AN- Sorry about taking soo long, I have a bit of a procrastination problem. and sorry to those who follow about having to post this twice. Technical difficulty. Read and review! Feel free to participate in my poll! I will update in ten reviews!

Disclaimer: Sorry. Not him. Try again.

NICO

Sadie noticed the shadows, and her eyes widened. "How are you doing that?" she asked quietly.

"Trade secret," I replied. "Do you want to catch that monster yourself, and take a week, or would you rather finish this up before tomorrow night?"

"Well of course I want your help when you put it like that. I have better things to do than chase a serpopard across the world." Wait, serpopard? That isn't greek…

I took in Sadie's appearance once more trying to figure out whether there was any noticeable feature relating to what I believed that she was talking about. Then I noticed something very odd. Around her neck was a necklace, and the necklace wasn't something that the average british girl would wear. It confirmed my suspicions.

Being raised for several years in my fathers realm, my father and I are actually a whole lot closer than you would think, and because of this I knew a bit more than the average demigod. It was how I learned of roman demigods, and how I learned of the mortals blessed by Hecate that live in europe, (don't ask) and I even knew a better guarded secret. The egyptian gods were real, took hosts in the mortal world, and had their own helpers and problems. These helpers were not their children though; these were magicians. I began to wonder what in the world I'd gotten myself into.

I turned to Sadie, having turned away while I was thinking about what this meant, and what I should do. "You're Egyptian!" I said, being surprised as to the fact I have never met one, what with them having their own private afterlife.

The girl with the pink stripe in her hair was surprised by this statement. "Of course I'm Egyptian. What other gods and monsters are there?"

I wasn't trying to be rude, it just sort of happened after she said that. I laughed and couldn't stop. What? I've had encounters with so many different types of gods, and then she goes and says that.

So I don't think I deserved the slap she gave me. It really hurt, and I was well within my rights.

"What the Hades!" I yelped. "Why in the world did you do that! Oh my gods that hurt!"

Sadie stood there looking pleased with herself before realizing what I shouted. "Did you just say Hades? Isn't he the Greek god of the Underworld?"

I stared at her, fuming. "Yes, hence why I laughed. Us Greeks are just as real as you Egyptians. The same goes for our gods. You maybe a host to a powerful deity, but we are their children."

She paused at this and stared at me. Sorry?"

"Sorry doesn't cut it. You slapped me!"

She smiled, showing her teeth. Wow that doesn't normally happen around me. What in the world is wrong with this girl? She then began to speak. "I wasn't apologizing. You deserve that. I was saying sorry like, what do you mean, not sorry, sorry. What do you mean you're the child of a Greek god?"

"You know what, let's just restart. You go first. Name, host of who, Nome number, and maybe an achievement or two. No more than three though," I said smiling. Wait, why am I smiling? I never smile this often. Then again, it's not every day you meet a pretty british magician. Wait, what? Where are these thoughts coming from? I hope 'SHE' didn't cause this.

"Ok . . ." she trailed off, staring at me weird. "but how do you know about the whole Nome thing?

"Save all questions to the end of the presentation!" I said with a large and obviously fake smile, pretending to be a cheesy tour guide.

"Fine." At this point I believe that she paused to curse under her breath, before saying, "Sadie Kane, blood of the pharaohs, host of Isis, and co-leader of the twenty-first Nome. Defeater of Apophis." At this she stuck her hand out.

I being very fond of dramatics, almost to the point of joining a high school (at this subconscious mental narrative I shuddered mentally while having no real clue what was happening) for the opportunity to join a theater club, but then I remind myself that I'm an all powerful homeschooled demigod. I'm not attending high school. I decided it was time for me to make my final grand intro. "I am Nico di Angelo, son of Hades. I am the Ambassador to Pluto, Counselor to Hades cabin, and Ghost King." At this I reached out and shook her hand. "Now we need to go find this serpopard."