War of the Worlds

by SourRazzles

While Nico, Reyna, and the seven are watching the stars at Camp Half-Blood, Hazel remembers the night the world thought aliens were invading earth. Her and Nico share their experiences of what happened on that night. Cover by Yuumei on deviantART.

1. Chapter 1: Hazel

Chapter 1: Hazel

Hazel, Nico, Reyna, and the rest of the seven all sat on the beach of Camp Half-Blood, staring up at the stars. There were so many out in the sky. Hazel used to watch the stars from her bedroom window back in New Orleans. She wasn't able to see many because of light pollution. But at Camp Half-Blood the night was so dark that thousands, maybe millions of little lights could be seen from the strawberry fields to the climbing wall.

Everyone stood on the sand looking across the ocean. Suddenly, a bright light flew across the night sky. Everyone gasped.

"A shooting star?" Piper guessed.

"Or a UFO," Leo said.

"There is no such thing as a UFO," Piper insisted.

"Don't be so sure," Percy said. "Before I first came to Camp Half-Blood I thought there was no such thing a a half-blood."

Hazel watched where the shooting star had flew. She could almost make out a stream of light where it had gone over. It made her thing about one night when she was 10. It was October 30, 1938, Halloween Eve.

While she was daydreaming Nico noticed her dazing off. Then she remembered her was alive during that year too.

"Nico," She asked. "How old were you during the year 1938?"

Nico thought for a moment. "Um... I think I was around 7 or 8. Why do you want to know?"

"Do you remember The War of the Worlds broadcast?"

Annabeth seemed to hear their conversation and jumped in.

"The War of the Worlds. I know about that. It was a Halloween broadcast from the novel by H. G. Wells. It was about aliens invading the earth. Lots of people thought it was real." She explained, though everyone already knew.

"My self included. I had a cold that night and my mother let me stay up late. The minute it came on I remember Sammy calling me." Hazel recalled.

"I remember jumping on Bianca telling her to wake up and the world was ending." Nico said. "Neither of us knew that it was fake until forty minutes into it."

"Tell us what happened." Leo insisted.

"Maybe I can show all of you." Hazel got an idea. "I could try to make it a flashback."

"Cool, movie night," Percy said as they all took Hazel's hands.

Hazel tried to constraint and focus on her memories. Suddenly, everything went black.