Chapter two: Force against my will
Nico POV
This day, he has only a few times for himself. So he took this free time to go to a cemetery on New Orleans, peace and quiet for a minute on his busy schedule. Then suddenly a crack underneath a tree he was hanging on, appeared then a bony hand clutching a letter. Nico hopped down bending to get the letter before giving the skeleton hand a drachma to the skeleton servant. Nico looked at the letter showing the signs his father; he opened the letter and read it. "Son, I need you now!" He knows it came from his father. Who is their right mind to send a letter via skeleton hands came from the ground none the less, with that he shadow traveled in the underworld Castle of Hades.
Nico entered the throne room, bowing to his father on respect, before he spoke. "Father, you called." Looking to his father's eyes, the almost similar dark orbs he has, giving him a questioning stare.
"Do you know that there are wizards and witches in Europe, right?" giving him son, his only living son a questioning look. "Of course father, I met some in the Elysium." Nico stated, waiting for his father to finish. "I will give you a short story about the wizard world, how did they stupid little wizards are made, thinking they were powerful and all. Millennia ago or so, Hecate, I'm sure you know her; she's the goddess of magic and what not. She blessed few mortals who have been favored and adored by her, making them perform magic but with a price of course they could only perform using wands. Not just like the Hecate's spawn, they don't need wands or any objects to channel their magic, not just like the blessed once that needs to channel. And then the old blessed mortals multiplied and spread, the older families that have been the once originated the magical bloodlines, so they created communities and their own government."
Nico nodded, he thought 'why is he telling me this, unless I have a magical blood in me, or perhaps he wants me to kill another worthless and evil mortals', so he asked his father. "So why telling me this father, what do you want me to know?" Giving his father a calculating yet curios eyes. Hades replied, hesitant for a moment of seconds. "I want you to know that your mother, Maria is a witch, that's one of the reason she could see me. Do not talk yet, let me finish. Anyway before your mother died she made me promise to tell you about your heritage being a wizard. Not just any wizard the di Angelo's was one of the blessed of Hecate, so it means your blood line are one of the oldest and important families." Hades paused for a moment giving his son some time to sink in before he started again. "And I want to fulfill this promise that your mother asked, my Maria." Hades voice was softening when he said his old lovers' name. He paused for a moment to give his son to sink the news.
"Anyway your mother was the last of di Angelo's and thought that your bloodline or any members of your bloodline are dead." If you are asking me who will teach you magic. Hecate will be your teacher and apprentice."
When he finishes talking, there was a load crack echoed. The father and son look at the new comer, standing there near the giant door, wearing black robes with signs and alchemy written on her robes. Nico thought she looks beautiful yet deadly, yet realization struck him, he bowed before acknowledging the goddess before him. "Hello, Lady Hecate nice meeting you." With calm and collective face and voice when he spoke to the goddess but Hades just look at her and said. "Hecate nice to see you now." Sarcasm dripping like venom in his voice. Hecate just raised her very elegant eyebrow, she replied. "Likewise, Lord Hades." Hades just gave her a hard gaze before looking at his son again.
"Now Nico she will teach you everything you must and need to know about the world. You will start now. Hecate and Nico go. I have important things to do. Good day." With the Lord of the Dead's farewell he vanishes in to the shadow.
Hecate gave Nico a long stare and Nico gave her a curios look. Hecate broke the ice, she said. "Hello, Nico di Angelo, nice meeting you again. Let's get straight to business. This will be the arrangement and schedule on your classes and apprenticeships to me." With a swift on her hand she was holding a folder on her left arm.
She then gave it to Nico. "And before we start, you can't do magic without your wand and it's your lucky day I see, I have found 3 wands. Let's see which is for you and remember the wand choses its wielder." With that, she took three different wands in her robe's pocket. "Pick one, please."
Nico look at the three wands, one that's looked like a long black twig with a black diamond on the base, the other one looked like a brown yet has thorns on it, a little shorter that the first, and the last but not the least is a pure white wand not so long and not so short, it looks so perfect for him even though he doesn't like the color white much.
Nico said. "I choose the white one, please." Hecate nod, with a sly smile on her face. She gave the wand to Nico. When he holds the wand, nothing happened, no sparks, no power gaining, nothing. "Do not worry. That wand has no magical core in it so it doesn't create any reaction yet. Your blood will be the magical core of your wand."
With that Nico took a dagger in the shadows, cutting his right hand, and then he places his cut hand on the coreless wand. Then the whole room becomes darken, the flames on the torches withered and dies, the air becomes chilly and cold, yet it stop and the room becomes normal again.
Hecate with a nod and a small twitch on her lips. "We will start tomorrow and almost forgot your wand consists on human bones and 13' inches and your blood as the core, very powerful wand, very dangerous those who use it that isn't the owner." With that she was gone.
Nico was cut on his daydreaming about the past five months, when he first found out he is a wizard, when the some Professor Minerva Mcgonagall cleared her throat before speaking. "Professor di Angelo you may come in now." He gave her a nod and stepped in the great hall. The female Professor eyed the new teacher. Nico di Angelo, he was in a family with dramatic entrance and exit, so of course being in his blood he uses some of his demigod powers. He opened the large door with a booming noise. He eyed his surroundings, looking at the bratty children he will teaches for a whole school year. He saw the girls ogling him with lust on their eye. 'They look like sex deprived nymphomaniacs creepy little witches' Nico thought. he didn't care we was used to already in both camps and in the mortal world and even many male gave in jealousy and envy, few of the male students who has a girlfriend hooked their arm to their girlfriend's waist . He gave a small croute bow, and then he marched with grace and power. Grace and power, he remembered his father gave his a lecture being a prince and heir of the underworld and the mountain of paper works he gave him. He walks with an emotionless yet cold feature. He almost forgot that he has in pet raven Ripper on his left shoulders; it was a gift from Hecate.
When he was in front of the staff table he gave the headmaster a nod and look at the students given them a small speech. "Hello students. I am Nico di Angelo, Your professor on Physical Combat and Defense. I hope you will learn many things from me and I hope we could work together my dear co-professors. Have a wonderful night." He was regretting his decision to become a teacher. He remembered his father and Hecate force him to teach. Of course he looked for a loophole and he found one. 'Father, how could I teach them if I myself look like a student? They wouldn't listen and be suspicion at a 16 year old teaches at Hogwarts.' Yet Hecate found a solution she turned him into twenty-one years old form.
He didn't show it in the whole feast about his irritation and discomfort at the time after all he trained himself to become a good lying even Hermes himself would be proud of him. After the feast were finish and the students and staffs went to bed. But he was called by the headmaster. "Nico my boy. The house elf Dobby will guide you to you respective quester. Please if you need anything just call the elves of find the kitchen, Dobby will tell you. Now off you go. You need sleep." With that, the headmaster went to the other side of the door.
With the help of the elf. He found his room, the door is a painting. A painting of a levitating female ghost on a graveyard at midnight. White gown beautiful face but sad. The woman in the painting talked. "I will be the door keeper professor; please what will be your password?" Nico thought for a moment and he said. "The doors of death." With that the door opened letting Nico walk inside his new room. He has a office, a Bathroom, a size bed and a closet.
He sighed thinking that it will be a very long day tomorrow and he was regretting it already. With strip naked with his boxers on and went to bed but before that he opened his window and let his pet Raven fly outside, free, can kill and eat any animal hi wants. "I hope my students won't be brats and all the shit." He fell asleep without dreams or nightmares.
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