i Get Flying Lessons From a Pole
Nico
The first day of school couldn't have gone worst, but knowing my luck it did! Once the word got out that my friends and I never played quidditch or even flown on a broom all hell broke loose. Harry and Ron kept coming up to us and asking to teach us and after a while I said yes just to get them off my back. I didn't realize what I signed us up for till we entered the field. There were kids moving from left to right throwing balls at each other while others fought over another. They wore the most ridiculous clothing and this is quidditch then the wizards really need a new sport, I mean what's wrong with soccer? Harry and Ron flew down off the field to meet us. "Glad you can make it mates! Now just go to the storage closet and grab a couple of brooms and meet us on the courts!"
Once we got our brooms it started to get cloudy, I froze in fear. I totally forgot about Zeus and his threats if I was in the air. Dam it. Will seemed to see the problem too. "Hey, Nico it's going to be okay. If you don't want to fly it's fine, I'll stay with you." I knew Will has been wanting to get up on a broom sense History of Magic and I wasn't going to stop his happiness, so I was going to have to suck it up and go up there. Once all three of us were lined up Harry explained how to make the broom come up and how to fly. The broom went flying to my forehead once I said the command, it was embarrassing. We started to lift off the ground and I started to freak. "All right, all right good! So we are just going to fly around a bit and then we'll talk about quidditch and its rules." Harry shouted over the gust of wind from the storm. We flew around for a while as Ron and Harry went around correcting us. "Hey Nico you're really tense try to loosen up a bit." Ron said. Ya i'll loosen up when Zeus doesn't zapps me out of the sky and that will be the day. But after a while Zeus didn't strike, so I thought that he was giving me a pass.
We landed on the field once more so they could explain the we were short on players we were going to play four on four. Will insisted on being a beater so he could protect us. Wow of course he would. Then Reyna would be the keeper while some girl named Ginny would be a chaser. I got to chose seeker because the titled sounded cool. Plus the job was easy, all I had to do was find a small golden flying ball. And with my demigod powers (aka ADHD) to help me I will be unstoppable! The other team consisted of Ron being chaser, a guy named Wood as keeper, one of the Weasley twins were a chaser, and Harry was seeker. I heard he was good but I was not going down without a fight. Once the game began, the chasers and the beaters were going at it. It was so hard to look for the snitch and stay updated with the game so I just tuned it out. After ten minutes in the game it started to rain. I wasn't even thinking about Zeus at all, I was getting the hang of this sport. And with that I spotted a gold flash in the corner of my eye. And there it was, the snitch, just flying around the goal post. I saw that Harry didn't even know, so I slowly flew to the pole. But when I was two feet from it the stupid ball flies away making me look like a idiot who ran into the pole.
The pain went to my back of my head and down my spine. I never thought hitting a pole would hurt this much. Once I got my sight back I saw that Harry was on pursuit of the Snitch so I had to act fast.I caught up Harry and then it was a race for the snitch and the game. We went off course and dodged between the poles of the stands. I could hear the cheering and I took a quick glance up, boy was that a mistake. Right when I turned my head I ran into another pole. The pain was even more painful than the first time. I could feel the warm blood trickle out of my nose and down my cheek but I didn't have time to feel things, I mean not right now. I saw the direction the snitch was going and my powers started to kick in. Now locked on the snitch I felt adrenaline pass through me as I was now a foot in front of Harry and I was so close to the golden ball that I could feel the wings flapping against my fingertips. Then I felt the ball around my hand and I knew I got it. I flew back to the court and started to celebrate with my friends but I never got to finish because I was shot down by lightning. I felt the cold wind going through my hair as I fell. I mentally cursed to myself for getting comfortable in the air. Fuck, it's just like Zeus to wait till the perfect moment to strike me out of the sky. I was waiting for the pain for when I went crashing down but it never came. My eyes started to drop and all I could remember was the screaming of my friends and the burnt smell I had on my clothes or maybe it was his skin. But he didn't have the time to think about it before he blacked out.
Secrets and Lies
The headmaster was puzzled on what to do for the first time in a long time. It was less than ten minutes ago since Harry and the kids brought in a burnt kid with blood everywhere into the health wing. He found it odd that all of the ghost refused to enter the wing. He tried questioning them but they kept rambling on about a Ghost King and how they weren't allowed to say more or something will happen. The only one who seemed to talk was Myrtle who said that they feared the boy's father who was not the dark lord but that was as far as she would go before breaking down. He would have to question her later so she could get a hold of herself. But all this information pointed to one answer,this boy is the son of Hades or Pluto. Dumbledore looked down at the child who was completely knocked out and felt pain and death around him. Hecate had spoken to him but that was over ten years ago, she did mention that she would sent someone after the Hallows when the time came so they could be taken care of permanently. After the thought passed Dumbledore slipped his wand into the boy's pocket along with a slip of paper and left the wing informing the nurse of everything so she could care for him properly but told her to not tell anyone. Now the only thing interfering with this mission was the children.
I hope you have a great 4th of July! And I will update soon, but I am still open to any ideas! And thank you Finwitch1 for the idea! It helped me figure out how to form the ending of the story!
