It was just a normal day at Camp Half-Blood. I mean what wouldn't be normal about a magical summer camp for demigods? In all honesty though, there was something a bit different about today...

"I can't get her to stop crying! Piper can you charm speak her or something?!"

"Charm speak can only work if the person knows what you're saying and I don't know what language she's speaking."

That morning one of the Satyrs had found a young demigod wandering the streets of Manhattan so they brought them back to camp. This was a fairly normal occurrence. Usually Chiron would figure out whose child they were then put them in the correct Cabin. Only this time there was a slight issue... she was speaking a language that no one understood. Chiron and Mr. D were on Mt. Olympus so she was given to next best 'responsible' people. The Seven of course!

"Leo she doesn't like it when you catch on fire so stop it!"

"I can't help it! It happens when I get nervous!"

"Percy I don't think she appreciates you pouring water on her."

"It was an accident! Jason bumped into me!"

"Did not!"

"Did to!"

Needless to say they weren't doing that great. They were all sitting at a picnic table as the girl cried on Annabeth's lap. They had tried everything they could to get her to stop crying, but none of it worked. She couldn't understand what they were saying and they couldn't understand her. They were really at a standstill until Chiron got back. But that could be days...

"What are you all doing?"

They looked up and saw Nico walking up to them. Percy sighed, "Hey Nico. One of Grover's friends found this kid earlier but none of us know what she's saying."

The girl screamed something and Nico looked over at Annabeth "Annabeth I don't think she likes you playing with her hair like that."

"What?" Annabeth looked at her hand and saw that she had accidently tied her hair into a knot. "Oh I'm sorry."

This calmed the girl a bit but she was still crying. She said something else and Nico rolled his eyes. "You all are hopeless." He walked over to the table "Give her here." Annabeth was skeptical but they really didn't have any other options. Nico sat down at the table and put her on his lap. "Valdez do you have any gauze in that stupid belt of yours?"

"It's not stupid!" Nico glared at him and he gulped "Um here you go Mr. Lord of Death sir! Please don't eat me..."

Nico rolled his eyes as Leo handed him the gauze. "Idiota... (Idiot...)"

"What was that?" Nico ignored Leo as the girl looked up in surprise.

Nico shook his head "Did you guys not even check to see if she was injured?"

"What do you...?" Hazel's question was answered when Nico lifted up the girl's sleeve and there was blood dripping from an open wound.

Nico gently wrapped the gauze around her arm. She sniffed a bit. "Grazie... (Thank you...)"

Everyone was shocked to see Nico actually smile down at the girl. "Prego. (You're Welcome.)" Did Nico actually understand what she was saying?!

When Nico had tied off the bandage she looked up at him "Come ti chiami? (What's your name?)"

"Mi chiamo Nico. (My name is Nico)" Nico pointed to the rest of the seven "Quella è Annabeth, è davvero intelligente. Poi c'è Piper, Jason, Frank, mia sorella Hazel, Leo e Percy. Percy e Leo possono essere piuttosto stupidi a volte. (That's Annabeth, she's really smart. Then there's Piper, Jason, Frank, my sister Hazel, Leo, and Percy. Percy and Leo can be pretty stupid at times.)"

She pointed at Leo with a bit of fear "Pochi minuti fa era in fiamme! E 'andato bene ?! (A few minutes ago he was on fire! Is he okay?!)"

Nico laughed "Oh, va bene. Lo fa molto. (Oh, he's fine. He does that a lot.)" She nodded still not sure if he was really ok. "Ti ho detto i nostri nomi ... Allora, qual è il tuo? (I've told you our names... so what's yours?)

"Il mio nome è Maria. (My name is Maria.)" She answered Nico but the others were trying to figure out what she said.

"Dude what are you guys talking about?!" Leo was starting to get really impatient.

Nico rolled his eyes "She said her name is Maria, now be quiet!" he turned back to the girl now named Maria "Ci dispiace. Allora, dove sei da Maria? (Sorry about them. So where are you from Maria?)"

"Originariamente mia madre e io vivevamo a Venezia. (Originally my mom and I lived in Venice.)" she sniffed a bit "Ci siamo trasferiti qui qualche mese fa. Ha detto che è troppo pericoloso per rimanere in Italia. (We moved here a few months ago. She said it got too dangerous to stay in Italy.)"

Nico nodded "La tua mamma è intelligente. Quando ho vissuto in Italia con mia madre e mia sorella siamo stati attaccati dai mostri tutto il tempo. Ecco perché mio padre le ha detto di portarci qui. (Your mom is smart. When I lived in Italy with my mom and sister we got attacked by monsters all the time. That's why my dad told her to bring us here.)" Something suddenly dawned on Nico "Dove è tua madre? (Where is your mom?)"

Tears started dripping from her eyes. The seven were so confused. What had Nico said to make her cry?! "Un paio di settimane fa siamo stati attaccati e un mostro l'ha uccisa ... Egli sembrava un uomo, ma la testa aveva corna su di esso e era coperto di pelliccia. (A couple of weeks ago we were attacked and a monster killed her... He looked like a man but his head had horns on it and he was covered in fur.)"

Nico balled his fists why do innocent people always have to die?! "Mi dispiace... (I'm sorry...)" he taken by surprise when she clung onto him and started crying. He tried his best to calm her down "Vuoi vederla di nuovo? Dire addio? (Would you like to see her again? To say goodbye?)"

She looked up in surprise "Ce la puoi fare? (You can do that?)"

Nico nodded "Mio padre è colui che si prende cura delle persone quando muoiono. Posso riportarla per qualche minuto in modo da poter dire addio. (My dad is the one who takes care of people when they die. I can bring her back for a few minutes so you can say goodbye.)" she smiled so he took that as a yes "Allora andiamo. (Then let's go.)

He took her hand and before the others could ask he had shadow traveled the two of them. "So count of hands..." Leo looked around "Who here had even the slightest clue about what they were saying?" no one raised their hands "Well at least I'm not the only one out of the loop for once."

After a few minutes they had returned. They were laughing about something one had said while they each carried a large McDonald's bag. Nico took off his jacket and started digging a hole with a shovel he had brought. Once he had finished he poured the food into the hole. He did a few other things but everyone was too confused to recognize it. After a few minutes the image of a woman with dark hair appeared.

"Mamma! (Mom!)" Maria ran over to her and they both started talking as tears dripped from their faces.

Nico walked back over to the others and sighed "Maybe conjuring a spirit and shadow traveling twice within the span of half an hour wasn't that good of an idea... I'm tiered..."

Jason had to catch Nico as he slumped forward. "Um... what am I supposed to do with him?"

"I'm up!" he stood on his own but his eyes were half lidded.

"Nico... who is she?" Piper finally asked the question everyone had been wondering.

"Her name's Maria." He pointed to the spirit "Her and her mom lived in Italy but a few months ago they moved to the States because it was getting too dangerous for them. A few weeks ago they were attacked by the minotaur and her mom was killed."

Piper, Hazel, and Frank were tearing up but of course Annabeth was still on task "Any idea who her father is?"

Nico shook his head "All I can say is that it is most likely an Olympian if they had to move because it was too dangerous. He's also probably Roman if they were living in Italy."

Annabeth nodded in agreement "That makes the most since."

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The next day they found out she was a child of Mars. Frank did his best to teach her the ropes at Camp Jupiter but he always had to have Nico translate for him. She often stayed at Camp Half-Blood because Nico was one of the few people that could understand her. From that moment on it was a common occurrence to see a certain son of Hades laughing with a small girls as they ate Spaghetti and chatted in Italian. 

(A/N - Hey guys! :) Sorry if it was a bit cheesy. :) Hope you liked it!)