I know I haven't updated in a while….sorry…school and stuff but here's the next chapter!

Disclaimer: Again, I do not own the Percy Jackson and the Olympian series otherwise, this story would have happened years ago.

Pearl's POV

"Mortal?" Annabeth said confused. "Grover, I don't think your new trick works. Pearl is obviously a demigod." Grover made a face and replied "It works Annabeth, I tried it on other demigods and then they were claimed. And I don't know how, but Pearl doesn't smell like a demigod at all.

"I don't understand. If she isn't a demigod, why would she be surrounded by a force field after a building blew up because she researched Greek mythology?" Percy said.

"Look, don't ask me...I just know her scent is completely mortal. You should probably talk to Chiron. Look, I'd love to stay and chat, but Juniper will kill me if I'm late for our date again! Bye!" And Grover trotted away.

Annabeth called over a boy, "Hey Nico, sorry but could you finish Pearl's tour of camp? Me and Percy need to talk with Chiron."

"Sure Annabeth," the boy said. He turned towards me. "Hi, I'm Nico."

Looking up at the boy, I expected to see a small, scrawny, boy about the age of 13. Instead, there before me, was at a boy around the age of 15, about my height, and beautiful, shiny black hair that fell slightly in front of his eyes. He had solemn but handsome features and dark, sad eyes, like he had been through so much already in his life.

He wore a black aviator's jacket, black jeans, a white t-shirt with a black skull design in the left corner. He wore a chain for a belt, a silver skull ring and at his side hung a pure black sword.

I realized I was staring and quickly looked away. "Hi...umm...I'm Pearl..." I said nervously.

"See you guys soon...sorry for leaving you Pearl...have fun!" Annabeth said as she and Percy walked towards the Big House.

Nico completed the tour in a fun and interesting way, and was making me laugh the entire time, which seemed strange since he seemed like the quiet type.

"Where is your cabin?" I asked, intrigued.

"Umm...it's over on the right...Hades cabin...it's the one with skeletons guarding the door and green fire torches." He said.

"Your dads Hades? That's cool, I guess. I don't know much about the gods, but your cabin's pretty cool...did you design it yourself?"

Nico stood dumbstruck for a moment. "Um...yeah... but I had a little help drawing out the design. Sketching isn't exactly a strength of Hades..."

"Oh that's cool. Does anyone else live there with you, I mean…do you have siblings?" I asked.

"Not any living ones...my sister died a few years ago...other than that...Hades hasn't sired any other children..." Nico said softly.

"That sounds lonely. Do you have a girlfriend or friends that you hang out with?" I asked anxiously.

"Well...I'm not usually at camp and even when I'm here I usually isolate myself or talk to Percy and I don't have a girlfriend." Nico said.

I let out a slight sigh of relief then said "I should probably get back to the Big House..."Nico looked disappointed but agreed.

We walked in silence until we reached the Big House. I turned and said "Thanks for the tour Nico...it was...nice." and gave him a cute smile. Nico shrugged like it was no big deal but seemed happy.

Walking inside... I heard voices quietly speaking in a room down the hall. I crept closer until I could make out what they were saying.

"...but how is that possible Chiron?" A voice Pearl recognized as Annabeth's said.

"What could have the power?" Another voice, probably Percy's said.

"The most powerful gods, the big three, once every millennium under a special and extremely rare occasion, they are empowered with triple the power they had normally. The gods can harvest the power and use it when they wish, but only once until the circumstances happen once again. Originally, Hades and Poseidon used their powers to destroy more than half of the Titan's army, which was part of the reason the gods won the Titan War. Zeus originally saved his power, and then used it to defeat his brothers and become ruler of the gods. "A voice I concluded was Chiron's replied.

Annabeth said."What's the rare circumstance that enhances their powers?"

"A powerful storm or natural disaster is usually the mortal cover for it. Pompeii was one. But Mount Vesuvius explosion was only part of it. In the then undiscovered Americas, every deceased animal, insect and person ever to die there, rose up and terrorized the continents. And a horrible lightning storm was spread all across Indonesia and Australia. But this only lasted a couple days. Then all that remained was ash, dirt and burn marks. I don't quite remember what it was exactly, but I know something like this happened about 15 years ago, but Zeus used his 'enhanced power' to weave the mist so tightly that every living creature forgot. "Chiron said softly.

"So you think it was either Poseidon or Hades...but why would they? What purpose would they have? We know that Thalia, Percy and Nico are the only big three children in existence!" Annabeth interrupted.

Suddenly a conch horn was blown and Chiron said. "Time for dinner you two and Percy, find Pearl and bring her to dinner."

I quickly ran upstairs to my temporary room and just as I threw myself into a chair, Percy came and brought me to dinner.

Sitting at the table with Chiron and Dionysus was strange enough, but dumping food into the fire was almost too much. Some satyrs tried to make small talk with me but soon gave up after I obviously was distracted and just nodded or said "uh huh."

After dinner, all the campers ran toward the armory or their cabins. Percy came up to me and said "Capture the flag, it's pretty popular." I watched as campers strapped on armor and grabbed sharp spears and weapons and gave him a quizzical look "You guys seem take a game pretty seriously. Do I get to play?" Percy looked surprised but said "Sure, if you want you can be on my team. We're red. Are alliance is Apollo, Hermes and Hephaestus and Dionysus. Everyone else is with Athena."

Annabeth came up and said "Actually, Percy I was thinking she'd be on my team. I'd be better at explaining. Besides you have to try your hardest so I feel like I played a good game when I win." I smiled and said "No offense Percy but I'll stick with Annabeth, I don't want to get in your way, besides I prefer blue to red." I flashed a quick smile then ran off toward the armory with Annabeth.

Reaching the armory Annabeth said, "I think I'll put you on border patrol..."

Sorry if you dislike my description of Nico but that how I picture him. Anyway hope your enjoying the story! Remember to review!