Thalia
"I swear on the river Styx that I will electrocute you to death if you break up with for being too girly, especially when it was the hardest thing for me to ever do. I went through so much and for what? You don't even appreciate it. You know what", I shouted.
"Shut the hell up and listen Thalia", Nico shouted angrily. I flinched at the tone of his voice. It was full of anger, full of pain and confusion. What really surprised me though was the anger aspect because he has never been angry at me before. Well he has been angry before but he always conceals it or takes it out on something else. This is the first time he has ever directed his anger at me before.
"How the hell do you know I did not appreciate it? Did those words leave my f*cking mouth" He asked angrily.
"No but you were going to say it before Percy, Jason and the girls appeared. I know you like that Nico so don't even try to deny it", I spat.
"Then you don't know me then Thalia. I was going to tell you that you did not need to change any aspect of your personality or appearance for me because I fell in love with who you are and I love your flaws. But now my feelings for you are under question", Nico said sadly.
At the beginning of his rant my heart and hopes were replenished but by the end of his rant I was heartbroken. I wanted to tell him I was sorry but my pride would not allow me to do so. Instead I ended up only make the situation worst. "Well the feeling is mutual oh great praetor and head counselor", I replied with disgust.
"You know when Luke told me that you were using him for power I did not believe him. I really found it hard to believe when he told me that you were using me as well but now I really believe him", Nico said sadly. I stood there in shock as Nico spoke. Nico sat up in his bed and looked at me with his dark brown eyes. As I looked into his eyes I noticed that he was heartbroken. I found myself at a lost for words as I looked into his eyes.
"It is true isn't it?" he asked without breaking eye contact.
"I will admit that I used Luke for power but you have to believe me when I say that you are totally different Nico. I love you", I whispered. His face remained void of all emotion and tears were threatening to flow down my face.
"And how am I different Thalia?" he asked.
"Well because with Luke I was the child of the great prophecy and I needed respect. Luke was the best swordsman in the camp and the most respected male. He was different back then though, he kind of grew on me. I knew he liked me so I asked him out and when we were together we became the most powerful people in the camp. We eventually developed feelings for each other and the relationship became real. It all started to go downhill when he became friends with Mark. He changed into the Luke you know today not the Luke I loved", I said desperately.
Nico grimaced and said "I still don't know how I am different from him; I see many similarities between both relationships except for the fact that you grew to love him but you never loved me. I guess I was just a rebound person since you are obviously still in love with Luke. Everything we said and with each other then must have been an act, well congratulations Thalia because you certainly had me fooled". He clapped two times in mock applause.
Tears began to flow down my face rapidly. "I love you Nico you have to believe me", I whispered.
"I want to believe you Thalia but actions speak louder than words. It is hard to believe that you love but yet when I was dying you were reluctant to help me. If that is love then I would rather live a lonely life until the day of my death", He replied.
"I made a mistake, we all make mistakes Nico. I am here crying out my heart to you, you are the only person I have ever cried for and that has to mean something. And I will admit it my pride took control of me back in the arena and I am sorry for that as well but I can change if you give me chance. Nico please just give me a chance to prove that I love you", I muttered. He stood up and walked over to me. He took me up bridal style and placed me on the bed. He wiped the tears away from my eyes and whispered soothing words to me.
"Stop crying Thalia where is the brave, strong and caring girl I fell in love with?" he whispered.
"She has found her kryptonite and it is being used against her", I muttered. He frowned but remained silent. He crawled into the bed and wrapped his arms around me. I rested my head on his chest.
"Thalia I love you, I really do but you can't be making this many mistakes with my heart", he whispered.
"I know Nico, I promise that I will be more careful if I am given another chance", I whispered.
"Thalia I want the truth, the truth about how us began and every other secret you have that may affect us in the future" he replied.
"Are you sure?" I asked.
"Yeah I don't want to be hurt again", he replied sadly.
I took a deep breath and said, "At first I thought you were extremely hot and that if you were a demi-god then you would be very powerful. I started to really like when I noticed under all your stubbornness and muscle that you were also very caring, nice, compassionate and inquisitive. I felt like you were the only one who could understand and tolerate me since you were pretty much like me. When I found that you were a demigod and a powerful one to add well that well closed the deal, I guess it is kind of a result of my fatal flaw but I have always been attracted to powerful guys. But the difference between you and Luke is that I loved you before I even know you were powerful and I love you now".
Nico smiled and said, "I love you too babe". I returned his smile and decided that I should just spill everything now.
"I am not finished yet. I was very not tremendously upset when you took my position as camp leader. That is the main reason I agreed with Artemis and Athena. I was not in it for heartbreak I was in it for revenge. I wanted my position back and I wanted to embarrass you just as how you embarrassed me. When I learnt of the reason behind your actions my mind and heart were literally at war. My mind wanted to continue the plan but my mind knew that you were the one for me and opposed that plan. This is why I went to Piper eventually, she explained everything to me and she cleared my mind. That girl really is a daughter of Aphrodite whether she acts likes it or not. She convinced my brain about you; something that my heart has been trying to do for months. She also convinced me to be more girls and her mother convinced all three of us to dress more seductively for you guys", I whispered.
"I understand how you feel about your position but I have already addressed that but it is a surprise and it depends on the union of both camps. But Thalia you don't have to act girly but I do appreciate the dressing though", Nico said with a smirk. I smacked his arm and glared at him.
"I also envy Jason because he is the favored child of my father. During my training I was constantly being compared to him and it aggravates me. And that is all the secrets I basically have how about you?" I asked.
"Well I didn't really have time for any romantic relationships. I have been trained by the heroes of legend for as long as I can remember. My father gave me many responsibilities when I became a teenager so my time was shortened. I was relieved of those responsibilities and training when my dad sent me to high school. I loved you the first time I saw you and you know the rest from there. You were basically the first everything romantically speaking Thalia and I wouldn't have it anyway else. But I think we should go back to ourselves, you know stubborn and always fighting?" Nico asked.
"I would like that", I replied. He pecked my lips and stood up. He went into the restroom and cleaned up himself. When he came out he was wearing his toga, praetor robe and an eagle medal.
"Where are you going? You look like a living zombie", I exclaimed
"Well I want to see you fight", he replied.
"Oh I forgot, let's go. I want to beat the crap out of a Roman", I said happily. Nico smiled and we shadow travelled back into the arena. When everyone saw our intertwined hands, they smiled. I looked around and noticed that Piper was absent. She was probably still angry.
"Where is Piper?" I asked.
"Preparing for her fight with Reyna over there", Jason said as he pointed to where the warriors were preparing for their fights.
"I need to talk to her so later", I said. But before I could move Nico grabbed my hand.
"Something is wrong what is it?" Nico asked.
"Yes I am afraid that we have a problem. The Greeks have only won three out of the eight fights so far. We need the Greeks to win the next two fights or everything will go downhill quickly", Jason said.
"How is that possible? I thought we had enough people to dominate?" I asked.
"We would have had four wins by now if Nico hadn't toasted Mark", Percy replied.
"He shouldn't have interfered then", Nico shot back.
"Whatever the point is that we need to win the next two fights", Percy said.
"Okay wait Annabeth did you fight yet?" I asked.
"No because me and you are fighting together as a tag team", Annabeth replied.
"Oh cool when do we start?" I asked.
"Now we have been waiting for you to appear for a while now and the crowd is growing restless", Jason said.
"Oh well let's go", I said. The boys wished us luck and teleported us to where Piper was.
"Piper I am sorry for what I said earlier", I exclaimed.
"I understand but I have a match to prepare for", she replied.
"Yeah we know, we have a match now so wish us luck. Your match is after ours so good luck as well", Annabeth said. We hugged each other and parted ways.
The Narrator
The girls all stood on the battlefield with their weapons drawn. They were just waiting on the praetor's command to begin.
"Romans we are approaching the end of our tournament but what better way to end it than with two all out cat fights. With that said let the fight between Annabeth, Thalia, Gwen and Larry begin", announced Nico. Thalia and Annabeth wasted no time with their opponents.
Gwen attacked Annabeth and the two continued to trade blows until Annabeth discovered her opponent's weakness. Her weakness was the overuse of strength so Annabeth dodged one of her blows and before she could recover; Annabeth knocked her out with the hilt of her dagger.
Thalia on the other hand took out her anger on the poor boy and by the time Annabeth knocked out her opponent the boy had bruises and gashes all over his body. When Thalia noticed that Annabeth knocked out her opponent she decided to end the fight.
She summoned lightning to strike her two hunting knives that she can use to direct electric blasts. She then blasted Larry with lightning and he was knocked out cold. The crowd erupted with cheers when the fight ended.
"Congratulations to the Greeks Thalia and Annabeth for winning the fight", Nico shouted as he gestured for the girls to leave.
"It is time for the last and final fight. This fight will decide if the we will make a treaty with the Greeks or not. So please welcome the fighters who will decide our fates; Reyna and Piper", Jason announced as said girls entered the battlefield.
As the girls entered everyone could tell they were in for a fight just the tension these girls were emitting. They stood face to face with their weapons drawn. Reyna has an Imperial gold spear in her hand and a dagger while Piper on the other hand yielded a dagger and a gladius.
"I bear no grudges against you Piper but I think Jason deserves someone well worthy of him so I will not be going easy on you", Reyna said through gritted teeth.
"I love Jason and although he may deserve better I will fight for my man. Don't worry about going easy I think you will be shocked by my strength and to be fair I will not use my charm speak against you", Piper said with a smirk.
"I like your attitude if only we could have met under different circumstances. Let us make this fight worthwhile though. The winner of the fight will have dibs on Jason while the other will have to back off?" Reyna asked.
"Sure", Piper said. The girls fell into silence and circled each other with determined looks on their faces.
"Begin", Jason thundered. The girls wasted no time attacking, they actually charged at each at the exact same time. The crowd gasped as they watched the girls exchanged. Not one Roman expected a daughter of Venus to be equally matched with a daughter of Bellona.
The crowd watched on in awe as the girl traded blows. Reyna herself was shocked at the strength of which the daughter of Venus possessed. As they traded blows both girls became weary. Reyna finally saw an opening in Piper's guard and jabbed her spear there.
Unfortunate for Reyna, Piper made a mistake as a way to lower Reyna's guard. Piper blocked her spear with her dagger and slashed her sword at Reyna. As a result of Reyna's quick reflexes she managed to draw her dagger just in time to intercept Piper's slash.
Piper realizing the position they were in, decided that this fight decided too many things and as a result she would need to use every advantage she had to win. With that being said, she decided to use her charm speak. "Drop your weapons", Piper commanded.
Reyna was used to charm speaking from her time spent with Circe but she hesitated nonetheless which was all Piper need. She used her weapons to disarm Reyna and held her gladius to Reyna's neck.
"Yield?" Pier asked.
"You said you wouldn't use charm speak", Reyna spat.
"All is fair in love and war Reyna", Piper replied with smirk. Piper pressed her gladius against Reyna but she refused to yield. She had already decided that she would rather die than see Jason with another girl. The crowd was literally on the edge of their seats as they obviated the ending of this extraordinary duel.
But Jason knew that Reyna would rather die than admit defeat to Piper decided to end the match.
"The winner of the final match is Piper and as a result the Romans and Greeks are now allies", Jason announced. The crowd went rampant with cheers.
"Everyone it is time for a feast so report to the mess hall immediately", Nico announced. The crowd dispersed quickly because everyone was hunger. Everyone left except the awesome ones and their girlfriends.
The boys approached their girls well Nico and Percy walked. Jason literally ran over to Piper, lifted her up, twirled her and then kissed her.
Percy on the other hand walked casually over to Annabeth and said, "You did good Wise Girl, not bad at all".
"I bet I could whoop your butt as well Seaweed Brain so shut it", Annabeth replied as she wrapped her hands around Percy.
"So what now Wise Girl?" Percy asked as he wrapped his arms around Annabeth's waist. Their faces were now inches away from each other.
"You kiss me passionately", Annabeth replied.
"How about a peck since we have to leave now?" Percy asked.
"Just kiss me Seaweed Brain", Annabeth replied as she closed the gap between herself and Percy.
Nico also walked casually to Thalia but he said, "Looks like you didn't get your ass whooped Pinecone face".
Thalia glared at him and said, "Well I didn't know you wanted your girlfriend to get hurt".
"Wait I never meant it like that", Nico said as he rubbed the back of his neck. Thalia started to die with laughter and Nico stood there confused.
"I was joking Zombie Dude, come one let us get something to eat because all this drama has made me hungry", Thalia said. Nico intertwined their fingers and they left for the mess hall.