[A/N] I seem to getting back into Harry Potter so I am sorry if this fic takes a back-burner. Hope you like it. I'm trying to get out of doing POV.

[Disclaimer] I don't own PJO and i never will.

Chapter 3

Nico was in his cabin having shadow traveled away from a very threatening Thalia. He smirked and grabbed his short-sword of Stygian iron. He strapped it on. She wasn't wearing armor was she? thinking back on it no she wasn't, so neither would he.

He shadow traveled to the top of the climbing wall. Shadow traveling had tought him an important lesson. Yes he could instantly appear there if he chose but actually putting in the effort to get there was worth so much more.

He put his hand on the ground and made a quick prayer to his father. as he raised his hand from the ground a shield followed it was completely black and looked to be made of some kind of mineral, he silently thanked his father. He strapped it on while looking from his perch to where Thalia had gone to. She had left the trees. She was out of the shadows. Judging from where the climbing walls shadow fell and where the clearing was it would begin to cover the clearing in the next ten minutes, in the next thirty though it would be covered.

Thalia noticed him appear at the edge of the trees. A sword in one hand and an all black shield on his arm. She smirked.

"Thought you chickened out on me for a second there." she taunted.

"Me?" he scoffed as though it were unthinkable. as he came out of the trees he asked "Weren't expecting me to fight bear handed were you?"

She shook her head and said in all seriousness "Honestly I was expecting an army of the dead."

He chuckled and she moved forward. Just out of his range but completely in hers. She struck like lightning. He brought his shield up to knock her spear out of the way. He took a step forward and swung his sword at her she caught it on her shield and made to thrust forward, but he jumped backwards, out of her reach.

She put the base of her spear against the ground.

"No powers. Ok?" Thalia said in a voice that allowed no arguments.

"What scared to set something on fire?" Nico joked.

"Scared to hurt you is more likely." she said looking affronted.

"Since when did I become so important?" he goaded her.

"You asked for it then Deathbreath." she informed him.

He was just starting to doubt what he had done when dashed toward him stabbing forward with her spear an electrical charge clear around its head. He blocked it with his shield. his whole arm went numb. He moved to strike at her but she jumped back out of his reach smirking.

They began to circle each. "You asked for it." she stated matter-of-factly.

He smirked. "Remember that." he replied, his arm was still slightly numb.

She jabbed at him with her spear sending a small bolt of lightning at him. He caught it on his sword and it absorbed it. Stygian iron beautiful invention he thought to himself.

He reached out hand to the ground and muttered a quick prayer to his father. As he raised his hand simple skeletons in rags rose to his feet. Hardly legionaries of the damned but they'd do.

"Is that the best you have?" she asked sending a bolt of lightning that hit the forward most skeleton and ricocheted to the other two.

"Hey now, I asked for some 'mighty legionnaires of the damned' but well you saw what Hades gave me to work with." he said through gritted teeth. She started laughing. He felt anger bubble upwards from wherever it came from.

He stuck his sword point-first into the ground and put both his hands palm down to the sent a silent prayer to his father and willed some of his own energy into his soldiers. Three skeletons began to claw their way from the ground as he raised his hands.

Their bones were completely black. They wore celestial bronze helmets with black plumes, each one wore a shield identical to Nicos. They carried regular celestial bronze swords.

Something was different about them. Thalia could almost see their intelligence in the eyeless sockets, cold and calculating. The two outermost ones where perhaps a head shorter than the one in the middle.

Nico looked dumbfounded, Thalia looked scared yet confident. She shot another bolt toward the one in the middle. He, and Thalia was certain that it was a he though she didn't know how she knew, brought his shield up and blocked with no signs of looking hurt in the least.

The middle one screamed and it was terrible she dropped her spear and clutched her ears. Nice did the same and screamed "STOP!" It was done as soon as it began. The two on the outside rushed toward Thalia. She had no time to pickup her spear. They began to pound her shield with hits. She felt herself begin to give ground.

"Go away." Nico said half-heartedly while standing. He looked almost pale. The skeleton closest him turned to face him. It's black leering skull seemed to stare into his soul.

"Go away!" he commanded more forcefully. The two skeletons attacking Thalia stopped and turned to look at him. Thalia was panting. All three as if commanded crossed their swords across their shields and began to fade as if mist.

"What the Hades was that Nico?" Thalia shouted at him, while moving to recover her lance.

"I wish I knew." he said, just barely audibly his face belied little of the torrent of thoughts and emotions boiled through him. "They've never looked like that in real life before."

She wasn't sure if he would want to continue their match but she didn't. She looked at him questioning waiting for an answer. It took him a second to come out of his own head long enough to realize what they had been doing.

"I'm done." he said simply and turned towards the tree line. He placed his sword in his scabbard and removed his shield dropping it to the ground as he walked.

She deactivated her shield and spear no need for them now. His shield had begun to sink into the ground the moment it hit. She started after him he had almost made it to the shadow's of the trees.

"Hey! Wait up." she called hurrying to catch up with him.

He turned and waited for her to catch up with him. His foot tapped impatiently and he was scowling. She glared at him ad she got closer. He turned and proceeded into the trees.

"Where are you going?" Thalia asked a twinge of concern in her voice.

"To the big house. Duh." sparing her no second thought. She followed a step behind him the whole way their. They big house had just come in sight and Nico doubled his pace. Chiron was on the porch sitting in his wheelchair. They were still a good way away but his concern about some matter was evident in his posture.

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