Story Description: Set after the books, Nico is now 16 and living at Camp Half-blood, but unknowingly his life gets turned upside down when a dead girl gets brought back and placed into Nico's life, she alters the world around her… Rated M just incase.
Chapter 1It was a fairly average day at Camp Half-blood for Nico that day.
He woke up did a spot of sword practice (though he much preferred daggers!), walked around for a bit, had a swim. The usual, nothing special at all, and now it was time for another boring Head Council meeting. Nico wished he could bunk off, but what would people think of him then? A lot of people were still wary of Nico, he was a child of Hades and even though he had earned his place among the other campers, some didn't like him. But it didn't bother him. It couldn't be helped.
Nico made his way slowly to the meeting, he kicked stones as he went by them, his hands were shoved into his jeans pockets and his head cast low. It had been a difficult year for Nico. Percy, Annabeth and most of the other people he knew had grown up, left camp. He still saw them from time to time, but it left him with noone to talk to hardly, no-one who really knew him and it simply sucked. He could often be found on downers lately, he wished there was someone who understood him there, but there was not. He had to live with it, so with his moods down he walked into the big house.
The meeting was already in full swing with Chiron the centaur at the head of the table, talking in his musky voice. He looked up as he heard Nico come in and smiled brightly. "Ah Nico! There you are!" he exclaimed, with a hand gesture for him to join them. Chiron was often pleasant like that, but Nico had seen his ugly side and even though he did not want to sit down and he knew it would not anger Chiron if he didn't, he felt compelled to. So sullenly he sat down. All the other Head councillor's were there, including Rachel Elizabeth Dare, the oracle. Rachel was probably the only person Nico knew that had not left Camp yet, though with her possessing the spirit of Delphi it was probably a bit hard for her to move out and get on with her life until a new host came along! She smiled softly at Nico as he sat down and Nico tried for a smile back. Before Chirons voice broke everything up.
"Now, I know you are all finding these meetings a little boring to say the least!" he said with a warm chuckle.
"But they really are good for the whole camp, however, this one I am afraid is a bit more, shall we say heavy than usual?" A mummer of unease throughout the people surrounding the table met him, but that mummer was soon broken.
A raspy old voice could be heard, green smoke was rising, Nico snapped his head around and saw Rachel, her mouth gaping open. It was the oracle and it was ready to speak.
It had been a long time since the Camp had heard a prophecy and most of the new campers had never seen the oracle at work! But Nico had and the fact that a new prophecy was coming now scared him. He wanted to run and hide, his gut was telling him that this was going to be bad, heavy as Chiron had said. But he stayed frozen in place, as Rachel spoke.
"A spirit from times long since passed,
She will come and rise at last,
The world alters, shifts and turns,
To accommodate the girl that burns,
A child of death shall surely die,
To stop the voice that speaks those lies,"Rachel coughed and shuddered a little, before the voice left her and she sat down. All around the table there was silence. It was a shattering silence and Nico knew before he turned around what he would find, all the campers eyes where on him. A child of death. Well it was no surprise who everyone thought that obviously must be. Nico grimaced and stared back at the others, then just shook his head. Chiron was looking at Rachel uneasily, before he rose from his sitting position and looked at everyone.
"A new prophecy. Well, I'm sure we all know this means we must issue a quest." He looked to Nico with a miserable face. "It is clear Nico is to lead or at least go on this quest, does anyone disagree?" he asked, cocking his eyebrow and looking around at everyone, noone spoke up against, it so he nodded pointedly and looked at Nico. Nico stared down at the floor, then stood up slowly. "I accept this quest," he mumbled. Chiron smiled slightly, then looked to everyone else.
"We have much to think about, the prophecy is completely new, I think we should all take a night to think about it and we shall meet back here in the morning to discuss this more." He announced, not bothering to ask us of our opinions, before he excused himself, wandering off muttering darkly. It was clear he was unsettled. Rachel followed suit after him, while the rest of the campers wandered out of the big house slowly.
Nico stood were he was for what felt like ages, he had never lead a quest before and was terrified, yet excited at the same time. But then he also felt hopeless. "Child of death shall surely die" he muttered, frowning, he was destined to die, in some form or another; prophecies were a bit of a trick in that way. They say one thing but can mean another. He took in a deep breath before he left the Big house. He didn't feel like sleeping, at least not yet, it had been a long day and he was tired, but he could not sleep. Not yet at least. He took a walk down to the lake, it was as if he was moving in slow motion though, the moon was moving swiftly across the sky before he got to the lake. He stared out across the glittery horizon with a grimace. The lake was beautiful, but Nico felt saddened by its beauty. He always felt like that around beauty, knowing he would never belong with something beautiful. It sucked sometimes in that sense, being a child of Hades. But he lived with it. He stayed a little longer before he headed to his Cabin. It was really late now and the harpies would find him and eat him if he stayed out much longer! He moved into the dark Cabin, before flickering on the lights. Even the cabin had a dark vibe to it. It was grey and dismal and it was enough to put anyone's moods down. He peeled off his t-shirt, leaving him in his jeans. He never changed for bed, it was one of his little quirks. He crawled into the big bed and pulled the sheets up around him. It was deadly silent in the cabin, he was the only child of Hades living at Camp Half-Blood so he was completely alone. Just him and his thoughts.
"A child of death shall surely die"Authors notes:
Hello everyone!
So this is my first fan fiction on this website, so I would love if you guys could tell me how its going so far by leaving a review! I know its pretty fast paced at the moment, but I'm trying to get to the main story and keeping it fresh. (:
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