Greetings everyone! So no one responded to the question I asked in the last author's note and that made me sad. The good part of me was like "It's okay, they still love you" but the bad part of me was like "NOW I'M UPSET AND NEED TO DROWN MY SORROWS IN CHOCOLATE AND PERCY JACKSON!" it was a dark day in my head.

So if you guys could review *hint hint* that would be supermegafoxyawesomehot (for those Very Potter Musical fans like me).

Disclaimer: I do not own any characters mentioned in this story excluding Perry. All other characters aside from Perry belong to Rick Riordan.

And so, WE SHALL TRAVEL FURTHER INTO OUR ADVENTURE! (i'm running out of ideas)

Perry's POV

The "Supreme Commander of the Argo II," or Leo, as I heard the others call him, lead me up the stares and to the deck and started our tour. "I hope he didn't notice me staring," I think. "It's not my fault I think he's cute."

Shut up, brain. Don't be worried. He's just a boy. Try to make conversation. Okay, what is a normal thing to say. We've already walked pretty far away from the stairs. Shit, did I wait too long to start talking? Why won't my voice work?! Just act normal!

"So, you didn't think I was real?" I ask casually. Nailed it.

Leo glanced behind his shoulder to look at me. "Huh? Oh, that," he says looking forward again. "Well, you see I've kinda been staying in my control room for the past... maybe a week. Everyone's been trying to get me out for a while so when Mr. Zombie told me you were brought in by Piper, Hazel, and Frank, I thought he was making it up."

"Why didn't you want to leave your control room?" I ask.

He shoves his hands in his pockets and stops walking. He stops so abruptly, I nearly bump into him. Leo stares off the side of the ship for a while, in a daze. I can tell he's thinking about something, but I don't know what.

"Leo?" I poke his shoulder. He blinks a few times and then looks over to me. "I'm sorry, what?" he says a bit confused.

"I asked why you didn't want to leave your control room," I repeat. "And what were you looking at?" I look over the side of the boat too. All I see is the city of Rome. The old buildings, the new buildings, and... a destroyed parking lot. That's interesting.

I look back at Leo. He's nervously fiddling with some pieces of scrap metal. "Uh," he looks around. "Oh, look! A convenient excuse to leave those questions unanswered!" He starts to walk, a little quickly might I add, to the front of the boat.

At the front of the boat there is a huge, gold statue of a dragon's neck and head. It's teeth are sharp, it's eyes are glowing red and it's skin reflects the sun. The detail on it is so amazing it looks almost alive. I star in awe. "Did you build this too?" I ask, taking in all of the details of the beautiful piece of art.

"What? No. This is Festus," Leo states, almost laughing. What's so funny?

"You named a statue?" I look at him. Just before he could answer I hear a creaking noise. I jump back when Festus turns to me and starts making a clicking noise. "He says he's better than a statue," Leo says smartly.

"It can talk? You can talk to it?" I say looking between Leo and Festus. "That is so cool!" A huge smile forms on my face.

Leo chuckles. "C'mon. I still need to show you the control room."

Leo's POV

Perry nods her head eagerly. I gesture for her to follow me and start walking. Then she says something that surprises me.

"So, I heard that you can catch on fire," I hear her voice behind me. I stop. "How does she know? Who told her?" I think in a panic. I don't even notice that she walked ahead of me until she's halfway to the control room. I sprint to catch up with her.

"How did you know that?" I step in front of her. She smirks at me. "I learned about it this morning. I know everything about everyone."

"Everything?" I ask. She nods proudly. "Even about Hazel's mom? And Jason's memory? And Frank's stick?"

Her face turns a little red. "Frank's what?"

I feel my face get a little warm too. "Please don't catch fire. Please don't catch fire," my brain pleads. When I don't smell smoke, I take that as a sign to go on. "Not like that. You see, Frank has this... actually he should probably tell you," I decide. Perry nods like she understands.

I shift nervously and try not to look into her eyes. Her gorgeous, black eyes. I know what your thinking. Leo, aren't you a ladies man? Well, ever since Percy and Annabeth's fall, I haven't been myself. And I still kinda have a thing for Hazel.

"So if you know everything, then," I gulp. "Do you know what happened to Percy and Annabeth?"

She raises and eyebrow. "Who?"

A wave of relief floods over me and I start to regain my cool. "Oh, never mind. Hey, why don't I show you the control room now," I get behind her and steer her toward the door. I put my hand on the knob and say "Behold! The Leo-cave" before I dramatically open the door. Perry steps inside and looks around.

"Wow, there are a lot of buttons," she nods.

"That there are. I take pride in my button collection," I say pretending to polish a big blue one that says "5 Left Oar." Perry laughs and I smile at her. And for a moment, we just stay in a comfortable silence. She looks like she doesn't have a care in the world.

I hear a knock at the door and shout in a deep voice "Enter at your own risk!" Hazel's head pops out from behind the door and I feel my heart do a back flip.

"I thought I would find you guys in here," she says, more directed at me than Perry. "Perry, if you're hungry, you can come down below deck and we can show you how we use our plates."

Perry nods and Hazel closes the door. I look over and Perry is staring at me. At first I thought she was expecting me to say something. But then she got a knowing look that made me feel uncomfortable. "What?" I finally ask.

"You like Hazel, don't you?" she says slyly.

I feel my finger ignite. I quickly hide them behind my back so Perry can' tell I'm embarrassed. "What? No! She's with Frank anyway. So even if I did like her, hypothetically speaking, she is off-limits."

"Okay, sure," she says sarcastically. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I was promised a meal." She leaves without another word.

A/N: Who wants to hear a story?!

So I was just sitting there, writing this chapter when suddenly my dad, Apollo, comes out of no where. He said, "You are not allowed to update until you get more reviews."

And I can't disobey my dad, can I? Or else Gaea will win. (stares off dramatically)

So review, or else I can't update.

Repeating question: Am I getting Nico and Leo right? I feel like Nico isn't Nico-y enough and Leo isn't funny enough.

Ciao!