Author's Note: Hi guys, I'm new at this, so please go easy. I go this idea after reading The Demigod Diaries. Hope you like it!

Disclaimer: I do not own Thalia or any of the characters from the Percy Jackson series.

Hey guys, Thalia Grace here. I never thought I would be writing in the little journal. In fact, I never thought I would be writing in any journal at all. But here I am, sitting in my tent and writing down my thoughts instead of sleeping like I should be. Oh yeah. I'm a Hunter of Artemis. Did I mention that? No? Well now you know. The Hunters are a group of girls who follow the goddess Artemis on her hunts. We are immortal as long as we stay in the Hunt—that means we don't break our oath, fall in love, or die. Yeah, you heard me right. Immortality. Oh, and I'm also the daughter of Zeus. Cool, huh?

So if I never planned on writing in a journal, then why do I have one? Well, I really only had this journal for a week, but it does have a long history. So how did it get into my hands? Well, you're about to find out.

It was a couple days after Kronos had invaded Olympus, and Annabeth, Percy, and I had just gotten back to camp after getting cheeseburgers and fires. I was heading back to Cabin Eight to join my Hunters when Nico di Angelo, the son of Hades, stopped me.

"Thalia," he said seriously. "We need to talk"

"Sure," I replied. I kind of felt sorry for the kid. His mom dies when he was young, he and his sister were put out of commission for a couple decades, then his sister leaves him to join the Hunters. And then she dies on a quest that I was on. I felt bad I couldn't do anything to prevent her death. Poor Nico was left on his own. I followed him up to Zeus' Fist, a big pile of rock at camp. "Nico, what's up?"

"Um…I'm not sure how to tell you this, but um…" the boy stuttered.

"Nico, just tell me. I'm not going to bite," I assured him.

"Well, ok. I've been talking to Luke's ghost in the Underworld."

I knit my eyebrows together. "So?"

"So he said he wanted you to have something of his," Nico continued.

My eyebrows shot up. "What?"

"Luke said he wanted you to have his journal. He wants you to—well, you'll see. He told me to tell you to look for a box in a cave on Zeus' fist. He said you'd know where to look."

I racked my brain for a cave that Luke would know of on this pile of rocks. It could be anywhere. Unless… "Oh!" I slap my forehead. "Of course! I'm so stupid!"

"What?"

"I think I know where Luke hid the journal, and we're in exactly the right place. I walked over to a small cave—the same one that led into the Labyrinth last year before Daedelus destroyed it—and squeezed between the opening. Sure enough, there was a little box stuck to the wall of the cave. Amazing how Percy and Annabeth didn't find the box when they were stuck in here. I guess they were too busy freaking out.

I pulled the box free from its nest and left the cave. I held the box out. "Well, here it is. Why did Luke want me to have it?"

Nico shrugged. "Why don't you open it and find out?"

Slowly, I opened the box and gasped. Inside laid a thick green book that I instantly recognized. Impossible! It was Hal's journal. Thoughts of what happened that night came flooding into my mind, but I pushed them away. How did Luke get Hal's precious journal? And why was Luke now giving it to me?

Out loud, I said, "I don't get it."

"Nico sighed. "Why don't you read it, Thalia. I'll give you some privacy, ok?

I nodded. "Thanks, Nico."

The son of Hades turned and walked down the hill. I sat on my rock for a few minutes, just staring at the book in my hands before finally opening it with trembling hands. The first thirty pages were written in Hal's handwriting—his ideas, his thoughts, his words. I recognized the conversation we had that night, and the tears began to fall when I saw his handwriting. Luke's handwriting.

Well, there's chapter one. Let me know if you like! :)