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The first part of this story will be from different POVs except you can't read the exact thoughts. Sort of like in The Lost Hero and the Son of Neptune. ENJOY!

"Percy?"

"Nico? Whe-"

"Guys, if that's really you, can someone turn on the lights?"

"Thals/Thalia?" Thalia rolled her eyes at where she presumed her cousins were. She pretended to be offended.

"Seriously, Kelp Head. Don't you know me? I'm hurt."

Percy's voice was somewhere to Thalia's left. "Shut up Pinecone Face."

She heard a slight shuffling and footsteps. Then she felt someone step on her toes. On instinct, she backhanded whoever stepped on her. A girlish yelp was heard followed by the sound of falling on the floor.

"OW! That hurt!" Nico's pained voice said.

"Sorry Death Breath. Just so you know, it's not wise to step on my toes."

Percy stifled his laughter, fearing he might end up way worse than Nico. The two could practically feel Nico rolling his eyes.

"Good to know…"

Thalia grinned and flashed a peace sign at the boys or where she thought they were. More footsteps were heard, plus another of Nico's girly yelps.

"THALIA!" Said girl frowned. "That wasn't me…" Percy spoke up, his two cousins having forgotten that he was there. "Sorry Nicki." They heard Nico grumbling in pain.

"Don't call me Nicki! Lady Tyche (Fortuna) must not like me today. First I failed in Greek Mythology then I-"

"Wait. You failed Greek Mythology? How could you fail? That's got to be the only subject in the world that's important to demigods." Percy said. Nico just grumbled in response.

"As I was saying, so I failed Greek Myth then I get grounded for failing Greek Myth . Just when I was going to shadow travel out of my room, a stupid light had to cover me and now I'm stuck here… IN THE DARK NO LESS! UGH!"

Percy and Thalia were snickering at their cousin's antics.

"Wouldn't you like it in the dark, Nico?" asked a laughing Percy.

"SHUT UP, KELP BRAIN!"

As soon as they stopped laughing a bright light illuminated the room, blinding the young demigods.

"The light! FINALLY!" Thalia said while adjusting her vision to the brightness.

Percy was rubbing his eyes. "You could say that again, Thals."

Nico, on the other hand, had begun liking the darkness and dramatically fell when the light illuminated the room. "THE LIGHT! IT BURNNSSSS! Someone kill me now."

This earned him two eye rolls from his cousins. Once everyone was ok, the three sat down and examined the room.

"Do you think it's a trap?" Nico asked while nervously fidgeting with his sword. He didn't do well with traps. Thalia shrugged while Percy shook his head. "How would you know if it's not a trap?" questioned Thalia. Percy sighed in response. "If it was a trap, we would have been killed or maimed or attacked or bound and or gagged by now which we haven't. So it's safe to assume that we aren't in a trap."

Thalia raised an eyebrow at him. "When did you get so smart?" Percy stuck his tongue out at her. "I have always been smart. I just… need to act immediately that I can't use my intelligence."

Nico tried not to laugh. Instead it came out as a muffled cough. "Whatever helps you sleep at night Perce." Percy stuck his tongue out again.

"So… any idea where we are and why we're here?" asked Thalia. The other two just shrugged which lead all of them to sigh. Just then a piece of paper came out of nowhere , rolled like a scroll with a ribbon on it. It floated for a few seconds before gracefully landing on Percy's lap. (A/N: They were sitting, remember?)

"O-o-ookayyy…" Percy unrolled the paper and read its contents. "Thank the gods it's in Greek." Thalia glared at him. "Are you gonna read it or what?" Percy smiled sheepishly at her. "Sorry. Here it goes"

Dear Percy, Thalia and Nico,

If you have received this letter, it means that we're having slight problems with the time machine thing. We, the Fates and I, have sent you three to the past for a little… field trip you might say. You won't have to do anything major… just read a couple of books.

Make sure no one gets killed while you read. Once you finish reading this letter, you will be teleported to the annual Winter Solstice meeting held the year after young Thalia was turned into a tree. You need not tell the gods your parentage since it will be told in the books. Stay alive.

Love,

Grandmother Rhea… and the Fates

PS. I'll be sending some of your friends every now and then, grandchildren.

A moment of silence passed…

"BOOKS! We're sent into the past for gods-forsaken BOOKS!" Percy tried to calm Thalia down as Nico read the letter to himself.

"Calm down, Thalia. There must be a reason behind it. The mother of the gods wouldn't just send people into the past without a reason." Thalia sighed and sat down. So did Percy.

The moment they did the ground or floor underneath them opened up and for the second time that day, they found themselves falling but this time into a big white hole.

A/N: I am so sorry it was boring. This was supposed to be the chapter where they started reading but it felt incomplete. I'm not sure when I'll be updating again. Please don't kill me. Review!

- magicdemi