Okay, so the update was in the next month. At least it was better than the gap between the last update.

Anyway, here is the brother/sister one-shot of Nico and Hazel. I've also added the quote that helped me write it. Hope you like it.

The Truth Behind Darkness

When we first met Nico di Angelo, he was, to put it simply, a young and energetic boy oblivious to the world around him. But all that changed when he got news that his older sister had died during a quest to save the goddess Artemis. Now…

Nico was lying on the bed in the cabin that had once been Percy's cabin aboard the Argo II. It was only after much discussion that the room was deemed worthy of Nico's presence. In all honesty, the son of Hades had a feeling that the others were judging whether or not he was going to taint the place with his creepiness. The idea only made him feel sick.

It was midnight and they were on their way to Greece. The others were all asleep… or at least he thought. Everyone was still pretty shaken up about everything that had happened in the past day or so and they all feared what would happen in the future. Nico wasn't going to be surprised if more than one of the demigods were lying awake in their beds, unable to sleep… just like him. But he doubted that their thoughts would be like his.

His thoughts were on what he had become on the outside… and what others could not see on the inside. To others, he was just a creepy little boy that was the son of the Lord of the Underworld and who could control the dead. Okay, he admitted. He was a little dark on the inside as well, but that darkness was mainly fuelled by the deaths of his mother and sister. It wasn't even fuelled by the fact that his father was Hades.

No. Only his powers were fuelled by the fact that his was the Underworld Prince.

His dreams were another story. They were fuelled by the slow forming memories of his past innocence. Yeah, he would scold at them and wonder why he ever acted like that. But deep down, he treasured them. He treasured them so much because he knew that those were the times when people didn't mind being around him. He was just another kid back then. Annoying, but there was nothing overly special about him.

So why was he so different now?

With a sigh, Nico rolled over and closed his eyes.

When we first met Hazel Levesque, she was standing guard at the entrance of New Rome and having a confusing conversation in French with her to-be boyfriend. Back then, she was also having flash backs of her past and sprouting out all sorts of gems whenever she got nervous. However, things began to change when she realised the truth behind the relation of Leo and Sammy Valdez. Now…

Hazel stared up at the roof of her cabin. Not only could she not sleep for fear of what had happened to Percy and Annabeth, but the actions towards her brother also concerned her. Those two things were what kept her from sleeping that particular night. With a sigh, she rolled off her bed and went over to her door.

As quietly as she could, she edged the door open ever so slightly to make sure that no one was watching the hallway. From down the hall, she could hear Coach Hedge screaming in his sleep about blowing up Gaea when they got to Greece. Apparently he was just as bad in his dreams as he was while the sun was up. The good thing about the coach being asleep, though, was that Hazel wouldn't get caught if she snuck out of her cabin.

But still she waited until all was silent before deciding to make her way down the hall. Before she knew it, her feet had led her into the mess hall. The scenes from Camp Half-Blood flashed before her, showing various activities happening around the camp. It was almost like the entire camp was having free time. Watching the camp, however, brought back images of her own short time at Camp Jupiter and her first life.

Everyone hated her. Everyone… was afraid of her. And very few of them actually bothered to get to know her for what she truly was. It wasn't her fault that gems followed her trail. And it wasn't her fault that her father was the God of the Underworld. No one can control who their parents are or what their life was turned into… least of all demigods.

Shaking her head from the thoughts, Hazel sat at her place at the table, still watching the walls, and ordered a glass of warm milk in the hopes of trying to get some form of rest that night. She would have had shrimp gumbo, but she figured that it wouldn't have sat well in her stomach at that time of night. She did, however, nibble on a small honey cookie. Before she knew it, she had finished her midnight snack without her fears going away.

Another sigh managed to escape her lips as Hazel took one last look at Camp Half-Blood before she returned to her cabin and her bed. She still had to try to get some sleep that night. But it was as she closed her eyes that she prayed that both she and her brother were no longer feared amongst both people and demigods alike.

"The darkness is feared because it holds the unknown.

In truth, there is no such thing as darkness; only the failure to see. "

So... what do you think? Was it good? Please let me know.

Thanks for reading!