I missed last Thursday's update because my mum dragged me out of the house and we got back pretty late. Then I assumed I did it already, Anywho this chapter is fully on Ethan's backstory and reflecting on his life, we already know about Ethan and who he is and how he died but you need to remember why he was on the wrong side in the first place.

This whole chapter is in Ethan Nakamura's point of view and his journey through life and how he died.

Note that this is not in the third person anymore.

When I was young I was neglected, unrecognised by others.

"Welcome to Camp Half-Blood, I'm Chiron" A man whose body was half horse and half-human.

His eyes crinkled as he smiled tenderly towards me and patted my shoulder.

"You're going to grow up as a fine boy, I'm sure you'll love it here. TRAVIS, CONNOR! We have a new camper!" The man said to two curly-haired boys around his age.

Their eyes lit up as they both saw me "Claimed?".

Chiron glanced in my direction and you could almost see sympathy oozing from his face.

"No"

I slept on the floor that day and most of the other days, unrecognised by most people.

Most of the kids there had stepped on my face once or twice, I didn't mind.

"DID YOU HEAR? A BOY JUST KILLED THE MINOTAUR!" A camper said.

"Yeah, I heard he's in the infirmary with Chiron and Annabeth!" Another camper said.

A buff girl with a red bandana on her head shoved them and gave them a cocky smile "I could've taken on the minotaur all by myself" She said, I became familiar to her as Clarrise.

I admired the boy who apparently slayed the minotaur, not only that but I felt a deep sense of envy.

Envy that I might never be talked about like that.

After all these years staying in one place and hardly anyone recognises me at all.

I had no worth, In the end, I was alone.

I had a dream one day about my mother, it was 3 years since and I haven't been claimed. The only people who recognised me were probably Luke and a couple of other Hermes campers.

She had short curly locks that went down to her shoulders and was smoking a cigarette.

She looked around before moving closer and kept glancing back.

She smiled softly at me and then said "My son, I'm Nemesis, Goddess of Balance,"

I looked at her confused and asked a question that I wasn't even sure passed through my lips.

However she still heard, and she scowled.

"We're minor gods, we don't get much recognition. I'm labelled as the Goddess of revenge to most people" She said while rolling her eyes.

I wanted to help the minor gods get recognition.

Of course with this unsaid answer that she managed to hear (somehow) she nodded. "However, everything comes with a price,". She smiled softly at me and then said "You want recognition right?".

I hesitated and then smiled.

She smiled back and then said, "Ethan Nakamura, I grant you the power of Tychokinesis, a gift from your mother Nemesis".

"Tychokinesis allows you to curse someone under my name and give them bad luck or good luck, special power don't you think?" She whispered with her face practically glowing.

Something wasn't right, there was something missing.

That's when one of her sentences had repeated in my head.

Finding my voice I talked back to her "Everything comes with a price, Mom" I said distastefully.

"I'm not the best mother, and I'll probably never see you again, but a balance needs to be maintained," She said solemnly.

I felt anger bubbling up in me, Maybe I would join the titans but only for my own benefit. My mother only wanted help, Gods didn't care for their children.

Maybe this power could help my brothers and sisters who wouldn't have a home.

"Tychokinesis doesn't work on wars or large battles but only on a particular person you have envisioned in your mind that happens to be in the same area as you, it also depends how strong you are at the time and how strong your opponent is as well." She said.

"You haven't answered my question," I said sceptically.

"Apollo showed me a bit of your future, you're going to go to the titan's side, I know it." She said not looking at me.

"I'll grant you my power that will help with what you've got to survive," She whispered.

"You remind me so much of myself, unrecognised and belittled by the larger Gods," She shook her head but you could see tears coming down.

"You will either go by yourself or by force." She said sternly.

"B-b Why?" I managed to choke out, was she doubting me? Did she want me dead? I don't want to be a traitor.

"I'm the goddess of balance, We have to maintain the balance throughout the world by balancing my power of vengeance on both sides. Vengeance for the minor gods will be represented by you and I will represent Olympus as balance but only in our eyes." His mom said.

"Not only that but Tychokinesis is quite a gift, only Nemesis and Tyche children can have it, and there aren't enough Tyche kids out there so to balance everything out we need you on the other side. And- and" She hesitated.

"Part of the blessing you need to give me something valuable," She said.

I looked at everything I had, I had almost nothing. My father died a while ago and all I had was a picture frame of us together.

Family is family, no way was I going to give that up.

"Take my vision in my left eye," I said with confidence.

My mother looked appalled.

"Are you sure, I mean is there anything else more valuable?" Nemesis said.

"There is, however it's the only memory of dad. I'm not giving it up, It wouldn't even matter anyway if you took my eye" I said.

My mother was still stunned but managed to speak "A-and why is that?".

"Mortals are half-blind to the physical monsters that go around and take children, Gods and demigods are half-blind by their pride to notice their own kin suffering," I said.

That's when I woke up and couldn't see anything from my left eye, everything was black.

When I died I was in a long line of people, sinners to be exact.

Many of them didn't understand their surroundings, probably a tick of the mist but in the afterlife.

I was still in line and I knew I would go to the fields of punishment, it didn't matter anyway.

I walked into the fields of punishment and felt immense pain, my body hurt all over and it continued to burn and replay the disappointments in my life.

It drove me a little bit insane.

For what seemed like centuries was in actuality - 3 seconds I was pulled out of there by none other than Nico Di Angelo.

My face showed my surprise and the only thing he said was "Percy…".

Percy was my ally, enemy and then he ended up being my saviour.

Nico and I walked in silence and finally arrived at a place where everything was dark.

I looked to my left and saw a sign "Elysium".

On one corner there was a sign that had dates of 28th July 1914 - November 1918.

Nico looked to the side and a man walked over to us.

"Hello Nico," he said in a calm voice.

"Hello Lance," Nico replied nicely.

After Nico greeted the man we came across a couple more souls.

That's when we were greeted by a couple of familiar faces.

Silena Beaureguard

Charles Beckendorf

Lee

Castor

Two huntresses, I didn't know about.

"Ethan, This is your new home," Nico said. Then he walked off to the entrance.

I put my head down in shame and not looking at any of my fellow demigods.

Silena approached me first, "Sooooo, did you die in the war?" She said a little bit awkwardly.

"Errr yes" I replied, I guess they didn't recognise me.

"Hold on a second, I know you!" Castor yelled.

I winced at his loud voice.

"You were in the Hermes cabin, still unclaimed but you were really good in sword fighting." He said with a finger on his chin.

Charles Beckendorf looked perplexed then he snapped his fingers. "Yes, Yes! I remember. You disappeared a while back" He said.

"Yeah…. I guess I did," I replied not wanting to talk.

Beckendorf probably didn't get the gist but he looked over towards the two huntresses.

"That's Bianca," He said happily and Bianca waved.

"That's Zoe," he said and then turned behind me.

"And that's Luke! Wait that's Luke…"

It took a while to gain their trust, however, Luke's situation was the hardest.

If I remember correctly the way we gained their trust was when Bianca sat us all down.

We were forced to stay in one house since we didn't have any drachmas aside from Lee and Castor who decided to live together.

"I CAN'T STAND THIS TENSION!" she yelled and stomped her feet like a child.

"EVERYONE SIT DOWN IN A CIRCLE!" She yelled.

Luke and Zoe sat down but everyone else continues what they were doing.

Bianca pulled her hairs and cried in frustration then her face lit up.

She looked over to the ground and put her hand out.

She grabbed my apple out of my hand and then put it on the floor.

She lifted her hand and our front door opens.

3 zombie men placed us in a circle and ran outside.

"THANK YOU BARRY! HERE'S AN APPLE FOR YOU! STAY HEALTHY!" Bianca yelled with a cheery attitude.

She then looked at all of us - Silena, Me and Beckendorf who had flabberghasted faces.

"Now everyone here is going to be friends and we're all going to know each other.

When Zoe showed me her little accidental trip to another world I was happy. We shared something and I had something I could actually talk about with her.

I don't know when I started falling for her but maybe it was when she talked about Lady Artemis and had a soft smile on her face.

Maybe it was because of the way she was absolutely loyal and always lived up to her promises.

Maybe it was because in her sleep she would always talk about the stars.

I love the stars, some were brighter than the others and some glittered beautifully.

It reminded me of her smile.

Listening to Zoe and Bianca talk was upsetting. I could hear Bianca pouring her heart and soul into her tears.

That's when Bianca started to talk louder and a silver light took place in the small area through the door.

I rushed in without thinking, all I knew what Zoe probably needed me.

Bianca looked like she was soaking in information and I stood there while I put my hand on Zoe's hand. I wanted to go out again, serve for a better cause than what it was like when I was alive.

Zoe looked away and continued to hold my and Bianca's hand. Our feet all evaporated in silver light.

So fun fact the guy called Lance was actually based on a real guy who died in those dates which were the first world war. His name is Lance Corporal Thomas and may he rest in Peace.

A side note it took a while to write this because my teachers don't understand what a holiday is and decided to give me holiday homework.