•~~~~~•~~~~~• Leo •~~~~~•~~~~~•
Leo was hoping that Allie wasn't a child of Hephaestus. She was seriously cute. She wasn't buff like most Hephaestus girls, and she actually had a sense of humor.
"Where did that fire come from in your hand? You saved my life!" She said.
"Some Hephaestus kids can summon fire. It only happens like, once every thousand years and I got it 'cause Hephaestus thinks I'm awesome."
She let out a little laugh.
"What? You don't think I'm awesome?"
"How could I not think you're awesome? You built this huge ship, and it flies! Did you call it Festus?"
"Well, the ship is called the Argo II, and the dragon head is Festus. He can control the ship when I'm not. He used to be a huge dragon, but only his head survived. It's kinda a long story."
He must have looked sad, because she patted him on the back and said, "he really brings the ship together!"
"Literally, we wouldn't be able to function without him. He's like the ships brain."
"So about the other campers…?"
He thought for a second about how he could explain it. "Well, their names are Percy and Annabeth. They where dating. At the beginning of this whole thing, Jason lost his memory and he appeared in a wilderness school that he, Piper and I thought we attended together. We had fake memories of him, which was a trick of the mist."
"I feel kinda stupid asking this, but what's the mist?"
Right, Leo thought. She's new. "Oh sorry. Most beginners don't know what it is. It's the magic that keeps mortals from seeing monsters and demigod stuff. ok so back to the story. Hera, the queen of the gods, took his and Percy's memory. Jason and Piper and me had to go on a quest to save Hera from Gaea, who is like an evil Mother Earth. She has been asleep like, forever. On that quest, Festus crashed and only his head survived.
"After we got back from that quest, I had to build this flying ship so Annabeth, Piper, Jason, and I could go save Percy from the Roman camp. The Romans are apparently our enemies now, 'cause they are going to attack Camp Half-Blood now. Hazel and Frank came too, because they where part of the quest and they also became BFFs with Percy or something.
"After all that happened, we found out that Nico was kidnapped by two evil giants who dressed really stupidly. Annabeth had to go on her own quest for her mother, Athena, while we fought the giants. Annabeth had to get a statue of her mother, which we have here." They walked into the stables where the Athena statue was tied in. Leo had to take one of the glass doors off so she could fit.
"Whoa," is all Allie said.
"I know. Anyway, this statue keeps Athena connected to her Greek self. You know about the myth about Arachne?"
"Yeah."
"Well she still exists, like the gods. she's like a huge spider-lady. Anyway, she still holds a grudge about Athena turning her into a spider, so she stole this statue a long time ago. She also sends her spider kids after all children of Athena."
"I feel bad for children of Athena."
"Yeah, And she sent the giants that we fought to kidnap Nico, which was a trap. We had to rescue Hazel's brother though. They are both children of Hades, or Pluto, whatever. Annabeth is the only child of Athena who actually got to the statue. She tricked Arachne into unwrapping the statue from her webs, and making her own trap. The floor of Arachne's fortress or wherever you want to call it led to Tartarus. Do you know what that is?"
She nodded.
"Good 'cause I don't know how to explain it. Anyway, the floor cracked and Arachne fell into Tartarus. She caught a web on Annabeths foot. Percy tried to save Annabeth, but they both fell. Now, we are on our way to save them at the Doors of Death, which have been open for… a while. That's why that hellhound didn't die when we killed it."
She was silent for a while. Leo wondered if she would pass out or something, but she finally said, "ok. This is too much. I randomly drop into Serbia, I find out that I'm a demigod, and now I'm on a flying ship going to Tartarus. I sound like I'm insane."
"I'm already insane, so it's ok!"
She smirked. "I'm pretty crazy already too."
Leo realized that they where standing really close. His palms where sweating. "Uh… should we continue the tour?"
"Sure." She stepped out of the stables and tripped over the stairs. She almost fell strait through the hole. She grabbed for Leo and he caught around her waist, so it probably looked like in a cheesy movie right before the characters kiss. Then, Frank walked in. His eyes widened and he looked away awkwardly.
Leo let her stand.
"Uh… they told me to get you." Frank said, looking over a little. "We need to have a meeting."
