Hey guy's sorry we've been missing for so long but my laptop broke and Scarlett, bless her doesn't know how to upload the chapters

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Damara's POV

We were all sat on the boat we didn't have any idea of where we were going. We all hoped that Annabeth could find out from the mirror case, but how a case which used to hold a mirror thousands of years ago was beyond any of us really. She was sat on the deck surrounded by notes she had made some how from the it, but still after an hour of work she still didn't know where we were going. We were all quite tired but no one wanted to sleep until we knew where we were heading. The thought of not knowing unsettled all of our stomachs, so much that we felt sick with nerves.

"I have it!" Annabeth suddenly squealed with delight, we all jumped out of our skins at the out burst, but quickly got over the sudden shock.

"You know where we have to go now?" Percy asked.

"Yes, isn't that what I just said." Annabeth said sarcastically and rolled her eyes, but she continued "We have to go to Rome. Since we only have half of the 'clue' we need the other half and that is said to be, according to this," she motioned to the mirror case In the Centre of the National museum." Annabeth told us all.

"Another museum? Are you not worried about breaking in again?" Nico asked, Annabeth nodded her head silently. Percy stood up

"We'll be there in a few hours then. All of you should now get some sleep, we're all tired and we're all going to need our strength if we are going to all survive and complete this quest." he kissed Annabeth's cheek and when down the stairs to get some sleep, after he set our course. We all stood and followed suit, we all found somewhere to sleep and the second I closed my eye I fell instantly to peaceful sleep for a few hours.

I woke up before everyone else, I just laid there for a few minutes, but then I couldn't take just lying down any longer, so I decided to get up and go onto the deck to get some much needed air. We were heading to Rome, I've never been there before, my mom had band me from ever going there, after a holiday she had once, but now that is exactly where we are heading, at a frightening speed this boat should not be able to travel at. I walked into the kitchen and looked around the small space, 'What am I doing here?' I asked myself. I went over to the cupboards to find some food for breakfast, I found some flour, coffee, cereal, blue food coloring, biscuits and sugar I took everything out then walked over to the fridge, I took out some butter, a few eggs, and a carton of milk. I laid everything out on the worktop and decided that I would make breakfast for everyone, since we all needed to keep up our strength. Everyone woke up about half an hour later; I had just finished preparing and presenting everyone's meal when they all filled into the small kitchen, smelling the food. I set out everyone's food and drink, Percy had blue pancakes and a glass of water, to make the pancakes blue I just added a few drops of food coloring to the mix. Annabeth had a bowl of cereal and a cup of tea. Nico had some normal pancakes and a black coffee, Zia had the same. Phoenix had a cup of tea and some biscuits; I decided that I would have the same as Phoenix. We all grabbed our breakfast then went upon to the deck to eat. It was such a beautiful day we all sat in a circle and ate everything that was on our plates. After we finished they all said 'thank you' then walked back down into the kitchen and put their dirty pots into the sink, then went to get ready for the day ahead.

On the deck you could see the ocean stretching out behind us and in front you could faintly make out the shapes of a city. 'I guess that's our destination' I thought. As we quickly approached the city become clearer, and you could finally tell the buildings and streets apart. When everyone came onto the deck after they had all showered and changed, they all stared at the city that was vastly approaching. You could tell that none of us had been here before, that much was clear, this was uncharted territory.

Zia's POV:

Soon after coming onto the deck we arrived at our destination, and I realized that we had reached the ancient city of Rome. This place was amazing. I had never seen anything like it before, I fell in love with how it looked, smelled and felt, I loved everything about Rome, and I wondered why I hadn't been here before.

We docked and got off of the boat, we all gathered on the dock space next to our boat and Annabeth told us the plan of what we was going to do "Right the case says we should find the other part of the 'clue' at the National Roman Museum, but again we don't know what it is how to put the items together that will supposedly help us. So when we get there I suggest that we all split up we'll be going in two to find this other half." we all nodded in understanding of the new plan. "Okay, so Nico you're going with Zia." we looked at each other and blushed, I realised that we had to find someway to focus on find the half instead of each other. "Percy you're with Phoenix and Damara you're with Me." we all nodded again, and started walking to the National Roman Museum. 'This is going to be interesting' my mind sarcastically commented. After a few minutes of walking we realised that we were lost, so Annabeth had to ask for directions, they didn't really help it took us a few hours of waling until we fount it. It really was huge; there were giant columns and pale stone. It looked so beautiful as if it was just built yesterday, but the style belonged thousands of years ago, this whole city belonged to the past, yet here it stood strong and proud making all the other buildings around it looks dull and pointless. This place had gone against all the elements and gone through all the wars, it had made it though still intact.

Again when we got there we all headed to the Greek and Roman section of the museum, once we reached it Annabeth turned around to face us all "Right, Percy and Phoenix take the right, Nico and Zia take the left, me and Damara will the Centre." we all nodded at her orders and split up into our pairs. This place reminded me of the museum in Greece, BORING! I looked to Nico and he looked back, he read the look on my face "I know, but we need to find this other part of the clue." he told me, I groaned "At least we got paired together." he added, I considered that for a few seconds, I guess he was right, I did get to spend more time with him and I guess I was kind of grateful for that. I decided that the soon we fond this clue the sooner we could leave so I started to look around. We walked around hand in hand; I got distracted by his presents so I wasn't paying much attention to the artifacts that we were walking past. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a glint of something; I turned my head to look at the artifact that had caught my eye. It was a simple chain; it looked to be thousands of years old. I was rooted in my place; it was like I was in a hypnotic state cause by a simple, yet very beautiful, chain. Nico had stopped by my side and followed my gaze to the artifact. "You fount it" he grinned at e then kissed my forehead. I grinned back "Now what do we do?" I asked 2i'm not sure, we didn't make a plan to meet up." he answered "I'll go find the others, just stay ere." he added, I nodded "Don't be to long" I sighed, "I won't be, I promise. Try not to miss me too much, because I know I'll miss you." he whispered in my ear which sent chills down my spine. "I'll miss you too" I whispered back. He lean down and quickly kissed me before he left to find the others.

As I waited for the others to come I studied the chain, I could see every link that was holding it together, and it looked so fragile and really beautiful. I could sense shadows forming around me, I turned to look "That was quick!" I thought everyone had got here already, but instead of seeing my friends I saw an old looking woman with a scarf wrapped around her head and tinted glasses covering her eyes. She took a few stapes towards me I moved to the side and muttered "Sorry", I thought she must have wanted to look at the artifacts and I was blocking her way. I guess I was wrong, because as soon as she came closer I could hear a 'hissing' sound, but the weird thing was it was coming from her head. The scarf fell to the floor and the 'hissing' sound got louder, I kept my eyes on the floor, I knew that the second I looked at her I was dead. I heard Annabeth's voice, just as the demon was about to talk. "Medusa" Annabeth yelled, I guessed she was trying to get her attention. "Not again" Percy moaned. Just the sound of his voice made the snakes hiss louder, 'They must have had a run in before' I concluded. I heard the sound of 'Riptide' being drawn, then heard it slice through some skin, I notice that he 'hissing' had finally stopped and I risked pealing my now closed eyes up from the floor. All that was left of the little old lady Medusa was a pile of dust and her head.

Everyone in the exhibit had gathered around us, fear was replacing the shocked and curious looks on their faces, I'm not sure what they sure but I knew one thing it wasn't good. An alarm sounded through out the museum, Annabeth looked at the chain then looked around her, she fount a fire hose. She went over to it grabbed it and smashed the glass, then took the chain and ran for the exit. We all followed suite and together we all ran out of the museum. It was lucky we didn't get caught, but the commotion of everyone running around in fear and the alarm going off provided the perfect cover for us to steal it without having to wait until closing time again. We ran out as quickly as we could, we were disturbing the peace on the streets of Rome and attracting a lot of attention, so we slowed down and walked through the crowed streets. Annabeth was leading the way with Percy at her side, Phoenix and Damara closely following them. At the back a few steps behind everyone was me and Nico we walked slowly hand in hand.

"Nico?" a girl stopped him and he instantly let go of my hand.

"Clara" Nico said, he smiled at her and gave her a huge hug. Clara had golden blonde hair it was in little perfect curls that went down to her tiny waist, she had stunning crystal blue eyes and she look perfect just like a model in her slim fitting crisp white sundress. They finally let go of each other after a few, what felt like, minutes. Nico turned to face me "Zia this is Clara." he told me, then he turned to face Clara and said "Clara this is Zia, she is my sister." she forced a smile onto her perfectly beautiful lips and said

"It's nice to meet you Zia." all of our friends had stopped and looked around at use just standing there in the middle of the crowded street. "Nico, could I speak to you in private? Please." Clara asked my Nico. He blushed, nodded as an answer to her, then turned to our friends, avoiding me completely, and he said

"Guys I'll meet you all back at the boat, we have some catching up to do. Okay?" they all nodded in unison, then he finally turned to me he said "Sweetie, I'll see you soon." he hugged me half heartedly and whispered "I love you" in my ear.

"I love you too" I quickly whispered back, he let go of me and turned then left with Clara, I watched him go weaving through the crowded streets after a few seconds I lost sight of him and my body slumped, I didn't feel like walking or moving or even breathing anymore but we had to get back to the boat, 'he would be fine and come back in a few hours, then when I told him about how I felt he would say the same cause we love each other.' I kept telling my self this as I walked back to the boat in between Phoenix and Damara, they was talking non-stop all the way there so I don't think they really care if I was silent. I was glad I got time to be left with my thoughts; I had millions of questions about what had just happened 'How did they know each other?' 'What we're they talking about?' 'Why did he instantly let go of my hand when he saw her?' 'Why did he only introduce me as his sister?' 'I know that's what I am but I thought I was more than that.' I shook my head to try and clear these stupid questions out of my mind. I finally came back to reality and noticed were I was we had reached the boat.

I decided that I would use this free time that we had from waiting for Nico to catch up with my friends cause I hadn't really spoke to them for awhile. I looked at the time on my phone; it said that it was '15:42', Nico had left about twelve that means he's already been gone three hours and forty two minutes 'how long does it take to catch up with someone?' I thought 'Defiantly not this long!' I decided to ask Annabeth about it, before going to my friends, I went and asked her "Shouldn't Nico be back by now?" "Yes, he should. I'm starting to get a little worried about him." she replied, she did look legitimately worried about him. I had a sudden thought, maybe I could shadow travel to him. "I'm going to go make sure he is okay." I told Annabeth she nodded quickly, then I felt the world melt around me and the shadows engulf everything as I shadowed travelled to my baby Nico. The world quickly reformed around me and the shadows quickly dispersed, I noticed that I had ended up in a cold, damp alley. I looked around for Nico. I fount him, but the second I did I wish that I hadn't. I gasped, he was standing against the wall naked, which wasn't that bad, but so was Clara she was pushing him into the wall like it was made out of sponge. They hadn't noticed me, they were far too busy, well that was until I gasped, and then they both ha turned to looked where the sound had come from and their eyes were now still fixed on me. I could feel the tears that were forming in my eyes. I left that place as quickly as I could, I heard Nico's voice but no words reached me it was too late.

I was on the deck of the boat again, I ran in the direction I knew the rooms were as fast as I could, everyone looked at me as I passed them but I really didn't care. All I wanted was to be left alone, and considering nobody followed me into the room I was grateful that they had decided to give me what I wanted and ad left me alone and make sure I had my space for awhile. I cried my eyes and heart out for what felt like hours, the boat was now moving under me but right now I really couldn't care less. There was a knock at the door, I slightly raised my head tears still falling from my eyes own my checks then hitting the floor where a puddle was starting to form, and Phoenix and Damara opened it slowly then stepped in and quickly closed the door behind them. They came over to me and sat down at either side of me then both hugged me at the same time as tight as they could. The hug spoke to me in a way; it said 'We're here for you'. I heard voices on the other side of the door; we all held our breaths and looked towards it.

Nico came bursting in through the door; he was closely followed by Percy who was shouting at him on one side and Annabeth screaming at in on the other. I think that everyone had guessed what had happened, I'm glad I have such great friends. "SHUT UP!" he yelled at them. His voice shocked everyone into uncomfortable silence "Now, everyone get out of this room, so that I can talk to Zia, alone." his voice had lowered and calmed but you could tell that it was taking a lot to control it, I stared at him with a blank expression on my face there was no way I was talking to him about this not now, not today. I held onto my friends tighter, so that they knew that I didn't want them to leave me alone with him. Damara stood up "We're not leaving her alone with you." she spat out at him. "GET OUT!" his voice boomed though out the boat, I knew that he had lost all control and patients now. "Guys come on, lets give them five minutes." Percy suggested, he was just trying to make peace and I knew that if I need any of them that they'd be waiting outside the door. I didn't want my friends to get hurt, and right now I'm not sure how far Nico would go or what he would do, so I let go of my friends. They felt my grip leave them and looked at me, I nodded at the door, they took the hint then everyone slowly walked out of the room.

I lowered my head back down to my knees. Nico sighed, then slowly walked over to me and put his arm around my shoulders. I quickly shrugged it off, the raised my head slowly to look at him. He look genially hurt, but I would not surrender to him, not after what had now happened especially since it had now been permanently etched into my brain. "I'm so sorry baby" his voice cracked and tears started to fall own his face "I don't know what came over me. You're my baby and I love you with all my heart. Not her, never her. I'm so sorry baby." he wiped the falling tears from his and let the ones on his face start to dry. I looked at him "I'm not your baby anymore." I simply said to him and then rose and left the room.

Nico's POV:

I sat there on the floor of the cabin, after Zia left, with new tears streaming down my face. The events of the day were settling in, I had tried to explain myself but it hadn't gone the way that I had hoped, and now I've lost the one person in the entire world that I love and care about. 'What am I going to do without her?' 'I can't be without her!' 'Life without her is like a flower without the sun. Or the night sky without the stars.' 'You can't have one without the other, so I can't be without her!'

'I had to make this right, but how?' I had no idea; all I knew was that I had to, at all costs. 'I will get her back!' I took a deep breath, wiped my eyes and face, pulled myself together, then rose from my spot on the floor next to the wall and slowly walked to the door. I reached out my hand, place it on the door handle, took another deep breath, held it, then turned the handle and left the room. I was ready for whatever was waiting for me, or at least I hoped that I was, who knows how much I could actually take, I stepped out of the room, turned back to the door and carefully pulled it shut behind me released the handle, then turned to face my fate or I guess you could call them my friends.