We arrived on the outskirts of a little ski town nestled in the mountains. The sign said WELCOME TO CLOUDCROFT, NEW MEXICO. The air was cold and thin. The roofs of the cabins were heaped with snow, and dirty mounds of it were piled up on the sides of the streets. Tall pine trees loomed over the valley, casting pitch-black shadows, though the morning was sunny.

It is much colder here than anywhere I've ever been, because everyone was shaking, even Percy. I have to admit it was cold, even with my power to keep myself warm in places like these. We walked for half a mile and then we stopped in the middle of town. You could pretty much see everything from there: a school, a bunch of tourist stores and cafes, some ski cabins, and a grocery store.

"Great," Thalia said, looking around. "No bus station. No taxis. No car rental. No way out."

"There's a coffee shop!" said Grover.

"Yes," Zoe said. "Coffee is good."

"And pastries," Grover said dreamily. "And wax paper."

Thalia sighed. "Fine. How about you two go get us some food. Percy, Bianca, and I will check in the grocery store. Maybe they can give us directions."

I wonder what I should do. I've got nothing to do, so I guess…I'll wait…I hate doing nothing…But then again all demi-gods feel like that when something major is going down. It's been ten minutes and no one came out the stores, I wouldn't blame them for taking their time. I mean, it's pretty cold out here…Understatement it's freezing out here. Like it's the North Pole or something.

I waited another five minutes and saw Thalia, Percy and Bianca come out of the grocery store. They stopped at the porch, "Wonderful," Thalia grumped. "I'm going to walk down the street, see if anybody in the other shops has a suggestion."

"But the clerk said—"

"I know," she told me. "I'm checking anyway."

I stood there watched Thalia walk down the road, she is really restless, like damn, she wants to get out of here as soon as possible. We all do…I looked at Percy and Bianca, well now…These two are cozy…They stood together awkwardly.

"Nice rat," Bianca said.

Percy set his rat on the porch railing.

"So… how do you like being a Hunter so far?" He asked.

She pursed her lips. "You're not still mad at me for joining, are you?"

"Nah. Long as, you know… you're happy."

I see Percy is learning to accept that everyone can make their own decisions.

"I'm not sure 'happy' is the right word, with Lady Artemis gone. But being a Hunter is definitely cool. I feel calmer somehow. Everything seems to have slowed down around me. I guess that's the immortality."

I get how she's feeling, but then again I don't, because I only feel like that when I'm angry…Everything around me slows down not time itself, but I see everything, it slows down in my mind but in reality, it's just my reflexes kicking in. That's the way I think it goes for me…But, I may be wrong about that.

"Nico didn't understand my decision," Bianca murmured. She looked at Percy like she wanted assurance it was okay.

"He'll be all right," Percy said. "Camp Half-Blood takes in a lot of young kids. They did that for Annabeth."

Hearing her name made me feel bad…Bianca nodded. "I hope we find her. Annabeth, I mean. She's lucky to have a friend like you."

"Lot of good it did her."

"Don't blame yourself Percy. You risked your life to save my brother and me. I mean, that was seriously brave. If I hadn't met you, I wouldn't have felt okay about leaving Nico at the camp. I figured if there were people like you there, Nico would be fine. You're a good guy."

I know Percy feels like it's his fault Annabeth ended up getting captured. But it was all my fault, I don't get why he feels like it was his fault…I mean I had so many chances to save her. I still do. So he shouldn't be beating himself up, I'm not, and this all happened because of me.

Percy smiled, "Even though I knocked you down in capture the flag?"

She laughed. "Okay. Except for that, you're a good guy."

A couple hundred yards away, Grover and Zoe came out of the coffee shop loaded down with pastry bags and drinks. "So what's the story with you and Nico?" I asked her. "Where did you go to school before Westover?"

She frowned. "I think it was a boarding school in D.C. It seems like so long ago."

"You never lived with your parents? I mean, your mortal parent?" Percy asked.

"We were told our parents were dead. There was a bank trust for us. A lot of money, I think. A lawyer would come by once in a while to check on us. Then Nico and I had to leave that school." Bianca said.

"Why?" Percy said.

She knit her eyebrows. "We had to go somewhere. I remember it was important. We traveled a long way. And we stayed in this hotel for a few weeks. And then… I don't know. One day a different lawyer came to get us out. He said it was time for us to leave. He drove us back east, through D.C. Then up into Maine. And we started going to Westover."

Hotel? Hades said something about my siblings being in the Lotus Hotel and Casino…I suddenly remembered something…My first dream I had when I was brought back into this world. Hades was with a woman and their children. And then the woman went to get her purse she left in the hotel room…She said to watch over…Bianca and Nico…That was so long ago…But…I remembered it.

"So you've been raising Nico pretty much all your life?" Percy asked. "Just the two of you?"

She nodded. "That's why I wanted to join the Hunters so bad. I mean, I know it's selfish, but I wanted my own life and friends. I love Nico—don't get me wrong—I just needed to find out what it would be like not to be a big sister twenty-four hours a day."

My mind was going a million miles per hour. I need to see father. I need to talk to him. These guys can handle themselves for a few hours. I shadow traveled to the underworld instantly, I ran past the security and went to my father's Palace, and I burst through the doors and yelled, "Father! I need to speak with you!"

I ran down the hall into my father's throne room. He was in his tall form. "What it is it?" His voice was steely, "I'm sorry for yelling, but…he names of my siblings…Would they happen to be Bianca and Nico di Angelo?" I asked impatiently.

My father looked down at me. His eyes told me no story behind this, "How do you know those names?" He asked me. I gulped, "I found them at Westover Hall. And recently one of them said, 'we stayed in this hotel for a few weeks. And then… I don't know' I'm guessing that was the Lotus Hotel and Casino?"

Hades sighed, "You're right, those two are your lost siblings…I want to know how you found out about them, or how you knew about them." Hades asked. I turned around, I guess this is all I came for, "I have a dream about them." I told him. I started to walk out when Hades called out, "Wyatt…" I looked back, "Yes father?"

He had a look of regret, "Never mind, you should get back to the others…"

I hesitated, what was he going to tell me?

This is it for today, I hope this is enough :D

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