Chapter One - Skeletal Butterflies

A/N: Hello Hello! This is my first attempt at writing fanfiction of any kind so please, keep that in mind as you are reading. Constructive criticism is totally 100% ok and appreciated!

Happy reading everyone!

~Luna

All credit goes to Rick Riordan for the amazing characters in this fanfic. I own nothing except the plot. (After the Three Days In The Infirmary)

Will's P.O.V

The last two days have probably been the most tiring days of my life! You seriously have no idea how much energy it takes to heal demigods! I don't want to sound ungrateful or anything, but when demigods charge into battle, they don't think about what will happen if they get injured. Kayla finally had to force me to go get some fresh air to clear my head after I had yelled at a daughter of Iris for not staying still. And don't get me started on Nico. I haven't seen him at all around camp. Would it kill him to drop by the infirmary for five minutes to talk? Oh speak of the Underworld, there he is. I sigh inwardly when I notice Jason is with him. They're really close..not in that way though...I hope. Wait what? Stop it Solace. Don't think that. He is a friend. Nothing more. I glance up. Crap he's looking at me. I do my best to act casual, leaning against the door to the Apollo Cabin as I lift my arm to wave him over. This could be my chance to talk to him. I point to the ground in front of me as if I were saying: Come. Here. Now. Nico looked a little nervous but headed over anyway.

btw this is the actual dialogue from BoO, just by Will's P.O.V. in first person. No copyright intended and all credit goes to Rick Riordan! I did write what Will is thinking by myself though.

"So where were you?" I demand, doing my best to look annoyed but completely failing.

"What do you mean?" Nico asks, looking confused. I do my best not to roll my eyes.

"I've been stuck in the infirmary for, like.." I pause to think. "Two days. You don't come by. You don't offer to help."

"I...what?" Nico stutters. "Why would you want a son of Hades in the same room with people you're trying to heal? Why would anyone want that?" This time I can't stop myself from rolling my eyes.

"You can't help out a friend?" I say impatiently. " Maybe cut bandages? Bring me a soda or a snack? Or just a simple How's it going. Will? You don't think I could stand to see a friendly face?" Nico just stares at me, mouth slightly open.

"What...my face?" Nico finally says.

"You're so dense," I exclaim. "I hope you got over that nonsense about leaving Camp Half-Blood."

"I…" He starts, hesitating. This is it. He's going to leave again because he thinks "he isn't wanted" and "no one likes him". That's bullcrap. I'm about to tell him this when he begins speaking again.

"Yeah. I did. I mean, I'm staying." He finishes. I sigh in relief, soft enough not to be noticed. I really want to hug him but he has this "no touching" rule, and I'm pretty sure hugging would break that rule. So I settle on a big smile.

"Good!" I say with waaay to much enthusiasm. "So you may be dense but you're not an idiot."

"How can you even talk to me like that?" Nico asks, a little annoyed now. "Don't you know I can summon zombies and skeletons and-"

"Right now you couldn't summon a wishbone without melting into a puddle of darkness, di Angelo. I told you, no more Underworld-y stuff, doctor's orders," I smirk. " You owe me at least three days of rest in the infirmary. Starting now."

"Three days? I-I suppose that would be okay," He stutters. I smile.

"Good. Now-" I'm suddenly interrupted by a loud whoop! coming from by the hearth in the center of the common. Nico and I both look over and see Percy and Annabeth grinning like crazy.

"I'll be right back," Nico says to me, looking relieved he has an excuse to get away. I'm about to protest that he has to come to the infirmary now when he looks at me.

"Promise on the Styx and everything," Nico adds before walking over to Percy and Annabeth. I watch him walk away, debating whether to follow him. Well, he did promise on the River Styx to come back after he was done talking with them. He'd be stupid to break that promise. I guess I should just wait for him to finish talking with his friends.

Nico's P.O.V

I feel sort of bad, abandoning Will like that. But whenever I talk to him, I always feel hundreds of tiny butterflies are flying around my digestive system. Wait no, hundreds of tiny skeletal butterflies are flying around because the son of Hades does not have pretty and colorful butterflies flying around in his stomach. He has dark and creepy skeletal butterflies flying around. I can feel Will watching me as I walk away, like he thinks I'm going to shadow travel away. It's not like I'm able to go anywhere without "melting into a puddle of darkness" as he put it.

btw this is the actual dialogue from BoO, just by Nico's P.O.V. in first person. No copyright intended and all credit goes to Rick Riordan! I did write what Nico is thinking by myself though.

"Hey, man," Percy says. "Annabeth just told me some good news. Sorry if I got a little loud."

"We're going to spend our senior year together," Annabeth explains, "here in New York. And after graduation-"

"College in New Rome!" Percy interrupts happily. "Four years with no monsters to fight, no battles, no stupid prophecies. Just me and Annabeth, getting our degrees hanging out at cafes, enjoying California-" I wince when Percy says "Just me and Annabeth". Not because I'm jealous of Annabeth(I'm over my crush on Percy), but because his grammar is terrible. Surely when you're dating a daughter of the Wisdom Goddess, you would have good grammar!

And after that…" Annabeth adds before kissing Percy on the cheek. "Well, Reyna and Frank said we could live in New Rome as long as we like."

"That's great!" I decided this is a good time to tell them I'm staying at Camp. "I'm staying too, here at Camp Half-Blood"

"Awesome!" Percy exclaims. I bite my lip nervously, before continuing.

"So," I start, "Since we're going to be spending at least a year seeing each other at camp, I think I should clear the air."

"What do you mean?" Percy asks.

"For a long time, I had a crush on you. I just wanted you to know." I say in a rush. Percy looks at me before glancing at Annabeth for guidance.

"You-"

"Yeah," I reply before he can finish his sentence, because I know what he was going to ask. "You're a great person. But I'm over that. I'm happy for you guys."

"You...so you mean-" Percy tries. He looks like he's trying to ask if I'm gay in a nice way.

"Right!" I say. Answering the unspoken question. Seriously Percy. Spit it out. You won't offend me by asking if I'm gay or not.

"Wait," Percy tries again. "So you mean-" I sigh in my head. How many times do I have to repeat myself just to get the information through his head?!

"Right! But it's cool. We're cool. I mean, I see now...you're cute, but you're.." I hesitate before continuing, "you're not my type."

"I'm not your type..." Now he looks a little offended. "Wait. So-"

"See you around, Percy," I interrupt. "Annabeth." Annabeth looks extremely amused as she raises her hand for a high five. I oblige happily. That went better than I expected. I turn on my heels and head back to where I left Will.