. I went to reach for another arrow. "So what's the deal with McKinley?" asked Leo.

"Don't even get me started," I said. "She's the most-" I didn't get a chance to finish because Her Royal Highness herself walked over again.

"Mira, your supposed to be practicing. And you clearly need it." she said gesturing to the target with the three arrows in it. Leo and I both raised our eyebrows at her comment.

"You kidding right? She juts shot an arrow, into another arrow, on the bull's eye." said Leo. We both gestured to the target (a bit overly dramatic if you ask me). Sarah just rolled her eyes.

"Please. Any Apollo kid could do that." she said matter-of-factly. "What are doing here anyways, Valdez. This is an Apollo training session. Not a free-for-all." Leo looked at her with a look that said Are you serious?!. I couldn't help but snicker. "Now run along and go build something." said Sarah, shooing Leo away. He glared her so intensely, I thought she would explode any second now.

"See ya, Mira." And with that, he walked away.

*later that day (again ;) )*

Leo's POV

I was walking around, not knowing what to do. My sword training sessions was canceled due to Mrs. O'Leary almost destroying the arena when she saw Ella the harpy. I started to fiddle with some bolts and screws as I walked. I reached Hestia's Hearth when I tripped and fell over something. I landed face first in the dirt, my foot was resting on something. I looked up and saw Mirabella looking at me. "Uh, you ok, Metal Mouth?" I couldn't help but frown whenever she said that, but it was growing on me. I sat up and brushed myself off and put whatever I was building in my pocket

"Yeah, sorry. I didn't see you there." She hugged her knees and rested her head on them, her brown hair falling over them. Her eyes reflected the fire. In fact, the even looked like the fire. Her gaze was intently set on the fire. She was watching it like it was telling her something. The fire casted shadows even with the sun up. Then I realized something. "Hey, why is the fire lit? And how? It wasn't lit when I walked by earlier." Mira held up her hand. She waved it and fire appeared on her hand like how I did. I stared at her in awe. I thought only Hephaestus kids could do that, and it was still rare. She noticed my shocked expression.

"You think I'm weird now, don't you?" she sighed as she extinguished the flame in her hand. I shook my head. I held up my hand and made fire appear, too. She just looked at like it was nothing.

"Your not shocked?" I asked.

"Nope."

"How can you make fire?"

"Apollo is the sun god. I just connected that."

"Well I-"

"Are a Hephaestus kid with that rare fire power." I just looked at her. She looked over at me. Our eyes met. I felt something flutter. But, it wasn't in my stomach. It was in my...pocket? I reached into my pocket and pulled out what I was working on earlier. It was a small animatron bird. It lifted off my hand and flew off into the sky. We both watched it fly away, then Mira's attention turned back to the fire. I didn't realize what time it was until I heard the horns for dinner. We both stood up at the same time. I smiled at Mira. She smiled back and we walked over to dinner.

I thought someone was behind us when we turned around. I stopped walking, but Mira kept on going. I turned around and I thought I saw a girl with brown hair sitting by the fire. I blinked, and she was gone.

Hope you liked it! I am such a hopeless romantic! Lol hoped you enjoyed! Review, favorite, follow, ask questions, ya know the drill! See ya next time!

~TMDF~