Guess what guys! I own nothing! Nada, zip, zero. If I could I would invite Mr. Riordan here to share prove that I don't, but fortunately he is too busy writing House of Hades... at least he SHOULD BE... o.O LOL enjoy the next Cha-pee-ter... :)

"Hmmm..." Chiron says. "I need to speak to you both alone but first I must say this: What happened just now needs to be confidential information. Do not share it with anyone until we have figured out what this is coming from." He continues.

Nico and I just look at each other. "Now, Nico. May I speak to you alone first." Nico shrugs, "See ya in a few minutes." He whispers in my ear. I nod and give his hand a small squeeze before letting him walk away with Chiron.

Nico's POV:

Eden walks away, turning back to look after she is far enough away. "Nico!" Chiron says, snapping my attention back to him.

I look at him expectantly. "You of all people should know, you must stop messing with the poor girl." He scolds.

"Who says I'm messing. What if I actually genuinely care about her?" I say in a smart Alec tone.

He scolds me with his eyes, saying, "What if you become sick or hurt, you know her first instinct would to help you. You also know you can't control your power fully! You could kill her!" He says. I look down, knowing he was right.

"Even the smallest amount of physical contact and she would be affected." He says. "Chiron," I say, struggling to defend myself, "I know the risks. I won't let any of that happen." "No, Nico. You don't understand. Even if you are perfectly fine, if you get too... carried away... then you could drain her life from her without even realizing it!And shadow traveling with her? Not a wise choice. What if she saw you in that form? Or if one of the creatures harms her?!" Chiron yells.

"Fine, fine. I get it, but I'm willing to take the risks." I say in resignation. "You aren't the only one who needs to be willing to take the risks. Remember, you can come back, she can't. Just think about what I said." Chiron says, before letting me go.

The guy treated me like I was a criminal. It's not my fault I'm a son of Hades... and it's not like I wanted to hurt Eden either... Why did the fates hate me?

Eden's POV:

I watch Nico and Chiron converse. I recognize distress written on Nico's face at certain places of the conversation. Chiron has a firmly set look of worry and disappointment. "Hey-" I start to say to Nico as he walks nearer but he just brushes by without looking at me. The small act of rejection hurts but I know he probably just needs some time alone to heal after what Chiron just told him. Chiron motions for me to come towards him and I do. "First of all I would like to discuss this newly found ability of yours," He begins to speak, "Until we have distinguished your full amount of power, I believe we should keep it a secret. Do not tell anyone who doesn't already know." I nod. "Second of all, I don't think its a good idea for you to have a relationship with a son of Hades, what about Leo? He is a son of Hephaestus..." I scoff, "No! Sorry, Leo is already in a relationship with Thalia. Plus.. he isn't my 'type'. Thanks anyway." I say. Chiron looks at me with disappointment. "Can I go now?" I ask, exasperated. He moves his arms in a motion towards the pathway to leave. I nod and run in the direction I saw Nico walking in. When I see him in the woods I sneak up on him. "Gods I hope he can't see my life supply..." I whisper. I hide behind a tree and see him talking to a nearly see through girl that looked similar to him, "...Bianca, I don't know what to do." He says. She shakes her head, "Nico, its just like the mythomagic game you used to play when you where little. Its not that hard." She replies. "How is it similar at all? It's a girl! Not some stupid statistics game." He says back, his voice cracking as he curls up into a small ball like I do when I cry. "Shhh. Its ok." Bianca tells him, trying to comfort him, he looks up and for the first time I can see his face clearly. He has tears running down his face and his eyes are red. "But Bianca, Chiron has a point! What if I hurt her, even on accident... I mean after you and mom dieing, and not to mention dad hating me..." Bianca scoffs, "Nico Di Angelo! Really? Dad does not hate you! He just-" Nico interrupts her, "He just wishes I died instead of you." She sighs, placing her head in her hands. "Bianca, you don't understand! She is the best thing to happen to me in the past 7 years, 7 YEARS!" He yells. I jump. Shit... I think, I needed to get out of there. I turn around and run as quietly back the way I came as I can. I decide to go and talk to Thalia, who was my second best friend at camp, after Nico. "Thalia?" I ask, walking up behind her. She jumps and turns around, "Oh, haha, sorry. You scared me. Leo and I were just putting the finished touches on... something." She says with a wink. "Shhh! Thalia! Don't spill the secret!" Leo yells from behind her. "Oh, Hi Leo." I say. He walks out from behind her, hiding something in his magical tool belt before turning around to smile at me. "I totally didnt see that!" I laugh. He smiles. It looks good on him. He has an elvish but Latino look to him. His hair is greased back and he has grease all over his arms too. His shirt reads, "Hot shot" with a thumbs up sign. "Just give it too her, please?" Thalia whispers in his ear. He shrugs and gives in, reaching into his bag and pulling out a white dagger thats in much better shape than the one I had before. It has a silver colored metal embedded into the blade and a hilt made of fabric the same color. "Oh my gods... its beautiful." I say quietly. "It should be. I mean we only took, what? Four months making it?" Leo says. I laugh when Thalia elbows him. He smiles and pecks her on the lips. "No really you guys, thanks" I say. "No problem." They say in perfect sync. "Now go, leave us alone so we can finish our gift for Caiden." Leo says. Thalia gives him a look but smiles and mouths, "so sorry!" at me. I shrug, "See you later then." They both wave and I walk away.