LEO'S POV
His dark hair was plastered to his contrasting pale neck from sweat, his dark eyes locked in concentration as his long dark eyelashes batting away dust from the air. Sweat dripped down his forehead as he worked his Stygian Iron sword across the mat. He was fighting with no one that I could see but I could sense he saw someone important that he really wanted dead, I don't think Nico knew I was here, watching the sweat dripping down his neck as he impaled his invisible opponent. I brushed a loose curly piece of brown hair away from my eyes and watched his movements closely, his movements were fluid as he parried and lunged. After a while he stopped dropped his sword and fell to his knees, he put his head in his hands as if he was about to start crying but shook his head, rubbed his face, slowly got up and picked up his sword then walked straight out of the training centre. Well that was weird.
During dinner I couldn't help but let my eyes flicker around the room, all the tables where cheering and bantering like always except for a few. Poseidon's table was completely empty and the Athena table looked as if they'd just seen something terrifying because of Percy and Annabeths. Nico's table, he was on his own like normal but with his half-sister Hazel here I would have expected her to be with him but one quick look round the hall showed that she was on a table with Frank and the rest of the Ares cabin. He looked out of place but not like his normal out of place with him being all dark and stuff but his eyes where just glued forward not like his normally wondering eyes. After a short while he jump got up and ran out, Jason, Piper, Frank and Hazel just looked at me expecting me to go after him, I barely knew the guy and Hazel was is sister but they just stared at me so I finally gave in with an eye roll and traipsed after him. I found Nico in the sword fighting training building, he was on his knees with his eyes covered by his hands, this time he was crying , crying his heart out and I didn't know what to do
