1 Chapter 1: Valgrace

"Quiet!" Jason shouted, not able to hear himself think. His camp and him had been trying to decide on how to decorate some of the finished shrines. It should've been very simple, but for some reason, it wasn't. Maybe they were all overthinking it? Back at camp, their shrines were usually empty, save for a table with a cloth of the gods signature color, and a bowl full of offerings. The horn sounded, signaling lunch, and everyone shuffled off to their own place. But Jason being himself, needed some energy, and he really needed to hear himself think. So, he went to lunch, a little too caught up in his thoughts that he almost bumped into Leo Valdez, the Repair Boy, the Super- sized McShizzle, bad boy supreme...you know what? This kid had too many nicknames. "Oh, uh, Leo! I'm sorry, I almost bumped into you, man. Guess I, uh, was deep in thought." Leo nodded, blushing in what Jason assumed was embarrassment, and said, "Yeah, sorry. I almost bumped into you too bro. I guess my head was full of all types of crazy ideas to pay attention to where I was going. See, I decided to help the Stoll Brother with this prank, and-" "I don't think I wanna hear about this one." Jason interrupted, shivering, remembering last time. Leo, Connor, and Travis had released spiders into the Athena cabin, and every camper had either ran out the door, jumped through the window, or hid in the bathroom, rocking back and forth. Once Annabeth had found out, she gave the three boys a hard kick to the groin. Man, those were the good old days. "Anyway, I was heading to lunch." Jason started, "you wanna come with me?" Leo's stomach growled. "Uh, yes, I'm starving!" And with that the two boys walked off.