Chapter 1: A little girl and the advil of pain

[Percy Point of View]

Hey there again it's me, Percy Jackson. Anyway, today I was taking a walk around the camp enjoying everything. I was walking with Jason and basically catching up. Well first let me catch you up on what is going on right now.

Well, it's been three months since the war with the giants. Everything is going great actually. Annabeth and I have been going on a lot of dates these past months in order to catch up on the eight months taking away from us because of Hera. Jason and Piper have been going steady with their long distance relationship. Jason can visit with his horse Tempest and Piper can visit him if she asks his dad or ride one of the Pegasus at camp. Hazel and Frank relationship seem to going good too. I mean all our relationships got stronger. It might because with all the life and death situation we happen to get ourselves in…well let's just say that it help build trust. Even Leo has a girlfriend! And it's Calypso! I know very shocking. He was able to release her from her island with the wish the gods offered the seven.

Of course, everyone denied immortality. I can't tell you all the wishes though because well… we didn't get our wishes until more in the story, I swear that by the end you'll see why I couldn't tell you.

Even though everything was all cheery and peaceful, I'm still worried over Nico. I know he can fully take care of himself but he had given me the cold shoulder at the celebratory party on Olympus, and I haven't seen him since.

"Percy?" Jason asked, "What are you thinking about?"

I sigh. "I'm worried about Nico."

I scrunched my brows because Jason flinched. Jason shook it off and replied, "Maybe he needs some space."

I was about to ask him what he's not telling him, but then I saw Grover running towards me.

"PERCY! PEERRRRCCYY!"

"What is it Grover?" What is going on? Grover looks like he had seen a ghost.

"Nico needs help!"

"What!" Jason and I both yelled.

Jason asked, "Grover tell us what happened."

"Okay, well I was walking and talking with Juniper to her tree. After we kissed…" Grover blushed, "and on my way back I saw Nico shadow traveled out of the Fist and passed out after he took about two steps." Mine and Jason's eyes widened. "I ran over to him and I saw all these bruises and cuts that were all nasty looking. I gave him some nectar. Right now Juniper is with him. Can you guys carry him to the Big house? I'm going to tell Chiron."

Grover ran pasted us. Me and Jason both bolted to the Fist and then we both froze after we saw the state that Nico was in. He has always been pale but this time he was even paler…as if he was dead. He didn't have his usual jacket and his shirt was cut up and covered in blood. Jason was the first one to move and then me; we both carried him over to the Big House. Chiron looks at Nico's condition with a little fear in his eyes but he snapped out of it. He went into a drawer and pulled out a… what the?

"Why do you have a phone?" I asked him. Chiron grinned.

"Don't be silly this is an I-phone."

I looked even more confused.

"My boy, it's an Iris Phone."

"Oh." I tried not to be even more confused. I wonder if they had Iris pad or an Iris pod.

"Besides, I only use it for emergency. My healing magic isn't strong enough. I'm going to have to contact a friend to send some help."

I wanted to know who Chiron was calling until I saw Nico starting to cough up some blood. When I ran by his side and asked him if he was alright. Nico flinched and scowled. I was getting really annoyed. Why me? What did I do? Man…was it because I smothering him or something. What really got me mad was when Jason bent down near Nico and Nico didn't scowl or flinched when he saw Jason. Nico seemed a little more at ease.

I was about to say something when…..I think when the universe never let you say something it's a sign to shut it. A bright light came out of nowhere and blinded about everyone in the room. What took its place was a seven year old girl with blond hair braided down her back. She turned to Chiron and bowed.

"My and are you the gifted healer that she had sent?" Chiron asked.

Gifted healer? Umm…She was seven. Seven. what does she know?

"Nice to meet you, my name Sarah Shine." She introduced. "Who is the poor victim?"

Nico started coughing up blood and then Jason said, "Oh gods! His Temperature is increasing!"

Annabeth and Grover ran in and were followed by Will.

Annabeth and Grover paled. "Oh gods…what happened? Will, can you help?!"

"Maybe." Will started walking forward but Chiron stopped him and gestured to Sarah.

"Will. This child got it." Chiron explained.

Annabeth, Grover, and Will looked shocked. They looked at me to see if it was true. I nodded. And everyone's attention then went to the little girl who walked over to Nico and placed her hand on his chest, then his forehead. She frowned. I didn't notice her backpack. But she opened it. I thought she was going to pull out nectar, but she pulled out a soda can thing.

I know what you're thinking, soda? Is this girl crazy? That's what I thought but it wasn't entirely soda it was like a container I guess. Because she brought out a pill and then she kissed it. I don't know why she kissed it but it brought a whole new meaning to sun-kissed. When she kissed it the pill it turned a bright orange and then she dropped it in a glass of water by the bed and told Nico to drink it. Nico drank all of it. When he finished he looked well completely healthy. I was shocked. I turned my head to see their faces and well Annabeth, Grover, and Will were all wide eyed and had their faces looked like fishes….gaping.

When Nico got up he started coughing. I got worried and started patting his back but he didn't cough up blood but it was the small pill. The pill wasn't orange anymore it had a sickening dark green. I was going to pick it but Sarah swatted my hand away.

"Don't touch it! It's dangerous." Sarah yelled.

"How? What is it?"

She rolled her eyes. Her eyes were sky blue.

"Ugh. Ask Chiron." She complained.

She then picked it up with tweezers and placed it in a bag. She then put the bag in her backpack. And then before we said anything she bowed to Chiron and grinned at us. She snapped her fingered and then with a blinding light she was gone.

"Chiron!" Annabeth yelled. "Who was that?"

Chiron looked distant like he knew something. "My dear, I can't." "But Percy never touch a pill like the one you almost did. That pill sucked up all the injures and poison that Nico had."

I blinked in shocked. "So if I touched it?"

Chiron nodded grimly, "You would have all the pain in the pill instantly."

Will asked, "But how did that little girl get that pill? Who is she? A daughter of Apollo? How come she acted a lot like a god?"

Annabeth was thinking really hard, but walked over to Nico and asked, "What happened to you?"

Call me a bad friend, but when a seven year old girl walks in and walks out mysteriously and confusing your mind like a smoothie. You tend to forget things. I turned and look at Nico and see that he is alright and looked normal but he look so small until he took off his shirt. He is small, yes. But he has muscles.

"I got lost somewhere in Florida and I got attacked by these Cyclops but these Cyclops were different." Nico said.

"How were they different?" I asked.

"Well they started sniffing me as if they were looking for something. And when they didn't find what they were looking for they started attacking me. There were seven of them. I took out four but the other three poisoned me with this weird liquid they poured on me."

I looked surprised. But then I realized that Nico single handedly survived Tartarus. I know for a fact if Annabeth wasn't with me I would have been killed or worse. I tend to forget that Nico is far from capable to take care of himself and his enemies.

"I was able to shadow travel here as fast I can."

Annabeth raised an eyebrow and asked, "Nico you said that they were different but how?"

"Oh…well they whispered not in Latin or Greek, but in a different language."

Chiron flinched and everyone noticed. We all thought the same thing that whatever made Chiron flinched is in one word, bad.

Nico scowled at me and Jason patted him on his shoulder and walked away. I was walking towards Jason when we heard the conch. Dinner time.

We all walked towards the hall but all out of now where there was a hole under my feet and I feel through.

"Holy Hera! I swear why can't I get a break!" And then I was enveloped in an infinite darkness.