Nico had terrible dreams last night. Worst than the ones he usually had.
In his dreams, he was a small child; around the time he had found out he was demigod. The sun was bright in the sky, shining on young Nico, while he ran around in circles (why he ran around circles, the gods know why). Suddenly, this strange, but familiar looking, figure came up to Nico, a sharp knife in his hand. Nico stood, defenseless, as the figure came closer to him, pointing the knife at his eyes.
Then everything turned blurry.
When the dream started to somewhat focus back in, he couldn't see the sun. He couldn't see anything clearly. Nico could feel the grass around him, which was all slimy now. When he realized what had happened, he knew the thing that shone so brightly on him, was gone from his sight.
Nico sat up, panting quickly. He felt his face, to make sure his eyes were still there. When he realized they were still there, he sighed in relief. Nico quickly got dressed, glancing every few seconds at the spot Will had slept in last night, and ran out the door to look for Percy.
Nico found Percy sitting on the beach, throwing rocks into the calm waters of the ocean.
"What happened to you?" Nico asked sitting next to Percy, who continued to throw rocks.
"Annabeth had to go back to San Francisco to take care of some family business," Percy frowned, looking at Nico, "So how're you doin', buddy?"
"Not well. Can you help me with something?" Nico asked choking on the last sentence. It was rare for him to ask for help, which made it hard to say, especially to Percy.
"Yeah," Percy replied lying down, "Anything for you, bro."
"I need your help finding Will," Nico said, "Last night someone or something kidnapped him. I couldn't tell what it was, and I thought it might be too risky to tackle it alone, though I would've if I could."
"Oh," Percy replied sitting up, "Who steals a demigod?"
"How in Hades am I supposed to know?"
"Huh, anyways...," Percy said, "Show me where the 'thing' went after he kidnapped Will."
Nico led Percy to the entrance of the woods. He realized there were huge footprints leading into the forest. Again Nico didn't understand how he never noticed them, or how anyone else didn't.
"Cyclops," Percy immediately observed when he saw the footprints, "Seems to be young one, like Tyson, though a little older and bigger. Look."
Nico stared in the direction Percy was pointing at. What he saw was a path of destroyed trees. It was too dark last night, so he couldn't really have noticed the path.
"Let's go," Percy said taking out sword, Riptide. "Looks like you're set to go. C'mon! We don't know what that Cyclops will do to Will, and don't worry. I asked Piper to leave a note at the Big House for us when you were leading me here."
Percy ran into the forest, Nico right behind him.
AN: Sorry for such a short chapter guys! This is more of a 'the quest begins' kind of chapter, so it was hard to make it long. Anyways, the next chapter will be Will's hopefully. I'll try my best to add a chapter every 2-4 days or so. I hope you guys are enjoying the story so far!