A/n- Hmm, so they lost. How will everyone react?

Thalia's POV

I was still stunned as I walked back to regroup with the rest of my team to figure out what was going on. I walked up to hear Annabeth say, "You are a filthy cheater, Zachary."

"I didn't cheat," he turned to his cabin mates.

"Annabeth," I called, motioning for her to join us. I faced Malcolm, Percy, and Nico. Annabeth joined a few minutes later. "How did they get the flag?"

"I don't know I was looking right at the flag the whole time. Then I looked to see if anyone was coming and after the whistle sound I looked back to see the flag gone," Annabeth tried to explain. "No enemies got within a twelve foot radius of the flag."

"Then how did they get it," I asked staring at Zachary.

"You're not going to like the only possible answer," Malcolm muttered.

"What is it?" I demanded.

"One of our team took the flag to Zachary," he answered. "It couldn't have been one of us five."

"It was Neomah," Annabeth said after a minute of thought.

Nico wasn't too happy about that. "Why accuse Neomah? There's no proof."

"Well Thalia and Malcolm saw you trying to get their flag and Neomah is the only other one that could possible shadow travel. That would be the only way to get the flag away from us," Annabeth replied.

"Filthy children of Hades," I muttered before I thought it through.

"What is that suppose to mean?" he demanded, trying not to yell at her.

"That all children of Hades are the same, filthy and self-centered," I gritted my teeth to keep from yelling at him.

"We're not all self-centered," Nico yelled at me. His eyes were hallow and darken. "You need to befriend all of us before you go around judging all of us!"

There was a crowd forming around us. "Oh yeah? Which child of Hades hasn't been self-centered?"

"Bianca," He looked away. "She was only self-centered once in her life, and that was the choice to join the Hunters. Any other time, you would find her always making sure I got to eat first. She was always making sure that I was warm, that I had enough to eat. 'Are you warm enough, Nico,' she would ask. 'Do you need more to eat?' she would ask after every meal. 'Are you sure you're warm enough, Nico? I will get you another blanket.' Tell me how that is self-centered!" He demanded.

When I didn't answer, he said, "That's what I thought."

"You've always hated me, haven't you?" I asked suddenly. I've been getting this feeling that he has resented me for Bianca's death.

"No, resented you yes. I've resented many people," he replied, trying to turn away.

"You've resented me because Bianca joined the Hunters," I stated. "Haven't you?" At this time I didn't care about the crowd, but when I looked around all I saw was Percy, Malcolm, and Annabeth.

"Partly," He answered a few minutes later. "It was because you survived. I resented everyone for surviving when my sister died. First it was my mom, and then it was Bianca and now," he broke off.

"Who is it now?" I demanded.

"Nothing. Don't worry about it," he said, turning to leave.

"I'm wondering about it," I replied.

"Well, don't," he said coldly. "From now on don't judge everyone from a cabin by one person's mistake." He walked away. At 14, he was definitely strong and hard-headed, just like most children of the big three.

I watched as he left, thinking of how much he had grown from that 11 year old that I met when trying to save Artemis. After a few more strides he disappeared.

Nico's POV

I can't believe her. Just because one of my siblings does something wrong, it means that we're all bad. I yelled at her, which I felt a little bad about. When she asked if I hated her, I wanted to scream no! I love you. Well I at least I think I do. But I know I can't tell her that. It will just make it awkward between us. Instead, I told her I resented her and everyone else on the quest that Bianca never came back from. Which is true, I still resent but I try hard not to hold grudges. I felt her staring at me as I walked away, so I shadow travelled away.

I appeared in the middle of the beach. I shrugged and sat down. I stayed there for hours, just thinking of how much I have changed. Maybe I can have Thalia. A zap of lightning hit my head. I cursed in Ancient Greek.

Thalia's POV

I turned to Annabeth and Percy. "What just happened here?"

"Nico didn't like you,-" Annabeth started.

"I know what happened there, I was meaning the last part," I asked. They started to walk away. "Is this something that you can't tell me, or that you don't want to tell me?"

"You should ask Nico," Percy replied. "Ask him about the events of the past couple days."

I rolled my eyes and headed toward Hades' cabin. When I didn't find him in his cabin, I started to head toward the beach. I found him lying in the sand, looking up at the stars. "Beautiful, aren't they?" I asked as I approached him.

"Yes," he replied simply.

"I'm sorry," I muttered, as I joined him in watching the stars.

"Don't worry about it," he replied. "I'm just to people judging me. I just didn't think it would be you." I stayed quiet, watching the stars. "Why are you still here?" he asked coldly.

"I was told that something went on in the past couple days, I wanted to find out what," I replied.

"They didn't tell you I cried, did they?" Nico sat up quickly.

"No. Wait, you cried?" I asked.

"It's nothing. I kind of shadow travelled Percy and Annabeth to the future. We met Mason and Alyssia. Then we met Lily and Carson and Chris and Clarisse's three children, Levi, Brody, and Hayden," he replied.

"Who are Lily and Carson?" I asked.

"Well, Lily has black curly hair and electric blue eyes. Carson has short, messy black hair and dark blue eyes. They are both blind, can control rocks and lightning, and are excellent at sword fighting," he replied as he left.

"You never told me who their parents are," I called to him.

"You know who they are, just think about it," he replied, heading for his cabin.

Annabeth's POV

After capture the flag, I went back to my cabin to shower. I got out and changed into my bed clothes, a camp T-shirt and a pair of shorts. I grabbed my dirty clothes and threw them into the basket. I grabbed my hat and left. I put it on and made my way to Percy's cabin. Percy was still in the shower. It took that boy forever to drag himself away from the shower. So I lay on his bed, waiting for him to get out.

I stood, trying to face Aly but I couldn't bring myself to look at her hopeful dirty green eyes. Our parents, well their younger selves, left a few days ago and we have yet to see any sign of our parents. Nico left a few hours before our parents and his younger self arrived, and we haven't seen him since.

Lily and Carson can only cry, when I asked why they only cried harder. "Our parents are dead, and so are yours," Lily finally was able to say.

I looked at them with disbelief. "Are you sure?"

"We felt all four of them being judged at different times," Lily nodded.

I knew I had to break the news to Aly but I didn't want to break her heart. We only had another day before left on our quest to stop Miles from taking over the world. I stood to face her, and muttered, "We can't see mom and dad anymore."

"What do you mean, Mason?" she asked, but I knew she already understood. She just wanted to hear the words.

"They have died," I told her bluntly. I didn't try to sugar coat it. I didn't try to make it sound better. I just told her plain and simple, is that bad?

"You lied to me," she cried.

"I didn't lie, I didn't know they would die," I tried, but I knew the damage was done.

"You promised we would see them. How could you?" she yelled at me through her tears. I felt bad that I upset her, but there was nothing I could do to prevent it.

I pulled her to me. "I promised we would because I thought we would. We fought to stay alive on the thought that mom and dad would see us again."

"When did you know?" she demanded.

"Just an hour ago," I told her, knowing it was a lie. She knew it was a lie too.

"Liar. When?" she demanded.

"One of the attacks of the reaper," I told her.

"So you've been lying to me for weeks now?" she asked.

"I only did it to protect you," I tried.

"Don't lie to me, Mason," she shook her head. "You did it because you didn't want to feel guilty if something happened to me." She walked away from me. A tear rolled down my face, but I knew she didn't want to talk to me so I left her be.

"Annabeth, you need to wake up," Percy shook me.

"I'm awake," I replied.

A/n- so a lot is going on in this chapter. Nico almost told Thalia about his feeling towards her. Thalia found out about Lily and Carson. Aly just found out her parents are dead. Hmm, please review!