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Chapter 9:

Leo's POV:

After Anneira said goodnight, I went back to the Hephaestus cabin to go to sleep. Honestly, I felt like curling up in a ball and crying, but I needed to sleep. The moment my head hit the pillow, I was out like a light. Unfortunately, I dreamed of Anneira.

In my first dream, we were running through the woods away from some police officers in Virginia. I was panting, but I managed to say "They only saw me, if I let the catch me, you can go." Anneira's eyes blazed, "No, you can't. The foster homes…" I grimaced, "I'll manage, but you have to get out of here!" We stopped running next to a tall tree, "You can climb it and get away!" She looked furious for a moment, but then she kissed me with a fierceness that surprised me. She started up the tree but looked back, "Be careful, Leo." That was the last time I had seen her.

In the next dream, I was back behind the Hermes cabin, watching Andy kiss Anneira. I rushed forward to stop him, but I couldn't get to him. He ran his hand all over her body as she sobbed and begged him to stop. He kissed her more roughly and I heard a voice laughing, this is what will happen if your not careful, Leo. She will be at the mercy of someone, and you will be unable to do anything. She will beg for you to help her, and all you will be able to do is watch. I screamed and pushed harder on the barrier. Everything went black.

I woke the next morning drenched in a cold sweat. I thought about how things had ended with me and Anneira, and I felt a wave of sadness. I pulled on some clean clothes and my pack, and headed outside. Rachel ran up to me and walked with me to the big house were the rest of the group was waiting. Anniera and I sat as far away as possible when your sitting around a tiny table.

Eventually, we came up with a plan. We decided to take 5 of the camps Pegasus and fly to the icy land, which we figured out to be Canada. "Wait, why not the Arctic?" I asked. Autumn sighed, "The arctic isn't actually land, it's and ocean." "Oh, and the northernmost land is in Canada?" I asked. Anneira answered, "Well I had a dream and there was a voice that said Meat me in Canada. I await you." "Alright," I said, "so we go to Canada and somehow find the big three. Fun." Dylan laughed, "Was defeating Geae this hard?" he asked. I groaned, "Not even close."

Soon, we were soaring on our Pegasi through the clouds, heading for Canada. I flew over to Anneira and told her about my rather bad experience with Canada. She nodded, "Do you know any demigods in Canada?" She yelled. "Frank and Hazel might be there." I replied with equal volume. She told me that they would try to contact some of my old friends when they rested.

She looked absolutely stunning on her gray horse with her white hood down and her hair flying everywhere. She reminded me of Annabeth on the ArgoII. Bitting her lip and scowling in concentration.

I guess I must have dosed off, because when I was being shaken awake by Autumn, it was already dark. "Since you slept on the way here, how about your take first watch." I nodded groggily. I sat up and started a campfire to keep us warm. As I stared off into the night, I couldn't help thinking about my dream last night.

What did the voice mean? Would someone try to hurt Anneira? As a pondered the many questions about the dream, I noticed a strange shadow. It seemed to be shifting. I sat up, and peered around. Everything seemed fine, except for the shadow. I got up and crept towards it. Suddenly, a boy with dark hair wearing black jeans and a aviator jacket was launched out of the shadow.

Anneira's POV:

I woke with a start to the sound of Leo's voice, "Who are you?" I looked towards him and saw him pointing his sword at a boy wearing dark clothes, carrying a black sword. "Really Leo?" The boy asked. To my surprise, Leo laughed and dropped his sword, "Sorry Nico, didn't recognize you." I pushed myself up and said, "Umm, sorry to interrupt, but who are you." "Nico DiAngelo, son of Hades." The boy stretched out his hand. I shook it carefully.

"Anyway, why are you here?" Leo asked. "Oh, Chiron sent me to give you an update. They figured out who kidnapped the Big Three." "Who?" I asked. His expression was grim. I read his mind quickly. "Crap." Nico nodded, pretty much sums it up. "Wait, whats going on?" Leo asked. The others had woken up by that point and were watching silently. "Chaos, thats what. He is sending armies all over the world to attack groups of demigods. We're at war at Camp Jupiter." Nico explained.

"Wait, Piper didn't say anything about this." Dylan said. Nico shook his head, "It started right after she left. Jason's super worried about her, so I better go tell him she's fine." I nodded, "Go, we've got to get to Canada."

We continued northwest, towards Canada. When we started flying over water, Leo said, "I thought Canada wasn't across the ocean?" Autumn rolled her eyes, "These are the great lakes, idiot." Leo smiled, "Totally new that." "Now children, don't bicker," Sasha said. We all burst into laughter.

"Umm, guys." Dylan said, "What are those?" Giant eagle like creatures flew towards us. "Griffons!" Leo shouted. The griffons were close to us now, and we swerved to avoid colliding. I fired arrows, Leo shot burst of fire, Sasha threw knives, and Dylan muttered divine words. One of the griffons burst into flames, thanks to Dylan, and another disintegrated, courtesy of Sasha. More took there place, and soon the sky was full of them. I saw Autumn stab one, and Leo lit one on fire, but we didn't seem to do much damage.

"Guys, we have to run!" I yelled. Leo nodded in agreement. "When in doubt, retreat!" We all pushed our winged horses to go as fast as they could. We left the griffons behind us. One, a smaller faster one, caught up with us. It snapped Leo's horses neck, and Leo tumbled into the air