Damn, I forgot to upload this chapter. It's been done for a while. I also have the next chapter done, just need to edit it. Anyways, enjoy

Bella POV

Percy looks around, confused as to where he is. His eyes land back on Alice and I before they widen and he jumps up, getting into a protective stance in front of the other two disoriented demigods. He pulls out his bronze pen and uncaps it; Riptide now in his hands. 'Who are you?'

I can literally feel my heart breaking, chipping away piece by piece every time I look into his eyes and see that he's forgotten me. I know it isn't his fault, but it doesn't make it hurt any less. I step protectively in front of Alice, putting myself between her and Percy. 'Stay behind me.'

Jasper and I were sparring one day and I accidentally grazed his arm. We expected my sword to break when it made contact with his marble skin, but to our surprise, it cut him without a problem. It healed, of course, but significantly slower than any other injury and even left a scar. We chalked it up to Celestial Bronze being a godly metal, so even though vampires are supernatural, they can still be hurt by it.

'Who are you?' Percy repeats, impatience evident in his tone.

'My name is Arabella.' I tell him, then gesturing to Alice. 'And this is Alice. Who are you?'

Percy hesitates, then lowers Riptide slightly. 'Percy. This is Frank and this is Hazel.' He gestures to them as he says their names. 'Why're you here?'

'We were in the area.' I say, trying my hardest not to provoke him. Percy's always had a short fuse.

'Convenient, isn't it?' He says, not believing me.

'Yes. Now put down Riptide before you hurt yourself, Seaweed Brain.' I clamp my hand over my mouth, wishing I could rewind time and stop myself from saying that. It's natural to be sassy with my brother, but with him not remembering me, I could've very well pissed him off. And that's exactly what I did. He narrows his eyes before pure anger flashes in his eyes as he lunges at me and Alice, giving me just enough time to push Alice back and jump out of the way. I spin the ring on my right hand, activating my sword, Whirlwind. Percy takes up a defensive stance, keeping himself in front of Frank and Hazel; me doing the same with Alice. She's moved back a ways, knowing to give us enough room unless she has a weapon of her own to defend herself with. Percy eyes me, looking for a way through my guard. That's one advantage to him not remembering who I am; he doesn't remember how I fight even though I remember how he does. I always leave an opening in my guard so everyone I fight usually falls for it unless they know about it. As expected, Percy sees it as an opportunity and takes it, stabbing at me. I parry his blade and swing at his upper body only to have him block and counter, leaving his lower body exposed. I hook my foot behind his and hit him in the chest with the hilt of my sword, sending him falling on his back. I put the tip of my sword to his chest and kick Riptide away from him. Frank and Hazel look at me in awe; I guess they didn't expect Percy to be taken down so easily.

'Alice, come pick up Riptide please. Knowing him, he'll try a sneak attack.' I say, looking at my brother with sad eyes.

Alice does as I ask and stands a little ways away from me and our brother. I let Percy stand and spin the bottom of Whirlwind's hilt, turning it back into a ring. I barely notice the water coming at Alice and I in time. Reacting as fast as I can, I put my hands up, stopping Percy's surprise attack as much as I can. I've never been able to match Percy's skill with water manipulation, he's always been stronger than me in that aspect. When I found out about Alice and we worked on her skills, she was about my match; she still is. She sees me struggling and starts to help, both of us together being stronger than Percy.

Sending the water back where it came from, we look towards Percy, Frank, and Hazel; all three sporting the same shocked expression. 'You're children of Neptune as well?' Hazel asks, surprising me.

I'm about to answer when a voice I always love hearing beats me to it. Yes, they are.'

Hazel runs up and hugs Nico, confirming my theory that he did know about all of this. Looking over at me, he gulps, clearly afraid of the anger in my eyes.

'Bella, I can explain this.'

I cross my arms, hurt flashing in my eyes before the anger takes over again. 'Then by all means, explain it to me because I have no freaking idea what's going on.'

He walks up and gently takes me by above the elbow, leading me out of the others' hearing range. Well, everyone but Alice and I'm confused as to whether or not he knows she can hear us. He turns to face me, his hand sliding down my arm to my hand, causing me to shiver slightly and goosebumps to rise on my skin where he touches. 'Bella...' He sounds like he doesn't know where to start.

'Start with your Roman sister and go from there.' I say softly, entwining our fingers and squeezing slightly in reassurance and a sign for him to start; that I'm listening.

I've always been able to read Nico better than anyone else, except Bianca of course. I remember all the times Nico reassured me during the time Percy and Bianca went with everyone to look for Annabeth when she went missing. He would always tell me that Percy's a hero, he's guaranteed to make it back. I would always tell him that Percy would look after Bianca because he was a hero. Even though Nico would never show outward signs of needing reassurance, I could always tell when he did.

'I found her while walking in the Fields of Asphodel. I saw that she was a daughter of Pluto and brought her back through the Doors of Death...I'd been looking for Bianca...but...she'd already tried for rebirth...' He started getting choked up, so I untangled our fingers and pulled him to me, holding onto him as a promise that even though he lost Bianca, I would still be here for him. He got it together and pulled back slightly, only to pull me down next to him when he sat down. Damn, I'm gonna be SICK when I get out of this... 'I took her to the Roman demigod camp, Camp Jupiter. As far as I can figure with our problem with Percy, Hera switched the most important demigods from both camps, Jason Grace and Perseus Jackson. I just can't figure out why...' He pulls me to his side, wrapping both of his arms around me. I rest my head on his shoulder, one arm around his waist and the other playing with a loose thread on his black jeans. 'I didn't want to keep this from you, but I had to. I knew that if I told you what was happening, you and Annabeth would've charged into Camp Jupiter, emotions clouding your judgement, gotten yourselves killed and started a war between the two camps. Something is physically preventing him from remembering anything and my money's on Hera.'

I look up to meet his eyes, seeing him already looking down at me. 'Annabeth knows we've found him. If we don't let her see him, it'll destroy her. You've seen how she's been since he disappeared...she could barely function properly. It was like her soul left her and she was a shell of what she usually is.'

'Maybe seeing her will trigger his memories. Her name is the only thing he could remember other than his own.'

He sees the hurt in my eyes because he pulls me closer, holding my head to his chest while I grip his shirt tightly. 'You won't disappear, right Nico?'

He shakes his head, placing a comforting kiss on my forehead. 'Never, Bella. I couldn't even dream of leaving you.'

Am I going too fast with Bella and Nico? They're best friends, so the chemistry has been building since The Titan's Curse timeline area. They like each other, they just don't know it. Anyways, how am I doing so far? I'd love to know. Hasta Luego mi pastelitos, good damn bye