A.N Hey! I got so much happy reviews because of this story so thanks! As for me switching from 1st to 3rd person a lot. I'm used to writing in first and I was tired when I wrote this. My bad. Enjoy and Review!
Chapter 2: Like setting yourself on fire.
Nico was a heavy sleeper but he's positive he would've woke up if someone moved him into the woods.
And it didn't exactly help that he was in fact in the woods with no memory of how he got there.
And it wasn't until he heard a rustling in the woods, that he knew he wasn't alone.
Suddenly, a hellhound was creeping toward him. Usually, he can control hellhounds but he was so tired he couldn't use any of his powers, which meant he couldn't shadow travel out of there either.
So this is how it ends… he thought. When suddenly he saw an arrow fly over him and embed itself straight into the monsters head.
Nico turned around to see a girl with wavy blond hair and wide, bright blue eyes.
"Dad?" was all Nico heard before he passed out again.
XXX
To say that Graham and his sister had a good relationship would be a lie.
Which is why you could hear their screaming match all around camp.
Nico was sat in between Percy and his apparent daughter, OC. While Annabeth and Tide were both leaning against the wall.
Nico was still a little weird out since he just figured out that Graham was his child, and the fact that he had him with Will, and the fact that Graham looked just like him.
"We need to tell our parents!" The girl shouted back at Graham.
"You know how they'll react. And besides you don't have parents anymore, remember?"
"Graham stop." OC went to stand in front of him half guarding the blonde girl.
"It's the truth, Oceana. That's what she said the night she left."
"I had to leave!"
"You abandoned us!" He yelled back. "You abandoned me."
"I didn't want to abandon you guys but I had to it was my duty—"
"To serve Artemis, yea we got it the night you left." Graham mumbled.
"I'm sorry but what's going on?" Nico asked though he regretted it when everyone looked at him like he was stupid.
"Did you even tell him who you were?!" Graham said angrily.
"I didn't think it mattered." The blonde mumbled.
"It does matter." Graham turned to look at him. "Nico, this is Bianca, your other child though I don't think that's true anymore since the only parent she needs is the mother of the hunt. At least isn't that what you wrote on the note? You know, the one you used to runaway?"
"Alright!" OC yelled. "That's enough! I'm going to go for a walk, Graham, you're coming with me. Tide, you and Bianca try to plan a next step for us please?"
Everyone looked down away from her gaze as if they were upset that they let her down. Nico knew quite instantly that she was the leader.
With that, she turned and walked out with Graham following only a few steps behind her.
XXX
"Graham, what was that about?" OC asked once they were a good few feet away from the infirmary.
"I know, I'm sorry its just she frustrates me." Graham sighed. "You know how it was when she left home. Do you know how hard it was for my dad to have to go through that again? He didn't speak to any of us for weeks. And she just ran away and didn't contact any of us until she IMed me this morning saying that dad was here. Other than that, OC, she was dead to me."
"I know, I know. But right now we need her and the other huntresses help so you need to pull it together." OC said, looking him in the eyes. "I need you, you're my right hand."
"What about Tide?" Graham said.
"Please, Tide would never walk willingly into fire, that's what I need you for."
"Well, being your friend is already like setting yourself on fire so…"
"Ha, ha, ha." She said sarcastically before shoving him in the arm. "Can we go back now?"
"Actually, can we just sit out here for a while?" Graham turned to her with those wide brown eyes and she knew she was done for because he almost looked as innocent as he did when they met when he was 12.
"Alright."
XXX
Leo woke up with a sword at his neck.
He wished he could say this was the first time.
"Who are you and how did you get here?" Leo looked up and was surprised when he saw a familiar face.
"Piper?"
The girl's grip just tightened around her sword. "How do you know my mother?"
Ok, now Leo was thoroughly confused.
He looked a little bit harder to see that this girl was in fact not Piper. She was a lot less tan and her eyes were an electrifying blue.
Leo sighed. "Listen, sweetheart—"
"Thalia." She said, bringing the knife closer to his neck.
"...Thalia, listen, I don't know how I got here either but what I do know is that my name is Leo Valdez and last night I was on my ship but I woke up here."
Thalia looked at him as if he had two heads.
"Leo… Valdez?"
"Yes…?" Leo said confused.
"You're going to have to follow me." She said, lifting the sword away from his neck as she sped away heading toward what he now realized was Camp Jupiter.
"Wait, hold on—" He said running after her.
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As they walked through Camp Jupiter he realized that there were a lot of changes. For one there weren't just Camp Jupiter kids here. It was a healthy mix of both camps.
"After the Giant War, the camps decided to open their borders to any children of gods. No more separation from Greek and Romans."
"Oh…" Leo said in realization. "So, your parents are—"
"Jason and Piper?" She said, giving him a side eye. "I'm also Praetor."
Leo nodded. "So where exactly are you taking me?"
"To see your daughter."
XXX
To say the weapons forge was a mess would be an understatement.
Papers and scraps of metal were scattered all around the place. Half made weapons and inventions were hanging all over the place.
"NIXIE!" Thalia shouted over the sound of hammering.
The hammering stopped and a head started to appear from behind the large worktable.
A head that looked a lot like a younger version of his mother.
She had long brown hair, tan skin and extremely wide brown eyes. She had a red bandana around her head and grease smudges on her cheeks.
When she saw him her eyes bugged out as she gasped.
"Dad?" She said, surprised. "I thought you were gone?"
"What do you mean?"
Thalia cut in. "Our Leo Valdez has been missing… for 7 years."
