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~Painful Revelations~

000 Alisa 000

I fall to the ground, tears were threatening to fall and I try to stand up, but my legs don't respond.

So I sit there quietly, knowing this is just me viewing a memory, I can't change what's about to happen. I can't stop it either.

My father lay on the ground, bleeding precious life-blood while his murderer sat quietly beside him.

"Boy..." my father says to his would-be killer, "What's your name? Who's your parent...?"

Dad knew about the Olympians... I think to myself as the scene continued.

"Um... my name's Nico di Angelo." my black-haired enemy replies, "Son of Hades."

"Ah..." my father breathes out, "Then, obviously... you... know... right?"

"That you're about to die?" Nico asks rhetorically, "Yes."

"Then..." my father says, "Kill me."

I am dumbfounded, and apparently so is the Son of Hades.

Nico's eyes widen and we simultaneously say, "Wh-wh-what?"

"Sh!" my father hushes Nico, "Don't let Ali see though. Let her think I bled to death."

"B-b-but..." Nico stutters out.

"I beg of you, boy!" my father says harshly, "I know I'm poisoned, but this is not just ordinary poison. That... monster... explained what it does. It's horrible. He explained what it does. Please."

Nico shakes his head, "I-I can't..."

"If I die, I'll hunt her. Her! My own daughter!" my father says, panicked, "If you kill me, I just... die. So it's me or her. Me or her. Please, I know we both want to choose her."

Nico continues to shake his head.

"You don't understand!" exclaims my father, and he's suddenly struck with a series of coughs, dry and pained.

"H-he..." my father looked weaker than ever, "He... said... if I die with this poison in me... I will turn into a monster exactly like him."

Nico's eyes widen, horrified for he knew what the monster was.

"As long as Alisa is alive, I will hunt her down, but first I'll give the poison to someone else." my father continues, "When she dies, I will turn human again and any poison I've spread will heal the poisoned one."

My father pauses, sorrow in his voice, "Kill me please, child, for if you don't, I will kill her. I will blame myself for killing her. Then, I will die beside her."

My father looks at Nico with determined eyes, "Save her, at least, I know I will die either way. Save her."

Nico's eyes have turned determined too, but his voice quivers as he breathes out one word, "Fine."

"Wait." My father says, "Once I die, you must let all my blood drain. All of it."

Nico looks at him with a pained expression on his face, and I realize that... Nico doesn't want my Dad dead at all. He's been around death for far too long to like it...

"Okay." he says flatly as he takes out his sword and poises it over my father's heart, he pauses for a second and I hear my own footsteps resound, "I-I'm sorry, Alisa. Forgive me."

My gasp resounds from the doorway, a pained scream of helplessness and betrayal... and the world blurs...

I'm in the same room as before, but the sun was rising and the blood on the floor was dry.

"...Alisa... where'd you go?" Nico's voice was sad and pained, "Why can't I find you?"

Nico was standing over my father's body, he sighed, crouched down and picked up my father's drained body.

He walked out to the front yard and carefully placed my father's body under a large tree. He muttered some words and my father melted into the ground.

An obsidian tombstone sprouted beside the tree and words appeared on it

R.I.P.

Michael R. McKenzie

A noble cause, with an even greater reward.

1962 - 2009

Nico stares at it before whispering, "Don't worry, sir, I'll find her."

Tears are beginning to fall as the world suddenly spins...

The light is brighter in this memory and suddenly, I find myself standing in front of a big blue building. The Big House.

"...Alisa" I swiftly turn around at the sound of his voice calling my name, but he's not talking to me. Of course not, idiot.

He's talking to Chiron, I walk close enough to hear their conversation.

"You should stay here, Nico." Chiron says.

"No!" Nico exclaims, "I need to find her, no matter what!"

Suddenly, my world spins again and a flash of images appear before me...

Nico traveling alone...

Nico calling out my name...

Hunting monsters...

Searching...

Searching... for me.

The world spins a one more time before I find myself in total darkness again, but that final flash is imprinted in my brain.

It was Nico, running towards me, lifting me up and whispering, "I've found you..." before hugging me tight and kissing me...

It wasn't exactly a memory... it was a dream... his dream.

Feeling starts coming back to me as tears fall and I whisper, "You found me..."


A/N: Well, there you go. The mystery of the past, now revealed! What do you think? I know, I know, it's shorter than usual, but please bear with me. Oh yeah, does anyone play "Audition" if you do, wanna play together, I got re-addicted to it after stopping for 2 1/2 years. Also, I've posted a new story, it's an Ouran High School Host Club fan fiction about Hikaru and my new OC "Luna" read it if you love Ouran's cheeky little devil, Hitachiin Hikaru~! Oh, and finally, review please~! ~Nyx