Nico Di angelo was doing his own thing when it all happened. He was in the fighting arena, listening to the clashing of celestial bronze swords as he waited for the fight to end. Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, was fighting Will Solace, son of Apollo, in sword fighting practice. Chiron watched the fight from a distance while the other campers betted an gossiped about who would win. Nico could agree that Will was a good fighter, but he was better at healing. As an Apollo camper, he prefered healing or archery over fighting in sword to sword combat.
Percy on the other hand was a great fighter. It was his favorite activity in Camp Halfblood and he had more experience from fighting against Chronos, giants and monsters. Other than that, his sword, Riptide, was longer than Will's celestial bronze blade and that gave Percy plenty space.
Nico watched as Will dodged Riptide and lunged at Percy, but Percy blocked the strike with Riptide and the metal clanged together. Percy used his strength to push the younger demigod backward and Will stumbled backward, but caught himself just in time to roll out of the way as Riptide slashed the air where he had once been standing.
Will panted, sweat trickling down his face. "Do you give up", Percy asked casually and raised his sword. "DON'T GIVE UP WILL. YOU CAN BEAT HIM", Nico yelled, trying to give his best friend some confidence. Nico rarely ever gave words of comfort, but Will was a good friend, no matter how annoying Nico could be at some times. Nico was grateful to have the son of Apollo, there was no better friend.
That gave Will a little bit of confidence, but of course confidence does not beat the son of the sea god. Will yelled and lunged at Percy who looked surprised for a second when Will's sword caught Riptide by the hilt. Will was using all of his strength to twist Riptide out of Percy's hand. Unfortunately Percy got back his concentration and used his strength to make Will's attempt backfire. He spun the swords until Will's sword flew out of his hand and landed in the dirt. With his opponent unarmed, Percy thrust his sword inches from Will's chest.
Will looked exhausted and Percy pulled his sword away as Chiron walked toward the two and lifted Percy's free hand in the air. "The winner is Percy Jackson", Chiron yelled and applause came from Percy's last opponents. Will looked at Nico and Nico smiled at him for giving a good effort.
Percy shook Will's hand and patted him on the back, "Good job Will. You have gotten better at fighting since last time. Take care", and Will walked over to Nico.
"Thanks for the support Nico. That helped a lot", Will gave Nico a sunny smile.
"Have Nico fight Percy" someone yelled from the crowd before Will and Nico could head towards the door. He spun around to see who dared to speak his name and the campers backed away from Linda, an Aphrodite girl who was rumored to have a crush on Will. She looked like a stereotypical California girl with blonde hair, tanned skin, and an athletic body covered with designer jeans and a One Direction T-shirt. She had always been jealous of Nico getting all of Will's attention ever since she came to the camp a month from that day and she would throw Nico back into Tartarus just to get a few minutes of alone time with the son of Apollo.
"Well Linda, that sounds like a great idea. Nico it is your choice". Nico thought about that, just back down and go with Will to hang out a before dinner, but on the other hand he might look like a coward for backing down. Nico sighed and glared at Linda so hard it might give her eternal nightmares.
"I accept", Nico said and unsheathed his stigion blade from his belt. "Alright you two you remember the rules. No maming, or killing. Remember, this is just practice not a real fight and you may begin". Percy gave Nico an apologetic smile and wished him good luck.
Chiron backed away as Percy came at Nico with surprising speed. Nico lifted his his sword just in time to intercept the blow and pushed Percy's blade to the side. He jumped up and said "Whoa" in surprise as spun THROUGH Percy's shoulder. Nico landed on the ground and rolled back on his feet looking feeling as confused as Percy looked. Nico had not shadow traveled, the day was still bright and the torches eliminated almost every shadow. Nico spotted Will watching the fight while Linda was chatting about something that Nico really didn't care about, trying to direct his attention on her eyes as if trying to hypnotize him into her control.
Then Nico got angry. He wanted this to be done so he can shove his sword up Linda's ass and get life over with. He lunged at Percy who just shook himself out of his surprise and he raised his sword for a block. Nico yelped as he ran right through Percy and stumbled over, almost falling over, at the other side of Percy.
He heard Percy say "What the… OH GODS". Nico looked behind him as golden glowing cracks appeared all over Percy. The older demigod flipped out and tried to wipe the glow off of him with no progress.
"Nico are you… Huh"? Nico turned around in time to see Will and Linda glowing gold, Will looking mystified at his body as the cracks got bigger and brighter, Linda not looking worried at all as she grasped his arm and glowed brighter too. Looking down at his hands, Nico almost screamed at the fact that his arms were glowing too. He panicked not noticing Chiron trying to help them both and the campers flipping out, stumbling over each other to try and get away from the scene before the light appeared on them too. Then the golden light filled Nico's vision and everything went black.
Nico awoke surrounded by a all different kinds of plants, fruit and vines. He could see hints of light through leaves in a canopy above and colorful flowers blooming all over. Vines tangled throughout the trees like a giant green spiderweb throughout the trees. Birds and creatures honked and squawked somewhere in the distance, but other than that the forest seemed quiet.
Looking over, Nico saw a large black figure that was getting steadily to its feet. Nico's eyes widened as he made out wings, tail, long neck, talons, and teeth. "AH", Nico yelped and jumped up, stigion blade in hand. The dragon looked at him and yelped, pulling out her familiar cavalry sword out of the sheath that was strapped to her tail.
They both looked at each other for a bit, then the other dragon saw Nico's blade, studying the blade with its familiar amber eyes. "Nico"? The dragon asked in a voice that sounded a lot like someone he knew. "Hazel. What the heck? You are a black dragon". Hazel looked down at her dark brown underbelly and talons, then back at Nico. "Well you are too".
Nico panicked when he found that he had pure black talons, four legs, giant pitch black wings and a long, armored, spiky tail. He lifted his talons to his face to feel a long, toothy snout and smooth, cone horns sticking out of his head. "Holy Hera. I am a dragon", Nico said out loud, when he looked in a puddle and saw a black dragon face with Nico's brown eyes looking back at Nico.
"Hey who said that", someone roared behind them. Nico whipped around, almost tripping on his tail and found a very colorful dragon looking at him sternly.
She looked like she was built differently than Nico and his sister, they were bigger and clumsier. The dragon that was looking at them had a slim frame, curled tail, and also held her wings proudly. Her scales shifted shades of royal blue and purple. Standing at her side was a slightly larger black dragon that looked like hazel, but he had a mischievous looking face and he looked older and stronger than Nico or Hazel.
"Who are you and what are you doing? You know the rules about hunting, no nightwings out at this time". "We are not hunting and what is a nightwing"? asked Hazel cocking her head to the side. The black dragon growled at Hazel, "YOU are a nightwing and so is your friend. Which leads to queen Glory's first question. Who are you? You know what, I don't care. GET BACK TO WHERE YOU BELONG RIGHT NOW BEFORE I THROW YOU IN THE NEW DUNGEON. Can I queen Glory"? The dragon named Glory rolled her eyes, "No Deathbringer".
Nico had met some really stupid people, but this dragon was committing suicide yelling at his sister like that. The ground by Nico's feet bulged and wriggled, probably skeletons sensing Nico's puffed up his chest, lifted his sword to look intimidating, and spread his wings which spread out like the night taking over the sunset. The seemed to dim the light and shadows seemed to grow stronger with Nico's anger.
"I am Nico Di Angelo, son of Hades the ruler of the Underworld. Don't you dare talk to my sister like that or you will be meeting my father personally". Queen glory backed away in surprise and then shook herself out of it. "Who is Hades"? Asked Deathbringer, gods this guy had a deathwish. "DEATHBRINGER, THAT IS ENOUGH. Hey I have an idea. Can you go on a mission to get Starflight and see if he remembers this dragon", yelled Glory, her snout, talons, and wings flaring red. Deathbringer's expression softened a bit, bowed to the queen, and flew away. Glory's color shifted back to blue and purple and she sighed and turned towards Nico and Hazel and gave them an apologizing smile, "Sorry, he is annoying that way. Anyway, sorry if I forgot your names". Hazel just shook her head, "How can you remember our names, we're new here. I am Hazel Levesque, daughter of Pluto, and you already know my half brother Nico. Now Nico, lower your sword before you hurt anyone". Nico grumbled in ancient Greek and lowered the tip of his blade to the ground, and folded his wings. the forest got a little brighter and the skeleton's trying to break the surface had subsided to resting under the vegetation once more. "Thank you Nico", Hazel patted Nico on the shoulder and Nico flinched in surprise.
Glory smiled and beckoned them to follow her, "Come on now. Let's head back to the village. I don't want to miss my daily nap".
Well that was fun to wright. Hello there reader, I'm Kariah. This here is my first fan fiction so far and I hope you enjoy it because I put a lot of heart in it. Anyway if I did something wrong or you would like to share your ideas with me, i will be honored to talk.