Kayla POV
I feel pain. There are people rushing all around me. I feel my life force weakening
"Stay with us, Kayla! Please, don't leave us!" I faintly hear.

I want to say, I'll be fine. Leave me alone, I don't like this. But no sound comes out of my mouth. Oh, curse that Milo! He would do this to his own family? Just because of his stupid homophobia, and his "reputation!"

"Hey, Kayla. Stop stressing! You will be okay, I promise." Brandon... don't. Because we both know I won't. I open and close my mouth. If I'm making sound, I can't hear it. A tear slides down my face. There's so much more I want to say! I have to help Will, Solangelo has another chance now! I... I... oh gods Milo! Why did you do this? Could you at least have chosen a less painful poison? I told Chiron it was a bad idea to stock this!

"KAYLA? Move out of my way!!" I here a voice screaming. Brandon, who is trying to get an antidote into me, is pushed to the side. Oh gods, I can't take much more of this pain. I can't fight it anymore.

The last thing I see is Will's comforting cobalt eyes, and feel a reassuring squeeze.

Will POV
"It's too late. She's gone." Nico quietly days from behind me. No. Kayla, please come back. Why? Every thing was getting well again! Nico was back! Hold on... Kayla started dying when Nico got back. Did the gods have something to do with this?

I run outside, and start screaming at the sky. "What sort of world is this?! Just can't resist drama, can you guys?! Oh, look! Will Solace is happy again! Better change that! Is that how your minds work?!" Tears blur my vision, but I don't stop. I scream and I curse until I feel weak arms wrap around my chest, gently restraining me.

So I collapse backwards into Nico's arms and sob, finally understanding how he felt after losing his sister.

Nico POV
What the heck just happened? It's like I switched bodies! Will seemed to know what was going on, and before I knew it I was being pulled down the hill to the infirmary, where a girl was dying.

-time skip to where Will's pov left off-

"Shhhh. It's okay." I soothe. Will is sobbing into me, and we sink to the floor. He's still mumbling curses to the gods. But I heard Kayla's last thoughts, and I know who killed her. I need to tell Will, before he manages to get himself incinerated for being (extremely) impolite to the gods.

"Will? Stop cursing the gods. They didn't do this. You need to calm down. Kayla wouldn't want you to be sad, nor will she want you to join her in the underworld because you've been incinerated! If you stop cursing, I will tell you who really killed Kayla." Gods dam it, Nico! Is this what you call being soothing? Mental note - do not become a therapist...

After a while, Will calms down. The rest of the campers have taken Kayla's body to be buried at her favourite place in camp - the strawberry fields. Maybe one day I will remember enough to know why she loved this place, and why Will was so close to her. Maybe they were dating?

"Will? How do you feel? Do you want to know how she died?" Gods, why am I so bad at this?
He nods, and pulls away from my embrace. "I need to know. Please." He doesn't ask how I know, and I'm glad. Because I don't know myself. I should see if anyone else here goes through what I do. Later though. "Okay. Kayla was poisoned. I would love to tell you it was painless. I really would, Will. But her attacker probably chose one of the most painful poisons known." Woah. Where did that knowledge come from?
"Who did it? I'm going to KILL that scumbag! Kayla was innocent, when did she ever do anything to deserve that?" He thunders.

"Are you sure you want to know that" I ask quietly. Because I know the answer. And it's not good.
"Nico di Angelo, you tell me this instant!" I pause. He's not gonna take this well. Should I tell him?

No. I shouldn't. I have a feeling in my gut that there was more to this. I need to figure it out before I sentence the wrong person.

"I will tell you soon. I promise. But I have to be sure first." I quickly say, waving over some campers who are walking by.

"Nico? You're alive!" Says a blond guy with glasses.
"Ummm yeah? I... died then. No matter I'll figure it out later. Watch Will and make sure he doesn't do anything drastic. I think his girlfriend just died so..." I trail off. The blond guy looks puzzled.
" He doesn't remember anyone but me." Says Will quietly. He then jumps up. "Nico. Di. Angelo. Tell me. NOW!" He screams. The blond guy jumps in front of me.
"Woah, dude. Calm down."
"Get out of my way Jason! Kayla's dead and he knows who did it!"
"Wait... Kayla? Your sister?"

His sister? That explains it.

"Dude, whatever you need to do, run and do it. Jason and I will look after Will." Pipes up a darker haired guy with sea-green eyes.

"Okay..." I say. Then I turn around and run to the hill where I woke up. I have to find this Milo guy, and that's probably the best place to start.

(A/N) hiiii
If you're still reading, thank you so much! It's my first story that I've properly published on Wattpad so it's probably trash. Thanks for sticking with it though!

I do have a plan.

Please don't hate me for killing Kayla! It's quite a big part of the plot so...

-milly 🦋