(Y/N)'s POV
Before we left Olympus, Percy decided to make a few calls. We found a fountain in a corner garden and Percy sent an Iris Message to Tyson. Speaking of Tyson, I still have the shield he made for me, but it needs to be fixed up.

Percy told Tyson about his adventures and about Bessie, the cute baby cow serpent. Tyson became concerned when he heard on what happened to me, but I assured him that I was fine. Tyson's spirits lifted when we told him how his shields that he made for us last summer saved our lives.

"Yay!" Tyson cheered. "That means it was good! It saved your lives!"

I laughed at Tyson's cheering.

"It sure did, big guy." Percy said. "But now it's ruined."

"Not ruined!" Tyson said with a grin. "I will visit and fix them next summer."

I noticed that this idea made Percy happier. He missed having Tyson around.

"Seriously?" Percy asked. "They'll let you take time off?"

"Yes! I have made two thousand seven hundred and forty-one magic swords." Tyson said proudly, showing us the newest blade. "The boss says 'good work'! He will let me take the whole summer off. I will visit Camp Half-Blood!"

"That's awesome, Tyson!" I said. "We can't wait to see you!"

We continued to talk a bit more about some war preparations and cool things we could do together next summer, until Tyson's boss yelled at him to get back to work. We said our goodbyes to Tyson before disconnecting.

Percy dug out his last golden drachma from his pocket.

"Sally Jackson." Percy said. "Upper East Side, Manhattan."

The mist shimmered as it showed Ms. Jackson at a kitchen table. She wasn't alone though. She was laughing and holding hands with a guy I never seen before.

I looked at Percy who was blushing a bit. He looked kind of embarrassed.

"Who's that?" I asked him.

"Paul Blowfish." Percy said almost immediately. "He's a...friend of my mom."

I looked at him strangely. Was that really his last name? Blowfish?

Before Percy could disconnect the Iris Message, Sally saw us. Her eyes widened and she quickly let go of Mr. Blowfish's hand.

"Oh Paul! You know what? I left my writing journal in the living room. Would you mind getting it for me?"

"Sure, Sally. No problem." The guy said.

Once he left the room, Sally looked back at the Iris Message.

"Percy! (Y/N)! Thank goodness you two are alright." Sally said. "You two are alright, aren't you?"

"We're fine, Mom." Percy said. "How's the writing seminar going?"

"It's fine. But that's not important. Tell me what happened!"

We filled her in as quickly as we could.

"I knew you could do it!" She said. "I'm so proud of you Percy and I'm glad that you're safe (Y/N). I've been so worried about you."

I felt myself blush. Sally was like a mom to me. She heard about my past and she offered her full support to me and my brother.

"I'm sorry if I caused you any problems." I said.

"Nonsense (Y/N)."

Percy coughed.

"Well, we should let you get back to your homework, Mom."

"Percy, I...Paul and I-"

"Mom, are you happy?" Percy asked.

Sally looked surprised by Percy's question, but still thought for a moment. I felt awkward because this seemed like a personal situation between them.

"Yes. I really am, Percy. Being around him makes me happy." Sally responded.

"Then it's cool. Seriously. Don't worry about me." Percy said.

Sally smiled.

"You promised not to call him Mr. Blowfish?" She asked.

Percy shrugged.

"Well, maybe not to his face, anyway."

"I'm going to take a guess that his last name isn't Blowfish like Percy said it was." I said while looking at him.

Percy grinned and sling his arm around my shoulders.

"In my defense, his last name is Blofis which sounds a lot like Blowfish." He said.

I rolled my eyes but still laughed.

"Sally?" Paul called. "Do you need the green binder or the red one?"

"I'd better go." Sally told us. "See you for Christmas?"

"Are you putting blue candy in my stocking?" Percy asked.

"If you're not too old for that."

"I'm never to old for candy. Especially blue candy."

I couldn't help but smile at the bond Percy and Sally had. I never got to experience that with my mom long enough.

Percy's POV
I looked back at (Y/N). She had a smile on her face, but I could see sorrow in her pretty (E/C) eyes. An idea came to my mind. I glanced at Mom and she nodded. It was as if she had the same idea.

"Hey (Y/N) why don't you come over and celebrate Christmas with us?" I asked her.

(Y/N) looked shocked. She was not expecting this.

"Percy I would love to but Will and Ashley-"

"You could bring them too." I said.

(Y/N) thought about this.

"Well if it's no trouble-"

"It's no trouble at all (Y/N). The more the merrier." My mom said.

"Ok then."

"Yes!" I cheered.

Sally and (Y/N) laughed at my excitement.

"Alright, I'll see you two soon." Sally said as she waved her hand across the mist, disconnecting the message.

I thought about what Thalia said so many days ago at Westover Hall: my mom really was pretty cool.

I held (Y/N)'s hand. She looked at me with those gorgeous (E/C) eyes.

"Ready to go home?" I asked her.

(Y/N) laughed a little and nodded.

"Hell yeah."

~

Manhattan was quiet compared to Mount Olympus. Argus was already waiting for us at the entrance of the Empire State Building and ferried us back to Camp Half-Blood through the light snowstorm.

(Y/N)'s head was on my shoulder the whole way there. I didn't mind at all. I was glad she was back. Safe and sound. I don't know what (Y/N) has been through for the last couple of days, but I won't push her into telling me.

(Y/N)'s POV
After a couple of hours, we finally reached Camp Half Blood. We're finally home.

We walked up Half-Blood Hill to the pine tree where the Golden Fleece glittered. I wished Thalia was was here, but I knew she was with Artemis and the rest of the Hunters in their next adventure. Grover already went off with his satyr friends to tell the strange encounter with the magic of Pan-at least that's what Percy told me.

Chiron greeted us in front of the Big House. He hugged me saying that he glad for my safe return. I was about to enter the Big House when someone yelled out my name. I turned around and saw Will running towards me, with Ashley and Annabeth right behind him.

"(Y/N)!" He yelled again.

"Will!" I said as I ran towards him as we engulfed into a hug.

His arms tightened around me and I did the same to him. Will put his chin on top of my head and I only buried my face into his shirt.

"Gods, (Y/N)...Y-You...don't...I-" Even though Will was stammering his words I knew what he was trying to say.

I looked up at him and saw that he was looking down at me with his sky blue eyes.

"I missed you too." I said.

Will smiled and kissed my forehead. I felt a small pair of arms wrap around my waist. I looked down and saw it was Ashley.

"You're back (Y/N)! I knew you were coming back! I just knew it!" Ashley said.

I pulled back from Will's hug and bent down to Ashley's height. She tackled me into a hug.

"Of course, I would come back." I said.

"Prince Charming helped right?"

I glanced at Percy and nodded.

"Yeah. He helped a lot."

Will looked at Percy and held out his hand.

"Thanks, Percy." My brother said. "You brought my sister back."

Percy smiled before he shook Will's hand.

I stood up to my full height and looked at Annabeth. I held out my arms to her.

"Hug?"

The daughter of Athena smiled, but soon enough she hugged the life out of me.

"You're back?" She said but I'm pretty sure it was a question as if making sure I'm actually here with her.

"Yeah, I'm back." I said.

"Don't do that again, (Y/N)."

I smiled as I pulled back from the hug.

"Like I told Thalia, I'll try not to."

Chiron then told us (me, Percy, Annabeth, and Will) to go in the Big House because we were going to have a meeting. As we walked, I looked around, hoping to find Nico, but I didn't find him.

Percy's POV
As we entered the Big House, the scent of hot chocolate filled the air. I sat down where I was across from (Y/N) who was sitting down with Will around the Ping-Pong table with other senior campers-Beckendorf, Silena Beauregard, the Stoll brothers, and Clarisse.

I was surprise to see Clarisse back from her quest, especially when she didn't try to pulverize me. She had a new scar on her chin, and her dirty blonde hair had been cut short and ragged, like someone attacked her with a pair of safety scissors.

"I got news." She mumbled. "Bad news."

"I'll fill you in later." Chiron said to me with forced cheerfulness. "The important thing is you have prevailed. And you saved (Y/N)!"

(Y/N) smiled at me and mouthed 'thank you'. I smiled back but for some strange reason, I found myself thinking about Hoover Dam, and the odd mortal girl I'd run into there, Rachel Elizabeth Dare.  Her annoying comments kept coming back to me.

Do you always kill people when they blow their nose?

I was only alive because so many people helped me, even a random mortal girl like Rachel. I'd never even explained to her who I was.

"Luke is alive." I said. "(Y/N) was right."

(Y/N) looked away from Will and stared at me. Annabeth sat up straighter.

"How do you know?" (Y/N) and Annabeth asked in unison.

I told them what my dad had said about the Princess Andromeda.

"Well." Annabeth shifted uncomfortably in her chair, "If the final battle does come when Percy is sixteen, at least we have two more years to figure something out."

"Good idea." (Y/N) said agreeing with Annabeth.

I had a gut feeling that when Annabeth said 'figure something out,' she meant 'get Luke to change his ways.' And (Y/N) agreeing with that idea annoyed me even more.

"Now (Y/N), I have been informed from Hermes that you are the one of the Ancient Prophecy." Chiron said.

"Did you know about the Ancient Prophecy?" (Y/N) asked him.

Chiron nodded. "Yes, and I hoped since the beginning you weren't the Child of Blessings, just as how I still hope that Percy is not the child of the Great Prophecy."

"Well it's too late now." (Y/N) told Chiron. "We can't change the past now."

Chiron looked at the senior campers, who were clearly confused, but still explained to them how (Y/N) is the Child of Blessing of the Ancient Prophecy.

"So now, we must help (Y/N) to unleash and control her powers."

Everyone agreed. Chiron looked back at me.

"And Percy, if you are the child of the prophecy then the second Titan war is almost upon us. Kronos's first strike will be here."

"How do you know?" I asked him. "Why would he care about Camp Half-Blood?"

"Because the gods use heroes as their tools." Chiron said simply. "Destroy the tools, and the gods will be crippled, Luke's force will come here. Mortal, demigod, monstrous...We must be prepared. Clarisse's news may give us a clue as to how they will attack, but-"

There was a knock on the door, and Nico di Angelo came huffing into the parlor, his cheeks were bright red from the cold. He was smiling, but he looked around anxiously. His eyes scanned everyone until they locked onto (Y/N).

"(Y/N)!" Nico said happily as he ran to her and hugged her.

(Y/N) was surprised at first, but still wrapped her arms around his small form.

"Hey Nico." She said as she ruffled Nico's dark hair.

Nico looked up to her with a big grin on his face.

"Where's my sister?" He asked.

Dead silence. I stared at Chiron. I couldn't believe nobody had told him yet. And then I realized why. They'd been waiting for us to return, to tell Nico in person. That was the last thing I wanted to do, but I owed it to Bianca.

(Y/N) looked at me and we both knew what we had to do.

"Nico," (Y/N) said using a gentle voice as she got up from her seat. "Let's take a walk, ok?"

Nico looked confused.

"Why?" He asked.

I got up from my comfortable chair.

"We need to talk." I said.

~

(Y/N)'s POV
With Nico's hand in mine, we walked until we stopped in front of the dining pavilion. Percy told Nico the news, but Nico took the news in silence. Percy kept talking, trying to explain how it happened, how Bianca had sacrificed herself to save the quest. But it wasn't helping. Nico's grip on my hand tightened.

"She wanted you to have this." Percy said as he brought out a little figurine and gave it to Nico.

Nico only stared at the figurine in his palm. The wind was bitter cold, even with the Camp's magical weather protection. There must be a blizzard happening outside the borders.

"You promised you would protect her."

My heart broke. His voice sounded so broken and angry. I decided to try and talk to him. I kneeled down, so I could be talking to him face to face. I placed my hands on his shoulders.

"Nico." I said. "Percy tried. But Bianca gave herself up to save everyone else."

"But he promised..." Nico mumbled.

"I told her not to. But she-" Percy said but the got cut off.

"You promised!" Nico yelled angrily.

He glared at Percy, his eyes rimmed with red. He closed his small fist around the small figurine.

"I shouldn't have trusted you." Nico said angrily. "You lied to me. My nightmares were right!"

"What nightmares?" I asked him.

He stepped back from me and threw the figurine at me. With my sudden fast reflexes, I caught it with ease.

"I hate you!" Nico yelled.

"She might be alive." Percy said desperately. "I don't know for sure-"

"She's dead." Nico said as he closed his eyes. His whole body started to tremble with rage. "I should've known it earlier. She's in the Fields of Asphodel, standing before the judges right now, being evaluated. I can feel it."

Percy and I looked at each other before looking back at Nico.

"What do you mean, you can feel it?"

Before he could answer, I heard a new sound behind us. It was a hissing and clattering noise. Percy immediately drew out his sword. I turned around and saw what appears to be skeleton warriors. I took out my dagger, which was glowing in the faint light. I made Nico go behind me, so he wouldn't get hurt.

"You're trying to kill me!" Nico screamed. "You brought these...These things?

"No! I mean, yes, they followed me, but no!" Percy said as he blocked a skeleton's attack.

"Nico, run! Before you get hurt!" I said to him.

I charged at the skeleton in front of me. I stabbed it in the chest, but it did nothing.

"They can't be destroyed?" I asked as I pulled back my dagger from it's chest and kicked the skeleton instead.

"Run, Nico!" Percy yelled. "Get help!"

"No! I don't trust you!" Nico yelled back.

In the corner of my eye, I saw that a skeleton was about to use his sword at Nico. I quickly intercepted but his sword slashed my arm. I yelled out in pain, but I reminded myself that I needed to protect Nico so I kept on fighting.

"(Y/N)!" Nico yelled.

"Go, Nico! Get help before-"

"No!" Nico shouted.

He then looked at the skeletons with fierce eyes.

"GO AWAY!" Nico shouted even louder

The ground rumbled beneath us, so much that I fell down. Percy stopped fighting and was about to help me up, but before he did a crack opened at the feet of the four skeleton warriors. The ground ripped apart like a snapping mouth. Flames erupted from the opening, and the earth swallowed the skeletons in one loud CRUNCH!

Silence.

A 20 foot long scar was across the marble floor of the pavilion, right where the skeletons had stood moments ago. I was still on the ground, clutching the cut on my arm, with Percy kneeling down beside me. Both of us were looking at Nico in awe.

"How did you-"

"Go away!" Nico yelled at Percy. "I hate you! I wish you were dead!"

Luckily, the ground didn't do anything, but Nico ran down the steps, heading towards the woods. I immediately ran after him.

"Nico wait!" I yelled.

He stopped and looked at me over his shoulder. I could see the tears running down his cheeks.

"Please Nico, don't-"

I stopped what I was saying when Nico all of a sudden hugged me. His small arms were wrapped around my waist. I could feel the tears getting on my shirt.

"Bye, (Y/N)." Nico mumbled before he pushed away from me.

Nico then ran into the woods. Before I could run after him, I felt Percy's hand on my shoulder. The small figurine was still in my hand. I looked at it before looking at Percy.

"This was Bianca's last gift to Nico, right?" I asked Percy.

Percy nodded.

"Percy this is bad."

"How?"

I gave him the figurine and watched how his face paled.

The figurine was a statue of Hades, Lord of the Dead. I looked back at the woods. Nico doesn't know but he could be in danger.

~

Annabeth and Grover helped us search the woods for hours, but there was no sign of Nico di Angelo. Although I had a strange feeling I was being watched from the shadows...

"We have to tell Chiron." Annabeth said, out of breath.

"No." Percy and I said.

Both Annabeth and Grover stared at us.

"Um, what do you mean...No?" Grover asked nervously.

"We can't let anyone else know. I don't think anyone realizes that Nico is a-"

"A son of Hades." Annabeth said. "Percy, do you have any idea how serious this is? Even Hades broke the oath! This is horrible!"

"I don't think so." I said. "I don't think Hades broke the oath."

"What?"

"He's their dad, but Bianca and Nico have been out of commission for a long time, since before World War II." Percy said.

"The Lotus Casino!" Grover said. "She and Nico were stuck there for decades. They were born before the oath was made."

Percy and I nodded.

"But how did they get out?" Annabeth protested.

"We don't know." Percy said. "Bianca said a lawyer came and got them and drove them to Westover Hall. I don't know who that could've been, or why. Maybe it's part of this Great Stirring thing."

"Nico doesn't understand who he is, so we can't tell anyone. Not even Chiron. If the Olympians find out..."

"It might start them fighting among each other again." Annabeth said, understanding what Percy and I were saying. "That's the last thing we need."

Grover looked worried.

"But you can't hide things from the gods. Not forever."

"I don't need forever." Percy said. "Just two years. Until I'm sixteen."

"But, Percy, this means the prophecy might not be about you. It might be about Nico. We have to-"

"No." Percy said. "I choose the prophecy. It will be about me."

"Percy," I warned him. "are you sure? You want to be responsible for the whole world?"

"I can't let Nico be in any more danger." Percy said. "I owe that much to his sister. I...Let them both down. I'm not going to let that poor kid suffer any more."

"The poor kid who hates you and wants to see you dead." Grover reminded us.

"We won't let that happen. We could keep searching for him and if we find him, we could convince him it's ok, hide him someplace safe."

"If Luke gets a hold of him-" Annabeth said.

"Luke won't." Percy said. "I'll make sure he's got other things to worry about. Namely, me."

~

We told Chiron a fake story about Nico's disappearance. Did he believe it? Who knows. But in the end, he accepted it. Unfortunately, Nico wasn't the first half-blood to disappear.

"So young," Chiron sighed, his hands were on the rail of the front porch. "Alas, I hope he was eaten by monsters. Much better than being recruited into the Titan's army."

That idea made me uncomfortable. Nico was just a kid. A kid that lost his sister. Deep inside me, I hoped that Nico is still alive.

"I should go back to my cabin." I said. "Will wants to do a checkup. I'll see you later, Percy."

Percy nodded.

"Make sure you tell him and Ashley about Christmas at my place." He said.

"I will." I said as I walked towards the Apollo cabin.

Percy's POV
"It's a miracle that she came back." Chiron said.

I stayed silent, but decided to change the subject.

"Do you really think the first attack will be here?" I asked him.

Chiron stared at the snow falling on the hills. I could see smoke from the dragon guardian at the pine tree, protecting the Golden Fleece.

"It will not be until summer, at least." Chiron said. "This winter will be hard...The hardest for many centuries. It's best that you go home, Percy. Keep your mind on school and rest. You will need rest."

"Is it alright if (Y/N), Will, and Ashley can come celebrate Christmas with me and my mom?" I asked.

Chiron nodded.

"Yes, but only because I believe that those three need a chance to celebrate with people from outside Camp Half-Blood."

"They never celebrated Christmas outside of Camp before?"

"No, Percy. As you know (Y/N) and Will don't have any living family member to celebrate the holidays with. They spent their whole lives here in Camp Half-Blood."

"I just...I just want to see her happy, Chiron."

"I understand, Percy."

Before I could say anything else, Grover stumbled out of the Big House, tripping over tin cans. His face was haggard and pale.

"He spoke." Grover cried.

"Calm down, my young satyr," Chiron said, frowning. "What is the matter?"

"I-I was playing music in the parlor." He stammered. "And drinking coffee. Lots and lots of coffee! And he spoke in my mind!"

"Who?" I asked.

"Pan!" Grover wailed. "The Lord of the Wild himself. I heard him! I have to...I have to find a suitcase."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa," I said. "What did he say?"

Grover stared at me.

"Just three words. He said, 'I await you...'"

(A/N): This is not the end of the book. And sorry if this chapter wasn't good enough.....school is being a bitch and I'm tired. Anyway Happy Late Easter everyone 🐰