Nico

"Move, Nico!" Frank yelled at him. Nico dove to the floor. The noise subsided as he covered his head.

"Is everyone alright?" Leo asked.

"I'm good," said Nico.

"All good here," Hazel shouted across the room where Piper, Jason, and herself were standing. Nico pulled himself up. How did they get in the same cave, you may ask? Well, Jason thought he heard talking on the other side of a pile of rocks. Those other voices happened to be Nico, Leo, and Frank. Hazel shouted to them and they began to work on the rocks. Then they all fell. And now they were here.

"Uh, guys, you might want to see this," Piper said, waving them over.

"What the heck is that?" Jason asked as the other three boys made their way over. There, underneath where the rock pile once was, was some kind of ice block. And inside that was a girl that looked all too familiar.

"That looks... like a person!" Leo exclaimed.

"Hannah Grace," Jason muttered, barely audible to everyone but Nico.

"What?" Frank asked.

"Hannah Grace," Jason said louder. "I think that is Hannah Grace."

"We've got to get her out of there," Nico said, kneeling next to the block. "Come on!" He pulled his sword out of its sheath and began to chip away. Except that he learnt quickly that it was liquid and not ice. "What?" He leaned down and grabbed her hand. He tried to pull her out, but found he wasn't strong enough. "Help, please," he pleaded with the others. Jason and Frank helped him pull her out. Soon, Hannah Grace was out of the water and in Nico's arms.

"We need to get her some ambrosia or nectar," Hazel said. She pulled a canteen out of her bag and let it drip into Hannah Grace's open mouth. They all waited in silence for Hannah Grace to regain consciousness. Nico felt tears coming to his eyes.

"Wake up, Hannah Grace," he muttered. "Come on, Hannah Grace. You're stronger than this. Wake up." After what seemed like an eternity, Hannah Grace starting coughing violently.

"Nico?" she said softly. Her eyes slowly opened. They were a sickly brown and gold color. Nico blinked and when he opened them, Hannah Grace's eyes were their happy sea green color again. "Nico?" she said again, this time a little louder.

"Good morning," Nico said. "Welcome to the House of Hades."

"Oh my gosh, Nico!" Hannah Grace exclaimed, wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling him close. "I missed you so much," she whispered softly into his ear. He felt a jolt go through his body and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"I missed you, too," Nico mumbled back. He buried his face in her hair and closed his eyes. Someone cleared their throat above them. Nico looked up and saw the five demigods observing the scene. "We should get going," Nico said, helping Hannah Grace stand. "We've got to reach the Doors as soon as possible."

"I'm not even sure that Annabeth and Percy are alive anymore," Hannah Grace said. "Gaea... Gaea captured me from Tar- from Tarta-"

"Tartarus?" Nico whispered to her. She only nodded. "What were you doing there?"

"I escaped from Gaea after she kidnapped me from camp," Hannah Grace said. "I went to Tartarus so she couldn't use me. To hurt you or anyone else." She was silent for a minute. "But that obviously didn't work. Because she got me anyways. She took me out of Tartarus and that's the last thing I remember. She did something to me. Get away from me!" She backed up and waved everyone away. "Back off! I don't want to hurt anyone!"

"Don't worry," Piper said, putting her hands up as if to hold Hannah Grace off. "No one will come near you. I promise." Piper waved everyone behind her. Nico didn't comply.

"No! Hannah Grace, you're fine! You are not dangerous," he said.

"Yes, I am! I agreed!" Hannah Grace shouted.

"Agreed to what?" Jason asked.

"I agreed to help her because she was hurting Toby! I gave her permission to use me! The fact that I'm where you guys are means I'm dangerous. I will kill you if she tells me to."

"Alright then," Hazel said.

"We've got to get away from her," Frank said.

"No! She's fine! Lay off!" Nico protested.

"Nico. She knows she's dangerous. She is trying to save us." Frank and Nico had a stare down. Nico looked to Hannah Grace pleadingly, but she wouldn't meet his eyes.

"Nico, leave," she almost whispered. "I don't want to hurt you. Please, Nico. Leave."

"Hannah Grace, I can't leave you," Nico told her. "Not again."

"Please, I don't want to hurt you." She gave him a sad look. "You need to go. Lead them to the Doors." Hannah Grace took his hand. "You've got to. You promised Percy."

"I also promised that I'd find you. And now that I have, I can't leave you." Nico pulled her to him and held her tight. "I'm not letting you go again," he whispered into her ear.

"You have to. I don't want to hurt you," Hannah Grace whispered soothingly. "She's got me. I'm her tool. She'll use me against you. Please, Nico, I'm begging you. Go." She pulled back from him, but held onto his hands. "Not everyone will get out of this, Nico. And I don't want that to be you." Nico felt her hands shake. Her eyes rolled into the back of her head. "Go!" she somehow managed to say. She fell to the floor in convulsions.

"Come on, Nico!" Jason called as everyone moved away. Nico was frozen to the spot. Frank scooped him up and ran. They got to the other side of the room before Hannah Grace stopped shaking. She slowly stood, looking perfectly fine.

"What happened?" she asked. She didn't seem to have any recollection of what just happened.

"I have no idea," Leo said, "but you seem fine now."

"Let's get to the Doors," Hannah Grace said.

"Wha- Just a minute ago you said we needed to get as far away from you as we could," said Frank.

"What are you talking about? Hannah Grace asked, heading off down the tunnel to the right. "Are you guys coming?" Everyone exchanged concerned glances as they followed her down the tunnel.

Isabelle

Isabelle thought Camp Half-Blood was amazing. She didn't get to enjoy it for very long, though. Chiron called her, Evan, and Jill to the Big House after a few hours of them roaming around. Everybody pointed at them and muttered things like "Those are Hannah Grace's friends," or "Their the ones from Kansas," or "That one's cute." The last one was more in Evan's direction than the other two. And thankfully, they didn't hear it from any boys.

"Children, I called you here because of the prophecy that you heard about you," Chiron said. "It is most definitely about you and Hannah Grace."

"So what do you need us to do?" Jill asked.

"Well, first Hannah Grace must return. But she's been missing for months. I'm not sure when she will return. And," he added, "seeing that it's Friday, you can practice during capture the flag tonight. Hopefully, you will be claimed before that."

"Claimed?" Evan asked.

"Your godly parent will claim you as their child," Chiron explained.

"So when will this happen?" Isabelle wondered aloud.

"Soon. Hopefully very soon. Until then, you will be training with the Hermes cabin. So, welcome to Camp Half-Blood. Good luck."

"Thanks," Jill said as the three exited the building.

"Well, that was fun," Evan said. "Let's go find the Hermes cabin." At that moment, the sky went dark. Isabelle saw a flash and then her vision went white. It cleared quickly. When it did, she found herself standing in a black crater- and she was completely fine. "What are you guys staring at?" she asked. Evan and Jill were indeed staring, their mouths gaping.

"Look at yourself," Evan said. "You- You're glowing." She looked down to her body and she was, in fact, glowing. She was now wearing a dark blue dress that looked almost like the sky during a storm. It was as dark as her eyes, if not darker. In her hand was a bronze sword with a lightning bolt engraved upon the blade's surface.

"What the-" she stuttered. Chiron ran, or galloped, I suppose, out of the Big House.

"Hail, Isabelle Monroe, daughter of Zeus, Lord of the skies," he announced. He bowed. Somehow he bowed on his weird, strange horse legs. "You will be settled into the Zeus cabin as soon as possible." Chiron began to stand.

The next thing that happened was just as strange. Everything suddenly went dark, and Evan seemed to be the source. Isabelle couldn't see anything for a moment, and when she could, she saw Evan surrounded by skeletons that were walking. He was wearing clothes that were completely black. He was holding a sword made of some kind of pure black metal. Chiron bowed again.

"Hail, Evan Hindren, son of Hades, lord of the Underworld and of the dead," Chiron said once again in his announcer's voice. "You will also be settled into the Hades cabin as soon as possible." Once again, Chiron began to stand.

The light seemed to bend. "What now?" Isabelle said. "Is it just that time of day?" This time, Jill was the center of the bend in the light. Tons of plants sprang from nowhere, and Jill was now wearing a green and brown dress. Her eyes were a sickly brown and gold color. Up around her shoulder and down her body like a sash was a belt of throwing knives. Chiron bowed once more with an almost scared expression on his face.

"Hail, Jill Brown, daughter of Demeter, goddess of the harvest. You will be settled into the Demeter cabin as soon as possible," Chiron said. He stayed on the ground for a moment, waiting to see if anyone else was to be claimed. Apparently, no one was because the sky lightened and everything returned to normal. He stood again.

"That doesn't sound right," Jill said.

"What do you mean?" Chiron asked.

"I don't think Demeter is my mother," she said.

"You seem to be a child of Demeter."

"But I don't think I am. Demeter doesn't sound correct. Any other goddesses of the earth?" Chiron didn't speak for a minute.

"You say, goddess of the earth?"

"Yes."

"That could be... But no, how would she have..."

"How would who have done what?" Isabelle asked.

"Never mind. For now, you should live in the Zeus cabin. Because I agree, Demeter doesn't sound right." He stopped to think for a moment. "One thing that puzzles me is this: How could Isabelle, Evan, and Hannah Grace, who are all children of the Big Three, not have been discovered sooner when you lived in the same place? And to add to that, Jill was there, also a demigod."

"I don't know," Evan said. "But where is the Hades cabin?"

"I'll have another cabin give you a tour," Chiron said, returning to the Big House with a troubled expression. "Brookelyn! Clarisse! Chloe!" he called. Three burly teenagers came over to the other three. "Brookelyn, show Jill around please. Clarisse, show Isabelle around. Chloe, please show Evan around."

"Fine," Clarisse said. She waved her hand at Isabelle. "Follow me." Isabelle tried her best to keep up with her.

"Where are we going exactly?" Isabelle asked.

"Where do you think? I have to show you around," Clarisse grumbled. "That's the Big House, that's Thalia's tree, that's the dining pavilion, that's the Golden Fleece," she said, pointing to the objects as they passed. "That's the dragon that guards the Fleece."

"Dragon, you say?" Isabelle asked.

"Yupp. And that is the Zeus cabin. Any questions?"

"Where can I get some spare clothes and toiletries?"

"The Hermes cabin gets that stuff for people." Clarisse walked away, looking annoyed.

"Alright then," Isabelle muttered as she walked into the Zeus cabin. In the middle was a huge statue of who Isabelle guessed to be Zeus. She looked for a bed, but didn't find one out in the open. She walked around for a minute and found an alcove that had been made into a kind of bunk. Pictures were taped to the wall. One had a girl with storm blue eyes and black short hair, a blonde boy who seemed very happy, and a younger girl, probably about six or seven who had blonde hair and grey eyes. Another showed a boy with blonde hair and blue eyes and a girl with choppy brown hair and colorful eyes that kept changing. Isabelle realized with a start that this was one of the girls from her vision.

"Hi!" Jill said as she ran in and startled Isabelle. "What's up?"

"Oh, just trying to find a place to sleep," Isabelle said.

"Who are they?" Jill asked, looking at the pictures.

"I don't know."

"That one looks like you," Jill said as she pointed to the blonde boy with blue eyes in the picture with the familiar girl.

"Does not."

"Does, too."

"Does not."

"Whatever." Some kind of horn sounded through camp. "Oh, Chloe said that meant it was dinner time."

"Let's go find Evan." The girls raced out of the cabin.

"Where's the Hades cabin?" Isabelle asked.

"I'm going with the big scary one over there," Jill replied, pointing towards the black cabin with freaky green torches outside. Isabelle almost dropped the sword in her hand as she tripped over the dress she was wearing.

"Stupid dress," she muttered. Jill pounded on the door and Evan opened it.

"Can I help you?" he asked.

"Dinner time," Isabelle said as she grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the pavilion.

"Okay, I get it. It is time for dinner." They all stood trying to find a relatively empty table.

"You have to sit at the Hades table," someone said to Evan.

"What?" he asked as all three turned around to find a pretty girl with dark brown hair and lots of makeup. Isabelle hated her instantly.

"You have to sit at the Hades table," she repeated. "And you two have to sit at the Zeus table. I'm Drew, by the way. Drew Tanaka. Daughter of Aphrodite." She laced her arm around Evan's. "I'll show you the way. Zeus table is over there." She dragged him away while he gave Isabelle a look over his shoulder that said help me. Isabelle and Jill exchanged glances and walked over to the Zeus table.

"Poor Evan," Jill said. "I hope he survives his encounter with the tyrant."