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Eris Plots Destruction

A Prologue of Sorts

Eris had heard of him. They all had. Defeating Kronos and the many monsters had helped his fame reach monumental levels. She had the chance to see him with her own eyes when he and another girl, most likely his lover, had visited her mother's castle. Nyx had not been pleased with their departure. Eris had finally gotten her mother's permission to venture upstairs if she promised to make his life miserable. What a pity, he had such a handsome face…

She had not been to Earth since the Trojan War, Oh the good old days! She disguised herself, not wanting the Olympians to know of her presence. At least not until she had finished her task. Teleporting to Camp Half-Blood, she approached the dragon and set him to sleep. Listening, she smiled cruelly. Her mother had been right. It was too quiet.

The second Giant War had been amazing! The influx of pure power she had felt was intoxicating. Now it was time to feel that again. The Seven as well as a few others had been given their rewards. The celebrations went on for days and the Camp treaties were signed. The gods had repaired everything with a snap of their fingers so now everything was back to normal.

Now what to do, she thought to herself. The possibilities were endless. An idea worthy of Athena sprung into her mind. She set about her task with ruthless efficiency.

When she was done, Eris sat down underneath Thalia's Pine Tree and thought about the probability of the gods finding out her scheme. It would be a pity if her prey managed to reach safety before she could play. Admittedly, it would be mostly on him, even though her mother had only wanted the girl. Who cares, she thought. When you could have the most powerful demigod on his knees!

She left, just as quietly as she had entered. Her mother would be proud. The darkest of Nyx's children, which sounded like a good title. She smiled, the best actually.

The Cave of the Oracle

Rachel Elizabeth Dare awoke with a start, eyes wide as she tried to recall the dream she just had. After getting a blank, she growled under her breath, "And I thought we were in peace time."

After a few more unsavory comments, she grabbed a paintbrush. Painting at one in the morning seemed like a good idea as any. After all, painting always calmed her down. She let her mind wander. Barely concentrating, she allowed herself to be lulled back into a half asleep mentality.

When she finally came to her senses, she gaped at what she had just drew. There were clearly trees, but the rest was a blurry mess of red and orange paint, what that an organ!? Okay maybe it was the bloodiest thing she had ever painted, but that did not mean anything right? It wasn't as if in the center of the canvas there was a pair of bright sea-green eyes filled with pain and fear.

Rachel had seen many things, but this sent a chill right down her spine.

The Poseidon Cabin

Percy slept fitfully, plagued with images of Tartarus, the world ending, and all the blue cookies in the world disappearing. Little did he know that the fates would again use him as a punching bag and plunge his life into another roller-coaster, one that his mind might not last and his life taken away in the most violent way imaginable. But hey, no one said being a demigod was easy.

Somewhere in New Jersey: Nico's POV

"Of all the bad luck on Olympus…" Nico muttered under his breath. All he wanted was a good night's sleep.

He was camping out in some part of a random forest when a monster had mistaken his for breakfast. After quickly killing it, he realized that it had destroyed all his supplies. That put him in an extremely bad mood.

Sighing, he started to clean up the area when he felt something. It was the creepy feeling he got when someone's soul entered the Underworld. And it only happened when the death was close by or someone he knew very well… "Oh my gods, please, please not who I think it is. I will do anything, just please not her."

Shadow traveling to camp, he noticed how quite everything was, the sky was clear to. That meant that Percy did not know…

Racing to the Athena Cabin he shadow traveled inside. Careful to inspect all the bunks, he realized she was not there. Now to search camp before anyone found the body.

Darting quickly into the Training Arena, he soon came out when he didn't see anything. Allowing his senses to take over, he followed his instincts to the edge of the forest. There he saw what would now become the center of his nightmares. Annabeth was hanging from a tree by her neck. There was no sight of a struggle. In fact her expression was downright serene.

I have to tell someone, he thought. Definitely not Percy, he would flip. Chiron would know what to do.

With that decided he rushed to the Big House. He flung the door open. Not knowing which door was his room, he started to open doors at random. Suddenly he heard the sound of hooves on wood. "What are you doing here at this hour, my boy? Do you need anything?" Chiron was wearing hair curlers on his tail. The image stunned Nico so much he stuttered for a few moments before he could find the words to explain the situation.

"We-ell… the thing is that, I mean Annabeth is on a tree."

"Excuse me?"

"I found her hanging from a tree dead." Well so much for trying to be subtle.

Chiron seemed to age ten years before his eyes. "I see. And I hoped that the fighting and the deaths were over for now. Percy will be crushed," A light of determination entered into his eyes. "We will discover who did this. I do not believe that Annabeth would commit suicide."

"What about Percy?" I asked.

"We will inform camp. They must know. I will be in charge of the funeral preparations." He looked at me seriously. "You must tell Percy. Restrain him from blowing up the Camp and doing something he will regret." Then the old horse cantered off without giving Nico time to protest.

Oh, just tell Percy the love of his life is dead and stop him from doing something stupid, but no pressure!

Dragging his feet to the Poseidon cabin. He knocked on the door. After waiting for what seemed like an eternity, Percy opened the door. Nico's breath caught in his throat. Deep breaths Nico, deep breaths. Percy was shirtless, his much muscled chest appeared to be glowing in the early morning dawn.

"Hey Nico do you know that it in 5 in the morning right?"

"So why are you awake, I thought I was going to have to drag you out of bed," Nico responded.

"I am just so excited for today!" Percy exclaimed. He leaned in, with Nico leaning back. "I am going to propose to Annabeth today."

Oh gods, thought Nico. "Uh, well Percy? Annabeth is gone."

"Where did she go?"

"She is dead." The bomb was dropped. Percy's expression froze. It seemed that time froze, then Percy's face turned feral. He grabbed Nico roughly. "Swear on the River Styx."

Nico gulped nervously, "I swear." Thunder boomed. Percy then let Nico go and shoved him to the side roughly. He sprinted away, dropping something. Nico picked it up. It was a ring box. He opened it. The ring was made out of celestial bronze, with a pearl in the center and diamonds surrounding it. Engraved on the inside it said I will never let you go.

In the distance, Nico could see Percy ride away on Blackjack.

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