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Disclaimer: I don't. MyDarlingAngel doesn't. No one besides Rick Riordan owns it. Trust me on that one.

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01. Callista Tinsley, Who Knew?

Love. The emotion you feel when someone cares for you, when someone trusts their life with you, when someone wants to be with you-forever. It's a word known to all humanity. Everyone-even Leo.

He remembered how it was like to feel love. A long, long time ago.

Piper and Jason, they have each other. They have family, they have people to take care of them. Leo used to have someone take care of me.

His mom.

He could still remember the burning sensation within his heart that he always felt, every time she held him, sang to him. Loved him.

Ever since she died, Leo hasn't been the same. Nothing has been the same, ever. He hasn't loved anyone after that, and no one's loved him. People look at him and always think, "Hey! Its Leo! He's always happy or fooling around, isn't he? He cheers everyone up!"

Don't they know that he's never happy? No, of course they wouldn't. Don't they know that this cheerful personality was all just a façade ? No, never. Don't they know that he wants to be loved, to have someone, just like them? No, why would they?

Besides, it's not like his soul mate is gonna be at this camp, right?

A girl walks up Half-Blood Hill, passing the Golden Fleece. She wore neon purple skinny jeans, a gray off-shoulder shirt, and black combat boots. Her straight hair that came down to her shoulders was black, with a neon green streak on the side.

It's not like she's going to wave to Chiron, and say, "I've arrived!" will she?

She waves to the centaur, "Chiron, it's me, Callista Tinsley! I've arrived!"

And, he was pretty sure she wouldn't like him, not at all. Hypothetically, of course.

Leo woke up in his Hephaestus cabin. "Morning, Nyssa," he yawned.

Nyssa just mumbled in her sleep, refusing to embrace the morning sunlight. He shrugged, and got up to complete his morning routine. Wash his face, brush his teeth, change his clothes, flick a lucky cabin member on the head, and start the day. Every single day, this was Leo's introduction. And every single day, he hated how boring this was, but accepted it.

Twenty minutes later, Leo headed out to the pavilion. For what, you ask? So he could show everyone his new clogging dance that he practiced all night with O'Leary the leprechaun!

Not.

He sat down at the Hephaestus table with a plate full of scrambled eggs and bacon, and started to dig in. It wasn't that the food here was amazing, although it was pretty fine, it was that Leo's stomach was barely full, of not empty.

Leo suddenly looked around him, and realized there was no one else at the table but him. Weird.

In fact, there was barely anyone at the pavilion, except for a few daughters of Iris. Also weird.

The son of Hephaestus sighed. He could tell today was going to be a bad day. If the empty feeling inside him this morning wasn't enough, he saw a few gray rain clouds rolling in over the camp. That was also very strange. It wasn't supposed to rain unless the camp wanted it to.

Reluctantly, Leo got up the table and already felt a few drops of cold water on his hair and shoulder blades, staining his orange shirt. Instead of heading back to the cabin, or to the armory, he strolled down the fields. Just because he could, of course. And because he didn't feel like going inside.

He walked silently in the rain, kicking a few clumps of dirt along the way. Piper wasn't at camp. No, she was spending some time with her loving father, Tristan McLean. Jason was on a quest, to find a doohickey after fighting a certain thingamobobber. Confusing, right?

But Leo was stuck here at camp, not with one of his parents. Certainly not fighting evil. Unless you count the mess under his bed.

Suddenly, Leo ran into someone. Rubbing his nose, he looked in front of him to see who it could possibly be.

It was a girl, around his age. She was slightly pale, with a few brown freckles dotting her face, and penciled black eyebrows. Her hair was wacky, Leo decided. It was black hair, straight down to her shoulders, with a green streak running down its side, and slightly curled at the front.
He looked at her clothes too, and thought it was crazy as her hair. She wore bright blue skinny jeans and an off-shoulder tee that was plain red. With these clothes, she had on worn- out black combat boots, laced up at the front. She was soaking wet from the rain, but didn't seem to mind.

To Leo's surprise, the girl suddenly spoke. "Can you feel it?" she asked, her eyes looking up at the rain.

Leo raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me?" he replied, unsure of what she was talking about.

"Something magical is going to happen soon," she said, with eyes now bright. They were pretty, Leo thought. They were a twinkling jade with long eyelashes, and if you looked close, you could see specks of gold.

But Leo was still unamused. He inquired," And you are?"

The girl lost her sparkling attitude and retorted with a huff," I'm Callista Tinsley, daughter of Poseidon. Callie for short. And if you call me by my real name, you might be in danger of losing your manhood. So, who are you, huh?"

Leo's eyes were widened for two reasons. One, the girl sort of scared him, especially with the last sentences and the sudden attitude- change. Two, Callie was a daughter of Poseidon. He knew the pact was over, but there still had not been a new child of the sea god. Until now.

He raised his hands to surrender. "Alright, alright, don't get your panties in a twist. I'm Leo. Leo Valdez, to be exact. I'm a son of Hephaestus. Nice to meet you," he introduced himself. He was lying, through his teeth, though. It wasn't really nice to meet her. She was too wacky and perky. It was best to steer clear of this chica.

Callie grinned a little, but still kept her demanding behavior. "Well, then, Leo. It was nice to meet you too. But I guess I'll go now, I best be on my way out." With her head held high in the air, she stalked away.

It was official. Leo did not like her at all. So what if her eyes are pretty? He hated how perky she was, and how she thought she was so awesome. Albeit, he wondered one thing. What was gonna happen that would be so magical? Leo was pretty sure Callie was lying. So, he was still in a down-in-the-dumps mood as he walked away from her, that Callista Tinsely.

Callie had her head turned away from Leo as she walked away so he wouldn't see her wide smile. She decided she liked Leo. He was cute, with his curly black hair and tan skin. But she didn't like the permanent scowl plastered on his face. She was gonna have to change that, she thought.

It began to rain harder, which didn't damper Callie's mood at all. She loved the rain, and how it made everything around her seem fresher. She began to spin around, jumping in and out of puddles. A few kids frowned as they watched her from their cabins, but Callie didn't mind at all. She also didn't mind the stares she received when she arrived this morning, either. In fact, she loved how she seemed so different from everyone else. It made a person feel special and unique. And that was exactly how she thought of herself. She wasn't different, she was one of a kind.

After today's events, one thing was certain. Callie definitely wanted to meet Leo Valdez again.

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A/N: Wow, I'm surprised you made it this far! Once again, hope you like this story and if there are any suggestions out there, don't hesitate to share! Message me or MyDarlingAngelOfHell your suggestions and we might put them in. For those who read and reviewed (or will review), free coins that turn into weapons

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A/N: Hey there! If you are reading this, which you are, and are almost immediately bored...go on ahead and click the little 'x' in the corner. If you are reading this and think it is going to be an amazing story...keep reading! We love reviewers and people who favorite. It makes us feel so special! So, please, if you read it; then review.

Collab with: MyDarlingAngelOfHell (this girl is amazing; search her up on ff.net )

Hope you like it!

Disclaimer: I don't. MyDarlingAngel doesn't. No one besides Rick Riordan owns it. Trust me on that one.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

01. Callista Tinsley, Who Knew?

Love. The emotion you feel when someone cares for you, when someone trusts their life with you, when someone wants to be with you-forever. It's a word known to all humanity. Everyone-even Leo.

He remembered how it was like to feel love. A long, long time ago.

Piper and Jason, they have each other. They have family, they have people to take care of them. Leo used to have someone take care of me.

His mom.

He could still remember the burning sensation within his heart that he always felt, every time she held him, sang to him. Loved him.

Ever since she died, Leo hasn't been the same. Nothing has been the same, ever. He hasn't loved anyone after that, and no one's loved him. People look at him and always think, "Hey! Its Leo! He's always happy or fooling around, isn't he? He cheers everyone up!"

Don't they know that he's never happy? No, of course they wouldn't. Don't they know that this cheerful personality was all just a façade ? No, never. Don't they know that he wants to be loved, to have someone, just like them? No, why would they?

Besides, it's not like his soul mate is gonna be at this camp, right?

A girl walks up Half-Blood Hill, passing the Golden Fleece. She wore neon purple skinny jeans, a gray off-shoulder shirt, and black combat boots. Her straight hair that came down to her shoulders was black, with a neon green streak on the side.

It's not like she's going to wave to Chiron, and say, "I've arrived!" will she?

She waves to the centaur, "Chiron, it's me, Callista Tinsley! I've arrived!"

And, he was pretty sure she wouldn't like him, not at all. Hypothetically, of course.

Leo woke up in his Hephaestus cabin. "Morning, Nyssa," he yawned.

Nyssa just mumbled in her sleep, refusing to embrace the morning sunlight. He shrugged, and got up to complete his morning routine. Wash his face, brush his teeth, change his clothes, flick a lucky cabin member on the head, and start the day. Every single day, this was Leo's introduction. And every single day, he hated how boring this was, but accepted it.

Twenty minutes later, Leo headed out to the pavilion. For what, you ask? So he could show everyone his new clogging dance that he practiced all night with O'Leary the leprechaun!

Not.

He sat down at the Hephaestus table with a plate full of scrambled eggs and bacon, and started to dig in. It wasn't that the food here was amazing, although it was pretty fine, it was that Leo's stomach was barely full, of not empty.

Leo suddenly looked around him, and realized there was no one else at the table but him. Weird.

In fact, there was barely anyone at the pavilion, except for a few daughters of Iris. Also weird.

The son of Hephaestus sighed. He could tell today was going to be a bad day. If the empty feeling inside him this morning wasn't enough, he saw a few gray rain clouds rolling in over the camp. That was also very strange. It wasn't supposed to rain unless the camp wanted it to.

Reluctantly, Leo got up the table and already felt a few drops of cold water on his hair and shoulder blades, staining his orange shirt. Instead of heading back to the cabin, or to the armory, he strolled down the fields. Just because he could, of course. And because he didn't feel like going inside.

He walked silently in the rain, kicking a few clumps of dirt along the way. Piper wasn't at camp. No, she was spending some time with her loving father, Tristan McLean. Jason was on a quest, to find a doohickey after fighting a certain thingamobobber. Confusing, right?

But Leo was stuck here at camp, not with one of his parents. Certainly not fighting evil. Unless you count the mess under his bed.

Suddenly, Leo ran into someone. Rubbing his nose, he looked in front of him to see who it could possibly be.

It was a girl, around his age. She was slightly pale, with a few brown freckles dotting her face, and penciled black eyebrows. Her hair was wacky, Leo decided. It was black hair, straight down to her shoulders, with a green streak running down its side, and slightly curled at the front.
He looked at her clothes too, and thought it was crazy as her hair. She wore bright blue skinny jeans and an off-shoulder tee that was plain red. With these clothes, she had on worn- out black combat boots, laced up at the front. She was soaking wet from the rain, but didn't seem to mind.

To Leo's surprise, the girl suddenly spoke. "Can you feel it?" she asked, her eyes looking up at the rain.

Leo raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me?" he replied, unsure of what she was talking about.

"Something magical is going to happen soon," she said, with eyes now bright. They were pretty, Leo thought. They were a twinkling jade with long eyelashes, and if you looked close, you could see specks of gold.

But Leo was still unamused. He inquired," And you are?"

The girl lost her sparkling attitude and retorted with a huff," I'm Callista Tinsley, daughter of Poseidon. Callie for short. And if you call me by my real name, you might be in danger of losing your manhood. So, who are you, huh?"

Leo's eyes were widened for two reasons. One, the girl sort of scared him, especially with the last sentences and the sudden attitude- change. Two, Callie was a daughter of Poseidon. He knew the pact was over, but there still had not been a new child of the sea god. Until now.

He raised his hands to surrender. "Alright, alright, don't get your panties in a twist. I'm Leo. Leo Valdez, to be exact. I'm a son of Hephaestus. Nice to meet you," he introduced himself. He was lying, through his teeth, though. It wasn't really nice to meet her. She was too wacky and perky. It was best to steer clear of this chica.

Callie grinned a little, but still kept her demanding behavior. "Well, then, Leo. It was nice to meet you too. But I guess I'll go now, I best be on my way out." With her head held high in the air, she stalked away.

It was official. Leo did not like her at all. So what if her eyes are pretty? He hated how perky she was, and how she thought she was so awesome. Albeit, he wondered one thing. What was gonna happen that would be so magical? Leo was pretty sure Callie was lying. So, he was still in a down-in-the-dumps mood as he walked away from her, that Callista Tinsely.

Callie had her head turned away from Leo as she walked away so he wouldn't see her wide smile. She decided she liked Leo. He was cute, with his curly black hair and tan skin. But she didn't like the permanent scowl plastered on his face. She was gonna have to change that, she thought.

It began to rain harder, which didn't damper Callie's mood at all. She loved the rain, and how it made everything around her seem fresher. She began to spin around, jumping in and out of puddles. A few kids frowned as they watched her from their cabins, but Callie didn't mind at all. She also didn't mind the stares she received when she arrived this morning, either. In fact, she loved how she seemed so different from everyone else. It made a person feel special and unique. And that was exactly how she thought of herself. She wasn't different, she was one of a kind.

After today's events, one thing was certain. Callie definitely wanted to meet Leo Valdez again.

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A/N: Wow, I'm surprised you made it this far! Once again, hope you like this story and if there are any suggestions out there, don't hesitate to share! Message me or MyDarlingAngelOfHell your suggestions and we might put them in. For those who read and reviewed (or will review), free coins that turn into weapons