Third Person POV:

Nico stood in the middle of the room, looking from April to Jason, from Jason to April. He looked uncertain. Jason was confident and he knew that he wanted to go on this quest and resque his friend.

On the other hand, April was frightened. Her face was paler than usual and she looked like she was on the verge of breaking down. But one thing was certain. She was determined to go on this quest even if meant that she had to die.

'Someting's wrong with her' though Nico. 'She usualy is confident and stuborn.'

"It seems that we have two volunteers" said Chiron.

"Yes, yes" said Mr.D "Josh and Arly. You do realize that you brats are going to your death?"

"I'm still going to die soon, so I see no problem" said April. All the atention was directed towards her. A bead of sweat went down her chin.

"I'm going to die sooner or later, no matter what. I am not immortal " she said surprisingly calm." And Dionyssus, my name is April not Arly."

"Well, then, my child you two must go and prepare. You leave in two hours." said Chiron.

"Leave where?" asked Nico. He was starting to get angry by the minute. "Leave where, Chiron. We don't know where to go, Hazel's gone, Frank is still shocked and she " he said pointing at April " is sentenced to death. Where do we go now, Chiron?"

"The hunter's death" said Percy. "I wonder what that means"

"It means that a hunter had died there."said Frank. These were his first words since Hazel's disapearance.

"The tree of the queen." said Annabeth. "The queen must be Hera and the tree must be her wedding present."

"That means that the hunter is Zoe Nightshade" said Percy.

April was on the verge of breaking down. Not only that she's going to have to face her worst enemy, but she's going to the place where the closest to her person had died.

"And where do we have to go then, Percy?" asked Nico.

"The garden of the hesperides"said Annabeth. "At the base of Mount Talmapis"

"Then it's settled." said Jason."We're going to San Francisco. But she realy need to come with us?" He pointed at April.

"You think that I am weak? " asked April. Now she was mad.

"No, just-"

"Wait, no, you think that you'll have to look after me." she said. "Tell me, Grace, can you track somebody's steps? Or hunt? Or know wich food is poisonous? Or know where to camp in case for a calamity or an attack? Can you do that, Grace?"

"No, but that doesn't mean I can't survive. And what I wanted to say is that you're the youngest here and you might get hurt." said Jason.

"I am touched by the fact that you care, but I can take care of myself." said April. Then she turned to Chiron and Nico. "I am going back to my cabin. You do whatever you want. If don't want me, I won't bother you."

"April-" tried to say Nico, but the girl was already gone. He sighted.

"I'll go talk to her." said Will.

"No" said Chiron. "Let her rest for a while. Nico, Jason, please go to your cabins and prepare. You are leaving in 2 hours. Mr. Solace please inform Ms. Nightshade that she is awaited on this quest."

"Yes, Chiron" said the three demigods and left.

"I have a very bad feeling about this rescue mission, Chiron" said Mr.D after all the demigods had left.

"Me too, Dionyssus." said the centaur. "I fear that something might happen to one of them"

"That April Nightshade." said Mr. D. "Something is different about her. She has this aura of power, like there are two souls inside her body."

"That is impossible, Dionyssus." said Chiron "We both know that has never happened before."

"Just because it hasn't, it doesn't mean it's not possible" said the god.

"You really care about these kids, don't you, Dionyssus?"

"Perhaps I do, my dear Chiron." he said with a sight. "But don't let them know that. "

"If you say so, my friend"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Meanwhile in camp~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"April!" somebody shouted."April!". She turned and saw her friend.

"Oh, hi." she said simply.

"Guess what?" he asked excited.

"You've been claimed." answered April, like she was bored.

"No, I-. Hold on, you guessed right." he said dissapointed. "But guess who my mom is?"

"Athena."

His eyes widened. "How did you know?"

"You have gray eyes, you're smart and you are terribly afraid of spiders. " she stated."I think that's enough proof."

"Okay. Why so sad?" he asked.

"Oh, just the average day."said April sarcasticaly. "Everybody thinks I am weak just beacuse I'm thirteen. Wanna take a walk to my cabin? I've got to find some stuff"

"Fine with me" said Theo as they started walking. "So, I've heard around camp that you have this crazy-super power in you. Is it true?"

"You could say that" she said hesitantly. "Think it as it's a ticking bomb wainting to explode. And when it does, it's going to be bad. And I might die"

"How cheerfull are you when you're talking about your death" said Theo.

"I am certainly not." she said in a low voice. "I just said it in a happy tone"

"Well then you might wanna hang on in here. I don't want to lose my best friend." said Theo.

"Don't worry, you wont."she said."I'm not going anywhere for now."

Will came from nowhere. "Sorry to interupt you two lovebirds, but April, you need to pack". And he left.

"I swear, if he wasn't my brother, I would've shot him at instant." said April.

"Pack? Are you going somewhere?" asked Theodore, taken by surprise.

"You see, IvolunteeredtogoonaquesttofindHazel." said April, the last part in a breath.

"Slower, please" said Theo.

"I volunteered to go on a quest to find Hazel." she said. "And before you say anything, I want you to know that this is my choice"

"I'm not going to say anything." he said and turned around. April sighted and opened the door of her cabin.

"Oh, and April" said Theo "Try and keep yourself safe"

"I will" she said and went packing her stuff.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~After two hours~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The three demigods met at Thalia's tree with Chiron. Mr.D was busy. Apparently some other half-bloods decided it was fun if they blew the toiolet in Clarisse's face. It turned out very ugly. For the Stolls, not Clarisse.

"Ok. Let's get this over with." said Nico.

"Very well, then." said Chiron, giving Nico a bag with american dollars. "Use them carefully. And take some golden drachmas in case you need to contact us."

"We will" said Jason. " And we will bring back Hazel"

"Take care of yourself and may the gods be ever in your favor." said Chiron and lefft.

The three demigods looked at each other.

"So, how do we get to Mount Talmapis?" aasked April.

Jason's face chaged showing something that looke like an evil grin. "I borowed Festus from Leo."

I, I know. Lame ending. I'll try my best next , April wanted me to tell you that she is sick and that she and Theo are very close friends, he's one year older than him and he plays an important role in the next stories.

I was wondering. Should I pair April and Theo? How about Nico and Reyna?

Write me a comment on your thoughts.

See you later people,

~A.N.S