A/N

Another oneshot. Although I do wonder why I bother writing these. Nobody ever reads them, and nobody ever leaves reviews… if you do read this, please take the minute to post a review. It does actually boost my confidence, and make me want to write more. And by the way, this was written from my new laptop. Love it.

And one shoutout. Nice job Spurs, beating Wolves away, that's your start. You'd better beat Liverpool at home.

Bitter, Cold, Statues

They were back.

I wanted to go with them, but he said no.

"You're too young."

I was not. I wanted to make sure my sister would be safe.

But he had promised me.

"I'll do my best then. I promise that."

Even then, I had been worried. He wasn't able to deal with a manticore.

Maybe I should've gone anyway.

Nah.

She'll be here. I'm sure.

It was cold, even with the camp's magical borders. The wind stung my cheeks as a walked toward the big house

Night was falling.

Darkness always calmed me down for some reason.

Except that night. Something had been wrong.

My eyes shot open. My stomach hurt. My eyes were itchy. Something was wrong.

I looked around. The Stoll's and a couple other kids were sleeping soundly. I started hyperventilating.

Something was wrong.

What could be wrong?

I felt a tug in the pit of my stomach.

Something was wrong.

I had made it to the Big House. I opened the door and heard voices coming from the parlour.

I smiled. Bianca would be there. She wouldn't- Percy wouldn't have… stop thinking about that Nico!

I flung open the door. There was Chiron. And Annabeth. And Percy. And most of the other senior campers.

But not Bianca.

Where was she?

"Hey! Where's… where's my sister?"

An uneasy look appeared on Percy's face. He looked around at the others.

Almost like he… he thought they'd already told me… but what?

"Hey, Nico." Percy got up from his chair. "Let's take a walk, okay? We need to talk."

This wasn't a good sign.

We steered me out of the parlour and toward the porch.

"Nico… I don't know how to tell you.." Percy broke off.

My mind was going through all the possible things that could've happened to Bianca.

Unfortunately, there weren't many.

He continued. "We were in the desert, Nico…"

My breathing became shallow.

One shall be lost in the land without rain.

No.

No!

My mind felt like it was being torn in two. My heart felt as though it had been ripped apart. I hadn't even noticed Percy- he was still going on.

"She wanted you to have this." He took out a little statue. A mythomagic figurine. I had lost interest in mythomagic ever since… that night.

I reached out and took it. I stared at it. This was a cruel joke. Hades? Hades?

Now it made sense. It all made sense.

"You promised you would protect her." I tried hard to keep my voice level.

"Nico, I tried. But Bianca gave herself up to save the rest of us. I told her not to. But she-"

My vision was going red. "You promised!" I glared at him, my eyes felt like they were trying to peel themselves away from my face.

I gripped the statue so hard it cracked.

"I knew I shouldn't have trusted you! You lied to me! My nightmares were right!" I was almost in tears now.

But I wasn't going to let him see that.

"Wait, what nightmares?" He sounded concerned. The hypocrite. Like he cared.

I threw the statue onto the ground. It skidded across the icy steps. Without me noticing, we were, by some fluke, at almost the same place as we were the last time we spoke.

When he had said- when he had lied to me. He had lied about protecting the only good aspect of my life.

"I HATE YOU!"

"She might be alive!" He said. Pretending like he cared wouldn't make me hate him any less. "I don't know for sure-"

"She's dead." I closed my eyes. It was the only way to take away the pain behind my eyes. My body was shaking with anger.

"That's what they meant. I should've known it earlier. She's in the Fields of Asphodel, standing before the judges right now, being… evaluated."

I spit out the word. "I can feel it."

"What do you mean, you can feel it?"

I was about to tell him to go away, when I heard a clattering sound.

Skeletons.

Percy drew his sword.

He was trying to get rid of me.

He had brought them here.

"You're trying to kill me! You brought these… these things!" I screamed. This was the last straw.

The idiot was trying to defend himself. "No! I mean… yes, they followed me, but no! Nico, run! They can't be destroyed!"

I held my hands over my ears. "I don't trust you!"

I was acting immature. Bianca had tol- she was gone. Bianca was gone.

Percy was trying to put on a show of protecting me. I knew he'd turn on me soon.

"Run, Nico! Get help!"

"No!

"No! GO AWAY!" The ground rumbled. I imagined the ground opening up and taking the skeletons back to Tartarus.

The ground opened up in a huge fissure.

It sucked the skeletons down it.

Now it was just him… and me.

"How did you-"

"Go away! I wish you were dead!" I heard myself saying. But I didn't have enough energy to suck him down too.

I weighed my options. Run, die, or be herded back to Chiron to be locked away.

I.

Ran.

Why

I hear Percy fall. Hopefully the asshole would break his neck. Or his back. Or both.

I ran. I ran until the pain and sorrow caught up with me. I started to cry.

Not a few tears. It was like somebody had turned the faucet on.

I was blubbering now. Uncontrollably. The tears rolled down my face.

She was gone.

And I was alone.

Why?

Why did you leave me, Bianca?

Why?

Why did you become a hunter?

Why?

Why did you go on a stupid quest?

Why?

Why did you leave me? Leave me so alone?

Why?

No three letters could hold as much power as why.

She was gone.

And I was alone.

No!

I'd get her back. This isn't the end.

I'm a son of… Hades. I can.

I can!

I can bring her back. I can do anything.

She was gone, but not forever.

I was alone, but not for ever.

This wasn't the end.

How do I get into the underworld?

A/N

And there you go. Poor Nico's feelings after Percy told him his sister had died.

I tried to convey his feelings, anyway.
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