A/U: I just want to say that I'm sorry that I didn't update in a while and I'll try to update faster, but I'm not sure since I'm back in school and there's a lot of things going on.

~Melissa L.

Nico

I could barely concentrate on fighting the emposai but can you blame me? That's what they do. All I knew was that me and Rose were surrounded and she was being pinned down by Kelly. The next thing I know, one of the emposai cuts the hand with my sword, it disappears who knows where, I'm bleeding, and I'm trying to escape the emposai's hold on me. I can focus a little better since I hit my head when the emposai tackled me. I flare around but the monsters won't budge!

The emposai pinning my arms asks Kelly, "Kelly can you hurry up and kill the girl already? We're hungry." I hear Rose protest but I'm too busy trying to free myself that I don't really get what she said until I hear Kelly say,"You are getting on my last nerves you pathetic girl. You know what? Sisters change of plans. You can eat the boy first and we can just let the Child of Poseidon watch!" It was no use, I couldn't free myself. One of the emposai lunged at me. Just before she tore through my flesh, an arrow flies out of nowhere and pierces her head. She makes this gargled scream before disintegrating and covers me in golden dust. I feel the grip on my arms loosen and I take the opportunity and hit the shocked emposai. Then I hear Annabeth. I turn to see a bunch of campers behind us. Will shoots qthe emposai behind me in the heart and she too turns to dust.

We advance to Kelly, who still has Rose pinned down. "Give it up, Kelly. You're outnumbered" I say.

"This isn't over, boy. I may not have been able to destroy you, but worst things are yet to come. Demigod will turn against demigod, you will destroy each other into near extinction, then we'll take care of the rest." She jumps into the air. I have enough time to pull Rose away and shield her with my body as Kelly explodes. When I look back up I see fire. The trees are in flames and I see nimphs trying to stop the fire. If it wasnt for Rose and her water bending powers, the fire might've spread and we'd never be able to stop it.

When the fire is taken care of, people start asking questions.

"Demigod against demigod? What does that mean?"

"What is going to happen?

"Why would we turn against each other?"

We look at Annabeth, but she's just as confused as we are (that doesnt happen very often). "I have a feeling that this has something to do with Rachel's prophesy. I'm not sure what it means, though." Annabeth admits, "But we can think about that later. Right now I want to know if you guys are okay." she looks at me and Rose with a worried look.

"We're okay. Just a few cuts and bruises but we're fine." says Rose.

Annabeth sighs with relief and then she changes her expression to a face I know so well. It's the you-are-in-so-much-trouble look. "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?! Do you know how worried Percy is? When we get back, you better have a good reason as to why you left camp and didn't come back for weeks!" She yells at us.

I felt kinda guilty for worrying Percy. I looked at Rose and knew she must also be feeling the same. We drove back to Camp Half Blood in a white Van. Annabeth refused to hear our excuses until we got back. That didn't stop her from lecturing us on how irresponsible we were and not mention we were putting ourselves in great danger. I was a bit annoyed by this. Rose however looked like she might throw up at any moment. I can understand, Annabeth is pretty scary when she's angry. "Are you okay?" I whispered to Rose. Annabeth wasnt paying much attention to us. She was to involved in her speech. "Yeah, I just feel horrible that I made Percy worried. I don't even want to imagine Tyson." I took her hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze. She smiled. I felt the van come to a stop.

"Okay everyone out." said Annabeth. We were at the bottom of Half Blood Hill. "Come on you two, Percy must still be in his cabin." When we walked to Cabin Three, not many people were up yet. It was early morning. We finally got to cabin three and Rose slowly opened the door. "Percy, are you in here?" she asked timidly. There was no sign of him. His bed was not made. "Maybe he got up early to look for you," said Annabeth. I didn't know why but I had a bad feeling in my stomach. The room felt differently and I didn't think Percy left to look for us. "Don't worry, he'll show up around Lunch. He always does. I'll go tell Travis and Connor to tell the search parties to come back." Annabeth left the room leaving me and Rose alone. Rose groaned and threw herself on her bed. I was feeling pretty tired so I threw myself next to her and we stayed like that for a minute or two looking at the ceiling.

"What do you think they'll do to us?" she asked.

I shrugged," I'm not sure. I guess we'll find out when Percy gets back."

"You know, I've missed this place."

"We weren't gone too long."

"I know, but here I actually felt genuinely happy and loved."

I didn't really know what to say to that. We sat up on the bed just staring at a far off point.I turn to look at Rose. "Sooo, we didn't die" I say. Rose smiles as she remembers I said the same thing after the whole Zeus/Poseidon incident. "Why don't we go and celebrate?" I wish we could go to the clearing but I guess disappearing again is not a good idea. "

"Sure. I know lets get some food and a blanket. We can go to the beach and, you know, have a picnic."

"Are you asking me out on a date?" Rose asked. I blushed as she said that.

"I guess I am." I finally said and took her hand," Rose, will you go out with me?"

It was Rose's turn to blush. She laughed,"Of course, silly." She pulled me in for a hug. It didn't last long since Tyson ran into the room. As soon as he saw us, he gave us both a bear hug. "Rose, Nico! You are not dead. That's good." He must've been real happy because he wouldn't let go of us until The Stoll brothers, Katie, Rachel, Jake, Will and Dan and Mike came in the cabin. They must've heard we were back. Tyson finally let us go. The little six year olds ran and hugged Rose. Everyone else was asking what happened and if we were okay. "Guys, slow down. We will tell you everything as soon as Percy gets back" I said.

So much for our date, I thought as we walked towards the dinner pavilion. We got mobbed by a bunch of campers bombarding us with questions. We wouldn't say anything until Percy came, we kept telling them. Of course when Annabeth came and told us that Chiron and Mr.D wanted to talk to us in the Big House, we were going to have to tell them what happened. If we didn't, who knows what Mr.D would do.

When we finally got inside the Big House, Chiron and Mr.D were already waiting for us. Mr.D looked very angry.

"Well, look decided to come back?" he said.

"Mr.D, let them explain themselves before assuming anything." Chiron told him.

"Please, I've let Angelo come in and out as he pleases, do I not? He's a special case. All I know is that, apparently, breaking the rules runs in the family." Mr.D looked at Rose. "Can't I just turn her into a dolphin or a grape vine? It would surely save us more time." Chiron sighed. "Children would you mind explaining where you've been these past couple weeks?" Me and Rose took turns explaining what happened. I might've left out a few parts, like finding out about Camp Jupiter. When we're done Mr. D still doesn't look happy, maybe because he doesn't get to turn Rose into a sea mammal.

So our morning was pretty crazy with all the campers asking what happened, are you okay, and the occasional 'Rose will you go out with me?' question. It's noon when everyone finally settles down for lunch. I eat alone as usual, but when I look towards the Poseidon table, I only see Rose. She looks at me with confusion. She's probably wondering where Percy is. Tyson volunteered to go get him but still hasn't come back either. Where is Percy?

After lunch I meet up with Rose at her cabin. I'm not surprised when I find Annabeth there.

"where is that seaweed brain?" asks Annabeth,"He should be back by now."

"Don't worry, he'll show up. Maybe he's just running late." said Rose.

"No, I feel like something's happened and I don't know why" protested Annabeth.

"Annabeth, calm down, I'm sure you're making a big deal over nothing" I say to her. Honestly, I wanted to tell her I had the same feeling that I couldn't explain.

"I'll call Sally. Maybe he's there or at least stopped by for something." says Annabeth as she rushes to the door. When she's gone, it's me and Rose again. "you're not worried about Percy, are you?" I ask Rose. She sighs, "I don't know."

Rose

Days go by and still no sign of Percy. I'm starting to think of the possibilities and none all too pretty. This feeling of uncertainty is eating at me and I wonder if this is exactly how Percy felt when I was gone. Great, I think, now I'm depressed and guilty. I want to go look for him, but Mr. D won't let me and he said if I tried another stunt like that, he'll kick me out of the camp or incinerate me. Not much options to choose. I have to stay put which only gives me time to worry. I don't even have Nico because I barely see him. Nico gets to go look for Percy while all I do is sit around and cry in my cabin hoping he'll be okay and come back. Of course when Nico is here we use all that time in that nice clearing and just hold on to each other and say comforting words. Well, they're mostly for me. The only thing on my mind when Nico isn't here is:

Is Percy going to come back? Or is he even alive?

A/U: So yeah, hope you liked it and review. Bye

~Melissa L.