Hey guys! This is kind of an after-story to The Fire Within, but placed in Castle. I crossed the two a bit in TFW, but I didn't get into it. Since I haven't finished TFW, I won't give anything away except that they get Leo back. Anyway, hope you enjoy!
A Whole New World...Of Death
Prologue
"No,"Nico hissed,"We need them. The enemy is too strong."
His dark eyes glittered with worry, and his silky jet-black hair seemed to stand straight up. The older girl with honey-blonde hair and steely eyes sitting next to him spat back,"The enemy shouldn't even be a threat at all. Besides, we don't need help from mortals."
"You needed help from a mortal in the Labyrinth, Annabeth," Nico reminded her. Annabeth angrily protested,"Yeah, but that was Rachel, and she could see clearly-" A guy with sea green irises and tousled black hair interjected," You guys done yet? 'Cause if you are, let's move on."
Annabeth glared at him, and another teenage gal with long, stringy brown locks and a battle-scarred face retorted,"Shut up Percy. You don't have any ideas anyway."
"Ditto, Clarisse," Percy replied. "But I bet Annabeth and Piper already have one, or are at least gonna come up with some."
Piper, a pretty girl of about 16 with multicolored eyes and choppy chocolate hair answered,"Nope. But I bet Hazel and Frank couldn't come with anything, either." Hazel's golden eyes flashed, and her cinnamon curls covered her face, making her look dangerous. "Piper McLean, you did not just say that."
"All right, all right! No need to go all Roman on me," mumbled Piper. Frank's sharp Chinese-Canadian resembled his father, Mars, when he was ticked, and he angrily replied,"You say that like it's a bad thing. It's a very effective way of force-" He was interrupted when Jason cried out,"How DARE you!? Leo's not here because he's
sick and hurt and you know it!"
The target of his fury appeared to be Clarisse when she spat back,"He might be that way, but he could be in here right now if he hadn't had to go and get himself captured!"
Jason's ice blue eyes were smoldering, and he had that look on his face when he was about to summon lightning and fry an adversary. "Stop!" cried Annabeth. She turned to Nico, who had a smug look on his face. "We can go to the mortals to help, but only if the demigod will help us." "He will. I know he will," Nico replied confidently.
Piper turned and let out a long, piercing whistle, and a giant mechanical dragon swooped down. It clicked and whistled, its ruby eyes flickering. Piper replied,"Yes, I know, so until he recovers, I'm your master. We need to get to the city, and hurry."
Everyone climbed aboard the huge bronze wonder and Festus took off, his enormous wings shoving the air down, despite the harsh winds. Nico grinned. If his opinion counted, and if his brother would help, they stood a fighting chance.