When Thalia came into conscious, she though she was dead. Where else would she be? It was too quiet, and too peaceful for her to still be alive. Hopefully she was in Elysium, where she can join Jason.

Then she heard a bird call. Still not opening her eyes, she frowned. There weren't any birds in the Underworld...were there? Cautiously, she opened one eye. She could see a bright blue sky, with a spots of fluffy clouds here and there. Okay... definitely not Elysium.

Thalia sat up, and looked around. They appeared to be in a forest of some sort. There was a creek running nearby, making soft gurgling noises. It was bright and sunny, and looked as if it was around midday. But...the battle happened more towards the evening, right?

Then she spotted Nico and Percy nearby. They were lying flat on the leafy forest floor, still unconscious. Scrambling over to them, she frantically checked their pulses. She didn't want to lose them, too! Sighing relief once she felt a weak, but steady, pulse, she gently shook them awake.

"Wha?" Percy yawned and sat up, rubbing his eyes tiredly. Nico also sat up, and was looking around.

"Where are we? What happened to the monsters?" He asked confusedly.

"I don't know." Thalia shrugged. She surveyed the two boys she had come to think of as brothers. "What happened to your injuries?"

Both looked down at themselves. Their clothes were worn and ragged, with bloodstains where they had received cuts. But the skin underneath the clothes was perfectly fine and healthy. Thalia was in a similar state.

"How did we get here? Where is here? What happened to camp? What in Hades is going on?" Percy asked, firing the questions off in rapid succession.

"Don't ask me. I-" Thalia cut herself off, and went stiff as a board. A flood of memories entered her brain, overloading it with information.

"Thals?" Percy looked at her worriedly, with Nico coming up behind him. "What is it?"

Thalia came out of her reverie at the sound of his voice. "Oh, gods." She said breathlessly. "Do you remember?"

"Remember what?" Nico asked, looking concerned.

"Kronos..." Thalia trailed off as she saw understanding show on both boys faces. Percy paled.

"He said he sent us back in time." He stated, shivering slightly. "So are we...back in time?"

Thalia nodded. "Most likely."

"Then we are-" Nico scanned the trees. "Hey, we're in the forest at camp!"

It was true, Thalia realized. The trees were exactly the same. And that creek over there looks like the one at camp as well.

"So." Thalia said shakily. "We were sent back in time to before the war, and we are at Camp Half Blood. What do we do now?"

"I think we should go talk to Chiron." Percy spoke up. "He's been here for a long time, right? So no matter what time period we are in, he should be here." Nico nodded in agreement, and we all stood up.

"Okay then! Let's go." Thalia starts walking away, when Nico snags her arm.

"We can't just waltz into camp." He explains, rolling his eyes. "We should shadow travel to the Big House."

"If there even is a Big House." Percy mutters. At our questioning looks, he further explains. "We could've been sent so far back that there is no such thing as the Big House. Yet." Thalia frowns. She didn't think of that.

"Well, we'll just assume there is one." Thalia decided. "Remember what Kronos said? He said that he sent us back so we can witness everyone-" Thalia choked, before forcing the word out. "Dying again. So maybe sent us back to a recent time."

Percy nodded, deep in thought, before speaking up. "Do you think that there will be other us?"

"Huh?"

"You know like younger us. Like a younger me, a younger Thalia, a younger Nico...us from this time period?"

"Oh." Thalia shrugged. "Probably." Then she grinned. "Aw, Kelp Head is actually being smart for once!" She teased.

"Then we need aliases." Nico realized, ignoring Thalia.

"We'll figure that out later." Thalia waved it off. "Right now, let's go see Chiron. That reminds me, can you shadow travel Nico? I mean, do you have the energy?"

Nico shrugged. "I'll try to do it by myself first, then with you guys." He then focused, and disappeared into the shadow of a tree.

A few minutes later, he was back. "I guess all our powers got replenished."

"That's kind of odd." Thalia observed her state of dress. "In fact, all our wounds are gone as well."

It was true. Though the trio still had bloodied and shredded clothes, there was no fresh blood, no twinges of pain where former injuries were. Thalia still had her bow, though it was out of arrows, and her knife. Percy and Nico both had their respective swords.

"So, should we go now?" Percy asked.

"Of course. Whenever you're ready, Death Breath." Thalia smirked, as Nico scowled, and grabbed her and Percy's arm, a bit more roughly than he usually would have. Then they disappeared in a swirl of shadows.

Percy shook his head, disoriented. He would never be able to get used to shadow travelling. He blinked and looked around. He was in the Big House, with Nico and Thalia standing right next to him.

The Big House looked slightly different from how he remembered it. Seymour the leopard wasn't there, neither was any of the decorations Mr. D so kindly gave before he left, which was a slight relief.

Speaking of Mr. D, where was he and Chiron? Shouldn't he be at the Big House somewhere? Or maybe-oh.

Sitting at the pinochle table was Mr. D and Chiron, both staring at them open mouthed. Behind them was a satyr, who seemed to be in the process of chewing up some cards. He, too, was frozen. Percy wondered what it would be like to see three teenagers randomly appear in your supposedly protected camp, wearing bloodied clothes, as well as looking like older versions of campers that you may or may not know are still alive. Probably confusing.

Percy was brought out of his ADHD train of thought by Thalia elbowing sharply.

"Ow! Hey, Pinecone Face, what was that for?" Thalia looked at him exasperatedly, and sharply jerked her head in the direction of Chiron and Mr. D.

"Oh." Percy assumed they wanted him to talk. He raised his hand in greeting. "'Sup? We come in peace!"

Nico and Thalia facepalmed behind him.

After a long and lengthy explanation, which required a lot of convincing, a lot of oaths to Styx, and a lot of Percy making the wrong jokes at the wrong time and then being shocked slightly by Thalia, they finally managed to tell everything that had happened. Well, at least everything that explained why they were here. The Big Three demigods had silently agreed not to reveal anything about both of the wars, or any of the people who died.

For one, it was highly painful to relive those memories. After all, they had only just watched some of their closest ones die less than a day ago.

Also, it could mess up the streams of time. Especially if Chiron knew that he also died in the future...it would be a bit awkward.

So, skirting around those details, the trio managed to explain how they got here, and who they were. By the end, Chiron and Mr. D's faces have gone through a whole array of emotions, some of which encouraging Percy to start laughing out loud.

Chiron leaned forward his fake wheelchair. "We need to tell the Olympians."

The three exchanged glances, debating this. They still didn't entirely trust the gods, mainly because of their lack of help in the war.

Finally NIco sighed. "Yes, we do. I don't know how else we'll be able to hide this. BUt maybe, for now at least, you can exclude the part about our parentage? We need to gather their support, and I doubt they would be likely to help us after hearing who our godly parents are."

"Yes, obviously." Mr. D waved his hand acting as if he hasn't just been surprised beyond all his years. "!'ll go right away." He grabbed a card out of a twisting light, and disappeared, leaving a smell that, to Percy, smelled like rotten grapes.

"Oh, Chiron?" Percy spoke up, voicing a question that had been bothering him. "Is there a younger me?"

"Yes." Chiron gave him a stare. There is also a younger Thalia, though no Nico." Percy nodded in response. So this was before they went to get Nico. He looked over at Nico to see how he was taking it, and was surprised to see him clenching his fists. Then he remembered that they were in a time in which Bianca was sill alive. Just thinking that made a pang of guilt through Percy.

"Do we need aliases?" Thalia's voice was slightly hoarse, most likely because she also remembered Bianca.

Chiron gave them an odd look, wary of the charged atmosphere. "Yes. Maybe you can act as older half siblings?" They mulled this suggestion over, and slowly nodded.

"But won't that reveal who our parentage is? And we will need different names as well."

"Possibly." Chiron stroked his beard, and Percy felt slight sorrow over losing him in the future. "But at least then you will not have to hide your powers, and it should be simple to get new names."

Nico spoke up. "Won't we need some kind of story as to why we are here?" Chiron shook his head.

"If you could simply state that it is private, then we shouldn't have anything to worry about."Chiron slowly stood up, shaking out his legs. "For now, you can join us at the dinner pavilion. It is nearly dark, after all." With that he walked out of the Big House.

Percy, Nico, and Thalia looked at each other.

"So...what name do you guys want?" Thalia asked.

A/N: So, second chapter done after veery long wait...sorry about that, but you should start expecting it to be normal. Also, I really need to get some new names, so please review what you think the names should be!

Disclaimer: I obviously do not own the characters, just the plotline.