DISCLAIMER: I own nothing of the Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus series, it's all Rick Riordan's.

The love I have for Nico di Angelo knows no bounds.

SHADOWLANDS

Slipping in and out of the shadowlands

Silently, endlessly

You can never be sure if he was there

Or if you dreamt it all up

A fragment of a fantasy.

'To the angels' his name, di Angelo, means.

And you can believe he is an angel,

an avenging angel,

a fallen angel.

Too late to turn back now.

Too late to go back to being the little boy

the carefree boy whose biggest worry

was losing his card game.

He thought he'd be that way forever

But that's the funny thing, you see,

forever seemed to be over faster than one might think

and he was all alone before he could say 'Bianca'.

Mysterious and dark, he is

He looks so young yet so old

Someone that age shouldn't look

So troubled, so pained

An outcast everywhere.

Welcomed by none and shunned by all

Why? That's the mystery.

He hates himself, you can tell.

The self-loathing in his eyes

Those eyes, colder than the dark side of the moon itself

He was once loved by someone, you can tell.

But not anymore, no.

And he once loved someone, you can tell.

But not anymore.

King of ghosts, you can never be sure with this one.

You can never be sure

What he'll do next

Will he save the day

or will he join the enemy?

Is he the saviour or is he the enemy?

That's the mystery, you see.

And some mysteries are better left unsolved.

Just something I thought of whilst re-reading The Titan's Curse. I love Nico so much, and hope he gets a bigger role in The Heroes of Olympus.

Should I continue? I love him a lot, it would be great fun.

Please review. It would meant the world to me.

Thanks for reading!