Again this is going longer than I thought it would but hey I'm so glad people liked this so soon after posting it! Can you believe that this was just supposed to be a song fic one shot? Oh well.

Chapter 2 The pull of the dark

Will and Nico went to the Hades Cabin like Clovis had said to and Nico crawled back into bed not bothering to change into his pajamas.

"I'm not really sure how I feel about you diving right back into this nightmare if it's affecting you so much." Will said as he pulled up a chair next to Nico's bed so that he could monitor him while he slept.

Nico reached over and took Will's hand and gave it a light squeeze for reassurance. "I'll be fine, Clovis is going to help me figure this out and everything will be fine."

Will wished he could believe that. Even though it was Nico who had said it, he wasn't really sure he believed it either. "I just hope it's only a dream." Will said clearly still worried.

Nico couldn't agree more, he still wasn't sure what his dream was about but he knew that it shook him to his soul. "I'll figure it out Will." he said as he lay back and rested his head on his pillow. Despite his reassurances to Will Nico was still apprehensive to close his eyes but knew that as long as Will was right there beside him he would be okay. So he calmed his breathing and closed his eyes and waited for sleep to claim him once more.

As Nico drifted off he felt Will take his hand between both of his and hold it close, but that seemed far away almost like a memory as he heard that ominous voice again off in the darkness like it was laughing. Nico tried to pinpoint the direction it had come from but just then Clovis appeared in front of him.

"There you are, I was wondering when you'd get here." Clovis let out another yawn as he stretched his arms; it always amazed Nico that the son of Hypnos could be tired even in a dream. "Well I guess we should get started then, what can you remember from your dreams?"

Nico looked around at the darkness surrounding them; they hadn't entered the dream yet, more like they were just on the edge of it. "It's dark, but not like this. There's something else but I can't really recall what it is." Nico said still looking around, wondering if as he spoke the dream would start to unfold before them, but it didn't and for that he was grateful. "Just before you came I thought I heard one of the voices, not the familiar one. This one sounds almost sinister and it seemed to be laughing."

Just as he said that as if on que the laughter came again and a shadowy shape rushed past at the edge of their vision so they couldn't see what it was. Nico turned towards Clovis to make sure that he had seen it too, but when he looked at his drowsy friends he looked completely awake which was kind of a shock, the fact that what color he had in his face had drained away only added to Nico's unease.

"Clovis what's wrong?" Nico asked but it came out raspy like his throat was too dry to speak. Nico reached up a hand to his throat and tried to clear it before speaking again but it didn't help. "Clovis?" he asked again starting to worry now.

Clovis opened his mouth to say something but when he spoke it wasn't his voice Nico heard.

"Nico!"

Nico took a step back as Clovis vanished and in his place stood someone he never thought he'd see again, Knew that he would never see again.

Where Clovis had been standing only seconds before now stood Bianca as she had looked the last time he had seen her alive and well, she stood before him in her Hunters uniform with its silver coat and a silver bow and quiver of arrows across her back. It had been Bianca's voice he had been hearing! But she had been reincarnated so he knew it couldn't be her, it just couldn't. But tears filled his eyes anyway as he stared at the image of his beloved sister standing before him, not as a ghost but as a person.

"Bi…" was all he could manage to say.

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Back in the Hypnos cabin Clovis came awake with a strangled cry. "Nico!" he looked around him at his cabin seeing that he was no longer in the dreamscape any longer and he knew now what had been causing Nico's nightmares, he had to get help or his friend would be in serious danger!

Clovis jumped out of his chair, the adrenaline caused by fear giving him the energy needed to run over to the Hades cabin to warn Will and try to wake up Nico before something terrible happened and they couldn't bring him back.

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Back in the dream world Nico couldn't believe his eyes as he stared at Bianca, how could this be real? It's not, it can't be! These thoughts raced each other round and around in his head making him almost dizzy.

"H-how?" he still couldn't talk and he began to realize that the air around him was getting hotter and dryer the longer they stood in place, his heartrate increased as fear sunk it's claws into his heart and he realized with horror where he was. "Tartarus…" he said and as if blinders had been ripped from his eyes the darkness surrounding them transformed instantly to the worst hell imaginable that he never wanted to see again, this was why he had woken up so scared, this was why it was so dark, this was why he felt like his throat and lungs were on fire! But why was he here? And why was Bianca here?!

"No…" Nico backed up shaking his head, this wasn't real! He wasn't there! And she wasn't trapped here with him; she was in a better place now, a new life where she could be happy!

"No!" Nico wanted to scream but his dry throat wouldn't let him. "This isn't real, you're not real!" he rasped out looking at the image of his sister, tears burned their way down his face and his throat felt like it was closing. "You're not real…" he whispered.

Holy hell guys I'm crying right now so this will be where we end this chapter, see you next heartbreak, um chapter I mean.

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