A/N: Here's the next chapter. Remember that last time, Nico was stabbed. Don't worry; he's not dead. Enjoy! R&R!

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Chapter XXV

Juno

"Ow! What was that for?" Nico exclaimed. I tried not to laugh at the look on his face. I laid my hand on him arm and he became silent, looking calm. I kept one hand on his arm and used the other to feed his some nectar until his cut healed. I withdrew my hand and he panicked again.

"Calm down," I told him. He started breathing heavily. "Are you okay?" I asked. Nico nodded. "How did you do that?" he asked.

"Do what?"

"Your freaky calming….power….thing."

I sighed. "That's my gift from Hestia," I told him. "I can make people feel at home." "Sweet," Nico commented. "Yeah, it's not always a good thing," I muttered, but I don't think he heard me.

"What's next?" Nico asked. "Um…let's see, I told you about Ares, right? Then, Athena. Athena gave me the power of…..oh, gods, what did Hera call it…..ambassadorial language." Nico looked questioningly at me.

"When someone says something to me, it translates into a language that I know. Hera said I used to translate everything into Italian. Once I grew up, I translated into Latin; then English. Lately…..lately it's been Italian again. I don't know why."

Nico frowned. "What'd you say about your mind being wiped?" he asked. I told him what Hera had told me.

Nico looked off into space, thinking. Suddenly, he looked up in surprise.

"That's it!" he exclaimed. "What's it?" I asked. "Hera said you got off the chair, right?" he clarified. I nodded.

"That means not all of your memories were wiped," Nico explained. "Some of them are still tucked into the back of your brain. Lately, they started surfacing. Which means, you'll start remembering more things about your past. Like Italian, I guess."

I nodded. "Okay then," I muttered. "So, next gift?" Nico asked.

"Oh, right. Um….Apollo. He gave me the power to-"

"Let me guess," Nico interrupted. "You can tell the future."

"No. I can tell the past," I corrected him. "Only if I touch an object, though." Nico slipped off his skull ring. "What are you doing?" I asked. Instead of answering, Nico shoved the ring into my hands. That did not end well.

My head felt like it was exploding as millions of memories and feelings were loaded into it. I screamed in pain until Nico finally took the ring away.

Breathing heavily, I tried to find the strength to move without throwing up. "Are you okay?" Nico asked nervously. It took all my strength and power to nod and let him know I was alive.

"What happened?" Nico asked as I tried to sit up. "I don't know," I answered. "Maybe…..maybe your memories are too…complicated. They nearly killed me," I suggested. Nico looked away, obviously feeling guilty. "It's not your fault," I told him, trying to keep my voice steady. My head still hurt like Hades.

"What did you see?" he asked. "Everything," I answered. "Every memory in your brain, every feeling you've ever had, even the things you don't remember," I answered.

"Wow."

"Yeah."
"Can you tell me the rest of the gifts?" Nico asked carefully, obviously still guilty about hurting me so much. I nodded and winced. "You sure you're okay?" Nico asked. "Yeah, I'm fine," I told him. "Anyway, we have to go outside to show you the next gift."

Nico and I left the cabin and climbed up a hill to a place where we wouldn't be disturbed. "How does this show your gift?" Nico asked. I ignored him. "Artemis gave me the power to call down constellations," I told Nico. He looked questioningly at me. "How does that work?" he asked. "Here, I'll let you talk to someone you know. Or knew," I said.

I muttered a prayer to Artemis and watched as the sky sparkled and the stars formed a ghost-like figure. "Zoë?" Nico asked in amazement. Zoë lowered her bow. "Nico?" Nico nodded, still amazed and confused. "Hey, Zoë," I greeted her. Zoë frowned at me. "Why dost thou set a boy in my presence?" she asked. I rolled my eyes.

"It's not just any boy," I argued. "He's Bianca's little brother." Zoë shrugged. "True," she muttered. "This is your power?" Nico asked me. I nodded. "I can call down all constellations. Zoë's just the most helpful." Zoë nodded. "May I retreat?" she asked. I nodded and she drew her bow and went back into the sky.

"Well, that was cool," Nico commented once we were back inside. I nodded. "Anyway, I didn't get anything from Hephaestus. I don't know why. From Aphrodite, well, this one will be fun," I said.

Nico looked scared. "Define fun," he muttered. "Take off your ring," I commanded. He did. "Put it back on." He did. "Hit yourself on the head three times." Guess what! He did. "What are you doing to me?" he demanded after hitting himself. I grinned. "Gift from Aphrodite. Charmspeak." Nico glared at me.

"Anything else?" he asked through gritted teeth. I nodded. "From Hermes, I got….this," I told him, pulling something out of my pocket. "A cell phone?" Nico inquired. I nodded.

"It's a….special cell phone, though. It can talk to the gods." Nico's eyes widened. "Sweet," he commented. I nodded. "That's how I found out about Percy," I muttered without thinking. "The gods told you about him?" Nico asked. I nodded.

"Anyway, that's it. That's all the gifts," I concluded. "Wait, what about Dionysus? Mr. D didn't give you a gift?" Nico interrupted.

I frowned. "No, he did. I just-…Hera didn't tell me what it was. All she said was, 'It was more of a curse than a gift."

"Freaky," Nico muttered. I smiled. "Yeah. Pretty much."

"So, what was the point of telling me all this?" Nico asked. I thought about that. "Um….I don't actually know. I guess I just didn't want to be the only one who knew about it," I guessed. "Okay. I'll see ya later, then?" Nico asked. I nodded and left the cabin.

A/N: So….yeah. Tell me what you thought about Juno's gifts. In the next chapter…..well, you'll see. Review please!