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These characters do not belong to me nor do I make any money off this story. I am merely writing Fan Fiction. The characters belong to their respective author. I hope you enjoy Joining Forces.

Annabeth POV:

"He's been restless lately," I said. Percy and I were sitting side by side in the library as we worked together on our own assignments. "I think it's a good decision,"

"Do you think they'll send anyone else?" Percy replied, replacing his quill with another one after the tip had broken. "It is a lot to handle for the two of us, but I agree," It had been several weeks since the events of Lyacon, and nothing out of the ordinary had happened at Hogwarts. Nothing other than Nico's dreams. Ones that he had alone, something which seemed to be tearing him apart. It was likely it wasn't only that. After all, he had suffered so much in the past. Lately, he had been missing out frequently on several assignments from schools and had been spending more time in the Room of Requirement. The other day, he had mentioned that he might be going back to Camp Half-Blood.

After another half hour, Nico came into the library, looking as dishevelled as he normally did these days. "You're here," Percy said, pulling out a chair.

Nico listlessly nodded his head, taking a small glance at our work before shutting his eyes as if just the sight gave him a headache. "...I'm going back to CHB." He announced. "...Mr. D has been helping me lately, I don't think I'm doing too well. I'm sorry I've been a burden lately," After so long at Hogwarts, we had all adapted to lowering our voices when speaking about anything related to Demigods as well as using other names when referring to the camp, Chiron, and more.

"No, you've not been," I said. "Has Mr. D help narrow down who is calling you in your dreams?"

"I have a few guesses," Nico replied. "For a while, I thought it was Iapetus, y'know Bob. He might have survived and been calling for help, but...I do have other guesses,"

"You continue mulling it over," Percy leaned back on a chair, seeming to have given up briefly on the potions assignment he was working on. "No rush. When are you going back to CHB?"

"Tomorrow. I'll just be leaving on a pegasi like how we arrived. Depending on circumstances which I hope don't arise, I'll just shadow-travel," Nico explained. "Besides my wand, I'll be leaving most of my textbooks and stuff with you just in case I come back. Good luck with everything here, if you need to chat...or something, go ahead and iris-message the camp,"

"Do you want us to send you off?"

"No," Nico said. "You just go do what we're supposed to. This whole excursion is far from over. Besides, other than you two, I don't think I will be missed a lot. I'll just leave quickly and subtly. Dumbledore has an excuse for me, there won't be much trouble,"

Nico POV:

Far outside one gate of the school, a pegasi greeted me. Walking forward, half of its body was hidden in the shadows of nearby trees as it ruffled its wings. I had exited the castle that evening, telling Dumbledore to send the teachers my regards. In my opinion, it was better to leave like this. No questions asked, cleanly and smoothly. From the inside of the Great Hall all the way out near the forbidden forest I could still hear some of the announcements Dumbledore made, knowing I was one of them. "Hey, why so glum, aren't you happy to see me?" Behind, the pegasi, a blond-haired boy walked forward, pulling down his hood. Will.

I smiled. "It's a pleasant surprise though I told you I was fine getting to Camp on my own,"

"And let the chance to come here slip by? No way. Besides with all this weird monster stuff and witches things happening here, I wasn't confident. In addition, we can see each other earlier," His voice suddenly dropped most of the light-heartedness he can used instead adopting a more serious manner that was full of concern. "Nico, it'll be alright. I can also try helping on the way there, I don't want you to exhaust yourself too much. A lot has happened lately,"

"I know, I'll be fine, things are going to be okay. Everyone'll just head straight into this as always," I walked forward to the pegasi, hopping onto it's back. Will did the same, only he took the front position. "Ready?"

I held onto his shoulders. "Ready,"

The pegasi soon gave a light neigh sound, galloping for a few moments before its two wings spread out and flapped through the air. Soon we the sky had turned darker as time went on. Will turned around and gave me a smile, then pointed to himself with a finger. "Check this out," In the darkness, a slight glow started to arise around Will's body creating a faint light like a candle in the night. "Cool, isn't it?"

"Very." I agreed, then gave him a poke to which he laughed. I looked up towards him. "Is this like your skin doing this? Or just a new ability that you found?"

"I guess kind of both?" Will thought it over. "Though, it was a weird way I found this out." His face turned slightly red like the strawberries that grew in some of the bushes from Camp. "Nico, you better not tell anyone about it though. It's kind of embarrassing. The skill in general is something I haven't told many people. If you're willing to listen to me talk about this because it's a kind of boring story,"

"Don't worry. We have time, don't we? I love your boring stories,"

Will gave a smile. "Alright then,"

I decided to add a question to each of my posts! That way I will able be able to interact with everyone more! You don't have to answer the question if you want, but this way we can mutually learn about each other. They won't be anything personal, but mainly about PJO, HP and such. The next time I post a chapter, I will tell you my own response.

Question 1: What Harry Potter house are you in?

I look forward to seeing your responses! The next chapter will be posted in 5 days, have a wonderful day!