I think I'm updating this more frequently than any of my other stories... anyways on with ze story! I am listening to music while writing this, so if the mood changes; the song changed. I got inspiration from the song 'towards the sun' from the movie 'home' :)
Chapter Four: Arrival
Nico's POV
"so, why is your left arm radiating evil?" I asked him. it had the same kind of evil I'd felt on Harry's face. he scowled and looked at the ground
"that's personal" I nodded. probably got hit by an evil curse that if someone found out about it, he wouldn't be allowed to go to school. kind of like my cutting...
"ok. truce. I don't answer your personal questions, you don't answer mine. sound good?" I wanted to make a friend, and he had offered. he looked up and smiled
"sounds good. so, how old are you?" I smirked. technically I was 86.
"sixteen"
"cool, me too" well no surprise there.
"so, what do you want to do?" he gave me a strange look
"um, play a game?" it came out as a question.
"sure. how about chess?" I loved chess.
"sounds good" I placed my hands about a foot apart level with my chest. I concentrated, and formed a chess board out of shadows. Draco's mouth popped open. I smirked
"so, white or black?" he looked as if he were going to faint "um Draco, are you alright?" he shook his head vilently
"you, you just m-made a chess board..." he seemed at a loss for words.
"you're a wizard are you not?" he shut his mouth, and stared at the board that I was still holding.
"um, black" I set it on the shadows, anyone who walked in would think it was levitating. we played.
"I have never lost so badly in my life" Draco bemoaned; I had beat him in less than ten minutes.
"so, do you want a chance to redeem yourself?" I smirked evilly, he hung his head.
"sure, lets watch me lose again..." he played any way.
Ten minutes later, I was twice champion over Malfoy.
"you are pretty bad at chess you know?" he sighed
"no, you're just really good" I chuckled, I know. a thought hit my mind "so, why does Harry Potter hate you so much?" the blond scowled at the floor
"we've been rivals since first year" ah, that cleared that up.
"so, would it bother you if I went and talked to him?" he stared at me for a second, then shook his head no.
"no I don't mind. and I don't control you, you can talk to whomever you want" I left the compartment, and went in search of Harry. I spotted him a few compartments down mine, he was with his friends. I looked in for a moment, then opened the door.
"hi" they just looked at me for a moment, before Harry blurted
"you're that guy Malfoy was talking to" I smirked
"yeah, he asked if he could sit in my compartment, I agreed" that must have been normal then...
"why didn't he have his goons with him?" huh, so he did have goons.
"I'm not sure. he didn't say anything" they looked disappointed.
"so, why are you here?" the girl with red hair asked rudely. she must have been 'Ginny'
"oh I'm sorry. I didn't know you weren't allowed to have a normal conversation with other people" I said my voice dripping in sarcasm. she blushed, and the other red-head scowled at me. his look was more funny than intimidating.
"don't speak that way to my sister" he growled. I stared him point blank in the eye, he shivered
"yes...your highness" I mocked, his face turned as red as his hair. before he could retort, I turned to Harry "well, it seems that I cant have a nice talk with you after all. see you at the castle" I left the compartment, and went back to my own. Malfoy wasn't there. I sat down, and rested a little. then a thought came to me, why not listen in on their conversation? I had acquired a new trick, I could place my hand in the shadows, and see of hear anything I wanted -within reason of course- I closed my eyes, and reached out with my senses. I felt along the compartments till I came to Harry's.
"-after him" I heard Harry say, then the sound of the door opening, and closing. I followed Harry with my senses down the corridor, but then suddenly, he vanished. I bolted upright. how the hades did he vanish?! you always made a shadow. unless...
'he's invisible' the thought hit me like a sledgehammer. I knew how. the cloak of Thanatos. the invisibility cloak. I groaned, oh gods! this was going to be so much harder if that thing was actually real. I felt around, and followed a step in the shadows to the compartment Malfoy was now in, I saw the door open, and then get stuck on 'nothing' then shut once Harry was undoubtedly inside. for a second his foot was in the air, and then it was gone back under the cloak I presumed. I listened to the conversation for a minute, it was mostly stupid. then I heard the train stop, I watched them through the shadows, and saw that Malfoy stayed after the others were gone. then he fired a jet of light into the baggage compartment. Harry fell out of it. I snickered, then continued watching. he said some things, Harry said some others things. then draco stomped on his nose -I cringed at the sound- covered him with the cloak, and left. I decided to help him as a show of good faith. I went to the compartment, and pulled the cloak off of him. he seemed surprised. I pulled out my wand, and muttered the counter curse -mostly for appearances, I didn't need to do either of those- and Harry sat up.
"are you ok?" I asked him, he nodded "can I heal that for you?" he looked at me warily
"can you?"
"yes. I learned that spell on purpose. I'm constantly getting myself into tricky situations" he nodded his approval, I fixed his nose.
"thanks" he looked at his clothes, which were stained with blood, I smirked, and washed it off "oh, thanks...um, what's your name again?"
"Nico, Nico di Angelo!" I said with slight humor. "well, I would appreciate it if you wouldn't tell blondie that I freed you"
"why not?" I scowled a little
"because I want to be friends with both of you. so don't tell him"
"uh, sure. we'd better get going" we left the train. no one else was in sight. "ugh, now we have to walk to the castle" Harry grumbled. I shook my head
"do you have anything against thestrals?" I asked him. he shook his head. I let out a cab whistle. a few minutes later, two thestrals came out of the woods. Harry gaped
"you called them?"
"yes. they like me for some reason. well, lets go before we're late" we got on the thestrals, and flew to the castle. we arrived just as the last carriage got there. we dismounted quickly, and ran through the gates before they closed. Harry led me to the great hall, and I joined the first years at the back with professor McGonagall
"ah, Mr. di Angelo. you are very nearly late" I smirked
"but, I'm not" she glowered at me for a moment, then went back to telling the first years about the sorting. then the doors of the great hall opened. it was pretty neat. the ceiling was enchanted to look like the night sky, that made me feel happy inside. there were four long tables and one shorter one at the front like a four pronged E turned on its side. the headmaster Dumbledore got up, and made some announcements. something about staff changes, and voldy being back. then he announced me
"-have an exchange student from Italy here for his N.E.W.T. year. please welcome: Nico di Angelo!" clapping. then professor McGonagall put a stool and an old battered hat on the stool. I tuned out the annoying song. then she started calling names. the little kids would sit on the stool, the hat would be place on their heads, and after different amounts of time, it would shout out one of the four houses.
"Raven Czech" she called (completely made up person) she sat on the stool, a few moments later was pronounced
"HUFFLEPUFF!" she hurried off to that table, and was greeted warmly, then McGonagall called out
"Nico di Angelo" I stepped from my place in the back of the line. whispers went around the room. I reflexively grabbed my ring. I sat on the stool.
"ah hello young demigod" I almost jumped ten feet into the air. this hat was serioussly scary.
'hi hat. leave me alone.'
"I can't do that. I have to sort you"
'fine. but leave my memories alone.'
"I'm sorry, but that's how I sort you" I groaned. why couldn't this thing leave me alone? oh well.
'fine. one look' I kept the worst memories to myself. no need to make the sorting hat cry.
"I can't sort you if you keep your memories from me"
'you don't want to see those' I warned it, it didn't listen. so I dropped the barriers.
"what? what is this?!" it was looking through the first war, then the second. I could feel it hyperventilating, then it saw Tartarus how I saw it. and then Will, and the betrayal. then back to Tartarus. it didn't get to my cutting before it let out a satanic scream of agony and terror. McGonagall grabbed it off my head. it panted for a moment before whispering
"Slytherin" I walked off towards Malfoy, ignoring the looks people sent me. I pointed to the open seat next to Draco, and asked "can I sit here?"
"go ahead" he replied. he was the only one who talked to me. the rest of the little kids were sorted, then food appeared on our plates and everyone else dug in. I took a small portion and sent it through the shadows as an offering to Nyx. then I ate my food. the conversations around me were quieter than the rest of the table, but I didn't blame them. I mean, the new kid, made the sorting hat scream, wears all black, and looks like he wants to kill someone. I might be quiet too.
"so Nico, how was the trip?" Draco asks. I smirk
"are you referring to coming to the castle, or my alone time in the compartment?"
"both" I smiled
"well, the train was great, and coming was fun" he seemed appeased, and went back to talking to his friends. after dessert -of which I had a little- the old guy stood back up, and said some more things. then Draco got up
"come on Nico. we're going to the common room" I followed him, and he led us all down to the dungeons. he stopped at two intricately carved snakes on the wall.
"what's he doing?" I heard a first year whisper to her friend. my thoughts were along those same lines.
"Salazar" he told the wall. then it opened to reveal a large circle room. it had a huge window on one side that seemed to be the lake.
"um Draco, why are we under the lake?" I asked the blond. he smirked
"ask our founder Salazar Slytherin" I might actually...
suddenly the door opened, and the teacher with the greasy hair walked in.
"hello. my name is professor Snape, I am your head of house. welcome to Slytherin" he was mostly talking to the first years, but it sounded important so I listened
"as a Slytherin, you will be met with opposition from the three houses. they believe that all Slytherins are bad, and therefore are incredibly biased. in the face of this we must present a unified front. if you have a problem, go to your prefects of me. I will be in my office if you need anything the prefects can't handle. also rule breaking is not tolerated" then he left.
"ok. well, I'm tired, where do I sleep?" I asked Draco. he lead me to our dormitory. I shared with five people. ugh. my pure black trunk was next to the bed a the end of the room.
"well, make yourself at home. bathrooms are through that door" I nodded my thanks, and he left. I went to my trunk, and pulled out the soap my mom packed me. I took it into the bathroom, and took a super fast shower. there were no doors on the showers, so I would have to take them really early. I finished my quick shower, and dressed in my PJs a black long sleeved shirt with the night sky on it, and black sweat pants. then I laid down in my bed, and was out like a light.
End of Chapter Four.
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