It was a normal day at camp.
Haha, just kidding. A day at camp is anything but normal.
But the day Piper McLean was having so far could have been mistaken for normal. There was a new but unclaimed camper that she was tasked with showing around. Her name was London Maxwell, and it was kind of a long story how Nico and Grover had found her while the seven of the prophecy plus Reyna, Nico, Thalia, and Grover were visiting Sally Jackson, so we'll skip that.
But anyway, the young demigod was swivelling her head everywhere, drinking in the sights as Piper was pointing out landmarks. "Over there's the Aphrodite Cabin, my cabin actually, and that's the Big House, and if you look hard enough you can see Zeus' Fist just over there." She pointed at the massive rock and was about to show London the strawberry fields when Percy and Jason came sprinting out of the woods.
"Who are they?" the little girl piped up. She was about six, with wavy charcoal coloured hair. "Oh, that's just Percy and my boyfriend Jason. They're kinda the big-shots around here so-"
"RUN FOR YOUR LIFE, PIPER!" Percy shrieked.
"What…?" Piper furrowed her brow.
"HE'S COMING!" Jason shouted while looking over his shoulder.
"Who? I swear to the gods, I will charmspeak both of you to slap yourselves depending on the intensity of whatever stupid thing you did this time." Piper threatened. To think she could have one almost normal day was so naive of her.
Percy glanced back at the forest. "Oh… shit…." "C'mon, man, we can barricade ourselves in Cabin 1 until it's over." Jason offered.
Piper and London stared at the forest. An absolutely drenched Leo Valdez came rocketing out of the woods, his hands aflame. "I'LL KILL YOU YOU LITTLE SHITHEADS!" He screeched as he threw a fireball in their direction.
"Oh gods." She turned to London. "Come with me for a minute, I'm so sorry sweetie." London followed her to the Zeus Cabin and Piper knocked on the door. "What did you morons do this time?" She sighed.
"Well you see…" Percy began nervously, his voice muffled from behind the door.
"We may have, um-"
"Sorta-"
"Possibly-" Jason coughed and twiddled his thumbs.
"Kinda-"
"Flooded Bunker 9."
Piper groaned and facepalmed as Leo hollered in the background," GET BACK HER SO I CAN KILL YOU PERCY JACKSON AND JASON GRACE!" and started a forest fire.
London was quiet from shock for a good thirty seconds. Then she asked, kind of nervously," Is this normal?"
Piper smiled and rumpled the younger girl's hair. "You should have seen the time when Hazel and Frank loaded the Athena Cabin with spiders. Chiron was asking why it sounded like a mob was going on a killing spree at 3 AM." She busted out in laughter.
"Or- or- that time that Percy, Jason, and Leo all worked together to trap Nico in a closet and then set a third of it on fire, flood another third of it, then electrocute the last part of it. Oh gods… when he got out of the closet he was furious. He raised a dozen skeletal armies to capture them, wound up in the infirmary for a month, and still wouldn't let them go. It was rich. Just don't get Nico mad like that. He'll kill you unless you're Hazel."
London frowned a little. "Mr Nico is really nice. Don't talk about him like that."
"I know he's nice, London." Piper said soothingly.
"Then why are you saying that stuff about him?"
"He's not mean. He's been through a lot. It's just- he gets mad sometimes. Everybody gets angry sometimes." Piper tried to explain.
Just then Nico shadowtravelled a few feet away with a bag of McDonalds. "Hey Pipes." He glanced at the forest fire. "Oh gods. What did Percy and Jason do this time?"
"They flooded Bunker 9." Piper shook her head.
Nico snorted. "Morons." He glanced at London and smiled. Not a creepy smile, a nice smile. "Hey little soldier. What you been up to?"
"Piper's showing me around camp, Mr Nico." She said eagerly. She stared at the bad of McDonalds in his hands. "I swear I know you from somewhere. You act so much like somebody I know- I just can't place it!" She sounded near tears.
"Listen, little soldier. How about you go to the place where they keep the weapons and I'll help you choose one out in a minute. Then we can train. Sound good?" London nodded and walked off.
Nico sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Be with you in a minute!" he called to London. Then he pulled Piper aside. "I know why she knows me from somewhere. I think- I think- she might be my sister. Bianca, she chose rebirth. I think that London might be her rebirth."
"Of course. It makes perfect sense." The pieces started coming together in her brain. "It's the after effects of the River Lethe. She subconsciously remembers you as her brother from her past life but she can't place it. When did you realize?"
Nico sighed again. "I suspected for a while. Then this confirmed it. Promise me you'll take care of her while I'm not around. I'll tell everyone when I see fit, so keep quiet please?" Piper nodded as Nico ran off to help London.
About ten minutes later, London ran up to Piper, a long-ish black blade in her hand. It looked kind of like a spatha, only the blade looked almost paper thin and was needle sharp. It looked incredibly deadly, like it could hit the places no other ordinary blade could, and have a thousand pounds of iron thrown on top of it with little to no damage on the weapon.
"Nice weapon." Piper winked.
Nico shook his head a little. "It's Stygian Iron, like my own sword. It's really dangerous. I haven't ever seen one designed like that. But she insisted. I think she can handle it. She looks like a worthy little fighter." He turned his attention to young London. He spoke with a fondness Piper hadn't ever heard from him. "So, little soldier, what're you gonna name it?"
London looked at the blade curiously. "Name it?"
"So it's officially yours. It's a mark of ownership, I guess."
She thought for a long time. Then she said," Reaper. I want to call it Reaper. I can't shake the feeling that this sword will be taking a lot of lives one day. It sounds dumb, but I can't shake it."
Nico knelt down. "When you're a demigod, always trust your instincts. Reaper sounds perfect. Now, how about we go start your training. Piper can finish her tour later."
That was fine with Piper. She had more important things to do- like stopping Leo from murdering her boyfriend and her best friend's boyfriend in cold blood.
Hey all! Sooo… yeah. The beginning started out as inspiration from a Tumblr thing I saw. Then I got the idea for a relationship between London Maxwell, my OC, and Nico di Angelo. I don't know about the rest of the fandom, but I adore the idea of Nico training small children at camp :D