A/N 1- Hey guys I can't update as much as I used to because I got a bad injury on my right elbow(luckily not a fracture). Sorry about not being able to update much!
A/N 2- I've had many people ask me to write the whole paragraph, I get it, it is hard to know about the line skip but sometimes if you write the whole paragraph in even fanfictions, it might lead to copyright issues, I'm not really sure about it but I don't want to risk the story getting deleted because a person told me that this happened to a story she/he read. So I'm really sorry but I can't write the whole paragraph. I really am.
"Hey Uncle Hades can I borrow Nico for a minute?" Percy asked
Hades nodded.
Nico sighed, guessing the reason.
Percy took him to a corner next to the throne room.
"Nico, Bianca's death would be coming up shortly. Are you sure you want to listen to it? I don't think that anybody would mind if you sit outside." He said
Nico sighed again.
"I want to know what happened but at the same time I don't want to. Though I think it's time for me to listen to what happened."
"Okay and what about your dad?" Percy asked
"I don't really know but I think it's time for him too. Just let us know before it comes up." Nico said
"I'll do that." Percy nodded
They went and joined everybody and went inside to continue reading.
"I'll read." Tyson said
He picked up the book and flipped to the correct page and snickered when he read the title.
I GO SNOWBOARDING WITH A PIG
"I give up trying to understand the chapter titles." Hermes said
"I gave up a book ago." Apollo said
We'd arrived on the outskirts…though the morning was sunny.
"Good for shadow travel." Nico said
"No." Will said
"But-."
"No." the healer repeated.
Everybody snickered.
"Do you want a note for no shadow travel?" Will asked
Nico blushed.
"But I'm fine now." He said
"Fine but don't over-exhaust yourself." Will said
Nico cheered.
"Will's like 'I've given up.'" Percy laughed
Nico grinned.
Even with my lion-skin coat, I was freezing by the time we got to Main Street, which was about half a mile from the train tracks.
Percy and Poseidon were freezing and shivering.
Poseidon's teeth were chattering.
There was suddenly another note in the air.
Hermes plucked it and read.
'Dear gods and demigods
The curse will be removed for only the demigods, however the gods will still feel what the demigods did. The demigods haven't done anything to go through all the pain again.
Regards
The Fates'
The demigods looked at each other warily.
"Soo Tyson please continue." Percy finally said
Tyson nodded.
As we walked…sound of that at all
"Thanks, I would have definitely panicked. There was so much going on but please tell me from now." Grover smiled
Percy nodded and returned the smile.
We stopped in the middle of town…"And wax paper."
"I wish we got such awesome food on all quests." Annabeth said
"Not possible, sorry Annie." Percy said
Thalia sighed…but she did.
"She hardly knows you guys, she mostly hangs out with the hunters or Nico." Chris said
"Yeah." Thalia nodded.
Inside the store…you had your own car.
"Well that's just great." Poseidon groaned
"You could call for a taxi…Cost several hundred dollars."
"That's crazy." Leo deadpanned
"You don't have an hour nor that much money." Hermes said worriedly
The clerk looked so lonely, I bought a rubber rat. Then we headed back outside and stood on the porch.
Everybody chuckled.
"That was nice of you." Amphitrite smiled
Percy grinned.
"You know I have a feeling, spending time with Amphitrite would be awesome." Nico grinned
"Well now that she's you adopted step-mother, you could come over frequently." Poseidon chuckled
"Thanks uncle." Thalia grinned
"Lit." Nico grinned and nodded.
"So the only big three demigod who likes their original step mother is Percy?" Castor asked
"Yep." Nico said
"I like how he says original." Thalia grinned
The demigods chuckled.
Persephone raised an eyebrow at Hades who shrugged.
Hera looked at Zeus who was frowning.
"Wonderful," Thalia grumped…last night about Luke.
"Both really, I wanted to prepare myself about him." Thalia sighed
Percy nodded, understandingly
Bianca and I stood together…"Nice rat," she said at last.
"Good starter." The Stolls said
I set it on the porch railing. Maybe it would attract more business for the store.
"That's sweet Seaweed Brain." Annabeth smiled
Percy smiled at Annabeth.
It didn't take an Aphrodite for the gods to understand as much as the demigods as to how in love they were.
"So…how do you like…you're happy."
Hades gave a smile to Percy.
"I'm not sure 'happy' is the right word…guess that's the immortality."
"It does feel that way, you feel like you're safer somehow." Thalia said
Zoe nodded.
Percy put a hand on Nico's shoulder.
I stared at her, trying to see the difference…Bianca would still look twelve years old.
The people on the quest, Hades and Nico flinched.
"I wish that was true." Thalia muttered
Percy was looking down and so was Zoe.
"Nico didn't understand my decision," Bianca murmured…"Lot of good it did her."
"It wasn't you fault Percy." Thalia said
"Exactly, the monster was very powerful and I jumped on it." Annabeth said
"Don't you dare blame yourself." Percy said immediately
Annabeth chuckled.
"Then stop blaming yourself too." She said
"Don't blame yourself, Percy…You're a good guy."
Nico looked at Percy with wide eyes.
Percy looked similar.
"I… forgot she said that." He gulped
"She wasn't wrong, you did keep me safe whenever you could cuz." Nico grinned
Percy grinned at the cuz.
"Yeah but now you have a doctor's note." Percy teased
Nico and Will blushed and Apollo chuckled.
"Ah Solangelo." Silena grinned
The demigods, Hermes and Apollo laughed and cheered.
"What about Percy and Annabeth?" Piper asked
"Percabeth." Silena said
The cheers increased.
The compliment took me by surprise. "Even though I knocked you down in capture the flag?"
"I don't think that makes you a bad person." Katie chuckled
A couple hundred yards away…I liked talking to Bianca.
Hades and Nico raised an eyebrow at Percy.
"Way easier to talk to than a few others." Percy smiled
She wasn't so bad…"We were told our parents were dead
Percy glared at Zeus who caught his gaze and glared back. Percy increased his glare and looked very similar to his father.
"Should I increase it further?" Percy threatened
Zeus stopped glaring at him and glared at the floor.
Triton looked at his brother in amazement.
"You have a gift son." Poseidon grinned
"Yeah yours and Aunt Sally's combined leads to a next level glare." Thalia said
Percy smirked.
"Ah what can I say, my parents have great glares."
Everybody laughed.
There was a bank trust for us…hotel for a few weeks.
"Hold up, weeks?" Annabeth asked, her eyebrows scrunching together
"Didn't she say last summer before?" Thalia asked, realizing what Annabeth meant
"I think she might have made a mistake or we might have made one because time is weird in such places especially in that place." Percy said
"Which place?" Travis asked
Percy shared a glance with Thalia, Zoe and Grover.
"It'll come up." He said
Travis nodded.
And then…I don't know…normal for them.
"Eh well." Pollux shrugged
"So you've been raising Nico…I could relate to what Bianca was saying.
Tyson tilted his head but he knew they had a difficult start.
Nico sighed, he was starting to understand her reason. He would probably feel the same way.
"Zoë seems to trust you,"… "Something about the General."
"Percy" The Hermes gang groaned and face palmed.
"Why would you tell her or mention it?" Travis groaned
"You need eavesdropping lessons." Connor agreed
"Oh I don't think so, he can eavesdrop well enough." Clarisse scowled
Percy gave her an apologetic look.
Her face darkened…Bianca was giving me.
Everybody snickered.
"Food to the rescue." Hermes laughed
"We should do the tracking spell," Zoë said…A warning.
"Pan." Dionysus sat up, wanting to know the story.
"He sent you a sign." Hermes said seriously
Grover nodded proudly.
Zoë gasped. "Grover, thy cup."… real fur, real whiskers.
"Whoa!" Travis said
"That's strong." Leo said
Grover collapsed next to his coffee, which steamed against the snow. We gathered around him and tried to wake him up. He groaned, his eyes fluttering.
Dionysus collapsed.
His children stopped him from falling off the couch.
"Curse." Dakota breathed.
"Hey!" Thalia said…transparent gray skin and yellow eyes.
"Not those guys." Poseidon groaned
"Yep those guys." Percy said
"But you guys travelled so fast, how did they catch up with you?" Apollo asked
"They can be really fast if they want and probably also because they're skeletons so it might be easier for them to pop up in a place." Nico said grimly
They drew their handguns…warriors pointed theirs at me.
"I can teach you if you want punk." Ares offered
"I'm cool with that as long as you don't use it on me otherwise it would lead to a spar." Percy grinned
"That would be fun but I won't kill you, not worth getting killed by Uncle P." Ares said
Thalia tapped her bracelet…leaning against her.
Nico stiffened.
Percy noticed the change and shook his head at Nico, letting him know that this wasn't it.
Nico let out a sigh, though he wasn't sure what it was about. He was happy that she didn't di right now but he wanted the part to get over.
"Back up," Thalia said…his mouth and spoke into it.
"This is getting a bit annoying, how come skeletons have phones?" Connor pouted.
Chiron shook his head fondly.
Except he wasn't speaking. He made a clattering, clicking sound, like dry teeth on bone.
All the demigods shuddered.
"That's spine-chilling." Castor said
The demigods nodded vigorously.
"I'm used to it though it was creepy at first." Nico shrugged
"It's near," Grover moaned. "It's here," I said.
"I don't think that's what he meant." Rachel said
A few people snickered.
"No," he insisted…And I charged.
"The anger fueled you." Ares said
"Not really, if it says betrayal then it's probably loyalty." Lee said
The first skeleton fired…blade and kept charging.
Pin-drop silence.
"How did you-?" Zeus asked, in horror
"You deflected the bullet when you couldn't see it." Frank said slowly
"Did it have something to do with the power in the sword?" Hestia asked softly
Everybody looked at Zoe.
"I think that was just reflexes, if the sword would have that power then he would feel it in the sword instead of feeling the path of the bullet. It's quite possible that the sword helped but the instinct to move the sword at that point was reflex." She said, thinking.
Everybody looked at Percy.
Poseidon looked smug.
Percy fidgeted under the attention.
"Please continue Ty." Percy pleaded
Tyson nodded.
The skeleton drew a baton…two skeletons shot me in the back.
"WHAT?!" Poseidon yelled
"I was fine dad, you would have felt it." Percy placated his dad
Poseidon let a breath of relief.
"Percy!" Thalia screamed…My coat was bulletproof.
Beckendorf whistled.
"That's an extremely useful coat." He said
"Yeah it is." Percy said, not wanting to give anything away.
Thalia charged the second skeleton…he wanted to hug them.
A few people chuckled at Grover, despite the seriousness.
There was a crashing sound in the forest…were wary of her now.
"She's a child of mine, joining the hunters may have dulled her demigod powers but she can still destroy the skeletons. Once one of them is destroyed, they probably would've figured out her parentage and would stay out of her way." Hades said
They pressed us back…"A blessing from the Wild!"
"How is that a blessing?" Rachel asked
"It's from the wild." Grover explained
"Still dangerous enough but whatever, if it helped you out then it's a good thing." Rachel said
The boar said "REEEEEET!" and swung its tusk. Zoë and Bianca dived out of the way. I had to push Grover so he wouldn't get launched into the mountain on the Boar Tusk Express.
"Boar tusk express." Travis snickered
"It's pretty painful." Percy said
"Yeah, I feel blessed!" I said. "Scatter!"
Everybody burst out laughing.
"I don't think anybody would feel blessed by a dangerous boar." Castor said
"Fair point but it was still a blessing." Grover said
We ran in different directions…"So how is that a blessing?" Bianca asked.
"Great question." Chris said
It seemed a fair question to me, but the pig was offended and charged her.
Hades stiffened.
Nico knew that this wasn't it and he shook his head at his dad.
Hades calmed down and took deep breaths.
She was faster than I'd realized…Hercules managed to subdue it.
"You are really good at remembering the myths when needed, though this one was only half." Demeter said
"Thank you Lady Demeter." Percy said
"Perce you okay?" Jason teased
"Hey, she hasn't really screwed up my life, so I can pay respect to her." Percy grinned
"Good point." Jason grinned
I hoped Cloudcroft was insured against giant wild boar attacks.
"I highly doubt that." Apollo said
"Keep moving!" Zoë yelled…Thalia made the mistake of raising Aegis in defense.
"When do we not get that prize?" Thalia sighed
"Oh we are in first place for getting it." Percy replied
Poseidon groaned and even Zeus was worried.
The sight of the Medusa head made the boar squeal in outrage. Maybe it looked too much like one of his relatives.
Everybody burst out laughing.
"Come on Perce, don't insult boars." Triton snickered
"Sorry dear boar." Percy smirked
Poseidon sighed.
The boar charged us…I had a crazy idea.
"When do you not have a crazy idea?" Annabeth grinned
"Hey, they work." Percy shrugged
"Follow me!"… About seventy feet below.
Zeus felt a rush of panic and fear.
Jason squeezed his sister's hand.
Percy gave her a sympathetic smile, letting her know it was okay.
The boar was right behind us. "Come on!" I said. "It'll hold our weight, probably."
"Ah the good old probably." Nico sighed, sarcastically
"I can't!" Thalia yelled…. I swear she was turning green.
Zeus felt fear fill him. He was getting a small idea as to what his daughter was scared off but the idea didn't make sense so he put it aside.
I didn't have time to process why…mud and snow, racing downhill.
Poseidon paled.
The boar was less fortunate…Thalia and I skidded to a stop.
"That was one of the craziest ideas ever." Hermes said
"Oh, that's just the beginning." Hazel said
Poseidon turned paler.
We were both breathing hard. I was cut up and bleeding.
Poseidon felt cut up in a few places and some parts of his clothes had a touch of golden.
Thalia had pine needles in her hair…"If you tell anyone, I swear—"
"You're afraid of heights?" Zeus asked
Thalia nodded.
"But, you wouldn't get hurt in my domain." Zeus said
Thalia looked very uncomfortable and a little on the edge.
"Dad, it's okay, everybody has fears and not all of them are rational. They might be different or may not make sense to you but they do scare the other person." Jason defended Thalia
"Jason's right." Percy said, having been afraid of drowning at a point of time, not anymore though but still.
Zeus let the matter go for now.
Thalia let out a sigh of relief and gave a grateful look to Percy and Jason who grinned at her and gave a thumbs up.
"No, no," I said…Grover's voice called, "Helloooooo?"
A few people chuckled.
"Down here!" I shouted…a Christmas tree.
Thalia glared at Percy but there was no heat behind it.
"Explain to me why you're so…"Like…pig cowboys."
"Yeah, Percy the pig cowboy." Travis laughed
Percy stuck his tongue out at Travis.
Grover nodded…Thalia murmured. "Great."
"Cool trick." Hermes said, nodding
Grover grinned.
She trudged over and jumped…I felt the presence of Pan."
Hermes, Dionysus and the ones on the Labyrinth quest sighed.
"Chapter's over." Tyson said
"Can you pass me the book once?" Percy muttered
Tyson gave him the book and Percy read the title and paled.
"Hey Pollux your turn." He said
Pollux raised an eyebrow, shrugged and nodded.
Percy tossed him the book and Pollux flipped to the correct page and started.