(I would like to apoligize in advance for this chapter. When I first came up with it, it was Percy and Annabeth not Hazel and Leo so its not as good as it was originally. And i totally forgot that the statue was in the stables so for this chapter ur going to have to use ur imagine and pretend it isn't there. Ok? so lets just make that statue disapear! POOF! viola! it is gone. Ok carry on with ur reading thx)

Hazel was in the middle of a battle. A mental battle. She'd been getting into these ever since she'd started having.....feelings. About......boys. It usually went something like this:

Annoying Voice: You have to choose sooner or later

Hazel: I choose later

AV: Oh yeah? And when will that be?

Hazel: Um at a time

AV: Your procrastinating!

Hazel: No I'm not! There are just more important things that need to be done then picking which boy i like better. I have to find two friends defeat Gaea and save the world! Im a very busy women...or girl...or whatever! I'm busy ok?

AV: Doing what?

Hazel:.....I JUST TOLD YOU!

AV: Excuses excuses

Hazel: What?! That was not an excuse! But i guess you wouldn't know that since ur just a dumb voice in my head that knows nothing about me

AV: Um in case you havent noticed I AM YOU!!!!!!!!

Hazel: Uh so?

AV: So everything!

Hazel: Ugh just go away please!

AV: Oh i get it. Your pushing me away just like your pushing away Frank and Leo

Hazel: Im not pushing them away!

AV: Then why haven't you chosen one of them yet?

Hazel: Because

AV: Because what?

Hazel: Because...ugh its complicated, ok?

AV: Whats so complicated about choosing between two boys?

Hazel: EVERYTHING!!!

AV: Ok ok calm down! Your giving us both a headache!

Was it annoying? Extremly

Was the annoying voice correct? Sadly, yes.

Hazel knew she still had to make a decision about which boy she liked better, but it was just so hard! She could'nt bare to brake one of their hearts, it would her as much as it would hurt them. Of all the things that she had to face it had to be love.

Stupid Venus

Hazel really hoped she could get these mental battles to stop forming. They were just so annoying! One day she would be in battle, debating on what move to use on the monster she was facing, and the voice would suddenly pop up and be all like "CHOOSE ALREADY!" And then CHOMP! No more Hazel.

But maybe that wouldn't be so bad, Hazel thought.

The voice would be gone, but I would have to die again and that would really stink cause being dead is so boring. I guess I'll just stay alive for now.

Hazel was considering this when she came to the doors that led to the stables. She peeked inside hoping to see Leo and...sucess! He was standing on the glass doors, looking at the city passing below. But something wasn't right. Leo was crying.

He wasn't sobbing or anything, but a few tears were sliding down his cheek and landing on the doors, so it gave the Mountains below a blurry look.

Hazel figured Leo just wanted to be alone, but she couldn't just walk away. Just the sight of him being sad made her heart ache. She wanted to run out there, hug him, and bake him cooki-

woah. That was not going to happen. She was girly but not that girly. She would face this situation like a man. Or woman or something.

She took a deep breath and stepped into the room. "Leo?" she asked.

He jumped and gave out a little yelp of surprise. He obviously hadn't been expecting guests to come watch his Tears of today show.

"Oh, Hazel!" he said, quickly wiping away his tears. "How, uh, how long have you been standing there?"

Hazel walked toward him so that they were both standing on the doors. "Not long. I just came to see if you were all right. You kind of murdered Frank's cookie so I figured something was up."

Leo looked down at his feet. "Right. I usually dont kill innocent cookies but I just really really hate fortune cookies."

Hazel laughed. "Me too."

Leo looked up at her with that smile that made Hazel go crazy inside. "We should start a club."

Hazel frowned. "Against fortune cookies?"

"Uh huh. And we can fight for the right to destroy all chinese cookies. It would be great."

"That would never work."

"True. But maybe if we got all of the demigods in the world to join us, we could be on TV."

Hazel just looked at him. Sometimes she didn't know why she was so madly in love with that boy.

Leo laughed. "Oh come on Hazel! You could be the VP. And I of course would be the President because I'm just so good."

"Good at destroying cookies?"

"No good looking. But I do rock at that as well."

Hazel couldn't help it. She burst out laughing. Leo was just so weird.

"Ok fine," she said. "But only if I get to shove a bunch of them down Nemesis' throat."

Leo held out his hand. "Deal."

She shook it. She liked having the old annoying Leo back. He made Hazel smile.

"I guess I should go up staires and apoligize to Frank." Leo said.

Hazel nodded. But before either one of them could move a voice from behind said "You two aren't going anywhere."

Both of the demigods jumped and turned around. Standing there with a knife and a cruel smile was

"Octavian," Hazel said.

He smiled and stepped toward the side. "Yes its me! Here to get revenge on you traitors."

Hazel reached for her sword but it wasn't there. The only thing they had to protect themselve's was Leo's hammer that he'd pulled from his belt.

Leo raised his hands. "Calm down dude. We didn't betray you. Believe it or not I, Leo the Great, was possesed by a spirit that made me fire at your camp. It was an accident, sort of."

Octavian glared at him, and took another step to his left. "I've heard that one before."

"Um, where exactly have you heard someone say Leo the Great? That's my name and I have a shirt upstaires to prove it!"

Octavian sneered. "You know what I mean. Greeks always tell lies."

He was know in the corner of the room, standing next to something that was hidden in a shadow. Hazel couldn't tell what it was but Leo obviously could.

"Octavian," he said. "That button-

"Opens the doors your standing on?" Octavian supplied. "I know. Its time I got my revenge. Have a nice fall."

Hazel froze as he brought his fist down on the button. She waited for the feeling of death when Leo pushed/threw her to the right. She rolled on the ground and turned, expecting to see Leo behind her. But he was gone.Hazel ran to the now open doors.

"LEO!" she screamed.

He was falling straight to the city below. There was no way he could survive. The ship was too high up.

"LEO!" she yelled sgain.

Hazel stood, rage building up so high, she thought she might explode. She turned to Octavian.

He had killed Leo.

So she would kill him.

Hazel let out a yell and charged him with no weapon.Octavian was too busy enjoying his victory to realize that a screaming girl was about to turn him into a pancake. He ducked just in time and ran up the staires that led to the deck. Hazel followed, sobbing and screaming at the same time.

When they made it up, Hazel was cornered by to Roman soilders that must of been helping Octavian. They each grabbed onto her arms and held her back. Octavian walked up to her. "What were you thinking? That attacking me would save your friend? He's gone and there's nothing you can do."

Hazel bowed her head and cried. He was right.

Leo was gone and there was nothing she could do.

Oh my gods that stunk. im ashamed of myself right now but i will keep writing because i have nothing else to do.

so did u guys picture the stables without a statue? the story would of never worked if it had been there.

If u feel like this chapter stunk its because it did and i had to change the characters. If there was a way i could bring annabeth and percy out of tartarus i would but i cant because i am not magical. Sad but true

Anyway

This chapter is dedicated to cloverbrooks because she followed me like an hour after i posted the last chapter so i didnt get to say anything nice so ill just do this instead.

Oh and dont worry i will never kill Leo!!!!!!!!!! i love him too much to let him die. So dont worry he will live!

Im a Lazel fan so if i let him die, then lazel would die and we cant have that.

For this chapter (u dont have to) plz comment either:

lazel- leo and hazel

frazel- frank and hazel

or ATSL- all the single ladies hazel should be a free women

Thanks!

Percabeth for life :D