Ok! Here is the next chapter. It is kinda short but… that's because it is the first part of a three part chapter! Next one will be out as soon as possible!

I am thanking the Lord God because without him, I wouldn't have gotten my epiphany. I was in church, listening to father's homily and the story line just came to me! I now know how this is gonna end… but you don't. Ha!

Just kidding, you will! :)

To the story!

As promised, Nico was out and fighting again the next day, to my relief.

For the next three days, life was really...well, boring. I followed the same schedule every day:

-Get up

-Wake up the Hunters

-Go to breakfast and sit with Nico unless he slept in

(-Wake up Nico if he overslept)

-Sword fighting with Percy

-Archery with Annabeth

-Lunch with Nico

-Back to Archery for a few hours with the Apollo campers and Hunters

-Talk with Annabeth, Percy, Nico, Grover, and Juniper

-Dinner with the Hunters

-Skip campfire to think (you know what about)

That's basically how everyday went. I went to sleep the third day thinking it was going to be the same the next. But when I awoke, I knew that something big was going to happen that day.

I had breakfast with Nico, which was a surprise enough: that he woke up on his own.

But I couldn't shake the feeling that something was different about today.

The voice in my head was telling me to go to the Artemis cabin. It was weird but I decided to follow it. I excused myself and jogged to the cabin. As I entered, my jaw dropped and I almost forgot to bow.

Athena was standing next to my bunk, the letter in her hand.

"Lady Athena! W-wah-what…" I tried to get out.

"Hello my dear. Did you read my letter?"

I was stunned. "Y-you sent it?"

She nodded and walked closer to me. She placed it in my hand and it glowed that silvery light once again. "Yes. Well, you see. Apollo had this weird vision and when he was talking to himself about it Aphrodite overheard it. She went nuts. Apollo didn't want her to tell anyone, especially your father so she was brought to me to be quieted. Before I was able to successfully shut her up, she spilled the entire story. I figured I should send you a note to help you with what he saw."

Which was… I thought.

"Oh," was all I could say. "Is that the only reason you came?"

She bit her lip, like Annabeth does when she's nervous. I guess that's where she got it from, her mother. Then a small smile crept up onto her face. "I believe it will be explained soon. Goodbye my dear sister. Remember the note."

I turned to look in the other direction while she showed her true form. After the light had left the room, only the faint smell of dusty old books was left.

That was about the time when Chiron trotted up to the door and told me to come with the other Hunters for he needed to speak to us. I nodded and followed.

As I entered the Big House, all of the girls were there and sitting in a big group on the floor. I sat in between Phoebe and Emily.

"Hunters, I have received word from Olympus that Artemis will be coming by and taking you back. So, go pack your things and be ready to leave by dinner. That is all."

There were many murmurs of satisfaction and Phoebe looked so relieved she probably could have dome a victory dance.

But when I heard those words, my chest ached. I really didn't want to leave. It had been like old times: hanging with friends, not wearing a uniform, being a 15 year old. I missed all of that, and now it was going to be taken away again.

I left the Big House with the other Hunters and began packing. I changed into the Hunters uniform so Artemis wouldn't kill me. But, of course, I added my special touches. I also kept the mow-hawk style in my hair. I needed something to stay exactly the same.

Since I had finished packing early, I left to go tell Percy and Annabeth of my departure. Percy had a look of sadness on his face, even though he tried to hide it. Annabeth was trying not to cry. We decided that was our formal goodbye since Artemis would probably just make us disappear. I hugged them both and then the three of us went to lunch. I parted with them and sat next to Nico.

This was going to be the hardest goodbye of them all.

"Nico, can I um… I have to tell you something."

Nico nodded and looked straight at me with his big black eyes. I almost faltered but I had to breathe and take it without hesitation.

"I'm leaving." I said, just above a whisper.

Now, normally, I would have died laughing at what happened, but I was just as bad as he was. He decided that it would have been the perfect chance to take a sip of water. Wrong move. When the short sentence left my mouth, he did a perfect spit take and shouted, "WHAT!"

I just shushed him while nodding sadly.

"I really don't wanna leave, but I have too. Artemis is coming to take us back after dinner. Who knows when I'll see y-… any of you guys ever again…?" If I wasn't such a strong willed person I would have cried.

Nico noticed my sadness and pulled me into a hug. Now, normally it would have been against the rules for me to hug back, or do anything but push him away, but I was too sad to even care; I just hugged back. I could basically feel the glares coming from the Hunters.

I broke the embrace and chuckled sadly.

"Thanks. I needed that." He just smiled a sad smile and went back to eating. We ate the rest of the meal in silence.

When we were dismissed, I got up slowly. I didn't want to have to say goodbye then and there. It was too soon. Thankfully, Nico had the same idea.

"Meet me at the beach during dinner. Skip it." I nodded eagerly. He smiled, a genuine smile and ran off to Hades knows where.

I jogged to Zeus' Fist and sat atop it to begin my thinking session a little early. The voice was silent, which was weird. It had been talking to me every day about…Nico. Yeah ok, laugh all you want but I like him and Artemis is gonna kill me and then we would never get together, even though that's impossible anyways and…and…

Wow, I really need to stop thinking about him. It makes me all jittery and jumpy. So much in fact that I almost fell off the mound of rock!

I balanced myself and just sat there, watching the clouds take shape and then disperse.

Time passed quickly and it was only when I heard the rush of people that it dawned on me that it was almost dinner time.

I jumped off and ran out of the woods. I bolted through the door to the Artemis cabin and looked in the bathroom mirror, just to make sure I looked good. I saw my tiara thing and placed it on my head, so my uniform was complete. I smiled at myself in the mirror and calmly and slowly walked out and to the beach. I went so slowly because when I got there, all it was going to be was a goodbye, right?

Who knew that going was gonna be a HUGE impact on my life.

Ohhhhh…. Whats gonna happen at the beach? Please review and ask any questions you may have. Thank you all!

-Love