A/N: Thank you to everyone who read (so far no one, but thank you to anyone who is or is in the process of reading). Let me know if you like it or if I should give up. Please comment if you would like me to continue. P.S. I'm gonna write this chapter in 1st person. Let me know if you like it better.

Macey's POV

The first thing that went through my mind when I met Percy's friend Nico was: hmm this kid looks different. I can't decide if it's a good different or a bad different. I smiled and waved at him when Percy, my new brother, introduced me to Nico. Nico seemed kind of shocked that I had actually smiled at him. He awkwardly smiled back at me and waved. I laughed. I had a pretty good feeling that this guy was gonna be my friend even though we hadn't talked at all yet.

I'd been at camp for about four days before Percy would let me leave the cabin without him. I went to the dining pavilion and sat there thinking about the past few days. I had just discovered I was a demigod daughter of one of the most major gods. I had a brother I never even knew about. I was almost killed by a dang cyclops. While I was thinking, I must have dozed off because after what seemed to be like three seconds, Percy had sat next to me and was talking.

"-at camp?" Percy asked.

"What was that you said Percy?" I asked, slightly embarrassed at my lack of focus.

Percy rolled his eyes at me. "I said, 'How do you like it here at camp'"?

I thought for a minute. "So far it's pretty fun. I like the lake and sword arena a lot."

Percy's answer to that was a frustrated mumble about how I had beat him once already when I had only been here for three days. I laughed at him. He smiled at me with his green eyes twinkling happily. We ate our dinner in silence, not uncomfortable but just a nice silence. We gave our offering to our father and he asked if I would return to the cabin with him. I told him I would catch up with him later and that he didn't need to worry.

After dinner, I went to the sword arena. I had a plain old celestial bronze sword, but it felt special to me. It made me feel more at peace with myself. I trained hard. I sliced and hacked at the practice dummy. I practiced rolling out of the way when I was on the defensive. With my sword, I was completely oblivious to anything else. I sliced at the neck of the dummy and finally thrust my sword through into the gap under the dummy's helmet. Suddenly, the air around me felt colder. I pulled my sword out of the dummy and spun around. I found my sword at the neck of none other than Nico di Angelo. He looked sort of stunned at the fact that he had a ratty old celestial bronze sword at his throat. He then looked up at me with his black eyes.

Nico said, "Hey, uh Macey. Could you please, maybe, put your sword down?"

I hadn't even noticed it was still there. I lowered my sword and asked him, "What are you doing here?"

He answered, "Well, I heard from Percy that you're pretty good with a sword so I thought maybe we could you know, practice a little." He said this with a smirk on his face.

As I readied myself to fight him, I asked, "Wouldn't it be a little embarrassing if I beat you?"

As a reply, he ran at me. I blocked his every move. I could tell he was going easy at first, but as we progressed, he started to put a little more power into his swings. I kicked him in the stomach when he wasn't paying attention and he staggered back. He fell over and in seconds, I had one foot on his chest and my sword found its way back to his throat.

"Not bad, girly," he smirked.

I brought my foot and sword up. I held out my hand to help him up, he took it somewhat reluctantly. He looked at me with a studying gaze.

"Try this," he told me and handed me a pure black sword. I looked at it hesitantly. I grabbed the hilt and swung it around me. I hacked at the practice dummy and took off its head in a few blows.

"Wow," I said. "What kind of sword is this?"

Nico answered back, "Stygian iron."

I handed him back the beautiful black sword and looked at my watch. It read 10:55 pm. Percy would be worried if I didn't get back soon. Nico told me goodnight and we both went to our cabins. I have to say, practicing my sword skills with Nico was pretty fun.

A/N: Done! Thank you Jayrfeather and Meow-Im-a-Cat! I hope you guys keep reading and I hope that you enjoy this chapter. It is exactly 787 words. This is chapter two and there will be more.