i have this fic idea bouncing around that isn't fully fleshed out but the idea is basically: when percy and the gang get back to camp after the events of ttc, when nico comes up and asks where bianca is, but before percy can get a word in, nico runs behind him and directly into the arms of bianca.
and percy is confused because, uh, she's dead. he's 100% certain she's dead. but here she is alive, flesh and bones, hugging her brother --- her face in his hair. but when she looks up, her and percy make eye contact and it becomes clear by the look of horror on her face. she did die. but now she's back. and percy doesn't know what to do that. neither does bianca.
so no one says anything to nico, or any of the other campers for that matter. they tell everyone the quest was a success but they lost zoe. but everyone else is fine.
eventually it becomes obvious (idk how yet) that bianca no longer has the hunters oath and when she tries to redo it, it fails. nico, still unaware of what happened, is ecstatic to have his sister back, really back. at camp and everything. swallowing the pit in her stomach, bianca smiles at him.
bianca is having a hard enough time wrapping her head around being alive again that trying to piece together what is happening would be impossible. percy can't place what god could make this happen and why. annabeth tries to figure it out, but can't put a finger on what is happening. so she goes to lee and michael, head of the apollo cabin and infirmary respectively. after attempting to dodge several questions as to why she's asking about ways to "cure death" she finally admits its for bianca.
"who?"
"bianca? di angelo? the new girl? joined the hunters before going on that quest that percy hijacked?"
"di angelo? like as in that little kida nico? he has a sister?"
"yes. she's been at the campfires every night. i swear i saw her in the infirmary just last week."
"no? i would remember if i had any hunters of artemis in the infirmary."
its starts out slow. people around camp forget her existence until she right in front of them, and then they remember. like nothing was wrong. but then eventually when standing directly in front of them, they have no clue who she is and she has to reintroduce herself. and then, eventually, no one can see her. no one but those who saw her die and nico.
this all takes place over the course of a year. so by the time its bianca's birthday, nico makes a comment about how she looks the exact same as she did the day she left for her quest. as if she still was a hunter. and that's when bianca realizes, no, she didn't cheat death. she was still dead. she was dead and her brother is the only reason why she's around.
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