I suggest listening to Go the Distance from Hercules while you're reading this.

"Demi-gods," Zeus announced from his grand throne at Mount Olympus, "Congratulations on completing your quest. You have defeated Gaea. Now leave me alone."

After the seven heroes had stopped Gaea, they had been transported directly to Mount Olympus, where they were currently standing in front of all the Gods, including Hades.

"Seriously?" Jason asked, "We saved all of you Gods from being annihilated by Gaea and that's how you thank us?" Zeus just grunted, his form suddenly flickering to a man with blond hair and electric blue eyes.

"Heroes," Hera placed a hand over Zeus/Jupiter's hand as if to physically restraint him from throwing a lightning bolt at his son and spoke, "We are thankful. We are very grateful that you have saved the world and us from Gaea. Zeus is just sulking because once again he has had to admit that we have to depend on mortals to survive."

From the other side of the room, the sounds of Apollo chuckling and Artemis swiftly smacking him could be heard.

"So what now?" Annabeth interjected, one hand fiddling with her dagger and the other on her hip.

"We would like to reward you." Hera continued as if she hadn't been interrupted, "We will grant you anything you wish. We even offer immortality to all of you."

The seven demigods buzzed among themselves at this. Jason, Piper and Leo formed a tight circle, while Frank and Hazel leaned against each other while whispering quietly. Percy and Annabeth continued to stare at Hera.

"But before that," Ares interrupted, and his face morphed into that of Mars, "I am proud of you son." He said to Frank.

"Thanks, dad." Frank smiled.

"10 bucks I know what Percy's going to say." Hermes shouted from his chair.

"No fair," Apollo cried, "Everyone knows what his answer is going to be."

"Really?" Percy spoke for the first time since the demi-gods had been summoned to Mount Olympus, "Are you sure about that?" He looked around the room and his eyes lingered on Hestia, who gave him a reassuring smile, and his voice softened, "I want you to free Calypso. For real this time."

Zeus sighed, "You should have seen that one coming before you offered them whatever they wished, Hera."

"I did," Hera replied, just as Poseidon turned to his son, "But Percy, are you willing to accept whatever consequences this wish will have on you, your friends and Calypso?"

"I am," Percy said, "Calypso's release is all I ask for as my reward."

"Very well then," Hephaestus acclaimed, "What about you then Leo? Would you like to receive immortality? You could be my lieutenant and work with me in my forges. It would be perfect."

Leo's face grew wide with a smile and for a moment he looked like he was going to accept but then he clutched his head and doubled over on the ground.

"It hurts!" he gasped, "Make it stop!"

"Leo?" Piper knelt down next to him, "What's wrong? What's hurting?"

"Someone help him!" Jason yelled, kneeling next to his friend also.

"Lord Apollo!" Hazel cried, "You're the god of healing, do something!"

Apollo slid off his giant throne, getting smaller as he walked toward them. When he reached them, he was the about the same height as Jason. He knelt down and put a hand on Leo's chest, and a soft, radiant light shone from his open palm. It started spreading and soon covered Leo's entire body.

"This is very strange," Apollo uttered, "Hades, what do you think?"

"He think of what?" Someone behind the seven heroes voiced and they all turned around. Nico and Reyna stood behind them, battered and bruised, but very much alive. Before any of the seven heroes could say anything, Reyna and Nico caught sight of Leo lying on the ground.

"Why's Leo lying on the ground like that?"

"What happened to Leo?"

"We don't know," Percy replied, stepping forward, "He just clutched his head and collapsed on the floor, and Apollo won't tell us what's wrong with him."

"It's not as much as I won't tell you what's wrong with him, it's more like I don't know." Apollo broke in.

"What?" Frank yelled, "You're the god of healing, if you don't know, then who does?"

"Wait," Annabeth asked, "You asked Hades what he thought about it. You mean Leo is… dead?"

"As far as I can see, his heart has stopped beating." Apollo said.

"And his spirit has left his body." Hades spoke for the first time, "If you don't believe me ask Nico."

"It's true." Nico whispered, "I think Leo is dead."

"But how? And why?" Annabeth asked.

Hades shrugged, "I don't have the answer to that."

"What about you three, do you know?" Everyone turned to see who Percy was questioning.

"The Three Fates," Reyna breathed.

"Have you been there the whole time?" Frank asked, "Did you know Leo was going to die?"

The Fates were sitting in their customary rocking chairs and were working on a fire truck red scarf. The one in the middle was pulling out the thread while the other two worked. When Frank asked his question, the one in the middle pulled out a pair of scissors that looked more like gardening shears and snipped the bright thread.

"No," Piper cried quietly, and everyone watched as tears streamed down her face and hit the ground. "Why? He got this far without getting hurt, why does he have to die now?"

"We cannot change fate," One of the Fates rasped, "We only aid it."

"Leo, my son." Hephaestus looked truly pained as he walked over to his son and kneeled over him.

"We should get him back to Camp Half-Blood." Piper whispered.

"I can take care of that." Hephaestus looked away from them and snapped his fingers.

When the demi-gods opened their eyes, they were standing by Thalia'a tree at camp. Leo was floating between them, suspended in the air somehow, and as Jason took a step toward the Big House, Leo followed.

They were a slow, dreary, procession now, slowly floating through camp and toward the Big House. More and more campers started coming around and the otherwise still silence was broken by occasional startled whispers.

"Oh gods! Is that Leo?"

"Tell the Hephaestus kids!"

"What happened?"

"Why's Leo floating?"

"Somebody go and get Chiron."

Will Solace, one of the Apollo kids, calmly voiced the last and he was looking at the seven heroes with a look of so much pity that Jason felt like punching him. True to their word, someone had run ahead to get Chiron and he met them, when they were about half way done with their journey to the Big House.

"What has happened?" Chiron whispered, as he took everything in, "We thought the danger had passed. Gaea had been stopped."

"We thought that too," Jason replied.

"And now," Piper choked on a sob, "Leo's dead."

"But how could this happen?" Chiron looked the seven heroes.

It was dusk by the time they had explained everything that had happened to Chiron, and by that time Leo's body had slowly drifted down from the air and was now resting gently on the ping-pong table, around which the camp counselors, the seven heroes, Chiron, Reyna and Nico had gathered. The topic had turned to giving Leo a farewell fitting for a hero, and it was decided that all the demi-gods, Romans and Greeks would gather to say good-bye to Leo.

In the end, it was held off until the next day so the heroes could rest, much to their chagrin but done nevertheless because of Chiron, and when the morning dawned, the whole ordeal was done in a very melancholic mood. That is until the Stoll Brothers brought out some fireworks, saying, "Leo wouldn't have wanted his funeral to be so boring and sad". Hazel cast a simple mist on the boat so that it would be invisible to humans and Percy produced a tide that slowly pulled Leo out to sea, as his friends stood on shore and waved a final good-bye.

None of them noticed the three old ladies sitting in the shade a tree, who pulled out a bright red, partly finished, scarf from their knitting basket and was now examining it carefully. One of them pulled out an identical, partly finished, scarf except it was a pale orange and snipped the thread that still connected the scarf to the skew. Then taking the bright red thread and the pale orange thread, the Fates started weaving.

"It has begun," they cackled.

So, that's it. This story is finished. And Uncle Rick stole my idea by the way, I planned on killing off Leo from the start, but oh well. I hoped you guys liked it! Please review! ;)

P.S. This story is over but Leo's and Calypso's isn't yet.