Falling Backwards (A Heroes of Olympus AU and Fanficton)

Chapter 17

****In this chapter, it's August, and Tristan and Laurel have flown up to New York.****

"You guys ready to go?" Percy yelled, honking the horn of the van that they were carpooling in.

"Yeah, we're coming!" Jason yelled back. He heaved some of the suitcases out to the van, having to return for three more trips before having packed everything. "Alright, everyone get in."

Laurel, Tristan, Annabeth, Piper, Jason, and Leo all piled into the van.

"Next stop, Camp Halfblood!" Annabeth cheered.

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When they finally arrived at Halfblood hill, there was a small group of people waiting for them. Upon closer inspection, the small group of people consisted of Nico, Will, Frank, Hazel, and two faces that were unfamiliar to Leo.

They all got out of the van and ran to meet the group of people. There were lots of hugs and lots of, "I've missed you!" and stuff like that.

Piper stayed slightly behind and unbuckled Leo from his car seat, picking him up with a kiss.

"Alright, Leonidas. I know that you might not recognize some of these people, but they are all good, nice people that Mama and Daddy care about very much. So let's be on our best behavior, okay?" Leo giggled behind his pacifier, and Piper smiled. "Alright. Now let's go see everybody."

Everybody who Leo recognized fawned over him, giving him hugs and kisses which he was not apposed to. He actually rather enjoyed that part. But the two people he didn't recognize just sort of stood there when they saw Leo.

It was a couple of minutes before one of them said, "Are you guys gonna introduce us to the kid, or are we just gonna keep standing here awkwardly?" The young woman who said this looked like she was just barely 16 years old, with short black hair, electric blue eyes that looked a lot like his Daddy's eyes, and freckles across her nose. She wore a pink t-shirt, overalls shorts, sandals, a black baseball cap, and bright pink lipstick.

"Oh, sorry. Leonidas, this is your Aunt Thalia. She's Daddy's sister." Thalia's eyes widened when she heard the part about being 'Daddy's sister'.

"Wait." She said, turning to Jason. "Is this the son that you told me you were going to adopt?"

"Yeah." Jason replied, confused as to why she was freaking out.

"Oh my Gods!" Thalia rushed towards Piper and asked, "Can I hold him?" Piper laughed.

"Sure, Thalia." She handed Leo to Thalia, who stared down at Leo with a mixture of wonder and fascination. "His name is Leo, which is short for Leonidas."

"Oh, wow." Thalia smiled when Leo grinned at her. "You're so tiny." She gave him a kiss on the forehead, and Leo giggled a little. She didn't take her eyes off of Leo when she asked, "Do you guys know who his godly parent is?"

"Yeah." Jason answered. "Hephaestus."

"Wow." Thalia laughed a little when Leo grabbed her nose. "Good choice. You've got a pretty neat kid here, guys."

"Thanks." Jason beamed. "We picked him out ourselves." Everyone laughed at that.

"Oh, wait!" Piper smiled. "I've gotten everybody but Rachel!"

Piper ran up and hugged the other young woman that Leo hadn't recognized tightly. She was tall and thin, with shoulder-length, frizzy, curly red hair, beautiful green eyes, and a very freckled face. She looked about the same age as most of them, and wore a white tank top, black tattered shorts, cat eyes sunglasses, black converse, a big black floppy sunhat, sharp eyeliner, and bright red lipstick.

"It's good to see you, Rachel!" Piper grinned.

"You, too, Piper! It's been too long!"

"Well, let's catch you up then." Piper gestured to Leo. "Jason and I found out that we couldn't have kids, so we went through Percy's Demigod Adoption program, and we adopted little Leo here. You're up to speed." Rachel laughed.

"Alright then. Now that I'm up to speed, let's go see Chiron!"

*******Hey, guys. I'm really sorry I haven't updated in forever, but I'm running out of ideas. If you guys could suggest things, that'd be great, because I have no idea what to write next, and I'd really like to continue this book. So if you have any ideas at all, feel free to tell me. I'm open to almost anything.*******