A Solangelo Christmas

Once again, quick disclaimer, these characters are not owned by me, they are owned by Rick Riordan and I take no ownership over them.

Nico

Told after the Blood Of Olympus, Ignores Trials Of Apollo

It was that time of year, Christmas season. Nico crawled out of his coffin-like bed, (He was still annoyed about the decorations of his cabin, after all, he was a son of Hades, not a vampire.) Nico glanced at his window. Fresh snow had fallen overnight, a lot of it too, covering everything in a thick blanket of white. Icicles gleamed in the morning light on the trees. It was December 21st, only four days left until Christmas. Nico got dressed in a warm winter jacket and walked to the door, his socks sliding on the smooth wooden floor. He turns the door knob and pushes, but the door doesn't budge. He glances once more out the front window this time, to see it covered in snow.

"What the..." he mumbles to himself as he tries the door again. It still doesn't move an inch.

"Shoot!" he yells. He's snowed in. He paces around his cabin, pinching the bridge of his nose.

"How am I going to get out of here?" He murmers. He gazes out the side window at the cabin next door. It's not nearly as covered in snow as Nico's. Zeus must really have it in for me today. He thinks to himself. He continues to pace around his cabin, lost in thought, until breakfast. His stomach growls. He hears the laughter of the other campers on their way to the dining pavilion. Now is his chance to get some assistance. The front windows are still iced shut and covered in snow, so he tries the less snow-covered side window. It too, doesn't move.

He spots Will walking with his cabin-mates at the cabin next door. Now's his chance.

"Hey!" Nico shouts, pounding on the window. Will glances around, looking for the source of the noise.

"Will!" Nico shouts again, rapping his knuckles against the window pane. Will's gaze settles on Nico's window and a wide grin spreads across his face. Nico can tell Will is trying his hardest not to laugh. Will says something to his siblings, then skips towards Nico's window.

"Hey babe, whats's wrong?" He asks, still surpressing his grin.

"I'm snowed in." Nico mumbles, his face flushing with embaressment.

"You're WHAT?" Will asks, his dimples deepen as he smiles. Nico sighs through his teeth.

"I said, I'M SNOWED IN!" Nico shouts. WIll bursts out laughing, hugging his chest in atempt to surpress his giggles. Nico presses his face to window pane and glares.

"Can you get me out?" Nico asks, getting more annoyed by the second.

"Mmm, what's in it for me?" Will asks, arching his eyebrows with mock sympathy.

"Will!" Nico shouts, exsasperated, and hungry. His stomach won't stop growling.

"Alright, alright." Will says, stepping back from the window. "I'll go get Leo." Will runs off towards the dining pavilion.

Will

Will skips off to the dining pavilion, grinning the whole way. This is going to be fun. He stops at the Hephesteaus table and grins at Leo.

"What is it dude?" Leo asks, his mouth stuffed with pancakes so it sounds more like "Woh eh it ood?" Will's grin stretches wider.

"Nico's snowed into his cabin!" Will squeals with excitement.

"Nico's snowed in?" Piper asks, leaning towards Will and Leo.

"Oh man, this is going to be fun." Leo says, returning Will's grin.

"Can I come?" Piper asks.

"Sure princess, the more the merrier." Leo says. Piper then leans over into the aisle between the rows of the tables and cups her hands around her mouth.

"Jason! Annabeth! Percy! Do you guys want to come too?" Piper shouts across the aisle.

"To where?" Percy asks, standing up.

"Nico's snowed into his cabin!" Will shouts back. A smile spreads across Percy's face and soon the whole crowd of demigods bursts into laughter.

"Oh yeah baby!" Percy shouts, "Wouldn't miss it!" soon enough the six campers were skipping along, on their way to the hades cabin.

"Why is this so exciting?" Annabeth had asked along the way.

"Nico always acts so funny when he's mad!" Leo had said. "He scrunches his eyebrows together and scowls like this." Leo then made a fairly accurate impression of Nico.

Soon after, they reach the cabin. Will raps his knuckles on Nico's window, making the pane shake once more. Nico's scowling face apears in the window.

"Can you get me out now?" Nico asks impatiently. Will winks in return and jogs to the front of the cabin where the other campers stand. Will gives Leo a double thumbs-up. Leo presses his hand to the pile of snow at the front of the cabin. At his touch, the snow melts, sending up a plume of steam.

After fully melting the snow, Leo knocks on the door. Barely after his first knock, the door swings open. The door knob slambs around, making a dent in the front of the cabin.

"What took you so long?" Nico shouts, his stomach growling. "I missed breakfast!"

"Don't worry." Will says, as he pulls a crumpled pancake out of his pocket.

"I'll take what I can get." Nico says with a shrug, and takes the pancake from Will's hand. Piper flinches, a look of disgust spreads across her face.

"You know Will, for a docter, that was a pretty un-sanitary thing to do." Piper says.

"Hey! My pockets aren't THAT dirty!" Will says. Piper shrugs. Nico has the lava wall next so they say goodbye and go their seperate ways. Nico walks off, munching his crumpled pancake the whole way.

Will sits on his bunk, chin resting on his hand, a few minutes later. What am I going to get Nico for Christmas? Will asks himself. He sits there on his bunk, pondering for a minute, when it comes to him. The perfect gift.

"Austin!" He calls across the cabin. Austin looks up from his book.

"Yeah man?" he asks.

"Can you do me a favor?" asks WIll, a wild grin spreading across his face.