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You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You'll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away
Nico sat on the ground, ignoring the raging war behind him. Flashbacks of Bianca suddenly started playing in his mind. It had been a long time since she died. But the memory lay fresh in his mind. He remembered entering the Big House looking around, hoping his nightmares weren't true. But they were when Percy had taken him out alone (he had tried not to feel giddy about that) and told him what happened. "It was for a good cause", "I tried to stop her", "she died a hero" were all the things he kept repeating to Nico, trying to make him understand. The only thing he heard was "she's gone". It was a constant ring in his ears for awhile just like the fact that he was a son of Hades. Then it slowly faded out more to the beep of a heart monitor.
He hated how Percy pretended to understand. He was an only child. He didn't even have any demigod siblings. There was no way he could understand. Bianca wasn't just his sister or his mother. She was his whole world. She had shielded him, protected him, stood up for him and was the one to make him laugh when the other kids made fun of him or if he had a nightmare. She always was the more cheerful one between the two. Almost like a ray of sunlight poking through his darkness. And then she had been taken away. Twice. That wasn't even fair.
The other night dear, as I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms
When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken
So I hung my head and I cried.
Nico recalled the first fews nights after her death and when he stayed in the Labyrinth. He had terrible nightmares, had difficulty discovering his powers, and was constantly lost. He had few days where he didn't know where he was or knew who or what he was. His nightmares consisted of Percy finding him and Bianca repeatedly dying. He'd wake up in a sweat and would sit for a few minutes, drinking in the darkness, before moving on and refusing sleep until he passed out from exhaustion.
But by chance, his dreams had a turn of luck. In his dream Bianca was back. She smiled at him and pulled him in for a hug. Her hands were soft and gentle. She pushed her hair out of her eyes and stared at him lovingly.
Bianca, Nico thought
"I love you, Nico," she told him. The two siblings happily embraced each other.
Suddenly his eyes snapped open and found himself surrounded by darkness. Slowly, reality came crashing in and he screamed and banged his fists against the ground, begging for his sister back.
You told me once, dear, you really loved me
And no one else could come between.
But now you've left me and love another;
You have shattered all my dreams…
"I love you, Nico," Bianca would always tell him, no matter how many times he annoyed her that day. Every night when she tucked him into bed, she'd tell him that. And Nico felt special and safe. They were best friends, nothing could come between them. But Nico was merely a child and naive to the world. The gods and death came between them. He saw her becoming more annoyed with him each day they were together. She started telling him she loved him every so often. Nico would be relieved when she did say it. Perhaps if he hadn't had his head in the clouds and was more grown up, she wouldn't have left him, three times. First, she easily fell in love with the idea of the Hunters of Artemis and ditched him for that. Then she agreed to go on that stupid quest and leave him to be alone at the camp. Then Hephaestus's stupid machine killed her and she had left him completely alone. Then Nico had a chance to grab her again, and she left him and reincarnated. Now, Nico was certain he'd never find his sister. He didn't know she could be so good at shattering his dreams.
A sharp buzz in Nico's ears snapped him back to reality. He began to weep as he clutched the daughter of Pluto in his hands.
