Hey guys! i'm so sorry this is late! Ive been working on this one for a long time. I think it's finally ready! At least it's much better than before. Give me that K?
Alright shoutouts:
PKwriter: I guess you'll have to find out...
yo: HAHAHHAHA, i love cliffies...
Izzybella12: Heh, killing him was an option, you're lucky I didn't take it. Also, you're quite good at guessing... kinda ruins my plans but I'm still doin em. btw PM me when ur new story is out cause I'm dying to read it.
PoppyOHare: here's a chapter just for you!
Percy
"Wha, how?" I asked him
"Past experiences" Nico said simply
"Tell me, please?" I pleaded
Nico nodded, he sat down on the sand, looking out to the see, patting the spot next to him.
I sat down, and listened. Nico began talking, but he acted as if he were reliving it.
"It all started when I was very young, me and my sister had discovered our powers very early, the townspeople treated us like devils, they took away our mother and we were left onto the streets." Nico began
(A.N. as Nico is reliving it, he's also telling Percy, Nico is around 10-11 in his POVs)
Nico
"Mama!" I cried out. "Please! Don't hurt her!" I cried, as my sister pulled me away from the house. I watched in horror as the townspeople surged into our house, they grabbed Mama and beat her. Tears streamed down my face, clouding my vision. My sister held onto my hand as ran away from our home.
"What are they doing to her?" I asked my sister. She said nothing, but she cried as well as she raced ahead, keeping a strong grip on me. I tried to pull away. "We can't leave her!" I told her. My sister didn't stop running.
The people shouted and yelled. The took Mama out of the house, tossing her on the streets to beat her.
"Diavolo!" They cried, "Satana!" They yelled. She yelled out in pain, and I watched her crumble to the ground, the crowd dispersed, and Mama was left there, not moving a muscle, her chest still.
"Mama!" I screamed. My sister didn't stop running, she pulled me into an alleyway.
"We can't leave her!" I told my sister.
She shook her head, "I'm sorry fratello, we can't help her, we can only try to make sure her death wasn't in vain"
I cried into her chest.
Percy
"That was the last time I ever saw my mother" Nico said
He was so young at that time. No one should have to watch their mother die.
I nodded, trying to look at him, really look at him
"My sister and I tried to make a living on the streets, but soon, the people kicked us out, and we had to travel from place to place"
Nico
"Will they really take us in?" I asked my sister. We were at the steps of one of our old friends
She looked at me, "We must try fratello." She knocked on the door.
A boy, about my age answered the door. "Nico?" He asked.
"Ciao Antonio" I said. Antonio had been my toddler friend. We had done everything together. Until our mothers pulled each of us away from each other. I had never understood why.
Antonio called back to his mother, "MamÃ, it is Nico and his sorella!"
His mother appeared in the doorway, she stared down at us, giving us a look of disgust.
"Per favore signora," My sister spoke politely, "May we please take refuge in your household?" She asked
Antonio's mother ignored my sister, instead she turned to Antonio and scolded him, "Antonio! Don't you know who these people are? They are the malvagio!"
"They are not the wicked MamÃ, Nico is mia amico!" Antonio told his mother.
"I will not allow the infelice into mia casa! Nor will I live with them." The woman grabbed Antonio by the shoulder and shoved him indoors, then slammed the door into our faces.
"Sorella, what did we do wrong? Why does no one accept us?" I asked my sister.
"Because we are different Nico, we are not like the others." She told me.
"I didn't ask to be different!" I protested.
"I know Nico, but we are what we are." She said.
Percy
"After that encounter with Antonio, my sister and I decided to leave Italy. We lived in Venice at the time, but when everyone rejected us, my sister thought it was best to leave Italy entirely, we ended up in Croatia." Nico said.
Percy nodded and gestured for him to go on.
"We lived there for a while, Croatia wasn't perfect, but we survived, for a short while, until-"
Nico
"Stay close to me fratello," My sister told me, holding me close to her.
"What is it?" I asked, frightened.
"I don't know, but we can't stay here," She grabbed our bags and my hand and ran out of the alley we had taken shelter in.
I heard strange cackling laughter come from behind us. No, it seemed to be all around us. My sister stopped at a crossroad.
It was dark out, and hard to see anything. The one street light near by was burned out.
"Aw, the poor children of death are scared" One cackling voice sounded out.
My sisters voice shook, "What are you talking about?" She called out, "Stop hiding and come out!" She said, trying to sound brave.
The laughter got louder, "These ones are powerless, they will make a good meal" one said.
"I'm scared sorella." I whispered to her, holding on to her.
"I know fratello, but you must be brave, me brave for Mama" She told me.
I nodded, and stood up straight, even if I was shaking, I had to be brave for my Mama, like she was for me.
"We are not afraid of you! Stop hiding and come out." She yelled out to the darkness.
A shadowy figure crept out, "Hmm, if you insist," it said.
"Who are you?" She said.
"So demanding, you can't expect to make friends like that" The voice said, laughter then sounding after it.
My sister growled at the figure. "Leave us alone"
The figure, quick as lightning, was now right in front of us, yet I couldn't make out what itwas. "I know all about you and your brother, I know who your father is girl, so I think it would be a good idea to cooperate." It hissed
"Cooperate only to be eaten? Not a chance." She said back to its face, "And you don't know anything about me or my brother."
The figure sneered, "I'm getting annoyed with them, aren't you as well Shadow-Fangs?"
My sister backed up, "Who's Shadow-Fangs?" she asked, quivering
The figure didn't answer her, instead he said, "Get the boy."
Suddenly, I huge hidden figure appeared out of thin air. My sister yelled out, she ran and towed me with her. The figure bounded up to us and tore me away from my sisters grasp, throwing me across the street in the process. I hit a brick building and came crumbling down.
"Nico!" She screamed. She turned toward the figure, "Don't you ever lay a hand on him!" She yelled out.
She outstreched her hands, dark blackness seemed to seep from them, making everything even harder to see.
"Sorella!" I cried out, "Stop!"
I heard her gasp out, "Sorella?" I called out. The seeping blackness dissaperated. There was only the night that was dark now.
My head hurt, and it was hard to breath, I tried to squint throught the darkness. I saw the outline of her body and sighed of relief. But I was relieved to soon, for the giant figure appeared right behind her. It raised a spear-like leg.
My voice failed me.
In a quick motion, the leg shot through her her chest. She screamed out in pain, a horrible guttering scream. She spear leg drew out of her chest a backed away. She crumbled to the floor.
"NO!" I screamed, ignoring all of my pain and running towards her. I kneeled down hugged her. "Stay with me sorella, please"
Dark substances starting creeping out, surrounding me and my sister.
"Stay away from her!" I screamed out. Blackness flew from my body, surrounding every living thing. The ground rumbled and a white skeletal hand came out. I screamed and backed away from it. A human skeletal body dug out of the ground, and it wasn't the only one. Several skeletons crawled out of the ground, they all looked to me with hollowed eyes. I was frozen in fear. They kept looking at me, like they were awaiting orders. I shakily pointed to the black dark figure. The skeletons charged after it, beating it with their fist. The figure would break up the skeletons, but their bones would just come back together, as if they were magnets.
"I'll get you one day boy." The voice belonging to the mysterious figure called out, "Don't forget that."
Then the shadowy figures dissapeared, the cackling laughter stopped, and the skeletons sank back intot the ground.
I stayed curled up there for what seemed like ages.
Percy
"After we were attacked, I tried my best to heal my sister. But, she kept getting worse and worse." Nico told me
"What happened to her?" I asked
"She-she lost her powers, like you. She became afraid of the dark, she was scared to sleep because things would haunt her in her dreams. They would hurt her in her dreams. She became afraid of her own element. At the time, I was too young to really understand what was happening. Then one day, I was visited in a dream, by Hestia."
I'm really sorry this is a week late, I hope u forgive me! i'll be sure to get the next one on time. K bai! -greekgodsrox