The amount of detail that went into the Argo II was outstanding really. From that dragon head on the front, to all the magic oars taking us through the sky. It was a good thing I wasn't afraid of heights since we were practically just below cloud level.
"Is nobody worried about mortals seeing this?" I asked peeking over the railing, everything below was so tiny and the scenery from up here was cool.
"Nah mortals don't see much, due to the mist. Sometimes there is one that manages to see our world how it is. That's how we found Rachel," Leo states as it was just the two of us. It seems my brother and his boyfriend were m.i.a, most likely having alone time.
"I'm still shocked they let us leave without at least someone to watch over us. Like a guardian so we stay safe," I state looking over at the sarcastic boy with a raised brow.
"Relax, by the amount of things Nico, Will and I have done, along with our friends to save the world. I'd say we were pros at being the gods pawns in their sick twisted games," he replied placing a hand on my shoulder, a spark was felt where his fingers touched my skin.
There's some things not really adding about about this whole mission thing. Like now I was picked for it, but I'd just been introduced to this world. Or the sudden feelings I felt for the mysterious boy who never took anything that serious. Despite not even knowing him two days. Trusting people wasn't my strong suit, seeing as what I went through these last few years raising Maria without mom around. Or dad for that matter.
But I honestly felt like I'd known Leo my whole life, and found it easy to trust him, Will and Nico. Which felt nice knowing there were people who understood the hardships I went through at such a young age.
"Couldn't have been easy though, but at least you had eachother," I say as he began placing the ship on autopilot, setting the destination for Camp Jupiter.
"Yeah none of us has faced more hardships than Percy and Annabeth. They have been saving the world since they were 12, leading the camp into battle at 15 against someone who was once a friend along with the lord of time. Then having their world's torn apart by Lady Hera in a plan to save her from the clutches of Gaea, that's when me, Jason, Piper, Reyna, Frank and Hazel had come into the picture. Piper and I were just like you, never knowing such a world existed. But now we're all known as the Hero's of Olympus along with Percy, Annabeth, Nico, Will, and the others mentioned," he explained, bringing some things into the light.
"That's alot for a group of kids to face," I say feeling bad for all of them. Kids forced to fight for the right to live on the planet whilst destroying deities who've vowed to destroy it.
"That's unfortunately the life of a demigod," he replied with a sad expression, I'm not sure what made me do this but I pulled him into a hug. Even though I hardly knew the guy, he looked like he needed it. It also seemed like there was something deep within him that was bothering him.
He didn't expect it, yet didn't hesitate to accept. His arms wrapped around my torso, head resting on my chest. Since I was a few inches taller. There was something comforting about the hug even if it wasn't meant to cheer me up.
The gesture only lasted a few minutes but that seemed like that was all he really needed. As he pulled away with a brilliant smile on his face. One that made me feel like I was melting into mush.
"If you ever need to get stuff off you mind, I'm willing to listen whenever you want to talk," I assured him to which he nodded.
"That's nice of you really. Normally I'm just the comic relief around here, so I find it hard to express myself to the others when I'm so use to providing them comfort," he states "Come I'll show you how to fly this beauty,"
He took my hand and lead me over to the steering wheel. There were gadgets everywhere along with buttons that I hadn't the faintest idea as to what everything did, although I'm sure this is what Leo's brain looked like when he was coming up with ideas of things.
We spent the next while at the front of the boat and he walked me through everything the boat could do. It was very cool to say the least, there was a mechanism for just about anything like one to cloak the ship so nothing saw it. Or attack modes to fight off monsters from killing us, which was definitely helpful. There was even a disco mode, which I'm sure he added for shits and giggles.
"I don't think I've ever seen him this happy since he broke it off with his girlfriend," Will says in my ear as I watched Leo beaming from ear to ear as he showed me how he drove the ship with a Wii remote.
"Is that like a child of Apollo thing?" I asked looking over at my brother and Nico who looked tired.
"Nah I think he genuinely likes you and it takes alot for him to open up," Nico answered the question with a ghost of a smile, something he likely didn't do often. I felt my heart flutter when he said that.
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The time it took to get to Camp Jupiter really wasn't that eventful, but I guess that was good in terms of being demigods on a quest to save the world. Turns out that things were calm now but we had to be prepared for anything, especially when it came to monsters.
We had parked in the air since there wasn't a place to land on the ground, so we climbed down with the rope ladder Leo had provided. Once down on the ground, a tall blonde guy was waiting for us.
"I'm guessing that's Jason?" I asked Will as we all stood side by side, wondering what to do next, considering the prophecy wasn't too clear on the matter. And we hadn't really figured out what it meant yet.
"Or blonde superman as I call him," Leo replied pulling his friend into a bro hug. Quite different from the one we shared the other day.
"Everyone's waiting in the city," Jason says ruffling Nicos hair, who didn't seem too happy about the gesture but I suppose he was use to it. I kind of got the feeling everyone saw him as a little brother, well except Will since that would be weird.
The guy lead us down the path and stood beside a statue, the camp around us was beautiful and so different from ours. Obviously with a Roman take on things where as ours was Greek.
"Place all weapons here," the statue says although it didn't really have arms, but I some how knew it was pointing to the bin beside him.
"You'll have to put your necklace in there it detects magical items as well," Leo informed putting his belt in whilst everyone else placed their things inside. I sighed taking the last thing I had from mom and putting it with everything.
Jason then lead us inside the city, which was breathtaking. I heard Annabeth had designed most of the new buildings at camp, and even in Mount Olympus so maybe she helped here as well. As we approached a crowd of people they all seemed to be staring at me, and once seeing me they all got down on one knee. Looking at me in awe.
What the hell was going on?
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Fanfiction(On Hold) The world definitely is full of surprises, some good whilst others bad. There are things best left unknown for those that do know if said things have to suffer with the knowledge. Fighting just for the right to exist on this planet, where...
