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Chapter 3: Lunch and Interesting Explanations
My day with Leo was great. I sat with him and pretty much just tried to explain math to him for the whole day. Leo, being dyslexic and ADHD, had extreme problems with it. When the bell finally dismissed us to go to lunch, I was beyond ready for it. As I walked to the cafeteria with my friends, I searched their minds and found some interesting things.
Since I can't sense Leo, I skipped him and went to Jackson. I was slightly puzzled since I couldn't read him either. I know I could never read Leo, but it was weird that I only got impressions from both of them. I gave up eventually and switched to Sasha. She was thinking about Dylan, of course. She was really nervous about lunch with him and thinking about how what if he didn't like her, or her friends? Was there anything wrong with her hair, or teeth? I smiled, Sasha was always amusing. I listened closely to Autumn and, to my extreme surprise, she was thinking about Jacob. How brown hair curled over his face, and the way his hazel eyes twinkled when he smiled. Oh my god, I thought, Autumn likes Jackson! Well that was news. As we entered the cafeteria I continued to think about this until we sat down and Leo said "Hey, earth to Annie? Where are you?" "Don't call me that." I snapped.
I checked to make sure that Dylan was a little bit away before I leaned in and said "I was reading your minds." Autumn blushed and thought as loud as she could if you tell anyone I swear I'll I interrupted her mid thought, "Don't worry, my lips are sealed." Jacob sighed, "Well thats just to bad, I really wanted to know why Autumn was blushing." This comment only made her blush more, much to his amusement.
Suddenly, Jacob stopped laughing and I felt waves of terror coming off him. He looked at Leo and said quietly, "It's here, Leo." Leo stood up and looked around. I had absolutely no idea what was going on, but before I could ask, the dogs jumped through the doors and bounded strait for our table.
Ok, so the dog was more like a giant hound the size of a garbage truck than a dog. They would have ran right into us if it hadn't been for Leo. He and Jacob pushed us out of the way.
"Jacob, can you keep them busy?" Leo shouted over the screams of various students. "Of course." He said back. Then, to the extreme surprise of everyone paying attention, Jacob took of his pants.
"Jacob, what are you….holy crap!" I exclaimed when I saw the thick layer of fur covering Jacob's donkey legs. Leo rapped his hand around my wrist and dragged me out of the way of a burning table that Jacob accidentally kicked towards us.
"Leo," I squeaked, "What in the world is going on!" We crawled around to where Sasha and Dylan were cowering. "Its a very long story." Leo explained. "But you have to trust me."
"Umm, well I haven't seen you in 5 years, but there are these crazy dog things attacking me right now, so I guess I don't have a choice!" "Good," he replied, "but first we've got to get you guys out of here. Where are those girls you were arguing with earlier?"
"We are right here, and what the hell is going on?" Kelly screamed. Leo just dragged her and Alyson down with us.
"Okay", Leo whispered to us, and Autumn, who had somehow gotten over here, "Jacob and I are going to distract the hellhounds." "The what?" I asked. "Hell hounds. Big dogs from the underworld. Anyway, you guys have to get out to the white strawberry van in the parking lot. We'll meet you there in about 5 minutes."
"Sounds great to me." I mumbled sarcastically. Leo's hands burst into flame and he jumped over the table towards the big dog things. I dragged Autumn and Sasha, who was holding Dylan's hand, so I ended up dragging him, out of the cafeteria and into the parking lot. We sprinted towards the big white van, Kelly and Alyson following us, screaming.
Leo and Jacob burst through the wall of the school and sprinted toward the van. Jacob got in the drivers seat, and Leo hopped in the back with me.
"Go!" He shouted. The hellhounds were close behind us.
"Leo, explain. Now." I shouted. "Its complicated, but basically, we are all children of gods, making us demigods.
"Thats completely ridiculous. And totally impossible. Let us out right now," Kelly said in her snotty voice.
"Then explain the giant dog." Jacob said. "Fine," I said, making a calming gesture with my hands, "I believe you, Leo, but where are we going?" "Camp half blood of course. One of the two safe places for half bloods . We should be there…" Leo got interrupted by our car being flung into the hill next to us.
Spots danced before my eyes, and I felt a blinding plain in my wrist. I think I screamed, but I'm not sure. Then, everything went black.
When I woke up, Leo was carrying me up a hill. Jacob was helping Autumn limp on a twisted ankle. Dylan, Sasha, and Kelly were at the top of the hill, helping a half conscious Alyson down the other side.
Jacob got to the pine tree that looked like it was encircled by a dragon, and put Autumn down.
Jacob called down to us, "Leo, hurry up! They're right behind you!" Leo set me down and told me to get up the hill. He turned around and lit up his hands. The dogs backed up a little, but one leaped forward and snapped at him. He shot a bolt of fire at the dog, but it dodged. This strange dance continued for a while, but eventually, one of the hellhounds got a lucky shot a bit Leo's shoulder. I was crawling up the hill when I heard him scream. He collapsed, blood gushing from the wound.
I couldn't stand to see him like that, the dogs circling him like voultuers. I stood shakily, and stumbled down the hill. I could feel my hands tingle as the got colder and colder, slowly turning to ice. I shot a burst of ice at one of the dogs, freezing him into a houndsicle. The other one backed up slowly, before turning a running of.
Suddenly, I got really dizzy, and felt my self collapse next to Leo. I reached out slowly and placed my hand on top of his, just to make sure he was actually there. Slowly, the world faded away.