ANNABETH POV

"Leo!" they shouted. Piper ran over to Chiron.

"Get the tacos ready." she whispered. He smiled warmly and nodded to some of the harpies. Leo landed with Calypso and we all helped him down.

"Valdez!" Percy shouted, waving. The kid grinned from ear to ear as he was welcomed by all the campers.

"Well then! Leo and Calypso can join Percy's team." exclaimed Chiron. "Then, we'll all go to the mess hall for some long awaited tacos." Leo grinned some more. Festus moaned unhappily as Leo walked away.

"Don't worry bud, I'm sure the Hephaestus cabin will feed you some nuts and bolts." Leo pulled out his sword and held it in his right hand, and in the other hand, flames appeared. Yeah, since he was a son of Hephaestus, he could do that.

"Alright. I think you all need a lesson in choosing the right team." said Leo. I leaned over and whispered in his ear.

"We didn't get a choice for our team."

"Ah, okay then. But still, you are going to get your butts whooped." said Leo, non-problematically. All the campers looked at each other, forgetting that we were still playing the game. We lashed out and began fighting the campers back. Hazel and I ducked behind a rock.

"Hazel, are you okay?" I asked.

"Yeah, just great." she replied. That was like code red for no it's not okay. "It's just, Nico is in the Underworld. I keep asking him why he's there, but he always shadow travels away before I keep pushing."

"Hazel, why was Nico looking for you?" I asked her.

"I accidentally wandered into the Fields of Punishment. Nico had to come and talk to Minos to set me free." she got up and left me. I saw Percy not far away. I broke away with Percy while the others fought the campers. We ran down to the other side of the forest and found their flag. I ran with Percy there and felt a cold wind brush past. I knew it was Nico. The wind directed us away from the flag.

"The flag is this way." said Percy.

"I think we should go around." I replied. He nodded and I followed the cold wind. We came to a ledge and I looked over. The flag was right there. Percy reached out and grabbed it.

"Got it."

"Hey!" shouted one of the other campers. Percy handed me the flag.

"Go. I'll hold them off." I nodded and ran back to the border. I felt Nico around me but I brushed off the cold shuddering feeling and kept running. I would tell Percy, but not yet. I ran over the border and cried out.

"We got the flag!" Everyone cheered and I looked around for Percy. I saw him at the top of the hill and smiled at him. He gave me a thumbs up. Everything was amazing. Leo had come back with Calypso. The five other demigods in the second Great Prophecy were in Camp Half-Blood with me and Percy. Percy ran down to me and I offered him the other side of the flash, to which he gave to Jason, Hazel, Frank, Piper, Leo and Calypso. Everyone walked back to the mess hall, still cheering for us. I saw Frank and Hazel holding hands and grinned. Then Percy tapped my shoulder and pointed to Jason and Piper. I shook my head and laughed into his shoulder.

"Looks like we're not the only ones who decided to, well you know…"

"Shut up Seaweed Brain. At least their relationships make sense." I muttered. Percy stopped.

"What do you mean?" he asked. "Is your mom giving you a hard time?" I shook my head. I still haven't told him about what Nico did.

"No Percy, it's not that. It's just… everything will make sense soon." I replied. Percy gently grasped my shoulders.

"Annabeth, every time you hide something from me, someone else pays the price. What is going on?" asked Percy. I sighed and pushed him away.

"Let's talk about this later." I gripped my arms and walked away.

Percy POV

Well that was weird. "Hey man, what's up with Annabeth?" asked Jason. I looked in the direction that she walked away in and sighed.

"I don't know."

"Well, if there's one thing I've learned about dating Piper, is that you never let your girlfriend go through things alone. And it's extra hard for me, since Piper is a daughter of Venus. Or Aphrodite." he slapped me on the back. "There'll be time for the Seven to catch up. I bet that everyone will go nuts in the mess hall. Also, I don't think Bad Boy Supreme will divulge any exclusive information with everyone else around. Fortunam amicus." Jason walked away and Percy ran after Annabeth, trying figure out what 'fortunam amicus' meant. He skidded to a stop outside his cabin. Good luck. That's what it meant. He walked inside his cabin and found Annabeth sitting on the jetty. I walked over and sat down next to her.

"Anything you want to talk about?" I asked. She looked at me and held my hand.

"There's something you should know." I looked behind me and saw a shadow of a boy. He nodded and faded. "When you were dying, Nico bargained his life for yours. He asked his father to make a cure to give to Zeus. But in return, he has to work for his father in the Underworld for ten years to pay off the cure. And every time he falters in his work, Hades takes it out on you." said Annabeth.

"That's why I felt like I got stabbed a month ago." I replied. I stood up. Why would Nico do this? But I was glad that Annabeth had told me. "What if this happens in battle? And I double down?" Annabeth sighed. "Then you know what we have to do. We need the other five to save Nico." I only hope that Nico can hold out long enough so that I don't die.