Hey my peeps! what's up?! here's another chapter :)
this chapter is dedicated to: phoenixspiritwolf.
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, Percy Jackson, or Maximum Ride. I only own the plot for this story.
"Bella, in my world. it's kill, or be killed." she stopped crying. "hey I have an idea!" she looked up "do you trust me?"
"um, a little?" I chuckled, and grabbed her under the arms "hey! Nico-Aahhh!" I had jumped out the window. I flew us around a tree then landed on it.
"so, do you like flying?" she clutched the tree tightly.
"not really, I don't like heights that much." I just shook my head in laughter.
"ok, I'll take you back." I picked her up and flew back through my window. I set her down on the couch.
"so, what do you want to do?" I asked leaving my wings out. she was very distracted by them. "do you want to touch too?" I asked smiling. she nodded and stood. walking over to touch them, almost tripping. naturally. she hesitantly reached out and stroked my left wing gently.
"they're so beautiful. where did you get them?" I looked down.
"I was born with them." she seemed to realize that I didn't want to share.
"does anyone else know?" I looked up, my eyes were hard and cold
"everyone who know is in the underworld" she looked shocked
"what do you mean?"
"I mean that the only people who ever knew was my family. my mother and sister died. and my father is lord of the underworld" she looked slightly put out by this.
"oh, I'm sorry." I shook my head
"it's fine."
"so, why do the monsters want to kill you?"
"well, they want to eat us."
"they what?!" she was aghast.
"they are much like your vampire friends, except they don't curve their appetite." she went almost as white as Edward.
"that-that's terrible!" she exclaimed.
"yeah. I know." I sighed.
"are there others like you?"
"no. there are other demigods, but I'm the only one with wings."
"so, your one of a kind?"
"yes. and it's lonely. I can't tell anyone what I am, because they'll treat me like even more of a freak. no one likes Hades' kids."
"why not?" she was way too curious.
"because you saw what I did. I can kill people with little more than a thought. no one likes that I have that kind of power. they all want to use me as a weapon, and they forget I'm a human too. they only think of me as a means to an end, and they don't stop to consider that I might not want to fight, or be that means. no, they only think of my powers, and they don't care about my feelings. my sister died because of some stupid quest that she wasn't ready for! but no! the damn leader took her because of her skill with knifes! the others were just as skilled, if not better than she was! and she was 12 for goodness sakes!" I finished my rant, and Bella's eyes were wide as dinner plates.
"I didn't know. sorry Nico."
"it's fine. there's no need to grieve over the dead. they're happy, and they don't want you to grieve over them. I should know, I've talked to enough of them."
"wait, you can speak to the dead?"
"yeah. I can summon them too. it takes a ritual though, and I'm not at full strength right now."
"oh, you don't have to- I mean, I don't need you to summon the dead right now..." she said awkwardly. I snickered at her conundrum a little.
"I know. you're funny when you're flustered though." she turned bright red. a knock sounded on the door.
"oh, come in!" I called. Edward entered. "hi."
"hi Edward!" Bella called. he smiled. it was a predatorial smile, and sent shivers down my spine. gods I hated monsters. even the ones that didn't attack. they made my ADHD act up, and that was really distracting. I was noticing every minute detail of everything. the way Bella ungracefully rose, the way he seemed to stiffen when she sat o nhis lap, her smile of contentment. it was maddening.
"so, Nico. how come I can't read your mind?" Edward asked me. I stiffened.
"what?! you can read minds?!"
"yes." he looked a little put out that he couldn't read mine.
"can your whole family?"
"no. just me. my sister; Alice can see glimpses of the future, and Jasper can calm someone down. there are other gifts, but it would take too long to explain them all."
"then, I believe it's because I'm a demigod. my godly half prevents you from interfering with my mind. also, the fact that I'm only 48% human might add on that. 50% god 2% bird." I explained for Bella's benefit. the vampire should have made that connection already.
"oh. that makes more sense." Edward said thoughtfully. "you know, I can't read Bella's mind either. maybe you are the same?"
"maybe. why can't you read Bella's mind?" I mean, I didn't know, and I'm a curious person.
"we don't know. we think it's her gift showing up before she's turned. when you become a vampire your human senses are enhanced so your dominant trait is you 'gift'. mine was knowing what people around me wanted. now I can hear their thoughts. Jasper had charisma, now he controls emotions. Alice already had glimpses of the future, now she has more, and can understand them better." well that made sense. not.
"um, sure...whatever you say..." I had no idea what he was talking about any more. Edward laughed. it was a clear bell sound, very nice.
"so, Nico. why were you in forks anyway?" Bella asked me.
"oh. my father went me on a mission to find out why so many people were dying in Seattle. I was tired, so I came to Forks for a small nap. I overslept, and you found me."
"wait, you're here to find out why people are dying in Seattle?" Edward asked suddenly urgent.
"yeah, why?"
"because, it's our kind. someone has made a newborn army, and they're uncontrollable."
"well schist. that complicates things."
End of chapter 7
YEP. complications are here...
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go read it first. my characters are a little OOC for this story.
Nico's reaction is on fleek.
of course.
flying makes him hungry, and they are similar. pale skin, no social lives, prick attitudes, oh wait...
the phoenix idea was from a fic I read called 'dark pheonix' it's one of my favorites, but it hasn't been updated in more than a year, and I am sad...
