Hazel's POV:

"Hey Frank, have you noticed Nico acting weird lately?" I asked nervously as I watched Frank shoot arrows. He's been training nonstop ever since we got here.

"Um, no. Not more than usual, why?" he asked, sparing me a glance before he went back to shooting his target.

I sighed, "I don't know, it's just… weird. He seems more distant but he doesn't seem sad. Do you think he could've got a girlfriend?" My eyes widened, "Or a boyfriend! Is it possible? I want to ask him."

"You want me to come with you?" Frank asked as he put his bow down after shooting the last arrow – bull's eye.

I nodded as I took his hand. Together, we walked to cabin thirteen. On the way, we saw Connor talking to Lou Ellen, Katie chasing Travis, Piper and Jason were making out against the Zeus cabin, Drew was flirting up some guy from the army with the hellfire badges, Grover was talking to Coach Hedge, and Leo was strolling around the camp with Calypso – he freed her from Ogygia, but that's a story for another day…

When we finally got to the Hades cabin, I knocked on the door. After a minute of silence, I tried the knob and found it open. I gently pushed the door open and was greeted with the sight of a shirtless Nico dripping sweat while practicing sword techniques with his TV playing Supernatural reruns. His cabin was as messy as the last time we visited; wrappers here, clothes there, a sword sticking out from under the bed…

I cleared my throat loudly causing him to look up. He smiled, "Haze, I haven't seen you in a while."

Before I could open my mouth, Frank blurted out, "Are you high on happy juice?"

Nico shot him a weird look and turned to me for an answer. I shrugged, "You seem really… happy."

"And the problem is…?"

"It's not a problem," I quickly denied, "is there a reason, what with the war coming?"

He shrugged just as the conch sounded, signifying a threat. We all looked at each other and ran to the border – Nico still without a shirt and a sword in his hand. We pushed through the crowd as Frank asked, "What happened?"

I looked up and gasped, "Oh my," I pointed at the pure black figure in the sky breathing fire. "Look!"

There were murmurs along the line of "What dragon is that?" and "Who sent that?" as a bunch of archers got ready to shoot. Michie from the Apollo cabin shot the dragon but the arrow ricocheted as if there were an invisible shield protecting it from harm. Not only that, the dragon blew on the arrow, setting it on fire. Suddenly, everyone got into defense mode and got their weapons out. A bunch of the Ares campers threw whatever they had nearby at the dragon.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Ash running toward us.

"Campers, stand down!" She shouted as an apple – of all things – hit the dragon. Ash did something with her hands making all of the weapons in the air freeze.

Some people kept throwing things causing Nico to yell, "Cut it out!"

The dragon slowly descended into the camp – how it got passed the border, I have no idea. Some people took a few frightened steps back while others glared at the thing.

"Akyssa, go home, I'm fine. I'll call when I need you." Ash touched the head of the dragon and it vanished into black matter.

Nico blew a low whistle appreciatively as some of the girls around suddenly got flustered at his bare chest, "You have a pet dragon."

"And you have a pet hellhound, it's not weird, it's awesome." She answered, smirking at his direction. She glanced down, "Did she set your shirt on fire or something?"

Nico looked down as if just noticing his choice of clothes – or lack, thereof – as the Stolls came up to Ash.

"How do you control that thing?" Travis asked at the same time as his brother asked, "Where can I get one?"

Ash smirked and walked away without answering the questions. This girl is trouble, I thought.

Annabeth's POV:

"Why did Akyssa come here?" I asked Ash as we entered the cabin.

She shrugged and said, "No idea."

I raised a blonde eyebrow at her, crossing my arms and putting my lips in a thin line.

"There's probably a threat coming – soon." The off-white haired girl said with a tired sigh, "I fear the battle will start soon. It's happening all too fast."

"What threat? What's going on?" Luke asked Ash with a concerned glance.

I pursed my lips as I remembered my last encounter with Luke. I quickly wiped the memory out of my mind and turned back to Ash, "A, what's up?"

"Not yet," she murmured as she looked at the door, waiting for the rest of the soldiers to arrive into the cabin.

Ash cleared her throat as everyone took their hoods off and locked the cabin door. "Well, Akyssa didn't exactly come here for no reason…"

"What's the reason?" Percy asked as he came beside me and pulled me into his side.

Mason stared down at Ash while tugging on his dark hair; he wasn't taller than her by much but tall enough to boost his ego. "Yeah, what's going on?"

"Prepare for war." Ash stated with a grimace.

Immediately chatter burst throughout the cabin between the two armies.

I gripped Percy's arm and asked, "Do you think they're ready for this?"

He shook his head in reply. I leaned my head into his chest with a frown.

If the visions come true, everyone is going to die.

Zero inspiration. I had this chapter written for a while but it was written as uncompleted. Finally finished it. It's a bit short but it's better than nothing, right?

Well… I updated… Merry Christmas and happy Hanukah. I finally figured out a story plot and you can thank Wattpad for that because that's where I've been on my long break. Keep in mind, my updates will still be slow af but I'm working on it. If you want to check out my account, it's still Goddess_Chaos. Don't be a silent reader and tell me what you think!

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Ω Yours in demigodishness and all that, peace out Ω

-Mal