Chapter 1

Percy POV

"Oh man, so many dead trees! moaned Grover. I sighed and clapped Grover on the back for comfort. Three years after the second Titan war, and we were still rebuilding and recuperating. The gods had stuck to their promise and

demigod children were popping up everywhere. Camp was filling up. So far, I didn't have any brothers or sister, but I was alright with that. Nico and Thalia, on the other hand, had about three to six siblings each. Annabeth was

completing the rebuilding of Olympus and we were still going out.

Right now, Grover and I were trying to find Nico. He'd acted strangely the entire morning and avoided us after breakfast. When we went to try and find him in his cabin, his siblings told us that he'd grabbed his guitar and left

without telling them where he was going. Yeah. It's pretty awesome. Nico taught himself how to play the acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and the drums. He excelled in the music department and definitely won over many friends

from the Apollo cabin. Actually he'd won over many friends overall. And girls. The girls would practically throw themselves at him, but he never seemed to notice. When I asked him about it, he said something about waiting for the

right girl. Oh well.

Anyway, Nico usually played guitar in the forest when he was upset or mulling over something really important. Grover strained his ears to hear some music. He smiled after a few moments and began walking in one direction.

When he noticed that I hadn't followed him, he said,

"Come on. I hear him." I bounded after Grover until I could hear the music and see its source. Nico was sitting cross-legged on the soft grass. He was leaning against a willow tree near a rose bush. He was strumming softly and his

eyes were closed. Either he was extremely intent on his work, or he was choosing to ignore us. I cleared my throat expectantly. Nico suddenly looked up and his shaggy black hair flopped over his eyes.

"Yeah?" he asked.

"Um… well.." I stuttered, not good with words. Grover came to my rescue.

"What's wrong? You've been acting like a teenage girl with your mood swings. What-did some girl reject you? Or did you just figure out that you're in love or something?"

Nico blushed slightly after Grover was done. My eyes widened.

"Oh man! I was right! I knew it would be one of those! So who's the unlucky girl?" crowed Grover. Nico rolled his eyes and smacked the top of Grover's head, his hand barely missing the horns. Nico stood up. For being fifteen years

old, Nico had average height. He was around 5'6'', shorter than me and Grover.

"Guys, can I talk to you? Like… seriously?" We nodded , eager for some gossip. Now, you know how people say that girls are the queens of gossip? Well, they're wrong. Boys practically crave gossip. Anyway, back to the problem at

hand.

"Have you ever had dreams about someone in the Underworld who isn't actually dead? Like, not like Kronos. I'm talking about something more… non-evil." Nico finished talking. I thought about it for a second.

"Can't say that I have. I mean, the Underworld and all of its workings are your area of expertise, right?" Nico nodded but still looked confused.

"What do you mean? Tell us what was in the dream," said Grover, his eyebrows furrowed as if he was in deep thought.

"Well there was this girl, and she refused to tell me who she was except that both her and her twin were demigods, and once, when they were in danger, her sister went missing and three goddesses transformed her into some

nature object in this forest. She thinks that her sister was transformed also, but she doesn't know for sure. The girl said that her should would deteriorate if I don't save her soon. And…" Nico stuttered. "And she's really pretty. She

also left me her necklace with the initials A and L interwoven with each other." Nico finished his story and I was surprised. I hadn't ever heard of anything like this before.

"Sorry bro, but I don't think I can help you much on this one." Nico nodded as if it was to be expected. He turned around to get his stuff when Grover said,

"Wait. I've hear about this type of stuff before. I also have my own theories about it, but we should talk to Chiron first. And I know those initials. 'A' and 'L.' And you said that she has a twin. Do you know what her initials are?"

Grover asked inquisitively, going into Seeker mode. Nico shrugged.

"The girl refused to tell me anything else. She seemed very insistent that I only know so much about her until she was rescued. At first, I thought she was evil, but now she doesn't seem like that type of person." Grover nodded

and there was a moment of awkward silence. The willow tree's leaves shook back and forth. I decided to break the silence.

"So we're going to see Chiron?" I asked.

"It seems like it," said Grover and Nico picked up the rest of his stuff. We started walking toward camp and Nico began singing under his breath.

"We're off to see Chiron,

The wonderful centaur of Camp."

I snickered and Grover laughed loudly. We passes the Hades cabin and waited for Nico to put away his things. After asking around a little bit, we found Chiron in Rachel's cave with Rachel and Annabeth. They all looked when we

walked in. Annabeth walked over and kissed my cheek, before waiting to hear the news.

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