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Nico was tired of been pulled away from the action. Before the war against Gaia nobody cared about him, he could die and no one would notice. Now, he was treated like a baby, everyone wanted to protect him from the sad and scary real world, as if he had never seen how horrible this world could be. Ok, actually, it wasn't everyone who was treating him like a child, it was just Jason and sometimes Percy. Will was the only one who fully understood Nico; he never treated him too coldly or overprotectively, although sometimes he was amazingly stubborn about his heathy habits, and, of course, "no underworld stuff".

"Nico, I think you're overreacting" Will said after the son of Hades had complained about Jason.

"No, Will, I don't think so. He's not letting me be part of the attack team in Capture the Flag this night because, and I'm quoting him, 'You could get hurt!'" answered Nico annoyed.

"Ok, I got your point, but have you ever thought that maybe he feels sorry for you? You've been through so much, perhaps he is trying to compensate all your past damage," told the son of Apollo while they walked their way to the sword practice.

"You're saying he pity me? " Nico said, glaring a bit aggressively in Will's direction.

"That's not what I meant and you know it" Will answered no challenging. Nico growled and looked away, trying not to go straight to Cabin One to punch Jason in the face.

They arrived to the sword room and started to practice with each other. They had made a deal, Nico would help Will with sword fighting and Will would teach Nico how to shoot with an arrow. Nico had never had the chance of learning archery before. Of course, he had had some classes before leaving the camp when he was ten, but it wasn't that many classes, and it was a long time ago. He also never had the chance to learn with his masters, the ghosts, he had a sword for sword practicing, but he hadn't a bow and arrow for archery.

Also, he liked very much having Will close, touching him to show the right position of the body and the arms. Will would put a hand in his shoulder if the missed the target, and would hug him if he got it right. Nico have been working so hard to get it right.

Yes, he was not the type who loved physical contact, but with Will everything was different. He got thrilled, with scary skeletal butterflies in his stomach, but he wasn't afraid of it anymore. Not now that he knew why he felt that way. Nico was conscious that he had a crush on Will. Although this feeling had once scared him, he got over that fast. Sometimes it was back, like an old hound which would never completely heal, the difference was that now he was aware that fight that feeling would only hurting him more. Besides, there was a chance of Will liking him back, though until he discovers it for sure he would only enjoy spending time with him, without taking any step further. He wasn't confident enough to try anything without being safe, he couldn't lose a precious friend.

The sword practice was the way it had always been, but it was when they were on their way to the showers that their day went out of the ordinary. It had all started with Annabeth screaming somewhere nearby.

A parliament of owls was attacking her. Well, kind of. Actually, it seemed they were trying to kill her by throwing letter at her. It was a very odd vision indeed.

Nico ran to her direction, but if Annabeth, whose mother had an owl as a symbol, couldn't control them, then Nico had no chance. However, after a while the owls left on their own. Annabeth and Nico were under a pile of letters trying desperately to reach the surface. Will looked everything from distance, a small smile forming in his lips.

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A council meeting was organized immediately and in thirty minutes, more or less, the councillors of all cabins were there with a curious look at their faces, sometimes mirroring Annabeth and Nico who looked a bit annoyed with the whole situation, sometimes looking at the pile of opened letters above the ping-pong table. When Chiron arrived, everyone shut up immediately and waited.

"Annabeth, could you please read to us one of those letters?" The centaur said.

"Of course, Chiron. I took the liberty of looking into one of those and the content is somewhat curious" she raised the opened letter.

"Demigods of Camp Half-Blood,

The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is glad to being able to contact magical friends, unfortunately the circumstances are not as good as we wished for a first contact.

Foremost, as the name of the school suggests, it is a school of witches and wizards. It is a completely new world beyond the muggles; you certainly comprehend how a hide world works, so it will not be explored as there are more important issues for now.

The Divination teacher of the school, Mrs. Trelawney, has the capacity of predicting possibilities of the future, some aspects of what can interfere in the curse of people's lives. It is admissible they are not completed, and most of the time her prophecies have difficult interpretations. Nonetheless, it had proved right several times in the past.

About three years ago, she made a prophecy and, in the investigation of its meaning, your Camp was discovered. We think some of you may be tied to the prophecy. We made an effort to talk to you, but we found boundaries of an unknown magic. In that way, we humbly ask for your help. Attached to this letter there is a transcription of the prophecy so you can decide whether assisting us is convenient for you.

If you accept, Mr. Longbottom, the Herbology teacher, will be waiting on Sunday inside the Islip Public Library to discuss more deeply the prophecy. I hope we manage to overcome the boundaries of our world mutually assisting ourselves, in the free spirit of magic.

Yours faithfully,

Principal Minerva McGonagall"

"Wait, you're telling me that, besides Camp Jupiter there is another places with demigods, or whatever they are, in this country and we never found it. Gods, what we're discovering next, a Camp in Moon?" said Katie Gardner absolutely annoyed.

"She have a point," said Clarisse growling "Besides, it's not possible they haven't noted anything happening. Cronos, Gaia, anything! Gods, we could have used their help! Huh, and now they dare asking for our assistance, that's-"

"It's not like that, Clarisse" Annabeth interrupted "It's written they are from Great Britain in the envelope. They possibly just found out about us right now and by the contend of the prophecy it's crucial our help. Besides, it's probably something it will affect all of us".

Everybody stared her for a few seconds as an invitation for her to continue.

"What does the prophecy says?" Asked Chiron, breaking the silence. Annabeth took a brief breath and started.

"A new Lord approaches… reborn from Earth…

The Parselmouth of the parselmouths…

The Snake King, Lord of the Future, will attack in the fortieth moon…

Who won him once cannot win this time...

Only the descendants of the winners of the Lords, born in the winter solstice may be victorious…

Nevertheless, Light and Magic shall not be enough, Darkness and Steel shall complete the circle…

Take an eye for an eye and victory will be achieved...

Sacrifice… Gods… the prophecy shall be completed".

"Just now that I thought it was the end of the prophecies, one made before the silence of Delphos cross the ocean to hit us… Why can't we live with some peace?" Percy cried.

"Because there are no prophecies." Nico said simply.

"This doesn't make any sense!" Katie cried.

"It does." answered Chiron "Python is the enemy. Delphos was taken, that is the reason Rachel and the whole Apollo cabin can't see anything. It is why there are no prophecies anymore, also probably it is the reason this one have to come from before, and from across the ocean."

"I still didn't get it…" Percy said.

"Come on, Seaweed Brain! Python took Delphos, that's why we don't have any prophecies. But we cannot let things like that, we need to restore the status quo. The Greek world is an eternal fight between Chaos and Order. It is hard to believe, but Olympus represents Order." Annabeth rolled her eyes "The fall of Delphos is the fall of a great symbol of the Olympus. Even though it was once under Pythons command, Apollo took over it. Now that it fell on the domain of Python again… Order must be restored. It was just a matter of time until we were called for another quest."

"Sadly, we can't live without the prophecies." Will added to de discussion "The Vision is both a gift and a curse, but it's better to stay in our side."

"I could not have said better!" Chiron exclaimed with proud.

"Interesting, but why do you think this particular prophecy refers to Python?" Jake Mason asked.

"Because it says something about a new Lord coming from the Earth. Python was reborn because of Gaia." Jason started "Also, it refers to our new enemy as 'Snake King' and Python has the form of a snake, right?"

"Yes, it has." Nico answered "And it says Lord of the Future, obviously is about someone, or something that can control Delphos."

"I got it!" Percy exclaimed.

"You didn't need to say that, now everyone will be sure you're an idiot!" Clarisse growled, again.

"Clarisse, please." Will said sweetly. Clarisse rolled her eyes but remained quiet.

"So… who is going to this quest?" Piper asked.

"We can be sure without talking to Mr Longbottom, but I think we can select three of you now." Chiron said.

"So, I think it's me, isn't it?" Will said pouting.

Nico looked at him a bit sad.

"And me, and perhaps someone from the Hephaestus Cabin?" Nico looked at Chiron and Jake Mason growled.

"I'm afraid so." He answered.

"Ok, Will I can understand. He's the son of Apollo, the god who first defeated Python, but according to the prophecy cannot do it anymore. And he is born in the winter solstice. But why Nico and I?" Jake asked, really annoyed.

"Darkness and Steel shall complete the circle" Nico said simply.

"Will was born in the shortest day of the year? Interesting…" Piper thought aloud.

"Jake, we can't be sure yet. However, it is the most likely answer we are going to have. You are now the best dealing with steel in Hephaestus cabin, isn't it?" Chiron said.

"Just because I'm the oldest." He inhaled "But you are right, I'm the best alive."

Everyone tensed up. The thought of Leo, and even Beckendorf, still left everyone deeply sad.

"Should we talk to Mr. Longbottom?" Jake asked.

"I think so." Chiron answered, his eyes old and sad.

"On Sunday, we meet on the top of Half-Blood Hill. Can Argus take us?" Will said.

Notes: Hey, guys! I'm so excited with this idea so I hope you liked it. It hadn't much romance in this one, but I can promise you it'll appear in the future (a bit in the next chapter, who knows?)

1- I wrote the prophecy trying to mix up the style of Percy Jackson and Harry Potter, that's why it has a different format.

2- English is not my native language so I'm sorry for anything. Plus, I would love if warned me about something it's wrong, as the spelling, the grammar, anything. Please, it would mean the world to me.

Thank you for reading. Please review if you liked (or disliked), I would love talking to you!