Il Buio e la Luce-The Darkness and the Light
Hey guys, another Solangelo fic. This one is going to be… different from my other one. You'll see. But, I want you guys to know, I LOVE SOLANGELO. It's like, my passion. I'm a child of Dionysus, and got addicted to a ship… SOLANGELOOOOO! I took a quiz. It was true. First, if you have any questions, comment and I shall answer! Second, please comment who your parent would be, and whether or not that makes sense for you. Third, SOLANGELOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
"Nico, please will you just give me the essence? We just need like, Cerberus slobber! Or something like that! I'll leave you alone, I promise." Will asked Nico.
"Hold up. You came to me, while I'm in the middle of checking the Demeter cabin, to ask me if I can give your cabin some Cerberus slobber? No." Nico replied.
"Pleeease? I really need it! We need to strengthen our arrows for capture the flag on Thursday!"
"No."
"I can't go back empty-handed!"
"Yes, you can."
"Nico, it's a bad idea to resist. He's going to continue to bug you until you give in and saw yes. Believe me, I have some first-hand experience!" Drew told Nico, checking under Katie Gardner's bed.
"Wait a minute, you went to Drew. Why, and what for?" Nico asked Will.
"First of all, she was the only Aphrodite kid in the cabin. I would have preferred Piper. Second, advice." Will replied.
"Advice on what? Hold on…" Nico looked like he was holding off laughter. "Do you have a crush on someone."
"Yes he does, and they're oblivious!" Drew called.
"Man, that sucks. I know." Nico said.
"I can't believe I trusted Drew." Will said.
"Yeah, that was a bad idea. She's probably already told her entire cabin!"
"And the Tyche, Nike, Nemesis, Ares, Zeus, Poseidon, and Demeter cabins!" Drew chimed in.
Will face-palmed. "Graah! Drew!" Will looked like he wanted to strangle her and use her as the flag on Thursday.
"They're also on his capture the flag team!" Drew said.
"Drew! SHUT UP!" Will shouted at her. "Anyways, we need something from the Underworld!"
"No. Unless you don't mind shooting me from your bows, no." Nico answered. "And that's final."
"Fine. But if we lose, it's on you, di Angelo."
"Maybe you should've sent Kayla or Austin. They would've had a better chance, Solace."
"GAH! You little!"
Will stormed out of the Demeter cabin, and Drew smirked.
"What's wrong with you?" Nico asked.
"Oh, nothing. Just make sure you're at the campfire tonight." Drew replied.
After the cabin inspections were done, Nico went straight to his room, jumped onto his bunk, and decided to take a quick nap.
He woke up to someone knocking on his door.
"Nico? You missed the campfire. We were starting to worry about you. No one's seen you since cabin inspections were done." Annabeth's voice came through the door.
"Who is 'we'?" Nico asked.
"Me, Annabeth, Percy, Jason, Will, Drew, and Grover." Piper's voice came from the door, now.
"Oh, yeah, I'm fine."
"Nico, you told me you'd be at the campfire, you-you-you lying hades-spawn!" Drew yelled.
"Can someone make Drew go away?"
"Nope, he's okay. If he can complain about who's worried about him, he's perfectly fine." Will spoke now.
"And make him go, too!"
"Di Angelo, I'm the reason you're still alive!"
"Or maybe you guys can duck-tape his mouth shut."
"This is the thanks I get for saving your life multiple times, healing you constantly, and being worried about you!?"
Nico walked to the door. "Solace, you best leave before I summon a skeleton army to attack you!"
"I'm staying with the others until they leave this cabin!"
Nico opened the door. "Holy Hades, go away!" Nico began summoning a skeleton warrior, and almost collapsed.
"You see, di Angelo! I've told you a million times over, don't use your underworld-y powers!" Will walked towards him and started giving Nico strength.
Drew giggled. Jason beamed. Percy started hopping up and down on one foot. Even for ADD demigods, this was odd behavior.
"Okay, what is it?" Nico asked.
"Uhh…nothing!" Drew said.
"Ignore them." Annabeth told Nico. "I do."
"Not all te time, Wise Girl." Percy said.
"Shut it, Kelp Head."
"Anyways, as much as I'd love to see Annabeth and Percy bicker, I'm going back to sleep. See ya!" Nico said, walking back into his cabin and shutting the door.
"Drew… Can I just say, I hate you so much?" Will said.
"I know! All the other campers do, too!" Drew replied.
"I despise you and your love advice."
"Yeah, you should have kept looking for Piper."
"I know that now. I thought you said my best chance would be to meet him at the campfire!"
"Never listen to me. Never."
"I'm so done with you."
Nico waited. He hoped that no one was awake. He grabbed the spray bottle and flashlight by his bed. Then, he quickly made a rainbow and said,
"O, Goddess, accept my offering." Nico waited. "Hazel Levesque, at Camp Jupiter."
An image of Nico's sister was fuzzy at first, but then he saw that she was with Frank and Reyna in the Via Principalis.
"A million times, Will Solace is going to-" Hazel began.
"Hazel! Frank! Reyna! Been a while!" Nico said.
"Yeah, almost two months since the battle with Gaea." Frank said.
"How are things over there?" Nico asked.
"The usual. No more giants and monsters. No more crazy goddesses. No more Argo-II-ing. Kind of boring, in fact." Frank replied.
"I wouldn't say boring. You did win the war games. Again." Reyna remarked.
"How about you?" Hazel asked.
"Same old, same old. Will's still being annoying. Today he asked for some of Cerberus' slobber. Percy, Jason, Piper, and Annabeth are still acting weird. I was supposed to go the campfire tonight, but I forgot." Nico responded.
"Well, we gotta go, Nic-" Reyna started to say.
Tap tap. "Hang on a minute guys." Nico told them.
Nico walked over to one of the windows on the Hades cabin, looked out the curtains and saw…
Will, Kayla, and Austin.
"Sorry guys, it's the Apollo cabin siblings. Bye!" Nico said, waving his hand through the rainbow.
He walked over and opened the window.
"There's a door, you know."
"Sorry. That would have been too loud." Austin told him.
"Why are you three here?"
"We came because there's this thing that the Apollo cabin does once a year. Follow us!" Kayla answered.
Nico climbed out the window, and then followed the three blonde kids to the arena. He walked in, and saw that there were about a half dozen other kids who looked like miniature Will's in the arena. Some were holding bows with quivers on their backs, while others held musical instruments. A few kids had bandages and med kits.
"What is this?" Nico asked.
No one answered. He looked around, and then saw her. Standing right in the middle of the arena was Aphrodite. She had hair that was constantly changing in color and length. Her eyes changed faster than bullets being fired from a machine gun. One second she would have short blonde hair and blue eyes, then short black hair with black eyes, then red hair and green eyes, etc.
"Oh god of Olympus, no." Nico said, looking behind him.
Kayla and Austin guarded one exit. Another kid guarded the other one.
"Yes?" Aphrodite asked Nico.
"I meant anyone but you! I'd prefer a meeting with Artemis than with you!"
"Ah, yes. In fact, almost three years ago, I spoke to a certain son of Poseidon about why he was on a quest. In fact, it was for a young child of Athena. Quite ironic that the boy you had a crush on was questing for love, wouldn't you say?"
Nico growled. "What do you want now?"
"Another quest for love! In fact, it involves two people. And the both just entered the arena!"
"Him? You expect me to go on a 'love quest' with Will Solace?"
Will looked hurt. "You're not exactly a dream boat either, di Angelo!"
"Aw! Look at that, they're bickering! Just like the children of Poseidon and Athena!" Aphrodite squealed.
"Keep out of this, you deranged goddess!" Nico said to Aphrodite.
"I wouldn't call a goddess names, Death Boy." Will remarked.
"Yes, it is very rude! I would curse you so that you're forever alone, but I wouldn't. This quest requires a relationship. And you two are the only ones who haven't been on a real quest."
"Great." Nico rolled his eyes.
"Amor est , etiam si latet!" Aphrodite shouted, and pink light washed over the arena.
When the light was gone, so was Aphrodite.
"What did she just do?" Nico asked.
"Can't be good. She just said, Love prevails, even if it is unseen." Will replied.
"I hate Apollo, his cabin, and all of his offspring. And I hate Aphrodite!"
"Gee, thanks." Will looked even more hurt, if that was possible.
Then, a message appeared on the ground beneath the two boys.
By the 5th day of September, bring me the rose. Then, the curse may be lifted. Until then, you must stay by each other. If you don't believe me, then try going more than ten feet away from each other.
-Love,
Your favorite Love Goddess,
Aphrodite!
P.S.-Every few days, you'll have to be closer. Example, by the 20th, you'll have to be within 8, by the 23rd, within 5, until you'll be so close it's hard to balance!
"I wish I could kill her!" Nico shouted.