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Leo's Pov
I wake up to find myself free falling through the air…
2 weeks
That's how long it had been since I had gotten a decent amount of sleep. Once again I couldn't fall asleep last night so I crawled out of bed and came up here to the deck. Piper and Percy were switching guard duty,so I passed through the shadows around them so they wouldn't see me.
The night sky was beautiful with a full moon and pockets of stars dotting the sky. It cast a beautiful glow over the place.
Glancing over I looked to see if they were still talking. Their backs were angled away from me and they were conversing in whispered voices. I turned back and started to climb the mast. I pulled myself up and sat on one of the limbs. Relishing the cool morning air against my hot skin.
Closing my eyes I leant back against the wood willing myself to fall asleep.
I wake up to find myself free falling through the air.
I turn myself till I'm in the right position and then expertly(albeit with a slight wobble)conduct an almost perfect front flip accompanied with a forward roll, springing up from the floor almost immediately.
The ship is shaking beneath me. The cause of my unruly awakening. Unconsciously I have a grin on my face in case any of my friends are around. True enough, I look up to find my friends staring at me. Percy and Jason with looks of awe and envy on their faces. Piper and Hazel are a mix between confused and amazed. Frank looks a bit jealous, but like Jason and Percy, slightly in awe. Annabeth is looking at me completely befuddled but with a hint of amazement in her piercing grey eyes.
"What?" Percy and Jason snap out of their shocked state and turn to answer me.
"What?! That's all you have to say! You just flipping fell out of the sky and did this perfect flip, roll thing even though you had just woken up from the looks of it!" Percy exclaims.
It wasn't perfect I mumble but they don't seem to hear me.
Jason adds in , "Then you have the nerve to say what! WHAT...of all things!"
"Um...yeah?" They just stare at me.
"Uh, guys?" They keep staring at me, there jaws flapping like a bunch of fish. Well all of them except for Annabeth. She actually answers me.
"Yes?"
"I think we are under attack." Just to put it bluntly. "The boat's kinda being banged around if you hadn't noticed. So if you guys," I add while looking at the rest of them with emphasis on the word guys because the girls have basically snapped out of it and are actually paying attention. "Could pick your jaws up off the floor we could actually go and fight this monster. Like we are supposed to."
"Uh, y-yeah, yeah, we should p-probably go do that." I struggle to hold back my laughter at Percy's stuttering and out of the corner of my eye I can see Annabeth holding back a grin too.
"Good." I say and head towards the area that appears to be taking the brunt of the attack. Behind me I can hear Percy and Jason still talking about the move I pulled. I roll my eyes and keep walking.
Peering over the edge of the boat I catch a fleeting glimpse of a bluish, grey tail before the rest of the animal/monster disappears under the boat.
I turn to Percy. "He's in your domain but we'll do the best we can to help. I need to check how much damage has been done to the ship. Piper you can try to charmspeak the monster but I don't know if it will be able to hear you. If not, do you think you could give the rest of us strength using charmspeak when we need it." Piper nods and I turn to Jason. "If you can try to aid Percy with lightning if the monster jumps up from the water or you guys could work together to create a storm. Annabeth, if you could help them come up with a plan. Because the gods know they'll probably just jump into the water and try to wing it." Annabeth sighs but nods in compliance. "Hazel just try to harm the monster in any way you can. Use the mist to make illusions too. Frank could you maybe turn into some sea creature and try to harm the monster?" Frank stares but eventually nods.
"Okay, everybody know what they are doing?" I ask them. They all nod and Percy says, "Yes, sir!" I roll my eyes and turn away to check on the boat. Stiffening a bit as Frank says, "Since when did he start giving us orders?"
I shake my head and turn back to the task at hand. Figuring out how much damage has been done to the boat, then fixing it.
It was a sea serpent and thankfully it only succeeded in scratching up the bottom of the boat a bit(okay, maybe a lot). Using some magic I learnt from the Hecate Cabin I enchanted my tools to go down and cover up the scratches on the bottom of the boat. Once that was done I went up to see if I could help patch up any of the wounds they had. Hazel had already tended to that while I was fixing the boat so I went to prepare dinner for the crew.
The sizzling tofu(since Piper doesn't eat meat)smells amazing and I grin as I put together the tacos. Wait till the rest of the seven(and coach) tried this. Jason and Piper have already had them before but they said they were amazing, and no, tacos aren't the only food I can prepare.
Arranging the tacos on a white, ceramic platter I turn to head into the dining room.
I pause outside the door as I hear someone mention my name.
"Leo didn't even do anything. I mean he fixed up a few scratches on the boat and is fixing dinner but he didn't help in the real fight." Frank says and I feel my emotional resolve crumble.
"He did help Frank, I could tell the damage done to the boat was bigger than a few scratches but he didn't want to brag about how much he'd done." At least Hazel stands up for me.
"Guys...the kitchen is silent." Hazel says and I take that as my cue to head out. They look guilty and are probably wondering if I heard them or not. Frank is avoiding my gaze and the rest of them don't really look me in the eye either...they must all agree with him. I set the platter down on the table and for once I don't grin at them. And for the first time in forever my hands are completely still.
I look at them and in a much quieter voice than my usual loud, carefree tone I say, "Here's the food, I hope you like it. It was my mom's recipe...I'm not very hungry, you guys can eat." I turn and leave running to my room as soon as I am out of their line of sight.
I face my mirror. My eyes are dry. I don't feel like crying anymore. Instead I relish the pain the cool blade brings to me as I cut my wrist. I make 6 lines; 5 for the people who didn't speak up for me(this includes coach hedge) and 1 for the person who spoke against me. I don't make a line for Hazel though.
After wrapping a bandage around my bleeding wrist I put on a long sleeve shirt and lay down on my bed. Staring up at the ceiling I realize nobody even bothered to ask me earlier why I had been up in the air in the first place.