Everything Is Not What It Seems

Brotherly Bonding

Stiles POV
His nightmare will be in this font.
Blood. So much blood. I walk around and see most demigods dead. "Stiles." I turn around to see Luke. "We were best friends. Don't let me die." "Stiles. Don't listen to him." My mind clicked. This is Luke's death. I look between Percy and Luke. "Stiles, I helped raise you. I taught you almost everything you know. I loved you, please don't let Percy kill me." I look over to Percy and say, "are you gonna say anything cheesy to?" He shook his head and chuckled. I walk over to Luke and hug him. "I love you." I heat up my hands and look over to Percy. "STAB HIM!" Percy ran over and stabbed Luke in the heart. I took out my dagger and put it right next to Percy's. "Why..." I see Luke fall over the edge and I drop to my knees sobbing. I hear Percy walk over to me and hug me.
I gasp awake, feeling tears running down my eyes. I think about going to Percy but I stop when I remember that he isn't here. That makes me feel worse so I put on some actual clothes and head over to the lake. As I'm walking, I think over my dream and cry some more. Why did I have to remember that part of the war? Out of all the parts, why this one? I walk to where the sand ends and sit down. "Why are you missing Percy? Couldn't you have just stayed put? I need you but you're not here. Percy... I need you. I love you. Please... respond. I don't care if it's you or Poseidon, just respond." I heard footsteps behind me, but I didn't care. "Stiles, right?" I turn around to see Leo Valdez. I nod and look back over the water. "I'm Leo, but I'm sure you know that. Ummm, so what's Percy like?" "He's an idiot. I call him seaweed brain sometimes. He calls me hot head, because I can be short tempered at times." I hear Leo chuckle as he sits next to me. "You guys sound like a power couple." I nod. "We are. Everyone at camp ships us apparently." He nods. We sit in silence for a moment before I ask him, "so why are you up so late?" He shrugs and says, "I've been building something that I found. I heard that you were a son of Hephaestus so I was actually wondering if you could help me." I nod. "Yeah, what is it that you're building?" He rubbed the back of his neck and said, "it'd just be easier to show you than tell. It's hard to explain." He offers me a hand, which I take, and then we start to walk towards whatever this thing will be. "How much sleep have you gotten?" He looks at me and shrugs. "My definition of enough." "What's your definition of enough Leo?" He sighs. "1hour maximum." My jaw drops and I look at him. "You will start sleeping. With what Piper has told us, you're gonna need it." He nods and we keep walking. He stops in front of a huge ship. "This is it. I'm calling it the Argo II." I nod and walk around. "It looks really good. What do you need my help for?" "I just need someone else to help speed up the process. Also, can I show you one more thing?" I nod and he grabs my wrist. "Come on. He's really cool." "He?" Leo nods and takes me into the abandoned bunker. "I found some old blueprints and decided to build this." I look to where he's pointing and see a Celestial Bronze dragon. Looking at the blueprints, I realize that I made them, but didn't build it. "This is where they were. I made these blueprints a month after I got here. I'm glad you actually put them to use. What's his name?" Leo shrugged. "I don't know. I think I'm gonna name him Festus." Festus. Hm. Isn't that Latin for happy? It is. "That's Latin for Happy." He nods and walks back out of the bunker. "Welp, come on. We've got a ship to build." I chuckle and walk out. Maybe it'd be nice to bond with my new sibling.