A/N: Here's chapter 8! As a special treat, this one's in Nico point of view instead of Grace's.

Also, I always forget to add this.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Percy Jackson series or the Heroes of Olympus series. Any recognizable characters or plots are the property of their respective owners. All original characters and plots belong to me.

"That sounds like a good idea. Nico, you should go talk to the counselors of some of the minor cabins, to see if they have any idea about who their parents might be," Luke suggested. Everyone agreed this was a good idea, and we went our separate ways, even though Laila seemed quite disappointed to leave Nico behind.

Nico POV

Laila had a weird look on her face as I walked away from them. Oh no. That can't be good.

I had a feeling about Laila's parent. The way that she won the archery competition against Aria, one of the best archers we have at camp, made me think that her parent was either Tyche, goddess of fortune and luck, or Nike, goddess of victory.

Grace's parent, on the other hand, I wasn't so sure about. I ruled out the obvious ones quickly: Zeus (I didn't recall seeing much lightening), Hera (she doesn't run around having affairs, that's Zeus' job), Poseidon (no big tidal waves), Ares (she didn't seem the violent type), Artemis (obviously), Hephaestus (she wasn't...ugly), Aphrodite (she wasn't self-absorbed like all the rest of them seem to be), Hermes (she didn't seem like one to play pranks), Hades (I didn't see any dead), Hypnos (she wasn't asleep all the time), and Hebe (she didn't seem the serving type). That just left Demeter, Athena, Apollo, Dionysus, Iris, Nemesis, Nike, Tyche, and Hecate.

I decided to go to find Miranda first. She would be the best person to ask.

"Hey, Miranda!" I yelled as I saw her over by the strawberry fields with the Dionysus kids. Great, I could kill two birds with one stone, talk to Miranda about Demeter and Pollux about Dionysus.

"Yeah, Nico," she asked a bit fearfully. It wasn't my fault that everyone in the camp was afraid of the only child of Hades.

"I wanted to try to figure out what cabin of the new campers belongs to. Grace said that on her thirteenth birthday, she was surrounded by creepy angel statues. Have you or Pollux ever heard of anything like that happening?"

"No, I haven't. I'll go ask Pollux." She walked off to talk to Pollux while I just stood there awkwardly. The longer I stood there, the more plants around me died. The god of the dead obviously doesn't have a good impression on anything living. Finally, Miranda came back, just in time, too. There was a circle of dead plants around me that stretched out a good 2 feet in every direction. Miranda looked and the ground beneath me, made a face, then said, "Pollux hasn't heard of anything. Sorry we couldn't be more of a help to you." I could sense that she didn't really want me around, and I wasn't that keen on staying either, so I thanked her and ran off. As I looked back, I saw Miranda kneeling, trying to bring the plants back to life.

Next stop, the lake, where Annabeth and Percy would most likely be. I just hoped I wouldn't walk in on anything too bad. It was quite a bit of a walk from the fields to the lake. I passed by Laila, Grace and Luke again, Laila waved at me a little, sending butterflies into my stomach. Wait, I'm the son of Hades, do I even get butterflies? Let's try something a little more masculine, a bat, maybe. Focus, Nico, I told myself. I had to go find Annabeth.

As I approached the lake, I heard the distinctive sounds of kissing that I recognized from walking in on Percy and Annabeth once before. It was awkward, to say the least. I made sure I was still a couple feet away from them before I cleared my throat loudly to let them know I was here. By the time I had reached them, they were more or less decent, but the evidence of their... activities... were still present; mussed up hair, swollen lips, misbuttoned buttons, and, of course, the blush on both their faces.

"Uh, hi, Nico. Did you need anything?" Percy asked in an oddly high-pitched tone. He cleared his throat.

"Yeah," I said, suppressing a smirk. "I actually wanted to know if you could help me identify the parents of the new campers, Grace and Laila, Annabeth."

She cleared her throat. "Have they said anything about their claiming?"

"Well, Grace said that she was surrounded by, and I quote, 'creepy angel statues' on her thirteenth birthday. I've narrowed Laila's parent down to either Tyche or Nike, because she won that archery competition against Aria. Also, she said that the day before her thirteenth, her aunt kicked her out because she thought that Laila had wings, or something. But apparently, her aunt has always been hallucinating, seeing monsters and stuff. I'm inclined to think that she can see through the Mist, though, and Laila just didn't see them."

Annabeth leaned over to Percy and stage whispered, "I think that's the longest thing I've ever heard him say." They both laughed.

"Shut up," I said, slightly embarrassed.

"I don't think that Grace's parent is Athena. Creepy statues aren't really her thing. I would lean towards Hecate because aren't statues a Hecate thing? And as for Laila, I think that her parent is probably Nike, because of the whole wings thing."

"Okay, I'm gonna go talk to Lou and Victoria." I walked off without another word.

I knew that both Lou and VIctoria would most likely be overlooking the construction of both their cabins. They were almost finished, and just needed a few minor parts finished up.

"Lou, Victoria," I called when I was close enough for them to hear me. I automatically cringed while saying Lou's name. She had a weird obsession with me. I didn't like it.

"Hey, Nico," Lou said in a tone that I thought she meant to sound flirty, but instead sounded like a cat sharpening her nails on a blackboard. I shuddered inwardly. "Did you need something? You know I would do anything for you. Anything," she said, rubbing up on me as if she were a cat and I was her favorite couch. Victoria rolled her eyes.

Talking mostly to Victoria, because, frankly, Lou creeped me out, I said, "Yeah, you know the two campers, Grace and Laila? I wanted to know if I could figure out who their parents were. Annabeth told me that Grace's parent was most likely Hecate, and that Laila's parent was most likely Nike." I was worried for Grace. She would have to put up with Lou. Every. Day. " Grace said that on her thirteenth birthday, she was surrounded by creepy angel statues. Does that sound like a Hecate claiming," I asked Lou. She was too dazed to hear what I was saying. "Maybe I should come back later," I said, backing away slowly."

"Oh, no, Nico! Don't go! Um, yeah, I guess it sounds a bit like Hecate. I mean, statues are one of her symbols," she giggled.

"Okay, and Victoria, does giving a child wings sound like something Nike would do to claim them?"

"Yeah. Nike was most famous for her wings. Even after the statues of the other gods stopped having wings, Nike's statues still did."

"Thanks for all your help, Victoria. And Lou," I said, all but running away from her and towards the Big House, where I knew Luke, Grace, and Laila would be.

I didn't really trust Luke with the two of them, especially now since I knew that they were children of minor gods. Many of the kids in Kronos' army were children of minor gods who resented the Olympians for not actually having much importance even though they were children of the gods. I was worried that Luke would try to convince the two of them into resenting the gods, like he had before. I knew that my fear was unfounded because the one condition that my father had when bringing the kids back is that they would always be loyal to the gods and tell the whole truth, but still. I didn't and never would trust that guy, especially after what he had done before.

Before I knew it, I was in front of the Big House again.

"Laila, Grace, I think I know who your parents are," I yelled, just as Chiron said the same thing.

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