Okay guys, so I changed up the plan. This is the last chapter of story. Don't worry though, I think you'll enjoy the ending. I'm sorry that I'm not writing the dance or the relay race like I said I would, it's just getting really tedious (In my opinion). If enough of you are really disappointed with the ending (because I know how it is to feel like that) comment and I might make an epilogue or bonus chapter. I hope you guys enjoyed the story, thank you so much to all the devoted readers who have stuck with the story!

-love2write13

Percy POV

Annabeth and I ran towards the cabins, taking our weapons out. Randomly, a childhood memory popped into my head

Flashback

My mom and I were making stir fry for dinner because she had just gotten a new wok. I was in charge of cutting he broccoli. I was about six years old so my mom had given me one of those kiddie knives.

"Percy! The chicken is out of the oven! Want to taste test?" My mom had asked. I nodded my head and ran over to the place where my mom was standing.

"Percy! Don't run with knives!"

Why this memory came to me at such a random time? Probably because I was charging towards the cabins with riptide in my hand. Sorry mom.

When we reached the cabins, we saw the hunters with their bows notched and ready to aim.

"Hold your fire!" Annabeth said. They all looked towards us and then lowered their bows angrily.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"Thalia and Nico is what's going on," a hunter said. She looked about twelve but her glare was almost as scary as Thalia's.

"What do you mean?" Annabeth asked. "And by the way, one of your arrows almost killed Percy!"

"That would have been a shame…" the hunter Jenna muttered. (a/n: Anyone agree that Jenna's annoying?)

"Hey!" I retorted.

"We found Thalia and Nico hugging," the oldest hunter said, eyebrows raised and nostrils flared.

Annabeth looked at me and winked. I smiled. Nico and Thalia getting it on. Wow… that sounded really wrong.

"Oh come on!" Annabeth said. "That's why you were shooting badly aimed arrows?"

"Excuse me?" the older hunter asked. "How dare you insult us!"

"Whatever," Annabeth turned back towards me and grabbed my hand. We walked away in the direction of my cabin.

Thalia POV

"Nico, where are we?" I asked, looking around the dark area. It was definitely a cave- I recognized the musty smell.

"In a cave," Nico said.

"No shit," I responded, brushing the dirt off my leggings

"Relax. We are still in camp half-blood. We are in one of the caves in the forest," Nico said.

"How did you know there were caves?" I asked.

"I… I sometimes wander around the forest when I'm bored. I've discovered six caves and a couple of run down shacks. Nothing too dangerous," he said.

"Can you shadow travel us out of here… I hate caves," I said.

"Here," I felt Nico's hand brush mine.

"Don't even think about it Di Angelo," I growled.

"I'm only going to lead you out of the cave," Nico said. "Do you think I want to hold your hand? It calloused from archery."

I punched him in the shoulder but let him take my hand as we walked through the cave. A couple minutes later I saw a circle of light. 30 seconds later and we'd be out. Suddenly something appeared at the door.

"Little demigods wandering around," hissed the harpy. "That's not allowed."

"Nico," I hissed. "Get us out of here!"

"I can't," Nico mumbled back as the Harpy started walked into the cave.

"Why not?" I asked, moving my hand towards my knife.

"For some reason my shadow travel power doesn't work in the forest," Nico mumbled. And Thalia, that's a camp harpy. I don't think Chiron would be very happy if you stabbed them."

"So… this one isn't afraid to kill us," I said, taking one step backwards.

"Little campers," said the harpy. "You have five seconds to say goodbye to each other."

"On second thought," Nico said. "We do need to protect ourselves."

The harpy lunged but I opened my shield just in time. She slammed against it and growled, claws scratching the celestial bronze.

"Do you have a plan?" I asked, hitting the harpy with my shield.

"If we can lead her outside the cave I can shadow travel us back to the cabins and we can pretend this never happened," Nico said.

"Not the best plan," I said, slamming the harpy against the cave wall. "But It'll have to do."

I continued shoving the harpy towards the entrance, Nico right behind me. He wasn't doing much to help but he kept a hand on my back protectively. We were so close to the entrance. Ten feet away.

"Run!" Nico grabbed my hand and we bolted outside the cave, the harpy running after us. Then the weird feeling of getting sucked into darkness started and we were gone.

We landed outside the Hades cabin safely. Unfortunately I landed on top of Nico on the ground and my shield slammed into his face. I scrambled off of him and closed my shield.

"I'm so sorry," I said.

"It's okay," Nico grumbled, pinching his bleeding nose.

"Here," I reached into my pocket and pulled out a piece of clothe.

"Why do you have clothe in your pocket?" he asked, holding the clothe to his nose.

"I use it to clean my arrows after I've hunted with them," I said casually. Nico's eyes widened in shock. It took me a while to understand why he looked grossed out. "Oh, don't worry- that's a fresh clothe."

He sighed.

"Thalia!" I turned and saw the hunters running towards Nico and me. I protectively opened my shield and stood in front of Nico. "Where did you go! You are in so much trouble!"

"That is none of your business," I said.

"Well, Artemis isn't going to be happy when she hears that you shadow traveled with death boy," Eliza said, pointing her finger at Nico.

"Artemis generally isn't going to be happy with me because I am quitting the hunters!" I said. The words spilled out. I couldn't believe I had just said that. I didn't want to quit the hunters! But… at the same time- I kind of did. "I love traveling the world with all of you but I miss my old life. I just want to stay at Camp Halfblood with all my friends. I want to be an aging teenager. I want to have a boyfriend. I… I don't want to be a maiden forever."

Silence. I could feel Nico's eyes on me from behind. All of the hunter's jaws dropped. Then Jenna spoke up.

"I can't lie anymore," she said, taking a deep breath. "I had an affair with Connor Stoll."

All the girls gasped.

"Thalia, I'm leaving he hunters with you," She stepped forward and dropped her bow and arrow on the ground.

"I kissed a satyr!" Lexi, the second oldest hunter blurted out.

Eliza, Ava and Annabelle- the only ones who hadn't admitted anything- all looked at us with disgust. Suddenly the air shimmered and Artemis appeared. We all bowed.

"Thalia Grace, Jenna Meadow and Alexa Stone, what has gotten into you!" Artemis glared at us. Then she said, "You three disgust me!" She then snapped her fingers and everything went dark.

Nico POV

I caught Thalia before she could hit the ground.

"What have you done to her?" I asked.

"Stripped her of her immortality," Artemis replied. "Wretched son of Hades! You and all other males are the reason why I lost three of my huntresses!" Then she started to shimmer and I averted my eyes.

After a couple of seconds I opened my eyes again and looked down at Thalia. She was still breathing, but the color was draining out of her face. I picked up her unconscious body and walked inside my cabin. I set her down on one of the empty bunks and then ran off to the big house to alert Chiron of the news.

Thalia POV

It was quiet. I was laying down on a confortable bed. No noise, no angry huntresses, no Artemis. I opened my eyes and looked around. I was inside the Hades cabin on a bed. I gasped and sat up, looking around. Nico was on the floor next to the bed I was sleeping in. He looked so adorable. He had a bandage over his nose. I saw little bottles of herbs and medicine. I noticed my shirt had been changed and my leggings removed and replaced with a pair of sweatpants. I blushed. Had Nico changed my clothes? Gods I hope not.

"Nico?" I whispered, poking his shoulder.

He didn't move.

"Nico!" I crept off the bed and gave him a little shove.

He still didn't move.

"Nico!" I yelled in his ear.

He jumped and looked around, bleary eyed.

"So your awake," he said. "Thank the gods."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"When Artemis took away your immortality you fainted," Nico said.

I sat back down on the bed and sighed. So it hadn't been a dream. I wasn't a hunter anymore. I didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

"I'm sorry Thalia," he said, sitting next to me.

"It's not your fault Nico, it was my decision," I said.

"But I influenced your decision. I messed with your head," he said.

"I am glad I'm not a hunter anymore though," I smiled.

"Why?"

"Because I can do this," I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him into a kiss.

The end