Switched

Chapter 4 : Leo

Chapter 4

Leo:

Whoa, just whoa. What was going on in here? The great, supreme, awesome, terrifyingly handsome Leo is confused. Where the heck had Piper disappeared? Who the heck was this new girl who magically showed up in her room today?

The girl had told us her name was Reyna later on. How come she had no memories?

Right now, I was stuck in the office with an annoyed dude and a depressed goat. Satyr, they told me. Who the heck was that? Why the heck did he have so much man hair? Or, man fur.

The dude, Percy, seemed to be staring at the wall, and his lips were moving.

I have never been one to care about how annoyed people were at me, heck no, so I burst out, "What is going on?"

Percy looked at me and sighed, "I wanted Annabeth to be the one to say this but I guess we have no choice now. I'm not really good at this."

"At what?" I was practically stamping my feet in impatience.

"Quite an impatient one, aren't you." Percy smiled, "We'll get on well."

"We won't be able to if I die of impatience first, will we?" I grumbled.

Percy ignored me.

"Tell me Leo, have you heard of the Greek Gods?"

I nodded, "They're all Piper talks about. She's told me loads of stuff about them."

Percy looked confused, "And she didn't know she was a…?" He muttered to himself.

"What?"

"Nothing. Yeah, so about the Greek Gods, what if I told you they were real?"

I laughed, "I'd blow a raspberry at you man, you can't be serious."

Percy frowned, and looked very serious. "Uh, oh, I don't like that look. You are serious, aren't you?"

"Yes Leo, I am. I told you I wasn't good at this. Maybe we should wait for Annabeth."

I gapped at him, "No way man, no way you're leaving me hanging like that."

Percy sighed again, "Fine."

I jumped up and down impatiently, "Well?"

"Well, these Greek Gods come down to Earth and, uh, have kids with mortals. They have us, heroes, demigods, half-bloods."

"Whoa yeah, I get it, enough with the synonyms!"

Percy looked at me sheepishly, "Right, sorry. That's what you get when you have a girlfriend like Annabeth."

I glared at him and he quickly continued.

"Yeah, so that's sort of it. You're half God Leo."

I shrugged, but inside I was exploding. "Yeah, I always knew I was awesome. Wait, does that mean Piper is a demigod too?"

"Yes, yes she was."

"Why are you talking about her in past tense?" I demanded, "She isn't dead!"

"I know Leo. It's just…you can never be really sure in a world like ours. She could be anywhere. But the question still remains, what is Hera planning to do with her?"

"Who's Hera?"

"Hera's the Goddess of family, and marriage. She's a bit on the crazy side, if you ask me." He replied with a shrug.

"So basically the Greek Gods are real and my best friend has been captured by a loony goddess of weddings?" I summed up.

"Pretty much."

Just then, the girls came in. I tried to keep my eyes off Reyna, but she looked so beautiful and clean, I just had to look.

She had obviously had a shower, her hair was wet. She still had on the purple T-shirt from the morning, but she was wearing a new pair of jeans. Her lush black hair was flowing down her shoulders. That's when I noticed it.

"What's that on your shoulder?" I asked.

Suddenly everyone was looking at Reyna's tattoo. The letters 'SPQR' were inked onto her skin. Under that was a tattoo of a crossed sword and torch. And under that was a series of lines.

She looked at it, "I don't remember getting it."

Annabeth scrunched her eyebrows up, "SPQR?"

Everyone looked at her as she said, "Senatus Populusque Romanus."

I raised my eyebrows, "OK? What does that mean?"

"The Senate and People of Rome." Reyna replied before Annabeth could.

Everyone looked at her again and she blushed, "What? I just knew what that means."

Percy looked at Annabeth, "You told her?"

Annabeth nodded, "That basics."

Percy said, "That has to be good enough."

"How do we know who our parent is?" Reyna piped up.

"Like that." Percy muttered. He seemed to be looking at something on top of my head. I looked up. There was a blazing hammer floating on my head.

"Vulcan." Reyna muttered.

"Vulcan?" I began to panic, "I don't even like Star Trek."

Annabeth looked at Reyna, surprised. "That's his Roman name, yes. Leo, you have been claimed by Hephaestus."