Nico stared at the Pavilion. Inside there, a patriot, one of the greats of writing, and an Aussie daredevil were deciding whether or not to send Bianca to an eternity of suffering or happiness.
He couldn't miss this.
He asked Alecto, "May I please go see her judgment?"
"No! We are to busy."
He got angry, and yelled, "I don't care!"
He stomped his foot and a staircase of earth appeared, leading to the Pavilion.
Nico started panting, but as a last effort he ran down the stairs.
Alecto started chasing him, but he made it to the Pavilion.
Uh-oh Nico thought as reached the bottom. Making the stairs left him with to little energy to control his momentum.
He was about to crash into the Pavilion.
He never made contact. Nico ran straight trough the wall.
Inside the Pavilion, he saw an Aussie that he remembered as Steve Irwin sitting on a throne at one end. To his left was a throne with an Olde Englishman who he assumed to be Shakespeare. To Irwin's left was a man in a Minuteman uniform sitting in a third throne. He was Thomas Jefferson.
At the other end was Bianca standing on a podium, looking very nervous.
Irwin broke the silence. A parchment appeared in his hand. He read it aloud.
"After carefully analyzing your life and deeds, we name Bianca di Angelo to be sent to... ELYSIUM! Congratulations! Or you may try for rebirth in an attempt to reach the Isles of the Blest."
Please be reborn. Please be reborn, Nico thought.
Bianca made her choice. "No, thanks, I will go to Elysium."
"No!" Nico shouted, but Bianca couldn't here him.
As he realized he was a ghost in this room, he walked through the wall of the Pavilion.
And saw Alecto standing right there.
"I'm in trouble aren't I?"
It had been a long three hours. Alecto had made him shadow travel back and forth and back and forth and…
Whenever he passed out, Alecto would give him some nectar, slap him, and make him do it again.
"Why am I doing this?" he would ask.
"Because practice makes pain er… perfect."
As far as he knew, the old saying was practice makes perfect.
"Why is it bad to watch my sister's Judgment?"
"Because… ask Hades! Now only 15 more minutes."
"Fine."
He teleported again. When he arrived at the other shadow, he passed out.
He dreamed he was at the same grave from a few nights ago.
The misty figure was already hovering above the tombstone.
His words were louder and clear now.
"You really want Bianca to come back, don't you?"
Nico whispered, "Yes."
He probably would not hear him. In this dream world, he was probably just a ghost.
But the ghost did respond. "Good I can help you. Come to the Athens graveyard after you learn your powers."
The ghost and tomb disappeared.
He found himself hovering over a giant maze. He remembered learning about this when he was at Camp Half-Blood. The Labyrinth.
He was sinking towards the entrance of the maze until he was standing in front of it.
A man wearing a crown and a ruby studded robe who was obviously a king stood there. To his sides were two guards armed with spears and wearing armor.
In front of them were two more guards restraining a young boy who couldn't be older then fourteen.
The boy was shouting, "Please King Minos! Don't! I'll do anything! I beg of you!"
The king, who was Minos, just said, "Send him in."
The two guards threw him in the Labyrinth. A giant square stone block fell from the sky and blocked the entrance.
Nico started moving forward. He flew straight through the stone at was behind the boy.
He was in a corner, doing his best to hide.
Nico heard a roar.
They boy sprang to life. He ran though the maze, and Nico was following him.
The boy arrived at a fork in the path.
Another roar.
To the left Nico saw a shadow growing. Then he realized it wasn't a shadow. It was a monster. If he remembered correctly, it was the Minotaur.
The boy sprinted to the right. The Minotaur was advancing quickly.
The boy was choosing randomly which way to turn at a fork. Left, Right, Right, Left.
He was not a lucky guy. He had stopped at a dead end.
Game over, Nico thought.
The Minotaur was there now. He was stalking his prey.
The look on the boy's face said, it's all over.
Nico closed his eyes when he died.
The Minotaur, with blood all over his face, looked straight at Nico.
Then it all disappeared.
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