A/N: This is my first story, please do not judge, I am new. I have been on FF for a long time (FOUR YEARS REPRESENT! :D), but I was too afraid to post. NOT ANY MORE! I HAVE COME OUT OF MY SHELL! HOPE you like it! Dedicated to my friends, who are so so so so AWESOME! (ESMSTIGERS!) I do not own Percy Jackson. Or Nico. Or Harry Potter. Or Hermione, Ron, etc, etc, my life's a fail, kill me now... However, I do own the unique hellhound, so HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! LMGHO! (Laughing My Godly Head Off (Yes I made that up)) So here it is! Enjoy! -KCALNDA

I ran, jumping over sticks and stones, feeling my shattered heart bounce around inside me, stabbing my lungs. Why, you ask? Because I, Nico di Angelo, was betrayed. Everyone betrayed me. I care for them, fight for them, and what do I get in return? Nothing. I am ignored for saving lives. Without me, Percy wouldn't have even survived though his fourth year at Camp. Nevertheless, no one thanks me, oh no, they would never thank that outcast Son of Hades. I guess I can tell you the story of how it happened.

**************************FLASHBACK, THIS IS A FLASHBACK...*************************

I was sitting in my cabin, playing with a small hellhound that had been abandoned in the underworld. It was unlike any hellhound that I had ever seen before. It was furry, white, and had black paws. It was a small puppy, and very cute, so of course, I was very hesitant. But seeing that look on its face, that longing look, to be accepted, I knew I couldn't leave it alone. So I took it in. I named her Amo, which means 'love' in Italian. Yes, I know, cheesy, but she reminded me so much of Bianca. So awkward in that totally awesome way.

Anyways, my puppy wagged her tail playfully, and scratched at the door. I chuckled, and grabbed the black rubber ball of my shelf. I opened the door to see... the whole camp glaring at my cabin. I raise an eyebrow, and Amo whimpered, scared. Some people walked off, glaring at MY puppy, which made me glare at them. Then I raised an eyebrow. What was going on? I thought to myself. Amo seemed to ask the same question, as she yipped a small yip.

"Let's go to lunch," I mumbled, leaning down to scratch Amo's ear. She licked my cheek in response. I grinned and kissed her nose. She looked at me with admiration, and then yipped playfully. I grinned, and said, "Race you!" I ran away, laughing freely as Amo chased me, barking joyfully. I know, that is so not like me, but now, I felt so... free. However, I did not know I was being watched. Nor did I know that this would be the last nice moment I would have with Amo for a long time.

After a very long lunch, I was going to the arena to practice on my dummies, but I had heard whimpers coming from a cabin. My cabin. Which I had put Amo in. My guard automatically went up, and I sneak to the window, which was stupidly left open. Listening closely, I was shocked to hear voices in my cabin.

Oh HADES NO, I thought angrily. Get the Zeus out of my cabin!

"...Think it'll work? We want to make him suffer for betraying us. We can't just vandalize his room. He'll use his stupid powers to make his skeleton minions make a new, cooler room. I think we should do something to this little, rat dog over here," the voice said. I gasped at the voice. It was Percy's voice. First off, he knew better than to go into my cabin. Second, why would he want me to suffer? I would never betray him, and he knows it. I listened in closer.

"Fine. We'll have it your way. But let Annabeth kill it, she's the best at covering it up," said a feminine voice. It was Thalia. My vision went red. I knew exactly what they were talking about. They had never liked Amo, and they had avoided me for that. Thalia straight up told me that he was a freak.

"If you're gonna have that dog around, you can't hang out around us. It's so annoying! And why is it so bright? It doesn't even look like a hellhound. It's out of place and strange," she had told me.

"Why do you think I took it in?" I had answered in reply. Anyways, I was so angry, that I stormed in the cabin. But I can tell you right now that what I saw was not what I had in mind. What I saw was unbelievable. Annabeth was holding Amo, her blade ever so close to Amo's neck.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!" I shrieked, making the hairs on their necks stand up. Annabeth dropped Amo in surprise, and Amo scampered over to me, shaking in fright. I was so enraged. The only friends that I thought I had, trying to kill my only joy I had left.

"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't send you all to Tartarus right now, and I swear to Zeus I won't do it." My voice was deadly calm, but I could feel my ADHD about to let me release my anger. Percy responded with cocky voice that he would not have used on me if I had had a skeleton warrior by my side, "Because you can't even if you tried. The Olympians gave us immortality for defeating the titans. They only give it to the true heroes." Ouch. That stung. How dare he even say that? Without Hades and me, they wouldn't have even lived to see Kronos take over. I was about to kick his sorry arse, but I held back. I took a deep breath.

"Why are you doing this, anyway?" I exclaimed, confused. They looked at each other, and then let out a snotty laugh that only the Aphrodite cabin could have pulled off.

"You really don't know, do you Nico?" Annabeth said, as if I was stupid. "You betrayed us. You just wanted all the glory for yourself, didn't you?" I looked at them with an 'are-you-dumb' look on my face. "When have I ever fought for glory? When have I ever fought for attention? Even if I did, which I didn't," I said quickly, seeing Percy's big mouth about to open again, "It wouldn't have worked. My own father ignores me. My step-mother hates me, and most of the Campers can't even remember my name." I felt tears welling up in my eyes. "And now, my only friends that I thought I had are accusing me of betraying them, when I don't even know what I did." Annabeth stepped up, her face burning with anger. "Do you want to know how you betrayed us? It was that dog. That dog ruins our plans. We were going to rule the Underworld, but that dog got in the way and ruined our plans! It is not fair! We're Gods! We should be able-" My eyes went red. "You three," I pointed at them, "tried to take over my home?" That was the last straw for me. I pulled out my sword, faster than anyone could react, and slashed at Annabeth's face. She fell to the ground, screaming. Percy ran to Annabeth, and Thalia ran to me. However, before she could catch me, I grabbed Amo and shadow-traveled away.

*******************************END OF FLASHBACK...************************************

So there I was, running and running. I was so sleepy, and I had not brought any food. I could feel Amo sleeping in my arms, and I wished that I could be in her place. I stopped running. Why couldn't I? I sat down on the warm forest ground (Thank the gods it was summer) and leaned on a tree. I closed my eyes and slowly drifted to a not-so-peaceful sleep.