Chapter 7: I'm dead

Author's Note: I apologize for not updating. I just went through a stage where I criticized everything I did, especially after the deaths of some family members, and I could not write. I have read over the story, and also realized that in some ways, it was a bit immature at times. I will attempt to fix it. My goal is to at least finish this story.

And yes, I do realize that Sadie has been a jerk to Nico, and Nico seemed to be a perv. That, was when my older brother wanted to "help" co-write the story. He gave up soon later.

I'm going to pretend the Serpent's Shadow and the second segment of the Percy Jackson series did not happen. I do not own the original books.

Nico's P.O.V.

I was shocked to say the least. We already have the Greek Gods? Who needs more gods? Then again the Egyptians have been around longer than we have. I started to have a mental breakdown, but on the outside, I kept up my cool façade.

Percy wasn't as good. That was justified when he screamed "WHAT?!" at the top of his lungs. We all flinched, and Annabeth slapped him. He muttered a quiet "sorry," and sat down.

"You heard me Seaweed Brain, or do I have to repeat myself?" Annabeth seethed. Percy shook his head quickly.

I shook my head myself. What a sad blubbering mess us males were reduced to these days because of females. Some of us just don't have any dignity left at all. It is truly sad.

Chiron cleared his throat. "Yes the Egyptian Pantheon is just as real as we are. However the gods don't, how do I say this, have "affairs" with mortals as ours do. They, uh, forbid relationships between the gods and mortals."

I think I just heard Percy mutter "brutal." Annabeth hit him again.

Chiron continued. "However, the Egyptian gods do not have enough strength to stay in the mortal world in their own form, like ours do. Also, years of the magicians subsiding them has made them weaker, but they are still a force to be reckoned with. However, they require hosts, whether it is an in-animate object or an animal. Even a human being. Yet, if there is to much power in the host, it will burn up. Literally. These days, there aren't many hosts."

"What about the magicians?" Annabeth asked.

"Ah, yes," Chiron said. "The magicians. For a lack of a simpler way a putting it, they are like the Hecate cabin, on much more powerful. I'd say about five times as much." The three of us sat there, with our eyes wide open. I shuddered. Suddenly, I saw that boomerang wand thingy again, only I saw destruction coming from it. I gulped.

I was rendered speechless. So this Sadie was a magician. And she could have killed me. With a flick of her wrist. I gulped. This was bad, really bad.

"So why are we going to Brooklyn?" Annabeth and I shook our heads. Only Percy would ask that.

Chiron smiled. "We believe the magicians are currently residing in Brooklyn." He said. I gulped. We were definitely going to get killed.

Sparring for a bit helped release some tension in me. The entire time, the Ares cabin was glaring at me. I sighed. I really didn't need them to be in the mood for killing; I had enough problems already.

I collapsed onto my bed. I was exhausted. Sparring was nice, but I had to make a break for it when some Aphrodite girls were giggling in my direction. I still remember what they did to Percy. Poor guy. He was traumatized for a week.

I sigh. What will happen to the underworlds now? I know father would not be happy. This was going to cause some major problems. But why didn't the gods let us know? I mean, I know there's that "no interfering" rule, but they could have given us a little bit of a warning. It was all too confusing.

I fell asleep only to be woken up by the yelling of campers. Running out of my cabin, I saw a huge drakon rearing up to attack a small figure on the ground. Someone put their hand on my shoulder. I turned around to see Conner, who promptly fainted.

Sadie P.O.V.

Discovering that you're about to become lunch to a hideous monster is not exactly my cup of tea. I prefer attacking the demon first before it gets the chance to attack me. As fate has it, that was not the case. I was about to become a mid-day snack. So, I did what anyone would do: I screamed "HA-DI!"

Okay, maybe that was what I would do. But when you have freakishly awesome powers like I do, you tend to go a little over the top. And by a little, I mean a lot. But hey, all in a day's work, no? Sadly, the effects of the spell weren't too clean. It was rather messy. A thin layer of shimmering golden dust layered upon me, and I sneezed. Chunks of dirt were splattered on me, as well as the crazy lunatics with swords and paintball guns in front of me.

Wait – crazy lunatics with swords and paintball guns? I'm definitely losing it. And to sum it up, some crazy guy that was half horse started walking, no trotting, up to me. Also, that Nico guy was staring as if I had grown another head, and was prancing around screaming that magical ponies did exist, and they flew over the rainbow.

Well, I did just see a horse with wings in the sky, so I guess my thoughts were justified.

Everyone, please tell the entire world that Sadie Kane has officially lost her marbles. Gods, I sound like Gran. The half horse dude started to talk.

"Welcome to Camp Half-blood," he began. "Judging from your facial expression, you can see through the mist, and therefore you are either a demi-god or -," he was cut off by a girl with blond hair and grey eyes.

"Are you an Egyptian magician?" she asked. Well, nice to know I'm not the only straightforward person in the world. Then again, how am I supposed to respond to a question like that? This is going to be a very long and interesting experience. Hopefully I can get away with a little of my sanity.

I decided to speak. "I- uh- um- what I mean to say is…" Great! I can't even form a sentence now! Everyone seemed to implore me to go on.

I decided to go with a hopefully safer approach. "I'm not sure what you're talking about," I muttered. Nico raised an eyebrow.

"Hey, aren't you that girl who got attacked by a hellhound?" he so helpfully added. I glowered at him.

"I am not a damsel in distress!" I yelled. Nico held his hands up in surrender.

"Woah, woah." He said. "Cool it. I don't mean any harm." My glare intensified. He flinched. One of his friends chuckled. I switched my glare to him. His friend flinched. Horsie dude took a step forward.

"We have some questions for you," he said. "Do you really insist you have no idea what we're talking about?" I hesitated then nodded. He sighed. I raised an eyebrow. Someone in the back of the crowd whistled. I decided to go for a more Sadie like approach. I took a deep breath. I was going to have a decent conversation.

Oh, who am I kidding. That is not a Sadie like approach. My hand twitched, ready to retrieve my staff and wand from the Duat at a moment's notice. I was going to settle this with a good old fight. Then I realized that would blow my cover. Instead, I cracked my knuckles, noticing some burly kids doing the same. I stopped for a second. Those kids looked really buff, even the girl! I was starting to reconsider my ideas.

Who cares. I'm gonna blow my cover anyway.

" I'm calling the police and reporting signs of strange activities here!" I screamed. Then I yelled "HA-DI!" at the top of my lungs and hightailed it out of there. Oh yeah Sadie. Way to be inconspicuous.

I was always one for dramatics.

Sprinting past the Empire State building in the freezing rain, I started to wonder to myself how I had even managed to get to Manhattan in the first place. I mean, I knew I walked for a while, but from Brooklyn to Manhattan? That's just crazy. I guess my endurance wasn't as bad as I thought it was. Then again, I hadn't expected to ever see flying ponies and half horsemen. As soon as this was over, I planned to get my head checked. Something wasn't right, and I wanted to get to the bottom of it. Detective Sadie at your service. Who needs Carter when you've got me! So what if I'm a little egotistical. Sue me.

I dove into the nearest metro stop and prayed that I wasn't being followed.

"Where have you been?!" What, no welcome home? Even after kicking your niece out into the cold rain? My family is cruel. Then again, we're Egyptian magicians. The ancient Egyptians probably did worse to their kids. I shudder at the thought. History could be so cruel. I only hope it won't repeat itself. I looked back at Uncle Amos.

"I was cooling off my temper. Please don't be too mad. I'm so tired and I just want to go to sleep. I'll even apologize and everything in the morning!" I know what your thinking. Sadie Kane, apologizing? But I was tired. And I did just want to sleep and take a shower. Okay maybe I did cross my fingers during the "I'll apologize" part, but hey; I'm Sadie Kane.

My dear uncle raised an eyebrow suspiciously. He didn't buy it. I decided to add a kicked puppy look just for side effects. He sighed.

Sadie: 1

Uncle Amos: 0

I dragged my feet up the stairs to my room, and collapsed onto my bed, forgetting about my shower. Please, to whoever was listening above, just let me have a decent night's rest. Of course. I got the opposite.

I'd like to say I had a peaceful night's rest. But then, I'd be lying. Ever since Carter and I saw our father releasing the souls of some of the gods, I've never had a decent wink of sleep. I was actually starting to regret insisting to spy on our father. And Sadie Kane does not by any means regret anything. And yet, here I was face palming in the Duat. Where has my dignity gone? Down the same drain as my sanity.

I watched as I saw the same strawberry fields I had seen earlier in the day. It was now dark out. Kids about my age were busy at work, running back and forth between cabins and the fields, while others were sparring or swimming. I noticed that the weather around the cabins was clear, but it was raining by the fields. I'm not dumb; I can tell there is some kind of force field there.

I felt my soul being pulled towards a big red building. I passed through the walls, and saw the blonde girl from earlier, along with Nico, the horse dude, some guy drinking soda, and a boy with black hair. They seemed to be deep in conversation. The guy drinking soda was plump, and seemed to have a bad attitude to boot. I gathered that from the faces he was making. I stuck my tongue out at him, even though I knew he couldn't see me.

So I'm immature. So what. This is me. Embrace my awesomeness.

I focused back on the conversation, but I couldn't hear anything. I frowned. What was going on?

Drifting towards the table in my awesome chicken form, I read a piece of paper saying something about three kids going to a specific school. I gasped. My school. Well, it wasn't my school yet; I still had to blow it up. I quickly recognized Nico's name on the sheet, and guessed that the Percy guy and Annabeth girl were the two people next to him. I shrugged there wasn't anything else of much interest to me.

Wait. That means Carter, Zia and I would see them at school. I started to freak out.

I watched as the horseman's mouth formed the words "Egyptian" and "be careful". I tried to understand what else he was saying, but couldn't. I gritted my teeth. Carter was so going to kill me when I woke up. I could only hope I would make it past the judgment of my soul. I sighed. How I missed little Ammit.

I focused on the guy with the soda. He seemed bored. I guess I would feel that way too if I was in a conversation I didn't want to be in. However, I felt a little nervous. I just realized that there was this strong aura around this fat guy. It seemed almost godly. Sort of how Carter looked like in the Duat with Horus yapping in his head. I smacked my forehead again. I was really losing it. It was almost embarrassing.

Shrugging, I turned back to the fat guy. He had frozen, and was stiff. He cautiously looked around the room. The other occupants didn't notice. I shrank in my spot. And then, he looked straight at me.

I woke up to the feeling of being stabbed in the stomach and groaned in pain. I turned my head to my clock, and clutching my head as words rang through them. Spying isn't nice, is it Sadie Kane?

Author's Note: How was this as a forgive me chapter? I will try to upload the next one soon, but my schedule is a little messed up, so I won't be posting at specific times.