The First of Many

by Idhopedforbetter

Leo Valdez and Anneira Reine became friends when Leo was on the run. Now, they meet again in high school. When a quest to save the big three goes wrong, Nico leads a quest against Chaos. Not slash! Post HoO. Also contains other characters from HoO including Hazel, Piper and, Jason. My first story!

18. Chapter 18

Nico's POV

I could tell Jason hated the underworld. His eyes darted in every direction and he kept fingering his gold coin. Hazel made small talk to ease the tension, but it's difficult not to be tense inside a chaotic cloud of black. We wandered around a bit, Hazel and I directing us as best as possible.

Eventually, we reached the base of a cliff about a hundred feet high. There was no end to the wall of rock in sight, so Jason flew us up. About twenty feet from the edge was another rock wall, this one taller than we could seen. There was a dark, spooky cave that we could only see a few feet into, even when we used a flashlight. Since it had been a rather exhausting day, we decided to camp outside the cave for the night.

After we set up our sleeping roles, Jason lit a few sparks on some wood and we sat around our fire, making s'mores. Hazel had finally stopped talking, and she looked rather sad. She curled up in a ball and went silent. After a while, her breathing slowed and she muttered in her sleep softly.

Jason and I sat in silence for a bit before he interupted it, "So whats the plan for tomorrow?" "I guess we continue into the cave and try to find Autumn." I replied. "Do you have any idea where Percy is?" he asked. "No idea, but I can contact Annabeth and find out how things are going." I said, fishing through my pack. I pulled out a prism I always kept with me and a Drachma.

"Show me Annabeth Chase." I said, tossing the coin into the small rainbow created by the prism. Annabeth appeared talking to Leo and Anneira, "…to the museum to get Percy. Oh, hey guys." she said to us. "Hi," Jason said, "What's going on?" He asked. "We found Percy!" Leo said, "He's in the Smithsonian basement. We're just making a plan." "Well," Anneira said, "Annabeth was making a plan, you were making a mini transformer robot." she corrected. Leo smiled guiltily.

"Well, we've got to get some sleep, we'll check in with you tomorrow." I said before waving my hand throw the picture making it disapear. I lied down to get some sleep as Jason took first watch.