Opposites Attract
Chapter 1
Nico's POV
I was walking in New York City, trying to get to Central Park. I was meeting Percy there for my 'birthday'. I thought about Percy's birthday two years ago. We had just beaten the Titan Lord Kronos and then he hooked up with Annabeth. About time if I do say so myself. Since I was thinking, I really didn't notice a lot of people around me. Of course, I didn't plan on crashing into a random girl. But some things just happened. Curse the Fates. I didn't notice her running towards me till it was too late. I fell on the ground, her on top of me. She had long, black hair that was tied in a braid down her back. Her skin was a pretty olive color. And her eyes? Her eyes were a beautiful icy blue. This girl would have made an Aphrodite girl jealous. She got up quite quickly. She seemed to be in a hurry. I rubbed my head.
"Aren't you going to apologize?" I asked. She just gave me a look. It was a look of pity, as if she were better than me. The nerve of her. I gave her my best death glare.
"It didn't seem worth the effort," she replied. She had a British accent. I was nearly shaking in fury. How dare she speak to a son of Hades like that? I'd make her pay. Wait, no, I can't. I promised Bianca to not hold grudges. And on the River Styx to. Stupid river. She smirked.
"Selene!" a red headed girl cried. She also had a British accent. She looked a little bit older than the girl in front of me. She was holding the hand of another kid who looked around her age while running towards us. As I looked closer at the other kid, I felt like I almost recognized him. Eh, probably seen him somewhere elsewhere in my life.
"Come on," he yelled. "Don't stop yet!" Both of the girls just looked at him. They then just exchanged a look and sighed.
"You do realize that we're both way faster than you, right?" Selene asked. Before the kid could answer, there was a crash farther up the street. As I looked closer, I noticed they were Cyclopes. Demigods. Of course, I should have known.
"Get behind me," I said. The boy immediately did, but the girls gave me a look. They raised their eyebrows at the same exact time. "Now."
"What do you think we are?" Selene said. "Some damn damsels in distress?" Her voice was slowly raising octaves. Stupid girl she was already on my nerves. Then, she did the thing that no other demigod had ever done to me in my entire life. No, she didn't kiss me. She slapped me. Me, Nico Di Angelo, son of Hades, Ghost King. Big mistake. My eyes flared red.
"Nico!" a very familiar voice yelled. I turned around and saw Percy running the other way.
"Bit of help would be nice," I said, my eyes going back to their normal color. "Mind getting us a ride out of here?"
"Okay, sure," he said. "Who are they? And what happened to your cheek?" I glared at Selena again.
"Why don't you let the damsel in distress here answer that question, Percy?" I said. Selena glared at me.
"Why don't you two lovebirds flirt later, when we're not in a life or death situation," the red head stated. Both Selene and I were not happy about that comment.
"Shut up!" we both shouted. She smirked. See a resemblance there. Then, we turned around to see the two Cyclopes coming towards us. "Run!" I said, twisting my skull ring. Instantly, it turned into my black stygian iron sword.
"What the hell!" Selene swore. I smirked. She glared. See, it was a hate-hate relationship.
"Nico, stop, I'll hold them off. You get them back to camp. Make sure to take the satyr with you though." Percy said.
"How am I supposed to get them there?" I asked.
"Shadow travel," said the boy, speaking for the first time. "I'll stay here, I'm a protecter. Just make sure to get those two to camp." My eyes widened. I knew who that was. That was Bernie the satyr, one of Grover's friends.
"Go," said Percy. "Now," I nodded.
"Now wait a second, me and Gwen aren't going-" Selene was cut off when I grabbed both of their arms and shadow traveled to camp.
"With great power, comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later." On that note, I promptly fell asleep. When I woke up, it was time for dinner.
"I see you're awake Nico" said Chiron about two seconds after I woke up.
"Yup, how'd you guess?" sarcasm dripping into my voice. Chiron laughed.
"Actually, I was about to wake you up." he replied, still chuckling. "I would like to ask a favor from you."
"Yeah, I'll do it." I said without thinking.
"Ah, good, I'd like you to guide Gwen and Selene around camp for the next couple of days." I looked at him. Then I burst out laughing.
"No seriously, what do you want me to do?" I said, still laughing. I only stopped when I saw the look on his face. This was going to be a very long two days.
Hope you liked it. Read and Review. Please review. I want to know if my writing completely sucks. I really do. PLEASE!
Also, I want to recommend a book series that is AMAZING! It is called the Gargoyle Club. I heard about while reading "The Death God Alliance" by Asilda (who is and Amazing author). If you like books about myths read it, or, if you want more info, Google it. Peace Out.
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