Special thanks to DragoNik for story ideas!

Oh, the kind of quote from Eclipse was "Rule two: Never turn your eyes away from your enemy."-Jasper Cullen (My favorite character! And Alice! And the wolves!)

Disclaimer: What do you think? No, I do not own! This makes me sad...

AFTER I TOLD Chiron what happened in my dream, he thought for a moment. Eventually, he told me to get ready for the day and try to forget about it. But, how could I? I mean, an evil lord of time in my deceased best friend's body just visited me and he told me he was going to crush us. Hm, just a normal, peachy day. I wish.

Because I was basically ready, I just headed over to Thalia's cabin so we could talk. I walked up the black porch steps and knocked on the dark blue door. No answer. So then I just opened the door and walked in.

Thalia was laying on her bed, fast asleep. I smiled and sat down next to her, memorizing every thing about her. Her short black hair, her small hands. She was perfect, or as close as you could get to it. Because it was almost time for breakfast, I decided to wake her up. I remembered that you should never wake up someone who is sleeping by shaking them or something along those lines. Instead, I kissed her on the cheek. She smiled but she was still asleep. I kissed her on the lips and her eyes fluttered open. My brown eyes looked into Thalia's electric blue ones.

Why are turning into a softy, Nico? Just for some girl? One side said. Oh, please not again.

No, Thalia is not just some girl. She is Thalia. She is amazing. Personally, I agree with part two. But that's just me.

Suddenly, I heard someone speak.

"Aw, how cute!" Someone cooed. Oh no, it sounds like an Aphrodite girl! I turned to see Annabeth standing in the door way. How does she do that? Annabeth was trying not to laugh but failed. She burst out in laughter. "Ah, what would you have done if it wasn't me? That's why I was laughing, thinking about your shocked faces and what the poor soul would look like after you summoned a skeleton army to kill him. Couldn't you imagine that?" She asked Thalia. Thalia thought for a bit, laughed, and then nodded. Was I missing something? I couldn't imagine myself doing that!

"Come on, time for breakfast," I said wrapping my arms around her and dragging her out of bed and onto the hardwood floors. She groaned as she pulled me to the ground.

"I don't want to go!" She complained like a five year old. She gave me the puppy dog eyes and I sighed.

"Fine, I guess I'll have to carry you!" I exclaimed as I got up and slung Thalia over my shoulder. I was acting really strange today, and I have no idea why.

"Nico! You little, ugh! Put me down!" I ignored the complaints and insults as I walked out of her cabin. Heads turned as I walked across the field. Some just looked, some laughed, some thought it was cute.

I walked into the pavilion and everyone who saw Thalia and I started cracking up, even Chiron and Mr.D chuckled. I walked over to the Zeus table and dropped Thalia on her feet. She slapped my arm and then hugged me. I hugged her back and she looked up at me. I was about to kiss her when I realized we were making a huge scene. People were whispering and smirking, starting rumors. I'm going to assume they were whispering about us, weren't they? We dropped each other quickly and headed to our own tables. I was blushing madly as I sat down at the Hades table. Everyone was still looking (and still smirking) at either me or her. I glared at all of them and immediately, they looked down at their plates, hoping I'd leave them alone. The pavilion was strangely quiet after that.

Awkward moment, gay baby. I've thought that a lot lately, haven't I?

LATER, Chiron called me to the big house. I walked up the wooden steps and pulled the door open. Chiron sat there in his wheel chair with Thalia and Annabeth, who watched as I approached. I sat next to Thalia and Chiron.

"What's this about?" I asked. I was completely lost. Nobody had said anything in the last five minutes! Chiron looked at me, then Thalia and Annabeth, and answered.

"We fear the prophecy is taking place. The gods have spotted the titans ship and it is going to be upon us by three weeks time. Poseidon has tried many times to send the most violent waves, the strongest creatures, but he fears the ship is protected by magic." he stated. I sat there, my mouth hanging open. Annabeth and Thalia were watching me to see how I would react. Thalia bumped my shoulder playfully.

"Close your mouth dead boy, before you start catching flies." Thalia said, trying to lighten the mood. I offered a half-hearted smile, but Thalia saw right through it. "Don't worry, Nico. Everything will be fine." She smiled at me. It did make me feel some what better that at least one person believed in me.

"Well, with only one month, do you think you are ready?" Chiron asked, leaning forward as if he was interrogating me. In a sense, I guess he was. I slowly nodded, unsure of my answer.

"Well, I think we could be ready by next month, but I just don't know, Chiron. Some are more advanced than others. Some just have no hope at all." I responded, shaking my head in sympathy. How could we win this? This war wasn't just about me, this was about all of us, all demigods! If we didn't have a strong army, we wouldn't have any chance. We wouldn't even put up a fight against Kronos and his men, especially with Kronos having Percy on his side.

"Okay. I understand, Nico. I believe that if we just work non-stop, we just might win." Chiron concluded, ending this meeting. Annabeth, who stayed quiet through this whole ordeal, finally spoke.

"Chiron, is there anyway to save Percy? Anyway at all?" She pleaded, her eyes wide and sad. Chiron looked away from her and I could tell that this was hard for him to tell her. He was going to break her heart.

"No. I'm sorry, but there isn't. The only way to destroy Kronos is to kill his host, which is Percy." Chiron said, sadness intertwined in his words. He looked back at Annabeth and she had tears streaming down her face. Thalia ran in front of her and hugged her as Annabeth sobbed on her shoulder. I walked over to comfort her, too. This was going to be hard. Percy was mine and Thalia's cousin, Percy was Annabeth love. Percy was everything to a lot of people. I remembered when Annabeth, Thalia, and I had to tell Sally and Paul what happened to Percy. She begged for him back. She fell to her knees and just sobbed. Annabeth was sobbing, her back against the wall. Thalia was crying on my shoulder. Paul was sniffling in the corner. Silent tears streamed down my face, too. Even at eleven, my world had changed that day. How many more lives would be lost? How many more people would we see fall to their knees, begging for their child back? How many more people would refuse to believe us? I didn't want anyone to die. But you know what? This isn't a perfect world. Lives will be lost, people will cry. Worlds will be changed, for better or for worse.

I didn't realize it, but I was crying, too. I blinked them away and pulled back from the hug. New campers just walked by, looking at us as if we were crazy. Crazy for crying in the middle of the day. The campers who knew Percy nodded in empathy as they passed, some actually walked over to pat us on the back. They knew what to expect, but the new campers didn't know what was coming to them.

The dinner horn sounded off in the distance. Thalia and Annabeth broke apart to wipe the last of their tears off their face. We all walked in silence to the pavilion. We were all late, but Mr. D didn't say a word. He missed Percy almost as much as the rest of of. The campers knew what they were about to experience. They knew that they might not see each other again. They knew some of the faces here wouldn't be here in a few months. But they didn't know how hard this was going to be, how scared they would be. They wouldn't get to say good-bye, they would die too early.

But, I know that if we try hard enough, long enough, we just might make it and win. Kronos' words echoed through my mind.

Be ready... be ready...

Okay, I think that chapter was kind of sad. Especially the one where Chiron told Annabeth that Percy wouldn't come back. Review and tell me what part you thought was sad or if you didn't think it was that sad. And if you think they are out of character, tell me. But, then again, it's almost a war and Nico knows he might not see Thalia after that. He knows he might die.

Anyway, I hope that didn't kill the mood! :) Longest chapter yet! :)

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