We befriend a 500 pound hunk of metal

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All was quiet in the roman Camp Jupiter. A few lone Sentries patrolled the Walls, but otherwise everyone was fast asleep. Everyone except...

Kathrine s PoV

"Max! Charles! Will you please stop running around and STAY STILL"
I shouted, already frustrated. Gods, they were such Idiots sometimes. Make that all the time.
"So, Claire. How much longer?"
I said hopefully. I needed some good news right now.
"It'll go faster if you can keep those 2 Idiots away from me! The switch has got to be here somewhere..."
She was poking around a giant, heavy as hades suitcase, she had found in her parents garage. Which was where we were right now.
"Max, Charles, come here! Tristan, Angelo, Emily,would you help me? I am not capable of handeling them on my own."
I said sharply. The others joined me in keeping the two satyrs away from the working Claire.
"Gods, I wish Chuck were here..."
Emily moaned, speaking of our chaperone until we were allowed to join the Legion.
"Dad says, that at Camp Half-Blood we're allowed to train at twelve already."
Max started to say, when a creaking sound behind us got our attention. At the same time Claire announced:
"Got it"
triumphantly. We all stared in amazement as the metal plating of the weird heavy suitcase started to shift and elogate. After a minuite, a fully grown metal dragon stood before us, and ROARED.
"AHHH"
we all screamed back, but the dragon didn't seem angry. No it sort of looked at us, cocked his head and creaked. It seemed...grateful.
"Anybody got any Idea's what this could be?"
I whispered shakily. Suprisingly, it was Claire that answered first.
"You know what? I think that's...Festus?"
At the Name Festus, the dragon creaked again and nodded his head.
"Alright, so Festus. A fire breathing dragon that went haywire, then Leo fixed it and it broke to pieces was reborn as a ship and then as a dragon again? That Festus?"
Festus creaked affirmative.
"Well, then it should be tame, right?"
"Right."
Claire confirmed and marched up to the dragon.
"Hello boy. I'm Claire Esperanza Valdez, daughter of Leo Valdez and Claypso. Do you recognize me?."
We all stared dumbfounded at the giant dragon, that sat down in front of the little girl and looked at it meekly. I swear, if it had a tail it would have wagged it.
"Yes, you do, don't you, boy."
We all took sharp breaths, as she reached up to his head and petted it. The dragon seemed to like it, because it didn't eat her.
"Such a good boy" Claire crooned.
Suddenly Festus turned his head and gently pushed her to his back.
"You want me to get on?"
Claire asked disbelievingly. Again, he gently nudged her towards his back and creaked affirmative.
" Well then..."
Claire got on and grinned at us from atop Festus.
"Come on, slowpokes!"

Whee plot! I am sorry for the stupid Cut, but I wanted to give you a chapter, and I didn't think of anything else. So await the next one! B-bye, my balls of fluffy awesomeness.
ILY

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