PJO/HoO one-shots

Hazel's Kitten

Nico

The door to the Hades Cabin banged open. I sat straight up in my bed, reaching desperately for where my Stygian iron sword was lying. A presence shot towards me from across the room.

This is the end. 

"Can we get a cat?" I heard my sister ask.

It's too early for this.

I felt something crawl up my shirt and looked down to see a little black kitten with white paws rubbing against my chest.

Now try to understand.

I was the Prince of Darkness, heck, darkness ITSELF, but this kitten just crumbled all my defenses when it purred. 

It was so cute! And small! And cute!

I noticed Hazel watching me with her big pleading eyes, and I couldn't refuse. I shrugged. 

She took this as a yes and jumped up and down around the cabin.

"You can keep it on ONE condition." I said.

She stopped jumping immediately. "What?"

"You have to come up with a really good name. And I mean really."

She nodded enthusiastically. "That's easy, I've already thought of one!"

The kitten stopped his cuddling and started to lick my chin with his little tongue. I almost melted.

"Angelus!"

"What's that mean?" I asked, assuming it was Latin.

"It means, um, ferocious?" I could tell she was lying, and I had a pretty good guess of what it actually meant.

"Angelus it is! You can keep him." I had to give in. Angelus was just too cute. "Where'd you get him anyways?"

"I found him wandering round in the Underworld when I went to visit our dad this morning. Weird right?"

"Yeah . . ." It was a little too weird, but I tried to put it out of my mind. A little kitten couldn't cause too much trouble, right?

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