Oh, how I love cliffys. Anyway, read on!

Chapter 10

Leo's POV:

I fell, screaming toward the frozen lake bellow me. I watched as Anneira jumped of her horse and dived towards me, melting the ice in the process. She wrapped her arms around my waist and pulled me close, angling us so our feet would hit the now melted water first. I braced myself for the cold. It wasn't as bad as it would have been for a normal human, but I was still shocked by the change in temperature. I struggled desperately towards the surface, but I just seemed to sink deeper.

The water was getting darker, and my lungs burned for air. Just when I thought I was going to pass out, a pale hand grabbed my own and pulled me out of the water and onto the ice. I coughed and shivered, but I was alive. Annneira leaned over me, "Oh my gods Leo, I'm so sorry!" "Sorry?" I spluttered, "You saved my life, don't be sorry!" She laughed and tackled me in a hug.

She pulled back quickly and stood, awkwardly helping me up. She whistled and her pegasus swooped down towards us. "Wheres everyone else?" I asked. "I think they made it to the mainland." She said. She pulled herself on, and I climbed up behind her. I hesitated, but then wrapped my arms around her waist as she took off.

We flew in silence. Eventually, we made it to the land, where we were greeted by our friends. Sasha laughed, and pulled me into a quick hug, but pulled back quickly and hugged Anneira. Dylan smiled at me, but there was a silent warning in his eyes, telling me to stay away from her. I nodded in response, its not like I was interested in her. The Pegasus whinnied in nervousness.

"They can't go any farther north." Anneira said. We said goodbye to our 4 remaining pegasus. Dylan and Sasha volunteered to take first watch while the rest of us slept. I wasn't at all tired, but I lay in my sleeping bag and listened to their conversation.

"Sasha, can I ask you a question?" Dylan asked. "Sure." she responded. "Why do you like me, I mean, there's nothing special about me." "Hey," Sasha took his face in her hands, "you're kind, and you care about how I feel. You don't just want me because I'm pretty, you just like me for me." She kissed him softly. He smiled, "You. are the best. Girlfriend. Ever."

After that, I fell asleep. I slept restlessly, and kept dreaming the same dream from the night before over and over. When I finally woke up, it was just sunrise. Autumn and Anneira were talking quietly. I joined them, and Anneira told us about the dream she had last night.

"I was in this giant castle like building, and I was talking to this girl, she was in her own personal blizzard. I asked her were I was, and she told me Leo would know," for some reason she looked at me and blushed, "and to tell him that Khione awaits him." "Oh shit." I said. "Whats wrong," Autumn asked. "Well, Khione is kinda the snow goddess, and she hates my guts." I explained.

"Thats weird, why does she hate you?" Anneira asked. "Well, it might have something to do with the fact that I set an angry goddess on her and called her hot, which is very insulting for a snow goddess." Anneira glared at me. "Well thats great, Leo." she snapped. Great, now she was mad. I wanted to explain to Anneira that I had been different back then, and she was so much more beautiful that Khione ever hoped to be, but I didn't.

"Anyway," Sasha said, she and Dylan had joined us, "Where is this mysterious castle?" "Its in Quebec. It's the home of Boreas." Anneira nodded, "Percy told me about him." "Okay, so we go to Quebec, and free the big three. Simple." I said.

"No, Leo," Anneira snapped, "we also have to try to stop Khione and her army. I think that we should split into teams. The prophecy suggests that Autumn and Sasha go to free the Big Three, and the rest of us try to stop chaos." "Do you really think we should split up?" I asked. "It will get the job done faster, and Camp Jupiter is under attack." She explained.

After we'd packed up our camp, we started towards Quebec. Dylan did a spell on a rock so it hovered over his hand and pointed towards Quebec. After what felt like years of walking, we came to a small town. We managed to get an old truck from a man selling it for $80. I was very happy that Anneira remembered to bring money. I offered to drive, and Anneira sat up front with me.

She was very quiet at first, and spent almost the whole 4 hours it took us to drive to the train station staring out the window. We got a sleeping compartment on the train, and ended up sleeping almost all the way to Quebec.

I woke up to the sound of the conductor announcing we were 15 minutes away from the station. I looked over at Anneira, and she met my eyes, smiling slightly. I reached out and squeezed her hand quickly, then let go. She smiled slightly, but looked away. I felt terrible, I kept doing that. I would do something like take her hand, our smile at her, and then I'd remember our promise to wait, and stop. She always looked so hurt.

The train finally pulled to a stop in front of the station and we stepped of, into the city of Quebec.

Sorry, I got a little lazy with this chapter, so I kinda skipped the whole trip to Quebec. Also, there were no monster attacks or anything. Don't worry, there will be soon