Operation Solangelo (Nico's POV)

Nico woke with a start. It's been almost a year now since the war with Gaea. Two months ago, Leo had just returned to camp on Festus with his girlfriend, Calypso. He still didn't get how that was possible, I mean, Leo getting a really hot titan for a girlfriend? That was beyond Nico's train of thought. Nico hopped in the shower and got dressed. Today was the day the Romans were visiting camp half-blood. It was the 1 year anniversary after the defeat against Gaea. Nothing much has changed then, except maybe one minor thing. Ever since Nico admitted his crush to Percy, Percy and Jason have been acting really weird. Nico's shadow travel wasn't healed 100% yet, so Will Solace has been insisting he visits the infirmary every day. Whenever he does, Jason and Percy act really weird. Once, he caught them looking through the window while Will was giving Nico his regular checkup. He was so mad he summoned an army of dead skeletons to chase after Jason and Percy. They haven't been spying on them since, but were still betting on a relationship between Nico and Will. Nico had mixed feelings for Will. He knew that he didn't like him back, but whenever they were next to each other, Nico felt butterflies in his stomach. He didn't know why though. "Earth to Nico," Will said while waving his hand in his face. "Oh, sorry." After a while the checkup was finally done. Will grinned. "Looks like it's recovering. You won't be able to shadow travel for a week or two though. Doctors-"Orders," Nico interrupted. "You say it every time." With that Nico left the infirmary.

(Jason's POV)

"Are you sure we should do this?" "Yes! C'mon Jason, even you see how dense they are." Percy said with a little excitement in his voice. Ever since the encounter with cupid, all Jason wanted to do was make Nico happy. Percy had a plan that sounded really convincing, but he wasn't sure it was the right way to do it. "OK fine, but are you sure this will work?" "One hundred percent" Slowly the two boys approached the bush right outside the Hades cabin. Today Will was visiting to check on Nico. "All we have to do is wait." Percy said. A few hours back they had to convince Lou Ellen to disguise them as plants. It took a lot of convincing, but they finally managed to do it. "Shh! Here he comes!" Surely enough Will Solace was approaching the Hades cabin. He knocked on the door and Nico answered gesturing for him to come inside. Through a window Jason saw Will with a clipboard asking Nico questions. Minutes afterward Will left. "That's it?!" "Sorry bro" Percy replied with a disappointed look on his face. "Really Guys?" a voice asked behind them. Jason turned. Nico was standing there blushing with an angry look on his face. "Uhhhh" was all Jason could say. Nico rolled his eyes and stormed off. "Jason! You're not a bush!" He looked down at his arm and he was his normal self again. When he looked over at Percy, he was a normal human again too. "C'mon its almost time for dinner" Percy said breaking the silence. The two boys put there binoculars away and headed toward the dining pavilion.

(Piper's POV)

While sitting at the Aphrodite table, Piper was worried. When she saw Jason and Percy heading towards their tables they had disappointed expressions on their face. Since the war with Gaea they have been acting weird. They never showed up for any activities and rarely sparred. They only things they did were the climbing wall and Capture the Flag. Even then they didn't show up most of the time, but they didn't look sad. They looked anxious. It was none of Piper's business, but she couldn't help thinking about it. Today the dining pavilion was packed since the Romans were visiting for the week. Even the Hunters were here. After dinner we headed to the campfire for a sing-a-long. The next morning Chiron said he had an announcement. "Ladies and gentlemen may I have your attention. It has come to our attention that every time the hunters visit we shall have our annual capture the flag hunters against demigods. The game will start this afternoon. Good luck!" Everyone one went on will their normal daily schedule. Except for Piper, who had a headache. She turned and headed for her cabin where she would get a nice peaceful nap.

"PIPER, PIPER! WAKE UP! WAKE UP!" She sat up and opened her eyes while Nico was shaking her awake. "You need to see this." Piper got up and followed Nico who was sprinting towards the beach. At the beach everyone was gathered. "How did she get here?" "She just fell from the sky." "Another demigod?" She heard 200 demigods at once yelling things. She pushed her way to the front and gasped at what she saw. She saw young girl about 11. She was about 5 feet tall with short, dirty blonde hair and intense blue-gray eyes. Then everyone gasped. "What is it?" Piper yelled. "Look," Nico said pointing to an owl above her head.

(Next chapter coming soon?