To Tartarus and Back (A Solangelo Story)

Don't Steal Knives, Kids!

DISCLAIMER I OWN NOTHING BUT THE PLOT AND OC'S! ALL RIGHTS GO TO RICK RIORDAN

3rd Person POV

As the boys ran out of the Hades Cabin, they made a silent agreement to stop by the Apollo Cabin so Will could get a knife. When they got there, Nico refused to go in.

"Too many happy people in one cabin."

Will gave a perplexed look.

"Nico, there's literally two people in here right now. You'll be fine."

Nico pushed farther by sitting down cross-legged by the door. "I'll be right here. Now go get a knife Solace."

Will sighed and opened the door to his cabin. In his opinion, the cabin was modest at best, especially for the children of Apollo. Bunk beds lined the walls, and by his bed, a bookshelf filled with books to educate the new Apollo children. Weapons lined the walls, but instead of grabbing one of those, Will went to his bunk and under his pillow.

There he had his own dagger, which he sheathed and quickly walked out, to make sure Nico didn't have to wait long. When he walked out, Nico was still sitting on the ground. He was messing with his infamous skull ring on his finger, and didn't notice the blonde walk out the door 

When he eventually noticed, he looked up at Will, creating a shield with his hand because of the bright sun. 

"Ready to go di Angelo?" Will asked. He helped at his hand for Nico to accept, which he gladly did.

"Sure."

The boys walked to the edge of camp, and stopped at the pine tree that used to play host to Thalia, the daughter of Zeus. Nico touched the trunk of the tree. He always had a weird relationship with Thalia. Ever since Bianca joined the hunter, and then Thalia, it was always awkward with them.

"So what's the plan?" Nico asked. "Are we gonna hotwire a car or something?"

"As your doctor I don't think I can condone you stealing a car."

"Then what? Walk?" 

Will sighed. "If you promise to take it easy before capture the flag, then you could shadow travel. Deal?" 

Nico looked confused but excited. "You are going to let ME shadow travel?!" He asked like he was a child wanting candy.

Will laughed lightly. "Yes."

Before the blonde could even finish his sentence, the two were standing in a McDonald's parking lot. Will immediately regretted letting Nico shadow travel.  The raven-haired boy was off balance and had to use Will as support. 

"C-come on. Let's go before I pass out." Nico instructed.

NICO'S POV (BROUGHT TO YOU BY ME HATING HAVING TO WRITE IN 3RD PERSON)

In hindsight, maybe shadow traveling wasn't the best idea. Usually, I'm not that worn out when I travel, but I guess it might be bad if I barely ate, and I just had a panic attack.

"C-come on. Let's go before I pass out." I say.

Will looks at me, grabs my hand, and leads me inside. "Okay."

That kinda freaked me out. I'm not very good with PDA when I'm at camp, and in the actual mortal world, no fucking way.

And it's not that I don't like the affection, I do, really, but I'm known as the 'no emotions' guy; the guy who has sent many a souls to the Underworld. It's just weird to receive affection, even if it's just a simple handshake. 

We walk in, and something immediately feels off. It's a normally busy McDonald's, but the demigod vibes feel off. I look over and see Will tense too. Something tells me this could go bad.

"We can go if-"

"No." he says shortly. "You wanted McDonald's. We're getting McDonald's."

"But what if something attacks us?" I ask.

Will looks at me and smirks. "Well we didn't bring weapons for nothing."

I look at him like he's nuts. "Since when did you like fighting?" I ask quizzically.

"I don't. I just want to make sure my emo boyfriend gets his McDonald's."

There's that word again. Boyfriend. The funny thing was that we never even said we were dating. Yeah we came out to each other and shit, but we never officially said 'yeah, you're my boyfriend now.'

Regardless, we order our food at sit at a table by the window. It was a nice view of New York, with a nice scent of frying oil to add some spice.

I take out my chicken nuggets and start eating, while Will eats his burger. After a few bites, I look up, and he's staring straight at me.

"What?" I ask through  mouthful of food.

"Nothing. I just like seeing you happy."

"You're a sap." I say, though I feel my face heat up with  blush.

"Then why are you blushing?"

"Fuck off."

"Never."

As we are arguing, a little kid bumps into Will.

"Sorry little man." Will says to the kid, but somethings off with his facial expression.

"Hey." he says louder. "Did you just take my knife?"

I look at the kid, and sure enough, he has a six-inch dagger with a golden handle in his hands. I sigh. 

This might take a while.

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AUTHOR'S NOTE

Hi, it's Gremlin! 

Thanks for all the reads I've been getting, it means a lot!

in other news, my amazing mother walked into my room as I was doing my ab workout, looked at me, and said "Oh fuck that." and walked off. I love my mom.

AND ALSO, I have a loft bed, and I was casually writing, until I hear a nice thump, and I realize my cat fell off my bed. So yeah, that was interesting.

Anyway have agreat day!