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Chapter twenty-three

Nico POV

Two days, and I still had no idea where Will was.

Dumbledore had been told but nobody could find him. I would have just shadow-travelled around England, but not only did I know I would fade, so did Hazel. I had told her I wouldn't go looking for Will, unless it had been three days and there had been no progress.

One day to go.

Harry POV

Today was the day, I was going to confront Nico Di Angelo, and he would tell me the truth. Hopefully. Most likely not.

I walked into the great hall, and over to the Slytherin table, Ron and Hermione following close behind.

"Nico," I said when we got there, "Can we talk to you please?" He nodded, and followed us over to a corner where nobody could hear us speak.

"What do you want Potter?" He said, and I noticed he looked tired, and that his hair was a mess.

"To tell you that we know, about you." I said, trying to be intimidating.

Nico simply raised an eyebrow, "What about me?"
"That you're a Demigod." Hermione said, "And that the others are too."
"How did you figure that one out?"
"A book."
"Of course, a book. You should hang out with Annabeth sometime, she likes books too."
"So, are you a Demigod?"
He looked like he was contemplating his answer, "Yes, yes I am."
I drew in a deep breath, "And the others?"

"Them too."
I sighed in relief. That wasn't so hard.

"I've got to go, but meet us in the room of requirement at midnight, Thalia and Jason will tell you were to go." And with that, he left.

I looked at my friends, and we came to the silent agreement we would go.

Arya POV

I needed to talk to Jay, ask him about Nico, I knew he would tell me, he was my best friend after all.

"Jay!" I called when I saw him.

"Arya?" He asked, coming closer.

I grinned, "Yeah, I need to talk to you, come on." I grabbed his hand, and pulled him off to the side.

"What's all of this about Arya?"

I was about to tell him when a bright light appeared over my head, and the look on Jay's face was… definitely surprised.

"You-you're a, a Demigod?" He asked, wait, what?!
"A-a what?" I asked, then looked up to where I saw a golden lyre floating above me.

"That's the sign for Apollo. That means you're a Demigod." He grinned, "Follow me."

What?

Nico POV

Today seemed to be a day for discoveries, first the golden trio find out about us, and now Arya's been claimed as a daughter of Apollo!

What next?

"Nico! Look what I found!"
Oh come on!
I turned to see none other than Hermione Granger running towards me.

What?

"Uh, hi?" I try.

"Hi!" Hermione beamed, "I found something out that might help you find Will!"

Jay POV

I couldn't believe Arya was a Demigod! A child of Apollo! Wow.

I wonder when I'll get claimed...

I had talked to Annabeth about it, the most likely godly parents for me were Hecate or Athena, I would be happy with either.

"Jay!" Arya's voice jolted me out of my thoughts, and I turn to see her running in my general direction, before she crashes into me.

And before I can do anything, I'm falling backwards, landing on the hard, cold, stone floor with a cry.

"Oh no! Sorry!" Arya cried, reaching out to offer her hand, which I took gratefully, before she helped me up.

"Nah, it's alright, why are you running down the corridors though?" I said, brushing the dust of my cloak.

"Oh. Yeah, Nico wants us all to go to that room... the, er-" She said, looking like she was trying to remember.

"The Room of Requirement?" I asked with a grin.
"Yeah! That's the one!" she said, before shooting me a look like she wasn't sure if I was mocking or helping her.
"Great, let's go then." I said, already walking off.

Nico POV

I looked around the room, it was bigger than before, and there was a campfire in the centre, surounded by pillows and there was even a sofa-which was currently taken up by Reyna and Thalia- it was also dark, and there were starts on the ceiling that looked quite real. I turned my attention to the people in the room, there was me, Jay, Arya, Thalia, Jason, Percy, Annabeth, Piper, Reyna, Frank, Hazel, Leo, Calypso, Hermione, Ron, and Harry.

Will should be here.

Not wherever the Hades it was that he had been taken.

"Alright, Hermione says that she thinks a tracking spell might work, so we're going to try that first." My gaze travelled to Hazel, and she met my eyes with the same determination I new was in my own, "If that doesn't work, then I'm using plan B."
"What's plan B?" Percy asked.

"The plan where Nico travels around the world looking for his boyfriend." Hazel said, before throwing her hand up to her mouth, her eyes wide.

Ah.

So, at least that was out there now.

"WHAT!" Reyna yelled a few seconds later, "NICO DI ANGELO!" She turned to face me, jumping out of her seat as she did so, "WHY THE HELL DIDN'T YOU TELL ME YOU TWO WERE FINALLY DATING?!" Her face was livid.

Shit.

"I, uh, I was going to!" I tried unsuccessfully to calm her down.

"How long have you been dating Nico?!"
"Not long, a few days I think."
"Well, at least it's not a week or a month." Reyna grumbled, sitting back down.

"OK, now that that's over, can you please do the spell Hermione?" Jay asked, not seeming surprised in the slightest that they were dating.

"Uh, yeah, sure." Hermione squeaked. Before muttering some weird Latin or something, along with, 'Will Solace'.

Almost instantly, a black screen of mist appeared, and there was a yellow dot in the bottom right corner, right next to a word that I couldn't quite make out.

"What does that say?" I asked, a pit of dread opening in my chest.

Arya got up and walked closer to it, before she turned to me and I knew what two words she would say, the ones that would rip open a hole in my chest, because Will couldn't possibly be there, how would he have got there, I knew he was still alive but how would he survive the fall? How would he survive the poison? What if he died? I would have to go back there, it dawned to me that Arya hadn't even spoken yet, maybe I was over-reacting, Will couldn't possibly be in-

"Where's Tartarus?"

It all happened to quickly, first Annabeth and Percy let out matching cries of horror, then all the demigods except Arya and Jay froze, there eye's wide, and then the golden trio looked at everybody confused, and then I finally noticed that I wasn't breathing, but that didn't matter, because the memories were coming to me quickly, and my vision was failing me, it was growing harder and harder to do anything, and then I saw Hazel look at me, and the last thing I saw before everything faded to black was her golden eyes stretching wide, and her running towards me as I fell forwards to the fire.

A/N-Hi! I'm not dead! Sorry this is so so late, I've had a lot going on lately, and I've been too tired to o anything, but here it is! I did it! Hopefully you liked this chapter, because I've had to re-write it around 5 times already! Please review as it motivates me to write faster, I try to reply to everyone who reviews, but I can't reply to guest's or certain people, so sorry about that! Thank you so much to everyone who does so much as read this, It means a lot to me. XD

-Solangelo21