A/N First story ever! I just read House of Hades and got an idea about Nico and his big secret. He won't be with Percy tho srry but he'll be with someone a lot of people have already shipped. *hint hint* the title.. ;D

So ya here's the story ooh and this is the REVISED edition! Hope you like it better than the last one :)

Disclaimer: I don't own anything.

Nico POV

After their big victory against Gaia, the Mother of Gods, everyone celebrated with a big feast on Mount Olympus sponsored by the gods. I on the other hand was not. Instead of canoodling with the others, I hung around the less occupied space. Me being there would only bring up trouble. And trouble means attention, something i don't right now. So naturally, I hung around dark corners, stayed away, and only spoke when necessary. It was an easy way of life, ah life, ironic isn't it.

Some of the minor gods were sprawled around me, chatting, drinking, looking envious towards the major gods. I couldn't blame them. Their immortal lives must really suck. Not being known, forgotten, dead to all the others. In a way, these gods were sort of like me. And i sort of liked that. A black blurred streak caught my eye, barely visible.

hmmm... I wonder?

I followed the streak across the upstairs hallway and stopped at a balcony revealing a man masked in dark clothing and had a dark aura surrounding him, one such aura very similar to mine. A small smile crept up on my face as i walked towards the mysterious man.

"Father," i whisper. He was looking down resting his arms on the railing and smiled. I did the same and like he read my mind her said, "I know you liked Percy."

I stood frozen. No, this can't be true. 'Um...What, how" i asked my voice cracking. "Hmmm. Me and Ares are sort of like friends. Which means Ares' 'friends' are my 'friends'. In other words, Aphrodite told me," he smirked giving me a knowing smile and flashed off to his wife's side, Persephone. He wrapped his arms around her waist and she gave a happy shriek turning around giving him a kiss, a kiss that held secrets; secrets only they knew about. It was obvious that they had the best marriage amongst the other gods, they still had that fire in their eyes after however long they've been married. I saw Persephone throwing drachmas at them as Hades started fiddling with her dress.

OK enough of this crap. On to more pressing matters. How did dad find out?! I know he said Persephone told him, but did she really? Was he okay with that? Was he not? Why am I getting crazy about what my dad thinks?! It's not like it's any of his business. He couldn't tell me who I couldn't and could like! Only Aphrodite could, I should be mad at her, she's the one who chooses who you like.. sort of. I was considering having a talk with the goddess of love myself when I heard a familiar laugh among the crowd: Percy's.

I turned around immediately spotting my dad and his wife. His arms were still wrapped around her waist and Persephone was still swooning over them. I scanned the room and spotted a few familiar orange camp shirts. The Stoll brothers were jumping up and down waving their hands in the air, obviously hogging the attention. A few demi gods were watching their parents, shaking their heads and telling stories to their campers about how they were horrible parents and all that. Well news flash, it's happened to all of us.

I still couldn't find Percy anywhere, I couldn't find Annabeth either. 'Cuz everyone knows, where you find Annabeth, you find Percy. They were Percibeth, atleast, that's what the Aphrodite cabin called them. And they were inseparable; even the gods couldn't separate them, they'd always find a way back to each other. I finally found him leaning over Annabeth. They looked like some cliche high school couple flirting, the nerdy girl and the popular jock. I felt something pull at my gut: jealousy.

I wanted to rip Percy away from Annabeth and have my skeleton minions hold her until.. until... I don't really know. What would I do afterwards? Kiss Percy in front of her? That would be quite a scene. Okay, so plans off. I guess I'll have to find another way to torture Annabeth. But right now, I had to get out of here. I don't like spending too much time with people, they start talking about me behind my back.

I started backing away from the balcony and got myself ready to shadow travel to the elevators, when a warm hand touched my shoulder.

"Where do you think your going?" someone teased. It was Hazel, my half sis-. She was the daughter of Hades, who was my father too. After all this time, I still couldn't say the 'S' word.

"I just want to get out of here.." I didn't look her in the eyes. Because if I did, she'd see right past me. I was planning to go somewhere, anywhere, for a very long time. I may not come back, but then again, there was no where and no one to come back to. Not even Hazel had the same 'family' feel to her, no one did, not even dad, not camp, and Persephone was no where close to being 'family'

"OK. But don't be gone for too long. How long will you be away?" She was fiddling with her curly hair, something she does when she's nervous or worried.

"Calm down. Only for a few weeks or something." I tried to lighten up the mood, but I could still see the hurt in her eyes. She gave me a weak smile, nodded and went back to the party. I let out a deep sigh and went back to the task at hand: getting out of here.

I shadow traveled to the entrance of Olympus and turned around giving Olympus a last look. Hopefully, I wouldn't ever need to see Olympus again...

Thalia POV (three weeks later

Apollo's rays woke me up, as he did every day. I spotted a note on the wall of my tent. It read-

"We went to kill another monster!- Love, Artemis".

Crap! I overslept again; the Hunters always leave me behind because i can never wake up. I know I've been a Hunter for a few months, but being immortal really messes with your eternal clock. I strapped my bow, put on my special 'bracelet' and put my 'mace can' in my back pocket. Dressed in my usual black clothes, i set off in the woods looking for the other girls once again.

While walking i began to think. The other Hunters only respect me because of my title, not me. Sometimes i think Artemis would rather have Mary Hemming, her second oldest hunter, be her second hand. I don't blame her though, even though I'm the most loyal one, I still seem, i don't know, out of it. I only joined the Hunters so I didn't have to be in the prophecy, jerk move i know. But i was stuck as a tree for like 7 years! I needed a break.

Maybe I joined the Hunters too early. I didn't really think about it too much. It was pretty much a last minute decision. Hearing about what happened 3 weeks kind of made me jealous. I was stuck in the middle of, um, I dont even know! While the others were having exiting quests while the only thing I do is hunt and eat and sleep, repeat. I know i should be happy, being out of danger and all, but still... Doing this for the remainder of my immortal life could get boring.

I knew i should have paid more attention when my head hit something hard. I banged into a tree! If the Hunters saw me right now, i would literally die of embarrassment. See what i mean when i say 'out of it'? I was mentally laughing at myself when i heard a few leaves crinkle. It couldn't have been me because i was standing in one spot. And it couldn't have been the Hunters 'cuz you wouldn't hear them, like at all, we're just that good. Could it be the monster they were chasing? No, I would sense it; it's a demigod thing.

I rushed to the nearest tree and pulled my bow back with my special silver arrows only used by Artemis and her Hunters. I felt something bump against the same tree i was leaning on. And then i heard breathing. Human?

I set my bow down; only half way though, you could never be too careful. I peaked my head out and pulled it back in. It was a human, more importantly a human boy. Ok, no biggy. See, unlike the other Hunters, i held no grudge against boys, except Luke of course, but other than him, I was pretty chill around them. I peaked around once again and i saw him, had a black wallet in his back pocket, it shimmered a little bit and for a second it turned into a black sword. Wait a second! A black wallet? In his back pocket? I was looking at some guys butt! A good butt too! I mentally snickered thinking of all the other times I snuck a few glances at some of the boys we met. Those are just some of the secrets I've kept from Lady Artemis and the other Hunters.

I suddenly remembered what i was going to do. Without looking i raised my bow and went to the other side of the tree. He wasn't there! I huffed loudly and spun around, the tip of my nose meeting a long black sword.

Nico POV

After i left Olympus, i decided i would go where the shadows took me, to my luck, they took me into the forest. After a few days, I had a sturdy lean-to, a campfire, and some animal traps. It was that time of the day again when I would check my traps. I started walking down a narrow pathway i marked with stones to the nearby stream. that was my main shower source, my other one was the rain. Earlier, I took a bath, changed into the clothes that were always somehow there; every morning I'd find a new pair of jeans and a t-shirt neatly hung on my clothesline, every morning. I think some sort of god or goddess is looking out for me, keeping me alive until they need something from me. It wasn't uncommon in the olden times, but nowadays, gods don't really do that anymore, so I was pretty surprised the first day it happened.

I marked some of the trees with some black cloth to find my way to my traps. I strolled casually down my usual path as the new autumn leaves rained down. Autumn and Winter were my favorite seasons, that's when my dad, Hades, is the most happiest: with his wife. It still astonishes me how Persephone puts up with him. I mean he cheated on him- three times. Technically two but whatever. And i can't believe Demeter is OK with it. Over the years, Hades has grown on Demeter and now she's OK with Persephone and Hades being married. I hate that word, married. I also hate a lot of things, the smell of cigarettes, the sound someone makes when they run their fingers on a weird picture changing plastic thing, orange juice; I'm weird, deal with it.

*Crinkle Crinkle*

I heard a few leaves crinkle. I stood behind a tree getting out my Stygian sword. It could be a monster; I've battled quite a few just to get my dinner. I sniffed the air, monsters had this weird sort of scent, like rotting flesh mixed with garbage and a fake perfumey smell. No, I couldn't smell any garbage, in fact, I couldn't smell anything. Usually wild animals would carry around this wet animal scent, but whatever this was bathed, frequently.

Putting my sword back in its scabbard turning into a 'wallet' when it's in. I peaked over my shoulder seeing a girl. A hot girl. By the looks of it she's a little on the emo/goth side, though i can't really tell 'cuz i can only see her hai- Wait, did i just call a chick hot?!

She was looking at something around the tree, probably me and my amazing bod. She started snickering and I saw her head nod a bit. Liking what you see huh?

OK, enough of this. I took my sword out. I traveled around the tree and she started moving too. She raised up something silvery, a bow maybe and travled around the trees large trunk to find that, my my, I wasn't there! I saw her head bob up and down in defeat and she lowered her bow, obviously confused. My sword was met with the tip of her nose, wrinkling it a little. Before, I was really confused whether I liked girls or not, now, seeing her, i knew that was a thing of the past.

A/N Thats the first chapter, thanks for reading! BTW I revised it a little.

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