Summary: Thalia quits the Hunters after Percy died. One day she sees someone who looks just like him and she runs after him. She finds out something she wasn't supposed to know.

Percy: I died?

Thalia: I quit the Hunters?

Me: *Sighs* Yes.

Percy and Thalia: WHY?

Me: *Snaps* because I said so!

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

Thalia

It's been 4 years since Percy died. He went on a quest with Nico and never came back. We don't know what kind of mission it was but they just left. It was a secret quest from the gods themselves. We still don't know what quest it was. Nico wouldn't say anything. Ever since he came back alone from the quest he went mute. I remember the day he came back.

*Flashback*

"Thalia! Thalia, Nico's back! He, he's hurt! Badly! Thalia, open the damn door already!" I groaned as I opened an eye. Who the Hades woke me up? I trudged towards the door half-asleep. I opened the door to see a very mad Annabeth.

"What?-"She cut me off by grabbing my arm and dragged me away. I was fully awake now.

"Annabeth? What's going on?" She didn't answer. Annabeth took me to the infirmary and what I saw scared me. Nico was lying on a bed with bandages all over his body. There was a cloth that covered his left eye and it was bright red with blood. The Apollo kids were shouting at each other as they rushed to heal him. Wires were everywhere. It was chaos in here. Annabeth was saying something but I couldn't hear her. What the Hades happened? That was when I realized.

Percy's not here.

I grabbed Annabeth's shoulders and shook her.

"Where's Percy? Where is he?" She didn't reply. Tears fell from her eyes.

"What the Hades happened? Why is Nico like that? Annabeth answer me!"

"I don't know! I don't know! I . . . don't know."

"We, we found Nico unconscious by your pine tree bleeding to death and we didn't see Percy anywhere. He wasn't anywhere. Thalia, I don't know what happened." Annabeth sobbed.

"Ahh!" We both turned around to see Nico awake and in pain. The cloth fell from his eye and . . . it was terrible. Blood trailed down his face and his eye . . . his left eye was red. Someone screamed or maybe it was me? His right eye was black as usual but his left eye was different.

Nico stared at us in horror. He trembled with fear as a tear fell from his right eye. The Apollo kids tried to hold him down but he pushed them away. He tried to run away but fell down in pain. He fought us trying to get away but I wouldn't let him.

"Nico, stop it! Stop it! Nico! It's me, Thalia!" He didn't stop. Actually, it just made it worse. He fought more and everyone was screaming.

Chiron galloped in along with Dionysus. Chiron stared at Nico sadly. Dionysus just looked annoyed as he grabbed Nico and looked at him in the eye. I wasn't sure what happened but Nico fell unconscious.

"The boy has gone mad." Dionysus grimaced looking at Nico with disgust. I felt a surge of anger but kept quiet.

"What happened?" Chiron asked quietly. No one answered. Annabeth bit on her bottom lip but said,

"We don't know. We . . . we found him like this and brought him here. He woke up and . . ." Annabeth trailed off as she cried.

"What about Percy? Did you see him?" Chiron looked at us with little hope in his eyes. No one dared to say anything. Chiron noticed this and sadness was shown on his face.

Annabeth handed me a tissue and I stared at her confused. I touched my face to feel something wet.

I was crying.

And Percy wasn't coming back.

*End Flashback*

I quit the Hunters after that. The gods declared him dead. His soul was in the Underworld as Hades said but I had this feeling that Percy was alive. I ignored it of course but sometimes I wonder if he's still out there somewhere.

I went to Hades cabin and opened the door.

"Nico? You there?" There he was. Sitting on his bed, staring at something with a dazed look on his face as always. I sighed. What happened to the Nico I knew 4 years ago? I sat next to him and he stared at me with a blank look on his face. I shivered looking at his left eye that was red now. Will, an Apollo kid, said it might have been the blood that changed it to red. It still creeps me out.

"We have sword training to do, Nico. Let's go." I didn't wait for him to answer 'cause I know he won't say anything and dragged him towards the arena. On the way I saw someone I knew. I froze as I gaped.

It was Percy.

I blinked and he was gone. What little hope I had at that moment was gone in an instant. I frowned as I tried not to think about it. Nico stared at me confused and I looked away.

"Never mind . . . let's go Nico," I muttered. This wasn't the first time. There was that time when I thought I saw Percy standing on the water. I ran towards him and almost drowned myself. Annabeth saved me. She was yelling at me about how stupid I was but I wasn't listening. I was staring at the ocean to see if Percy was there . . . but he wasn't.

Then there was that other time when I thought I saw him on the roof of my cabin and I had tried to climb up but broke my arm in the process. When I fell I looked up to see no one. I was so stupid to think he would be there. He's dead and he'll stay dead forever.

Nico

She can't know. No one can know. I have to hide. I have to stay here. I can't say anything. If I even open my mouth I might say something I shouldn't and they'll come for me. The gods would kill me if I told. No, I will never open my mouth again. I won't go back. I will never go back.

I'd rather die than go back.

Ooh, Nico's hiding something. You'll find out soon. Or not. Just so you know this is going to be Perlia so . . . don't like don't read.

Percy: Don't tell me. Perlia is our couple name?

Thalia: *Rolls her eyes* even the stupidest can figure it out. Wow, I'm so proud of you.

Percy: Hey!

Me: Don't deny it. You are the most stupid person I know.

Percy: *Pouts*

Percy: Wait, I thought I was supposed to be with Artemis!

Me and Thalia: *Face palm* that's for the story Seduction, idiot! In this story you're with her/me!

Percy: . . . That was creepy.