The Power Of Nine Leader; Nico di Angelo
At the age of 11, Nico di Angelo and his sister Bianca di Angelo where attacked by a monster known as a Manticore. They were both saved by a demigod by the name of Percy Jackson. Nico idolized him. Nico saw Percy as a living and breathing hero. Percy took Nico to camp Half-Blood, and promised to keep him and his sister safe. Sadly, Bianca was killed. Nico, in turn, ran away. It was then revealed that Nico is a son of Hades.
At the age of 12, Nico ventures out of the underworld. He seeks "vengeance" upon the one that has escaped death. Daedalus. The rumors fly around the camp, but it is not revealed to anyone else that he is a son of the Big Three. He helps Percy Jackson and Annabeth escape the Labyrinth. In turn, he frees Daedalus' soul. He begins to realize that he is in love with Percy, so he runs away.
At the age of 13, he calls upon Percy himself. His father would allow him to speak to his mother if he would bring Percy down. So he brings Percy back into the Underworld. There, he tries to help him escape his prison, and expose him to the River Styx. In it, Percy would be invincible. Sadly, Nico gets caught, and is reprimanded by his father, Hades. He bought enough time to allow Percy to escape. Later, he joins the battle and is very tempted to kill Kronos on the spot with his Stygian Iron Sword. He later revels in the love he has for Percy Jackson.
Only a month after his 14th birthday, Nico runs. And he runs far. He runs to LA, where he meets his half-sister, Hazel. They immediately become friends, but Nico isn't welcome, as the place Hazel is at is a camp for Roman Demigods. He immediately recognizes the new Praetor, one person he loves. Percy. Then, he talks to him. But Percy doesn't remember him. So he plays along. A month later, Percy returns from a quest, threatening to kill Nico for not telling him of his past.
A month later, Jason Grace and Nico stumble into a palace that Cupid, or Eros, calls home. Here, Nico must face a challenge: reveal his true loves identity. So he does. At a cost. Nico reveals his love interest when Jason is there.
After the war with the Giants and Gaea, Nico reveals his love interest to his sister, Hazel, but sons and daughters of Hermes overheard the conversation. When the secret is out that Nico is in love with Percy, Nico is utterly destroyed. So he gets revenge. Using his shadow powers, he cursed the camp to forever be drowned in shadows. The shadows devoured cabins, campers, and even Chiron and Dionysus. After his attack, Nico fell to the ground, crying in a heaping mess. The cabins, campers, and directors where returned after the curse wore off. The campers where all afraid to go near him. With the exception of Leo, Jason, Piper, and ironically, Annabeth. They all gathered around him, and gave him a hug. They all knew what it was like to feel abandoned, destroyed, depressed, and worst of all… at the end of the road. The four said they forgive him for what he's done, and that they don't even blame him. Percy, on the other hand, is nowhere to be found. Freaking out and thinking that he killed Percy, Nico runs into the shadows. There, he goes to Cupid's palace. He tells Eros of this, and he just gets laughed at. Nico then takes out his sword and challenges Eros to a sword dual. Eros accepts, but at the point of him nearing death. Before Nico has the chance to kill Cupid, Percy intercepts his final blow. While parrying the attacks, Percy tries to convince Nico that he is no dream, that he is alive, and well. He came to the palace upon Blackjack's back, and at the poor Pegasi's expense of being exhausted. Nico, sensing truth in his words, halted his advances. Percy then goes in, and knocks Nico out with magical dust that the Hermes cabin gave him. When Nico awakens, he finds himself back in his cabin at Camp Half-Blood. When he leaves his cabin, he goes to the bonfire on the beach. What happens then, is that he meets a certain blue-eyed blonde by the name of William "James" Hertz, who is not so different from him.
This story shall continue, but I must first introduce an OC. William "James" Hertz.