Shoutout to past is today for editing my story! Sorry this took so long ::::( it was deleted::::(, along with my other chapters!::::(

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Please R'n'R!

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"How'd you guess, Beauty Queen?"

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"Leo Valdez is dead."

Something about that statement just didn't make sense to Nico. It's not that he "liked" Leo, that statement didn't bring him sadness, just confusion.

The gods couldn't find him on Earth, so he had to be dead. But he wasn't anywhere in the Underworld, so he had to be alive!

Nico burned that shroud himself!

"Leo Valdez is dead!"

He didn't believe it for a second.

Nico was brought back to the present by noises in the distance, not too far from him.

He was in a dark forest. He was out on a scouting mission for the seven to try to find where to begin their quest. Crouching in the shadow of a large tree, he hid from the approaching figures.

"M-maybe th-there's no one h-here?"

"Slender wouldn't have sent us out for no reason ."

Nico's heart beat sped up.

"I suppose iT-then we sh-should pro-probably ask Toby for h-help."

He got ready to draw his sword.

"No. He pisses me off."

Suddenly, on an above branch of the tree Nico was standing on. A figure dropped down, landing in a crouch, and armed with hatchets.

"Oh c'mon Masky! You know you love me!"

Nico nearly fell over.

"No."

"Slender asked me to help you!"

"Dammit!"

"M-masky, maybe w-we should let him h-help?"

"No, Hoody."

"Oh, C'mon Masky. Listen to your lover!"

"T-Toby!"

"Toby."

"Alright, alright!"

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"But seriously, he asked me to help."

"...Fine"

"Yes!"

"Shut up!"

Leo?

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"Because you're not Leo."

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And done! Please R'n'R!