Bit late but i have exams and revision for my GCSE's and i had promised you guys longer chapters so... Here it is! :)

Chapter 4

When she regained consciousness, the first thing she felt was a pounding wound on the back of her head. She groaned and brought her hand up to touch it, before she could though, something warm grabbed it carefully and put it back down. Why did she feel so bad? What had happened? That was when it all came flooding back, the old woman, the chase, and Alex screaming her name desperately but her not getting to him. Her eyes snapped open and she sat up. Bad move as her head went dizzy and her stomach did somersaults, almost causing her to puke up the contents of her stomach. When her sight returned to normal, a pounding headache emerged causing her to gasp in pain. A boy with messy black hair and black clothes knelt in front of her, his eyes oddly caring but dead at the same time.

"Are you OK?" he asked his voice calm and soothing. Amelia still wasn't sure whether to trust him or not so just slightly nodded her head warily. His eyes narrowed slightly and he took a deep breath,

"You probably don't want to trust me, I'm a complete stranger right? But please hear me out." He said quickly, looking Amelia in the eye. She wanted to trust him but she still wasn't sure. "My name is not important right now but what I'm about to tell you is. You are a demigod and are being hunted. I've followed these monsters for weeks now wondering where they were heading but now I know. They are after you. I don't know why or anything but they are." He stopped and Amelia's face a mask of shock. A million questions raced around her head.

"What?" she asked lamely. If the questions were people they'd be staring at her with such unbelievably ashamed faces that she'd had run away there and then. But she couldn't run, she didn't know why. She couldn't move or speak. What he was saying was myth; demigods were in history with Hercules and Theseus, not in the modern day with her, although…

"Are you a demigod?" his eyes opened in shock and he seemed to double take a moment,

"Well yes, but,"

"And do you know who your godly parent is,"

"Yes,"

"Lastly, have you ever lost a sibling which you cherished dearly," his lips pursed and a pained expression filled his face. He took a deep breath,

"Yes," Amelia thought about Alex and how she had no idea where he was,

"Please help me find Alex," she whispered, he didn't seem to hear for a moment but then something dawned on his face, she didn't know what it was and it scared her.

"That boy, who was taken, was he your brother?" he asked, an inquisitive look on his face, she nodded feebly and his face sank. "I know how you feel, I really do. I can also help, you see there's this camp…"

"Who are you?" She interrupted,"

"I'm Nico," he replied automatically, seemingly regretting it immediately afterwards.

"Well, I'm Amelia. If all this is true then why would Alex be affected? He has a proper mum and everything since he was young," his brow furrowed and a confused look passed over his face.

"How close were you to him?"

"Closer than you could ever think,"

"Did this show a lot when you were around him?"

"Why do you need to know this," she said bluntly, shock amusement on her face. He contemplated the answer,

"Because I need to know why they'd be interested in Alex if there is no chance of him being a demigod,"

"You mean you don't know?" the look he gave her scared her more than anything. It was full of regret, pain, sadness and fear for what was to come.

"Who is your Godly parent," she asked, needing to know. She had been taught about Greek mythology all of her life by her father and she had always had an interest in it.

"Hades," he said. She skipped a beat, the God of the underworld, the one who collected all the dead souls. The one who she had been scared of all of her life. She had no idea why but she thought it may have been fuelled by her fear of dying; she hated anything linked to death in the slightest so she clung to life with a vicelike grip.

"Look, my dad's going to be wondering where I am so…"

"You can't just run away. You're a demigod, you're being hunted and we need to know why. So many questions lay around you so you cannot, and I repeat, you cannot run away from this." He said, emphasising on what she can or cannot do but she wasn't having any of it.

"I'm going home, I'm forming a plan then I'm getting Alex. Thank you Nico for helping me out with that crazy old woman but I have a brother who needs me now more than ever." She said politely, standing up and only now taking in her surroundings. She was on a flat bench by a fountain which no longer worked. It hadn't worked at all it seemed but it was a nice place that she'd bring Alex to if he got mad. It was situated in the middle of the central park and she knew her way home quickly so before Nico could say otherwise she ran. She ran as if hellhounds were on her tail. Where had that come from? She heard Nico behind her trying desperately to catch up with her but he had no chance. She knew the area better than him and she had always been a quick runner, faster than him it may have seemed. But as soon as she left the park and looked back, she knew she had a problem. Plan B was to use shortcuts and winding alleys in an attempt to lose him but she knew that wouldn't work, he seemed to have the same reactions as her. Quick and sharp. She would just have to outrun him. Every minute she ran though the closer he got. He was only about 2 metres behind when she reached her street she ran to where her house was and stopped short of the gate. Where her house was gone, burnt, just charcoal on the ground. She barely got out her question as tears threatened to spill and a scream emerge,

"Just how long was I out for?"

So here's a longer chapter. About 1000 words i think... Please review and tell me what you think!