This is the House Of Hades told by Nico. This is also his love story!
I do not own the charecters, everything belongs to the amazing Rick riordan!
chapter one
Nico isn't used to looking at girls. Heck, he hates people. He knows what they think of him, that they're scared of him. But when he looked at the girl that was tied to a chair at the stables of the Argo ship, he kind of forgot about the fact that he hates people and they hate him. She looked about 15 years old. She had brown hair that looked like ground and a tanned skin color that looked completely natural. Her eyes were so green they reminded him of grass. She smelled like rain in the morning, like fresh ground. Like earth. She was absolutely beautiful.
Get a grip of yourself, he thought to himself. She's just a girl. And she was dangerous. He had no doubt. She didn't look scared being chained to the chair, she didn't even look surprised. In fact, she looked bored. Like she was expecting it.
Everyone was around and Piper was sitting in front of her, trying to make her talk. "Who are you? Why are you here?" She was using a lot of her speech talking, Nico could hear. Her voice was shaking, and she looked a mess. Her eyes were puffy and red, and her brown hair was messy. Piper was still shocked after what happened at Rome, we all were. It's been only two days, and we still haven't decided on a course of action. Correction, I haven't decided. Because as much as they all are talented and strong, none of them can stop crying long enough to get a grip of themselves. I have to do it, Nico thought. I'm the only one who can. There is just one problem. He's not a leader. No one will listen to him. None ever listens to him. Even though they came looking for him this didn't mean they thought of him as their friend.
He stepped from the doorway to the room. All eyes went to him, including hers. Gods, they were beautiful. She looked at him in an assessing way, and for one second he thought he saw a glimpse of amusement. Without looking away from him she told Piper "Stop using your stupid charm speak, it doesn't work on me. I'll talk only to him" she pointed her head toward Nico. All five demigods looked at him with expecting eyes and Nico was a little shocked by the fact that they're actually waiting for his command. He's used to the fact the only people that listen to him are the dead. He nodded in approval and they all stepped out of the lower basement. "We frisked, she doesn't have any weapons" Jason said to him. Before disappearing with everyone else, Hazel gave him an encouraging smile. Nico really liked his half-sister, and he also knew she was probably the main reason they went looking for him.
He sat on the chair that Piper had sat on moments ago, leaning on his knees. It was two A.M and his hair was messier than usual since he got out of bed only a couple of minutes ago. It was Leo's turn to stay watch tonight, and by the time Nico put on a black shirt everyone was already at the lower basement. He knew he probably looked ridiculous, with his black sweatpants that used him as PJ's, black shirt and his three foot long stygian sword. Usually he didn't care about how he looked, but for some reason this girl made him think about it.
She wore blue dark pants, with tears in them, some intentional some no doubt from battle. She had black hoodies and a black tank top underneath. No doubt for camouflage. Funniest thing of them all, she had no shoes. Completely bare feet. "Lost them somewhere between Naples and Barl. Didn't exactly had time to buy new ones since I had to catch you guys before you hit the Adriatic sea." She said in an amused tone, and Nico could have thought she was mocking him. He took another look at her, and indeed saw that she didn't have any weapons. That didn't make her any less lethal. Finally, he said "Why don't we start by you telling me your name so we can talk like civilized people." He said this in a calm voice. The corner of her mouth rose up just a little before saying "Call me Al. And since we're speaking about civilized, why don't you release me from these chains." Now it was his turn to smile in amusement. "You got free of those chains five minutes ago." Al sighed in exaggerated relief and brought her hands to her lap, removing the chains expertly. "You really should teach them how to obtain a captive. If I didn't want to be here, you'd all be dead already." She passed her eyes at Nico again. "Well, most of you". Nico hoped he kept a straight face, but something about this girl just made him amused. "So Al, tell me why the hell you would wanna be on a war ship with six very annoyed demigods?"
"First, promise me something" she told him. "You're not in a position to make conditions". She snarled. "The only reason you and your friend aren't dead right now is because I need you alive. Don't full yourself that you're in control Nico. I thought you were better than that". He wasn't surprised at all she knew his name. he expected her to know many other things. "What do you want?"
"For you to listen until the end and not pull your sword out after my first sentence." "Fair enough" like he was going to kill her anyway. "Begin"
"You know that evil bitch that wants you all dead? The one who is responsible for Percy and Annabeth falling to Tartarus? "Although Nico knew there is no need, he nodded his head with his eyebrows up, intrigued already. She called Gaea an evil bitch, which got her bonus points.
"Yeah, well, that bitch is my mother."