Demigods and Wands

Nightmares and Fears

HI pEEPS

Will POV

At about 1 a.m, I was woken from my dreamless sleep. By screaming. Not the best way to start the day.

Percy was screaming in his sleep, having a nightmare. I quickly ran to the bathroom, turned on the water, and tossed a drachma in.

"Nico di Angelo, Slytherin Tower," I said quickly. An image of Nico sleeping popped up. "Nico!" I yelled. He woke up quickly, and registered the screaming coming from this call. He nodded then disappeared into the shadows. I ended the call and left the bathroom. The wizards were surrounding Percy but keeping their distance. Harry tried to approach him.

"Don't get close!" I yelled before he could touch him.

"What's happening?" Ron asked.

"He's having a nightmare from his experiences. Only his girlfriend can help him," I said, looking at the darkest corner of the room. After a minute, Nico came out of the shadows with Annabeth, Daughter of Athena. Annabeth's hair was messy, and it was obvious she was sleeping when Nico got her. She ran up to Percy and hugged him, even though he was thrashing around.

For the next couple minutes, it was just Annabeth hugging Percy. Percy punched her a couple of times in his sleep, but after a while he calmed down. He woke up, and hugged Annabeth. Nico shadow-traveled back to the Slytherin dorms, after we all agreed to talk more tomorrow.

The next morning, Percy, Annabeth, and I were waiting outside the Great Hall for Nico and Reyna. They finally came with the wave of Slytherins entering.

"Hi, Reyna," Annabeth said awkwardly. Nico came over to me and I kissed him.

"Morning," Reyna nodded at her. "Nico told me what happened on the way here."

"I think we should request different sleeping arrangements," Nico said. "Percy and Annabeth can't sleep in the boys dorm together, and if I have one, no one in the Slytherin boys know what to do."

"But the headmaster doesn't know what we are," I said. I can imagine that conversation. 'Hey, Headmaster! We're here to kill one of your students, we're half gods, and we need somewhere to sleep together.' That would end badly.

"We can say we're here to oversee the aftermath of the war, and the gods sent us," Annabeth said, thinking on the spot.

"But here's the thing," Percy said. "We are here to kill Mini-Me aka Harry Potter, so why haven't we done it yet?"

"We have to do a clean kill, or they'll track us. Plus, I feel like only Reyna and I have the heart to kill someone who hasn't attacked us," Nico said.

"So we talk about killing him later," Percy said. "Can we just get a place to sleep now?"

We walked over to where the headmaster's office should be, but it was just a statue of an eagle.

"So... uh, what do we do?" I asked.

"I believe I can answer that," A new voice said. I turned and there was an old man with a crazy long beard. I'm pretty sure he's the headmaster. "Would you like to step inside of my office?" Annabeth nodded.

"Acid pops," The headmaster said. I was about to ask him what he just said, but the eagle statue spinned, revealing a staircase. The headmaster walked up the stairs and we followed.

"What is it you would like to tell me?" He said as he sat behind his desks.

"We just wanted to say that we're-" Reyna was interrupted by the headmaster.

"Demigods. Yes, I know. Chiron contacted me, and let me know that four demigods were attending my school. It seems now that there are five. What Chiron would not tell me is why you are here."