In the middle of a street in New York, a School bus was parked nearby of a museum. On the sidewalk a group of students and a teacher lingered around a candy cart and a lady smiling.

"The needs man, I got The needs!!!!" Called out a Camper as its saliva kept coming out from its mouth.

"Shut up, you sound like a stupid drug addict, and damn it, You got saliva on my hand!." Screamed another camper with a michivious grin and whipping his hand on the other camper.

"What about you Man, you don't look any different from me, just a bit older, so that makes you a drug addict too! Hahahaha!" Says the camper as he ignores the other and keep slobbering.

*whack*"No I am not, well.... now that you mention it, Now I am getting... Oh no... I feel the Neeeeeeds!" Screamed the other camper that looked like the one called Stoll.

"Both of you are deranged, Travis stop acting so stupidly, pick a candy already and close your mouth!" Screamed a burly kid with a few scars here and there.

"BACKENDORF YOUUU NEED TO HELP MEEEEEE!!" Screamed the other Stoll while grabbing on to his arm slowly falling.

"For the love of Olympus... not you too Connor....ugh" Backendorf rubbed his temples and looked away to the bus where a man with many eyes was blinking at him. "I know I know..." He walked towards the two brothers and told the lady who seemed apprehensive to sell candy to two similar looking Kids with dark brown hair, that he will buy one of each candy, and the lady had over 50 different varieties. The stolls looked at Backendorf like a hero, a savior.

They both bowed down, "All hail the mighty Backendorf, buyer of candy for the needy!" Said both the Stolls at the same time. Other campers on the bus where laughing none stop, Backendorf was blushing, which is normally impossible, but I guess sometimes even the camper that builds machines has more emotions than one might think.

"Enough of that" he said while grabbing two brown bags filled with different candy and pointing at the two Brothers to go inside the bus, "We have been here for too long, I have a bad feeling creeping up my back."

"Oh sorry, I was trying to be sneaky and scare you!" Said another camper from behind him with a giggle, his skin was so white, you might think he was dead, his long black hair was tied in a pony tail of sorts, his dark obsidian eyes made you feel like you were falling into the abyss, he was wearing a leather jacket with skull designs on the back, a patch on his shoulder that read, "What happened, Death got your tongue?" Jeans and black boots, he looked like an evil biker from the dead. His skull rings had a purple flame hue on their empty sockets and a Black Stygian sword hanged from his side.

"NICO!" Screamed both the stolls and tackled Nico into the ground.

"Ugh get off me, too much human contact." Said Nico pushing them off.

"Yeah, since whitey here Can't stand the living and prefers the dead." Said Backendorf with a sly smile.

"Hey Connor?" Asked Travis.

"Yeah?" Replied Connor.

"Did Backendorf just did the sly smile....?" Asked Travis again.

"He.... did" answered Connor with a smile spreading on his lips, Travis was smiling crazily. "I told you that we are contagious!!" Exclaimed Travis as he gave Connor a High five and then a fist bump.

They made their way to the bus and everyone cheered as they threw candy to everyone.

"Sigh... those two..." Nico Went to speak when he tilted his head, his eyes opened wide, He took a deep breath and grew even paler if that was possible,  "Backendorf something has come up, I will see you all later." Said Nico as he walked towards the nearest shadow and disappeared.

"Okay creepy, Bye!" Said Connor from the bus. Backendorf raised an eye brow and went inside the bus. "Something doesn't add up... Where are you Leo?" Whispered Backendorf to himself.

(In case anyone asks, I made it so a few of the Dead campers where brought back to life after the war with gaea,
It was a wish all the campers made, mostly the 7, Not true on the real one, but here they did.)

(Thank you for your understanding,
       With high fives Seadragonsoul.)

On their way back on the bus, Backendorf couldn't shake off the feeling that something wasn't right.

He walked back and forth on the bus making a few of the new campers nervous. They where almost close to the camp Borders, and one thing he knows from his life lessons is that, when a demigod starts having these gut feelings, it's a good idea to trust it. It has saved lots of lives, reason why almost every demigod has ADHD(according to normal humans)

As they entered the camp, Backendorf couldn't shake off the feeling, arriving by the big house, the campers continued towards their respecting cabins filled with laughter, Backendorf looked over his shoulder and saw a Shadow with red-eyes, 4 horns and a smile that made him feel cold sweat go down his back, when he blinked it blew away like sand as a cocky laughter filled his ears.

"BACKENDORF, PLEASE REPORT TO THE BIG HOUSE, BACKENDORF REPORT TO THE HEAD COUNSELOR".

As he entered the house, inside was a big ping pong table 10 chairs around it, two big lazyboy couches and a leopard head hanging on the wall constantly looking around and licking its mouth when it saw Backendorf enter the house. "Chiron?" He asked in a normal tone, after a few minutes came a man with a beard, brown hair and warm eyes, but inside those eyes one could see years of wisdom and he had an Aura that he was not to be trifled with.

"Yes, How was the trip?" Asked Chiron on his wheelchair smiling tenderly like a grandfather. Chiron noticed how Backendorf kept looking behind him and around the corners like if something was going to pop out. Chiron grew worried, "Is something wrong?"

"Ever since we got to the city, I've had this bad feeling that something is coming, and I still feel it.... it's like the calm air before a storm." Said Backendorf pacing back and forward.
"Maybe it's just me over reacting since  we still haven't found my brother Leo."

Chiron looked at him and nodded "Well, it has been a year since he disappeared..." thinking for a while, he turned around on the wheelchair and went to the door, he beckoned for the worried demigod to follow him. As they left the Big house, Chiron got out of the wheelchair and walked on all four as a centaur. They walked together towards the Pavilion. They got close to the fire of the gods and he beckoned for Backendorf to walk closer and speak to it.

"You want me to talk? To the flame? Shouldn't we have food to give?" He asked scratching his head.

"Give it a try." Said Chiron in a simple tone. Backendorf nodded and walked closer to it. "Where can I find Leo... my brother?" Asked Backendorf in a low tone. The flame stayed the same, nothing responded and it made him feel stupid for asking. As he turn to walk away a far away voice caught his attention.

"Yo bro, You asked for me?" Said a voice that sounded like it was high in caffeine. Backendorf turned slowly and saw a boy that looked to be 15 years old, black hair, elvish ears, amber color eyes that reflected the flame and a bird on his shoulder, His body was almost as built as Backendorf, which caught both the consoler of camp and the camper by surprise.

"L-Leo?" Stuttered Backendorf as he slowly walked forward to the flame. "I wish you were here brother, SO I COULD SLAP THAT GRIN OFF OF YOUR FACE!!" Leo flinched and saw how his brother had tears rolling down his cheeks, "Even if we didn't see each other as much, and also you joined the camp after I was.. you know." He looked down at the floor. "I still managed to come back and meet you for a bit and our brothers in the forge talked about you and Festus accomplishments... I knew that you loved it here, we miss you brother!"

Leo stood there in a weird image that kept getting blurry and then back to normal, "I know.... there where a few reasons to why I left, I can only give you 2...." Backendorf nodded and sat in a nearby table.

Chiron smiled at Leo, a wave of peace finally appearing on his face. "I would like to know also my child, I have been wondering why you disappeared also?."

Leo rubbed the back of his neck with his very dirty hands that had black charcoal and other materials on them.

"I had a bad encounter with Artemis and Her Hunters... they destroyed Festus, trying to get to my woman Calypso. And I lost it, and went supernova, but Zeus attacked me with his lighting and I fainted. Anyway by the time I was awake. Volcanus had me in his temple in Rome."

His face was dirty, but his eyes shone with a strange light and his smile was as white as Apollo. The bird on his shoulder caught Chiron's attention and a smile appeared, "To think this boy befriended something as amazing as a Pheonix.... you never seize to amaze me Leo Valdez." Whispered Chiron.

"Okay now that you are finally on your seats Gentlemen, Uncle Leo will tell you a kick ass short story." Said Leo with a big smile with a bit of flame wisps appeared on his hair making him look crazy, The bird pecked his head as if eating his hair, "Ow!!! Why?!" Complained Leo to the bird. "Ah right! Little time, so I left because my brother needed help along with my true Father. And second, I'm in a forge training and I'll be back when I am done with training, so many new mechanics and techniques, Bro wait until I get back. You will be proud of me!! That's all I can say for now, an- ow! Ok ok see ya later guys! Love ya!" Said Leo while making a heart shape with his hands. The image in the flame faded and Chiron turned to Backendorf.

"So... what do you think?" Asked Chiron amused.

"I think I need to go back to train and get better, if this feeling is correct and Leo is also training... then something is coming and I want to stand alongside my brothers!" Answered Backendorf with a smile, a sudden flash appeared behind them. When the red light faded a burly Man with a bit of an ugly face walked over to both Chiron and Backendorf.

"Hello son, Hello there Chiron." Chiron bowed and Backendorf did also.

"Lord Hephaestus!" Said both of them with respect.

"Alright enough with the formalities. Backendorf come forward." Said Hephaestus with a nod. As he walked forward Hephaestus put his big calloused hand on his sons head and a sudden red shine appeared around him, as it died down, Hephaestus smiled for the first time ever and winked at Backendorf. "You will know what to do son. Keep this to yourselves, and by the way, all of us are getting ready also... Well only a few of us... the rest are just... not even caring. I must get back to the forge, and Leo I know you are listening. I- I- I miss you my son" said Hephaestus as he flashed away.

Backendorf flexed his arm and a red flame covered his entire arm, "well I hope those stories of bad omens don't come true eh? But I still havent forgotten. " He smiled and walked forward, "I think its time this place got a lift. Let's start the forge!" He said to the air in a deep voice.

Chiron smiled and nodded, "Indeed it is, let's get this camp ready." Chrion called for a meeting of all camp leaders. But he felt like he should just tell them to be ready, and that's it.

In another Dimension...

The sounds of a Hammer hitting metal, the ringing continued on through out the caverns none stop. The walls had shadows caused by the flames that danced alongside the drawings of the Master Smiths of the past. On the Anvil was a clump of metal that looked like a ball of magma, holding the Black hammer was A boy with dark hair, Amber eyes, his body was built with muscles and he was covered in dirt and carbon, He was without a shirt and was constantly hitting the metal with one hand, while he was holding the Piece of metal with his left hand without any worry.

"Ufff this will take it out of ya... it's been how long?" Asked Leo to the Pheonix.

"Hm? Sorry I lost count." Said the Pheonix without feeling sorry.

"I still can't believe my brothers and sisters would miss me... I do miss them a lot. But I must be ready!"

"Of course you wouldn't know, You Parrot!" Said Torus with grunt. "Its been 15 years since you started, You have mastered all of the Dwarves forms and ways of the Smith. Even the mountain has accepted you as it's new master. And that is very difficult." Said Torus with pride of being in the hands of Leo.

Leo stopped and wiped the sweat off from his brow. He looked around and smiled. He knew that even when he was back at camp he knew how to work the Smith, thanks to the blessing of Hephaestus, but the techniques of the Dwarves where on a whole other level. With this he could make an Argo III even better than the Argo II. Better weapons, Better Everything!!.

"The way I can work the celestial bronze and Imperial Gold now it's amazing." He said while putting a glowing sword on the river of tears. The water sizzle sounds echoed throughout the cavern, as he lifted up the sword, he quickly held the sword on the Anvil and lifted his new hammer, He held it above him while it started glowing like Live Magma. He smiled and did the first strike, As his strikes got faster and faster the sword started making a weird sound.

"Now for the real hard part." Leo shouted a few ancient words of power that made the River of Tears create a small water current that glowed blue silver, it flowed to the sword, Leo was hitting the sword in a pattern, hitting it only where it needed to be hit. His left hand holding the sword glowed bright white, the intense heat coming out of his left hand made the entire cave as dried as a desert. Hours passed and he continued.

"Not yet.... I must complete this no matter what... if I can't even complete this masterwork, how will I been show my face to Percy. I will show everyone that I got what it takes to be the best Smith in any Dimension." Leo kept hitting the Sword and cut off the current from the river that was feeding the sword. He stopped for a second and his Hammer seemed to glow to the same white as his left hand, the glow consumed his entire body, soon he looked like a Celestial Being of Light, The pheonix was in his shoulder this whole time, glowing Bright white and Gold. He put his hammer away and somehow made the sword float in the Air.

"Okay.... Now for the last part..... Aaaaahhhhh!!" Screamed Leo as he activated even brighter than before, making the walls steam, the sword turned into a small sun, it rotated at a speed faster than even light. A second passed and the sun turned back to the sword, the sword stayed in mid air, You could feel an amazing pressure from it.

"It truly is the sword of Legends, The sword of the Creator himself. To think you found a way to create it.... I mean, it's just the base, but nevertheless, out of the things from this cave and your powers. And here I though you were a kid who didn't know what he was getting himself into." Said Taurus with a mocking voice.

"Shut up you Old Relic with horns!" She said with anger, "The young one needs to rest."

"Rest?! Ha! He is a man... right Boy?" Asked Torus.

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Torus didn't notice until he scanned Leo.

"Oh..."

"To think he gave his all to the creation of this, and after all stayed standing. Unfortunately... this sword was not made with the real materials that are needed to create the real Creation Long Sword" She said as she grew to a beautiful woman with Blazing wings, Red long hair and glowing gold eyes. She picked Leo and layed him on the floor with his head on her lap. "You have been a hero since little... I would know since I was there with you since the beginning... Little Leo... From when your Mother was killed to your own family not wanting you..." tears started flowing down her beautiful bronze color skin cheeks. "I really tried to help you so many times... but I was sealed by Father. I knew all along that Hera tried to take control of your life and the fates, But you wouldn't let them and lived your life. From the time you met Jason Grace son Of Jupiter and Piper Daughter of Aphrodite, You and your stupid jokes!" She said laughing while tears kept falling, "hitting on any of the Wrong girls hahaha, always the bad ones, from Khione and Jason's sister the punk kid Daughter of Zeus Thalia. But no matter what happened, you prevailed and always protected your friends no matter what. When you sacrificed yourself to take care of Gaia with your buddy Festus, I suffered the most because the seal broke and I could use my power to help you comeback complete, but Father stopped me and told me it wasn't time yet, and so I was separaded from you and suffered in the hands of these Dwarves.... but You are Leo Valdez, son of Esperanza... which she waits for you with worry, because a Mother always worry. And I know your heart belongs to Calipso in which she... sh-" She covered her mouth, as tears poured even more, "I- I- Love you Leo Valdez, I will never leave you, My name is Aurora and I will be yours always."

"Aurora... Are you sure it was a good time to tell him that?" Asked Torus in a sad tone from Leo's wrist.

"Oh shut up Stupid old Bull, Can't you feel the atmosphere in the room!" Screamed Aurora and smiled a bit, "But yes... I love him and I will do anything to become his." Said Aurora with a smile.

Both stayed quiet and Aurora continued brushing Leo's hair slowly as she hummed to the song that Esperanza and Hera used to sing to him when little. As she hummed, something happened that not even Aurora herself knew, As the humming grew Leo started changing slowly, his Ears grew a bit more pointy, his features looked a bit like Aurora, and his normal light brown skin turned bronze.

Torus felt the change and smiled, "Oh Phoenix.... I don't think you have to worry about him not accepting you. The connection between you both has elevated to the point that your souls are one."

2 Days Later.

Aurora and Leo where in the same position, the Sun was shining through the cave eyes, the Lava was quiet and calm, the River current was slow and made an enchanting sound that would put anyone to sleep. As Leo slept, every breath would make the lava light up and go back to normal. It's as if the Volcano itself was responding to Leo's entire being. The sun slowly made the dark cave bright and as the gentle light brushed over Leo's eyes he opened them. Aurora was still asleep and Leo looked around confused for a second, but calmed down as Torus mentally called him.

"Leo calm down, this is that stubborn Phoenix, here let me show you what happened." Thanks to the connection between Leo and Torus he was able to show his memories. As Leo watch he felt a pain in his chest, tears rolled down his cheeks, "I... Really?... me?... but... she... was always there?... why am I crying?... I can't stop them, no matter how much I wipe my face hehehe... if It was Percy this whole cave would have flooded" Leo laughed and then slowly lifted his hand and stroke her cheek.

"To think someone so beautiful as her was within me this whole entire time... Father you could have told me." As Leo said it there was a sudden vibration.

Somewhere else...

"Huh?" Aether turned around in the Room of Gathering.

"Is everything ok, Brother?" Asked Chaos.

"Eh.... well My son is talking to me right now..." said Aether with a dumbfounded face.

"Hahahaha! I knew that kid had it in him!! " laughed the Premordial of Love. "He finally let go of his past and is now in his true road of love!" All the Primordials turned to him surprised by his sudden outbursts.

"Oh? She finally accepted him and so did he... he is angry with me" said Aether with a smile.

There was a sudden flash and there stood a young man, He was built like a blacksmith, his skin was bronze, his black hair moved like flames, his golden eyes changed from Gold to white and blue, slowly until mixed. His mischievous smile made a few Primordials inside the room uncomfortable.

"You have grown Leo Valdez. I can feel a pressure of power coming from you equal to ours. And you have passed your boundaries..." said Chaos astonished by his sudden growth.

"Stop acting so surprised. You knew this would happen didn't you?" Asked Aether. Chaos smiled and nodded.

"Lady Chaos." Said Leo with respect as he bowed. He stood up and looked at Aether.

"You want to know why I sealed Aurora inside of you and then made her disappear to another place... I'll tell you later, for now go back and finish your training." Said Aether waving his hand trying to make Leo go back. But he didn't budge.

"No, I don't think so. She suffered because of it. And I know you had your reasons, but she had a choice and-" There was a sudden boom and the door was destroyed, In came a big burly man, his skin was black as night, his expression showed he was angry to the max. Chaos stood up suddenly and the entire room grew in pressure, everyone of the primordials was pushed to the ground except Order and Chaos. They looked like they where struggling, but didn't budge.

"Hello, I decided to drop by." Said the raspy voice, behind him came walking a man in a black suit, his entire skin was like a dark hole his eyes pure white.

"Void..." said Chaos with anger through her teeth.

"Oh dear sister, you expected me to come years from now." Said Void in a mocking manner.

The room started being consumed by darkness to the point not even the primordial Tartarus could even hold. Aether summoned his bright light, and it was consumed, Order summoned forward his power, but the pressure increased. But something was wrong, both Void and his follower where sweating. They looked worried and slowly backed away. In the middle of the room still standing was a young man with bronze skin and eyes that shined anger.

"Hey there blackie, I was in the middle of talking. Now would you be a nice uncle and leave." Said Leo shrugging his shoulders and smiling.

"Nobody makes fun of Lord Void!" Screamed the burly Man that rushed forward with a scimitar that glowed dark void.

Leo brought out his hammer slowly, a sudden pressure was felt around the room, even bigger than Void. Everyone felt like they where a piece of material for Leo to craft, the Burly man Stopped suddenly, jumped back and coughed up black blood.

"Hmmm 5% should be enough." Said Leo as his right arm slowly started shining, from red flame, to white and then it merged with his arm, the glow continued on to his hammer, The hammer grew long and looked like a sledgehammer, but with the hammer part big. The Heat was so intense that the room literally started melting. Then it stopped. "Okay enough testing. Percy told me about you Uncle Void. Thank you for always watching over my brother." Said Leo with a smile.

Chaos started laughing and Void wiped his evil face and smiled. "Who would have though that Leo here had grown so much eh Aether?" Asked Void.

"Son... you... I can't believe you have reached a level that not even I could." Aether walked towards Leo. He hugged him, everyone including Order and Chaos where stunned.

"I know this is not the real you, once we meet again then it will be official. Go back with Aurora. And I hope that Torus changes his thought about us." Aether snapped his fingers and the room returned to normal. Chaos stood there smiling and nodding. As Leo disappeared, Order walked towards the coughing Burly man. "Void You could have died..." Void's main body disappeared and the Burly man slowly transformed back to Void.

"If that kid is that strong already... imagine Our Son Perseus." Said Void coughing and Gaia walked over and put her hand over his body. As he healed, Chaos was looking away... at someone.

"He is close
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Not even us together have the power to defeat him and his army. Even if we could... we are forbidden by father to intervene in his judgement. "

"Sigh..." Order sat down and leaned back on his made up chair. "Those two will unite the Earth and create an army that can go against... him... I know they can."

"I hope so too... I can't even see the future, Chronos managed to see a glimpse and he is still in coma." Chaos said in a hush tone.

"My Son is the Shield of Light And Percy is the Sword of Light.... Those two together will save the entire galaxy and maybe even more." Said Aether in a trance like state.

Pontus looked to be in deep thought, "My son...  I worry for him, Family and friends. If that person uses his friends against him... I'm afraid he will destroy everything and everyone, the thing is... they did actually Abandoed and betrayed Perseus. So his hate must be deep. But he himself will work it out. I believe in him."

Back to the Mountain Volcano Cave Place.

"Aurora." Said Leo with a smile, she opened her golden eyes slowly and looked at Leo in her lap. She smiled warmly and stroke his hair, "Good Morning." She said as she got close to his face and kissed him. As she backed away Leo's hair turned to fire and he Stuttered, "I- I- w- wasn't ready for it" he got up quickly and dusted his clothes, he coughed and looked away, "umm if you need clothes I could make you some....." said Leo looking away and more flames started suddenly combusting around him.

Aurora smiled and transformed back to the Phoenix. Leo took a deep breath and walked towards the river. He jumped right in and took a shower. "Don't you dare come over Aurora!" Screamed leo from the river before finishing quickly and getting dressed in a attire that Torus customized according the the Way of the Smith. "The clothes you have are made of a magic long forgotten, that gives the wearer the ability to cleanse himself with a thought or repair the clothes also with just a mere thought. Now Leo what are you going to do?"

Torus was right, Leo has been way too long inside the volcano, and he mastered all the forms, also the teachings of Torus himself passed on from generations to generations, only about half has Leo learned, Torus was impatient. Leo didn't feel that it was necessary for him to learn all of them.

"Calm down." Said Leo. Both Aurora and Torus were caught by surprise by his calm demeanor. Leo walked towards the anvil and with a single touch the Anvil disappeared. The sword he created still hovered close to the ceiling like a sun shining down. Leo beckoned to it and it slowly made it's way to him. "Torus I am going to put the sword in your care. It still needs more. The materials I used were not that great, and I won't get it until I meet Percy again."

Leo smiled and pulled out a mirror, "Ah! Who am I kidding, Look at me! I am even more hotter than before, Girl's panties will be making a hole on the ground when they see me and- ow ow ow ow owwwww!!! Stop it Aurora stop pecking me!!!" Screamed Leo as he ran around the cave. "You'll ruin my image, I mean after all these years look at my muscles! Hahahaha! I can bitch slap percy now without getting worried of being blown away by a tsunami" laughed Leo.

Aurora flew to his shoulder and Leo turned to look at the cave one last time. He bent down and touched the ground, "Thank you for being my home away from home, and taking care of me all these years." Said Leo to the mountain itself. The ground rumbled slowly, and Leo felt a warmth envelop his body.

"The mountain itself has blessed you." Said Torus surprised.

"How is that possible?" Asked Leo.

"Remember this Mountain has been here since this world was created, the god of this plane made this mountain first and gave it Life.... but it has never been so awoken like this... to think it accepted you." Torus couldn't believe it yet, but in his heart he felt that Leo would be able to help him.

"Wow... that's pretty cool, but lonely don't you think?" Leo pressed his palm to the floor and made it shine bright white, there was a burned mark on the floor in the shape of A hammer and below was written, 'Leo Waz Here!'. With that he smiled and walked out of the cave back up to the mouth of the volcano. He closed the entrance again and bowed. As he made it to the top of the mountain, mind you in a few leaps thanks to his Smith training and also being reborn thanks to the pheonix made him even stronger than a god. He took a deep breath, "Now where is that lazy samurai...." said Leo tapping his foot on the ground getting impatient.

"Oh, before I forget." Leo snap his fingers and the entire mountain and lava dissapeared.

"What... did you do?" Asked Torus dumbfounded.

"I found a way to mix both abilities of Gaia and My father's.  Giving me this ability that I just thought of. I really feel like I can use anything to craft. And that makes me happy." Leo stretched and yawned real big.

"Sigh... ah right I gave him those jars of Sake." Leo smiled evily and brought out his GPS from his tool belt, "And this is a little something from the 21st century hahaha!" Laughed Leo like a maniac, "Hunting the Hunter! Self high five Leo".

Leo saw the red blip appear with coordinates, "There you are... now how do I get to you?..." Leo whistled loudly and waited, Out from the clouds came a golden dragon with shining red eyes and teeth that turned like drills, out from his mouth a black liquid drooled down that smelled like Tabasco sauce. It landed next to Leo and it creaked to him, "Hey buddy, ready for another ride... nobody will shoot us down this time, no more running away" Leo turned towards the sun that was coming up from the mountains. His new bronze skin made him look like a God descending from the heavens, he was taller now, and very well built. He felt unstoppable. He got on Festus's new saddle and off they went. Passing through the clouds Leo felt like he forgot something. 20 minutes later he opened his eyes wide. "Shit.... Aurora."

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After returning from picking up a very angry Phoenix.

*Peck peck peck peck!!!* *Very Angry Peck!*

"Owwwww I GET IT, IM SORRY... WELL YOU ARE A DAMN BIRD COULDN'T YOU FLY WITH US?!" Anyone who saw this would have fainted, A Phoenix attacking a bronze god on a golden dragon. After a few more forgiveness Leo promised he would kiss Aurora and she stopped pecking and landed infront of his saddle, She looked at him and turned around, "Let me know when we arrive." With that she put her head on her wing and fell asleep, Leo had cuts and bruises on his face and his hair was a mess. Leo smiled and beckoned Festus to rush now towards his teacher.

"Wait until he sees me." Leo smiled as he already had ideas on new pranks.

Sometime later.

"Creak creak... creak." Creaked Festus.

"No we are not lost, and no it's not my fault. It's this stupid GPS, Damn it work!" Leo hit the darn thing, the red dot suddenly disappeared and then reappeared. Making it look like his GPS was broken. "Hmmm, maybe he is just teleporting." Stated Leo with a light chuckle.

"He is moving very quickly to the point that your GP whatever Can't even keep up." Said Aurora. Leo looked at her and lifted an eyebrow.

"How do you even know where he is? We are as high as the Airplanes fly in my Earth."  Stated Leo, after Leo woke up, Aurora explained to him how she knew about his life since the very beginning and she was always inside. It made him uncomfortable, but at the same time grateful. Although nobody wanted him around, she was with him always and never left him alone. Unfortunately she left out the part that she was sealed inside of him and not inside of him by choice. "Ah yeah I forgot!" Exclaimed Leo with wide eyes. He nodded and pushed down on the reins on Festus.

"Creak!!" Festus teeth grinded with excitment.

"Alright Buddy, let's hunt a drunk samurai!" The wind rushed by past them, it was cold, but Festus's metallic hide was warm to the touch. Even if the coldness would not bother Leo one bit, it was still comforting with memories of the past flying high over snow mountains and meeting khione and all those wind gods. Leo laughed, he knew that if they saw him now and threatened him... well let's say that a Barbecue was in the Menu.

The clouds broke apart to reveal an amazing open landscape. The grass moved like Ocean Waves, the orange hue from the sky made the scenery even more beautiful. Amidst the moving grass was a blur that would appear to be teleporting or leaving after images. Leo smiled, beckoned for the Phoenix to get on his shoulder and jumped off. He landed like superman and smiled, "Today is a good day!" He rushed towards the samurai and tapped him in the head.

"Huh?" He stopped and turned around, his hand resting on his Sword, "I could've swore I felt someone tap my head." The air around the samurai stopped and he took his stance.

*it seems he is aware there is someone, but I am surprised he doesn't know it's me* thought Leo to himself as he dashed back towards him. Leo felt a tingling sensation on the back of his neck, He stopped and was about to run when the samurai appeared in front of him with his sword inches away from Leo's neck.

"Hmph you've grown up these few years Leo... Your lucky I noticed it was you before... your neck would cease to  exist." He backed off and sheathed his sword, "Now come, We are late for the meeting." The samurai Turned and stopped, his black deep eyes looked right into Leo. Leo felt uneasy and fidgeted in the spot.

"You?... hehe.. nevermind." The samurai smiled evily and a portal opened in front of him. As he walked through Leo felt weird. He whistled and Festus landed next to him. He petted his metallic hide and smiled. "So the test is coming?".

"That could be the reason why his entire Aura changed to a dangerous one, I was about to attack him if the need arised." Said Torus.

"I was close to transform and turn him into charcoal." Said Aurora from his shoulder with no emotion.

"Yeah, but I feel like fighting him, I need to know how strong I've gotten!" Said Leo as Fire sparked in his now Amber eyes, His body responded naturally and he turned into pure light. "I am Leo Valdez, Son of  Aether Primordial of Light and Son of Esperanza Valdez, The most amazing Mother... And now, I'm about to hammer down on one of the most powerful samurai in the world."

Leo went through the portal, he felt a bit ticklish compared to before when he first used one. The surroundings changed into a dry field, the ground had cracks as if it has not rained since the beginning of time. The air blew gently on Leo's face, making his Long Wavy hair move with the wind. He surveyed his surroundings noticing that above him there where seats floating in the air. He felt the presence of all the warriors and teachers, including Percy and his Mama. In a flash of light Leo flashed himself to his Mother's side and smiled.

"Hola Mama" Leo rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly.

"Mijo you've grown... you have your Father's Muscels and my looks" said Esperanza with a warm smile. "Here tie your hair." She gave Leo a band that shined gold. Leo tied his hair into a ponytail and walked by Percy. They both high fived and Leo flashed back to the ground.

"Let's do this" As he got in a stance, his body responded. A bright tattoo of a pheonix flashed on his back, he brought a shield out, while his golden dragon turned into an amazing golden hammer.

"Let this battle commence" said Arthur.

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To be continued...