Darkness & Sea Go Hand-in-Hand [Hiatus]

Prologue

"Percy..."
"Perrrrcyyyyyy..."
"Percy, wake up..."

I could barely open my eyes. I was too tired to.
No dreams, thankfully. But I still felt exhausted like I did have one.
Demigods like me didn't just have normal dreams. We dreamt of things that were happening, or sometimes we're contacted through our dreams. Not the most amazing thing, but I've gotten use to it somewhat. Although there are times where it's too much.

"Percy. Don't make me raise up someone to wake you. I doubt you want a corpse being the first thing you smell when you wake up."

The voice was familiar, but I couldn't exactly place who it was in my sleepy state.

I remembered I was home, in my own bed. Annabeth was away at some school in Arizona. Grover was busy with spreading Pan's, the God of the wild's, final words. Tyson, my cyclops half-brother, was currently helping our father, Poseidon.

I moved my finger a bit and let out a groan, just to get my body waking up.

"Percy. Wake up. We need to talk."

Slowly, I opened my eyes.
The wall, which I was facing, was almost dark, aside from the moonlight washing in through the window. I felt a poke at my ribs and I waved my hand.

"Percy, wake up. I...I need someone to talk to. This is important."

I let out a tired sigh and rolled over. Illuminated by the moonlight, I saw the face of a familiar younger boy, around thirteen. His raven black hair had grown a bit longer, from last I saw him, which was now almost to his shoulders. He'd grown a bit, too.

"Nico...what time is it?" I asked tiredly.

Looking down on me, arms crossed, Nico Di Angelo said "Doesn't matter. Get up, this is important."

I groaned, rubbing the crud out of my eyes, and sat up. I looked at the clock on my table, and realized it was 3:28 am.

"Something wrong, Neeks?" I asked. "Gotta be important for you to come here this early, right?"

Nico nodded and turned his head to look out the window.
After a silent moment, Nico said, without looking at me"I think Bianca is...alive, somehow. Or someone somehow brought her back..."

That woke me right up.

"Nico...I'm sorry but...that's not possible. I saw her die, there's no way she's alive. And I doubt there's any way to bring her back..."

He turned his attention back to me. The way the moonlight and his hair shaped a shadow over his deep set eyes, how his dark eyes almost seem to be glowing, gave me a shiver.

"What if Sally died?" He asked grimly. "You'd do all you could to bring her back, have hope in anything that would bring her back, wouldn't you?"

That struck my chest like Zeus was aiming right for me and got his target.

Back before I knew my father was Poseidon, just as my world changed, my mother was killed by the Minotaur. I wanted to so desperately believe she was alive, that it was a dream, that there was some way to bring her back.

But she wasn't completly dead, like Bianca.
Bianca...she's gone. There's no bringing her back.

"Nico..."

His upper lip curled like that of a growling animal.

"Save it, Jackson. After last time, I know I would be stupid to just...go off and try to save her myself. May be another trick. As much as I hope it's not..." he shook his head. "I just wanted to talk to you. About a dream. Bianca was in it."

A dream? Oh no...

Nico also being a Demigod, dreams aren't just dreams for him either.

I nodded for him to continue.

"There was...some woman. She was sitting by a river; I think in the Underworld. Bianca was...her hands were bound, she was covered in bruises, and the woman was holding her by her hair..."

Nico gulped. I can understand why it's hard for him to describe it, he just saw his big sister, who's death he finally came to terms with, kindapped and beaten, but alive.

He let out a shaky breath and continued.
"The lady, she grabbed Bianca by her hair, and looked at me with this...this dark light in her eyes. She smiled and said 'Come and get it, son of Hades...' "

While he glanced at my window, I noticed his eyes were beginning to well with tears. He squeezed his eyes tight, trying to keep any tears from falling, and looked back at me.

"Please..." Nico pleaded. "I think I need your help. I KNOW this is a trap...but I just..."

The tears refused to stop coming, and begin to run down his cheeks. I stood up, and put my hands on his shoulders.

"I don't know if there's anything I can do. But if there is, I'll do what I can."

He smiled a little at this, and wiped his face with the sleeve of Aviators jacket.

"Thank you, Percy. Really."

I nodded, and removed my hands from his shoulders.

"Well," I said with a sigh. "I'm supposed to be going to camp tomorrow. Maybe Chiron could help or something?"

Nico absently looked at the ground, debating it. He doesn't really want to go to camp. Hades isn't exactly the most loved God, so it wouldn't be so different for his children.
He sighed and nodded.

"Anything for Bianca."

I nodded.

He walked over to the window ledge and, before leaving out it, he looked at me and said"Thanks. Really. You...You don't understand how much it means. Thank you."

And with that, I was alone.
I looked out the window, seeing no sign of Nico; most likely he was shadow traveling.
I sighed and looked at the clock again.

3:31 am.

I'd be leaving for camp later, not sure exactly when though. I just hope this year is calmer than the last. I don't want it to be as crazy as last year, when I had to literally fight and lead the second Titan War.
I hope it's calmer.

It will be...

Right?

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Hi(gh)! Hell(o)!

Thanks for giving this book a read!
This is my first time in 3 years writing a fanfiction and love story, so I might be a little rusty. But BARE WITH ME!!! I'LL TRY MY BEST!!!
Now, the picture above the title is the cover
BladesBeforeBabesBro 's made for me, but the covers were, I think, voted 4 - 1. But I'll still honor her cover by adding it here!
But she didn't help with JUST the cover. She'll sometimes help me with brainstorming, and with writers block, and any errors, too. So this book is also partially her book. ^w^
YOU BETTER GO CHECK HER OUT!!! SHE'S MY BESTY!!!

And this will probably be the only chapter in first person. The rest will be in third person.

Before you ask, no, there will be no lemons.
The characters in this are all young (Nico being 13, Percy being 15), so no, don't expect a lemon until if and when I decide to make a book in the future when they're adults.
(Kinda already planning ahead-)

So those who feel uncomfortable about sex, you don't have to worry about any sex in the book. ^w^

Thank you for reading. And even if you don't want to read the rest of this book, thank you for at least considering it.
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