Leo's Christmas Carol

It's holiday season, and I got this idea randomly. It comes from a Christmas Carol and Mickey's Christmas Carol, but with Leo. If you don't like Leo, you might not like this so, sorry! I hope you guys like it.

Leo hammered a nail into a sheet of metal. His hands were heating up and he felt his head burning. He occasionally glanced out the window and saw campers walking by with their friends. Others ran around with lights and decorations. They were all in the mood for holiday season, because it was Christmas Eve. Normally Leo would be joking around, but now he was working on a huge project for New Years.

"Um, Leo?" Andrew said hesitantly. Andrew had come to the Hephaestus cabin only a couple months before. Leo had taken him under his wing, and Andrew had become Leo's own assistant. Leo thought that was really cool.

"What is it Andy?" Leo grunted.

"Well…it's Christmas Eve, and I was wondering if I could get the night off. My girlfriend, Lizzie, she needs me to help her down to the beach. She twisted her ankle, and if we don't get their early, we won't be able to get through the crowd to see the fireworks," Andrew said, rushing his words.

"Listen, I don't want to be mean, but this project has to be finished by the 31st and we are already falling behind. If you do leave, it'll be without pay," Leo said.

"You don't pay me,"

"Then don't leave," Leo snapped. "You can go in a couple hours," Andrew looked down and walked away silently. He looked so sad; Leo almost called him back to give him the whole week off. Leo returned to his sheet of metal.

A few minutes later he heard a gentle knock on the door. He opened it and saw 2 girls holding a shoe box. He recognized them. One was an Athena girl, and the other was an Aphrodite. The Aphrodite girl spoke first.

"Hi! We are working on setting up the camp and getting it ready for the holidays. We need a triple electric circuit board (I just randomly made that up) to finish it. We were wondering if you had one lying around," she recited. She flashed a beautiful smile.

Leo frowned. "I have one, but I need it for the New Year's Eve thing I'm planning. Sorry," Leo was about to close the door but the Athena girl stopped him.

"Wait! Couldn't you give us that one, and make another one for your New Year's thing?" she suggested.

"You are the best builder in the camp," the Aphrodite girl added.

"Do you have any idea how hard it is to build a triple electric circuit board? I could finish one before the 31st but then the rest of it will be unfinished! Besides, there's no reason for me to have to waste my time making something, because of bad planning by you!" Leo said angrily. "Now go ask some other person. Maybe your charm will work on them, but not me!"

The girls stepped back, and turned to walk away. When she was 3 feet away, the Athena girl turned and yelled "Merry Christmas to you too Ebenezer Scrooge!"

Leo slammed the door and went back to his work table. Ebenezer Scrooge? Leo didn't know that guy, but he was pretty sure he wasn't friendly. Leo wasn't sure why he was so upset, and grumpy. What happened to the old you Valdez? The one people kind of liked! Get a hold of your self!

Leo was pulled out of his thoughts by a tapping at his window. He looked up and saw Jason peering in. Leo walked to the window and yanked it open.

"Hey, wanna come down to the beach with us?" Jason said smiling. Leo looked around and saw Piper, Percy, Annabeth, Hazel, Reyna, and even Frank.

"Sorry, I have a lot of work to finish," Leo said, and he slammed the window down. He walked back to his work table and glanced back to see the confused look on Jason's face. Leo had done it again. He had acted mean and cruel. He sighed. Why was he acting to out of character? He glanced over his work space and saw that he was missing a material. That was strange. Leo was sure he had gotten it before he got started. He shrugged and started up the spiraling metal staircase that led to the warehouse. The warehouse was where they kept all of their materials. Leo rummaged around the boxes searching. When he found what he was looking for he turned to leave and saw a girl wearing a red dress. He walked to the door.

Hold on! Girl? Red dress? Leo was pretty sure that was not one of the materials at the warehouse. He spun around and the girl was still their. Girl wasn't really the correct term; she was more of a woman. But not an old woman, she looked young but she felt old. Like 1,000,000 years old. And someone who felt that old had to be a god. And a god who looked like that had to be…

"Aphrodite?" Leo asked uncertainly. The woman, or goddess, nodded. She was wearing a full sleeve knee length red dress, with lots of furry white trim, like on the tip of Santa's hat. Her long, light brown, hair was brushed over her shoulder. She smiled warmly.

"I'm the goddess of love. And Christmas is a time for love and joy. That's why I'm here," she said. She reached into a pocket and pulled out a blue silk scarf. She ran her hand along it and it changed into a furry white one, which she wrapped around her neck. Then she stuck both of her hands in her pocket and when they came out they had matching gloves. She ran her gloved hands through her hair and a matching white hat also appeared. "I came here to warn you. Strange and supernatural things are coming. Beware of ghosts and gods," she said in an eerie voice. "And have a Merry Christmas!" she added cheerfully. Leo turned away as she burst into light. He thought he heard her voice distantly say "Nice performance wasn't it?"

Creepy. That was the only word to describe it. Leo turned to leave again but this time was startled once again. He saw a wispy ghostly figure standing in front of him. The worst part was that he recognized this guy from pictures, and he knew he was dead. So this had to be his ghost. The ghost of Beckendorf.

"Beckendorf?" Leo said slowly.

"Run, Leo, run! They will be here soon, and they will take you on an awful journey. Run!" The ghost of Beckendorf shouted. "For them it is a drama, an act, but I am telling you for real. You do not want to be a part of it. It's too painful," he yelled.

Leo watched in horror as the ghost was broken up and pulled away by a wind. Extra Creepy. He was about to try and leave for the 3rd time when a voice stopped him.

"Going somewhere?" said a deep, powerful voice. Leo spun around and saw a tall and buff man. He had dark grey hair and piercing grey eyes. His hair was long and flowing. He wore a sky blue coat with clouds and lightning patterns all over it. Leo instantly knew it was Zeus.

"Zeus?" He asked warily. The man nodded.

"Are you going to say something creepy now?" Leo asked.

"Boy, address me properly," Zeus said. Leo sighed.

"Zeus, Lord of the Sky, King of the Gods, God of Lightning, Father of Jason and Thalia Grace, Father of Hercules, Father of a bunch of other gods and demigods," Leo said. Zeus must have accepted it because Leo wasn't blasted with lighting.

"Normally I am Zeus, Lord of the Sky. But today, I am the God of Christmas Past," Zeus said importantly.

"So…now you're not Zeus?"

"No, I'm still Zeus. Just not Zeus, Lord of the Sky. Now I am Zeus, God of Christmas Past,"

"There can only be one Zeus. Sky or Past? You pick," Leo said.

"I choose the Sky. I am God of Christmas Past now. I am nameless," Zeus said.

"You have to have a name," Leo pressed.

"I don't have a name!" Zeus protested.

"Then I'll come up with a name. How about Jimmy?"

"Jimmy? You want Zeus, Lord of the Sky, to be called Jimmy?" Zeus said incredulously.

"No I want God of Christmas Past, to be called Jimmy," Leo said. "You always struck me as a Jimmy,"

"How do I look like a Jimmy?"

"I don't know you just do,"

"What kind of name is Jimmy?!" Zeus cried.

"It's your name," Leo said. Zeus sighed,

"I am Jimmy, God of Christmas Past," the god said dramatically.

"Ah, there it is Jimmy," Leo said.

"Okay! I am Jimmy," Jimmy said proudly.

"So Jimmy, my man, what brings you here?" Leo said casually.

Jimmy pulled out a note card from his pocket, and glanced at it. He put it back in his pocket, and cleared his throat. "I am the God of Christmas Past. I am here to show you what went wrong in your previous Christmas's so we can find you're Christmas Spirit,"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on buddy. Did you just say you were here to find my Christmas Spirit? I have spirit! I'm just busy with my project!" Leo complained.

"Shush kid, I'm on a roll," Jimmy said waving him aside.

"Listen, Jimmy. Don't the gods have better things to do?"

Jimmy looked shocked. "This is an Olympian tradition. The gods do it every year. It started the year that book, A Christmas Carol, came out. It got more popular when Mickey's Christmas Carol came out,"

"Mickey's Christmas Carol? I love that movie. There's that old grumpy duck named Duck McScrooge, or something, it's awesome!" Leo said. "I am nothing like that awful duck," Leo said in a hurt voice. Then he remembered the way he had been acting that day. "Most days," he added.

"On Christmas you are," Jimmy said.

"I go and talk to people," Leo said.

"Yes, but Christmas is about being with the people you care about, and who care about you. You just wander around, alone, pranking people. Or you work on some project,"

Leo knew that was true.

"Alright," he said. "Let's go,"

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