Eden woke up to a stabbing pain in her side from someone grabbing onto her waist. She turned her head to see Jason with a pained expression and Piper with a worried one."Wha-" It was only then that Eden realized there was nothing under her and the wind was roaring in her ears.
Below them a river and a white mansion was approaching fast. The mansion was surrounded by a tall brick wall and the whole area was lit. Beside them, Leo was sitting atop Festus and fiddling with his controls.
Jason brought the two girls softly to the ground inside the compound.
Eden stumbled a bit and looked to her body. The pink sweater she was wearing had three slashes in the side and was stained red with blood. She lifted up the material and noticed a bandage was wrapped around her.
Before she could inspect herself further, a sound of ripping metal and a crash brought her attention. Eden, Piper and Jason ran over to see Leo passed out on the ground, the cages on their sides and bits of Festus littered throughout the snow.
"Oh." Piper gasped.
"Leo's gonna be so upset..." Eden said, joining the others in a huddle over the boy as he opened his eyes.
"Where—"
"Lie still." Piper had tears in her eyes. "You rolled pretty hard when—when Festus—"
"Where is he?" Leo sat up.
"Seriously, Leo," Jason said. "You could be hurt. You shouldn't—"
Leo pushed himself to his feet.
"No," Leo sobbed. He ran to the dragon's head and stroked its snout. The dragon's eyes flickered weakly. Oil leaked out of his ear.
"You can't go," Leo pleaded. "You're the best thing I ever fixed."The dragon's head whirred its gears, as if it were purring.
Eden went over and rested her hand on Leo's shoulder, something she wouldn't have done in a normal circumstances.
"It's not fair," Leo said.
The dragon clicked. Long creak. Two short clicks . Creak. Creak. Almost like a pattern...Morse code. Eden didn't know anything other than SOS, something her dad taught her, but Leo seemed to understand what the dying machine was saying.
"Yeah," Leo said. "I understand. I will. I promise."
The dragon's eyes went dark. Festus was gone.Leo cried.
Eden simply touched Leo as her condolences while Piper and Jason spoke comforting phrases besides her. Sometimes simply being there for a person was better than words; at least Eden felt that way.
Jason said, "I'm so sorry, man. What did you promise Festus?"
Leo sniffled. He opened the dragon's head panel, just to be sure, but the control disk was cracked and burned beyond repair. "Something my dad told me," Leo said. "Everything can be reused."
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afraid ツ l. valdez
Fanfictiondiscontinued eden duncett was invisible at camp half blood. no one could tell you who she was. not that she minded, though. until she's mentioned in a prophecy, and everyone notices her. that makes her afraid. ツ leo valdez x female oc the lost her...