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Nico's POV
I woke up with a sharp pain in my head, and I felt really weird. I groaned and sat up, wondering what had all happened yesterday. Then it came rushing back to me. Payne and those other vampires beating me, Silvinia Iris Messaging my friends, then biting me in front of them. I swallowed hard, then looked down at my body. I had no shirt on, and there was something definitely different about me, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Then I realized that all of my cuts and bruises were gone, as well as the whip marks. And there were no scars at all.
My eyes traveled down to my arm, and I saw a scar formed were she had bit me.
I sighed. and looked around. I was no longer in that cell room. I was now in a room were the walls and ceiling were made of glass, and no door. The sun shined brightly and was warm on my skin. I frowned.
Doesn't the sun burn vampires? Or was it just a myth? I shook my head and got up. walking over to the glass wall. I stared into my reflection, and yes, I actually have one. My mouth fell open when I saw myself.
My skin hadn't gotten any paler, I actually had a light olive tan. But that wasn't the weirdest thing. I was more muscular, and a couple inches taller. My hair was spiking up, and my eyes were narrowed, permanently, and they were golden brown in color, with hints of amber and dark brown. I slowly opened my mouth, but my teeth looked normal. Pearly white and perfectly flat.
I frowned and walked away to sit in a corner.
I can't believe this. I'm a vampire, or at least I think I am. I don't have fangs, and I'm not sure if I have superhuman speed and strength.
My thoughts were interrupted by dark shadows appearing out of no where. They covered the windows, blocking the sun's light, making the bright and sunny room turn dark and gloomy. I got up, ready to protect myself if needed, but instead of Payne stepping out of them, a thirteen year old girl stepped out. She had auburn hair, snow white skin, amber eyes, and was lean. She was pretty, I guess. She walked over with cat like grace, and I spotted a glass in her hand.
Inside was thick crimson red liquid.
Blood.
I thought, my throat feeling as dry as a desert. I hadn't even realized how thirsty I was until I saw it. The thirst was killing me.
"Who are you?" I asked, still in a fighting stance incase she pounced. She smiled lightly at me.
"Tera." she said walking over to me. She held out the glass. I wanted to take it so badly. It smelled sweet, but at the same time, slightly bitter.
"What is it?" I asked, even though I knew already.
"Human blood." she told me. My throat constricted. I was not drinking the blood of a human. I tought as I backed away slowly, shaking my head. She pursed her lips, but brought the drink down.
"You are probably wondering what you are now, demigod." she said.
"I know what I am. I'm a vampire" I told her. Her smiled, showing of very sharp fangs.
"Not quite." she told me, sitting down Indian style. I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion.
Tera patted the ground next to her, motioning me to sit down next to her. I narrowed my eyes even more, so they were practically slits. She seemed too friendly to attack me, but I wasn't going to take to the chance. I still sat down, but I was two feet in front of her. She sighed.
"So... what am I, then?" I asked her.
"A fledgling." Tera stated simply.
"A what?"
"A fledgling is someone who was bit by a vampire, transferring venom into their victims veins. When that happens, they who were bit become fledglings. Fledglings has most of the traits a regular vampire has. Super speed, the fastest vampire can run up to 150 miles per hour, super strength, their vision becomes ten times better, and we can jump pretty far, too. As well as our weaknesses, too. Like the sun for example. We burn up the second we step into sunlight" she told me, grinning slightly "But they do not have their fangs, and their powers aren't that powerful. Though they are still human. They still need to eat and breath, they still age and have a beating heart.
"When a fledgling first drinks a human's blood, the venom takes full affect. It's painful at first. Our hearts stop pumping, and our skin become icy cool."
"So, we die?" I asked.
"Kind of. No, we don't need to breath, and don't have a beating heart, but we still walk and talk like human beings, but we aren't alive, alive." she told me.
"Well that makes sense." I muttered, and was quiet for a minute. Then I spoke again.
"You said that the sun burns us up. Instead, I have a slight tan. And why does Silvinia want me as a vampire anyways?" I asked. She looked into my eyes.
"Lady Silvinia," I rolled my eyes at the 'Lady' part, "wants you because you are a demigod. It is said that demigod vampire is the most powerful kind of vampire. A child of the Big Three is even more powerful. And since vampires are not living creatures, I guess she thought Hades was the perfect choice." Tera answered, and I nodded in understanding.
"And about the sunlight, it sort of goes with my last answer. Demigod vampires don't have all of the weaknesses normal vampires do. I'm guessing the sun falls under that category. But I bet that you can get tanner and badly sunburned easily." She told me. That's good to know. Note to self, wear sunblock whenever outside.
"Do vampires have any, you know, special powers?" I asked, thinking back to when that vampire girl who helped torture me. She would just stare at me, concentrating, and I'd feel unimaginable pain. Tera nodded.
"Yes. Not all of us have a gift, though. It is rare. And those of us who do, they're unique. No other vampire has the same power." she told me. We sat there in silence for a couple seconds.
"Do you have any? Gifts I mean." I asked.
Tera smiled and nodded again.
"Though I choose not to do so, I can read minds."
Percy's POV
"Great." Leo said sarcastically, "We have a deadline now. Peachy."
I agreed whole heartedly on that one. I hate deadlines. We had just finished explaining to Leo what happened, as you can probably tell. And to be honest, everyone besides Annabeth and I was freaking out. Though I sure was on the inside.
"We don't even know where in Massachusetts to look for whatever it is that'll help us find were to go." Piper said.
"There's no way that we'll be able to save Nico in one month!" Jason and Frank yelled together. I closed my eyes tight, and my fists clenched. It sounded like they were giving up. I was about to shout at them, but someone beat me to it. Hazel got up out of her chair, slamming her fists down onto the table.
"SHUT UP! That's enough!" Hazel screamed over the noise. Everyone shut up and stared at Hazel in shock, because Hazel never told us to shut anybody really. She's got some lungs. I got over my shock pretty quickly, and grinned at her.
"Good job, Jewel." I said using my nickname for her, causing her to blush, but still smile. Which means she was in a good mood, because she usually punches whenever someone calls her that. I turned to the others.
"Hazel's right. You have to stop this. Have some faith, don't just give up. Nico's family." I told them. Those who were doubting bowed their heads in shame, and nodded.
"Good. Now, we know that somewhere in this state, there is someone or something that will tell us where in Italy we're supposed to go." I said in my leader voice. They nodded again, and Annabeth spoke up.
"You're right, Seaweed Brain." she told me smiling that cute smile of hers.
"For once." Thalia mumbled beside me. I kicked her in the shin, causing her to yell "OUCH!" and glare at me. I smiled innocently at her. I was immune to her glares.
"While we're searching for whatever the thing is that will help us, two of us should stay here and guard the ship." Annabeth continued like no one had interrupted.
"I'll stay." Frank volunteered.
"Me, too." Piper said. Jason looked like he was about to protest, but then decided against it. Instead he nodded.
"Okay, then. Let's go!" Thalia shouted with glee, then marched out. I chuckled at her childish behavior, and us who were going followed her out.
We walked out to the deck and over to the ladder. Leo had parked us in midair, about thirty feet above a giant valley in the middle of a forest. Jason went down first, then Thalia (who looked slightly green), then Reyna, then Leo, then Hazel, then Annabeth.
"You coming, Percy?" Annabeth asked. I smiled and started to walk over, but stopped when I had an idea.
"Meet me down there." I told her. She was about to ask what I meant, when she suddenly got it. Before she could say anything, though, I ran toward to the edge at full speed, jumped the ledge, and fell through the air and past my friends, who cried out when they saw me. I laughed, and then her Annabeth, even with the wind roaring in my ears, mutter "Show off.", but I could see her smile.
I was getting closer and closer to the ground. I hit the ground, landing on my feet. Hey, cats aren't the only ones who can do that.
Once my friends were all down here, I turned to them.
"So, where do we look first?" Reyna asked.
"How ab-" I stopped midsentence as a breeze blew into my face. That's when I smelled it. Blood and... wet dog. I widened my eyes. It came from my left, from the forest.
"There are vampires and wolves here." I stated.
"That's great!" Hazel cheered. We stared at her like she was insane. Which she sort of was at the moment.
"Isn't it obvious?" she asked us. We blinked.
"What's obvi- OH!" Annabeth said the last part with wide eyes, "That's pretty smart."
"What are you two talking about?!" demanded Leo. Hazel rolled her eyes.
"Well, if we manage to catch at least one vampire, maybe we can get it to tell us where the castle is!" Jewel exclaimed. I smiled.
"Good idea! Let's go!" and with that, I ran into the forest (human speed of course) with my friends close at me heels.
We were deep in the forest now, and the scent was getting stronger with every step. Suddenly, we were in a small shady clearing. The scent led us here, but I didn't see any vampires, and it was getting dark. I was about to turn to face my friends when something ran out of the trees and tackled me to the ground.
"PERCY!" I heard Annabeth yell, and I looked at my attacker. It was a really pale, buff vampire with black eyes. He pinned my arms to the ground, but I kicked him off and over me. I quickly got up and saw around thirty vampires coming out of the trees. My friends drew there weapons, and I went wolf.
Once they saw my the hissed. I flattened my ears onto my head and growled, bearing my very sharp teeth. They hesitated for a second, but then yell a battle cry and charged.
(This is rated M, and this is probably going to be the most violent scene, but is short. If I'm in a bad mood some time in the future, there will probably be worse. for all of you sensitive people out there... Don't read)
When they were close enough, my friends attacked. I ran and attacked as many as I could, occasionally ripping their limbs off. I saw one sneaking up on Annabeth.
Wise Girl was to busy engaged in her own fight to notice. I barked ferociously and ran towards the vampire. Just as she was about to raise her claw I jumped her. She looked up at me with pleading eyes. She was obviously new at this, but at the moment I didn't care.
She just tried to kill my Annabeth. All I saw was red.
I bared my canines before I snapped.
I extended my claws and ripped apart her chest, blood spilling out. She kept wriggling and yelling in pain, and it was getting annoying. I bit into her arm and pulled, ripping the flesh of. Some of her blood got into my mouth, but I kept hurting her until her stopped moving. She was covered in claw and teeth marks, and you couldn't even see what her features were like any more, since she was matted in her blood.
I stared at what I had done in horror, rage long gone. But when I remembered what she tried to do, the pity disappeared. My friends hadn't noticed what I had done. I sighed and ran off to help them.
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There was too many, and the fact that there wounds heal after a second doesn't help. There was only twenty left that aren't dead, and my friends were getting tire. We were out numbered.
But we kept fighting.
I heard a scream from across the clearing. A male vampire had pinned down Hazel and had a claw raised, about to strike.
"Hazel!" I cried out, and my friends looked towards her and shouted too. I was to far away to help. I wouldn't make it on time.
Then there was a howl, than another. Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared into the dark woods, were the howl came from.
Suddenly, two large (but slightly smaller than me) wolves bounded out of the trees. One was white with patches of brown and blonde, and the other one slightly smaller than the other-white with flecks of dark brown. Both of there eyes were piercing silver. The smaller white one tackled the vampire holding down Hazel and killed him, and the other snapped at the other vampires.
Help me scare them off. A female voice spoke to me in my head. I immediately responded.
Okay. I told her as I ran over and growled with her. We slowly walked towards the vampires with menacing growls and wild looks in our eyes. The vampires stepped back slowly, and the other wolf towards us, but stopped a few feet away.
Can I join the fun? another female voice asked, this one slightly younger than the first.
Come on, then! the first girl said. The third wolf joined us, growling and teeth bared. That was enough to scare them off. When they were out of sight, the two girl wolves turned to me.
I am Delilah Starhaven, and this is my little sister Alice. The older one told me. I decided to trust them with my name, seeing as they just saved out lives.
I'm Percy. Percy Jackson. I told them. There eyes widened, and they quickly bowed.
It is an honor to meet you Mr. Jackson. Alice said, Your father sent us. I cocked my head to the side.
Dad sent you?
Yes. We have always favored Poseidon out of all of the Olympians. He was so nice to us when we were demigods. Delilah said.
Wait. You two were demigods? The daughters of who? I asked.
Artemis. Alice told me. I chocked on my own saliva.
Daughters of Artemis? How come I never have heard of you?! They looked down.
The only ones who knew were Mother, Poseidon, and Chiron. Chiron didn't want us to die, but we also didn't want to be found out.
So we left, with mom's help of course. We traveled for a year before we were bitten by a werewolf. That was six years ago. We're immortal now, unless we fall in battle. Kind of like Mom's Huntresses. I nodded in understanding.
But why did my father send you. Do you have a message to deliver? I asked. They shook their heads no.
Poseidon wants us to be your pack. Delilah told me. I widened my eyes.
My pack as in, I'm the alpha?
Yes.
Are you sure you want to do this? I mean, I wouldn't want you two getting hurt. I said. The sisters chuckled.
We've been hunting and fighting vampires for years, Perceus.
And we've heard so much about you. Plus-
We already agreed.
We're your pack now. they said together. I grinned.
Sweet. And don't call me sir, boss, or by my full name. Just Percy.
Can do. Now we should probably get out of here before those bloodsuckers come back. Alice said. I nodded.
Are those your friends? Delilah asked me, looking over my shoulder. I looked at my friends, who looked pretty scratched up, but were staring at us. I turned back to the girls.
Yes, my best friends. Do you think you could let them ride you to safety? I asked. The girls stared at me.
Please, did you seriously just ask us that? Delilah teased playfully. I grinned.
There's a cave a mile away.
Just let me change back and tell them to get on. I said, and they nodded. I turned back to human and walked over to my friends.
"What was that all about?" Thalia asked me when I got there.
"I'll tell you when we get to safety. You guys are going to ride us to a cave, k?" I told them. They seemed confused, but they agreed. I lead them over to the sisters.
"Okay guys, meet Delilah and Alice Starhaven," I paused "my pack." My friends stared at me.
"Your pack?" Hazel repeated. I nodded.
"I'll explain when we get to the cave." I promised them.
"Now Leo and Reyna, you'll ride Alice" I told them. They nodded and walked over to the youngest sister, who crouched down low so they could slip on.
"Jason and Thalia, you ride Delilah." I told the siblings, who nodded and did the same thing as Leo and Reyna.
"And Annabeth and Hazel, you'll ride me." I told them grinning. They nodded, Annabeth smiling.
"Okay guys, hold on really tight. Werewolves can run really fast." I told them before I turned back into a midnight black wolf. I crouched down so Annabeth and Hazel could slide onto my back. Once I was sure everyone was ready, I told Delilah to lead the way.
We started to run through the forest at 70 miles per hour. Delilah turned her head to look at Alice and me.
Race ya. she challenged.
You're on. we said together, and we ran full speed, my friends screaming and laughing and cheering for the wolves they were riding on.
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