What Happened in Albania?
That didn't seem to reassure Nico, but his eyes were already half closed. "Okay...but go easy. We don't want another Albania"
As Nico drifted off, he remembered what happened at Albania and why it was so embarrassing and terrible. It was the first place they'd shadow travelled to and they'd landed in an alley. Nico had lent against the statue and had started to fall asleep until he heard a sudden noise.
"Meow."
Nico screamed and jumped into the closet thing he could find. Reyna' s arms. Reyna looked at him shocked but that shock slowly turned to amusement.
"Nico it's only a cat." She said holding in her laughter
"Exactly. They're evil." Nico argued his case.
Suddenly Reyna dropped him. Nico glared at her until he heard something scurry past him. He heard a scream. He looked at Reyna, who was yelling at a mouse to go away. He looked over at Reyna and started to laugh.
"You're scared of mice?" He laughed maliciously
"You aren't?" Reyna asked outraged "at least I'm not afraid of cats."
"Yeah, but cats have claws that they could scratch you with. What is a little mouse going to do to you?" Nico questioned her.
"Cats are cute. Mice have gross, long tails." She glared at him
"What's the mouse going to to you with its tail? Is it going to stick it up your nose?" He laughed.
"Shut up!" Reyna shouted
Suddenly Nico saw a flash of white in the corner of his eye and seconds later he was surrounded by cats. The cats were clawing at his feet and he noticed they were trying to get to the mice that had gathered behind him. It seemed that Reyna had noticed this too as she had started screaming again.
Nico didn't know who long it was before Coach Hedge had returned from scouting the area but it felt like an eternity. He looked at them and immediately started laughing.
"Both of you grab on to the Athena Parthenos or I'm leaving without you." Nico threatened and just before he grabbed the statue he heard a scream fly from coach Hedge's mouth. It turns out the coach is terrified of dogs.
"Lets never speak of this again." Coach Hedge screamed as he grabbed the statue.
"Agreed!" Nico and Reyna shouted together before they shadow travelled away.