Ginny grinned at her opponent as she kicked his arse yet again. This was starting to get pretty easy. Nico di Angelo rubbed his head as he stood up and narrowed his dark eyes, smirking. She gulped, knowing that she was in for it this time. Ginny quickly bounced on her feet, tucking her arms to her sides, and prepared to dodge, when unexpected, so fast that it could have been a trick of the light, he pounced. She tried to gain the upper hand, but he had the motivation of his pride, and of course, the bragging rights that came with a victory. Nico quickly wrapped his arms around her waist, and brought her down to the ground, smiling as she was held down for 5 seconds, whispering in her ear, "Dead." Ginny turned around and faced her boyfriend as he loosened his grip and smiled.

"I better not be, or else a certain goddess of wisdom will be hunting you down for killing her child." Nico grinned at her, saying,

"The underworld is a wonderful place to hide from angry goddesses and their beautiful red-headed daughters this time of year." He gave her a peck on the cheek and helped her up. "No Persephone." There was a collective groan from others around them as the two lovebirds looked up at their audience, the rest of the wrestling class for 3-4 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Clarisse glared down at them for messing up the angry and violent mood of her class, which she worked hard to maintain.

"You guys realize that most monsters won't help you up and give you a kiss to make it better, right? Because you guys are acting that monsters out there are something like, Puff the Magic Dragon, or something else equally nauseating."

Now, it was Nico's turn to glare. "Give me someone to spar that isn't my girlfriend, and I'll consider actually trying to wrestle someone."

Now Nico had two angry daughters of war gods staring him down. "What, I'm too easy of a victory? Or is this some misguided chivalry that's originated in the belief that women are weak, and we must be protected at all costs? Or…"

"No, it's because you scare me, and I'm smart enough to realize that if we were in a real fight, you'd probably kill me."

Ginny backed off. "At least you know what you're talking about."

Clarisse stepped into the ring and gave Ginny a glare. "Out, now." Ginny stepped out of the ring, and stood with the rest of her fellow classmates. Clarisse then fixed her gaze on Nico and said, "How about me?"

Nico plastered a sneer onto his face and growled. "Bring it on, LaRue." Clarisse threw her first punch, which Nico dodged, and then countered with a kick to her stomach. The kick made contact, and knocked the breath out of her. Nico set up for a punch, which Clarisse caught and pushed out to the side. She then used her shoulder to try to knock him down, using her hands to pummel every inch of his body. Nico, however, rolled out of the way, and let her fall to the ground. He then knelt beside her, laid one leg across hers, trapping them, and held her down by the throat calmly. She tried to resist, but his gangly long arms held her too far out. After five seconds of struggling leading up to nothing. Nico leaned in, staying away from her flailing limbs. "Dead." he whispered, just loud enough for her to hear. He then let go, stood, and walked out of the ring.

Nico walked over to Ginny, put an arm around her waist, and walked away just in time for the gong to signal change in hour. For Nico and Ginny, that meant free time until 5. They walked down to their favorite spot quickly, lest someone see them. It was down by the canoe lake, right by the forest too. It was a little cave area that had probably once been used as a hiding place in case enemies approached from the Roman camp during the Civil War. But now it looked like it hadn't been touched in years, except for Nico and Ginny in recent years. They first found it after they had been dumped into the lake at the end of last summer, a tradition for after a couple was formed. They had swum out before anyone else could get to them, and stumbled into the cave. Ever since, it had been their spot.

They climbed inside, and huddled against one side of the cave, leaning against each other. They sat like that for a while, before Nico broke the silence. "I got expelled from Salem, you know?" Ginny looked up in surprise at her boyfriend.

"No, I didn't know. What happened?" Nico managed a wry grin.

"A few too many serious pranks on a few staff members and other students. But the headmaster didn't appreciate it when he was covered in goo that wouldn't come off for weeks."

Ginny laughed loudly. "Weeks?" Nico nodded, smiling. "What others were there?"

Nico leaned back and sighed. "What others, hmm? Well, there were the shadows that followed everyone all day, scaring people when their shadows went a little abnormal." Ginny giggled as she realized what her boyfriend had done to his former peers and teachers. "Then there was the puke that rained from the ceiling all day, stuff solidified the second it made contact with something. When people found out that it was me, I was glad that I was already en route to expulsion. Might as well go out with a bang, hey?" he raised his eyebrows suggestively as Ginny realized what he was trying to say.

"What did you do for the final prank? My brothers might run out of ideas." Nico's eyebrows nearly ran off of his forehead.

"Sorry sweetheart, I'm keeping that card close to my chest. Besides, it didn't turn out the way it was supposed to. It was meant to be a simple, relaxing, End-of-Exams prank, and something went wrong when the teachers tried to dismantle it. As in, injuries wrong. So if you don't mind, that secret isn't going anywhere, alright?" Ginny nodded, pouting a little. "Now, how would you feel about me attending Hogwarts, now that I'm expelled from Salem Academy?" Ginny's eyes lit up, and shock lit across her face.

"What? You're going to Hogwarts?"

"Well, maybe, if I can convince my dad. He wants to send me to Durmstrang, because he knows that pranking isn't tolerated. But if I can convince him that someone is keeping tabs on me at all times, then maybe I can go. Can you think of anyone up for the job?" he teased lightly.

"Well, seeing as you've got me and Neville in Gryffindor, Luna in Ravenclaw, and Draco in Slytherin, we can keep an eye on you. And seeing as you probably won't be in Hufflepuff, you will have someone in your house to report back to you father, and Draco can probably send in reports on you everyday to your dad. You'll be surrounded at all times, and you won't be alone." she remembered that at his last school, he had been the only half-blood there, surprisingly.

Nico looked at her with a smile slowly forming on his face. "Thanks, Ginny. Another of the millions of reasons why I love you."

"Only millions? I thought it was in the billions." Ginny said lightly, teasing Nico.

"Well, you are a daughter of Athena, while I'm just a dead head, so you are probably right."

Ginny put her hands on her hips in mock anger. "Probably? I am most definitely right! Daughter of wisdom, versus Son of death, who do you think is going to win this argument?"

"We are not having an argument."

"Oh?"

"We're having a little, spat."

Ginny burst out laughing. "Spat! Really Nico, I might just make a Brit out of you yet." Their conversation continued along those lines for a while, until the gong sounded. Their eyes widened as they realized how much time they had spent, and quickly ran to the arena, where Percy was teaching sword fighting. Nico and Ginny, of course, teamed up, and Percy and Annabeth were demonstrating together as well. The two couples were shining, and the class had to be stopped a few times to tell people to practice, not stare. Ginny beat Nico eight times, and he beat her five. When the gong sounded again, Nico put an arm around Ginny's waist after they sheathed their weapons and started up to the dining pavilion.

At the dining pavilion, Nico and Ginny separated, Nico going to sit at his table with Draco, Ginny going to sit with her siblings, which included Luna. The camp quickly made their sacrifice to the gods, and one camper that went up got claimed, with a few flowers appearing over her head, a gasp heard from each table, except Nico's. Nico was staring, open-mouthed, and then he smirked. Oh, just wait until this girl gets a load of the underworld. She is going to go mad.

Chiron stood quickly and said, "All hail Arianna Pavasaro, daughter of Persephone." then, he looked around uncomfortably. Which table would be better, Hades or Demeter? He made up his mind when he saw that the Demeter table was getting crammed, even a slender girl like this one would fall off the bench. Hades, however, still had only two occupants. "Seeing as we don't have a Persephone table yet, could you sit at the Hades table with Messrs. di Angelo and Malfoy?" at the signal from Chiron, Nico stood, and Arianna made her way towards him quietly, aware that all eyes were on her. She looked towards the sons of Hades, Nico and Draco, she thought their names were, and saw that one had a small smirk on his face. Well, two could play at that game. She put a glare on her face, and the boy was unaffected. Looks like she's going to have to try harder.

The three didn't say anything during the meal, and right after Nico was finished, he finally said, "See ya." and headed over to the Athena table, where Ginny was also finished. Draco left quickly afterwards, saying just as few words. The Nico and Ginny grabbed hands, and walked off towards the direction of Nico's cabin, grabbing a few sweaters and blankets before setting out to sit in the clearing by Zeus's fist before the campfire.

A few weeks later, and camp was drawing to a close. Friends were saying their goodbyes, and the first campers were leaving for the mortal world. Nico and Ginny were walking on the beach one last time before the bus for the airport came for Ginny.

Nico was the first to break the silence. "So, I'll see you in a few weeks?"

Ginny smiled warmly back at her boyfriend. "I guess so." After much haggling, Hades had been convinced to let his son go to Hogwarts, though news of Arianna had severely damaged their chances, as Hades was in a bad mood, sulking around the palace, randomly banishing innocent souls to the Fields of Punishment, etc. Finally Nico had gotten through to him, mentioning that he was no better, which made Hades realize that his actions were a bit immature, though he still hadn't spoken to Persephone.

Nico ran a hand through his hair. "I can't believe I'm heading to Hogwarts. Do I get to meet your legendary half brothers, Gred and Forge? I want to compare notes." Ginny laughed at this.

"Please, does Hogwarts really need that? It's already got them torturing the school with pranks, with them and their new joke line and all." Nico's head perked up.

"They've got their own products? Are there any teachers that are positively evil, other than Snape? I need new bait."

"Nico!" Ginny playfully punched her boyfriend's arm. "It's not funny to joke like that, you could get expelled again, and then what would happen to you?"

"I'd do what I did last year, send you letters every day, along with a few presents every once in a while. Though I'd be at Durmstrang, where there's hopefully less security, it not being America and all."

"I didn't like the way that worked; I'd rather see you in person." Nico bent his head towards hers, and whispered.

"Same here." They leaned in to kiss, but the horn sounded for all those going on planes to get there now. Nico and Ginny ran towards the van, not willing to part until it was necessary. When they reached the van, Nico pecked her on the lips quickly before she ran into it just before the doors closed. She faced the window and waved to him as the van drove off, him waving back, both waiting the moment when they would be reunited, not knowing what was in store for them at Hogwarts.