~Nico's POV~

Thalia sputtered. I wanted to laugh, but the laugh I was hearing didn't let me. The ghostly figure just laughed at the younger Thalia, laughing at things unseen by me.

It hurt so much sometimes, having the ghost here hurt even more.

"This reminds me of the quest we had in the underworld." It wasn't until Annabeth replied that I realized that Percy said that out loud.

"You mean your-our first quest?" She asked.

"No, the quest with us cousins." A moment of silence as everyone tried to grasp what Percy meant. My dad figured it the hidden meaning out first.

"Nico is my son." Gasps. I rolled my eyes. "That's why Perseus said that they are cousins."

I vaguely heard some comments from the past demigods. I don't know who replied, all I was focused on was-

"...I'm sorry, Nico..."

-that I felt the spirit near me.

"...Nico?"

"I'm fine." I snapped at Percy. "Can we just get back to the next quest?"

Thalia glared at me. "What is your problem?"

I glared back. "I don't have a problem."

"You do if you act as if someone died." She stood up, trying to tower over me.

I stood up as well, clenching my fists from the emotions I was still trying to push back. "Nico-" "Shut up. None of you understand-"

"Understand what? That your sister died-"

"NO!" I shouted, feeling the ghost try to comfort me with a hand resting on my shoulder. I shook off the hand. "You don't understand! This isn't Jason! Jason isn't dead! In a few years you get to go back to that sibling relationship that he barely remembers! I can't have that! EVER! It wasn't just Bianca's death that happened. I'm from the future, a full year after the preset that Percy's from! You don't understand what happened, you don't understand what it feels to feel someone die!" By that point Thalia had already sat down in shock of outburst, but I didn't care, not when my emotions got the better of me.

"You weren't there when Percy got attack during the school year before his fourth quest, how he ended up needing the help of the mortal he had accidently almost killed the winter before in navigating the Labyrinth, the same Labyrinth that he had fallen into during capture the flag, or how I was a complete jerk to him and he still went after me consistently! I made him promise to keep Bianca safe! He tried to keep it, but I should have listened to him! During his fourth quest of the Labyrinth, he almost lost Tyson and Grover! Annabeth almost lost Percy! And Percy disappeared for two weeks with no word! Only appearing at his own funeral! He and few others went through the maze to find Daedalus to stop Kronos' army from destroying Camp Half-Blood! Grover ended up finding Pan, who then faded! All through this Percy did impossible things to keep us all safe! At the end of it all he had to lead Camp Half-Blood to fight against Kronos' army, while losing so many good demigods! In the middle of the quest, he fired a bow and arrow that for him would have been impossible! He later found out that Hera helped him, and Percy defended Annabeth who got on the goddess' bad side! Hera got angry at Percy for defending Annabeth who got prideful! His loyalty never fades! He trusted me when I didn't even trust myself! He gave me a home at Camp, showing me that it wasn't that bad. He gave my plan a chance!"

I stopped, breathing heavy after my whole rant.

"He's that loyal?" Artemis asked, the first one overcoming her shock.

I nodded, still breathing a little heavy. "According to Thalia, he's the only male that you approve of. You blessed his relationship." Everyone looked more shocked after that revelation. Artemis' eyes shown with approval

"What?!" Percy asked, getting over his own shock.

I nodded, falling back into my seat, feeling drained.

"How about we take a break?"

I know that this chapter wasn't really long, but I didn't know what else to write, so I stopped. I actually liked how it went for the most part. If I had waited until it was a longer chapter, I wouldn't have published it for a long while.

One more chapter until this book is finished! Just so you know, I'm not planning on writing the sequel at this moment, I have other projects I am working on and I am super excited to see where they go!

~MsPenguingirl1234.

Published: September 4, 2017.