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Warning: There will be a hit of a spoiler in here from Blood of Olympus.

The boy glanced at the girl siting next to him. From the shape of their face, to the fierce look of determination, they nearly looked identical. But the boy, whose name was Nico di Angelo, was obviously years younger, as his forehead was not marked by the lines of stress like his sister's, Bianca di Angelo. After a month in the hotel, those lines were starting to fade, to Nico's relief. A few months earlier, he could tell she was stressed. It was difficult raising a baby brother alone. Nico could only remember flashes of memories from his life, but he could tell that they had a rough childhood.

He returned back to his game of defeating holographic zombies, and found out, much to his dismay, that his avatar had died. Feeling annoyed at having lost again, Nico was about to restart the game when he felt a tap on his shoulders. He turned around, expecting Bianca to be there telling him to stop playing and to get some lunch, but instead he saw a boy around Bianca's age standing before him. He had sea-green eyes and wind swept hair that Nico couldn't decide weather it was raven of dark brown like his. He couldn't help but stare and get lost in his beautiful eyes and admit he was quite handsome. Nico blushed at the thought.

The mysterious boy gave off an aura of confidence, but was looking quite stricken about something. Nico looked at Bianca to see if she was paying attention to him, and, satisfied that she was preoccupied with her archery game, turned to face the boy.

He glanced around distractedly and asked Nico, "What year is it?"

The boy, Nico noticed was fingering his jean pocket and pulled out a pen. He made a move as if was going to uncap it, but then seemed to have decided something and slid it back in. Nico was rather distracted by the smell of the ocean coming from the boy, and barely processed the words he had said.

The green eyes met his and like a flustered idiot, Nico stared back and said, "What?"

Green eyes looked around again; probably searching for someone. "You know. What year is it?"

Nico thought for a moment and was rather surprised when only a fuzzy memory of looking at a calendar came into mind. It was strange for Nico had never seen a calendar in the hotel, but that would be why the boy was asking.

Suddenly relieved, Nico responded in a way that he hoped was casual. "1937. Why do you ask?" The boy looked as if Nico had just confirmed a horrible truth and hurriedly glided away.

Nico glanced back at his sister once more, and snuck after the boy, keeping close to the shadows so he wouldn't be caught. Nico had found that he had a weird ability that allowed him to easily slip through the shadows without being detected. It had come in handy when Bianca was being a bit overbearing.

He soon found him talking to a blonde haired girl playing the 3-D build your own city. Nico supposed the girl was his girlfriend and felt a pang of jealousy at the thought. The boy was trying to get her attention, but she wasn't listening to him. Nico crept closer to the pair and could just make out some of the words they were saying over the bungee-jumpers. Nico shuffled closer to hear what they were saying, but he only managed to dimly her the name Annabeth.

"…Need…leave…" The boy said.

Nico was confused. The hotel had everything to offer. Evidently the girl, Annabeth, had the same thought as she replied, "Leave? What… you talking about? … The towers-"

The boy cut her off. "… Place is a trap." He grabbed her shoulders and shook her.

"What?" She snapped, annoyed. Of course, Nico thought, I would be annoyed too if someone shook me.

"Listen… Underworld… quest!"

Where they speaking about a new game Nico had missed? He had only heard these kind of words in a new card game he had found. (1)

"Oh, come on, Percy… few more minutes."

So his name was Percy, Nico thought. He rather liked the name Percy and thought it suited the boy well.

"Annabeth… people… 1977… aged… check in, you stay forever."

Nico was now certain they were speaking in code because only his sister would talk about the future of 1977. Almost as if summoned by him, Bianca stood, her arms folded and a scowl on her face.

"Nico," she scolded, "Why did you walk away without telling me first? If you were going to get lunch you could have at least told me."

Nico looked around her, hoping to see the green eyed boy, Percy, and the girl, Annabeth, but instead saw the half-finished holographic city with amazing architect. He wanted the boy he briefly spoke with to be his secret. He always told his sister everything, but this would be the first thing he withheld.

Going along with her idea that he just wanted lunch, Nico sighed and turned to his sister. "Why don't we go now?"

Bianca gave him a warm smile and headed off toward the food court. He glanced behind him, but the pair were no where in sight. Figuring he would see Percy later, he caught up with Bianca to get food.

The next few weeks in the hotel, Nico franticly searched the hotel for a sign of Percy. He had an overwhelming desire to find him and talk with him. Every time Nico saw a boy with black hair, he would go up to them and look at their eyes. Every time he hoped to find the welcoming sea-green eyes and lopsided smile, but every time he was disappointed.

Every so often Nico had a dream about a hero who battled monsters with Nico, and every time the hero had raven hair and green eyes. After a year of the dreams, the started becoming blurrier and blurrier, until the green eyed hero became just a faint memory.

(1) The card game is Mythomagic just to be clear. I imagine Nico found out about it in the hotel.

I hope you guys like my first fanfiction! I was planning on making this a one-shot, but if you want me to add more character scenes, like I said above, just tell me. Thank you for reviewing!

People seem highly interested in A Faint Memory, so I was considering putting my other story, The Doors, on hold for a while so I can focus on this. If this seems like a good idea, I will completely put all my effort into A Faint Memory and abandon The Doors.

~ Haley Wilson