The House of Hades

Be careful my pawn. Your first tragedy will not be your last.

So remember, in ths chapter I'm using some of that poem (:

Sorry about so many Leo chapters lately!! Next will be Hazel

BTW- FIRST OFFICAL CHAPTER OF HOH CAME OUT TODAY. I AM SCOLLING THROUGH TUMBLR FOR IT (:

Leo

Everyone else left as Leo went to steer. 

Maybe off to their rooms, maybe to go eat, whatever.

Leo gripped the wheel tight as Coach clopped away.

It was so lonely out here. The sun was in high noon postion, like in the old west movies Leo had watched with his mom.

His mom.....why did her death keep hurting him lately?

So young you were.....7, maybe 8. I don't keep tack of you puny humans much, but you, you Leo Valdez, interest me.

Leo whirled around, hand ablaze, but no one was there. He instingushed it and went back to steering.

It pleases me that you are permently broken, son of Hephaestus. Your mother, your dragon, your friends.......all have made you into peices.

Leo grit his teeth. It was Gaea. Of course it was Gaea.

What dd your mother's screams sound like, Leo Valdez?

Oh, wait. She was killed so quickly, she did not have time to scream.

Leo sniffled, holding back tears. No flames, no flames....

Can you still smell the smoke of that warehouse, Valdez? 

Leo squeezed his eyes shut.

The others....they will be harder to break. They have no personal past with me....except Hazel.

Leo's eyes popped oepn. His hair started on fire.

Oh, you do not like that I mention her, little hero?

How interesting.

Leo was furious. Gaea wasn't going to touch one curly hair on Hazel's head.

Be careful, my pawn. Your first tragedy will not be your last.

At this point, Leo couldn't conatin himself anymore. His first tragedy? His mom was one. Festus, running away all those times, being announced as the 7th wheel, they were all his tragedys!

Leo smelled smoke. Like the warehouse.

He turned.

"Oh gods.....not again."

The entire deck was in flames.

Hazel walked in. "Hey Le- ohhhhhhhh, what'd you do?"

Leo feigned offense. "Why am I always blamed when something bursts into flames?"

Hazel rolled her eyes and they both ran and got some water. Except for one blackened and burnt hole, the deck was fine.

The bad part was.....

"Oh, sorry Frank." Leo said lightly, looking through the hole. It showed right into Franks room, where he was looking up at them, arms crossed and sparks in his black hair.

"Yeah. Oops." Frank bared his teeth and left his room.

"Well that was eventful." Hazel sighed as she stood close, really close, too him as he steered. "What made you go flame-crazy?"

Leo hesitated. "Uhm.....I was thinking about....er......"

"Your mom?" Hazel prompted gently. Leo remembered that she knew about her.

"Oh, uh, yeah. It's getting close to her birthday so I was thinking about back in Houstan."

Hazel nodded and looked out at the ocean.

Gaea's voice rang in Leo's ears as he watched Hazel.

Your first tragedy wll not be your last.......