Lobo: Hello everybody! We've got a real treat for you guys! Three updates in one week! New record! Yay! Anyway… on to more pressing matters. We do not own anything you may recognize from the series. We own the plot of this fic and the Borealis family.

Ninja: Umm… what he uh… thing in this chapter?

Lobo: What thi- Oh! That thing! Right!

Night: Yeah. There's a part in this chapter that may be disturbing to some readers. There is a suicide attempt. We tried to keep that part as short as possible. Well, on to the fic!

Nico's P.O.V.

"Guys. I've got a pulse."

Marissa let me go and I ran back to Aurora. But it didn't look like her. Her hair was no longer black, nor was it brown. It was white. Just like…

"The snow. It's healing her." Aurora's eyes fluttered open. And they hadn't changed one bit.

"N-Nico? W-w-what are you d-doing here? You sh-should be at camp," she said, trying to stand.

"So should you," I stated, helping her up. Her leg was in a cast and I made a mental note to ask her what happened later. I felt two hands on my back and was roughly pushed forward… right into Aurora. Both of our eyes widened in shock, and we pulled away as quickly as our lips made contact. I made another mental note to kill Marissa when I got the chance.

I wrapped my arm around Aurora's waist and draped her arm over my shoulders. Leo intertwined his fingers with Marissa's, and the four of us walked back to Aurora's cave.

We were walking past the place where I saw the frozen girl and her mother was still there, sobbing. Aurora took notice and nearly broke down into tears.

"Madame Thernardier! What happened to Marie? Why is she-why is she frozen?"

The woman looked up at Aurora, her eyes red and puffy from crying.

"She came out looking for you. She wanted to give this back to you. It fell out of your pocket. She didn't come back, and I was starting to get worried so I came out here to look for her, and I found-" she broke down sobbing again, holding out a piece of paper to Aurora.

"I'm so sorry, Madame," Aurora said, wrapping the woman in a tight hug, tears now streaming down her face as well.

"You four should get back inside. Don't want the same thing happening to you. And be careful. The cold isn't good on that leg." Aurora nodded, but not much later her leg started hurting. I offered to carry her, and as usual she protested. Even with her fighting against me, I still managed to pick her up and carry her the rest of the way to the cave. She seemed lighter than usual, and that wasn't a good thing. As soon as we reached the cave, I pulled Marissa outside. I needed to have a little talk with her.

Aurora's P.O.V.

Nico had given my necklace back to me earlier, but heck, I didn't even know I had lost it. I twisted the blue snowflake pendant and it turned into a sword. Leo looked a bit uneasy. His face paled as a harsh wind blew in. It was so strong that it tore the sword from my grasp. My mother materialized right behind Leo, holding my sword in her hand. Before I could say or do anything, she had run him through from behind like the coward she is.

"Did you really think I would let you all escape?" she laughed before disappearing once again.

I pulled the sword out of him and applied pressure to the wound, trying to stop the bleeding. Of course, at the exact same moment, Nico and Marissa walked back into the cave and immediately got the wrong idea.

Nico quickly grabbed Marissa's hand and mine. Marissa grabbed Leo's hand, ripping his other one from mine. Before I knew it, we were back at camp and Nico almost collapsed. He regained his composure and roughly pushed me away.

"Leave. Just go away! You've done enough as it is," he said. I knew he was hurt because he wouldn't even look me in the eyes. And now I knew what I had done to hurt my best friend, and why all of the campers came after me in my dream. But it wasn't my fault, and I had to show him that. But my key witness was practically dead already. Instead I watched as Nico and Marissa carried Leo to the infirmary.

But if I had to die, I wasn't letting them be the ones to kill me.

I ran as fast as I could with a cast on my leg to a place I hadn't been for a while: the Hermes cabin. I made sure no one was there before pulling out my necklace and turning it into a sword. Honestly, I wasn't sure if I was actually going to go through with what I had in mind. Slowly exhaling, I rolled up the left sleeve of my shirt. I felt the metal against my skin, and, even though it was rather difficult because of the size, I ran the blade across my wrist. I watched as the blood ran down my arm and dripped onto the floor. I winced at the pain. And I laughed. For the first time in a while, I laughed. Sure it hurt, but at least I could escape.

But something stopped me. A pair of arms wrapped around my waist from behind and hugged me tightly.

"Rory, please don't do this."

"And why shouldn't I? Give me one simple reason as to why I shouldn't do it," I replied tartly.

"Because…" he exhaled slowly. "Because I–I love you. I think I haven for a while, but I didn't know how to tell you. Just… please, don't do this."

My eyes widened at his words. I mean, it isn't like I hadn't thought that… maybe… we could be more than friends, but the thought of him having feelings for me hadn't occurred to me. But I was kind of wondering if he actually meant it or if he was just trying to prevent me from committing suicide. Either way, it worked. I dropped my sword and he loosened his grip around my waist slightly, allowing me enough room to turn around and face him.

I didn't think I would ever be able to say this, but I kissed Nico di Angelo. And to be honest, I liked it. He seemed shocked at first, but he soon got over the shock and started to kiss me back. It was only when we came back up for air that we remembered the deep cut on my wrist. Nico, obviously not a son of Apollo tried his best to patch it up. Since he wouldn't let me help, I decided that I would use the lessons from the Italian class I took last year in school.

So che non posso riprendere quello che è successo, (I know I can't take back what happened,)

So che non possiamo tornare indietro al pinto di partenza, (I know we can't go back to the start,)

Ma si tine tra la braccia, (But holding you in my arms,)

Si tenendo vicino al mio cuore, (Holding you close to my heart,)

Ora so quello che non ho poi, (I know now what I didn't then,)

So che 'Il ti amo fino alla fine, (I know I'll love you until the end,)

Forse se avevo notato prima, (Maybe if I had noticed sooner,)

Non sarebbe andato così lontano, (It wouldn't have gone this far,)

E io lo so, (And I know,)

Tu sue l'unico che mi serve. (You're the only one I need.)

"That's really beautiful. Marissa thinks you're the inept who stabbed Leo, and I'm kind of thinking the same thing. What really happened?"

"It was my mom. She took my sword and stabbed Leo with it. I swear I didn't do it. You know I would never, never hurt Leo. Khione said she wouldn't let all of us get out alive. I-I know what it may have looked liked, but I'm telling you the truth."

"Hey, hey, hey. Calm down. I believe you. Now we just have to get Marissa to believe that. Once Leo wakes up, he can back you up too. Will said Leo will live since your sword isn't made of Celestial bronze. It'll be okay."

"How can you be so sure?"

"I just am," he said, wrapping his arms around me again. I buried my head in his chest, trying to hold back the tears that were threatening to fall.

Lobo: Well, that was officially the longest chapter we have ever written. And we now have ship names! Nicora and Mareo! Okay, our friend has been bugging us to put a kiss between Nico and Aurora in the fic soon so we put it in this chapter.

Night: Sorry about the suicide thing. We just had to put that in there. It seemed kind of fitting of Aurora's character.

Ninja: And it added a fluffy moment!

Lobo: Anyway...

All: Stay weird. Stay awesome. Stay demigods.

~ Lobo, Ninja, & Night