I know, it's been a while. I was writing shadows, and got a little distracted. so, sorry this one's a little late.

Warning: violence, PDA, Angst, Massive amounts of fluff.

Chapter 11: a bit crazy

Nico's POV

I broke.

I fell to the ground out of anguish and pain. the scenes of the wars and the betrayal flashing in my mind like a messed up movie. my wings instinctively burst forth, and covered me like a security blanket.

"Nico?" came a small voice from behind me. I pulled my wings in tighter

"go away! you never loved me Will! just leave me be! I'm done being your gods damn charity case! you thought you could fix me! news flash; I'm non-reparable! I'm so broken I'll never be fixed! and my father doesn't help a bit! he thinks he knows what I'm going through, well he doesn't! he's never been betrayed by the only people he called family! he never had to jump in literal hell to escape! he never found out that he could freaking kill people with a wayward thought! or dissolve some random warier into nothingness because they were in the wrong spot at the wrong time! no Will, you listen. I. am. broken. you and your fake love can go jump off a cliff and die!" I was still hiding in my wings. I heard the sharp intakes of breath as I ranted.

"um, Nico? it's me, Draco. not this Will person." oh schist. did I just...? yep. I just outed my whole life story to Draco. in front of his boss. I was screwed.

"D-Draco?" I whispered.

"yes love, I'm here. I will never betray you. I love you, and I don't think of you as a charity case." pulling my wings back a little, I saw Draco kneeling in front of me.

"do you mean it?"

"yes. I swear it." he came closer, and placed his pale hands on my even paler face. "I will always love you Nico. no matter what. and I don't care if you can kill people with a thought. I love you." my tears flowed harder. I pulled him closer, and curled up to his chest. my wings curled around both of us.

"I'm sorry I just spewed all that. I thought you were Will. my first boyfriend. he was the light to my dark, the warmth to my cold. the saying opposites attract? well, whoever wrote that needs to get their head out of the clouds. yeah, we attract we just can't stay there. he was the camp healer, and I was wounded. he thought he could fix me. he couldn't. no one can. it's hereditary. all my other siblings have gone insane. the lucky ones died. I'm crazy Draco, you don't want someone like me." he stiffened

"Nico, it's not about what I want. I need you. you keep me sane, no matter how crazy that sounds, it's true. you're my link to sanity. without you...I wouldn't be here." he nuzzled closer to me. "I doubt you're any crazier than my boss" he said in an attempt to lighten the mood. it had the adverse effect on me. a dry humorless laugh escaped my lips. I sat up, and pulled away from him.

"you know about the cruacius curse?" cue the shudder "imagine a place that makes you feel like that" his face went almost as pale as mine. "I went into a place like that. on purpose. not under any kind of spell." he openly gaped

"how are you sane?" he asked incredulous.

"I'm not." I said darkly. he reached out, and grasped my face again

"Nico..." he began, I pulled away.

"no Draco. you need to go while you still can. all the people who get close to me die. and usually it's my fault. trust me, you don't want me." I took a huge breath. I was at a mountain. balanced precariously at the top. couldn't see the bottom of either side. in other words, I had a huge decision. did I tell him? everything? my world? if I kept him in the dark, he would hate me more when it suddenly burst forth in the shape of a monster. I was at a loss.

"Nico..." he tried again.

"Draco. everything you know about me is a lie. I'm not the person you think I am. my family..." I trailed off.

"what about them? you never tell me anything about your parents or your siblings. why not?" I shuddered

"because Draco, I'm not..." did I tell him? those eyes bored into me asking, no begging for an explanation. "I'm not human. not fully." he gaped a little. I plodded on, might as well get it over with. "what do you know about the Greek myths?"

"um, only that they had the ludicrous idea that gods exist" I winced a little at his word choice

"well, um, Surprise! they're all real. all the gods, monsters, giants, titans, crazies they're all real. and I'm one of them." his mouth resembled that of a fish.

"what?" he asked quietly. deciding that humor might snap him out of his trance I stood, he followed. I stuck out my right hand.

"Nico di Angelo, son of Hades, Adopted by Nyx, the ghost king, prince of the Underworld and Tartarus. Nice to meet you." he almost fell over in shock.

"y-you-you-you're the p-pr-prince of w-what now?" I steadied him

"the underworld, and Tartarus. the underworld is what you might call 'hell' it's where ghosts are supposed to go when they die. of course wizards just love defying all laws of nature. but, anyway, Tartarus is the place I was just telling you about." he paled even further

"and you're the prince of that place?!" I nodded

"yeah. my mamma Nyx lives there. since she adopted me, I can live there too. if you were to go there, you'd probably die. but that's aside from the point. my 'friends' are all demigods. when a god has a fling with a mortal, and as a product of that fling, they get pregnant, the kid is called a demigod, or half blood. half god half mortal. I fit none of those categories. I'm the first demi-primordial ever recorded."

"wait, so there are others of your kind?" he sounded afraid.

"no. I'm the only demi-primordial. but there are other demigods. they are not as powerful as I am. not to brag or anything, but there is one. Percy. he's a son of Poseidon, and he was the strongest of us all before I was adopted. I don't know his actual power range, but he's strong. and when he's mad, well, did you hear about the explosion of mount saint Helens?"

"yeah, father thought it was the dark lord trying to return" I gave another humorless chuckle.

"that was my cousin Percy. he got really angry, and accidentally blew up a mountain. without his wand mind you." not that Percy has a wand. but hey, it was true...mostly...

"what?!" I nodded

"yeah, and he was only 14 too." Draco looked shocked to his very core at that revelation.

"so, he's insanely powerful."

"give him a cookie" I responded with my usual charm. "so, take what you know, and then times it by about 4, and that's me on a good day. on a bad day...well, I'm more powerless than you. no insult intended."

"how can you be more powerless than me? I mean, you can like, fly, and make things out of shadows!" he pointed around me, and I then realized that I had erected a shadow shield. the adults were still clueless as to my secrets. maybe the fates were feeling generous today.

"you saw what happened. I have PTSD well, I mean, who wouldn't? I've been in two wars for gods' sake! the first when I was only freaking eleven!" instead of answering Draco pulled me close again, and held me close. I relished his embrace.

"I still love you." he said simply. I smiled into his shirt. oh gods. did I just smile? what was wrong with me?! oh well...

"I love you too blondie" I pulled back a little, and gave him a proper kiss. he seemed startled at first, but he kissed me back anyway. I lost myself in the passion of our kiss, which means that I lost the subconscious hold on the shadow wall. so, we were revealed to the adults. we must've looked pretty weird. one kid with a tear stained face kissing a kid that looks as if he's seen a ghost, all while being wrapped in midnight black wings. can't forget those now.

Voldemort cleared his throat. I looked up. oops. guess the shield fell.

"uh, it's not what it looks like" Draco attempted looking pleadingly at his father who had turned a new shade of purple.

"get your ass over her right now Draco! he thundered giving him a look not unlike Zeus. Draco started to go towards him, but I grabbed his arm.

"no." I stated calmly at Malfoy senior. the blond in question turned an even darker shade of purple

"you Dare?-" he started, he was cut off by Voldemort

"Lucius. I had believed you had a brain.. do you not remember how this young man wiped the floor with you only a few minutes ago?" Lucius paled "yes, you do" Voldy turned to me "how?" is all he asked. I stared defiantly at him.

"none of your business. it's a family matter that doesn't concern you at all." the dark 'lord' frowned.

"I do not tolerate insolence child. tell me now." Draco whimpered. a ferocious growl sprang from my lips

"no. I'm not one of your so called 'death eaters'. I do not and will not obey your every command." he scowled at me.

"very well then. Draco, tell me." Draco paled, and turned to me. his eyes were pleading.

"no. he will not answer your questions either. and, if you want my help, you will leave him out of this."

"insolent child! I am lord Voldemort! and he is one of my servants! he must obey me! you know nothing of war chil-" I cut him off with maniacal laughter.

"I know nothing of war you say? I've been in, and survived two of them! one when I was eleven, and one this last year. tell me again how I 'know nothing of war'!" Lucius paled, and Voldemort frowned.

"what are you talking about?"

"war. I thought you were smart."

"there has been no war for at least ten years."

"not a wizarding war. I will not tell you everything but I'll tell you this. I'm not human." cue the gasp from Lucius "and there are others like me. nowhere near as powerful, more on a normal wizard scale, but we fight our own wars. and we lost many." my tone turned dark near the end. images of the people we lost during the wars popped up uninvited. I slammed my mental barriers down before they could do any more damage to my already weak psyche.

"what are you then?" I smirked

"I am the Ghost king."

End of Chapter.

Ha! I know, it's mean. but it's so much fun! you know I love you guys...maybe...okay, probably not...

sorry about the shorter chapter, I have a French test tomorrow...I'm so going to fail...

on to my wonderful reviewers!

Guest: yes, there would be major problems. thanks for reviewing!

when-fangirling-is-life-UwU: yes. yes he is. and yes! go to Tartarus damn Lucius! Nyx would kill him in a heartbeat.

TrialsofDawn: technically, yes, they could. but there will be no explicit scenes in this story. and I love this ship too :)

Pheonix: in order

thank you! and more will come soon enough. be patient with me.

thanks!

he is usually less trusting, but love does strange things

perhaps...

they won't vaporize you. they'd have to answer to me for endangering one of my lovely reviewers!

I'm not a fan of gay stuff either, but I like Nico and Draco. plus Nico is gay. it's really obvious throughout like all of the books he's in. and again, love does strange things to people. and we never see Draco from anyone else's view. only Harry's. and Harry might just paint him a little darker than he really is.