Beginning Notes
Hey, so this is my first ever fanfic, hope you guys like it, and all characters are owned by Rick Riordan
Will's POV
Rachel and I were walking to the Hades cabin, because it was Nico's birthday. We had made Nico a special present. I remembered how we got the idea. It was when Hazel, Jason and I were helping Nico redesign his Cabin. I found his old deck of Mythomagic cards and he told me to be careful with them, and then he stored them safely in a box before we painted the walls. I figured he still cared about the game, so after the painting en moving everything around, when we were putting everything back where they belonged, I slipped one of the cards in my pocket. That night, I sat on my bed, just staring at the card. It was Demeter. I wondered, if I could do something special with this card other than play with it.The next day I visited Nico in the new Hades cabin. It looked pretty good actually, not like a vampire's home anymore. It looked like... a proper home, but a bit darker. I liked it. On the windowsill stood a photo of him and Bianca with their mother. And that's when it clicked, I was going to make Nico Mythomagic cards, but with his mother and sister on them. After the visit, I ran to Rachels cave and told her my plan. She would draw Bianca and Nico's mother, and I would make the layout of the cards. Together we made the most beautiful Mythomagic cards in history. And that's all that mattered, that Nico would have the best cards ever. So now we were walking to his cabin, cards wrapped in black wrapping paper. 'Do you think he'll like it?' I asked nervously. 'Of course he will,' Rached said. 'Nico will love our present, and you know? We make a pretty good team,' she said. That calmed me down a bit.
When we entered the cabin, it was like these was already a party going on, but Nico had never planned a party. I figured everyone just wanted to celebrate Nico's birthday. And by the looks of things, Percy had brought the snacks: blue candy, blue (and black) cupcakes, blue chocolates, just blue everything.
Everyone was sitting in a circle on the floor playing a card game of some sort. Annabeth looked up and said: 'Oh well, were complete. Guys we can start the presents.' 'Complete?' I asked. 'Yeah, all Nico's friends are here, it's like a, um, planned-but-not-planned party,' Leo said. 'And what do you mean by that?' Calypso asked. 'Well, I don't know, I don't know why Annabeth said 'Nico's friends' either, because you're not his friend.' 'But I know him well enough, and I consider myself kind-of-a-friend, so I can be at his birthday party.' Calypso said. 'Guys, it's not a party!' Nico shouted. 'But we're all here, and we all brought presents, so let's just get this on with okay?' Percy said impatiently
Rachel and I squeezed into the circle and we all started giving our presents. Calypso had given him a batch of his favourite brownies, Leo gave him a new sheath for his sword, Annabeth gave him a coffee cup filled with marshmallows, wrapped in plastic, wrapped in a new hoodie, wrapped in wrapping paper. It was a pretty smart idea, but that was obvious, since it was Annabeth. Piper gave him a blanket. It was black with a pattern of hearts and skulls on it. But the weirdest thing was: it had sleeves. 'A blanket with sleeves?' I asked. 'Yes, I made it myself. So apparently, my father can knit, and he taught me to knit. And when I got the hang of it, my mother gave me a visit, showing me how to knit a heart pattern. Then last weekend, I spent the whole weekend trying to knit a skull pattern. I attracted quite a few monsters while using YouTube, but that doesn't matter. When I could do that, I knitted a blanket with sleeves, so that Nico can sort of wear it, and carry it around easily.' 'Wow, that is... genius,' said Annabeth. 'Thanks,' Piper said proudly.
It was now Rachel and my turn to give Nico his present. 'We, uh, we got you a present together,' I said. Rachel handed him the present. When he opened the present, I saw tears forming in his eyes. He crawled over to us for a group hug and whispered: 'Thank you.' I looked at Rachel and saw her smiling, so we returned the hug.
'Okay, okay, now it's our turn,' Jason said glancing at Percy. 'So, we arranged with Chiron and Reyna, to spend a week at camp Jupiter,' Percy said. 'And we agreed that, if we can find a way to get there safely, and to find somewhere to sleep without disturbing the cohorts, we get to stay there a week.' 'So,' Jason continued, 'We ah, um, lent, a minivan, and you have your own zombie driver right? If he can bring us, we can sleep in tents. And that's how we're all staying at camp Jupiter for a week.' Percy and Jason high-fived. 'Guys, this is awesome, I haven't seen Hazel, Reyna and Frank for so long. And it would be such a lonely trip without you,' Nico said, a smile creeping across his face. It was adorable when he smiled. I'd only gotten to see a few of them, most of them were those three days I ordered Nico to stay in the infirmary, but still, it was a wonderful thing to look at. Oh no, am I crushing on Nico DiAngelo?
End Notes
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