AN: This is gonna be a Nico centered chapter, seeing as it's been mostly about Will this whole time. Thank you to everyone who has read this far, and I hope you enjoy the story.

"Master said there was going to be an exciting announcement in 10 minutes, and I thought you might want to know." Wendy said, flattening out her dress.

"Thank you, that's very kind of you." Will said. He walked to the door. "Come on, we're gonna be late."

Darkness, that was all he could see. Nothing felt right. The air, the ground he had been laying on, all wrong. The ground? Why was he on the ground? He pushed himself up off the ground and opened his eyes. He was in a forest. His stygian iron sword was still on his hip, and his skull ring was still on his finger.

Nico started to climb out of the crater he had landed in. "Why am I in a crater he thought." He shook his head, trying to figure out what happened. "Hecate." He said, regaining his memory. He climbed out of the crater and started to walk, trying to get out of the forest. He kept a hand on his sword, just in case something tried to attack him.

When he exited the forest, he shouldn't have been surprised to see a city, yet he was. But it wasn't like the cities in New York, or anywhere on Earth, if he thought about it. Everything seemed much more - primitive, for a lack of a better word. There was nothing electrical or mechanical in sight: no cars bustling down the street, no radios playing music, no lights hanging around shops. Instead, there was magic. Nico could feel it in the air. If he hadn't known he was in another world, he would've bet many drachmas that there was a god or goddess very close by. Not an Olympian, but still.

It was at that moment that he remembered that he was alone, even though he had been sent here with Will. Nico closed his eyes in concentration, he tried to focus in on Will's aura. A trick he had learned from Thalia a few months ago, something he would have to thank her for properly once he got back to Camp Half-Blood. Even though his eyes were closed, Nico could see the world around him. Only some of the people in the city had auras he could read, and they were all very colorful. If he had looked down in this state, he would've seen his aura to be a very mysterious midnight black. He let his mind think of Will, and a yellowish light appeared in front of him. He smiled, knowing that this light would lead him to his boyfriend.

A week had passed since Nico had arrived in Fiore. The light trail had led him all over. He had seen oceans, mountains, deserts, but no Will. Every time he would visit someplace new, and had managed to find somebody who knew anything, they would all tell him that he's just missed the blond. Nico was beginning to get very frustrated, this was becoming his longest quest so far, and he hadn't even found this "evil" that Hecate had warned him about.

After a month of searching, Nico finally had a lead. There was a rumor that he heard in some bar of this blond kid who was an amazing healer who had joined the Fairy Tail guild. Yup, that was Will alright. He located the guild hall in Magnolia of all places, and was disappointed when the aura trail and a drunken guild member told him to go to a port. Will just had to be in the ocean. He prayed to Poseidon hoping that he could use a boat and find Will.

"Tenroe Island?" Nico asked one of the sailors that had come with the boat.

"Yeah, that's the island that belongs to Fairy Tail. Apparently, their founder is buried there or something." He responded,

"How long until we can get there." Nico asked, growing impatient.

"A week, maybe two? The island is pretty far away. I don't know if people with magic can land there." He admitted.

It was finally visible. Tenroe Island could be seen on the horizon. Will's aura path was getting stronger by the day, something that never happened before. Nico was thinking about how his reunion with Will would play out. He was pulled out of his thoughts by a deafening roar. Above the island was a huge black dragon.

"What the hell is that thing? I thought dragons were extinct!" The sailor yelled. He pulled out some paddles and began to take his ship away from that monster.

"Stop. We have to get to that island." Nico said, trying to push the oars in a way that would get him closer to Will.

"You're crazy. That thing will-" The sailor was interrupted by another roar coming from the dragon. Both of their heads snapped towards it. The dragon attacked the island. There was a huge flash of light which caused Nico and the sailor to cover their eyes. When their vision returned to normal, the island was gone. Nico tried not to panic as he closed his eyes and tried to find Will's aura, but nothing was there. He was freaking out too much to realize that Will had not died, just left his plane of existence, something that might've happened had Thalia try to find his aura while he was in this world. Nico screamed and summoned shadows onto the boat. He let himself melt into them as he travelled back to the mainland.

Nico wandered the streets of Magnolia, trying to forget everything. It had been exactly one year since Will had gone. He usually spent his days in a bar drinking away his memories. He had lost too many people to be sober and alone. But today was very different. He had run out of the money he had stolen from somebody he didn't care enough about to remember the face of, so he couldn't buy any more alcohol. The bartenders never really liked him anyway, any they wouldn't like him any more now that he was broke.

As he walked through the streets, he noticed that it was very late at night. He would have to find a different alley to sleep in. If you asked him now, Nico wouldn't be able to tell you now. Nut for some reason, the son of Hades had decided to look up. At that moment, he was standing in front of a new guild hall. There was a sign above a door. There was a symbol he couldn't recognize. It was somewhat like a triangle, but also looked like a face. "Sabertooth" the sign read. Nico sighed, hoping he could either get drunk or find somewhere to sleep for the night, and entered the guild hall.

To Mary D. Black2000: So you have wished it, so it shall be (shoutout to anyone who know's where that's from)

To Quest: I'm glad that you have that reaction to my stories

Alright, so here's another chapter done. This story has only a few more chapter left in it. I can't believe how much has happened since I've started writing this story, my first real story. Life's pretty crazy, huh. As usual, I'm still looking for a beta reader. Also, could someone tell be how to make those barrack things to show that two characters are paired in a story? I'd really appreciate it.

QOTD: What's your favorite guild in the GMG?