Nico's POV

Annabeth would love it here I thought as we walked up the stairs to the castle. I very large man met us at the doors and said, "Right, everybody file in and take a seat at your table. Nico DiAngelo?" I raised my hand quietly, "You come with me." The man said. Rose smiled at me and Al and Lily waved as I followed the man through a different door. "I'm Hagrid nice to meet you." he said. "Hi." I responded. "Okay, so the headmistress, McGonigal is gonna introduce you after the first years are sorted and then you're gonna get sorted. Just wait here until she calls you."

I only waited for about 5 minutes before she called me. I walked through the door into a big room containing four tables of kids and a table of adults in front. I walked towards and old women in a pointy hat holding a very dirty and rather angry looking hat in front of her. "This is Nico DiAngelo, he is from America and shall be joining the 5th years as a new student here. I expect him to be welcomed by all houses." She glared pointedly at a table of mean looking kids in green.

I sat on the stool and she placed the old hat on my head. Just before it covered my eyes, I saw Lily smiling slightly at me.

Ooh, how interesting, a demigod said a voice in my mind. Umm, who are you? I thought.

I'm the sorting hat, of course. Please don't tell them I'm a demigod I begged

Of course, where would be the fun in that. Now lets see, very brave and loyal, although you seem a bit of a loner, you do care about your friends. I saw my friends in my mind, Percy, Annabeth, Hazel, Frank and everyone else. Violent past, fought in two wars? Impressive. Hufflepuff is out and you don't have the brains for Ravenclaw. Slytherin is a nice fit, plenty of darkness. No! I thought, please Gryffindor. Are you sure? YES! I mentally screamed. Alright. GRYFINDOR! the hat shouted. The table clapped and cheered as I hurried over to Al, Rose, and Lily and sat down.

"Let the feast begin!" The headmaster said. All the food in the world appeared in front of me and I helped myself to plenty of it. Rose introduced me to her brother Hugo, who was in Ravenclaw but managed to visit us for a few minutes before hurrying back to his table. After dinner, we went up to bed. My dream was very disturbing that night.

I was standing with my father in his palace. "Good work son, we have been monitoring your progress. It will be impossible to communicate anymore after tonight, but Hermes is informing us of your progress." he said. "Okay." I said. "We are already preparing for war here, but we would prefer if you kept your identity a secret for as long as possible." he replied. I shook my head, "These people seem peaceful. Why do we have to go to war?" I asked. "Its just a precaution for now, but some think that they are dangerous and can't exist with us peacefully." he explained. "You also thought that about the Romans." I growled, as the dream faded.

Al literally dragged me out of bed the next morning, "We're gonna be late for breakfast!" He said smiling. I groaned and stumbled downstairs. Rose and Lily were already there, waiting for us. "Your late." Rose snapped. Al shrugged, "Mr. Sleepyhead here wouldn't wake up." "Hey," I laughed, "I was tired." Al rolled his eyes, "You looked like you were dead." I laughed to myself at that.

"Al, Lily I need to talk to you!" A small boy yelled across the room, as we began to go down to breakfast. "Go on, its just that 2nd year Kevin again." Lily said. Rose and I hurried down towards the hall. While we made our way through the curving and complicated passages, a boy with blonde hair yelled after us, "Got yourself a new boyfriends, Rosie? He's a little young for you." More like 74 years to old. I thought.

"God, I hate Malfoy. He thinks he's so cool!" She glared at him as we turned the corner into the great hall. Al and Lily got to the table a few minutes latter and Rose ranted to them for a bit about Malfoy while I contemplated my dilema.

I was here to spy on these people to prepare my family for a war that these people didn't even know about. I felt more accepted here than anywhere else and I already had a good group of friends. I couldn't care about them because I would be fighting them in less than a year. I glared at my eggs fiercely.

Eventually it was time to go to class. I headed off towards potions with Lily and began what would become my routine. Eat breakfast, go to class, spend lunch with Lily and Al on the grounds or with Rose in the library, go to more classes, eat lunch, more classes, another break, do homeword, eat dinner, and spend the entire day trying not to make friends and finding out everything I could about the school. This was how I spent the next 3 weeks, until one night, I got another dream message from my father.

He looked exhausted, but he started pacing his throne room and said, "The gods are becoming upset at the power displayed by the wizards. Athena has suggested an attack on their leaders immeadietly." "No!" I shouted, "They can't attack, not yet. I need more time. I just need to talk to some of them about it. Maybe we can make and agreement." Hades frowned, "Are you begining to care about these people?" He asked. "Maybe, I don't know," I admitted, "but they are good people, can I just talk to them." I pleaded. "I'm sorry, but they are too dangerous and out of control, they cannot be permitted to find out about the gods. We are already striking." The dream faded away, and I woke to the sound of Al screaming.