Falling for the child of death (Percy Jackson fanfic)

Camp Jupiter

It had been a week since Lillith had been claimed and she was enjoying staying in the Hecate cabin with her new family. They were all really nice to her and they daughter her all kinds if spells to do things with. She had slowly been getting the hang of how to control her powers. She practised everyday and she was getting better at it. Her power did freak the rest of her cabin out. They way she could just think things and how power did it was not normal. They had to do spells and weeks of practising before they could do the stuff she was going on her first go. Lillith was a little angry with Nico who had disappeared. He said on the night that she was claimed that he would be there for her then the 3 day he was gone. She hadn't seen him in 4 days and she was angry but putting that aside she hadn't actually talked to her Mum since she was claimed. Even when she made her offerings at meal times. She had thanked her for claiming her but that was it. Lillith sat at table 20, the Hecate table and watched as people sacrifice to their parents. She hadn't done so yet but she was waiting for the others to leave. She wanted to speak with her Mum in private. The poison on her leg was still growing just like Chiron had said. It now came down to just below her knee and half way up her stomach. It hadn't quite made it's way all the way around her thigh yet but it was getting there. She had been trying to find out what she was. Looking in books at old legends but there was nothing like her in the history of the Gods, so she turned to her last resort and risked pushing her luck to ask a Mother she never even met for help. The other four Hecate kids laughed and began eating their dinner while Lillith got up to leave now that the fire was deserted. Lillith slid a portion of her dinner into the fire and watched as it burned. Then she leaned in closer to the fire.

"Hey Mum me again...I love my new cabin everyone os great. I came to ask something of you...if it's not to much trouble could you send me a sign of something to tell me what I am because I'm confused and a little scared of myself. I know that Zeus has shut down Olympus and your not meant to talk to me and all so I understand if you can't it's just that...just that I don't have long left. A couple of months if that...we I stand in front of those three judges at the judgement pavilion I want to be confident in what I am and at the minute I'm not...and you the only one that has any answers. So please if you can...tell me what I am." Lillith sighed and walked back to the Hecate table were she ate he dinner in almost complete silence only speaking when she was spoken too...

Lillith was walking back to her cabin with the others when she spotted him, the boy that she hadn't seen in 4 days. He had his back to her and he was walking away but Lillith knew that it was him. She frowned angrily, so he suddenly leaves and then he doesn't even say hi when he gets back.

"Catch you guys later." She said to her brother and three sisters.

"Okay bye." Said Fran as Lillith ran off after Nico. He was right by the same lake, the lake where he promised he would be there for her when she found him.

"Where have you been?" She asked him angrily. Nico sighed and looked at her.

"I know your angry..."

"Damn right I'm angry. If you needed to go to wherever the hell you go then that's fine but you could have at least said goodbye."

"I know Lillith but I needed some time to think."

"About what?"

"It doesn't matter." He said fading back into the shadows.

"Nico!" Lillith said grabbing onto his jacket but she later wished that she hadn't. Her stomach churned and it felt as though she was being tossed around in a hamster wheel. Darkness surrounded her, the only reassurance she had was the feel on Nico's jacket in her hand. Eventually they landed and Lillith fell to the floor with a loud thud. "Ow!" She moaned.

"You okay?"

"I think so. What was that?" She said standing up and looking around. She was on a green hill, she didn't know where she was but she knew that this wasn't camp half blood. "Where are we?"

"That was shadow travel. It's how I get around quickly and easy and we are at Camp Jupiter."

"Camp what?"

"Jupiter. It's the other camp I sort of told you about. This is where I have been, this is where I come when I'm not at Camp Half Blood. This is a camp for roman demigods. Demigods that we born from the gods when they were in their roman form."

"Wow really? Why does nobody else know about this?"

"Because the Romans and the Greeks hate each others. Last time they came together they slaughtered each other so it's best to keep them apart. The Gods don't want their children killing each other after all."

"So if this is meant to be a secret how do you know about it? Why do you come here if the Romans hate the Greeks?"

"I come here because I have a sister here. Half sister really, she is the daughter if Pluto."

"Hades' Roman form." Lillith confirmed out loud. Nico nodded.

"I brought Hazel back from the dead. She was in the fields of Asphodel when I found her. She died an unfair death, she was a hero but she shared her mothers punishment and they were both placed in Asphodel. I brought her back, gave her a second chance at life."

"She sounds great. Guessing that I can't met her." Nico stayed silent giving Lillith the answer if no. "So why did you bring me here?"

"To be honest I didn't you grabbed me remember."

"Oh yeah. So why did you tell me? You could have easily just taken me back to camp with no information."

"True but I was counting on you grabbing me. I wanted to show you this. This is where I have been for the last 4 days."

"Where you came...to think?" Lillith said as if she didn't believe him.

"I needed advice and I turned to Hazel for it. I needed to get away from the camp for a bit...away from you."

"From me? Why? What did I do?"

"Because I'm confused about the way I feel about you. Your different than everyone else. I know that and these last few days I have started to feel things for you that I have never felt before. I came to Hazel because I was...if it turns out that you are a monster then I am still the one that has to kill you." Nico moved closer to her and gently stroked her cheek. "I don't think that I can do that anymore." He grabbed her hand and held it in his cold ones. Lillith's cheeks were bright red.

"Nico...I'm not a monster...you told me that and I believed you."

"I don't believe that you are but if Chiron decides that you are..." He moved closer so that there was no space between the two of them. Still holding her hand in his left hand he used his right hand to gently lift her chin up so that he could look into her eyes. "If he does what am I to do...I can't defy my Father but I can't kill you either." He bent down slowly and he kissed her on the lips. It was tender and sweet and his lips were cold but Lillith founded great warmth in them but it was over too quickly and Nico pulled away. "Will you stay with me a while? Just the two of us...before we go back to camp?"

"Of course." Said Lillith and the two sat down together and watched the stars that were slowly coming out...