Thanks Ianoliano for the story idea title. Didn't do this yet, so sorry.
The Son of Poseidon has to thank the Fates right now. A bit of sarcasm in it but he still has to thank them for at least making his life a bit interesting.
But that thought was demolished because the next thing he knew after the talk with Bianca, he was waking up: with Bianca right beside him. A very embarrassing situation to be in, that is for sure as Percy instantly bolted upright. Anger flared in his system, like a fire being burned through his body.
"What are you doing!?" The Son of Sally shouted out, trying to make it seem that he is just not embarrassed about the situation.
Bianca quickly woke up, showing her face of confusion as she stood up and took a few steps from Percy to where they were facing each other with a decent amount of proximity between them.
"What?" The Daughter of Hades fired back incredulously. It is one thing to live again, but when you wake up, suddenly the first person you see gets mad at you. There and then is a bad situation to be in, especially confusing to Bianca as she was sure that nothing bad happened.
"You seriously don't know?" Percy answered back, a bit harsher this time but he was just embarrassed and afraid. The children of Aphrodite always want a good heartbreak, do they want a second one? Percy cursed silently at Aphrodite and all those love Gods and Goddesses for making his life horrendous to live in.
"Wha-Why-What do you mean?" Bianca managed out. She was still confused onto what was happening. Hades, she wasn't even awake at the time. What was Percy accusing her of? She couldn't do something that bad in her sleep...unless if he is still mad about she joining the Hunters and leaving Nico.
The Brother of Triton started blushing as he considered the best way to reveal that she cuddled into him. "You-Um...y-" Percy stammered, still trying to shove what was in his mind at the time. Why was talking to her so hard? When he confessed to Annabeth, he didn't have to go through this much stutters.
Bianca tilted her head to the side, staring intently straight into Percy's eyes as she tried to think of why Percy was made at her.
"Y-you cuddled into me...last night." He breathed out before anger once again flared inside of him at the thing being brought up. The Fates really must dislike him, they bring him a girlfriend only for her to cheat on him then they bring another girl to him, probably only to break his heart once again?
Bianca then felt heat rush up to her face. It was basically the first time in...forever, that she blushed and she almost forgot what it was until Percy revealed what happened.
"What were you doing?" Percy demanded, now glaring at Bianca although it felt wrong as she just was brought back to life. Yet the anger at the Fates and those Aphrodite spawns and the love goddess herself overpowered the feeling.
"I-I don't know." Her eyes were now huge in shock, embarrassment, and a high probability of dozens of other emotions going around her body.
The Son of Poseidon then just lost control, storming away from the spot the duo were arguing in. He entered the pavilion, walking over to his table and plopping down. Now, he wasn't really hungry but the events that occurred washed over him and and his face fell.
The surrounding campers scurried away at quite an interesting pace, Percy also receiving a whole bunch of confused and worried glances, although, sone of those glances were sent to Annabeth who was sitting in the Athena cabin table, avoiding eye contact with Percy. Chiron quickly cleared his throat to grab the attention of the campers as he just did the usual routine, trying to get the attention off Percy and Annabeth. The Son of Poseidon has to thank the horse for at least once, he didn't know what he would do without Chiron.
He was so caught up with glaring at his plate that he didn't see a figure sit on the opposite end of the table with an apologizing expression on her face.
"Percy-" Annabeth tried to start up a conversation. She didn't even know, she just saw him leave and when Xander told her that Percy was cheating on her, she believed him. A major injury in her pride had deflated after that and during he might, she had been in Percy's cabin, crying to sleep. Percy never entered the cabin which made her feel a lot more worse than before.
"What?" He snapped at her, looking up and looking into her eyes that once he would've fallen into them. Love is a pretty hard thing to conquer and this feels like the whole Rachel series once again, although the duo are now good friends. He didn't even know hat Rachel even liked him until she revealed it and told him that she was sorry. It made him feel bad but they were on good terms from then on.
Annabeth wanted him back, she loathed to be with him again. She knew that it was bad, and she regretted it heavily but now, she could barely use her big head to try and talk to Percy and let them be together again, "I didn't know. I just-,"
Percy eyes instantly turned into one of anger, "Yeah. And you didn't know. Really must've hurt your damaged pride that increased being with me." It was a harsh statement, but it felt to a relief that it was finally off his shoulders as he just stood up and walked away. Could he not just get some peace here and instead not be fighting a whole emotion.
He couldn't be anywhere near her, he just gets flashbacks and he hates them. Percy really has to go through this, the nightmare never ends and especially when Rachel already spited a new prophecy that, with Percy's luck, would come in his lifetime. How would he even be able to tell everyone that he broke up with Annabeth, they couldn't cooperate at the same and they both see that they would have to announce it to the camp sooner or later as the Aphrodite cabin would just spread rumors to the point where Percy and Annabeth would receive lots of attentions. The Stolls would also receive a new opening as they could just create a betting pool with people betting whether or not Percabeth is gone. Which it is gone now.
Suddenly a large amount of shadows gathered right beside him, indicating that Nico is not a happy boy. Where was Will at this time? Usually that Son of Apollo could easily calm Nico down just by having his presence beside the Son of Hades. What-so-ever, Percy doesn't shame Nico just for liking another boy, it isn't his fault that the Fates also hate him, to a lesser extent.
Nico appeared right beside Percy, Bianca was standing beside Nico but she was looking at the ground in shame and guilt, which made Percy feel bad for her.
"Why didn't you tell me my sister was alive?!" Nico cried out, pushing forward and grabbing Percy's shirt, although Percy was by far a whole foot taller than the 12 year old, it didn't really matter. Yet the 12 year old could be scary as Hades. Well, saying that he is Hades' only son since WW2, he could be as scary as Hades. Which people could doubt when they see a 12 year old emo kid walking down the streets of Long Island.
"I didn't have the time!" Percy threw his hands in the air in a surrender gesture, trying to get his words to go through Nico's head which he also doesn't blame Nico if it doesn't as his long-lost-big sister was alive again.
Fortunate for Percy, Nico at least had a more advanced than the average human mentality, so Nico just sighed before stepping backwards.
"Don't keep information from me." The Son of Hades came to the agreement, which is a pretty one-sided negotiation but his sister was alive again. Suddenly another void entered his chest at the thought of her joining the Huntresses again. He needs to keep her away from them, even if it ruins his reputation to the Huntresses which he doesn't really care about but that goddess could turn him into a jackalope, and already he had turned into a flower. It wasn't a pleasant experience as he quickly found out, he was claustrophobic. Percy
The Son of Poseidon nodded into agreement, "You can give her a tour around." He announced, wanting to spend the least amount of alone time with Bianca. He was still a bit angry but his Fatal Flaw isn't holding grudges. Luckily for him at least.
The Younger Brother of Bianca's eyes narrowed suspiciously at Percy. He was already questioning why Bianca won't look at Percy and why he won't look at her and now Percy is telling Nico to tour Bianca around? Nico barely even knows Camp Half-Blood and the only reason he stays at it was because of the Son of Apollo who made Camp life a lot more easier.
"You're coming with us." Nico stated, looking back and forth from Percy and Bianca as if demanding for them to agree.
They both hesitated, Percy nodding before Bianca as she looked at him with a bit of hope in her eyes.
The Daughter of Hades hopes that Percy can forgive her, it wasn't her fault in the first place but he is still getting mad because of it. She feels a hurt in her chest when Percy seems disappointed in her, like how he did when she went into Talos. She hates that feeling, and she doesn't want it to begin again.
Percy was finally starting to forget about the incident that happened in the morning as Nico nodded in affirmative before smiling a huge smile that he never saw since Nico was 10 years old. The last time Percy even saw Nico smile was when it was an evil smirk back during Percy's 15th birthday. It technically wasn't an evil smirk at the time but it did look like one.
Nico quickly grabbed his sister's hand and basically replayed the whole thing that happened in the past as he pulled her away, Percy quickly following behind.
He completely forgot about what had happened before as Nico slowly turned into his old self as he hustled Bianca around like a donkey in a ranch. He just followed behind in amusement at Nico was pulling her faster than she could even take in her surroundings.
Percy kept his eyes exploring the area. Subconsciously, he saw Annabeth sulking beside the Athena cabin with her siblings surrounding her and trying to comfort her as the Aphrodite cabin kept arguing about a few love stuff. But he wasn't really looking for them, he was looking for someone else. The Son of Poseidon quickly saw where his target was heading, so he broke away from the group Nico was leading, and ran over to Will Solace. He stepped right in front of him, making Will look up and acknowledge Percy's presence.
"Anything you need?" Will asked, looking up and down Percy's body, circling around the Son of Poseidon whilst looking for any sign of injuries.
Percy rolled his eyes, "Nico's going crazy right now." Not the best way to put it but it was enough for Will to freeze, look up to Percy's face for any sign of lying or sarcasm but seeing none. The Son of Apollo quickly went stiff before blurting out, "Where is he!?"
The Son of Sally started chuckling as he grabbed the 13 year old's arm and pulling him towards where Nico and Bianca probably were. Truth to be told, Percy lost track of the duo so Percy and Will just walked around the whole of camp looking for Nico and Bianca.
Will kept asking for every single detail along the way, completely worried for Nico. He wasn't afraid to admit, and he was gay. Yet he maybe has this small crush on the Son of Hades. Yet, he felt horrible all the time as he is gay but Nico probably wasn't. So it was just a one-sided love, but Will still held out hope that Nico was gay too as Nico never looked at a girl like that.
Percy finally entered the outskirts of the forest where Nico and Bianca were standing, Nico pointing to various areas of the forests and explaining everything, which Bianca finally was learning something around the place.
Will's eyes quickly widened in horror, Nico was holding a girl's hand with a huge smile on his face. All hopes for Nico being gay completely demolished as a heartbreak he never experienced ricocheted throughout his chest. Tears sprung to his eyes but he couldn't keep in his emotions anymore; He pulled away from Percy's grasp and ran away, trying to find a place to where he could just be in to deal with the feelings flying around in his body. He didn't want to be anywhere near anyone anymore, he wasn't even in a good mood anymore. Overall, he was just heartbroken and that was his worst fear that he thought of that could've came out of liking Nico.
The Prince of the Seas was confused at why Will ran away, he was willing at one point but right when he saw Nico, he ran. Percy wasn't really the relationship guy, he hadn't even known that Annabeth liked him if she had not just kissed him. But when someone sees their crush, they had ran even though they were willing. Perhaps, Will was just nervous? Probably...hopefully.
"What's wrong with him?" Nico questioned worriedly, he couldn't be that bad. Will was the only one to accept Nico, other than Percy and his close friends, but Will actually spent most of his time with Nico. Slowly but surely Nico fell for Will, but there was hope that since Apollo had male lovers, his sons could inherit that.
"Who is that? Nico, Percy?" Bianca asked, changing her gaze from Nico and Percy while questioning them silently. Who was the boy? She always knew that Nico was gay, but was this the boy? And if it was, why did the boy run away.
"That's Will Solace, Son of Apollo. I have no idea what's wrong with him." Percy answered the 2 Children of Hades. He doesn't even know what was wrong with Will? At first Will was enthusiastic about helping Nico, but right when Will saw Nico: Will ran away.
"Oh." Nico answered back hazily, still staring to where Will ran off with an expression he couldn't describe on his face.
A horn instantly blared right when Nico spoke, indicating that it was already lunch time. Bianca had no idea how long it had even been but it did pass a long time since breakfast. She was hungry anyways, so it wasn't really a loss. Not really a reason to complain, just a reason for her stomach to complain though. She almost was scared of it once she felt her stomach as she hadn't felt it in years but she quickly got over her shock.
Percy nodded, pointing towards the pavilion. "There is the pavilion where we eat. 1 horn blare means breakfast, lunch, or dinner. 2 blares means the gods are visiting or a quest had returned. 3 horns mean that there is an attack on camp. But there is also the Huntresses' horn which they just blare once to indicate they are at Camp." He explained swiftly, running away from Bianca and Nico, expecting them to catch up and they did.
The children of the Big 3 all entered the pavilion while campers started staring at the 3 of them in shock, especially at Bianca for the older campers.
The Son of Poseidon went straight, looking at Chiron who was staring in shock. The Trainer of Horses never had seen someone come back to life, it was even confirmed that Bianca was alive but yet she was here, standing right before him looking healthy.
"Chiron, I have an announcement." Percy explained, looking at Chiron for permission to speak but avoiding eye contact with Mr. D, however; the wine god was stuck in a newspaper, almost literally as Mr. D. never moved an inch since they walked in.
Chiron nodded once he got over his shock, but it did take a while as everyone was silent and an awkwardness entered the atmosphere. It was pretty embarrassing for a few as they stopped staring but others were still staring, unopposed by the awkward situation.
"Most of you don't know this person. But her name is Bianca di Angelo. Daughter of Hades and all of that." Percy introduced Bianca who waved ,albeit reluctantly. She still hadn't had much time to be herself to others.
Nico looked straight at the Apollo cabin which everyone but Will Solace were there, which worried Nico to the end. He loved Will, he isn't too afraid to admit that. The only downside is that, even if Will was gay, he wouldn't get with Nico. Who would want a Son of Hades, complete opposites, to be their boyfriend? Much yet, who would want Nico to be their boyfriend? Literally no one and he already guessed that the Aphrodite cabin is just shipping him with the most horrible girl in camp, which in Nico's opinion: was the counselor of the Aphrodite cabin herself, Drew. Yet she had charm speak, so it wouldn't really be a good idea to challenge the Daughter Of Aphrodite anyways on relationships. So Nico was back in square-1, we'll, square-1 is basically his home so it wasn't really a move into his relationship even though he was too young for it anyways.
The trio all walked over to the Poseidon table, which Chiron allowed all the Children of the Big 3 sit there as Poseidon and Hades complained to both Chiron and Mr. D about how their children are always lonely for their eating times. They of course didn't contact Zeus as all the King of the Gods have to do is just scourge the earth for another woman that wasn't 'claimed.'
Percy started explaining to Bianca about how she makes food but Nico was still staring at the Apollo cabin's table, still looking for Will until he finally had enough to raise his hand. "Chiron, could I go look for Will?"
A few campers started snickering at how Nico said it, a few even knew about the 2 having a crush on each other but they were too scared to publicly announce it as Percy and Thalia are a very scary duo and now there is a new addition to the duo, making it a trio. Although, there are some times Nico was thrown around just because he was gay as the campers just insulted him. They didn't go near Will as they knew the Son of Apollo was the best healer in the lot and the cabin counselor. So it really wasn't worth it for a sunburn by Apollo and a few arrows in their backsides with the healers refusing to heal them. It wasn't a good idea, overall, to get onto the Apollo Cabin's bad side.
Chiron nodded in affirmative, allowing Nico to stand up and ran out of the pavilion while his head lurched from side-to-side, looking for Will. He got a few long glances from the other campers, either a few teasing ones and a few supportive ones. The whole Apollo cabin nodded towards Nico, making him more comfortable to look for Will.
Percy didn't really know Nico's and Will's relationship at the time, but he does know that they like each other as a few foolish camper started teasing Nico or Will and that revealed it to Percy, but he just doesn't care. Yet he hopes they could get together as they both deserve a happy ending, especially since both their lives were hard.
A singular horn suddenly bared through the camp grounds, nearly all the boys groaning alongside the entirety of the Aphrodite cabin. Many of the campers had seen firsthand what the Huntresses could do, and many don't want it to happen once again.
"Isn't that the Huntresses' horn?" Bianca questioned, looking towards Percy for an answer. She was pretty sure that it was the Huntresses' horn as the Huntresses do enjoy making the camper's life as horrible as they could, and blaring a horn right into their food and making even a few campers either faint or plop right into their food as the sudden scare does make sense if the Huntresses do it.
Percy nodded, a bit excited as he got to see Thalia again so he turned back to Bianca. "Do you alrea-" He was trying to not get into too much details as he doesn't want to relive the past but he is saying enough for her to get the gist of his words.
"My dad explained it to me." Bianca answered back solemnly as Zoë was a pretty good companion to be beside when she is fighting any kind of monster, although, Thalia was also good at fighting monsters so it only made sense if Thalia was the lieutenant. So it was obvious that Thalia was chosen to become the lieutenant, but Bianca has to deny this but she is a bit jealous. Her dad even told her that Zoë was thinking about making her the new lieutenant but she had to go out and kill herself to where she couldn't become what she wanted so bad. It wasn't honestly fair to her but it was just life, and she couldn't gangs what the Fates had planned for her.
The Son of Sally nodded, standing up and running to the sounds of the horns with Bianca right on his heels although despite being dead for a long time, she was fast. A feeling of dread entered his throat at the thought of Bianca rejoining the Huntresses until it was demolished with a Son of Hades suddenly shadow traveling right beside Bianca and tackling her to the ground.
Will Solace wasn't that far behind as Nico shadow traveled the 2 there but Will looked sick, falling to the ground and barfing out his breakfast. If it was one thing Will knew, it was not to hold in your barf as the acidity of your stomach would burn through your throat overtime and weaken it, so it was best to not keep the barf in your throat but instead let it out. Nico stared right into his sister's eyes, seemingly glaring into them until he asked, "Are you going to join the Huntresses?" He looked into his sister's eyes for an answer, and he held hope that she would stay with him, and that hope was made when she nodded. "I'm staying with you."
(5/1/21-5-7/21)