I do not own the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.

Percy was standing on top of a large hill over a glittering lake. He was in Elysium. He did not remember why he was here, or how he got here. The friends he lost during the Titan War were also here. Elysium was beautiful, with trees with every type of thinkable flowers in bloom. But there was a disturbance in the air, a scent so faint that it might have not been there at all. Elysium was separated from the normal world like a phantom island.

Though Nico occasionally visited them, bringing news of the world above. Percy had stayed distant from Nico during all those visits, trying to lead a happier life in Elysium than he had in the real world.

Percy could not remember how he died; it was like secret that was tossed into Tartarus, never to be known again. It was good that those memories were gone, or Percy would have been bothered even in the Underworld. But something was still bothering him, there were some dreams that showed a hillsides contorted into slumbering features of a woman. She had spoken to him in his mind, "Join my army, and lead an attack against the ones that murdered you in cold-blood." Percy didn't know what she meant by him leading an army, and also an army of what? Who had killed him in cold-blood?

Behind him, someone shoved him and Percy tumbled down the hill and into the lake. Percy willed the water to support him, and it turned into a condensed fountain that leveled him back onto the hill. Percy saw a pair of dark black eyes stare at him. Nico di Angelo. Nico smirked at him. "Haven't seen you around too often, Kelp Head."

Percy scowled. "How did you know I was here?"

Nico grinned. "Asked Beckendorf and the others of course. Think you can stay away from a son of Hades?"

"Why are you here?" Percy demanded.

Nico frowned. "Percy," he said calmly. "Things are changing in the world above. Dangerous things are awakening."

"Duh." Percy muttered. "When are they not awakening."

Nico sighed. "Percy," He said patiently. "I mean this is even more dangerous than Kronos."

"So," Percy said. "What does that have to do with me. I'm dead, if you remember."

"Percy, they need your help." Nico replied silently. "You need to learn to forgive."

"Nico, no. They abandoned me. Even though my ultimate flaw is loyalty, it is still not enough for me to forgive them." Percy snapped. They had abandoned him, ignored him, until he had left camp. No one even cared then, except for Nico. They were all obsessed with another son of Zeus, Carter. He was a new camper that came after the Titan War.

Nico sighed. "I was right, it was indeed unforgivable. They were too arrogant about the way they won the Titan War."

"Nico I am not going anywhere. I don't want to be disturbed again."