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English is not my native language, so I'm sorry for any errors I might have.

Summary: Slightly AU, Fem!Percy. The war against Gaea is over. Everything is slowly going back to normal—everything but Persephone Jackson. Going through a war is hard, but going through two wars is harder. She leaves Camp to spend her senior year in a little town in Virginia in hopes for a normal year for once. Little does she know—Mystic Falls is a monster infected town. Will the saviour of Olympus be saved before its too late, or will the darkness within her consume all that was left of her? Will she fall in love again?

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Chapter 1

"Did you made a decision?"

Persephone sighed. "No, not really."

The daughter of Poseidon was siting cross legged on her bed, staring distractedly at her hands. The night before, horrible nightmares from the war woke her up in the middle of the night, and she couldn't get sleep after that.

"Percy," Nico chastised. "Are you even listening to me?"

"I'm sorry, Nico," the girl blinked, looking up at the Hades kid. "I couldn't sleep last night, I'm not thinking straight now. Sorry."

"You've never been able to think straight," Nico teased. "But it's okay. I asked you what you were planning on doing. Are you going to stay here or...?"

Percy sighed. "I still don't know. I mean, I know I owe it to my mom, I know I should move with her again, but..." the girl pursed her lips. "I don't want her to see me like this."

Nico gave her a small look.

He could understand why the girl didn't wanted her mother to see her in that state, she looked broken and sad. Tartarus did that to people, and Nico was proud of how she was handling things. He himself was still hurt over Tartarus and everything that happened, but he had been alone. Percy had Annabeth in Tartarus, she has friends here trying to help her, she had a family to help her overcome this...

"I know what you're thinking right now," Percy scoffed at Nico. "You think I have it easy just because many people are trying to help me. I'm flattered by their attempts, but they're only making this worst than it already is."

"You're wrong," Nico said gently. "I was just thinking that you're lucky. You have lots of people trying to help you, trying to make you feel better again. You shouldn't shut them off, they're just trying to help."

"That's a bit hypocritical of you, don't you think? All you ever did was shut people off—"

"Yes, but now I'm not." Nico defended himself.

"Now you're not," Percy nodded, to then smirk at him in a teasing way. "Now you have Will—ow! Why would you hit me?"

Nico glared at her, but Percy caught the small blush on his pale cheeks. Will Solace had been helping Nico a lot, and the Poseidon's girl was more than sure the son of Apollo had more than friendly feelings for Nico, and those feelings seemed to be reciprocated. But Nico was a hard kid, he wasnt going to admit his feelings so easily, and certainly not to her.

"Let's leave Will out of this, shall we?" Nico crossed his arms over his chest. "Why are you really shutting people off? That's not like you, not at all."

"Glad to know you know me so well," Percy said dryly, before a new pang of guilt made her grimace. Of course Nico knew her well, he had a crush on her for years, and she never noticed. She felt so guilty, if only she had noticed before...he wouldn't have been so hurt in the process of hiding his feelings for her.

"C'mon, Percy." Nico said gently. His tone surprised Percy, and she acknowledge how much he changed since he decided to stay in camp. He wasn't as scrawny or pale as before, he eat well and practiced and was even dressed with Camp Half-Blood orange t-shirt. "You can trust me. If there's someone who knows what you're going through right now, that's me."

"And Annabeth," Percy whispered.

"And Annabeth," Nico agreed. "But she's not here."

Annabeth left Camp a week before that; she was with her family now, going to a public school close to the Camp. She had been reluctant at first, but in the end she decided they needed to continue their life as it had been before the whole Gaea thing.

Percy, on the other hand, hadn't still decided if she wanted to stay at Camp or go home to her mother and to her senior year in school. It was supposed to be an easy decision, but it wasn't. Not really.

"I'm scared," Percy admitted after a long pause. There was no point in hiding it anymore, not with Nico. He was her friend, she could trust him with this. "I'm scared that if I don't get a hold of myself I could turn dark again..."

The memory of how she tortured Misery back in Tartarus haunted her. She was horrified at her actions, but what scared her more was the fact that she enjoyed it. She enjoyed seeing the pain and misery in Misery's eyes. She enjoyed controlling the poison and her internal water to choke her...and that scared her.

She was scared of turning dark again. She was scared of becoming what she most dreaded—a monster.

"You won't turn dark again," Nico tried to assure her, but his voice failed him. "Look, Percy, Tartarus does that to people. Tartarus brings the worst out of people. You're out of that place now, you're safe now. You won't turn dark again."

"But you don't understand," Percy protested. "I liked it. Okay? I liked torturing Misery. I liked being dark, having that kind of power..." she shook her head, trying to drown the uneasiness she was feeling. "I don't want to turn evil. It would only make things worst than they already are."

"Look, I've seen people turn dark, and sometimes...it's inevitable. But the difference between you and them is that you are different. You're braver, you're heroic..."

"So you're saying that if I indeed turn dark...?" Percy trailed off, wanting Nico to elaborate more.

"What I'm trying to say is that...if you turn dark, there are ways in which you can control that power. You can control your power and you won't hurt anyone. You may be able to...use that dark energy without it being a bad thing."

There was a small pause between both cousins.

"I don't understand," Percy admitted. "For that I would need practice. I would need to train and control my urges and my own power."

"Nobody said it would be easy," Nico said slowly. "It's a long path, but it's possible."

"I wouldn't be able to go home with my mother," Percy whispered. "I would have to stay here."

"Not necessarily. Look, you're not dark yet," Nico said. "You're jumping the bridge without getting there. You can go home with your mother, and if anything happens, you come back here, tell your problem to Chiron, and he'll help you. We will help you."

Percy sighed again, one hand going to her hair in frustration.

"What am I to do if I wake up in the middle of the night screaming because of my nightmares? How am I supposed to look at my mother in the face after that? I don't want her to worry about me. Not again, not after all I made her go through."

"You didn't made her go through anything, Percy. It wasn't your fault, if it was someone's fault it was Hera'. She kidnapped you, she is the one to blame for all the hurt your mother felt. Hera and Gaea."

Percy winced, thinking of Gaea and Hera. Out of both of them, she didn't knew who she hated more.

Nico waited for her to say something else, but when nothing came out of her mouth, he addressed her.

"Do you want to know my opinion on the matter?"

Percy nodded.

"Go home with Sally. You need distraction, its going to be better if you distance yourself from Camp and us demigods for a while. This place—" he gestured around. "Two wars happened here, it brings too many painful memories to you. You'll be better being away from this for a while."

"Why are you so smart?" Percy scoffed, looking down. Nico smiled softly, his face muscles hurting—he wasn't used to smile. "You're just a kid, you're not supposed to be so smart."

"Not every teenager is dumb like you," Nico teased, but he didn't meant his words. He knew Percy was smart, really smart, she just didn't showed it much.

"Touché," Percy rolled her eyes.

She uncrossed her legs, and reached for a rusty looking letter under one of her pillows. She looked back at Nico, who gave her a curious look. "Mom wrote me a letter some weeks ago. Paul got offered a job in a little town in Virginia. They haven't decided it yet, they're waiting for my opinion; but if he accepts the job then we'll have to move."

"You'll move to Virginia?" Nico rose his eyebrows.

"Well, yeah," Percy shrugged. "I mean, I don't want to leave New York, but I'm not going to get in the way of their plans. Besides, I think it'll be a good change. I would be far from here, but not far enough to be in danger. Besides, San Francisco is only a couple of days away from Virginia, so I'll be close to Annabeth."

"And to Camp Jupiter," Nico muttered.

A real smile appeared on Percy's face. "And to Camp Jupiter."

"I think moving with your parents is a good option." Nico paused. "Besides all the things we already discussed of this, you'll also be able to finish your senior year in high school."

Percy groaned at that.

"Great, school."

"I thought you were looking forwards to it...?"

"I'm looking forwards to going to college with Annabeth," Percy shook her head. "High School sucks. Which reminds me, when are you going to school? Or are you going to some sort of underworld school for zombie suckers?"

Rolling his dark eyes at her attempt of a joke, Nico shook his head.

"I don't know. I'm still getting used to Camp, I don't think I'm ready for school just yet."

Percy nodded. "I get it. School isn't easy, besides...I'm pretty sure you wouldn't want to leave Will all alone now—"

"If you bring Will into this conversation one more time I swear to the gods I—"

Percy rose his hands in a surrender mode, seeing the dangerous glint on Nico's eyes. "Okay, okay, I get it." she paused, making Nico think she meant her words; then, she smirked before continuing, "You're the jealous boyfriend."

Poseidon's daughter yelped when the son of Hades jumped on her. She kicked him off, and in seconds both cousins were fighting on the bed. Nico pulled at her hair as he slapped her, not actually hurting her but more like a game. Percy chuckled and started to mock bitting him, pulling at his hair and kicking him on the stomach.

In the end, Nico kicked Percy off the bed. She fell back into the cold wooden floor, her butt burning as she landed on it, both hands going to her sides on the floor to stop herself from moving even more.

"Hey!" Percy groaned, while Nico sniggered.

He smiled at her innocently from the edge of the bed. "What?"

"You're, like, eighty-something, you're not supposed to be so strong." Percy complained.

"Technically I'm eighty-something, but physically I'm still 14." Nico smirked, sticking a hand out for Percy to take.

The girl took it, but instead of using it as an anchor to raise from the floor, she tugged hard, making Nico fall off the bed too. He groaned, but said nothing more.

For a couple of minutes, they both stayed like that, on the floor without talking, just watching the ceiling; where Tyson had drawn some of his missions with Percy and other cute things like Poseidon's Palace in the ocean.

"I miss Tyson," Percy admitted at last.

Nico said nothing to that. Instead, he adressed the more important topic. "So, what are you going to do?"

Percy didn't answered straight away, instead, she focused her sea-green eyes on the dark figure at her left side.

"Have you ever been to Virginia?"

...

Camp Half-Blood was silent that afternoon. Campers all around were packing their belongings and leaving camp. Just a little bunch of kids were staying, and those who were, were preparing their cabins for the regular end-of-the-week inspection.

Percy, however, was sitting just outside of Half-Blood Hill, where Thalia's pine tree used to be. A blue backpack hanging over her shoulder; her curly black hair tugged under the dark grey hoodie she was wearing. Her sea-green eyes shined with boredom, and her right foot tapped the grass as if dancing to an imaginary song.

Her ADHD was killing her. She hated waiting, and she had been waiting for her mother and step-father to pick her up for longer than an hour now. She had started excited for the thought of seeing her mother again, but now she just wanted to rest.

When Paul's car stopped right in front of Peleus, the dragon that guarded the Golden Fleece and guarded Camp, Percy sprang to her feet and quickly made her way towards the car. She entered it before any of them could get out of it, and grinned at both of them. Her mother quickly enveloped her in a half hug, and Percy smiled before hugging her back, and then leaning over and kissing Paul's cheek as a greeting.

"Ready?" Sally smiled excitedly.

She looked so happy that Percy didn't had the heart to deny anything, so she simply nodded, and Paul started the car again.

Before leaving Camp completely, Percy looked back. At the top of Camp Half-Blood Hill, Chiron stood in full centaur height; Nico Di Angelo and Will Solace close behind him. The three of them waved at Percy, and she swallowed before waving back.

It was the right decision, she told herself. She needed to get away from Camp, from all the memories of both wars.

But...something in her twisted at the thought of leaving New York, and she couldn't help but thought if it was a mere insecurity on her part, or if it was her demigoddess' gut telling her not to leave New York.

Whatever it was, she swallowed it down and smiled before getting into a conversation with both her parents as if nothing was wrong.

"When are we moving?" Percy dared to ask after a slight pause.

Sally and Paul shared a look before answering her.

"We already send half our things to Virginia. We're going now to our apartment to take the rest of our things and to let you say goodbye."

In another moment Percy would've scoffed at the thought of saying goodbye to a place, but it was her apartment they were talking about. She loved that place, they've lived there for years, it was special—A goodbye sounded good.

"Thank you," she said softly.

For a couple of minutes, only the songs in the radio were heard. Percy started to relax against the seat, it felt really good to be back with them again. Only then she realized how much she'd missed them.

"Was Annabeth with you, dear?" Sally inquired after some time. "I would've liked to see her."

"Nope, she left a couple of days ago. A cousin of hers disappeared or something, she's in San Francisco with her father searching for him. Last I've heard she wasn't having any luck finding him, so she started going to school."

"Oh." Sally seemed overwhelmed for a second. Percy's disappearance still fresh on her mind. Annabeth' cousin had nothing to do with Percy, but it was another kid that disappeared. It still reminded her of Percy's disappearance. "I hope they find him."

"Me too," Percy said, trying not to drown in her guilt after hearing the distress on her mother's voice. It seemed like her disappearance still haunted Sally, and Percy hated it. "His name is Magnus, I think. Magnus Chase."

"Well, Viriginia is a bit far from San Fransisco,," Paul offered with a nice smile. "but if you want to see Annabeth some time you're free to use my car. Maybe you can help her search for him."

A real smile appeared on Percy's face at that. She missed Annabeth, and the idea of seeing her again made her happy, even if it was to find Magnus. That and the fact that Paul trusted her enough to offer her to use his car for a trip that would last a couple of days.

"Thank you, Paul. I'll hold on to that promise."

The conversations died when Paul made a turn, and Percy caught a glimpse of the building where her apartment was. The memories of all the good times she spent there with her family came crashing, and she swallowed hard.

It certainly was going to be harder to say goodbye to her home.

...

The apartment looked empty without the furniture and without Sally's touch. Percy tried not to think of the fact that it was going to be the last time she was to step into that apartment. Instead, she concentrated on all the good memories inside.

As she crossed towards her room, she stopped. There, on that corridor, Poseidon had given her his first official gift to her when she turned fifteen. She could still remember his proud smile and encouraging words...

It had been a while since the last time she saw her father—it had been in Olympus, a couple of days after defeating Gaea the gods made a party and thanked the demigods. She had danced all evening with Hermes, but she had talked with Poseidon before leaving.

Percy caressed the walls as she walked, and upon reaching her room, she stepped inside. It looked the same as she had left it, but without her stuff. Only a couple of her things remained there, and she realised her mother left them there for her to carry.

She smiled softly, and stepped into the room.

"Hurry up, dear," Sally called from the hall. "We're supposed to evacuate the apartment before eight."

Percy felt a pang on her heart, and she bit her lips. She quickly packed the rest of her things, and she moved to leave. However, before she could step out of the room, something caught her attention from the corner of her eyes.

She turned. Out of her window, close by the fire escape, she saw Calypso's plant. The Moonlace had grown very well, and Percy had to smile softly, thinking about her old friend. Her smile died when she remembered Leo had fallen in love with Calypso before dying. The poor girl was still in Ogygia, without knowing Leo was dead—and she'll probably never know.

Shaking her head, Percy forced herself to stop thinking about Leo. Her friend was dead—and there was no coming back from that.

She crossed the room, opened her window and took the Moonlace with her. She couldn't leave it there—it had been a gift. It was the only thing Percy had to remember her time in Ogygia with Calypso.

"Percy—" Paul stopped when he saw the girl was ready to leave. "You're ready, good. Do you need any help with your things?" he chuckled when he saw Percy trying to carry a luggage along with her backpack and a plant.

"Nope, I'm good. I've handled worst."

Paul wanted to help her, but the girl looked so convinced that she could carry all that, that he ended up nodding and going to help Sally with her last luggages.

Percy huffed before taking a better hold of her things. For the gods sake, she supported the weight of the world once, carrying her things out of the apartment wasn't supposed to be this hard.

In the end, the girl managed to do it, and once her things were safely tugged on Paul's car, she turned around. With one last look at the place she used to call home for years, she decided she was ready to go. She would miss New York, and she would miss her apartment and Camp Half-Blood, but it all was for the best.

Besides, maybe Virginia wouldn't be so bad.

Maybe things would be easier there...

"Ready, girls?" Paul grinned at both Jackson's.

Sally smiled widely, seeming excited for their new destination. Percy smiled just for the sake of her mother, and nodded. "Let's go before I get old here."

Sally and Paul chuckled at Percy's antics, but obliged.

As the three of them entered the car and started to drive away, Percy felt another pang on uncertainty. She pursed her lips—the first time she supposed it was nervousness, but this was the second time she got a bad feeling after thinking about moving to Virginia.

But...Virginia wasn't that bad. It was not like it was Alaska or something like that, a land forbidden to the gods, it was actually a normal place.

"Where in Virginia are we going?" Percy asked curiously. "Is it close to Virginia Beach?"

Sally chuckled again. "It's not Virginia Beach, but there are some beaches around town. Mystic Falls is our destination, it's a little town, I'm sure the change will do us some good. I already enlisted you in the high school Paul will be teaching at...that if you are sure you want to finish high school here and not in New Rome."

At first Sally had been reluctant of Camp Jupiter after seeing the SPQR tattoo on Percy's arm, but when Percy told her about the safeness of the place, and that Reyna assured her she could go to college there with Annabeth, Sally started to like the prospect of Camp Jupiter.

That amused Percy. But who could be against free college? Percy really liked the idea of getting a degree in New Rome without any monsters or prophecies or anything. It was an alluring thought—she couldn't remember the last time she didn't had to worry for neither of those things.

It seemed like it was so long ago.

Years, she reminded herself. It had been years.

She couldn't wait to go to New Rome and start her peaceful life already.

"No, mom. I'll finish High School in Virginia. New Rome is for College." she said. Pursing her lips, Percy though of the usual stuff one had to do and the papers one had to fill to enter a new school. "Are they aware of my condition?"

"I thought no one was supposed to know?" Paul looked flustered for a second, wondering if he was supposed to do something about it. "It's a big secret, I don't think they—"

Percy sniggered while Sally chuckled. Paul's ears reddened when he slowly realized what the girl meant.

"Not that condition, Paul. I was asking if the principal of Mystic Falls High School knows I'm dyslexic and have ADHD. That and the fact that I have a serious history of blowing up schools."

"I don't think any school would accept you if you admitted to having blow other schools in the past," Sally muttered, but worry laced into her tone. "Of your dyslexia and ADHD, they're aware, and they said they'll go easy on you."

Percy frowned at that—she hated to be treated like a child or an invalid just because of her condition.

"That's not necessary," she said, thought she knew that was a lie. She could do good in school, but sometimes her dyslexia got the best of her and made everything else harder. Like reading and writing, plus her ADHD made it harder to concentrate on something for a large amount of time. "I can manage on my own."

"We know." Paul assured her. "But they don't."

Percy pursed her lips again, but decided to drop the issue. Then, Sally turned to look at her daughter, a wide smile on her lips, her blue eyes full of glee. "I nearly forgot to tell you, we won't be living in an apartment anymore," Sally paused momentarily, and Percy looked surprised. "We'll have our own house now!"

At the news, Percy's jaw dropped in shock. Before, Sally never had enough money for a house, besides, in New York an apartment was big enough for the three of them. But now...now they had a new house?

They were going to live in a house! That was a big change! And Percy found herself feeling excited for the prospect of having a house.

"Wow, mom" Percy couldn't keep the smile off her face. "That's amazing!"

Sally brightened again.

"I'm telling you, dear, this year is going to be great. Us, together, moving from New York...it's really going to help us overcome everything." only then Percy felt guilty again, she nearly forgot she wasn't the only one affected by the war. Sally was affected too, even when she had no part in the war, it affected her because Percy had been directly involved. "It's gonna be a good year, I can feel it."

Percy wanted to agree, but a chill went down her spine at the thought of Mystic Falls, and she swallowed hard. She was starting to like the idea of moving to a new house in a new town with her parents, but she couldn't shake the feeling that maybe Mystic Falls wasn't the best place for them—which was weird because she never knew of the place before, she shouldn't feel like that...

But yet...she couldn't shake the feeling that something wasn't right.

Percy faked a smile. "Sure, mom. It'll be great."