Chapter 46: Nico's interrogation

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Despina is not an OC but an actual goddess, more info about her origins will be revealed later or you can google it

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Nyx shadow traveled away, and then appeared again with Bianca and Nico, "Wow!" Nico exclaimed, "That was so awesome!"

"Okay, what is going on!" Bianca said, pointing at the hunters, Nyx and finally at me.

I stepped closer, "You already know my name," I pointed at Thalia, "That is Thalia," I pointed at Grover who was staring at the hunters, "That is Grover, he is your Satyr protector."

"He's a what?" Bianca asked.

"A satyr, those are half goats half humans, they are followers of the god Pan." Nico said smiling proudly, "I know all the myths!"

"And that is Nyx." And I pointed at Nyx who was doing a glare competition with another hunter.

Bianca nodded slowly while Nico danced around her cheerfully like a demigod on sugar, "So why did dr. Thorn attack us?"

"You two are demigods," Thalia explained.

"We already know that," Bianca said, "But what just happened, Nico said that was a Manticore, why would a Manticore attack us?"

"You already know you are a half-blood?" one of the hunters asked and I recognized her as Zoë.

"Percy told us." Nico said cheerfully, "So when is the next fight? Is Despina coming back?"

"Wait! He told you already?" Thalia asked angrily.

"Two years ago," Nyx explained.

"Wait you know them too?" Grover asked.

One hunter, Artemis, stepped forward and put her hand on the bow Zoë pointed at us and lowered it, "I sense a bit of confusion here." Artemis said.

'No shit Sherlock.' Chaos muttered amusedly.

The other hunters lowered their bows too.

"Well, that was hilarious." Nyx suddenly said.

Suddenly Thalia turned towards Nyx and yelled: "What were you thinking!"

"A lot of things why?" Nyx asked, totally oblivious to Thalia's anger.

"Annabeth is death, thanks to you!" Thalia yelled and I saw she was about to tear up, I got towards the edge of the cliff where Annabeth and the Manticore fell of.

I saw the Yankee cap lying on the ground and picked it up and pretended to study it, "Annabeth isn't dead." I concluded.

"There's no way she would have survived that fall," Zoë said.

"No, she is alive, the Manticore teleported her away." I said and pointed at the sea, "If they would fell down I would sense them in the ocean, I don't sense them so they don't fell to their deaths."

"Oh, great!" Thalia said and threw her hands up, "So now she is alone with the Manticore."

"Why do you care so much? It's not that important." Nyx said and pointed at Nico and Bianca, "We already replaced her with two new half-bloods, who are even more powerful."

Thalia looked like she was about to hit Nyx with her spear and Artemis must have sensed it too because she distracted all of us.

"Who are your parents you demigods?" She asked Nico and Bianca.

"We don't know, but Percy does," Bianca said.

"Wait a minute, how do you know Percy again, I were to believe that Percy didn't know you two." Thalia scowled at me.

I laughed sheepishly, "well, that's a fun story, I met them in the Lotus hotel, I know their parents but I am not allowed to reveal their identity nor how I know their parentage."

"Lotus hotel?" Artemis asked with awe, "you've escaped that place?"

"Yup," I said.

"What is Lotus Casino?" Grover asked.

"What were they doing in Lotus Casino?" Artemis asked.

Then she gasped, I had no idea why until I turned around and saw a glowing symbol above the heads of Nico and Bianca.

A dark helmet.

The helmet of Darkness, Hades's personal symbol of power.

"But the oath." Zoë managed.

"No, it must have been before the oath, Lotus Casino," Artemis said, guessing the history of Bianca and Nico pretty fast.

For a second I was confused, why did Hades claim them, then I realized that all the Gods had to claim their children, That was part of my wish.

"Four children of the big three." Thalia mumbled, "This is bad."

She was referring to the great prophecy that said a half-blood of the big three would destroy or save Olympus once he reached his sixteen birthday, Thalia's birthday was very soon and she was scared as hell.

"What's wrong with our father?" Bianca asked.

"But how did you know that they were…" Thalia began but Nico cried out, "Oh My Gods! THIS IS SO AWESOME, DEATH IS MY FATHER!"

Nyx beamed, "I told you, death is awesome."

'You are only saying that because Death is one of your children.' I told her mentally.

'So what?'

'Wait a minute, doesn't that mean Thanatos and Hemera are siblings.' I wondered.

'I don't want to talk about it.' Hemera coughed.

"Technically Hades is not death, though you two are a risk," Artemis said and she kept silent for a minute.

"We must take them to Olympus." finally said.

"No, we take them to camp." I protested and stood protectively in front of Nico.

"Do you know who you're talking too?" Zoë asked.

I nodded, "Artemis, Goddess of the hunt and if I remember correctly you swore to my terms two summers ago."

If Artemis was surprised that I recognized her she did not show it, She just glanced at me, probably trying to figure out what kind of vile male I was.

"Whoa! That's Artemis," Nico cried out, "This is so freaking awesome, can I get her signature?"

That was nothing compared to Grover. He gasped, then knelt hastily in the snow and started yammering, "Thank you, Lady Artemis! You're so… you're so… Wow!"

"Stop it!" Thalia demanded.

Zoë was glaring at me but Artemis's expression had softened, "No Percy is right, these two half-bloods should go to camp, no matter their parentage all demigods should be respected."

"But Artemis." Zoë muttered but Artemis already turned around and ordered a few other hunters to set up camp.

"Are we going to camp?" Bianca asked.

Artemis glanced at Bianca and Nyx, "Would you two please join me in my tent?"

Bianca nodded while Nyx raised a brow and glanced at me before she joined Bianca and Artemis.

"Urgh, hunters." Thalia groaned.

The hunters set up camp within a few minutes, I melted a patch of snow and quickly made the ground dry enough to sit down, Nico sat down next to me.

"So what was that awesome stuff you did?" He asked and he raised his hands and pretended to shoot fire and water out of his hands while making the sound effects with his mouth, "Whoops! Splash! Burn!"

"Just fire and water." I said, "And Riptide and Frostsilver."

"Yeah! That's so cool, later I want to do the same as you!" Nico exclaimed.

"Uuhhh…" I began, "Look, Nico, it's kind of impossible to do those things without blessings from a god!"

"Where can I get those!" Nico asked like it was as easy as buying some milk at the store.

"Well, I did a lot of quests-"

"When will I get my own quest?" Nico immediately asked.

"Uhh..."

"And who is that girl? What was her name again? Nyx. She is so awesome, that what she did with the shadows! Did you know there's also a primordial named Nyx, do you think she knows that?" Nico said rapidly.

I blinked a few times, "Uhh…"

Suddenly Nyx appeared in front of us, laughing like a madman, "Oh, Percy! Never say the hunters don't have humor!"

"What happened?" I asked, worried she might have stabbed someone and thought it was fun as hell.

"Artemis offered me a place in the hunt!" she laughed.

"The hunt?" Nico asked.

"The hunt. A group for maidens, if you join you become immortal unless you fall in battle you will never die and forever follow Artemis and swear of boys." I quickly explained.

Then I turned towards Nyx, "But why did she offer you a place? You aren't a maiden anymore right? With Hemera and so on." I asked.

"Oh, Percy." Nyx laughed, "In this form, I'm still a maiden, I haven't had sex in like 7000 years."

"What?" I asked.

"What is sex?" Nico suddenly asked and I had forgotten he was still sitting next to me.

"Nothing." Nyx and I said both at the same time and we both blushed, I hoped Nico would not ask further, luckily his ADHD had found something new to focus on.

"Nyx are you the primordial Nyx?" he asked from out of nowhere.

"What?" Nyx asked but Nico shrugged, "Just a guess but it sounds suspiciously like you are her. I mean with Hemera and being 7000 years old. Hey, can I meet Hemera."

'No.' Hemera said, 'I'm really busy for the next 70 year.'

Nyx blinked a few times and looked at me.

"Oh, I got her card and figurine! She has at least 6000 attack points but she does double damage if you strike outside your turn."

Nyx beamed then she exclaimed, "Nico I'm your new big sister, Bianca dumped you!"

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