Percy and Nico Undercover at Hogwarts

Chapter Twenty Two

Percy's POV

The next thing I knew, we were standing outside of my moms apartment. I knocked on the door and we waited a mew moments before it opened.

"Percy!" Mom yelled and pulled me into a hug. "I've missed you!" Then she saw Nico and pulled him into the hug too. He seemed to still be blushing from what happened at the dance. "Thank you for letting me know what's been going on with Percy, since he never writes me." Mom glared at me and I tired to ignore it.

"You're welcome Mrs. Sally."

"Come on," Mom said as she let go of us. "I was just about to put cookies into the oven."

As we followed Mom into the aparetment, Paul walked over and gave Nico and I a hug.

"It's been a while since I've seen either of you," he said and let go. "Now, why are you two dressed so nicely?"

"We had a school dance," nico said and I nodded.

"Yeah, Nico was my date."

Paul nodded. "Did you guys have fun?"

Neeks and I shared a look and we decided that we wouldn't tell them about me almost killing that dumbass.

"Yeah," I said as Nico said, "It was awesome!"

The three of us walked into the kitchen and sat at the table with Mom.

"So, are you enjoying school?" she asked and we nodded.

"Yeah, I haven't destroyed anything yet," I said.

"Yes you have. You destroyed the stadiums with an earthquake," Nico reminded.

"That wasn't my fault."

"Did you cause the earthquake?" Nico asked and I nodded. "Then it was your fault."

"When did this happen?" Mom asked and I shrugged.

"It was when I was attacked by the dragon. But you don't have to worry. Apollo was there and he healed me."

"Do you have a scar?" she asked and I nodded. "Can I see it?"

I took off my jacket and unbuttoned my vest and then pulled my shirt up.

"Oh my gods," she said and I pulled my shirt down. "You could've died."

"I was never in any real danger of dying, Mom. I had the god of healing and Nico there."

"There's no need to worry, Mrs. Sally. There was a lake nearby, so even if Apollo wasn't there, I would've taken good care of him," Nico said and gave Mom one of his rare smiles.

"You've always taken good care of Percy," Mom said and he nodded. "Wait, Percy, why do you look younger?"

"The gods made me look fifteen so I could fit in better. It's only temporary...I hope." She nodded.

The four of us continued talking, and when the cookies were done, Nico and I shovled them into our mouths and swallowed them down with milk.

"I really missed your cookies, " I told Mom and she chuckled.

"So do I," Nico added and Mom chuckled again.

"Just be careful, getting torn apart might not kill you but chocking might," she said as she walked out of the room.

Nico and I shared a look, before we started laughing.

"The mighty Percy Jackson, taken down by a cookie. That would be one for the history books."

Nico's POV

After we woke up and ate breakfast, we told Mrs. Sally and Paul goodbye and I shadow traveled Percy and I to camp.

I sort of got the landing location a little wrong. We were supposed to end up in Percy's cabin, but we landed in the pavilion on the Hermes table.

"AHHH!" Connor screamed as I appeared on top of his eggs.

"Dude! You're standing on my food!" Travis yelled at Percy.

Some of the campers who had jumped up at our sudden arrival were putting away their weapons, except Clarisse.

"What's wrong with your face, Prissy?

"What do you mean?" Percy asked, kind of offended.

"You look... weird."

Percy and I jumped off the table. "Zeus made me look younger. It's for a quest." Clarisse shrugged and went back to eating.

Leo ran up and tackled Percy and I. "I've missed you two so much! What's your quest? Have you guys been having fun?"

"Yeah, it been fun, but I don't know how much we can actually tell you," I said and he nodded.

"How long are you guys staying?" Piper asked as she walked over.

"We have to be gone by January third, so two weeks."

"Whose team do you want to be on in capture the flag tomorrow? Remember, only one child of the Big Three per team."

"That's a stupid rule," I said and Percy nodded.

"Well, it makes it fair. If you were both on the same team, you would dominate," Piper said and Percy looked like he couldn't care less.

"How about we change things up a little bit. Nico and I against the rest of the camp."

Clarisse, who seemed to be listening in on the conversation jumped up. "Done."

Everyone else starting paying attention now. Malcolm walked up to us from the Athena table. "That's a great idea." He looked at Chiron. " Poseidon and Hades cabin against everyone else. You okay with that?"

Chiron nodded and smiled. "Of course, as long as everyone else is." I looked around and everyone was nodding.

"It's on."