Disclaimer: I do not own the Kane chronicles or Percy Jackson and the Olympian's Rick Riordan does

Nico POV

I woke up to Percy shaking me and saying " wake up dude we're going to be late for school" that's when I remembered today was Monday. Today I had to go to school. But then I remembered what happened last night. Today I would finally get some answers and maybe understand Sadie better.

So I quickly grabbed some clothes from my drawers and got ready. As I ran past the dining pavilion I grabbed some toast. I was running up half-blood hill where Annabeth and Percy were waiting.

Once we were in the camp van Annabeth said " let's get some answers shall we" but when we got to Goode high school we had to rush to our first class. Luckily I had English with Sadie. When I got to the classroom I walked over to sit by Sadie but she was already sitting by a boy with a name tag saying " hi my name is Julian" he looked around Sadie and I have never seen him before but by the way he was acting around Sadie they knew each other.

They were laughing and joking around with each other. But he seemed careful around her like if he did something wrong around her he would get in trouble. But otherwise they seemed to be good friends or something more. I could feel myself getting slightly jealous how he was so comfortable around her.

I walked over to them and said " hey who's this" Sadie said " oh um hey Nico this is Julian he's one of my um friends" she seemed nervous when she said that. She seemed almost like she wanted me to leave but I said " well, hi Julian" Julian said "hi Nico" he looked like he wanted me to leave too.

I don't know what made me say it but I suddenly blurted out " so Julian how do you know Sadie" he said " well Sadie and I met in Brooklyn a couple of years ago and we've been friends ever since and Sadie has taught me a lot about Egypt" as he said that last part Sadie started to giggle. Before I could ask any more questions the teacher came in and said " okay class find a seat and settle down"

I took a seat next to a boy that had red hair and glasses. He looked a little scared of me but I didn't pay attention to him I was to busy watching Sadie and Julian. Once the class was settled the teacher said " ok class today we will do a partner project each of you will get to choose your partner. And subject of the project is the ancient scribes of Egypt who were the first first people to record events by writing"

Sadie did a fist pump that caught the teacher's attention as he said " miss Kane would you like to share what's so exciting" she said " well it's just I happen to know a little bit about the scribes of Egypt so I might not fail the project" Julian said quietly to Sadie " not to mention you are one" I didn't know what he was talking about but Sadie seemed to because she started to laugh.

The teacher seemed slightly annoyed but he just said " ok class now you can go find your partner" I started to head towards Sadie so we can be partners but when I got over to where she was she had already partnered up with Julian. I walked over to her anyway and said " hey Sadie can I join" I hoped that Julian would leave but he stayed seated and Sadie said " oh sorry Nico I'm already partnered with Julian maybe you could go partner up with grace" I looked around and saw that grace was the only person that didn't have a partner.

I went over to grace and I noticed that she had fallen asleep so I started to work on the project. We had learned a little about Egyptian scribes but I didn't pay a lot of attention to it so I was struggling with my project. But when I looked at Sadie and Julian they had already finished and were messing around.

Once Julian said " and remember Iskandar" Sadie suddenly started to tear up and said " Iskander he died the night I came he died when he saw me" Julian said " Sadie don't cry he didn't die because of you" he said something in the same language Sadie used sometimes and she kept crying.

I was a bit jealous because I should be the one to be comforting Sadie not Julian. I was just thinking I should go over and comfort her but Julian raised his hand and said " Mr. Thomas can I take Sadie to the nurse she doesn't feel well" without looking he said " fine just make it quick. Julian put his arm around Sadie and said " come on" Sadie stood up and they walked out of the classroom.

I raised my hand and said " can I go to the bathroom" Mr. Thomas said " fine go" after he said that I rushed out of the classroom to go find Sadie. After a minute of searching for a minute I found her and Julian sitting on a bench. Julian was saying " Sadie please stop crying if Carter finds out I made you cry he would kill me" Sadie chuckled a little and said " yeah he probably would remember what he did to Sean when he accidentally knocked me out" Julian said " yeah he almost burst all our eardrums with all the yelling he did" at this point Sadie was only sniffling slightly.

After a few minutes of silence Julian said " hey do you want to head back to Brooklyn house" Sadie said " I would love to skip school but uncle Amos would ground me until until Apophis rises again" when she said " Apophis" Julian shivered and said " let's hope Apophis never comes back that war was horrible" Sadie said " yeah it was so Mangoo people died" she started to tear up again but before she could cry Julian said " so is that a yes or no on skipping school we don't have to go back to Brooklyn house we could wander around New York"

Sadie thought about it before saying " yeah let's go visit New York besides uncle Amos said to avoid Nico Percy and Annabeth and if this isn't avoiding them I don't know what is" with that they went to the office and left the building.

I wanted to know why Sadie needed to avoid me so I went to the office and told the lady at the desk that I needed to leave because I had family issues to take care of. After I left I just managed to get a glimpse of Sadie and Julian walking around the corner. I quickly started walking behind them. As they were walking I heard Julian saying " so why do you need to stay away from Nico?" Sadie said " um well Anubis told me he can't be trusted" that made me bad. How dare some random guy tell Sadie I can't be trusted but before I could think about what I would do to him if I ever met hum Julian said " ooh Anubis isn't he the one that kissed you" Sadie turned bright red and said " Julian mind you're own bloody business" he said " so he did kiss you hm sounds like Anubis is jealous" Sadie turned even more red and said " well I thought that at first to but then uncle Amos told Carter and I Nico and his friends are" but she stopped mid sentence and said " I can't tell you" Julian said " why I want to know what he said" Sadie said " sorry can't tell you and if you ask again you will be cleaning out Phillips pool"

I was wondering who Phillip is and why he has his own pool when Julian said "fine I won't ask but you at least have to show me how to do the ha-di spell when we get back" Sadie said " fine. Now you should get back to Brooklyn house I have to do a couple of things before I head back" Julian said " but I thought you wanted to wander around a bit" Sadie simply said " yes but plans have changed now bye" Julian said " bye" and started to walk in the direction of Brooklyn.

Sadie started to walk towards central Manhattan after walking a few blocks Sadie entered a shop that had a sight that said " Black Magic Apperal". I followed her into the store it seemed to be a punk/rock clothing store. It had rows of leather jackets and t-shirts from various bands. On the Back wall half of it was covered with shoeboxes with combat boots and doc martens in them.

The other half of the wall was taken up by the check out counter. Sitting at the counter was a middle aged woman in black skinny jeans and a Green Day t-shirt. Sadie started to walk over to the woman. When the woman saw Sadie she said " ah Sadie what brings you here you just got a new jacket last week" Sadie said "hello Carol yes and the jacket is lovely this time I'm hear for some combat boots" then the woman Carol I guess said " what did you do to them this time" Sadie said "um my brother wanted to get me back for accidentally ruining his favorite book so he put some high strength cleaning acid on them"

Carol said "oh dear that is unfortunate you haven't gotten any combat boots yet. Was there anything special about those boots?" Sadie said " yeah my dad gave me those boots as a birthday present when I was twelve he wasn't around much since my mother died I lived with my grandparents who hated him. He gave me those just before he died" Carol had sympathetic look on her face when she said " poor dear let's find you some new combat boots"

She and Sadie went to go look at the combat boots while I stayed hidden behind a rack of Green Day t-shirts. I took a minute to process what Sadie just said because she had just said a pretty big part of her past. I mean she told me about her past that day in the graveyard and I read her history in her file but I never knew how she actually felt through all that and when she said that there was so much sadness in her voice that it made me want to go comfort her but I stayed where I was.

After Sadie had found boots that fit she and Carol walked over to the register. After Sadie payed she said " Carol why are you so nice to me" Carol said " what do you mean" Sadie said " like when I was having trouble getting used to life after the war and you let me stay here until I was ready to head home and when you didn't even ask me what war I am talking about" Carol said " because I know what it's like to loose everyone you care about and I also know what war you're talking about" Sadie looked surprised but said " how" Carol said " haven't we all heard about the great Sadie Kane and her brother. The two who lost everything to save the world. And of course there's you Sadie Kane you're name is very well known. You are the first person to summon ma'at in centuries. You are the eye of Isis. And you have defeated Set and Apophis. Even after all that you still are trying to find Setna and defeat the rebel magicians."

"So" Sadie said " your one of us" "yes" said Carol then Sadie said " what nome are you from and why are you here" I didn't know what they were talking about but Carol said " I'm from the first nome and I was sent by your uncle to keep an eye on you and I had family that worked in this store so i took a job here" Sadie said " well I guess thank you and also if you don't see me for a couple of weeks then I've been grounded for putting an exploding donkey in Amos's study" they said bye and Sadie walked out of the shop.

So I could avoid being seen by Carol I shadow traveled out of the shop and I was just in time to see Sadie walking around the corner. I had to jog slightly to catch up but once I did I saw her entering a graveyard. That made me smile. Once she was inside she seemed to be looking for something. When she finally found what she was looking for it turned out to be a tombstone that looked fairly new. The inscription read:

Here rests the soul of Julius Kane

Beloved father, brother , and friend

Died December 24th 2011

Sadie sat down next to it and said " hey dad haven't visited for a while. I don't even know why Amos made this I mean since your so called recycled and all" I didn't know what she meant by "recycled" but she smiled when she said that but after a minute of silence Sadie spoke " by the way dad I haven't seen you in awhile I know you can't actually talk to but can you at least tell isis to shut up because we all know she will listen to you she has been giving me headaches from lecturing me about staying away from Nico. I mean yes I do know he's Greek" when she said that I almost fell out of the tree I was hiding in.

But she continued " and I know I'm supposed to stay away from all the Greeks but Nico seems to be a nice guy and don't get me started on Anubis I mean he actually visited me in a dream and was all like you must stay away from Nico he is not trustworthy. I mean come on everyone knows that if you tell me not to do something I'm totally going to do it." Suddenly there was a puff of black smoke and it materialized into the figure of a boy about sixteen. He said " lady Kane you're father sent me to tell you something important" Sadie said " one it Sadie not lady Kane how many times do I have to tell you and what did you come to say" the boy said " your father said to tell you that you have to stay away from all of the Greeks and also he said if you really want to get back at Amos you should steel all his fedoras" Sadie said " thanks Anubis and that is a great idea but one more thing before you go" Anubis said " what do you want to know" Sadie said " do you really think I should stay away from Nico I mean he's really nice" Anubis started glaring at the ground and said " yes Sadie I think you should, for one he's Greek and he's also to nice I think he's up to something he spends to much time with you for my taste"Sadie smirked and said " ooh well look who's jealous" Anubis said " I am not jealous lady Kane I merely think he can not be trusted I must be getting back to my duty's in the underworld"

When he said that he disappeared in a mother cloud of black smoke. Sadie shook her head and said " well better get back I've got some hats to steal. This is going to be fun" I followed Sadie out of the graveyard and as she started walking towards Brooklyn that's when I remembered something Chiron said years ago he said " never enter Brooklyn there is forces there that we should never interfere with" now I was breaking that rule. But I would finally get some answers as to what Sadie was hiding.

We were now walking over the Williamsburg Bridge . Once we got to the other side Sadie walked down a narrow side street that led to a bunch of warehouses. I just had time to think " well this is going to end badly" before Sadie walked over to a warehouse that had a bunch of junk in the front like piles of scrap metal and old rusting demolition machines. I hid behind a big pile of scrap metal and watched.

From the top of the building I heard Julian yell " hey Sadie now you can teach me the ha-di spell come on up" I looked at the top of the building I didn't see Julian but I could hear him. Sadie climbed up an old staircase that looked ready to fall apart but after a minute of looking at the warehouse something shimmered on the top of the roof of the warehouse appeared a huge five story mansion with a terrace that overlooked the river and it even had a pool.

I realized that I should im Percy and Annabeth so I dug through my bag and found a drachma and an old water bottle I quickly sent an I.M to Percy and Annabeth telling them to come quick. After waiting for a couple minutes I saw a black spot in the sky. It was them on percy's pegasus Blackjack. As they circled down closer I made the sign to stay quite.

When they landed Blackjack flew back to camp and Percy and Annabeth crouched next to me. Percy said " so why are we at an old warehouse?" I said " look at the top of the warehouse" they both did and after a minute they both gasped. Annabeth said " they must be using the mist to make the mansion invisible to the mortal eye" Percy said " so what do we do now?" Annabeth said " we should climb up onto the terrace and see what we can find out"

We all agreed on Annabeths plan and we found some strong rope and managed to secure it around the edge of the terrace. We started to climb up half way up Annabeth who was above me slipped luckily she found someplace else to put her foot unluckily that other place was my face once she got back in the proper position she said " sorry Nico" I said " let's just keep going"

The climb went smoothly from that point on. When we finally go to the terrace we pulled ourselves up and the first thing I noticed was a very angry crocodile in the pool. The next thing I noticed was a snow boot hitting my head. I fell due to the force that the snow boot hit me with.

When I got up I looked towards the direction the snow boot came from. Standing in front of a set of sliding glass doors was a boy about twelve he was wearing a blue shirt with a penguin on it paired with strange pants that were made of some weird plain cloth. He had a second snow boot in his hand which was above his head he said " stay there if you know what's good for you" Percy said " it's ok we're not going to hurt you we just came to see Sadie Kane is she here" the kid scoffed and said " if you really knew Sadie you would have used the front door" then Annabeth spoke "yes but the front door was locked" instead of letting us in the boy yelled " Sadie, there are weird people on the terrace claiming to know you" from inside the mansion I heard Sadie yell " stay there Felix I'm coming and if this is a prank you will be on the other end of my pranks" when she said that last part Felix shivered.

After a couple of seconds Sadie came running out onto the terrace. She had her staff in her hand and she was wearing the same style clothes as the boys pants. When she saw us she said in a low dangerous voice " Felix go inside now and get Julian" Felix ran inside and when he was out of sight Sadie said " hm I guess they were right you can't be trusted and now you have come to attack Brooklyn house well you don't know what you have just gotten yourself into" Annabeth said " Sadie what do you mean " they were right" we haven't come to attack you" Sadie just scowled and said " well if you say so one question have you ever heard of the Kane's before and I will know if you are lying" this time I was the one who answered I said " no we have not but an you tell us what is going on here" right then Julian came running out with the same kind of sword Carter used.

He ran out and said " Sadie what's the plan can i fight yet" Sadie said " no Julian we will not fight them yet but will you bring me dough boy" Julian said " sure but can I not be here when he talks you know how he always insults me" Sadie said "sure just go" once Julian left Sadie said " sit please" she motioned to a very long table and we sat.

A/N: ooh a cliff hanger I've always wanted to do one.

-Naturelover369