Hello everyone, welcome to my first ever Percy Jackson fanfic. Hope you enjoy! I do not own Percy Jackson :(

Chapter 1

I'm miserable, cold, and wet. These were some of Nico's last thoughts before spotting a group of 5 or 6 people falling from the sky. Before being able to get any of his thoughts into words, the boy standing next to him - Will, son of Apollo - was already of running toward where the figures had landed in the pouring rain. When the two reached the clearing where the people had unluckily wound up, a small group of demigods had gathered, Percy, Annabeth, Jason, Piper, Grover, and Juniper were six of the small group that was steadily growing into a collection of people from all different cabins.

On the ground, the people laid unmoving for a time. No one approached them, all a bit weary and unsure if this was some sort of trick. The war with Gaea had ended, but repairs were slow and nothing came easily - the casualties had been too great of a price for what they had won. That is why no one made a move to help the strangers.

It wasn't long before the first one started to shiver as the rain pouring from the sky hit the unshielded face. Slowly sitting up, the outline of a boy was defined. He didn't seem to notice anyone of the onlookers as he checked for broken bones. Finding that there was only minor damage, he looked around at the bodies lying around him and moved toward the nearest one. From body to body, he went around the circle, shaking them and whispering things.

Slowly but surely, the figures seemed to become reanimated and slowly sat up as if in a dream. Will noticed that one, a girl, farthest from him and to the left, stalled, but made no sound.

Something was broken.

Not minutes after everyone had stood up in the small group, they stared at the crowd around them, shrinking in on each other, nervous by all the stares they were getting. Then ,without warning, hoofbeats sounded, and the people parted slightly, making way for Chiron, one of the many camp over seers. In the gentle glow of a flashlight that Chiron had brought with him, it was easier to see the potential threat of what the many people could be facing.

Everything was silent, except the distant thundering of the blacked sky and an occasional flash of lightning.

The first person was a boy, black hair and had almost the same shade eyes as Percy. The girl standing beside him was tall with blond hair and steel gray eyes assessing everything that moved. They looked like smaller versions of Percy and Annabeth.

Third one down was had a bronze complexion and curly black hair, chopped off into a slightly longer than normal pixie cut. Her eyes were the thing that caught almost everyone's attention, though: deep sapphire purple that looked like crowned jewels every time the sky flashed, making them sparkle.

The fourth had Mediterranean teal eyes, metallic copper hair, latte skin, and a small scar above his left eye. In the penultimate spot, a petite girl was presented with wild golden brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. The very last one was by far smaller than the rest, standing at only 5" 1'. With dirty blond hair in a shaggy cut and piercing charcoal eyes, she could have passed for a boy. She was toffee colored, and had freckles dotting over her nose and under her eyes, which ended when they had curled almost halfway up her eyes like an elaborate makeup job.

She was the one that had something broken.

No one said anything for the longest time, everyone just silence looking at something over head. The newcomers soon looked up too, not seeming at all surprised when they spotted the godly signs hovering just above their heads.

The first two symbols where a cross between Athena and Poseidon - those where above the mini doubles of Percy and Annabeth.

Then as those started to fade, a cross between Aphrodite and Jupiter appeared over the the third boys head, so on and so forth with Mars and Pluto over black curls. The next sign was quite shocking. Over wavy/borderline unruly golden brown hair, half the sign was dedicated to Hephaestus, the other half was shown supporting a beautiful island - which most of the older demigods recognized as Calypso's island. That wondrous creation, too, soon faded away.

Everyone waited for another sign to appear. No one but Nico realized that the mysterious girl had disappeared. After waiting for several more minutes of nothing:

"Alright, everyone back to your cabins," Chiron called. "Will, grab a few from your cabin and take them to the infirmary. We've had a long day, we'll get some answers tomorrow."

All of them dispersed, except for a few Apollo campers - who had been been given the task of seeing that the guests were seen to in the medical bay left. Will stepped forward on taking the little blond haired girl.

"She's not here anymore." Will turned to Nico, who he had temporarily forgotten was there.

"What do you mean she's gone?!" Will's voice had taken on a hard, all business tone.

"Shadow travel."

"Can you find her?" Nico nodded and disappeared into thin air before Will was able to ask to come along.

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Nico had no clue why he agreed to find this mysterious person - it wasn't his problem if someone didn't want help, yet, he had promised Will he would find her. Stepping out of the nearest shadow, he found himself in a section of Camp Half Blood he had never seen before. The dark brown, almost black trunks of the trees gave Nico a feeling that they were brooding over something. The branches and leaves created a canopy so thick that the ground underneath was completely dry.

The absence of light didn't affect Nico has he searched the area once, twice, three times. On the forth, he spotted her blending into one of the darkest shadows in the clearing.

"Don't disappear," he called, not wanting an extended chase. Will was still keeping an eye on him even after three months out of the infirmary, and Nico still wasn't able to travel as much as he used to.

She didn't disappear, but she didn't speak to him either; just stood there, staring. Nico wasn't sure what to do next. He was awkward around most people, and he usually never had anything to add to the conversations. So they just stood there for a time - not speaking.

That's all for now. Will post again soon. Please rate and review.

-OnceInABlueMoon3452