Third Day

Thank you Daughterofposeidon9! So far, Will and Nico are both oblivious dorks, but hey, they're my oblivious dorks. Like, I ship them to insanity. I am not Rick Riordan, otherwise the monstrosities that people call 'Percy Jackson Movies' would not exist.

On the third day, when Nico and Will woke up, Will was still huddling around Nico. Will blushed furiously, and got up. He then proceeded to take Nico's vitals, temperature, etc. when Nico asked,

"Why do you do that?"

"Do what?" Will replied.

"Hug me when I have nightmares." Nico responded.

Will blushed furiously, again. "Well, because you look like you need comforting, and also because you always wake up when I do. At least it stops your nightmares."

"Yeah…" Nico was starting to wonder why.

Did he really have a crush on Will like Hazel had thought? Or was it just that it comforted him to have someone there to stop the nightmares?

"Do you wat to talk about it?" Will asked.

"Huh?" Nico said, still dazed. "Oh. No thanks."

"Okay, well, if you ever change your mind, my door is always open. Well, my cabin door is usually closed, but, like, you can always talk to me." Will was acting really weird.

"Can I leave the infirmary now?" Nico asked.

"No. Tomorrow. But not today."

"It's basically the same thing."

"Okay. Try to stand." Will dared him.

"Alright." Nico tried to get up, and would have fallen, had Will not been there.

"I told you Nico. Lay back down. Rest."

Nico laid back down on the infirmary bed and closed his eyes. He pictured his nightmare from the night before. He fell, and then felt warm arms around him. He instantly knew it was Will.

"Will?" Nico asked.

"Yeah, what is it, Nico?" Will replied.

"I had a nightmare about Tartarus. I was falling, and then…" Nico stopped himself. "I woke up."

"Oh. Okay. Thanks. For, you know, telling me." Will said.

Nico tried to fall asleep again.

When he opened his eyes again, he was on… a ship. The Argo II. He looked around and saw Will, Lou Ellen, and Cecil. It looked like Lou Ellen was trying to use the mist to manipulate something. Will was holding his bow and arrows. He walked over to Nico, and slid his arms around him. Then, they heard a noise like someone had hit something. Nico turned in time to see Cecil fall over the edge. He watched as Wil ran over and shot a hydra arrow. It grasped Cecil, and Will pulled him up. Cecil fell over onto Lou Ellen, and the two laughed. Nico looked off into the distance and saw…

Aphrodite. She floated in midair, and watched us. Nico saw her waving her fingers. Her magic was floating around the ship. She had definitely been the reason Eros had come to visit him the other night. Nico jumped off the ship, and a wave of bones picked him up. He went over to the goddess.

"What the Hades are you doing!?" Nico exclaimed.

"Oh, hello Nico. I see that my son's arrow has… taken effect." Aphrodite responded with a smug smile.

"What do you mean! What in Tartarus are you talking about!"

Green mist appeared beside the two. Rachel Elizabeth Dare. Aphrodite shimmered and vanished.

"Darkness and Light,

Emerge to Fight,

As the girl with Mist,

Reaches Zeus' Fist,

And when they see the Nest,

Fate will decide the Rest."

Rachel suddenly didn't look like she was possessed by the Oracle anymore. She sank to her knees.

"Rachel? Are you okay?" Nico asked.

"No." Rachel said, falling down.

Nico woke up with Will hugging him once more. Nico whirled around. And Will jumped up with a startled look on his face.

"Will! Get Chiron! Rachel just delivered a prophecy!" Nico shouted.

Will ran to get Chiron.

Sorry for the short chapter! I had to leave it on a cliffhanger!