Leo wandered around Camp, deep in thought. Chiron's three thousand, seven hundred and twenty first birthday was just round the corner and Leo wanted to do something special for him – something un-Leo. But he didn't know what to do. All he could think of was making something amazing with a few metal scraps he'd stored in his forge. But that wasn't un-Leo – that was completely and utterly Leo. Suddenly an idea hit him so greatly he thought it was Clarisse hitting him for a second. He would bake Chiron a cake! That was the most un-Leo thing ever!
So he ran to the Camp kitchen and got down to work. He started off by separating the eggs and beating them with a little too much flour. Then he mixed in a LOT of sugar, too much baking powder (because he wanted the cake to be HUGE) and cocoa – because chocolate was a necessity. The "batter" was now ready and Leo put one finger in and licked it. "Hmm," he said to himself. "It's a little too sweet…but no problem! Nothing in the world a little salt can't cure!"
And so he started to sprinkle in a little salt, but got a little carried away only to see a few minutes later, that the previously full salt sprinkler was now empty. "Oops! But how much harm can a little salt do?"
And so he went on to think what else the cake needed. "Ooooh! Horses love carrots and apples. And Chiron is half horse. BUT! Hazel's horse loves gold!" and for the next few minutes he tried to decide what to put in – carrots and apples or gold. Ultimately, Leo picked up a few carrots and apples, chopped them up and mixed them into the batter and then ran to his forge, got a few scraps of gold, melted them and then put the molten gold into the batter too.
Finally, he put the cake into the oven and thirty minutes later, he brought a HUGE (due to the excess baking powder) and deformed cake out of the oven, clearly happy with it and decided that it needed to be decorated. So he poured chocolate syrup upon it and sprinkled a whole packet of chocolate chips on it.
When Chiron's birthday arrived, Leo presented him with his cake early in the morning. Chiron looked utterly pleased with him and when Leo asked him to taste it, the two of them sat down across each other (well, technically, Chiron was standing because he was in horse form) in the Big House. Chiron cut a piece of the cake and took a huge bite from it. He made a gagging sound as the taste of the hideous cake tainted his taste buds for life. But just for Leo's sake, he swallowed the bite and tried to put on a smile. Suddenly his face turned red and he started to find his way to the bathroom.
"Excuse me," Chiron said. "But I think I have diarrhea." And he galloped away to the bathroom.
The next second, Dionysus entered the room and sighed, "Oh, Leen!"
Leo then sighed, "Leo!"