NICO
The Hades cabin was definitely not the place to be at Christmas. The only decoration he had put up was the advent calendar on the door. As he sat eating the chocolate that came with number 21, he thought about what he would do on christmas, the more he thought about it, the less excited he got, . A few months ago, when he could focus on the good stuff like giving and recieving gifts, he would have been behaving like a child, but now, he thought about getting gifts from an immortal - and those always had strings attached.
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LEO
What to get? What to get? What to get?
Three days to go and Leo's unorganized self still hadn't thought of a gift for any of his friends. Percy and he were pretty much exact opposites - you don't usually mix water and fire - but he had to get his royal highness prince sassy something. Annabeth scared him, if he didn't get her anything, she would kill him and if he got her the wrong thing, she would kill him. Hazel was sweet and he wanted to give her something nice, but he didn't want Frank getting the wrong idea. Speaking of Frank, what could Leo get for the supper powerful guy who could turn into a dragon. And then there was his two closest friends, Jason and Piper, what in hades could he get for them? Neither of them appreciated his sense of total fabulousness. And then there was Nico, the guy who had never celebrated christmas before, Leo wanted to reach out and hug Nico for that, but he had a reputation to uphold.
None of his friends appreciated his shopping ability, but they did appreciate his craftsmanship. A lightbulb flicked on in his head and he ran headlong through the woods to bunker 9.
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FRANK
Frank hated Jason, the guy hadn't even listened to his complaints about turning into a flying red nosed reindeer. "I can only do animals I know and understand."
"Come on Frank, Its for Nico."
"I don't even like Nico."
"Please Frank." This time it was Piper, that girl had the audacity to use charmspeak on a praetor of Rome.
So here he was unable to refuse Pipers charmspeak, trying to turn into a flying red nosed reindeer. "This is impossible" he said to no one in particular.
"Only if you believe it is" came Hazel's voice from the doorway. "You say you can only do animals you know well and yet you managed to turn into a dragon, an animal you've never even seen before." Hazel was right, he didn't have to know the animal well, it just helped. He turned to the mirror again, closed his eyes and pictured a flying red nosed reindeer. When his eyes opened again, it wasn't Frank staring back at him.