[A/N] This is my first fic, please be gentle.

[DICLAIMER] I do not own PJO and I never will.

Chapter 1

It was a dark night but the city lights made it less so. A lanky figure with long black hair in a leather jacket with tight blue jeans and combat boots stood on the edge of a skyscraper smoking a Marlboro menthol. It was none other than Nico di Angelo. He flipped his hair out of his eyes as the door to the roof access opened and a tall man with unruly black hair and sea green eyes in jeans, sneakers, and a gray t-shirt walked out. It was none other than Percy Jackson.

NICO'S POV

"Nico why do we always have to meet in the places hardest to get to?" Percy asked as I stepped from the edge of the building to a spot just a few feet away.

I snorted taking a drag off my cigarette "I thought you'd appriciate what I'm about to tell you more if it was in a dramatic place."

"A Iris message would of worked just as well." he muttered. "But what is it that made you call me out here in the middle of the night?"

"Something bad is about to happen Percy," I said gravely flicking my cigarette off the side of the building "I can feel it in my bones, in my very soul."

The door to the roof banged open yet again to reveal a woman with spiky black hair and electric blue eyes dressed in tight black skinny jeans, a form-fitting hoodie, and black Converse.

"Thalia?" Percy asked confused.

"Who else were you expecting?" Thalia said smirking.

Percy looked dumbfounded, big surprise, "Play nice you two." I said with a smirk.

They both looked at me as if realizing it was time to get down to buisiness, which was true.

"I've been having nightmares." I told them, Percy nodded his head in understanding.

"You called us out here in the middle of the night because you've been having nightmares?" Thalia asked sarcastically with a smirk tugging at her lips.

"Shut-up Thalia." Percy said in a voice that offered no room to argue. "What have the nightmares been about Nico?"

"Theres a demi-god, at least i think it's a demi-dog, he's alone and terified, he cant be more than eight or nine years old." I began, Percy and Thalia looked at me with intrest. "Then the dream shifts and he's at least in his late teens early twenties. But now he's surrounded by monsters but rather than trying to kill him they're doing his bidding." I continued.

"Hold on let me get this straight." Thalia said "He goes from eight or nine to his twenties, just like that?" she snapped her fingers for emphasis."And rather than try to kill him the monsters are working for him?"

"Thats basically what he just said, now will you shut up so I can hear the rest of his nightmare." Percy said annoyed.

"He's sitting on what looks like a swamp on an old tree stump." I continued as a look of recognition overcame Thalia's face.

"And he tells someone or something that its time to look for old father time, right?" Thalia cut me off.

Percy shot me a quizical look and I nodded my head confirming what Thalia had just said.

"What did he look like?" Percy asked.

"Well he was tall," I began.

"And handsome," Thalia interrupted.

"With brown hair and golden eyes." I cut her off shooting her a glare at the same time.

Now I'm not trying to brag but generally when I glare at someone they shut-up quick, being Hades son probably helps too. But Thalia just shot me a glare right back.

"Golden eyes?" Percy asked looking to both Thalia and myself "Are you sure?"

"Absolutley." I replied as Thalia nodded.

"Sounds like Kronos." Percy stated matter of factly.

"But you defeated him more than six years ago Percy." Thalia interjected.

"But who's old father time?" Percy looked at me.

"I don't know but I really don't like the sound of it, do you think I should tell Chiron?" I asked them. They both nodded thier heads in agreement.

"I was on my way to camp untill you Iris messaged me." Thalia informed me.

Percy looked at his watch and said "I got to go, Annabeth is going to be getting off her plane in twenty minutes and I've got to pick her up."

"Peace." Thalia and I said at the same time. She scowled at me, so I scowled back. Percy started to laugh. We both scowled at him.

"Catch you two later." Percy said as he left.

"How are you getting to camp?" I asked Thalia.

"Gray Sister's Cab." she answered.

"I know a quicker way." I said in my best mysterious voice.

She looked at me skeptically. "How's that?" she asked after a moment.

"First, give me your hand." I commanded, she complied.

"Second, hold on tight." she looked at me quizically and I smirked at her.

"Third, step into the shadows." we both stepped towards the shadows.

I shadow traveled us to camp. It was harder shadow traveling with Thalia, the darkness weighed her down more than it did when I shadow traveled with other people. Probably the whole daughter of Zues thing.

We came out of the shadows at the base of her pine tree. Peleus was sleeping.

"Last stop Camp half-blood." I said.

"I feel like i just went through a vacuum." she said sounding slightly nausiated.

She was still holding my hand tightly. I cleared my throat. When she looked at me I looked down at our hands. She let go and put her hands in her pockets, a slight blush spread across her cheeks. I couldn't help but smirk.

"Thanks for the lift Nico." she said before jogging off to her cabin.

I walked slowly towards mine, it would be my first time back at camp in two years.

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