"Lou Ellen, Lou Ellen, get out of your stinky cabin and face me like a real hero!" Nico cried as he hammered against the cabin door. After ten seconds the door opened. Lou Ellen came out grinning like she won in the lottery.

"Hey, Nico." she said as if everything was normal. "You can join me and Will at our small debate."

Nico widened his eyes. "Will is here?"

Lou Ellen nodded. "Follow me." she said winking Nico after her. They went through the cabin to the place where Will was. It was weird for Nico to see his own body not in a mirror, but in the real life. They both shortly looked at each other, then avoided each others looks blushing.

Lou Ellen and Nico sat down. "So, you probably wanted to know why I switched your bodies?" Lou Ellen asked causally as she folded her hands.

"You are goddamn right! Why in the name of my father would you do something like this?" Nico roared.

Lou Ellen just grinned at him. "I was bored, alright? So I thought I would a little prank on my two besties. And with a little bit magic, voilá, you've switched your bodies."

Will raised his eyebrows. "Really, Lou, just because you were bored. It has nothing to do with a certain. Solangelo club?"

Lou Ellen shrugged her shoulders. "Believe what you want, but it doesn't change the fact that I've done a little change with you."

Nico groaned. He was at the end of the patience. He just wanted to shadow-travel Lou Ellen to the Field of Punishment and leave her there, but they still needed her help. "Fine, but how do we get our bodies back? Do we have to do something for it, like kiss each other?" He felt how his face flushed a little bit red as he said that.

Lou Ellen giggled. "No, you don't have to do that. I can't force you to do something like that, can I?"

"Could have fooled me." Will muttered.

Lou Ellen ignored him. "No, the effect of the spell just last for a day."

Nico raised his eyebrows. "Thats just it?"

Lou Ellen looked at him intensively. "Do you want some extra conditions? That was it, I told you it was a small prank, alright? I'm sorry for it and all. Now, please leave. I'm busy now."

"But…but." Nico and Will protested. But before both could say something they were already pushed out by a grinning Lou Ellen.

Nico and Will looked bewildered at the door. They couldn't believe that Lou Ellen just thrown them out impudently. Nico was the first one to find his composure.

"So." He turned to Will. "What do we do now?"

Will cleared his throat. "We should probably stay together for today, so don't do something stupid in the body of the other one." He suggested.

Nico nodded in agreement. Who knows what could happen if they separated themselves after that little talk with Lou Ellen. It was better to stay together for now. Neither of them knew that it was going to be an interesting day.

"You know I'm terrible at sparring, don't you?"

"That's why it will make so much fun."

Nico and Will were at the sparring place to practice. While Nico was doing his usual sword skills, Will was struggling as he had problems with the weight of the sword. He almost never used the sword, because he preferred the bow and arrow. After he finally gained control of the sword, they both began to spare. Or at least Will tried to, because the first time Nico swung the sword, Will shrieked back, accidentally throwing his sword into the air and falling onto the ground. Nico was over him, putting the sword at his neck and grinning triumphantly.

"You were right. You are terrible at sword fighting."

"Do you think, this is a good idea?"

"Hey, I had to spare with the sword. Now it's your turn to embarrass yourself."

This time both were at the firing range where they both practiced with bow and arrow. They were each shooting an arrow alternately. First, it was Will's turn. He hit the target perfectly in the middle, directly into the bull-eye. He grinned at Nico (well, technically he grinned at himself).

"Your turn now, Death Boy."

Nico huffed. He grabbed his arrow and bow. "Anything you can do, I can do a thousand times better. Now watch and learn from the master." He said mockingly.

Then he took the bow and the arrow and shot. To say the shot was miserable was underestimated. The arrow didn't even hit the target, but flew high over it hitting a pegasus is the butt. The pegasus shrieked as he as the arrow hit it. It ran high speed towards a kissing booth of the Aphrodite cabin crashing it. From the distance, Will and Nico could hear the Aphrodite kids shrieking, whining about their ruined perfect hair. Then they watched in horror as the pegasus hit a robot, programmed by the Hephaestus kids. The robot was activated and suddenly cried: "must destroy cabins, must destroy cabins." A few minutes later, half of the camp was in chaos. The cabins were burning, the campers were desperately trying to catch the pegasus or trying to stop the robot and everywhere they could see campers running around and shrieking.

Will and Nico stood there for a few minutes, totally paralyzed by the scene in front of him. Will was the first to gain his composure.

"Well, Death Boy. That's what I call a lucky shot. Never thought I would see the day that someone was even worse than Percy at shooting, but congratulations. You've just had the worst shot out of all worst shots in history. That's something not everyone can say from themselves, huh?" Will patted Nico's shoulder who was still paralyzed by the whole scene in front of him.

"So you guys switched your bodies because of a prank of Lou Ellen?"

"Yeah." Nico mumbled as he stuffed some food into his mouth.

Nico and Will were sitting with Annabeth, Piper and Calypso at the Hades table. Percy, Leo and Jason were having their "bro" time, so the girls decided to sit with the two homosexual boys. Of course the three of them already knew that Lou Ellen has switched them, but of course they couldn't tell them.

"Oh, come on guys. It isn't that bad. I mean the prank could be worse such as turning Nico's cabin into a princess paradise." Piper said.

Nico huffed. "Still. It bugs me, that she just switched our bodies without our permission." Neither Will or Nico saw that the three girls were grinning each other madly.

"But Nico, that's the point of a prank. There you don't need the permission of the victim to do something like that." Calypso said.

"Hey, are you on my side or on the enemies' side?!"

Calypso just grinned at him cheekily in response.

"Well, at least, we had a good time. And I leaned not to let you ever shoot an arrow again." Will said as he grinned at Nico.

Nico scowled. "Oh come on. It was my first shot, alright? Give me a break. How could I have known that I almost would destroy Camp Half-Blood with one shot?"

Annabeth widened her eyes. "Wait a minute, you were the one who almost torched the whole camp?"

"Hey, it wasn't my fault! Your stupid body made me do this!" Nico protested.

Will looked at him incredulously. "My body? It was your brain who steered my body, Death Head!"

Calypso cleared his throat. "Um, guys. Don't you wanna first explain to us what happened?"

Will turned around to her. "Of course." he said while grinning devilishly at Nico. "Anything to embarrass the Death Head over there a little bit."

Nico groaned. That was not looking well for him. Then in the past few minutes Will explained the incident to the girls. As he finished all of them had tears in their eyes as they clutched their stomach and laughed uncontrollably.

"Oh, Nicky, who knew you were such an archery specialist?" Calypso spoke between her laughers.

"And I thought Percy was bad. But this is just too hilarious." Annabeth spoke with tears in her eyes.

"Guys…" Nico said, but they ignored him.

"We should find a new nickname for our champion here." Will suggested while grinning at Nico. Nico scowled.

"How about Hurricane Archer?" Piper proposed.

"Or The Bow Assassin?"

"Or Captain Catastrophe?"

"Or Mr. Bowbastic?"

The four burst out in laughter as they proposed those amusing nicknames. Nico was just glaring at all of them.

Piper laid a comforting hand on Nico's shoulder. "Don't worry Nico, you know we are just teasing you, don't you?" she said while laughing.

"Yeah, we are just stating how bowbastic you are." Will said as he wiggled his eyebrows. At that they cracked up again. Nico frowned. This was going to be a long day.

"So you attacked mailman, because you thought he was a monster?" Nico laughed at this thought of Will attacking a mailman.

"Hey, I was the first time alone at home, alright? I was young and naive. I thought he was some monster who was going to attack me after my mother was away."

Nico was wiping his tears out of his eyes. He didn't knew when he laughed so much the last time. He was sitting with Will in the Hades cabin and they were telling each other stories about their past. Nico never thought that he would ever talk so freely in front of someone, but Will had this effect on him. His thoughts were interrupted by Will.

"So, so much about my family and my story. What about your family? Did you have some awesome stories to tell?"

Nico gulped. Till now he just told him some random facts about his past, nothing deeply. He never was comfortable about his past, because it hurts to think about his mother and sister. He cleared his throat. "I…I don't want to talk about it."

Will frowned. "Why?"

Nico didn't know how to answer this. His past was always his sore spot. He didn't liked to talk about it. But on the other hand he felt more comfortable than ever around Will then around anybody.

"Because…" Nico stuttered as he searched for the right words. It was hard for him to talk about it, but Nico finally wanted to let go of his past. He finally wanted to be free, after so long hiding himself, so he talked: "Half of my family is dead, alright? My mother was killed by Zeus and my sister Bianca was killed during a quest."

Will clasped his hand over his mouth as he stared in Nico in shock. He never knew that Nico had another sister. He always assumed that Hazel was his only one. But as he thought back he remembered a olive skinned girl around his age. Was this the reason why Nico turned so gloomy? He laid a comforting hand on Nico's shoulder.

"Nico, I'm so sorry…I…"

"No!" Nico shook off Will's hand. "It's not your fault, okay! I should have let go of it a long time ago. It's just…" Nico's voice trailed off as he stared onto the ground.

"It's hurts, doesn't it?" Will asked carefully.

Nico nodded while he still looked down. Will saw how small tears were forming in his eyes. He hugged Nico.

"Nico, I know that the past hurts, but you shouldn't let it define who you are." Will tried to console him. "Your sister is dead, yes, but she would be definitely proud of you."

"How do you know, you never met her?" Nico asked. It sounded so broken that it broke Will's heart.

Will cleared his throat. "I may have not known Bianca, but I know you. Sure you're gloomy sometimes, but you are also kind, intelligent, brave, sentimental, caring and a great friend. Besides that you risked your life for your friends in two great wars. I know that if I would Bianca, I couldn't be prouder of what her little brother has become." Will said calmly.

Nico looked at Will in admiration. His words were so deep and heavy that he didn't even know how to responds to it. "Will…" he started, then he crushed Will into a bear hug. "Thanks…I rally needed that." he murmured into Will's chest.

Will smiled at him. "Anything for you Death Boy."

Nico broke out of the hug. "At least, I still have you, right?"

Will gulped at Nico's statement. "Yeah, about that…" he started as he rubbed his neck.

Nico looked at him confused. "Will is everything, alright?"

Will looked at him sympathetically. He knew that what he now would tell Nico, would probably break his heart. "I…I won't be there for the next few months." he admitted.

The sentence hit Nico like a bus. He was just bonding now with Will and now he would be away for a few months? It wasn't fair. "Why?" he croaked.

Will looked down. "You know how I told you I was just a part-time camper here?"

Nico nodded. He still knew the exact date when he told him this.

"Well…you see. My mother has fallen sick a few weeks ago. Her health condition is instable for now. I already visited her a few weeks ago. You know that's why I was the whole day away when you searched for me." Nico now remembered the day where he found him by the lake.

"Well…first I wanted to stay, but my step-father Mathias insisted that I should stay in Camp Half-Blood. At first her condition got better, so I didn't worry too much, but it got worse again these past few days. She can't even get out of the bed. That's why I need to stay with my mother for a few months, to make sure she gets healthy again. She needs me, Nico."

As Will told him about his mother, he felt more and more like an asshole. Here he was listening to Will telling him about his sick mother and all he did was thinking how unfair his life was. He was disgusted by his thoughts. He should know how it feels to lose a mother. He didn't wanted Will to lose his too.

"Will…I'm so sorry about your mother. You're right, I would do the same thing, if it was for my mother." If she was still alive. Will smiled gratefully at him.

The atmosphere was tense and awkward. Both didn't what to say to each other. They both just stared down at their shoes, hoping that the other one would say something. Then Nico broke the ice:

"Have you…have you already told someone?" he asked quietly.

Will shook his head. "You're the first one I've told it."

Nico rubbed his neck. "And when you're going to leave?"

"Tomorrow morning." Will simply said without looking up.

Nico looked down again. He didn't know what to say to Will. The whole situation was just awkward. He looked back at Will. He never seen him so gloomy like this except the day where he found him at the lake. Nico's heart almost broke at the look at him. This wasn't Will, this was just a shadow of himself. The Will he knew was always happy and sunny and he always knew how to cheer him up. He was like his light around his dark and gloomy aura. He now just realized that he would not see this light for a long time now. Clearing his throat Nico asked Will:

"So…we won't see each other for a few months?"

Will smiled sympathetically at him. Then he laid a hand on his shoulder. "Yeah, but don't worry Death Boy, I will write you a postcard." he said while grinning at him. Nico smiled. That was the Will he knew. As he realized that this was the last time he would see him for a while, tears came into his eyes. He was totally unfamiliar with the feelings he now had. He only time he ever felt that is when he realized that Bianca died and when Percy and Annabeth have fallen into Tartarus. Overwhelmed by his emotions he hugged Will tightly. Will was shocked by Nico's action but he didn't say anything, he just hugged him back.

"I will miss you, you big nitwit. Take care of your mother, alright? Make sure she gets healthy again. And please stay safe." he murmured. He knew that it was still dangerous as demigod to stay outside of Camp Half-Blood, because of the monsters. He wouldn't survive if Will died or something.

"I'll miss you too, Death Head. And don't worry. Everything will be alright." Will responded, but Nico could hear the insecureness in his voice. He was afraid. Nico didn't blame him. His mother was in an instable condition. Nico just hoped that everything will be alright again.

The two of them remained in this position for a while. It was still weird for Nico to hug himself, but that didn't count now. Then they both broke up and went to their cabins back. As Nico reached his cabin, he glanced back at Will knowing this was the last time for a while. For the last time he glanced at the person who has defeated the darkness inside him and introduced him to the world of joyousness. Now he would be gone for a few months. Nico wondered whether he would turn back to his old self after Will's departure, but he shook his head. No, Will wouldn't want me to be like this and it wasn't that he wouldn't come back, he was just away for a while. Still, Nico was afraid. He was afraid that something terrible would happen to Will or his mother, that he would die or that his mother's death would affect them that strong that he would turn into a second Nico. Nico wondered for a moment whether he should just ran to him and confess his feelings for him, but he hesitated. Again, something inside him was preventing him to do it.

Will now has arrived at Nico's cabin. He turned around. Their looks met for a last time, their eyes were filled with so much passion, pain and sympathy. Then Will turned away from Nico and disappeared in Nico's cabin. Nico stared at the place where he stood for a while, then he wiped a small tear away from his eye and walked into Will's cabin.

Bam, chapter 10 finished. That was definitely the longest chapter till now. And I have mixed feelings about this chapter. I really hope I didn't make it too cheesy or too OOC or you know what I mean. I'm just not really good with this whole expressing their feelings and stuff in stories. I think I can write humor better then comfort. To all who have favored or reviewed this story: Thank you so much. You guys are awesome. And don't worry. They will get together (even if it does seem that they will never get together). I think in two or three chapters. Well, I really hoped you liked it (because like I said I have mixed feelings). Have a nice day.