I'm kind of embarrassed by how short this chapter is, but it's also very meaningful. It's the kind of story that's best told in little words, so I hope you understand.

Leo may seem OOC in some parts of the chapter, but after all he's been through during this week, you can kind of expect that.

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

WARNINGS: SUICIDE, MENTIONS OF SELF HARM AND DEPRESSION AND BULLYING

"What the hell?" Percy screamed.

Leo pulled on the reigns, and while it slowed their descent, it did not stop the crash. Festus collided with the ground, creaking and cracking and sending the seven rolling.

"Festus!" Leo called as he stumbled to his feet and traveled over to where Festus lay.

All in all, the damage wasn't too bad. A few loose bolts; oil leaks; and some other minor issues. The main problem was that there were several minor problems. Too many to fix in a few hours.

"Damn it," he cursed as he stood. "Is everyone alright?" He called over his shoulder.

"Yep, I'm good!"

"I'm in pain, but I'm alive."

'I'm fine. Thanks for asking."

"I'm okay!"

"Ow."

"What's going on with Festus?" Piper asked.

Leo shrugged. "A lot of minor things, but there's so many that there's no way I'll be able to fix all this in a few hours. I can fix him enough to get us to camp, but time is iffy."

"What happened?" Annabeth questioned.

"Melonie," Leo answered. "The goddess of ghosts. She's been messing with us the entire time."

"Well, what does she want?" Jason demanded.

Leo replied, "She wants you to know more about me. She's having us crash land in places where my ghosts are strongest. She's been going in the order of the alters I made for Día de Muertos. That means this is the last stop."

"Well, who died here?" Percy asked, rather bluntly.

"Not-so-jolly Holly," Leo told them, his voice flat and emotionless. "That's what everyone called her after she died..."

*FLASHBACK*

Leo met Holly at their junior high school- a small, lesser known school in southern Long Island called Annters Junior High (totally made up). Apparently, it was named after Asher Annters, who designed and helped build the school many years ago. The students all called him Ass Annters because let's face it. Everyone hated that school.

Except for Leo and Holly.

Leo and Holly were geniuses. I know you're all probably shocked that Leo Valdez is a genius, but after many tests, that's what he was labeled as. School was his safe haven; it kept him distracted from bad memories, and after all he'd been through with Jordan and Jake and one tragedy after another thrown at him, Leo didn't have the energy to act out anymore.

But while teachers loved them and adults craved to have them as their children, other kids hated them- called them names, tripped them, knocked books out of their hands. They even beat Leo up more than once.

It wasn't that bad for a while. Leo and Holly had each other, and they were happy.

But one day... Holly changed. She went from an excitable, yet shy, Holly to a depressed teenager that was practically mute. Her grades slipped; she stopped hanging out with Leo; she rarely ever came to school. Since she wouldn't talk to Leo, Leo didn't know how to figure out what was wrong.

This went on for three months, and then, the video arrived on Leo's computer.

He'd just arrived home from school after another Holly-free and bullying-filled day to find a video on his computer from Holly. Thinking she was finally coming out of this little shell she'd built around herself, he clicked on it in excitement.

But it wasn't that at all.

Her face was blotchy with tears; her face was as pale as death. She wore a black sweatshirt, black pants, and a black T-shirt; her blonde hair was a mess. But worst of all were her arms; with her sleeves pulled up, the cuts on her wrists were made all too obvious.

"Hey, Leo," she said on the prerecorded video. "I bet you're surprised to see me at all, much less like this.

"Leo... a few months ago, I started getting messages on my computer. Calling me geek, slut, bitch, telling me to die. I get a lot of that at school, but on my phone and computer, it's ten times worse. I just couldn't tell you because I didn't want to sound like a cry baby or something."

She sobbed for a moment before composing herself.

"Leo, I... I stopped hanging out with you because I thought that I was ruining what little reputation you had left after the bullying started. Then, I stopped coming to school because I didn't want to have to deal with it in person. And... and I'm sad, Leo. Really sad."

She sniffled and sighed before continuing.

"Leo, I just can't live in this world anymore. It hurts so much, and I don't know how to stop it. I'm so, so sorry."

She waved. "Goodbye."

The video ended.

For a moment, Leo didn't do anything.

And then, he sprung out of his seat and sprinted out the door, shouting, "Fuck. Fuck. Fuck!"

"Leo, what's wrong?" Kristen, his older foster sister, asked.

"Kristen, call 911 and send an ambulance to Holly's house."

"Why?"

"I think she's going to try and kill herself!"

And then, Leo raced out the door and bolted up the street. It was like when he and Julia were running from Blake and his gang, but this was much more serious. He ran faster.

Holly's house was only a mile away from Leo's, and Leo didn't have time to bother with traffic. He ran his fastest mile time ever: 4 minutes and thirty-three seconds.

It was still too long.

Leo burst through the door without knocking or asking for permission. Holly's mother looked ready to scold him, but he brushed past her and up the stairs to Holly's room, where he practically kicked down the door.

There, she was. Hanging by a belt from the ceiling fan.

Holly's mother walked up behind him and screeched her heart out as she fell to her knees. Her father raced in and held her as she cried, but Leo just stared. He couldn't move; he couldn't look away.

Hands were taking his arms and pulling him away from the awful scene as paramedics dashed inside and began to take Holly's dead, dead, dead body down from that belt.

It was his foster mother, Sally, and Kristen. His other sister, Diana, was still at soccer practice, and the father, Ben, was working.

"Come on, Leo," Kristen whispered.

Leo was taken to the hospital for PTSD. He spent three days staring at a wall, not speaking or moving. Hardly even breathing.

When Leo finally came out of it, he was given pills and therapy and support, but after four weeks, he had to move again. Everyone thought it was for the best; he couldn't attend school with those bullies without attacking them anyway.

*FLASHBACK OVER*

"And that's Holly's story," Leo told them as he fixed up the last few things on Festus.

They'd been here for a good five hours while Leo fixed the minor complications and told the story.

"Holy shit, Leo," Hazel murmured.

Everyone stared at her in surprise; they'd never heard her curse before. Being apart of the past, Hazel still felt that cursing was something only grown men did and it was to be avoided. This was a shock.

Percy nodded. "You know it wasn't your fault."

Leo nodded. "I do, but... it doesn't stop me from wondering what could've been, you know."

Annabeth nodded. "What about the bullies?"

Leo shrugged. "Some got arrested for what they did after they found her computer and with my help. Some of them got expelled. But some of them still attend that school, and that's why I couldn't go back. I'd attack them if I ever saw them."

He tightened the last bolt and stood. "Well, guys, he's all fixed up. Let's get back to camp."

"Yeah," Jason smiled. "Let's go home."

The seven hopped on Festus (or in Hazel's case, on Frank the eagle), and they were headed for camp. Their home.

As soon as they landed, the questions started.

"What the hell happened?"

"Where have you been?"

"You better not have been over exerting yourself, Leo Valdez. You're still healing!"

"Leonardo, you are grounded! No forge! No Bunker Nine! No tools!"

"Nyssa, you're not my mom. And Leonardo isn't my name!"

"It is now!"

Leo sighed. "I'm screwed."

The seven stiffled laughs.

"Children," Chiron said. "What happened? Where have you been?"

Leo exchanged looks with the seven and took a deep breath.

"That's kind of a long story..."

Leo started from the beginning. He started with Alexis and Bradon and went to Holly.

His secrets were out, and there was no going back.

Well, that's our last chapter. What'd you think of the story? And just so you know, I will not be doing a sequel to this, although some characters might pop up in my other Leo Valdez stories.

I loved writing this, and I hoped you enjoyed reading it. I hope you learned something to!

Goodbye!