Daughter of Hades

Chapter 1

NICO POV

Today was an odd day. Well, not odd, just...different. I could tell something was up. Son of Hades perks I guess. But this time it wasn't someone dying, quite the opposite actually. But I'd never been able to sense stuff like this before. I grabbed a sweatshirt from my floor and headed out.

Will was in the infirmary, working or whatever. The Stolls had set off some prank bomb full of colored smoke, so the infirmary was very full. I walked in and walked right past Will and sat down in a chair in the corner. Will didn't look up from his work and tossed a hand up to wave hello.

"Hey babe." I said back.

Kayla was sitting in the chair next to me. "Oh my god, get a room you two." She laughed sarcastically.

I rolled my eyes. "Hi Kayla."

"What up my bro-in-law?" She smirked.

"Where's Percy?" Will asked. "It's one o clock, he'd usually need me to fix whatever injury he's got now."

"It's the end of his weekend with Poseidon." I said.

"He's a legal adult, and still spends custody weeks with them?" Kayla asked, confused.

I rolled my eyes again. "Godly families, Dad and Persephone do it with me."

"Yeah well Apollo never spends any time with us!" Will laughed.

"Yeah because he's got like fifty demigod kids and Hades and Posiden have like none."

"...Ohhhhhh, I get it now!" Kayla laughed.

Will smiled. As if on cue, one of the Cocoa Puffs flew through the door, with Leo in tow.

"Grover brought in a new camper, Mr. D wants us to introduce ourselves because the video is 'No longer suitable for children' or whatever." He said.

I laughed. I remembered the video, it was...a little unsettling. Kayla stood up and followed Leo out the door. Will grabbed my hand and we ran after them.

When we reached the Mess Hall, I could see Grover standing next to a short girl, about 10 years old, so my age when I arrived here. She had super curly blonde hair that reached her shoulders. She had tan skin and lots of freckles. She was wearing a yellow sun dress that went right past her knees. She was carrying a sunflower backpack. If that wasn't a Child of Apollo I would know what she was.

"Now that our oldest campers are here," Grover began.

I looked around and saw Clarisse, The Stoll brothers, Katie, who was hand in hand with Travis, Annabeth, who had the summer off from college, and Rachel.

"This is Ciara." Grover smiled.

Ciara smiled sheepishly, she was quite short next to Grover, which was saying a lot, Grover was only a couple inches taller than me.

"Why don't we go around and say our names, godly parents, and when we arrived here at camp." Grover said.

He ushered us into the hall and we sat down at some of the tables, making a semicircle.

Annabeth went first. "Hi! I'm Annabeth, my mother is Athena goddess of wisdom, and I got here when I was about 7."

Ciera's eyes widened. "Cool!" She whispered.

Will laughed.

Connor and Travis went next, then Katie, then Clarisse, Kayla, then Rachel. Then finally it was Will's turn.

"Hey, I'm Will, I'm a son of Apollo, and I came to camp when I was 11."

Then the dreaded time. My turn. Grover nodded at me. "Do I have to." I whispered to Will.