CHAPTER 1 - HAZEL - SILENCE ISN'T GOLDEN
Minutes passed as we all thought about the gaping crack that led to Tartarus. How Annabeth fell in, and Percy tried to save her and fell in himself. How they held hands on the way down. I though as I looked over the banister of the Argo II we were going to sail over to camp half-blood at a slower pace, to take a breather before we engaged the next battle. I heard footsteps and noticed Frank was there too, I look up and ask, "They'll make it back, right?"
"Hey, you have seen Percy in fights for two weeks now, we all know hes got mad skills, and if Annabeth is as good of a fighter they said she is, well, their both in good hands," he said while his face relaxed a little.
"You guys shouldn't worry about this," Nico said. I had no idea where he had come up from. He continued, "With Percy there they'll make it out, maybe a few cuts and scrapes but yeah, they'll make it out. And with Annabeth there, oh boy those Tartarus people will have to worry. That place will be in shreds, wait, then the monsters will get released," he mumbled some more, "Never mind the last part, but you get the gist of it." He finished with a small smile that seemed to lighten up his face a bit more.
Up until know I had almost forgotten that Nico knew Percy and Annabeth before, longer than anyone, he had seen the power these two had. We heard more steps and saw Leo trudging up the steps.
"I don't believe this he mumbled," in a sad voice as he looked at the ground, he stared and exclaimed, "Holy Hephestus!" We turned around, and even Piper and Jason came racing up the steps. Above us was a spiraling object it was a circle, with two little fishes that made it one black and one white*. It swirled around faster and faster and it combined in flashing lights, we all turned away, when this light show seemed to have ended we looked back, the lady that had appeared from this circle just smiled.
