𝙼𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚒𝚊 (𝙇𝙚𝙤 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙯 𝙓 𝙊𝙘)

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Elena could tell Jason didn't want to leave Leo, after all those two were friends. She wondered if he didn't mind leaving her behind. Why would he? We've known each other for all of a day. It didn't matter that Leo and Jason's relationship was a trick of the mist, they still were better friends with each other than Elena.

Leo sat on the floor as he began fiddling around. Zethes and Cal sat separately from them in silence. Pretty soon Elena got bored and cold.

"You have beautiful wings Zethes, Cal," she said.

"Miss Elena flatters us," Zethes said with his terrible French accent.

"I speak the truth, what do you do to keep them so soft? My wings hardly ever stay smooth after long distances." She said, her wings magically sprouting from behind her.

"Dark. Big. Pretty," Cal said, staring at her wings.

"You are correct Cal, for once you said something remotely smart. Miss Elena, your wings are beautiful and godly,are you sure you are not a goddess? They must be magic, looking at them is like staring into the soul of the universe. Also, the secret to having effortless wings is to use them regularly, I sense you show restraint in using your wings. The more you use them, the softer they become." Zethes said smiling,"May I stroke your feathers?"

"You may," Elena said spreading her wings, letting someone touch her wings was quite nerve-wracking but she thought they respected her enough, "Thank you for the advice"

"May I take a feather?" Zethes asked admiring her wings, there wasn't any flirting (surprisingly),just pure admiration, "If you allow me to, that is."

Elena looked at her wings trying to find a suitable feather to give him, "May I have one of yours? Zethes? Cal?". The Boreads looked honoured to be given a feather and to be asked for one. As they exchanged feathers, Leo looked between them.

"Can I have a feather?" He asked Elena cheekily, "They look beautiful."

Elena's cheeks burst with colour as she searched for one. Finally she picked a small delicate one that shone brightly in the icy light. The hues shifted from violet to pink to blue. Her wings were one of the things she disliked, they were too big and ugly . Seeing Leo hold her feather made her wonder if they were really so bad. He searched for something in his tool belt and within seconds, the feather hung on a cord necklace that Leo placed on his neck. The colours shone purple then blue finally shifting to a raging pink, pink as her face.

Elena wondered where her bag was as she looked for something to give to her new friends the Boreads. "Leo, have you seen my bag?" she asked, fumbling around.

"It's here Ellie. Why do you need it?"

"I have some pizza in there."

"You have a box of pizza in there?"

"Well. Yeah. Lou Ellen enchanted it to fit and give everything I could need in there. Kinda like your tool belt. Just small things though. Pass it over. I'm hungry and I know Cal likes pizza."

Leo looked confused but nevertheless handed her backpack over. She pulled out a box of fresh hot pizza that the quartet ate happily, especially Cal.

"Pizza." he muttered happily.

"The lady is as generous as she is beautiful it seems." Zethes said flirting with Elena. She was flattered but she didn't really care, Zethes wasn't the person she wanted attention from.

"Leo. Umm... don't you think they've been up there for a while now?" Just as she said this, Piper and Jason came down the steps. From the corner of her eye she noticed that Leo's eyes followed Khione. Leo started combing his hair back with his hands. Oh... He likes her.