Another Hades child??

3 - Camp meeting

{Camp Half-Blood, NY}

Third Person POV:

The dragon flew into the view of some campers down at camp. A few shouted, which got more and more people to look up and get out of the cabins.

By the time Festus started circling down, almost all of the campers were outside watching and talking.

"Leo?" One girl yelled out as Fetus landed. "You're back already?"

Leo and Hazel jumped off, while Grover kinda tumbled and fell. Hazel helped Xia down and multiple campers stole glances at the young girl.

"Hey Nyssa!" Leo greeted with a grin.

Chiron trotted over to the group and noticed Xia. "I'm glad Grover was able to find you, Miss. Brown." He said, tipping his head in a small nod. "I'm glad you made it."

Xia barely gave him a glance as she surveyed the camp area. "So.. this place is for demigods?" She says to Hazel. "What's this half horse man doing here?"

A few ooo's were heard in the crowd. But they were silenced as Chiron raised his eyebrows.

"That's Chiron, he's the camp director." Hazel says. "He's a centaur."

Xia blinked and looked Chiron up and down. "You look like if someone chopped a horse in half and slabbed a history teacher on top of it." She remarks. "Are you a history teacher?"

Chiron sighed. "Miss. Brown, let's take this conversation to the Big House, shall we?" He says. "I'm calling a camp counselor meeting."

Hazel nodded and ran off. Xia looked at Leo with another glare, making him smile nervously and direct his eyes to the sky. He started playing with spare parts again. Xia frowned and crossed her arms.

"Can't you show me to the Big House?" Xia asked. "Or are you too scared of me?"

Leo looked back at her and smirked. "Come on, Xia." He said, and started to walk in the direction of the building. Xia followed him with an unimpressed stare.

As the building filled up with people, Xia saw three people that stood out to her. One was a taller eighteen year old with short raven black hair. He had sea green eyes that watched everyone come in with what looked like happiness and amusement. He was wearing a standard CHB orange T-shirt, with blue jeans.

Right next to him, was another eighteen year old with long wavy blonde hair. She had calculating grey eyes that flickered like a storm. She also was wearing a standard CHB orange T-shirt, but with black shorts.

The last one that seemed familiar to Xia was a shorter boy that looked around fifteen. He had black hair that was slightly messy, like someone had ruffled it. His skin was pale and it contrasted his dark brown eyes. He was wearing a black T-shirt with a large white skull on it, and black pants.

For some unknown reason, all three of these people were strangely familiar to Xia. She studied them all as Hazel came to stand next to her by the wall.

After everyone came in, Chiron started the meeting. "Alright, good morning everyone." He said. "I called this meeting today to talk about the strange predicament we have found ourselves in."

Xia quirked an eyebrow at Hazel. She tips her head towards the table.

"I still don't understand what's wrong." A blonde haired boy says. He was standing very close to the shorter black haired boy.

"What's there to not understand?" The blonde girl says. "The underworld is unstable, and more monsters are coming out at a higher rate than usual. And Hades isn't talking with the other gods either." She explains. The blonde boy blinks, and sighs.

The raven haired boy taps the table. "And we're sure the doors of death are shut tight?" He says.

"Yes, Percy, we already said that." The shorter black haired boy says. "On a different note, who is that?" He points to Xia. Everyone turns to her and Hazel, and Xia seems to freeze.

Hazel sighs. "Everyone, this is Xia, I bumped into her while coming here with Leo." She explains. Then she turns to Xia. "Xia, these are me and Leo's friends." She smiles reassuringly. "That's Percy, Annabeth, Katie, Clarisse, Will, Nico, Piper, Connor, Pollux, Butch, Clovis, Laurel and Holly, and finally Lou Ellen." She pointed to each of them as she said their names.

Xia locks eyes with Nico before looking at Percy and Annabeth.

"You fell into the pit." She says. The two freeze, as do everyone else. "Tartarus. You survived for nine days before you left using the doors of death."

Hazel frowned at her. "How do you know that?" She asked.

Xia blinks, as if coming out of a daze. "I.. I do not know." She responds with a confused frown. Nico glances at Hazel with a questioning gaze.

"Did you see them down there?" Hazel asked. "Have you seen them before?"

Xia blinks again. "I did see them once, but they were younger. My age, almost, I think." She says, turning to Nico. "I've seen you many times."

Nico quirked an eyebrow. "Yes?" He turns to Hazel. "She is dead. Is she from Hades?" A few sharp inhales were heard from around the table.

"Um, I was dead." Xia says, frowning and crossing her arms. "There's a difference, emo boy." More ooo's were heard around the table. Xia turns back to Hazel. "Is that your brother? I was expecting more.. height."

Hazel smiled. "Yes, this is Nico. My half-brother." She says. "And if my suspicion is correct, that means he's also your brother." More gasps. Nico dropped his arms.

"Another daughter of Hades?" Annabeth asked. "Is she also from a different time?"

Xia nodded. Everyone turned their gaze at her. "I was born in 1907." She said. A few more gasps. "And I died in 1919." Again, more gasps.

Nico walked over and stood in front of her. They both watched each other as though the other was going to spring at the other. Nico studied Xia's appearance with a blank expression.

"Come on." He says.

As the two left, Percy smiled at Annabeth. He leaned next to her ear. "Nico looks happy, did you see his face?" He whispers, grinning.

"Yeah, I saw, now I think we should pay our attention back to the problem." Annabeth replies.

<^> To Be Continued

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Percabeth. :)