I was playing another game with my best friend Nico and his sister Bianca. We were at this place called Lotus Hotel and Casino. All three of us were like a family. I don't remember much before I came to the Casino, all I know is that Bianca and Nico were always there for me. Bianca is the oldest, I was born a year after, and Nico the year after me. I have been here for a day, month, I don't know. Anyways, back to the games.

Nico and I were playing this new game, 'call of duty'. It was great. Suddenly, there was a commotion at the lobby. I turned and saw a boy with jet black hair, a blonde girl and a curly brown-haired boy. They were leaving the Hotel, weird, I've never seen anyone leave... Never mind, they must have been in a hurry.

A couple of hours, I think, after that little commotion, a woman entered the Hotel. She seemed familiar, although I don't know why. She *insert Mrs. Dodds description*. She walked directly towards me, Nico, and Bianca.

"Come with me kids" she told us in a stern voice.

"Who are you?" Bianca asked, already in defensive.

"I am your father's lawyer; he has told me to take you to school"

"Our parents are dead" Bianca kept challenging.

"It was on his will; it took me a while to find you"

"What does it have to do with Keith?" she kept questioning.

"He wrote to not separate you, so he left some things for him too"

"Let us go get our things then" Bianca said in defeat.

Out of options, Bianca, Nico, and I went to get our things. I only had a couple of Hotel t-shirts and a dagger. The dagger was my most priced possession, my mom left it to me before she disappeared. It had a weird symbol on it, but I didn't know what it meant. After we were ready, the three of us followed the mysterious lady out of the Casino.

Bianca had always been protective over us; she makes herself responsible if anything happens because she's the oldest. I sometimes help her take care of Nico, he's so naive and curious about everything. But it's dangerous to not question things a little, so the both of us are always watching over him. I can tell Bianca is thankful when I take Nico to play Mythomagic or some other game, after all she needs some time for her own.

The lawyer led us to a car, and we climbed inside. After a few hours of driving, me and Nico playing Mythomagic while Bianca looked out the window with a curious expression, we arrived at a medieval-castle-like looking structure.

"This is your school, Westover Hall. Bianca, you will be in 7th grade, Keith in 6th, and Nico in 5th. Is everything clear?"

"Yes ma'am" Bianca, Nico and I chorused.

With that, or maybe my imagination was playing tricks on me, she vanished into the shadows. The three of us made our way towards the school. When we walked inside, we were greeted by a strange man. My gut told me to run, but I ignored it.

"Hello there, kids. You must be the new students, I'm Doctor Thorn. Please follow me"

It had been a few months since we started school. My suspicions towards Doctor Thorn had only increased. I seriously wanted to get out of this place, but that's a normal feeling for students.

Today, we were finally going to the city. I was in awe, so much had changed since we went in the Casino. I actually can't seem to remember when we went in, but it did not look like this. There was this thing called the Subway System. It was super cool, you traveled underground!

Bianca, Nico and I hadn't made any friends, so we stuck together. Bianca bought this drink called smoothie and Nico and I got milkshakes. They were delicious.

When it was time to go back, I could have sworn I saw a man with horns driving a bus. He was looking directly at us with an amazed look on his face. I didn't see him after, but we returned to school more cheerful than before.

Midway into the school year, a guy named Grover joined my class. He was friendly. We even hung out sometimes along with the di Angelos. Grover always seemed a bit jumpy when he was close to Dr. Thorn, as if he could sense there was something weird with him too.

The time for the Winter Dance came. Everyone was exited, which meant I wasn't. I decided to go alone, seeing no point in going with someone else.

At the dance, Bianca Nico and I went to the back of the gym, not wanting to be the center of attention. I didn't see Grover anywhere, I wondered where he could be.

Halfway through the dance, Grover came in with three other kids I didn't recognize. One of them was a girl with spiky black hair and electric blue eyes. Another was a boy with sea green eyes and jet-black hair. Lastly, there was a girl with blonde hair and grey eyes, which seemed intimidating.

They seemed to be talking about something. I saw them glancing at me and the di Angelo siblings from time to time, but didn't think any of it. At one point, Doctor Thorn came and took us outside of the gym. He harshly took Nico and Bianca by the shoulders and directed them outside, knowing I would follow.

He took us to the empty Main Entry Hall at the school, then disappeared. After a while, the boy with sea green eyes came. Bianca tried to warn him, but he didn't get the hint until it was too late. Dr. Thorn tried to shoot him, but failed. He grabbed him by the shoulder and proceeded to do the same with Bianca, he started walking outside into the forest and Nico and I followed.

The sea green eyed boy stopped and closed his eyes.

"What are you doing Jackson?" Doctor Thorn growled. "Keep moving!"

"It's my shoulder" he answered, "it hurts"

"I'm not even grabbing you that hard" he protested. He continued shoving us deeper into the forest until we reached a clearing with a cliff overlooking the ocean.

"Where are we going?" Bianca demanded boldly.

"Silence, you insufferable girl!" Doctor Thorn snapped.

"Hey, don't talk to my sister that way!" Nico angrily shouted at him while I punched the guy in the face.

Dr. Thorn shoved Bianca to the ground and grab my shoulder instead. Really hard, may I add.

Dr. Thorn pushed us towards the edge of the cliff and transformed into a monster.

"By all means, Perseus Jackson. Jump! there's the sea. Save yourself" he urged.

"What did he call you?" Bianca muttered.

"I'll explain later" the boy, Perseus, said.

"You do have a plan, right?" I asked.

"I would kill you before you ever reach the water, you do not realize who I am do you?" Dr. Thorn asked.

Some sort of metal missile whistled close to Perseus' ear. There was something behind Thorn, like a tail.

"Unfortunately," Thorn said. "you're wanted alive, if possible. Otherwise you would already be dead"

"Who wants us" Bianca demanded. "because if you think you'll get a ransom, you're wrong. We don't have any family. Nico, Keith, and I. We've got no one but each other"

"Aww, do not worry you will be meeting my employer soon enough" Thorn said.

"Luke" the sea green-eyed boy said "you work for Luke"

"You have no idea what's happening, Son of Poseidon." he said looked towards me, "The general is looking forward to meeting you. Ah, your transportation has arrived"

I turned and saw a light in the distance, then I heard the chopping of helicopter blades.

"Where are you taking us?" Nico asked.

"You should be honored, my boy. You will have the opportunity to join a great Army! Just like that silly game you play with cards and dolls"

"They're not dolls! They're figurines! And you can take your great army and-"

"Now, now," Thorn warned, "you will change your mind about joining us, my boy. And if you do not, well... there are other uses for half-bloods. We have many mouths to feed. The Great Stirring is underway"

"The Great what?" Perseus asked, I could tell he was trying to delay Thorn.

"The stirring of monsters" Thorn smiled evilly. "The worst of them, the most powerful, are now waking. Monsters that have not been seen in thousands of years. They will cause death and destruction; the likes of which mortals have never known. And soon we shall have the most important monster of all! The one that will bring the downfall of Olympus!"

"Ok," Bianca whispered. "he's completely nuts"

"We have to jump off the cliff," Perseus told her quietly "into the sea"

"Oh, super idea. You're completely nuts, too"

All of a sudden, the spiky haired girl and Grover appeared at a clearing. Something pushed me over to the ground along with Nico and Bianca, "into the forest" a girl's voice whispered.

I turned and grabbed Nico, Bianca did the same, then started running towards the forest. I heard something and pushed the di Angelos to the ground, then sidestepped. A missile landed right where I was standing before. I quickly grabbed the siblings' hands and we hid in a nearby bush.

"That was scary, but awesome!" Nico exclaimed excitedly.

I rolled my eyes and peeked outside just in time to see the blond girl fall off the cliff with Dr. Thorn. Perseus tried to go after her, but an auburn-haired girl stopped him. The girl had an aura of power, like a goddess.

"Ye can come out now" a girl with a silver circlet on her hair said to us.

I looked at Bianca for reassurance on instinct, when she nodded, I helped Nico up and we made our way towards them.

The auburn-haired girl's eyes widened a bit when she saw me, then went back to a calm but calculating expression.

"- is gone!" the spiky haired girl was saying.

"Whoa, hold up. Time out" Bianca said. "Who... Who are you people?"

The auburn-haired girl, Lady Artemis I think, turned to her with a soft expression.

"It might be a better question, my dear girl, to ask who are you? Who are your parents?"

Bianca glanced nervously at me and Nico, who was still staring in awe at Artemis.

"Our parents are dead," Bianca said. "We are orphans. There's a bank trust to pay for school but..."

Bianca faltered. I guess he could tell from the expression on the other's faces that they didn't believe her.

"What?" she demanded. "I'm telling the truth"

"You are a half-blood," Zoë Nightshade said. Her accent sounded old-fashioned. "One of thy parents was mortal. The other was an Olympian."

"An Olympian... athlete?"

"No," Zoe said. "An Olympian God"

"Cool!" said Nico.

"No!" Bianca's voice quivered, "this is not cool!"

Nico started jumping up and down. "Does Zeus really have lightning bolts that do 600 damage? Does he get extra movement points for-"

"Nico, I don't think this is some game" I said.

"Both of you, shut up!" Bianca shouted. "This is not your stupid Mythomagic game, okay? There are no gods!"

"Bianca, I know it's hard to believe" the spiky haired girl started, "but the gods are still around. Trust me, they are immortal. And whenever they have kids with mortals, kids like us, well... Our lives are dangerous"

"Didn't you see Dr. Thorn? He acted like we were some kind if prize" I tried to convince her. I know Bianca's stubborn; she always has been. But if our lives are dangerous, like the girl who fell, we'll have to learn to trust this people.

"What about Dr. Thorn? Nico asked. "It was awesome how you shot him with arrows! Is he dead?"

"He was a manticore," Artemis said. "Hopefully, he's destroyed for now. But monsters never truly die. They reform over and over again, and they must be hunted whenever they reappear"

"Or they'll hunt us," Thalia said.

"Like that bus driver," I said. "The one with horns"

"We told you he was real!" Nico exclaimed.

"That's why Grover was watching you," Percy said. "To keep you safe, if you turned out to be half-bloods"

"Grover?" I stared at him, "you're a demigod?"

"Actually, I'm a satyr" He kicked off his shoes to reveal a pair of hooves. I thought Bianca was going to faint right then and there.

"Grover, put your shoes back on, you're freaking her out" Thalia said.

"Hey, my hooves are clean!"

"Bianca, we came here to help you. You, Keith, and Nico need training to survive. Dr. Thorn won't be the last monster you meet. You need to come to camp" Percy said.

"Camp?" She asked.

"Camp Half-Blood, it's where demigods learn to survive and stuff. You can join us, stay there year-round if you like"

"Sweet, let's go!" said Nico.

"Wait," Bianca shakes her head, "I don't-"

"There is another option," Zoë said.

"No there isn't!" Thalia said.

Both girls glared at each other.

"We have burdened these children enough," Artemis announced. "Zoë, we shall rest here for a few hours. Raise the tents and treat the wounded. Retrieve our guests' belongings from the school"

"Yes, my lady"

"And Bianca, come with me. I would like to speak with you"

"What about us?" Nico asked.

Artemis considered us.

"Perhaps you can show Grover how to play the game of cards that you enjoy. I'm sure he will be happy to entertain you for a while... As a favor to me?"

Grover nodded enthusiastically "You bet! Come on Nico, Keith!"

I wasn't stupid, I knew something was going to happen, but I kept cheerful for Nico. While he explained the rules to Grover, I tried to remember all about the Hunters.

They were a group of maidens that hunted along with Lady Artemis. All of them received partial immortality and were free to wonder around by the group. That's it, Bianca is a maiden. They will surely ask her to join the Hunt.

As if on cue, Zoë came to where we were and asked for me to follow her. We entered what seemed like the main tent, and inside were Lady Artemis and Bianca.

"Hello Keith, I have called you here to know if there was anything Thorn said to you?"

"Well, he said something about a General and that we were special, but that must have been since we were demigods and all" I said.

Artemis nodded. "Before you go, I would like to ask something to you, Bianca. Would you like to join the Hunt?"

I KNEW IT! I knew she was going to ask her to join the Hunt. I unconsciously held my breath.

"What do you think?" she asked me.

I was surprised she had asked for my opinion.

"Well, I would obviously ask you to refuse and come with us to Camp so we can stay together, but I won't be selfish. I know you have always wanted an opportunity like this, to be free of the responsibilities of taking care of Nico and I. So the decision is yours, I won't judge you"

"Is it worth it?" she asked Zoë.

"It is"

"Then what do I have to do?"

"Repeat after me. I pledge myself to the goddess Artemis, I turn my back on the company of men, accept eternal maidenhood and join the Hunt"

Bianca repeated the lines.

"That's it?"

"Now Lady Artemis has to accept thy pledge"

"I accept"

Bianca was surrounded by a silvery glow.

"I feel... stronger"

"Welcome sister" Zoë said.

The next day, the Hunters broke Camp as quickly as they had set it up. Artemis was staring into the East like she was expecting something. The Hunters were going to stay at Camp while Artemis when to hunt something.

When the sky began to lighten, Artemis muttered, "About time. He's so lazy during the winter"

"You may want to close your eyes," Artemis advised, "at least until he parks"

I averted my eyes and saw that the Hunters were doing the same. The light and warmth intensified until I felt like my clothes where melting off of me. Then suddenly the light died.

I opened my eyes and couldn't believe what I saw. In was in front of us was a red expensive-looking car. It was literally glowing from all the heat it was radiating, making the snow melt around it in a perfect circle. The driver got out, smiling. He looked about 17 or 18, had sandy blonde hair and good looks. He was tall and his smile was bright and playful. He was wearing jeans and loafers under a sleeveless t-shirt.

I heard Thalia and Percy talking next to me.

"Wow, Apollo this hot"

"Of course, he's the sun god"

"That's not what I meant" Thalia replied annoyed.

After an... interesting ride in Apollo's Chariot, which had turned into a school bus, we arrived at Camp.

The only word to describe it was, amazing.

There was a climbing wall that poured lava on the campers, an Arts and Crafts room, a beautiful Dining Pavilion, a Forge, and the most amazing, the Big House.

The Big House was decorated with strings of red and yellow fire balls that warmed the porch but didn't seem to catch anything on fire. Inside, flames crackled in the hearth. The air smelt like hot chocolate. There were two men playing a quiet game of cards in the parlor. One man had brown curly hair, a fuzzy sweater with hoof prints designed on it, and a blanket on his lap. The other man had a neon orange leopard-skin warm-up suit and purple running shoes. A Golden Laurel was tilted sideways on his curly black hair.

"Hello," the brown-haired man said turning to us. "My name is Chiron, and you must be..."

"Keith Kogane and Nico di Angelo" I answered.

"It is a pleasure to have you here at Camp, right Mr. D?"

The other guy, Mr. D, hadn't even looked up from his cards.

"Yes, yes, have a great stay here" he said with annoyance.

"Wait!" Nico exclaimed. "You're the wine dude!"

Mr. D looked up at him. "The wine dude?" he repeated.

"Yes, Dionysus, I think, you're a god" Nico looked ready to jump up and down.

"I like this kid; he knows his gods. I will even ignore he called me wine dude"

He drank a bit of Diet Coke and turned to me. His eyes widened in amusement.

Chiron gave me a kind smile. "Grover, why don't you go show them the Orientation Film?"

"Sure thing Chiron" with that, Grover took us to the Amphitheater and played the most horrendous thing I had ever seen. Apollo had obviously been the producer since he was there in every scene. (A/N: For more details check Camp Half-Blood Confidential)

~while the Quest people were at Hoover Dam (Keith and Nico stayed at Camp) ~

Before Bianca left, both Nico and I hugged her. We also took a picture. Bianca was in the middle in her Hunter uniform, she was smiling with her arms around Nico and I. Nico was to her right holding some Mythomagic cards and smiling brightly, he had been mad when she joined the Hunters, but got over it because at least she would visit and he could still play with me. I was to Bianca's left, smiling in a Camp t-shirt. Little did we know, it would be the last hug we ever shared.

Lately, I had been hearing a painful ringing in my ears. Nico had commented he had them too. Both of us were staying at Cabin 11 since they had not yet claimed us. I had a bad feeling in my stomach.

As I was walking to the training arena with Nico and the Hermes kids, the ringing in my ears got louder. I fell to my knees clutching my head. All I remember were Apollo campers rushing over to us before everything was consumed by darkness.

~Dream~

I was standing in some kind of junkyard in the middle of the dessert. I saw the 5 from the prophecy fighting some kind of giant robot. I couldn't hear anything, but I guessed their voices were alarmed.

I saw Nico standing next to me. He must have passed out too. I could tell he, too, had a bad feeling about this. We both watched Bianca shout something at Percy, then drop something in his hand. She went under the robot and I understood what she was going to do. I squeezed Nico's hand, then watched as the giant robot collapsed. I tried to call out her name, but no sound came out.

Tears started streaming down my face as I recalled the damned prophecy,

One shall be lost in the land without rain

Bianca. It was talking about Bianca.

I woke up and hugged my knees. I was at the infirmary. Nico was on the bed next to mine. He was crying too. At that moment, I knew any innocent part of him had been ripped away. He wouldn't be the same.

That night, I had a dream. It was Bianca standing what appeared to be a court, but it was conformed by ghosts. I heard the one in the middle shout "ELYSIUM", then the dream vanished.

We stayed there for two days, and the week after only the quest campers returned. Nico had chosen to act oblivious to the dream. He went in and asked for Bianca, me behind him. I could tell by the look Chiron gave Percy that the dreams had been correct. Bianca really was gone.

Percy led the both of us outside and explained as calmly as he could about Bianca's sacrifice. I tuned him out, lost in my own thoughts.

Bianca is gone. What am I supposed to do? Be there for Nico, that's for sure. I can't shut myself out, he needs me. Would everything be fine again?

I was taken out of my thoughts by a shout. "YOU PROMISED!" Nico yelled with so much hurt and betrayal my heart shattered.

Percy looked hurt, but just then, some skeletons came with their weapons raised. "GO AWAY!" Nico shouted. A big crevice opened in the ground and the skeletons fell in, then it closed leaving just a small crack.

Nico turned and ran away, I gave an apologetic look to Percy and followed him. He was standing at the edge of the forest.

"Please, let me go"

"Nico-"

"Please. I... I need some time" he repeated.

I didn't want to, but if he needed that, then I would go. As I was turning around, I heard Nico ask,

"Are we siblings?"

I stopped in my tracks, and sure enough, there was a symbol over my head. "Great, dad chose the best moment to claim me," I thought. I noticed Nico had the same symbol above his head, we were indeed siblings, I guessed Bianca would be too. That's why the lawyer, if she even was one, wanted us to stay together. The children of Hades.

"I guess we are" I told Nico.

He walked to where I was and gave me a hug. We cried there for a while, until he spoke.

"I don't want to leave you, but I can't stay here"

"It's okay. We could go together, Neeks"

He smiled at the old nickname, then motioned for me to follow him and walked into the forest.

I heard Percy calling for us, but I ignored him. I wasn't going to leave Nico on his own, brother or not.

We arrived at Zeus's fist. We were climbing the rocks when we fell through a hole we hadn't seen before.

Our breathing echoed against stone. It was wet and cold. We were standing on a bumpy floor that seemed to be made of bricks. I lifted my mom's blade, the one I took with me everywhere. The faint glow of the purple symbol illuminated the mossy stone walls on either side of us. We were in some sort of corridor.

There was a warm breeze, but it felt old and dangerous somehow. I looked up to see where we had fallen in. The ceiling was solid stone. The corridor seemed to stretch endlessly in both directions. I looked around the walls and saw a Greek symbol, an ancient Greek Delta. I knew what it meant, from my classes with the Athena kids. It was the mark of Daedalus. We were at the Labyrinth.

A light came from in front of us, and a ghost appeared from it. It was the same ghost that had shouted "ELYSIUM" at the court Bianca was in.

"Hello, kids. My name is Minos. I will be your guide through the Labyrinth and help you control your powers, by orders of your father".

A/N: First chapter is up. Hope you liked it! The next one will be kind of the same events but with other people POVs. You can skip it if you want, but it would be nice if you read it!

~CHB