Nico at School
Chapter 12
So sorry that I haven't updated this in a while I just haven't thought of a way to make it any good. I couldn't come up with any ideas but a ton for my other stories I'm sooooooo sorry! So here is chapter 12 don't send Annabeth on me with a chain saw! *runs*
I wake up and get dressed for the day; it's been almost a week since Annabeth came and talked to me. Draco's words still ring in my head, you don't need them. You have us! Slytherns stick together and away from Gryffindors. I hadn't thought much of it then but now that I think over it I'm all alone again. Just like at camp, I'm different from everyone else and I have no one to really relate to. Draco is nice, I guess, but he isn't really a friend. He is just there to keep everyone in check most of the time. He also doesn't seem to have friends he has his two body guards and he has the group of kids, who I call the fan club. Most of the other Slytherns stay away from me and I have only gotten one answer on why, because I'm not a 'pure blood', whatever that means. I'm separate from the group I'm supposed to be most like. I really need to make a note to kill that stupid hat.
I have all my classes with these kids and most of the time they are only talking about how this is stupid and how they shouldn't be put on the same level as the mud bloods. I really am still confused on what a mud blood is but I can tell it's not something nice. I think over the day we all got sorted and something bizarre I just remember. Tyson was never called. I never hear his name. I look around and notice I'm the only one up; I put on my shoes and jacket and head out the dungeon doors. I slip past the sleeping portraits and ghosts up the stairs, which aren't moving as much as when people are awake, to the Gryffindor tower. When I see the picture of the fat lady I see her eyes narrow. I try giving her a wining smile and she just says, "Who are you?" she then notices my tie of green and silver.
Her eyes narrow more and before I can even explain she says, "Get away Slythern or I'll get everyone up now."
I look at her and say, "Sorry I can't do that ma'am. I need to speak to my cousins."
"Cousins?" the woman asks.
"Yes; Percy Jackson, Thalia Grace, Annabeth Chase, Jason Grace, and Leo Valdez, they are my cousins and I really need to speak with them."
She looks me over then says, "Well, you have to tell me the password."
"I don't know the password."
"Well, tell me the Slythern password."
"Why?"
"Because; besides if you don't tell me you won't be able to get in."
"Fine but you have to swear not to tell anyone."
"I won't tell a soul."
"No on the Styx."
"Why would I swear on sticks?"
"No not sticks Styx, it's- you know what never mind. The password is Snape Rules."
"Thank you sweetie and go ahead in."
The portrait swings open and I walk into the inviting red and gold common room. There is a ton of light and it's warm up here. I can't get over how warm it is, there is a fire roaring in the fire-place and it's giving off heat! I hadn't realized how cold I was till I stepped in here. The Slythern house was cold, damp, and the fire-place actually makes the place COLDER! It just kind of sucks, the only heat you get is from your own body, how the entire house isn't sick all the time is beyond me. I look around and see that there isn't anyone awake here either, gods how early is it? Instead of going up immediately I decide to sit by the fire and warm up a bit. Before I knew it I had my jacket off and was laying on one of the warm couches. I curl up and sigh, "I'll get up in just a second. I'm not going to fall asleep, just rest my eyes for a minute."
Percy's POV:
I awake to the sound of the Stolls and the Wesleys talking loudly waking up everyone. I roll over and Travis takes that as a cue to sit on my head. I shove him off and say, "What is wrong with you! Have you never taken a shower!?" He laughs and says, "Get up we have a Slythern asleep in our common room, we are going to scare him to death!" I laugh remembering my first meeting with Draco Malfoy, he is a serious jerk. Harry and Ron are getting their things together and I go around waking up the guys. Leo said he wouldn't be waking up for another three hours and to leave a message after the beep. Jason laughed and then said, "Same here!" I roll my eyes and head down the stairs with Ron, Harry, Travis, George, Connor, and Fred. I look and see the victim just lying down on the couch fast asleep.
He has black hair and is lying on his face; his tie is out from under his robes so that's how they know it's a Slythern. We walk over to him quietly and the two sets of twins pick him up. The guys place him dangerously close to the fire and he starts to squirm. We laugh and the boys hold him there. He screams and I hear Ron and Harry hit the ground laughing, I'm about to join them when I see on the kid's hand is a skull ring.
"Travis! Connor! Let him go!" I yell at them.
They look at me confused and yell, "It's NICO!"
They immediately move him away from the fire with a confused George and Fred. They put him down on the couch again and you can see Nico's face has a bit of tan. He looks at us with a freaked out expression. He stands up and moves away from us. I take a step closer to him and say, "Nico you OK buddy?" His eyes get wide and he darts out of the room, out into the halls. Harry, Ron, Fred and George are looking at us completely lost.
"Who was that?" Harry finally asks.
"That would be my little cousin Nico who we just almost put into a fire." I reply.
Travis and Connor stand there awkwardly and then finally Travis says, "Should we go after him?"
Ron looks at us and says, "Uh, dude we'll cover for you. Go ahead." I nod and run out without a second thought.
Annabeth's POV:
I woke up to the sound of screaming. The first time I rolled over trying to ignore it then I heard it again and ran out of the girl's room. Thalia was right at my heels, Leo and Jason came running out of the boy's room with a few others and we see this: Travis, Connor, Fred, and George holding a kid over the fire-place. Harry, Ron and Percy laughing then Percy stops and tells them to move him away from the fire. They just stand there till Percy tells them it's Nico. At this Thalia takes a sharp intake of air. They quickly put him down on the couch and he looks almost as terrified as when he found out that Bianca was going to go on the quest that killed her. Nico looks up and sees us I see Percy take a step towards him and Nico bolts out of the room. Percy stands there talking with the others for a minute then bolts out too. I start down the stairs but Thalia beats me to the door, she is out the door in seconds. I look at Jason and Leo; their faces say that they didn't know about it and for that I'm happy. Now I only have to deal with the Stolls.
I start down the stairs and see Hermione run past me. She goes up to Ron and slaps him upside the head, "Why are you so stupid!" She demands of him.
"What did I do?" He asks while ducking another blow from his girlfriend.
"What do you think?" She asks him obviously furious.
He shrugs and she hits him upside the head again.
She then turns to Harry, "And you!" At this Harry yelps and runs behind Ron.
"Oh, don't think you can hide behind him!"
She turns to the twins and she glares at them, "You two are horrible! You could have KILLED him!" She turns back to the hiding Harry and terrified Ron, "And you two were encouraging them!" She looks over the Stolls and say, "I'll let Annabeth deal with the likes of YOU TWO!"
They gulp which a reasonable response and I walk over to them; I narrow my eyes and give them my signature you will die now look. Again they gulp, "You two will be doing the dishes for the house, cleaning all the rooms, making all the beds, AND you can't play any pranks for the month. Do you understand?" They nod and I walk away, but before I go up the stairs I say, "Oh, and if you don't do all these things I will have Thalia, Percy and Leo attack you in the court-yard while you are convently tied up. Get the jest all three elements coming at you at once; fire, air, and water, maybe I can get Nico to help out too. There you go all four elements." I hear them scrambling around trying to think of a way around this but finding none. I calmly walk up the steps and call down, "Oh, and make up some good excuses on why Percy, Nico, Thalia and I won't be in class today." I hear a quiet "yes Ma'am" from the two and smile to myself. I don't like bossing them around but someone has to keep them inline, and sense Clarisse isn't here the job falls to me, well when Thalia isn't here.
well i hope that is good enough and gets me off the hook for my absence!
