AU – SET BEFORE LAST OLYPIAN, AND NEAR THE END OF BATTLE OF THE LABRINTH. NO SPOILERS TO ENDING OF SERIES.

Corruption –

Prologue:

The wind swirled and whooshed around Nico, crouched next to a stagnant river. He shivered against the cold, cursing Percy, Hades and even thinking about cursing his sister. He bit his lip before he could say it, and instead cursed Percy more.

Stuffing the remains on his lowly meal into his mouth, tears sprung into his eyes as he took a deep breath of the weather around him. He shuddered against his own will and curled over, tucking his knees under his chin and snuggling his head deep down into the made-up warmth. He needed help, he knew that. The war was a few days away from completely blowing up. And he was alone, what was he thinking?

Unaided, unprepared, Nico began to sob as the wind picked up around him. 'Please go away! Leave me alone! I just want my sister.' He knew this was impossible, Bianca herself had told him. That didn't stop the need though.

The wind screeched and howled, and Nico pulled his filthy hood up over his head. Covering his eyes, he may have missed the most curious thing ever. But the wind tugged it off, just as a small tornado sprang beside him, threatening to suck him into the air. But instead of touching him, it hovered over the river, and started to glow a mysterious yellow colour. As quickly as it came, the tornado whirled away, but appearing to have left something more solid behind, standing on the water.

Nico's eyes opened in shock, and he scrambled backwards, blinking wide at the figure on the water. 'WHO ARE YOU?' he yelled, drawing a dagger from his pocket. 'You don't want to mess with me! Believe me!' he tried to look anything less than scared, but it didn't work. The figure simply smiled, and glided out on the water, wrinkling her nose at the smell.

As she passed, she smiled again for Nico, before looking confused and walking away in a cloud of dust and sand.

Nico's eyes couldn't possibly be wider. She was like nobody he had seen before. She was purely beautiful – and he was positive she wasn't a goddess. In that moment he made up his mind.

She must be a demi-god.

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This girl needs a name – review with your answers, and I shall pick the name I like the best, and which suits her character more!

Chapter One up ASAP.

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