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Note: Nico's grown even more sour since the last war.

Disclaimer: Me no own-y PJO. But I do own a playlist account.= P

Chapter Four

I Almost Get Killed by a Crazy

Who ever told you I was an ace at archery was lying to you. In fact, I never make it even close to the target. I'm always out in the white ring. So you can't be surprised when I tell you I got benched for almost impaling a ten-year-old. Heh. Oops.

So I'm sitting there on the bench with nothing to do when, in a fluster, a boy is hastily sat down next to me. With a huff, the boy quits struggling. He seemed familiar, but I couldn't put my finer on who he was. He looked like an eight-year-old sitting there sulking with his arms crossed and a scowl on his face. The same scowl I saw on the boy with the onyx eyes. Hmmm..........

I must've been staring because the boy turned to me and said, "What're you lookin' at?!" Guy PMS much? I sat there, fumbling over my words.

"I-I was just..................you know................never mind." I turned forward, my gaze falling to my feet.

"Whatever," he scoffed.

We sat in silence for about three minutes. His hand subconsciously lay on top of mine for about half a second. In that half-second, I could see something I never wanted to see again. In that half-second, I had a vision.

I was standing in a barren, ashen field. People who looked like zombies surrounded me. Wait. They were zombies. I recognized where I was. Elysium. I glanced around, finding thousands of heroes from my Greek mythology textbook: Hercules, Perseus, Theseus.............. And some newer additions: Percy had told me about Beckendorf and Silena Beauregard.

Then, my location changed. A grand throne made of skeletons sat in front of me. The inhabitant of the throne had black hair and pits for eyes. He looked scarily similar to the boy I was sitting by.

"Hello Danielle...." the man said in a sinister tone. Then I recognized him. Hades. He changed form then, from an almost normal man to a monster of fire. I screamed, squeezing my eyes shut.

"Hello? Earth to weird girl!" The boy with the onyx eyes was shaking me. I opened my fear-filled eyes, looking at the boy. He got the same look of worry on his face like he knew.

"Did you...........have a vision?" I nodded, still shaken. "What happened in it? This is very important." He scooted closer to me, but I scooted away. Every time he'd try to get closer, I'd scoot a little farther away. When he tried to grab my arm, I shot up and ran. Ran straight across the field. Where demigods were shooting arrows. Not my greatest idea, but I had to et away from him. If Hades was his father, then...................could he........................I didn't even want to think about it. I just wanted to get away. Unfortunately, that didn't work out so well.

I had a head-on collision with someone who felt as hard as rock, and hit the ground with a thud! Dazed, I looked up to see a growling Clarisse. I gulped.

"Hey little girl! Maybe you should watch where you're going!"

"I-I'm sorry," I muttered pitifully. She picked me up by an arm, dangling me in the air. She leaned in close to my face. Her breath smelled like rotting meat and toothpaste. I tried hard not to gag.

"Sorry's not always good enough," she whispered harshly. I whimpered.

"Hey!" a familiar voice yelled. "Just leave her alone, Clarisse! She didn't mean to." Releasing one last growl, Clarisse dropped me. A boy with upturned eyebrows, blonde hair, and soft blue eyes lent me a hand. I graciously took it.

"Thanks Alvin," I smiled.

"No problem," he grinned back.

You know when a guy and a girl have one of those moments where the world holds their breath? Well, Alvin and I were having one of those. That is until Annabeth came along and broke it.

"C'mon Coop. We're gonna be late for winged horseback riding."

"Wait. You have pegasi?" I loved those things when I was seven, but never would have imagined I'd ever ride one.

Annabeth laughed. "Of course!"

I waved goodbye to Alvin, taking one last fearful glance at Onyx-Eyes, and followed Annabeth off to our next activity.

Okay short chapter, I know. It was more of a filler to move things along. There was some CoopXAlvin in there for that one reviewer who requested it.......... =) What do you guys think? CoopXAlvin or CoopXNico? Just remember, if I change it completely to CoopXAlvin, the storyline will take an immediate U-turn. Reviews are love.