Nico tore through the halls, bursting into the Slytherin commons and running to the boys dormitories and throwing open the door. Cries of "Bloody hell!" and "What's going on!" Could be heard throughout the dorm but Nico ignored them.

"Hey, emo kid, what's going on!" Draco shouted at him, getting up and stepping in front of the pissed son of Hades.

Nico grabbed his neck and growled, "Get. Out. Of. My. Way." Draco gulped and Nico tossed him to the ground, stepping over him and marching furiously over to Percy's bed. He threw open the curtains and grabbed his by the arm.

"You. Up. Now." His tone warned Percy away from refusing and he swung himself out of bed, instantly alert his brow etched with worry.

"What happened Nico?" Percy asked careful as the boy whipped around and made for the exit.

"Will was kidnapped and you are going to help me find him." The worry lines deepened on Percy's forehead,

"What if he just went to the bathroom or something?" Percy asked, hoping the scary kid wouldn't gut him.

"Does Zoe shoot arrows for people who go to the bathroom?" Nico asked, his voice becoming dangerously close to the tone his dad used when he was angry.

"Zoe?" Percy asked his eyes wide, "Let's go." The two of them had been sleepwalking while that talked, followed by a groggy mass of confused wizards, who stopped following once they got out of the common room. The pair sped through the halls, waking Piper, Frank, Jason, Annabeth, and Thalia, who had decided to sleep in the castle that night for some reason.

Nico relayed the story to them through gritted teeth as he paced uneasily back and forth in a secluded hallway.

"We should get Chiron," Annabeth suggested, watching the stressed ghost king in worry, "He should have more idea than us what to do."

Nico nodded and Frank ran off to the DADA classroom, where the centar was most likely to be.

"How do you think they got him with no one noticing?" Piper asked nervously, feeling suddenly unsafe. A thought entered all their minds at once. There was one person who was able to show up wherever, whenever she wanted. Someone who didn't seem to be bothered by wards of any kind. Someone who scared even the king of the gods. Ever.

But that was ridiculous, all she had done so far had, supposedly been to help. Hadn't it? They wondered at this, dreading the idea of her as their enemy. She could tear them apart, wipe them from existing as far as they knew. She was a time traveler.

Hazel spoke up, "I think I have something that can help," All eyes turned to her, even Nico's, which were wild and desperate. She blushed and shrank away from their expectant gazes. She carefully pulled the time turner from the shirt, "This is a time turner," She started, holding it so everyone could see, "It's a time travel device that wizards used to use before they were all destroyed," She cleared her throat and straightened, "I made this one from some gold I summoned and asked Hecate to instil the magic it needed to work," She set it gently in her palm and looked down at it, "I think she did, and if I'm right we can use it to stop Will from being Kidnapped," She finished just as Frank came back with Chiron, pushing his wheelchair in front of him and dodging the limbs sprawled across the hall as quickly as he could manage.

Chiron had a worried expression on his face, "Let's go someplace more private," He suggested, his tone gentle. Nico nodded again and they made their way carefully around the sleeping kids and out to the bridge, which was devoid of demigods due to the chilly night air.

"Alright," Chiron said when they were alone, "I want Nico to explain everything from the beginning. So he did. He retold the story, his tone self loathing and tears pricking the back of his eyes. When he finished he closed his eyes, trying to squeeze back the tears. Instead, one slipped out and rolled down his cheek. His friends stood by helplessly, desperately wanting to comfort him but knowing any attempt they made would only make it worse.

After a pause the others continued to plan while Nico listened in silence, blaming himself, once again, for the suffering of everyone around him. He crumpled to the ground and shook with silent sobs while listening to the ones who called him friend try to figure out what happened to the one person he really cared about, the only one he always knew he could trust. Nico needed a doctor.

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Ever shimmered into existence among the trees, watching the demigods on the bridge with tears in her eyes. She knew they would try Hazel's plan. She knew that when, if, they did, it would only make things worse. She walked on shaky legs over to the desperate demigods, knowing she had to warn them before they got themselves killed.

She was first spotted when she stumbled onto the bridge. Every one of them fell silent for a second, then they surged toward her, some asking for her help, others accusing her of kidnapping the healer. The tears spilled silently but her voice was steady, strong.

"Will was kidnapped by one of my siblings," She started when they had quieted enough for her to speak, "I swear on the river Styx that I didn't kidnap him," She said, putting the ones who had accused her at ease, "The time turner won't work with him, he can block that sort of thing, same as me," She took a deep breath as the half bloods deflated, "It will be useful, though, for another purpose," She cringed at her own plan, knowing just how many of her secrets she would have to give up for it to work, "I was never born anyway," She muttered under her breath and continued, "You could use it to come with me when I travel. I can't do that normally, you see, but with something enchanted to time travel, it might just work,"

The seven glanced at each other uncertainty, all of them thinking the same thing, who would go? They only had one time turner, so only one person could go, unless, by some miracle, they managed another favor from Hecate. No, one person could go, and only one. Whoever went would have to trust Ever, and, if they were honest, none of them really did. She was a wild card, dropping in to give advice then popping off to some random place in time. All they really knew about her was that her name was Ever, she was a half blood, and she might be able to time travel.

"I'll do it," Nico spoke up, answering the unspoken question. A few of the seven looked like they wanted to protest, but the look in his eyes stopped them. Hazel pulled the magical device over her head and held it out for Nico. When he grabbed it she pulled him into a giant bear hug and whispered in his ear, "Come back alive ghost king, I'm counting on you," He nodded fearfully and returned the hug. The rest of the seven gathered around and smothered the poor boy in a group hug but for once he didn't mind.

They reluctantly let him go and he hung the time turner from his neck and turned to Ever. She took a deep breath.

"I'm going to regret this," she muttered as she grabbed Nico's wrist, "Sorry," She said when he cringed at her touch, "All right," she said, louder, "I need you to focus on where Will was before he was kidnapped, the last place and time you remember seeing him. When we get there you can not interfere, no matter how much you want to. When you deal with time travelers you have to be careful what you change, and changing this now will only make him go back further and take him then, or into the future. My point is, time travelers have to build a delicate balance of events so keep them stable, so if an enemy tries to change one thing you have to make sure doing so would have a negative impact on them even greater than the positive one,"

She looked over to see if Nico was still paying attention, which, to her surprise, he was. He also seemed to understand, at least to some degree, which was even rarer than someone still paying attention to her when she talked about this sort of thing.

"Okay," Nico sounded pained, but he still agreed, which was something, "Anything else I should know before we leave?"

Ever created a mental checklist, checking off everything she had mentioned, "His name is Damien," She said, realizing she hadn't mentioned his name, "My brother's name is Damian, he's ruthless and sadistic and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. He's an expert time traveler and has learned all sorts of fighting from the master," She searched her mind for anything else that was vital for a first timer. She found nothing and shook her head, "That's all you need to know for now," She concluded turning to face him and grabbing his wrist, which she had dropped while she was talking, knowing that Nico hated physical contact.

"Okay, now focused, let me do the rest," She closed her eyes and reached out with her powers, feeling for the time turner. She latched onto it and burned it into her essence, searing pain erupting over her body as she did so. But she showed no signs of her pain, one had to be a great actress if they wanted to time travel. She used the time turner to find Nico's thoughts, the images he had pulled up there. It was clear as day, easy to latch onto. She took it and bent time to her will, finding the time and place she wanted to go to and willing herself there, taking Nico with her.

They shimmered out of existence.

Yay! I'm working on the next chapter now, I'll finish either tomorrow or in a few hours, depending on how long my older sister will let me stay up (we share a room, kill me now) Anyhow, remember the P.S. from the last chapter? I was serious, let me know in the reviews what you think. Additionally, I would like to ask, do you think the demigods should leave Hogwarts? I have a plan that might give y'all a look into Percy's life at Goode, and possibly some mortal friends of his. Tell me what you want from that, let me know if you think it's just a bunch of rubbish and that I should never have brought it up, or if you want to see it happen. Anyhow, I'll update soon, I swear it on the Styx.