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Camp Halfblood (Chapter 1)

Authors Note

Hello this is the first thing that I have wrote that I'm actually putting out there. I'm all for any criticism or advice you may have, just don't be absolutely mean and I won't get butt-sore; I know how to take criticism, and I actually love it when people want to give me their advice or point one or two things out that could be better. Lastly but not least please enjoy the ride! :)

"Honey, you're off in space again," Calypso said.

"Ah. Sorry. I was just thinking of some equipment I could improve," Leo lied. He was actually thinking about their relationship.

Calypso smiled. "All you ever think about is work. Well, work and me." She winked. That was the problem: Leo loved Calypso but it seemed all she thought about was sex. And Leo had no problem with sex or anything – he just felt like there should be more. He knew that Calypso loved him but he felt like there wasn't anything other than sex that held them together.

Leo started to drift off into space again and this time he wasn't thinking about his relationship or even work, but instead his friends. He missed everyone he had journeyed with: Hazel, Jason, Piper, Frank, Percy, Annabeth, Reyna, and even Nico, who made Leo want to run and hide. He had brought up several times to Calypso that he wanted to go back and show his friends that he was alive, to tell them how much he had missed them, how he had survived, and most of all to show off Calypso, and the fact that he actually found her again and rescued her. But every time he brought it up all she would say, "It's too late for that."

"Hey, hot hands. I was wondering what you would like for dinner tonight," Calypso said.

Leo looked up. "I want you to surprise me. If I think of anything I'll come inside and tell you."

"What are you working on today?"

Leo always liked her interest in his work, "Dad wanted me to look at a few blueprints and send back my thoughts."

"Well, good luck, and I'll bring you something to drink in a few hours after I get back; I need to pick up some ingredients in town." She got up and went to the door, grabbing her coat and leaving.

After Calypso left Leo looked around the tiny house they had. It was small but cozy; everything was either metal, rock, or wood, excluding the bed and couch. When he looked at all the things here and how much work he had put into it, he thought how it might make since that it was too late to go back. But he knew that wasn't true. Once when he was little, before his mom had died, he remembered her telling him a bed time story where everybody died except one person because he had fled the battle. The man had felt bad and went back to the battle after everyone had already passed because he thought he might be in time to help. But in the end he had died as well.

Leo remembered that he had told his mom, "If it was too late why'd he go back? He just killed himself."

And his mom had replied, "Miho, it's never too late to make a change."

And it turned out she was right. The god Ares had seen his courage to go back and fight to the death, and took pity on him and his friends and called them to serve at his side. After the story was over she turned the light off and before she left had said, "Miho, if you ever think something needs to be different make the change." At that she closed the door and left, that night he didn't sleep.

After thinking about this it had been a good fifteen minutes, so Leo got up and headed to the garage where he had his workshop. When Leo opened the door he was greeted by the clicking and steam of Festus. Leo had built the garage big enough to accommodate his work, and his dragon; he had even installed a roof that opened so Festus would have an easy take off. Leo went to his usual work station where he had left the blueprints his dad had given him a few days ago. When he got to his worktable he noticed that they were gone.