Butch, Will, and Nico rode a chariot going to Manhattan.

"Uh, yeah, Will," Nico started rubbing his neck. "about earlier,"

Will put an arm around Nico's shoulder. His smile illuminated the bright morning sky even more. Nico looked away hiding a slight blush.

"I dunno," Will chuckled. "I refuse to believe it. I mean its not you. I know you Nico, and back then, I meant every word. There's no one I trust more."

Will smiled brighter and rubbed Nico's hair. The son of Hades let out a sight of relief and slowly a smile crept on his face. He didn't let anybody see it of course, but Will knew.

"We're here." Butch warned. "Get ready for monsters guys."

Butch landed the chariot on the far side of the park. The three demigods hopped off and let the mist do its thing.

"Grover said she would be here." Will scanned the area. No monsters. No mortals. No little squirrels or startled birds roamed the area.

"Something's not right" Butch stated holding his scabbard. "But I don't sense anything."

"Yeah, and by anything, I guess you mean anything moving." Will continued.

"I'm not sure if this is a trap," Nico began dangerously. "The air, it, it smells like death"

Butch and Will took out their swords. All of a sudden, at a distance, a Naiad started waving at them. Nico tensed up. Butch and Will didn't seem to notice. He lagged behind confirming his thoughts.

"What do you think?" Will said noticing Nico at last.

"I don't know, but, the danger," Nico replied. "Its not coming from the Naiad. Its coming from her tree. Her tree, it smells like, well, like death. But its different. Its ... peaceful"

The three got closer. The Naiad chuckle slightly amused. She willed the branches of the tree to move. It slowly uncovered. There she was, like an angel sleeping on its branches, the demigod Lexie in all her innocence.

"Well she doesn't look like she's hurt." Will thought out loud.

"So," Butch started, sheathing his sword. "How are we gonna get her of that tree?"

Nico carefully climbed up. He cautiously looked at the sleeping demigod. He was about to touch her hand when she suddenly jolted awake and rocked the branch. The two of them fell to the ground. Lexie quickly got up and got ready to fight. There was panic in her eyes, with a hint of horrified. The three knew that she was ready to fight, or run. Either way, she won't come peacefully.

"Hey," Nico said calmly, getting up from where he fell. "We're here to help ok."

Lexie eyed him with interest, then turned at the two in front of her. She was shorter than Nico. Her hair was pitch black and messily straight, like it had never seen a brush. It draped her small figure, some parts were cut, burnt, and tangled. She wore an oversized messy white sweater, black tattered jeans and sneakers. She had dark bags under her eyes, and her skin was pale white. For a moment no one moved.

"We know you're scared." Nico continued. " Its alright we're here now."

Nico smiled peacefully as he got closer. The girl didn't attack. He touched her hair and she became calm. Her fighting stance reduced to a calm and cautious I'm-watching-you look. Together, the four of them slowly went towards the chariot.

The chariot spaciously fit them, even when Lexie was sitting down. There were still no monsters following them which made Nico a little suspicious.

"So," Will smiled. "got a name?"

Lexie looked at him with curiosity. She then looked at Nico, then Butch, then stood up to looked at the pegasi that pulled the chariot. She gave them a distrusting look. Her gaze fell back to Will.

"Lexie." She said with a straight face.

"Well, I'm Will, Son of Apollo" He chuckled proudly. "This is Nico, Son of Hades, and the one driving is Butch, Son of Iris."

"We're here." Butch chimed in. "Welcome to Camp."

Camp was still peaceful as Lexie stared down at it. There was light and smoke coming from the big house and the Apollo campers where getting out of their cabin little by little.

Lexie smiled. "One complete" she whispers. She felt uncomfortable. Everything was so new. Her guard was up. All of a sudden Nico touched her shoulders which made her jerk nervously.

"Calm down, you're about to meet the counselors." Nico smiled. Something made him trust his person.

The chariot slowly descended. The four of them got off and silently went in the Rec. Room careful not to disturb anything.

"Everything points to him!" a voice said suddenly.
"Like you're the one to talk." Another one yelled with conviction. "Can't you remember whose father betrayed the search for Zeus's master bolt?"
"Don't you think that's a little over the top"
"Besides a lot of our parents didn't live up to our expectations, we can't all be like you!"
"C'mon guys, Chiron was gone for like 5 minutes and we're at this again"
"Yeah, little miss goody goody."
"Hey, she's just trying to help!"
"What do you know about help you can't even protect your own brother"
"Hey back off!!"
"Just admit it! Not all of us are powerful, and basically one of the most powerful ones might even be this prophecy"

Will slowly opened the door. The bickering stopped but the tension in the room looks like it could be cut with a knife. The four of them walked in and everyone eyed Lexie.

"This is Lexie," Nico said looking at Annabeth. He knew he was one of the topics of discussion. Annabeth looked away, embarrassed she wasn't able to defend her friend. All of a sudden Lexie clenched the back part of her shirt, and struggled forward. Smoke rose from her back and everyone let out a yelp of panic.

"Will whats happening?!" Annabeth demanded.
"I don't know she was completely fine when we found her" Will said panicking. He moved towards Lexie who was staggering and bumping things on the wall. She wasn't screaming but her body showed every ounce of pain she was in. She stumble forward kneeling while everyone was in a complete state of panic. Lexie looked at them. Her vision was blurry and she could hear a loud ringing. Clarisse mouthed Greek Fire, and everyone was running around like what they'd do during an emergency. Percy doused her with water in a desperate attempt of saving her life. She just lay there motionless showing her back. Her clothes were tattered and burnt but her skin remained untarnished. On her back were pitch black tattoos of folded wings.

"What just happened?!" Chiron demanded entering the doorway in a hurry.

"I think," Annabeth trailed off. "I think she just got claimed."

Notes

It took me a while to fix the coding errors, I am so sorry guys.
Anyway, this week we would be visiting another country so I am trying to finish as much chapters as I can just in case I couldn't update this story from there. So far this is the most intruiging chapter ;)
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