"How does it go?" Reyna asks slowly looking up.

"It's only a portion but it here is is-" Chiron begins and everyone is quite.

Son of Death
Daughter of war
Shall head west
Pass the land without rain
Where there lies new banes
Who shall settle a score
War and Death united at last

"The rest is burned off." He announces and more people shuffle uncomfortable. "But the last line goes-

Will end this war.

"Chiron." Nico interjects and Reyna looks up her eyes studying him, "A quest is supposed to have three people go, this prophecy only states two."

"That is true that tree is a strong lucky number but we must made due." He strokes his beard, Nico noticed he does that a lot. "Please it is very late, return to you cabins to get some rest."

Everyone gives a small groan and makes their way back to there cabins. Reyna hasn't spoken a word since the prophecy was spoken.

"Reyna." Nico taps her shoulder and she snaps out her thoughts. "You almost walked into a tree."

She nods and continues to walk but around the tree and tries to remain more focused. They reach the Hades cabin and Reyna steps in first and then turns to Nico.

"I have to change."

His eyes widen and he steps out the cabin and Reyna changes into sweats and a clean Camp Half-Blood shirt.

"You can come in now." She whispers loudly and he makes his way back inside.

Reyna slips under the covers sleep over takes her.

She bolts up into bed hitting her head in the same slab of wood and curses softly as another awful scream tears through the air.

It came from Nico.

She quickly walks over and sees his covers very ruffled, his breathing is coming in short quick breaths and he is dripping sweat.

"Nico wake up." Reyna calls.

He shifts more and more calling out for differently people softly.

"Nico please." She strains and in a flash she is on her back Nico straddling her a dagger to her throat.

She controls her breathing she looks up at him his eyes are extremely dark.

"Reyna." He breaths and drops the dagger and scramble to the other side of the cabin.

She rubs her neck and she looks to see Nico as far away as possible in the cabin. She silently walk over and crouches beside him.

"What was it about?" She says softly.
Avoiding the word nightmare.

"Tartarus you think about almost two years it would get easier." He scoffs, "It doesn't."

"I don't know what to say Tartarus is nothing anyone should ever have to go to." She pauses slightly, "You are very strong to be able to go through that alone, but you're not anymore you have people that care about you. I am one of them."

He stares at her with his endless dark eyes and sighs softly.

"I'll go if you want me to." She turns still kneeling but feels a cold hand wrap around hers.

"Please don't go." He says barely above a whisper.

"I promise I won't." Reyna said pulls her down.

Reyna was know resting between Nico legs both there legs outstretched in front of them. Her head rested against his chest listening to his steady heartbeat. Nico's head rested on top of hers. Reyna doesn't know if he feel asleep of not, but one thing for sure he never let go of her hand.

Reyna feels her eyes become heavy and it burns when she blinks. She closes her eyes sleep washes over her.

*morning*

The sun light blinds her as she slowly opens her eyes, a small yawn escapes her lips and she tilts her head up staring at Nico. He is asleep his head slumped to the left.

Reyna notices how peaceful his is while he is sleeping. No lines of worries or his usual scowl.

"Like what you see?" He smirks his eyes still close.

"Yes Camp Half-Blood is quite beautiful in the morning." She smiles and her eyes wonder to the window.

"Very funny." He says and hugs her closer.

"I need to go."

"5 more minutes." He mummers against her hair and then he's quite.

"Nico did you fall asleep?"

"Possibly." He yawns and stands up carrying Reyna along with him.

"Thanks for the lift but please-" She doesn't get to finish when a scream cuts her off.

"They're attacking the boarders!" someone shouts.

Nico runs out the cabin still carrying Reyna in his arms much to her protest. Reyna picks up their weapons on the way out.

When Nico puts her down in the fields. And he takes his a sword and Reyna still holds her tight by the handle.

Around the boarder of camp half-blood were monsters. Hundreds it was a thick black line around the boarder.

"There's too many." Nico whispers and Reyna stares at him for a moment.

Would today be the day she died? She wondered. At least it was sunny.

Everyone was frantically running around getting suited up in armor. A girl ran by and picked up a boy maybe around six and hurried him away from the boarder.

"Go to the Armory!" A girl shouts and Reyna and Nico sprint toward the armory.

Once they get there the majority of the camp is also there preparing for battle.
Nico comes back while Reyna was looking around and hands her her armor.

My shield. She thinks and runs out the armory. Reyna knows the risks but takes them.

She reaches the cabin and looks under her bunk to see her shield along with a change of pants. She changes her pants and once she grabs her shield a sound of a thousands of small wine glasses popping, rings through the air.

Reyna covers her ears to escape the sound. When it's over she kicks open the cabin door and sees monsters making there way down the hill.

About still a quarter of the campers are around the cabin area equipped. A third turned toward the cabins and the demigods charged.

*after battle*

Reyna had just finished slaying a gorgon when all the monsters turned and retreated. She looks at them running or flying away.

There were shouts of victory until there was a heavy forces that rammed Reyna into a tree from behind. A few branches crack along with ribs.

A hellhound diggs it paws into the dirt and charges like a bull straight toward Reyna.

She flips to the right and the hellhound runs into the tree taking it with it's roots. Reyna crawls on her back trying to put as much distance as possible before she flips over.

The hellhound disappears and then reappears next to Reyna and pins her down it's paws over her shoulders. It snarls in her face but she doesn't look away.

He lifts his head up high then whimpers as a sword pokes from his chest. It rolls over and returns to ash.

"I could kill you right now." Nico growls and pulls her up.

She opens her mouth but he cuts her off.

"You just run off before a battle and think that of 'hey maybe Nico wouldn't be worried about me if I run off where he can't keep a eye on me.'" He does a impression of her voice.

"I don't speak like that." Reyna notes a long cut down his forearm. "I can take care of myself."

"For the love of hades." He turns to her and sticks his sword in the ground leaning heavily on it the collapses to his knees. "Reyna-"

He's injured. She says in her head. He's weakening.

"Ssh." She shushes him, "Give me your hand."

"Why-"

"Just do it." She explains as he grabs her hand, "I think you need my strength."

"Reyna I always need you strength." He whispers his voice tight with pain and a swear.

"Where are you hurt." She says and scans his body for any wounds.

"Just under my ribs by the hellhound." He says and Reyna eyes go there where his dark shirt is even darker.

"Will!" She screams and a blonde boy comes running over.

"What's wrong?"

"It's Nico he's losing a lot if blood." She explains and points to his left rib cage.

Will stuffs ambrosia in his mouth and he opens his eyes a little wider.

"We need to get him to the infirmary." Will says and slings on of his arms over his shoulder and Reyna does the same.

They half drag half carry Nico to the infirmary resting him on a bed. Almost all the bed we filled and most of the Apollo cabin was in helping and running around.

"Reyna I'm going to need you to cut his shirt off." Will explains and hands her a pair of scissors and runs down the infirmary.

"Wait Will!" She scowls and turns to Nico his has an amused look on his face.

"I think orange is a nice color on you Reyna." He said and she scowls even more. "It brings out your eyes."

"You're talking crazy because of all the blood you've lost." She says and cuts his shirt off.

Her eyes are probably the size if dinner plates when she sees his wound. It's matted in blood she can't see the wound.

"I think I'm going to die." He says with a frown.

"Shut up and stop talking like that."

"If I'm going to die well I just have to say-"

"Holy Apollo." Will said and then swears he quickly goes to work on Nico and Reyna exits the infirmary unable to be there much longer.

She sits in the Strawberry Fields for awhile and stares up at the afternoon sky.

"Reyna." Someone taps her shoulders.
She turns and it's Travis.

"We need your help." Conner comes from behind him.

"What's the problem?"

"It's Charlie." Travis said and the mumbles, "She missing."

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Hey guys! Hope you lovely demigods are enjoying this book so far.
And there will be some new character in the next chapters.
Thanks you all for reading this again I really thank you.

But before I go quick story about my normally boring life. So like my crush came over to my house like in the afternoon and he was helping around the house and what not. I want spying. So it came to dinner and I walked down the stairs and he was like.

"You were here the whole time?"

And I started to laugh.

That's a little peek into my life and please keep reading.

~daughter_of_demeter