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ixie pixie: Please keep reviewing, they are really helpful :) I will try to read Homestuck soon :) Thanks for the cookie xD (I am a Nico fangirl, seriously)

KAMelody: Unless I typed his name somewhere by accident, Peeta isn't already in the story...I will think about using Prim though :)

Guest: Yes, they will meet the people left behind, but I'm not so sure about the chance of escape...I have ideas.

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Hermione, Isaac, Tobias, Gale, Nico, Edith and Coco remaining.

Nico POV

Rapunzel...I only met her about fifteen minutes ago, but it feels like I've known her a life-time. but she's trapped. The first person that I've ever actually liked...gone.

I want to kill Gale, but I don't have the energy. It feels like I left my strength up there with Rapunzel.

Hermione looks a little lost now, because she doesn't have Rapunzel to talk to. I am about to go over to her, but Gale walks over to her, an apologetic smile on his face which makes me want to slap it.

Four and Isaac are talking quietly and I can't help but wonder what it's like not to be able to see. Endless darkness. But it can't be as bad as-

No. Don't think about it. I want to pass out as the memories of Tartarus come swarming back. I stumble and have to lean against the wall. I shut my eyes, then almost jump out of my skin as a small hand takes mine.

Edith is standing next to me with huge grey eyes. She actually looks a little bit like Annabeth, if the hat was taken off. She looks more like a child of Athena than a child of Ares, but then again, most of Ares's children look a little weird.

Clarisse would kill me for saying that, but it's true. The only thing they share is the permanent scowl, which Edith doesn't have.

"Are you okay?" She looks mildly concerned, which for an eight year old must be hard. I'm impressed, which is not something I say lightly.

"Yeah, I'm okay." Coco walks over and I scowl at her. "Happy?" I spit.

"No, actually." I am surprised at how calm she is, that she isn't flying into a rage at what I've said and done. "I wanted to apologise."

My fatal flaw is holding a grudge, but I'm so surprised that I can't hold anything against her.

"That's...okay, I guess."

"Unfortunates, line up against the purple wall." I want to rip off the ear piece and fling it out of the window, but someone will be killed if I do, or worse, trapped forever.

We line up and I don't bat an eyelid as the room changes. It is suddenly covered in random plants. We are sitting on two benches. I'm squashed between Coco and Isaac. Edith is on the other side, on the end next to Hermione. Gale and Four are next to them.

The benches are at an angle, facing in towards a mini stage. On it are two of the least realistic flowers I have ever seen. They are purple and have huge, fluffy leaves. As I said, unrealistic. Between them is a magnifying glass with a platform underneath it. In the middle of the room are three sacks of seeds, two of which are open.

"Unfortunates, this is feed me lies. The two flowers are Phyllis, who loves truths-" The taller flower on the left wiggles about a bit. "And Madge, who loves lies." The one on the right huffs. "You will place a seed underneath the magnifying glass, and Phyllis will read out the statement written upon it. You must decide whether is true or false. If you decide true, you will feed it to Phyllis. If false, feed it to Madge. Get three wrong and you fail. Three right and you pass."

She goes quiet for a second, then buzzes in my ear.

"Nico, do not react. You are the Saboteur. It is your job to ensure that the team fails this challenge. You can do this by persuading the team that the false statements are true and vice-versa."

I don't flinch, but stay as relaxed as I can. The next five minutes are going to be hell, I have to make sure that we fail. She goes over the rules quickly.

"Let the challenge begin...Now!" We all look at each other and I jump as the truthful flower starts to talk.

"Well? Pick up one of the seeds then!" Coco takes one and shoves it under the magnifying glass. The flower peers down at it and reads:

"Blue eyes are an ancient mutation, True or False?"

"Nico, it's true, you must convince them that this is a lie!" The voice hisses. I sit forwards. Hermione is debating with Four.

"It's false!" He insists. "How can your eye colour be a mutation?"

"But I'm sure I read it somewhere!" Hermione looks up earnestly.

"It's too weird." Coco says. Edith nods along.

"It can't be right." I give Hermione an apologetic look, whilst killing myself inside with relief. Coco picks up the seed and feeds it to Madge, who spits it out.

"Oh dear, what a waste of the truth!" Phyllis tuts and a buzzer sounds. I try to look fed up and annoyed. This time Edith picks up a seed and places it under the magnifying glass.

"The King of Spades is the only playing card king without a moustache. Is it true or is it a lie?"

"It's a lie! The King of Hearts is the only one without a moustache."

Hermione looks stumped. She looks sideways, but Four and Gale look confused.

"What's a king of spades?" Gale asks. Hermione opens her mouth to explain, but I cut her off.

"We don't have time. I think that it could be true..." I leave it open and shrug.

"I can't see the cards..." Isaac says. Coco and Edith look at each other.

"I don't play cards." Edith mutters.

"I think it's true." Coco says matter-of-factly. I tilt my head.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes." She looks determined, so I turn to Edith. "You heard her." Edith feeds it to Phyllis, who spits it out.

"Too many lies!" She shakes herself, sounding upset. Then she perks up. "Two wrong! Let's get one right, shall we?"

I pick up a bean and put it under the magnifying glass. The flower mutters a thanks as I sit down.

"Ah, what have we got here? Let me see...Hippophobia is a fear of horses? True or False?"

"It's true!" The voice hisses.

I burst out laughing, but Hermione frowns.

"True." Coco looks up.

"Yes, I've heard that before."

"Are you sure?" I say. I want to scream and tell them to get it wrong, but I force myself to keep a mask of calm.

"Sure." They chorus. I pick it up and feed it to Phyllis. She eats it hungrily.

"Thank you!" Hermione takes one this time.

"Hmm...The Romans used to make toothpaste out of urine. True or False?"

"It's true!" Well, that explains a lot, *cough*Octavian*cough*. I pretend to think it through.

"Probably false. That's disgusting." Hermione says. Edith makes a face.

"It could be true though..." I say. I wonder why I do it, but Hermione immediately shakes her head.

"It has to be false."

"Fine." I hold my hands up in defeat, but Isaac frowns.

"I thought it was true. I read it somewhere." He seems to sense the funny looks he's getting. "Before I became blind."

"False." Hermione is getting agitated.

"Yes ma'am." I mock salute her and she picks it up, before feeding it to Madge. Madge spits it out and I take the chance to say "Hermione!" sounding as annoyed as I can. She goes red.

"Unfortunates. You have failed miserably." I could swear that she sounds happy. "Now it is time for you to vote for who you think the Saboteur was and why."

This is the moment of truth. I have to keep calm. Breathe, Nico, breathe.

"Nico."

"Hermione, because she was so sure of that last one which made us fail."

"Isaac."

"Hermione for the same reason as Coco."

"Hermione."

"Coco because she seemed very sure about the one with cards."

"Coco."

"Hermione because she is meant to be smart from the Harry Potter books, but she got those ones wrong." I forgot there were books about Harry Potter...I could have used that against her.

"Tobias."

"Hermione because of that last one."

"Gale."

"Coco because she seemed too sure about herself." That is a weak argument and he knows it.

"Edith? Who do you think the Saboteur was?"

"Hermione." She shrugs. It's obvious why.

"You have voted for Hermione. Hermione, you will not be leaving this room. I can now reveal that the Saboteur was in fact..." Everyone stares at her angrily and I feel a little sorry for her, whilst panicking about what Gale is going to do.

"...Nico." There is a stunned silence. I look up and give a half-smile. Hermione glares at me, then marches over and slaps me. Hard.

"Ow!" My face feels like it's peeling off. Edith and Coco run over. Hermione is yelling insults, something about being a 'blast-ended skank' and a 'cauldron bum'. Gale shoves her behind him and towers over me threateningly. I've seen worse. He swears at me, but I just stand there and take it. Gods, I have Hades as a dad. No-one scares me.

"Cool. Save it." I walk past him to where the trapdoor is. "Later!" I jump.

Hermione POV

The trapdoor slams shut after them.

"Well then." I spin around to see Harry. "Looks like we're trapped together then!" He says brightly. He holds out his arms and I run into them, tears streaming down my face.

There is a certain Son of Hades that I want to kill.

I got the insult from Wizard Swears on YouTube. Nico is by far my favourite character, did I do a good job from his POV?

Sorry about Hermione being trapped, but it is what it is. I know that she probably knew all the answers, but let's just go along with it and say that she was wrong, just this once.