Everyone started at me and knelt for a moment before rising again. I felt uncomfortable under their gaze. I gave a few that were whispering in the uneasy crowdsteady gaze. Hades was an outcast and I could tell that they were thinkingof
/what to do with me. I gave one last look at the silenced people and walked away.

Once I was out of sight, I ran to the Hades cabin. Jaxon showed it to me during the tour and I felt drawn to it. I ran behind it and started to cry. I knew that everyone would be looking for me, but I wanted to be alone. This was the only safe place onearth
/for people like me. I was safe and then I was isolated like I was a wicked witch. I drew my knees into my chest and hid my face in my arms. Someone was standing next to me. They just...appeared.

"Hey."

"What do you want?" I replied, not looking up.

"I've heard that your the new camper and you've just been claimed." He sat right next to me and put his arm around my shoulders.

"And I've heard that you are my new sister."

My eyes widened as my tears came to a stop. I looked up cautiously and saw an older boy who looked almost exactly like me. I brought my heard out of my arms and took a closer look at him.

"My name is Nico diAngelo."

"Krystal Johnson."

There was no need for words. We understood each other immediately. We would never be treated the same as the other campers. More tears started streaming out of my eyes as I hugged him and cried into his shoulder. I didn't know him that well and I didn'ttrust
/him enough to open up. But it was enough trust that I knew he wouldn't try to hurt me in any way. I could hear people calling my name, but I didn't care.

After a night's sleep in the cabin I walked to the arena at six in the morning. I hated it. But I needed to train alone with Nico. He taught me how to summon a skeleton or ghosts. I summoned ghosts with ease as for the skeletons... not so much. I summoneda
/dog bone. Nico almost broke out laughing and he would've if he wasn't so grumpy and tired. I guess the children of Hades are not morning people.

Once the first people started trickling in and giving us wary looks we walked out. I went straight back to the cabin to sleep until breakfast.

I dreamt of what I assumed was the underworld. I was by a river and there was a ghost by it.

"Hello Krystal."

"Who are you?" I asked.

"My name is Bianca diAngelo."

"You're Nico's sister!" I exclaimed.

"Yes I am. That also makes me yours."

"Why have you come?"

"Please take care of my brother. I don't think I've ever seen him this emotional since he found Hazel."

I nodded. "Thank you Bianca. I swear that I will take care of him. He has made my world brighter as well."

She had already started to fade when shesmiledsadly and said something that shocked me to the bone.

"You're just like your mother."

Once she was gone I was plunged into darkness. It gave me time to think. I'd always wondered why the shadows always clinged to me. It was like I absorbed them. Theygave

me power, which was the main reason I traveled by night. I would have pondered on this more if I hadn't been woken.

"Wake up! It's time for breakfast."

I said something brilliant like, "Huh, ughwhaa?"

Suddenly cold water splashed my face. My eyes snappedopen and glared at a smirking Nico. Standing right next to him was Percy Jackson, the son of the sea god. Percy was cracking up. I gave my signature death stare to Percy. Nico immediatelygota
serious face on. I was furious. So furious that I was about to summon my greatest secrets and best companions. Percy was now crying he was laughing so hard. My eyesight became blurry for a moment as it always does.

A huge black wolf with pure white eyesleaped out of nowhere and tackled Percy while a pure white one with jet black eyes sat next to me. Percy wasn't laughing now. He looked scared.

"Don't ever do that again Jackson. You hear me?"

"Where did the wolf come from?"

"Do you hear me?"

"Loud and clear!" He yelped.

"Shadow! You can leave him alone now."

She gave Percy one last growl before leaping on my bed next to me. Nico looked at me with huge, unblinking eyes.

"Holy Hades Krystal! What was that!"

"My companions that stayed with me while no human would. This is Luna and this is Shadow."

"You're just full of surprised aren't you!"

The corner of my lip twitched.

"Aren't we going to be late for breakfast?"

"What about the wolves?" Percy said warily as he got up, looking at each of the wolves in turn. I looked at Luna, the more sensible one.

Can we trust them?

Yes, for now at least. I replied

We should kill them all! Shadow butted in.

We are going to stay with you until we know the danger has passed and no killing. Luna calmly said.

Fine. Shadow retorted.

"The wolves are staying with me until they know the danger has passed." I said.

"Ok." Nico shrugged his shoulders.

Percy looked nervous as he exited the room. Nico followed as I changed into regular clothes. A tight,black thumb-hole jacket with black leggings and blackcombat boots. Luna, Shadow, and I then exited the cabin to go to breakfast.