Heroes Unite (book 1)

First Day of School

Leo's POV:

"Nico, time to wake up!"

Leo had been trying to wake the son of Hades for ten minutes now, with no luck. He eventually slapped Nico across the face with his pillow, successfully waking him up.

"What?"

"It's morning, death boy. Come on, Percy's waiting for us on the training grounds."

Nico sighed and Leo knew something had happened he didn't want to know though, not yet. He wanted to enjoy this morning for as long as he could. So, he got up before Nico could say anything and got ready. When Nico and Leo arrived at the training grounds Percy was already working out. Leo almost winced at the amount of work he was doing.

"Hey guys!" Percy called to them, still doing push-ups.

"When do you think they'll let us know if we're in or not?"

"Considering the fact that we're staying on campus I'm pretty sure we're in," Nico said, coming up behind Leo. Seriously, he was quiet as a ghost!

"I had a dream last night," Nico said out of nowhere. Leo held back a sigh, this day was about to get a lot less fun.

So, Nico filled them in on how everyone back at Camp Half-Blood was doing. Percy looked a little sad and Leo himself felt guilty. He had left Calypso, sure it wasn't on purpose, but it was still going to hurt her. He listened as Nico retold the prophecy and wondered to himself about some of the lines.

"So, we know that the 'world separate' is probably wherever we are. Maybe we're in a different universe like on TV!"

"Maybe," Percy stopped from his push-ups and came over to the other two. The three sat in the dry dirt and sand. "Who do you guys think is the 'greatest hero?'"

"It's probably you, Percy."

Leo agreed with Nico, knowing that Percy had already fought two wars, been in who knows how many prophecies, and defeated nearly everything in Greek Mythology.

"'Newest foe could be anyone,'" Leo said, "but the destroying of the world we've 'kept hidden' is probably the world of the gods and goddesses. Maybe a mortal is our new foe? Or someone from this world?"

"I think so. The biggest thing bothering me is that we need help from a 'green boy' and 'blonde liar.' Those are incredibly vague descriptions, especially in a world of superpowers." Percy said, surprising Leo with the most insightful suggestion this conversation. Not much conversation but still, Annabeth was rubbing off on the guy.

"I think we should focus on keeping our eyes peeled," Nico began. "The last three lines were... not pleasant. We need to find what or whoever is our 'foe' so we can save the mortals."

"Agreed, but can we please put this on pause until we do see something?"

Nico and Percy agreed, prompting Leo to pull out the phones he had been working on prior to being sucked through the void thingy. He explained to Percy and Nico how they worked, that they hid monster's scent when in use. They also couldn't be hacked so you could say anything through them without worrying about being overheard.

"Great job, Leo!"

The next couple of days were boring, barely seeing Aizawa and not once getting to speak to Nezu. His usually open door was strangely locked and closed. Leo wondered if it had to do with the entrance exam. Then the day they would find out their scores arrived.

"Welcome to UA!" A big blonde man in spandex said on the holographic screen. Leo remembered a lot of mention in him at stores and on TV. Some big pro-hero or something. To be honest, Leo zoned out for the rest of the video and only paid attention again when his scores were shown and evaluated by Fall Bite? He would remember the name later in the day, probably.