Hello again it's me. your favorite betrayed Nico writer! (I hope...) well, let's get on to he story! and I'm not sorry about that last cliffie.
Chapter Eight: Wait, what?
Zeus's POV
"son? Nico, is that you?" Nico just smirked
"yeah. it's me" Hades rushed him and hugged him. CORRECTION: attempted to hug him. Nico went along with it, but as soon as his 'father' touched his hand, he judo flipped him to the ground, summoned two Stygian iron daggers, and promptly shoved them through the god's shoulders.
"you are no father of mine" he spat. Zeus grinned in glee, he could kill him now. he looked at Nyx, she was smiling. he raised his master bolt, and chucked it directly at Nico.
what happened next, no one was expecting. two massive black things shot out of Nico's shirt, and absorbed the master bolt. then they moved to the side, and everyone gasped. Nico di Angelo -the son of Hades- had wings. he smirked.
"that tickled" the enraged god stood.
"you dare?!" he thundered. (LOL get it?) Nico didn't even blink.
"I know now why you killed all of Nyx's sons. we're too powerful for you. you can't do anything if we wanted to take over" He said confident. Zeus growled
"I can kill you right now little demigod!" Nico shook his head.
"it's demi-primordial now" Zeus scowled, but before he could do anything, Nico released his aura. a feeling of death and fear so potent Hades was chocking on it, spread through out the room. then Nico dropped his barriars. and all the gods there immediately wished they hadn't offended him. his power level was equal, if not more than the big three. he had a pure evil look on his face as he stalked forward. every step he took shadows lapped at his feet like waves
"you don't know the meaning of power" he told him. then Nyx laid a hand on his shoulder, he turned.
"Nico, killing them would not be a good idea" he nodded, and closed his eyes. the feeling vanished, and he locked his power back up. the gods just sat there in shock. what the hell had they done? they had turned him into this. Zeus clearly didn't get it though, he raised his bolt, and shot one straight at him. he was still sanding next to his mother. a growl was ripped from his throat, and faster than humanly possible, he snapped his wings open and deflected the blast straight back at the god. then, without waiting a second he flew at him, and delivered a crushing right hook to his face. he kneed the king of the gods where Apollo don't shine, and then summoned another dagger and held it to his throat forcing him into mortal size.
"attack me, you have a chance. but you attack my mother, and I'll murder you then feed your entrails to my cat" he stood, and gave Zeus the dagger in his family jewels. Hera smiled. then he turned to Poseidon. the others thought he was going to beat the crap out of him too. I mean, he took down two of the big three. why not go for the third? instead he said something that astounded everyone present.
"tell Percy hi for me" then he melted into the shadows at his feet.
That was so much fun to write! I love fight scenes :)
Nico's POV
I fell onto my bed. pulling my wings back in, I checked the time. 7:15. my dormmates would be up soon. I groaned, and stood. I walked to the bathroom, and extended my wings to make sure they weren't hurt. they were fine. a little more ruffled than usual, but fine. I sighed in relief. then I locked the bathroom door, and took a quick shower. when I got out, the rest of my dormmates were awake
"oh, hi guys"
"hey sleepy head. you woke up first today" Draco snarked
"har, har. I have been know to get up at reasonable hours sometimes" I snarked right back. I couldn't dare hope that we were flirting...I couldn't have another boyfriend, not after Wi- HIM.
"Nico? you ok? you zoned out again" I shook it off
"yeah, just had a bad night" there was an understatement.
"ok, we're going to breakfast now. you coming, or you want to go alone?"
"I'm coming" we went to breakfast. I sat at Slytherin table as usual, and ate a hearty meal. I was starting to eat more these days, flying took a lot of calories, and I went flying almost every night. sometimes with others, but most the time alone when they thought I was asleep. I saw Harry staring at me, and I stared back. he lowered his head quickly. Ron noticed, and glared at me. I returned the favor, and he followed Harry's example. I stood
"see you in DADA"
"ok, see you there" Malfoy responded. I left the great hall, and decided to go on a morning flight before class. I was wearing my normal attire: black jeans, black long sleeved shirt, and my wizard robes. I found an abandoned hallway, and shadow traveled to the owlery. I found that the hole is big enough I can squish through. I checked the shadows in the hall before I took off my robes, and unfurled my wings. I dashed out the window doing a daring 360 once I was free. then I flew low, and out over the forest.
After DADA
"Mr. di Angelo. stay a moment please" professor Snape told me. I inwardly groaned, really? I had things to do. I stayed, mostly because I didn't want detention. after the rest of the class had left, Harry, Malfoy, and Blaise shooting me worried looks, Ron just glaring. I walked up to his desk
"yes professor?" he sighed
"what do you know about wordless magic?" he asked a serious look on his face. I panicked a little. did he know my abilities?
"I know how to use it, Sir" I added the 'Sir' as an after thought.
"very well. you would do good to stop muttering in class" oh, sixth years can use it then. that would've been nice to know. I decided to push my luck. or lack thereof.
"um, Sir. what do you know about wandless magic?" he had a contemplative look o his face
"why do you wish to know?" I swallowed nervously.
"it's a subject that intrigues me greatly" I half lied. he bought it
"it is very difficult to accomplish. the only living wizard currently able to do wandless magic is the headmaster. though, there are rumors that the dark lord can do it as well" I filed away the fact that he said 'the dark lord' only the Thanatos -sorry- death eaters said that.
"ok, thank you Sir" I left quickly before he could question me further. that sucked. I couldn't do wandless magic because then people would get suspicious, and definitely not wandless, wordless magic. no, I would have to use my wand at least. so lost was I in my thoughts that I ran straight into someone. we both fell to the ground. me silently, him with a long string of profanities
"you kiss your mother with that mouth?" I asked, I didn't know who it was
"you're one to talk snake" came the haughty reply. oh joy, it was Weasley.
"you're right. my mother doesn't give a schist if I cuss or not" he sneered
"I thought you said your mom was dead"
"Καλά σκατά" (cussing)
"what did you just say?!" he asked indignant.
"Είπα ότι είσαι ένα κομμάτι από κοπριά τεράτων." (I said you're a piece of monster dung)
"speak English!" he roared
"why?" I asked switching back to English "talking Greek is so much more fun" I told the infuriated red-head.
"wait, what?" I smirked
"tenere il passo con i tempi stupidi" (keep up with the times stupid) then I walked away leaving him to wonder what the hades I just said
The next morning began like usual: my dormmates waking me up.
"NICO! Get Up!" Draco yelled, and yanked my curtains open. he didn't even flinch when he saw me wrapped up in my wings, I slept like that almost every night.
"I no wanna..." I muttered, and tried to go back to sleep
"It's Hogsmeade today, I promised professor Snape you were going! so get your lazy ass out of bed!" I groaned, and wacked him with my wing on accident. he went flying across the room, and landed after hitting his head on the wall with a resounding crash. that got me out of bed in a flash, I flew (litteraly) to him, and knelt by his side
"are you ok?" I asked. I wasn't panicking, this wasn't my first rodeo. he groaned and sat up
"yep. I'm fine" he was most definitely lying, but that didn't matter.
"this is vital. no big man deal here. did you get cut by my wings?" I asked completely serious
"no, I don't think so" I nodded. he checked him self over
"can you stand?" he stood, and wobbled slightly. nothing major though
"yeah, I'm fine" he suddenly grabbed my shoulder for support. my brain went onto overdrive. oh my gods, he was less than a foot away...my mind wandered down that train of thought.
"um, so Hogsmeade?" he smiled, and showed off his perfect pearly whites, I so wanted to lean in, close the distance kiss his perfect...WHOA! hold it Nico! your boyfriend abandoned you less than three months ago. of course that brought on an onslaught of bad memories. I closed my eyes, and waited for it to stop. when I opened them again, I saw Malfoy's face less than three inches from mine. I instinctively pulled away, and he almost fell.
"oh, sorry. I, uh, kind of zoned out a little bit" they nodded. that was perfectly normal for me.
"so, let's go to Hogsmeade!" Draco announced standing on his own.
Hogsmeade was beautiful. the fiasco at the front gates, not so much.
xXx you know you love dis flashback xXx
we walked to the front doors, there was a clog of other students all there. I stood on my tiptoes to see that the ever loathsome Filch was probing everyone.
"ah Styx" I muttered, and turned to Draco waiting for the worst "what's that for?" Draco scowled
"he's probing us for dark objects, they do it to the mail too. if you have dark magic it makes a beeping noise"
"Την έχω βάψει" (I am so screwed)
"what'd you say?" I mentally slapped myself
"I'm screwed. I literally radiate fear, death, and dark magic" Draco seemed lost in thought. as we made our way up the line, the beeping stick never made a sound. then it got to Draco who was in front of me. it passed over his left arm without a noise. he breathed out an almost unnoticeable sigh of relief. then it was my turn. as soon as it was pointed at me, it let out the most gods awful noise I've ever heard.
"what've you got 'n your pocket?" Filch demended. I smirked
"nothing" he pointed the probe at me again. the same thing happened. I felt like smacking the Hephaestus out of this guy.
"empty your pockets!" he demanded roughly shoving the stick at my face. it was still beeping.
"I told you, it's not my pockets" he growled
"then what in the name of merlin is it?!" my smirk grew
"me"
"huh?"
"me. I radiate evil" he was so confused. it took everything I had not to bust out laughing right then.
"no you don't! empty your pockets!"
"ok" I pulled out my wand, and my money bag "the contents of my pockets" he scrutinized them, and tried to open the bag. key word: tried. it wouldn't open
"why wont it open?!" he asked still furious
"because it's enchanted so that only I can open it" I opened it, and showed him the contents, or rather, the contents I wanted him to see. namely; money.
"is that all?"
"yes. it only has money in it" and a few stygian daggers, some ambrosia, nectar, unicorn draught, and a handful of other things that would get me busted. he probed the bag, and it didn't beep. when he handed the bag back, he pointed the probe at my hand. instantly it started to beep again.
"is there an off button on that?"
"no" I sighed
"well, can I go through please?" he scowled deeper
"no. take off your jacket"
"why?"
" 'cause I 'old you to! now take off your coat!" I was panicking. I had a short sleeved shirt on, and that would expose my scars, and my wings.
"no. I refuse to take off my coat" the others would hate me forever
"now!" he roughly grabbed the sleeve of my coat, I went into overdrive. I grabbed his throat, lifted him up, and delivered a punch to his stomach
"I. said. no." then I released him and turned to Draco
"well, that was certainly interesting" he told me
"yes, it seems that I will not be going today" I gave him a look that said 'I'm going, and they can't stop me'
"oh well, see you when we get back"
"see you" I went back inside ignoring the stares. once out of sight, I shadow traveled to the owlery, and took off my wizarding robes. I stuffed them in the money bag, and extended my wings.
xXx end Flashback xXx
"this is a really pretty town" I told Malfoy lading next to him as he waited near the outskirts. he almost jumped out of his skin
"yeesh Nico, a little warning next time?" I chuckled
"nope. that would take away all my fun" I bumped his shoulder in a friendly way. he bumped back, and it sent shivers down my spine. I took out my wizard robes, and slipped them on. then I took out my cloak, and put it on too. now no one would recognize me, but for good measure should my hood fall, I created a mask out of shadows. it only covered the bottom half of my face, it looked like those sick person masks except pitch black.
"so, where to first?" he asked me. I shrugged
"anywhere. I've never been before" he perked up
"really?" I shook my head "well then! the three broomsticks it is!" he reached out, and took my hand. the touch electrified me, and I gripped back. he led me to this cool looking pub on the main road, and half dragged me inside. we got a table for two in the corner. you couldn't tell, but I was blushing so hard under the mask that my whole face had gone red. he was still holding my hand. truth is, I didn't want him to let go...STOP IT! I shook my head a little, and refocused
"so, what are we doing?" he smiled, and the urge to lean across the table and kiss him senseless increased.
"getting a drink of course!"
"wait, the teachers let us drink alcohol?" he shook his head
"no, only seventh years. we get butterbeer, it doesn't have any alcohol at all" I nodded. that made sense.
"ok, lets get some" he left. I tried, -and failed- to stop the frown from coming when he let go of my hand. a few minutes later he returned, and sat down. unfortunately, he didn't grab my hand. then a pretty witch showed up with two glasses of what appeared to be root beer. she sat the down on the table, and left with a slightly dazed expression on her face. I took a sip, and was extremely surprised
"its sweet" Draco laughed. it was beautiful
"yeas silly, that's why its called butterbeer" I grinned like an idiot. but of course he couldn't see my face so, there's that.
"well, I've never had it before so yeah..." he got up.
"um, I have to do something today so I cant show you around" he looked at the floor, and my hopes dropped
"that's fine. I really shouldn't be here anyway" I nodded, and left the pub. I walked around the town for a bit, then walked up the road to the castle. it was snowing pretty bad, so you could barely see five feet in front of you, but being a son of Nyx and Hades, I could see pretty far. I was walking behind two girls, far enough they couldn't see me, but I could still see them. they were arguing about something the one was holding.
"...take things from strangers!" the one without the package told her friend
"I can do whatever I want Leanne" I noted the name
"Katie, you should...careful...think that's...idea" the words were muffled by the wind. Katie responded, but it was so soft I couldn't hear her. her words must have made Leanne mad, as she roughly grabbed the package, and went to open it. I ran, and stopped her just in time. I had felt the evil radiating from it
"no! don't open that!" I yelled as I came closer. she stopped and looked up, then she backed away. I cursed, I was still wearing my hood. I quickly dissipated the mask, and lowered my hood.
"Leanne, don't open that. I can feel the dark magic coming off of it" she dropped the package I leaned over and picked it up. it was definitely cursed.
"Nico? what are you doing here?" Katie asked. I looked at her, she had a slight glaze to her eyes. I frowned, that wasn't normal. I held out my right hand, and touched her shoulder. I instantly recoiled
"she's under the imperius curse!" I exclaimed. Leanne almost fell over
"what?!" I nodded
"that's why she's acting so weird" I waved my hand in front of her eyes, then snapped my fingers. she blinked a few times
"um, where am I? last I remember I was in the bathroom of the three broomsticks" I nodded
"you were under the imperius, I undid it, but you still might want to see Madame Pomfrey" she nodded
"I will. I definitely will" I walked back to the castle with them, then I realized he was checking what we brought in as well. I cursed under my breath
"you guys go, I left something in the pub" I turned and ran a ways back before they could argue. when I was out of view, I shrugged off all my wizarding clothes, and flew back into the castle via the owlery. then I shadow traveled to my bed.
End of chapter.
hope you guys liked it! I tried to make it a little longer :)
to the reviewers!
HarryPotter4ever-Celia: there are two missing days of information on that matter :) will come as a flashback later in the story
when-fangirling-is-life UwU: thanks for the reviews! yes, Nico X Malfoy is my ship, and as you can see, Nico was not an illusion :)