"Di Angelo, Nico." Sighing internally, Nico accepted his fate.

He slowly climbed up the steps, and sat where the hat had been moments before. He kept his eyes on the people at the tables, and tried to find Harry. He faintly noticed when the hat was put on until it spoke.

"Ah, what a mind."

Nico froze for a seconds, and widened his eyes.

"Son of Hades? That's new."

'What do you want?'

"What do I want? Nothing but to put you into a house. Now, I see courage and bravery. And cunning! Intelligent then. You won't be in Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw. That would be a waste."

Nico looked over the tables again to spot Harry and catch a glimpse of his house.

"You're on a quest then?"

'Stop looking through my head!' Nico snarled.

"Ah, but I must. Which house would you like to go in?"

'What house is Harry Potter in?'

"Gryffindor house. He would've been great in Slytherin as well." The hat seemed to sigh before continuing. "However, he chose to be in Gryffindor."

'He chose? They can chose what house to go in?'

"Only those who have the choice. Now, what house?"

'Gryffindor. Put me in Gryffindor.'

"Ah, but I must see what else you have…"

'I wouldn't advise it. There are some memories that you don't want to see.'

"But I must. It would of course be easier if you would allow me to."

'…alright. But you must keep it a secret.'

"Of course."

Nico stiffened has he felt the hat go deeper and deeper into his mind. Images of the Underworld began to surface. The wars he had been through, the pain, and the injuries he had seen- when at last it reached the darkest parts of his mind.

Memories of Tartarus jumped into light and Nico could hear the hat speaking and being removed. He however, was lost in hell again. Seconds felt like hours before he was able to open his eyes without seeing Tartarus.

As his surrounds came into view he saw all the first years in front of him practically shaking in their shoes.

He had a small sense of amusement come up, but he ignored it and turned to hear what the hat had said before.

The hat looked worse than at the start. Its eyes? where wide and it seemed frozen. "Gry- Gryffindor"

Nico gave one last look at the teachers and hat behind him before searching for his new house.

The hall was silent. All eyes were on Nico, including Harry's. Since he knew Harry was in Gryffindor he headed straight for him, and sat at the edge of the table where people had moved to make space.

The silence remained for a few more moments before professor McGonagall read the next name.

All through the housing process and banquet, students and teachers alike kept glancing at Nico. On some occasions he caught them and they immediately looked away. He reminded himself to ask what it had looked like when Nico was talking with the hat.

He smiled to himself briefly before he groaned inwardly.

Ghosts. This his father had warned him about. They were wizards who didn't want to leave so remained as ghosts. It made a lot of paperwork for him, and more than once Hades had threatened to send him on a quest just for that.

Almost thankfully the war with Gaea started and the thought was quickly throw out the window.

As the headmaster made a few comments, ghosts began popping up. Since he was at the Gryffindor table, Nicholas was the first to see him.

"Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington at your service. Resident ghost of the Gryffindor Tower."

Nico made unintentional eye contact and the ghost froze.

"Aren't you Nearly Headless Nick? How can you be Nearly Headless?" Someone asked.

Nick's attention was solely on Nico. The ghost did not move nor utter a word before it suddenly flew under the table and disappeared.

"What happened? He didn't even respond to being called Nearly Headless Nick!" A redhead sitting next to Harry exclaimed. "Bloody hell. Bloody Baron's gonna have his head."

"That wouldn't happen, Nick wants to have his head completely cut off." Stated a brunet with puffy hair.

"So?" The red head asked again.

"Ron, use think about it. Why would the Baron do something good for Nick?"

"Because…"

"He wouldn't Ron." Harry said, ending his torture.

"So then-"

They were cut off as the banquet ended and first years were called by older students.

"All Gryffindor first years follow us! We'll be taking you to your tower and room."

With that all the new arrivals plus Nico stood and left. He could hear others talking about him as he walked by, but he didn't care.

The older students introduced themselves as prefects, and explained more about the school. As soon as another ghost popped up on his radar Nico tensed. The ghosts here would regard him as the Ghost King. A title he did not want or need. As it was, the prefects were talking with a ghost who wouldn't listen. Quickly and quietly he slipped to the front and made contact with the specter. Peeves was his name.

Just as Nick had done Peeves quickly left, leaving the prefects stunned.

'They probably thought he listened to them.' Nico imagined.

When the prefects continued on their way to the tower, Nico slipped back into the background. He had to use the shadows to fade out a bit and reduce his presence, as his conversation with the hat seemed to have attracted attention he didn't need or want.

Finally they reached the dorm and the first years were told the password and introduced to a lady in the painting hanging on the door. At first she ignored them and focused on breaking a glass with her voice but as time went on she decided to smash it against a wall. After the prefects complemented her a bit, she allowed them all in.

As soon as he stepped in he felt a warm burst of air hit him. Looking around a bit he saw a lit fireplace, and a cozy interior.

'Another room Annabeth would like to see.' He thought. Soon he was turned away to the boy's stairs and looked for his trunk. He realized one of the beds was empty so only four other students were with him.

'Less people to witness my nightmares.' Was the thought going around his head. Thankfully he was too tired for nightmares to occur and if they did, he could always go to the son of the sleep god.

So I did decide to put Nico into Gryffindor because he isn't a bad person (not that Slytherin is bad). Plus I'm trying to make him more human like. For example in some of the crossovers for Harry Potter and The Lost Heroes, Nico is really powerful and cocky. But he's not really. I mean, he decided to stay and has friends, so he would be a person people could be friends with, not an untouchable character. Where's the fun in that?

Anyway, so again, hope you like and please review!