Leo Valdez x reader (oneshots and the Fire Elementalist series)

Fire Elementalist: 4

TYPE: Fluff
T/W: none
CONTEXT:
- I'm gonna focus on your POV and less on Leo's for this one

Enjoy, darlings 💜

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Leo's POV

This is some weird campfire. For one, the fire seemed to keep flickering. Not the normal flicker like slightly blowing on a candle. More like swaying along with the mood of the crowd, roaring orange when the crowd was excited, glum purple when we sang melancholic songs. Also, the songs were just weird. Instead of spooky make-believe stories and calming bonfire songs, Will and some other Apollo kids sang about real stories that sounded scary, considering those can happen to us. I mean honestly, who can happily sing "My Family Got Slayed by a Minotaur" while hyping up the crowd?

Whatever, I just decided to roll with it. (Y/n) didn't seem to mind, though. Maybe after spending all those years here and going on quests, I guess a chimera toasting your Chihuahua is just another day in her life. Despite the horrible lyrics, she sang really well. I wish I could get her to sing for me, or maybe catch her singing her heart out to a regular song.

I spotted Piper at one of the front rows. I waved at her and gave her a smile. "That's my friend, Piper, over there," I told (y/n) as I pointed at Piper. She waved at my friend and gave her a small smile.

When we finished singing "My Yacht Got Swallowed by Charybdis," the crowd roared and applauded. The guy in the wheelchair I saw in the pavilion was now riding horseback, except he wasn't. He was the horse.

"That's Chiron," (y/n) said. Apparently, my shock may have been a little too obvious. "He's a centaur. He's kind of like our head mentor here at camp. He's trained heroes over the millenia, like the original Jason and Perseus."

"Well done as always, Cabin 7." Chiron's voice boomed over the entire amphitheater. "A very special welcome to our new arrivals. I am Chiron, camp activities director. Now, before anything else-"

"Capture the flag?" A kid from what appeared to be the Ares row yelled. The crowd started muttering in agreement.

Chiron stomped his foot and everyone was called to order. "Yes," he said, "we will resume our usual wartime activities once the problem has been fixed. Speaking of, what are our updates on that?"

(Y/n) stood up from beside me and addresses the crowd. Her stance was powerful. She seemed like an effortless leader. "I lured it out by the lake today. I managed to trap it in a water column but it got away. That much water should be good enough to slow down some of its systems." (Y/n) looked at Nyssa, who nodded. She sat down.

"We start mobilizing the extermination squad tomorrow at the latest," Nyssa filled in. "It should still be within the woods by tomorrow."

Extermination squad? Were they really going through with this? They can't just melt a bronze dragon just because it's going haywire. I got lost in my thoughts that I lost track of what they were talking about. Next thing I know, Jason summoned lightning from a javelin. The redhead, who (y/n) said was Rachel, started spewing out green smoke. And before I knew it, we had a prophecy and a quest on my hands. Nyssa already volunteered for the quest, but something felt wrong. Something inside me knew it had to be me. Without thinking, I cut her off and stood up.

"It has to be me," I said. What the hell was I saying? I can't fight. But I knew, somehow, that it had to be me. This was my destiny.