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Warning: cursing, Self Harm, (mentioned) Kissing.
Chapter Nine: well, schist.
Percy's POV
(hee hee, I keep you on your toes!)
I was walking home from the bus stop. it was the weekend, and I was visiting home from college. I know, me, Percy. son of freaking Poseidon was going to college. with Annabeth in new Rome of course. anyway, I was walking home when blue light appeared in front of me. I shielded my eyes instinctively pulling riptide from my pocket, and expanding it. so, when the light died down, I was holding a sword to the throat of...Poseidon? I quickly dropped my sword down.
"dad! I am so sorry.." I started, he just chuckled good naturedly
"don't worry, I was kind of expecting that from the hero of Olympus" I blushed at the praise.
"ok, what do you want? I know you didn't come just to say 'hi'" he looked at the ground.
"well, we recently got some news, and I don't think your going to like what you hear"
-10 minutes later-
I was uncontrollably laughing
"he, he did what now?" I said between breaths
"yes, he stabbed the lord of the sky in his family jewels." another burst of laughter.
"Zeus deserved it" cue the thunder "you know it's true!" I yelled at the sky. no more thunder came.
"well unfortunately, Zeus want's Nico in for punishment, but he's in Hecate's sacred realm. the other gods can't get there, so we have organized a quest, and we request you lead it" I groaned
"mom would kill me" he sighed
"I can handle your mother" I grinned
"you have fun with that" I sighed "who else is going?"
"Thalia has agreed. so has Lou Ellen, and Leo Valdez. Annabeth is currently undecided. I'm assuming she wants to talk it over with you. Will Solace was also invited" I nodded
"that's my wise girl" I said wistfully. "I'll talk to Annabeth, you talk to mom"
"deal" he vanished in a mist of sea spray. I rubbed my temples this was going to be a long day.
Draco's POV
(I know, it's been a while)
He was so going to get it. the dark lord had warned him, instructed him to be careful. so, when his plan was foiled he was angry. but then, he found out his plan was foiled by none other than Nico himself! the very one the dark lord told him to befriend! of course, the dark lord didn't know about Nico's...extremities. Draco wondered if he should tell the dark lord about Nico's wings, he decided not to tell him in a letter if it were intercepted...that would not be good.
'I'll tell him over winter break' he decided. then he got up, and went to Slytherin dormitory. he sat in an armchair, and had to decide what, and what not to tell his master. this was going to be fun...
"Hey Draco!" the one in question looked up, and a smile broke out onto his face
"well hello there Nico, how can I be of assistance? Nico smirked
"well, you can give me a million dollars" Draco sighed
"yeah, no. I don't think I will" Nico put on his puppy dog eyes
"please?" Draco shook his head. Nico sighed, and sat next to him on the armchair.
"why not?" he asked.
"'cause I said so" Draco responded cocking his head. Nico was really close. like was he..? no, he wasn't flirting with him. was he? Draco shook off those thoughts
"aww" Nico bit his lip in a really cute fashion. wait, did he just think that?! what the hell?! he just thought about how cute it was when Nico bit his lip! the world was going to hell.
"so, anything else I can help you with?" Draco asked calmly despite the raging swarm of emotions inside him.
"I don't know, is there something you want to help me with?" Nico was definitely flirting with him. merlin. what was he supposed to do? and the way he flirted was shameless. he obviously didn't expect any kind of response. what should he do?
"err, I, I don't know" Draco responded truthfully. Nico appeared lost in thought. then he shot up real quick.
"ouch!" he exclaimed, and turned around to see...one of the other Slytherins behind him. "what did you do that for?!" he demanded. Draco just sat there watching the whole thing.
"I just tapped you on the shoulder" the young boy said timidly.
"well, go and tap someone else!" Nico raged. the young boy left in a flurry of green, and silver.
"what was that all about?" Draco asked Nico once he had sat back down. Nico rotated his shoulder a little
"the kid poked my back" he was about to ask why the big deal, when he remembered Nico's secret. oh, his 'back'. the kid had poked his wing, and unintentionally scared him.
"well, don't let the annoying things kids do bug you anymore" he told him.
Nico's POV
"well, don't let the annoying things kids do bug you anymore" he told me. I nodded. thank the gods, he understood what I meant. also, he was sitting really close. I didn't realize just how close we were until I sat back down. my face was probably turning red but he didn't complain, or move. did he...? no, he couldn't like back. could he? I got lost in thought again. then he cleared his throat.
"so, would you like to come to my house over winter break?"
"sure" I said trying to sound casual, it didn't work too well. his face lit up into the most dazzling smile I'd ever seen. apart from HIS.
"that's great! you can meet my family, and my...boss" oh, the guy who gave him the weird tattoo, I definitely wanted to meet him. the day before I'd had a chat with my mother Nyx, and she didn't care if I helped or hindered Voldemort. she won the best mom ever award that day, she also said she would talk to Hecate about it. so, I could become a 'Thanatos eater' if I wanted too. but, I really didn't want too. I had a bad experience with allegiances *cough-Minos-cough* and I wanted to be free to do whatever the Hera I wanted. I realized Malfoy was still talking.
"-can meet my other friends, and my cousins, and some of my father's friends who are staying there" oh joy. his house was the meeting place. isn't that nice? (please note the excessive sarcasm)
"yeah, that sounds good" then I looked at the clock "if we don't leave soon, we're going to be late for dinner" that got him up. he practically jumped out of his chair, and rushed out I was right on his heels. we bust into the great hall, him red faced and gasping, me looking like I'd just had a leisurely stroll. there were a few snickers around the room, but nothing unusual. we sat near the end of the table, and next to his goons. they struck up a lively conversation, but I was still thinking about earlier. did he like me? it would be nice, but then again, I wasn't exactly good for him. or anyone for that matter. a crazy psycho with wings who enjoys cutting themselves? not you ideal date.
"Nico!" I started, and turned towards him
"yes?" I asked slowly
"were you listening to anything I just said?" he had a fake kind of fury
"nope. I was spaced out" I smirked, he did too
"well, I catch you up to speed then. these guys" he pointed to his friends (read: goons) "are coming to my house for Christmas too!" I put on a fake smile
"that's great" he didn't buy my fake enthusiasm
"Nico" he chided "they wont be there the whole time. they have to go to their own houses a bit too" that made me blush. the whole time? was he suggesting? he must've realized how that sounded for he began to blush too. it looked odd on his pale skin, not nearly as odd as it must've looked on me with my chalky pale skin, but weird all the same.
"yeah, right" I tried -and failed- to fix the awkward moment. Crabbe and Goyle made small wolf whistles. our respective blushes deepened.
"no, not like that guys" Malfoy said. but the blush ruined it.
"it's ok Draco, if you want to be gay, you can be gay" Blaise intoned. I mentally murdered him. then he fell over. oops, did I just kill him? I checked his pulse, and let out a sigh of relief. he was alive. Draco was still just sitting there blushing. I took that as a good time to leave, I stood, and half ran through the doors. I heard footsteps behind me, but I didn't pause to check whose. I ran as fast my legs would take me, and didn't pause even when I heard my pursuer fall behind.
"Nico!" oh, it was Draco chasing me. I stopped under an archway.
"yes?" he came around the corner panting heavily.
"there you are!" he gasped out.
"yes, here I am. what do you want?" the need to cut, to erase those memories was becoming overwhelming. I sighed, and looked up. oh schist. we had paused under an archway decorated with mistletoe. the fates just hated me didn't they?
"I was coming to say that, I, uh.." suddenly on pure impulse, I rushed forward and pecked him on the lips. then I blushed furiously, he stared at me in shock for a moment.
"I, uh, I'm sor…" he didn't let me finish. he stalked forward and kissed me back. we leaned into each other kissing passionately. we broke apart to breath a few moments later.
"I didn't think you liked me back" I muttered under my breath. he smiled, and drew me into another kiss
"I didn't know myself" we broke apart, but stayed holding each other.
"um, we should probably go back...or they'll think we're up to something" he smirked
"and, what if we want them to think that?" I blushed even redder. he let out a small chuckle.
"well, then lets go somewhere" I grinned, then my blush deepened as I realized how that sounded. blondie was still chuckling
"ok Nico, where do you want to go?" I thought about it for a moment.
"flying" I decided. he spread his hands
"well then, let's go!" I smirked, and grabbed his hand. I shadow traveled us to the astronomy tower, and he immediately fell down.
"oops, I forgot to warn you" I was struggling not to laugh. he stood, and wiped the bile off his lips
"ha, ha very funny" he growled. I just gave him my signature smirk. then I shrugged off my robes. (wow that sounded bad in retrospect) and extended my wings.
"you coming?" I asked him slyly. he smirked
"you leading?" I rolled my eyes, and picked him up.
"let's get this show on the road blondie" the I catapult us off the edge. if he had screamed, I would have been very surprised given the amount of times I did just that. I flew us out over the forbidden forest.
"so, you want me to meet the 'Voldemort' guy at your house?" he flinched at the name
"yeah, my master" that made me made. 'master'?! he was a freaking cultist! I wanted to gut him then and there, but that would be inappropriate.
"this guy, does he ever hurt you?" my voice was bordering on malice. I felt him shift under me. (gods that sounded bad out of context)
"no" he was lying. I felt the tension in his shoulders
"Draco, don't lie to me" he stiffened more
"I'm not lying" he lied (LOL) his shoulders remained very stiff
"love, I grew up among liars. I know when someone is lying" he slumped in defeat.
"fine. yes, he hurt me. but just the once" another lie "and it didn't hurt" lie "I swear!" lies, lies, lies. I was sick and tired of the lying.
"Stop lying to me! I can handle the truth gods-dammit!" he recoiled from my anger. I set us down on the tower once again. "Draco, I know he hurt you. I can feel things like that. and you lying to me doesn't change that fact!"
Draco's POV
(go back a few minutes)
"yeah, my master" he told the winged teen. the blond could feel his rage at those words, but his tone was perfectly calm
"this guy, does he ever hurt you?" Nico's voice had a hint of something Draco couldn't quite identify.
"no" well there was a total lie.
"Draco, don't lie to me" Draco stiffened. how the hell did he know it was a lie?!
"I'm not lying" he could feel the tension in his shoulders
"love," he felt a tremor go through him "I grew up among liars. I know when someone is lying" Draco slumped in defeat, but he tried anyway
"fine. yes, he hurt me. but just the once" flashbacks of at least ten different times flashed in his mind "and it didn't hurt" memories of the cruatious curse, and his mom crying silently as she dared not interfere. "I swear!" well that was just a total lie now.
"Stop lying to me! I can handle the truth gods-dammit!" he recoiled from Nico's anger. he set them down on the tower once again. "Draco, I know he hurt you. I can feel things like that. and you lying to me doesn't change that fact!" Draco shifted guiltily.
"I know. I just...don't want to talk about it. okay?" he looked hopefully into the dark haired teen's eyes. and Nico's anger melted away.
"fine. but if he touches a hair on you head while I'm there, he will regret the day he was born" Nico growled menacingly. Draco was shook by how much he seemed to care for him.
"er, thanks? I think...anyway, we'd better get back before curfew" Nico grinned like a maniac
"when did that ever stop us before?" Blondie put on a grin that mirrored his.
"well, since you don't think we should go back, what do you want to do?" Nico blushed. (I mean, think about what he just said...make the connection? if not, you are pure like snow)
"um, I don't know" Nico confessed looking at the ground. Draco smiled his signature confident smirk
"Well, I bet I can find something to fill the time" (more like someone) Nico nodded
"sure, let's go!"
End of Chapter Nine
there were so many things that just sounded wrong out of context, so please; keep it in context!
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to answer some questions
HarryPotter4Ever-Celia: thanks! and I am also exited for the Nico/Draco relationship. I always just felt so bad for Draco in book 6.
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