HEARTBROKEN: Percy Jackson and The Heartbroken Demigod

Chapter 11

Chapter 11- Curses and lovers 

Nico Pov 

I must admit I am seeing good progress with percy , he talks more freely and even laughs every once in a while . I just hope it lasts and he doesn't come across anything that makes percy distant again . We decided we should explore the area and we ate breakfast along the way , was it even morning? Anyway we walked around for what felt like an hour when we came across the river Phlegethon.  Percy said we should drink the fire because it had healing properties and percy wasn't being a psychopath.  We trudged along when we came across a sort of forest and percy looked scared to speak there was a few rustles in the tall black trees and a bunch of bat like creatures flew out . Percy looked ready to faint but he drew riptide and charged towards them saying they were the arai,  the curses and as soon as he sliced an arai in half he fell to the ground clutching his back . The arai crackled and said " This is a curse from one of your lovers , luke castellan,  for the pain he felt when he died . " Percy managed to slice another and he clutched his eye for second I thought he had liked polyphemus until the arai crackled together.  " This is a curse from a lover who scorned you , Ethan Nakamura,  who lost his eye to his mother , nemesis,  feel his pain ! " We were about to charge forward when percy yelled at us to stop and that the arai weren't interested in us and he was right.  

So we had to stand and watch as he sliced and chopped then fell to the ground after a particular curse that made percy collapse to the ground " This is a curse from a person you are still in love with , when you left his sister to die feel the weight nico di angelo felt when you told him his sister had died ." Said the arai . Will turned to me shocked that I had cursed percy and I felt disgusted with myself and surprised that percy likes me of all people . I had had enough I couldn't look anymore . I had a plan . I didn't know whether it would work but I had to try for percy's sake and I called forth a huge legion of skeletons to finish of the arai and just before I fell to the ground will caught me , fed me ambrosia,  and helped me up . Ince the smoke had cleared and I had thanked and dismissed the dead we rushed over to percy . He looked really bad and close to death and I could feel his life force fading so will put in a prayer to apollo and I prayed to poseidon and percy started getting more colour returning to his cheeks and within a few minutes he had started to look better . He said 
" thanks " but he still looked shaken I am left hoping that this hasn't demolished what me and will have been trying to build 

A/n  well then percy has now met the arai for the second time do you think his meeting with them has changed him permanently? Find out in the next chapter . Tell me what you thought in the comments and if you liked it please do vote.  Thanks

Next week I will be updating lovers of perseus and you will get 2 chapters of lovers of perseus so that's 2 different ships . By the way I finished writing this whole chapter by Tuesday so I am proud of myself anyway keep safe and protect yourself from the virus . 

Preator percy out