Nico had been looking for Will for hours. He was going to go look down at the lake for the second time. When he ran into a out of breath Chiron.
"Nico, we have been looking for you everywhere!" Chiron panted.
"I am sorry I-"
"No time for explanations! Get your sister Hazel and meet my in the big house as soon as possible!"Chiron galloped off into the evening. Nico wonder why he said his sister Hazel. Didn't he only have one sister alive? Gods, he missed Bionca.
It didn't take him long to find Hazel. She was right outside the Hades cabin.
"Hazel, we've got to go to the big house right now."
"Why?" Hazel asked as she walked to Nico.
"I don't know. Chiron said to."
When they arrived at the big house they heard lots of screaming and yelling.
"Let me go! I swear I am innocent!"
"It's ok."Chiron voice sounded calm.
"I don't know how I got here!" More screaming."LET ME GOOOOOOO!"
"You sure he wants us for this?"Hazel said looking unsure."Shouldn't the Ares kids handle this maniac?"
Nico just shrugged.
"Well, lets go and see."
They opened the door to see and girl with long brown hair and striking icy blue eyes,was tied to a chair and, was doing all the yelling and screaming. Chiron was pacing on the other ended of the room.
"Oh, there you are! What took you so long!"Chiron looked exhausted.
"Umm... I'm sorry, sir."Hazel said.
"WELL I AM NOT! HELP! PEOPLE KNOCK THE CRAZY HORSE MAN OUT!" The girl screeched.
Nico took a step back. This girl made him nervous.
"Well guys this girl was found messing with Thalia's tree."
"NO I wasn't!"
"What is your name?" asked Chiron.
"Ivy Beckham," replied the strange girl. She had a lot of black eye makeup and dark lipstick.
"Oh my gods! Like David Beckham?" Leo said bursting into the room.
"Spelled like that, but NO! I'm not related to him," The girl shouted, obviously angry ( she must have been asked that a lot.)
"Anyway," said Chiron, "What were you doing to that tree?"
"Well, I was taking a walk and then I saw a weird tree. I saw no one else around so i thought, oh, why don't I carve my name in it with my swiss army knife? What would happen?"
"A lot." said Hazel.
"I don't get what the big deal is. I was just walking with my friend-"
"What friend? You were alone," said Chiron suspiciously.
"Ummmm…"
"Answer him," said Nico.
"Well, you see, I'm not insane. Just don't tell anyone. My only friend died last year, but ever since, I've been talking to her ghost and summoning it."
"Holy Hephaestus," said Leo, his eyes wide.
"WHAT? I'M NOT INSANE! PLEASE BELIEVE ME!"
"You're not insane. Don't worry," said Nico, looking very serious.
"Wait! You believe me?"
"Yes, child," said Chiron
"So do you know what's been happening to me?"
"Yeah," replied Hazel.
"You've had a long day do you want us to take you home?" Leo asked.
"NO! YOU CAN'T TAKE ME THERE!"
"Why not child?"
"Well, ummm. I don't have a home. Both my parents died eight years ago when I was 11."
"Oh then you will have to stay here."
"Wait why?"
"Too many monsters"
"Ok, fine. But only if you untie me."
"I'll take you to where you're going to sleep," said Nico.
"Thanks,"