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Aurora's P.O.V.

"That was all you needed to do? You had me bring you back to this… this place to leave a note for your friend? You must be joking," a feminine voice said. The woman's face was hidden in shadow, but the moonlight shone off of her hands like moonstone. "And you're sure no one saw you? The moon's light shimmers off of your skin the same as mine."

"Actually, it isn't the moon's light. The moon is a thief of the night. It steals the sun's light and reflects it. The moon doesn't generate light at all," I said nonchalantly. "But no. No one saw me. The only person who could've seen me would have been Nico, and he wasn't in his cabin."

"You should not have left the note," she responded, a hint of anger in her voice. Suddenly, frost started creeping up on the windows, and I felt my hands start to freeze together in their clasped position on my lap.

"I had to let him know. Besides, I needed to buy us some time. I'm hopeful that this will work. You promised that you would teach me to control my powers. Mother, I just want to help you. I need you to teach me so that I can help you take back what was stolen from you. Please."

The ice started to thaw and my mother began to drive. The streetlamps illuminated her face and I saw why I didn't look like my father. I was more like my mother than I knew. And I wanted to be like her. I wanted to be just like her. Or so I thought. She seemed to be so…good. So… nice. So… motherly. I saw many things in her eyes. Her cold, hard gaze locked on mine.

"I promised I would teach you, and so I shall. You'll be able to control your powers and fight with them. But you need to know that this training will be perilous. And I am the type of person to laugh at a corpse and say 'I told you so'. Are you sure you're ready for it?"

I nodded, knowing beforehand that I would not be able to turn back after I agreed. So why did I do it? Was it because Zeus decided to be a jerk to my mother? Was it because I wanted to right the wrongs the Olympians had done. Was it because I wanted to be able to control my powers around my friends and my sister? Or was it a mixture of the three? I really didn't know. I guess this is the part where I run. Running is what I do best. I watched the streetlamps pass by, nothing more than blurs of light. Each one of them reminded me of all of the good memories I had of me and Marissa. All of the good times we had before all of this demigod crap started. All of the times I wished we could return to. And on that note, I fell asleep with a small smile on my face.

Nico's P.O.V.

The night seemed to pass by extremely fast. In what felt like minutes after I had fallen asleep, we were up and leaving, heading northward to bring back Aurora. I wanted to tell Chiron about the note, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. Aurora asked me not to tell anyone. Then again, she also asked me not to look for her, but that notion can beep thrown out of the window. She'll come back whether she likes it or not. Chiron can teach her to control her powers, and she can stay at camp. Out there, she's dead meat. She may be good at fighting, but she isn't good enough if she gets cornered my multiple monsters. Honestly, I'm beginning to wonder if she even thought this through. Normally she's the logical one, but knowing her, she didn't think about this before she left. If she can't control these ice powers, she wouldn't stay here. She knew that she could put Marissa in danger. But now who's the one in danger, huh Aurora? That's right, you are. Why am I talking to myself? You know what? Nevermind. I thought back to that night on the ice with Aurora, before she found out about her powers. She was so happy and care-free back then. Her black hair flew weightlessly as she twirled on the ice, and her ice blue eyes shone with excitement. I wish she wouldn't have left.

"Nico, come on. It's time to leave," Leo called from outside of the Hades cabin.

"Coming," I said, grabbing the note Aurora had left and stuffing it in my pocket.

"Okay, the prophecy said to head north. If her mom is Khione, then she must be in Québec with her mother. We should start by looking there," Marissa said. She sounded a bit more antsy than usual, but that was because she wanted her sister back as soon as possible. Honestly, I couldn't blame her.

"We have to go back to that ice witch's palace? She's so mean! Pretty, but mean. Do we really have to start looking there?" Leo whined.

"Yes! I don't care where she is. I just want her back. She's my little sister, and I don't think I could live without her," Marissa said.

We started out of the camp boundaries and headed in north according to Leo's compass. We borrowed Mr. Borealis' car, but Marissa was the only one of us with a license. We were her navigators, telling her when to turn where and whatnot since she couldn't see the road. Hopefully her dad wouldn't be too upset about us taking his car without permission. It's not like the purpose wasn't important. In fact, it's very important. I watched as the trees floated by, happy to finally be closer to finding Rory. But if we were getting closer, why did it feel like she was always one step ahead? And why is it that I got the stone-cold feeling that Khione was one step, three steps, seven steps ahead of us, and just when we think we're catching up, that's when she's right behind us, and at no point will we ever be anywhere but exactly where she wants us to be?

Lobo: Well, that was a little slow. Anyway, we hope you enjoyed. And if any of you know where that last little bit of the chapter came from (well, technically what it was based off of) then cookies to you!

Ninja: Now, there's this little box down near the bottom of this screen. I wonder what it's for? Maybe you could check it out. Maybe see what it does.

Night: Whether you do or don't, that's your choice. Thank you for reading this and hopefully you'll enjoy the next installment in the adventures of our heroes.

All: Stay weird. Stay awesome. Stay demigods.

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