Michael K./Leila II - Naomi Solace

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I never imagined that walking through a door placed under a bridge could impress me so much.

And, apparently, I wasn't the only one impressed, as my granddaughter Anastassia was as speechless as I was. And, while the difference between us is almost 30 years (she's already twenty years... Thank the gods that I told Will I didn't want to be a young grandmother!), it was our first time in this place.

Who would knew about the wonders that San Fransisco hides underneath?

"Wow, Papà..." Ana mumbled to Nico, who was making sure that she didn't trip with anything while she gazed. I couldn't complain much, as Will was doing the same with me. Actually, now that I think about it, many of the kids and parents were being dragged around... "And you found this place and left Aunt Hazel here?!"

"Yeah, he did..." Hazel's voice took us out of our trance. She was walking with her four-year-old, Sammy, who was pushing her curly and bouncy hair away from her eyes, smiling at everyone "The only thing that puzzles me still is why you never tried luck with the Greeks..."

"I was, um... having a difficult relationship with the Greeks at the time..." Nico excused himself, blushing a little. Many of us simply nodded, because that was as much as we could get.

"Anyway... C'mon, let me take you to your seats..." Hazel guided through the city and river, passing the stables until we reached some kind of made-in-the-last-minute stage/auditorium that was in the open. I eagerly sat next to Will and, what a coincidence, Sally Jackson-Blofis sat next to me, equally excited, since it's the first time mortals walk in here. A few rows back, I could see Reyna's husband, Dylan, almost drooling at the perspective of trying the Roman baths.

Suddenly, from the curtains that were hiding the stage, two people came out, with papers in their hands and trying to get everyone's attention.

"Thank you and welcome to the first play representation in Camp Jupiter!" the male one spoke first, earning a round of applauses. He was tall, with darkish hair that was stylishly long, combed all the way back. Kind of like Nico's. He was slightly tan and on his right forearm, there was the tattoo of a dove along with the letters SPQR, which Hazel many times explained to me that meant 'Senate Populesque Romanus' or something similar. He was wearing some khaki shorts with moccasins and a pale blue shirt, with the sleeves up, which is why we could see his tattoo.

"I'm Leila and this is my husband Michael... Kahale" the female next to him added at the end. It was obvious that many of the watchers had the same first name and no one wanted confusion. The girl had a dark shade of blonde hair and it was tied up on a nice side braid. She was dressed similar to her husband, except that she was wearing a pale yellow dress and sandals, showing off her wheat tattoo "We realize that this play is a little behind CHB, but our newest legacies were a little... well, young for the time" Cue to chuckles, as many knew it was true.

"So, this allowed us to investigate a little more about the representation we wanted to do..." Michael explained, earning a nod from his wife "And, we're here proudly presenting the battle that many of us never saw: the battle of Alaska!" This was the cue to open the curtain and we, as parents, started to clap, waiting to be impressed. The scenography was covered in white and some looked like icebergs and snow. You could see some kids throwing fake snow from the ceiling of the auditorium.

It was adorable!!

"Many of us were alive to see the result of this battle reach Camp Jupiter..." Leila began, trying to sound mysterious "But, what none of us know is what happened before that awful battle reached our doors..."

"The newly addition of the moment, Percy Jackson, had sailed with two unlikely friends he had made mere hours ago..." Michael continued, allowing three kids dressed with the usual purple T-shirt and jeans. Two of them were easily recognizable, Jason and Piper's eldest son, Thomas (who was wearing a black wig, obviously playing his Uncle Percy) and Frank and Hazel's oldest son, Lee (who was puffing his chest out, playing his old man). The third, was a girl "Those unlikely friends were Frank Zhang and Hazel Levesque..."

"You guys were hungry!" the girl said, loudly, as if she was nagging the boys. Sudenly, the girl glanced to Leila, who gave her a thumb's up.

"Well, we were hungry..." Thomas replied, as if it was obvious "But, Frank was who ate Rudolph!"

"Hey, you ate Prancer and Blitzen!" Lee argued with him, earning a blushing Frank and Percy and chuckles around the audience "You're not that innocent, pal!"

"Hazel led Frank and Percy through Alaska, the land she lived on her last years before dying the first time..." Leila smirked at Nico, who had been responsible of bringing Hazel back, but he didn't look guilty. He looked proud "She guided them, facing gryphons and hyperboreans until reaching the final destination. Alcyoenus' rebirth place" Cue to the older camper dressed as what it looked like a giant.

"Alcyoenus had an army of ghost soldiers who wouldn't leave Percy alone..." Thomas started to fight the 'ghost soldiers' trying to look cool, or what he thought it was cool, considering he's only eight "Meanwhile, Frank was trying to release Thanatos, the God of Death, who had been chained up by Alcyoenus so his troops wouldn't die..." Lee was kneeled down next to a campers who was wearing fake dark wings behind him "And Hazel, like she did seventy years prior to this moment, was battling Alcyoenus-"

"Aunt Hazel, was this guy as ugly as we play him?" the 'mini' Hazel interrupted the performance, giving Hazel a questionably glance. Of course, everyone giggled at this.

"Yes, Joy... He was" Hazel admitted, before little Joy shrugged and continued to her performance.

"As we were saying-" Leila smirked at Joy, who look a little flustered "-Hazel was battling the eldest of the giants alone... Until Frank managed to release Thanatos from his chains" The sound of broken chains was heard and Lee rushed to Joy's side, swinging his spear on the Alcyoenus-camper actor "But, Frank realized one important thing... The giant had made a, well... a gigantic mistake!"

"What a terrible pun!" Someone from the crowd mumbled, earning chuckles around.

"You're not intelligent, are you, giant!" Lee screamed his lines, pushing the Alcyoenus-camper to the edge of the stage "You're not in Alaska! You're in Canada, you idiot!"

"Lee Zhang!!" Hazel shouted at him, frowning, from the audience.

"But, Mooom!!" Lee complained, embarrassed.

"By Frank's quick decision, Alcyoenus was defeated by the heroes before returning back and saving our home..." Suddenly, all the actors playing for the bad guys fell down, showing the victory for the good guys. Thomas, Lee and Joy jumped in, well, joy, hugging each other, celebrating.

"We did it!! We defeated him!" Joy squeaked, hugging the guys.

"Wait, we have to go back to Camp Jupiter..." Lee frowned, looking at the audience.

"Oh, bugger!!" Thomas mumbled, before the curtain closed.

One thing I'm glad: that Will gives me the censored version of his adventures!

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Hello, guys!!

By popular demand, I give you the second part of the play chapters, I hope I captured the same fluffiness and adorability than before, without losing realism and canonity (is that a word? I don't think is a word, but I'll keep it...)

Since my ideas were all over the place, I had to make a better system that helps me keep track with them, I hope it works... This week, I plan to have done a few chapters, just to get ahead of things... because, this week is my bro's 22 birthday, which means the house would be upside down with the preparations...

Another thing, I hope those who also read How This Happened?! can forgive me for no posting, but my co-writer and main source of ideas, ObeliskX hasn't been returning my messages and I'm a little lost in how to end the story... I beg patience... If I can, I'll post three chapters next Friday...

Thanks all for your comments, reviews and, why not, conversations that tent to happen in the Comment Section (some are funny to read)! Make my day!

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