A light in the darkness (solangelo)

Chater 7: awake

Nico POV

I was sitting by the girl's bed when she woke up. She opened her eyes, huge eyes that sparkled like emeralds, and asked, "w-where am I?"

"You're in the infirmary at camp half blood," I replied.

Her eyes widened. "C-camp half blood?" She suddenly seemed jumpy. "I can't b-be here, th-th-this is the w-worst place f-for ch-children of-" she stopped herself.

"Children of who?" I asked, "I promise you'll be okay here, no matter who your godly parent is."

"H-Hades," she said, "I heard a r-rumor that th-there was a ch-child of hades that c-c-came to this camp a-and she f-felt so unwelcome th-that she k-killed herself. I th-think her name w-was Bianca d-di Angelo."

"Bianca didn't kill herself, she was killed on a quest," I explained.

"H-how do y-you know?" She asked.

"Because she was my sister, and so are you," I stated, "what's your name, anyway?" I asked.

"S-Savannah Ross," she said.

"I like that, I'm Nico di Angelo," I replied.

Will came over. "Hey! Great to see that you're awake!" He said cheerily. "How do you feel?" He asked.

"A l-little drowsy b-b-but other than th-that, I feel f-fine," she replied.

"Do you mind if I check your vitals?" He asked.

"Uh s-sure," she replied. Will took her wrist and closed his eyes.

"You seem pretty good, but you should probably eat," Will said. Just as he did, the dinner horn blew. "come on, that's the dinner horn." She sat up and slowly, carefully, stood up. I realized that she was still wearing the black jumpsuit and cloak she had worn the day she'd saved me.

"I'll get you some clean clothes," I said, jumping at the chance to get away from having to eat. I'd eaten breakfast, I was fine for today. I left the infirmary and went over to the Aphrodite cabin. I knocked on the door and it was answered by Piper.

"Hey Neeks! What's up?" She exclaimed.

"I need a small t-shirt and a pair of jeans, they're for the new girl." I said.

"No problem," she said. She went into the cabin and came back out with a CHB t-shirt and some black skinny jeans.

"Thanks, Pipes," I said, taking the outfit from her. I walked back across to the infirmary and set the clothes on the end of her bed. Then, I headed across to the dining pavilion. I sat down at the usual table between Savannah and Will. Ivy was sitting across the table from Savannah and they were really hitting it off. It turned out that they were both obsessed with Glee and Doctor Who so they talked, or should I say fangirled, nonstop. I tried to tune them out but they were just so... I don't even know what to call them.

Eventually, dinner was over and I walked with Savannah and Will back to the infirmary. She picked up the clothes I'd left and took them to the bathroom. She came back out wearing the camp t-shirt and jeans. "So, since you seem to be okay, you are released from the infirmary. Nico will walk you over to your cabin," Will said formally.

"Come on, I'll show you the cabin," I said. We walked out the door and across to the back corner of the camp, closest to the woods. I opened the door and held it opened it, stepping aside so she could see the interior. "Welcome... To the Hades cabin," I said dramatically. She giggled. "Go ahead and pick your bunk. That ones mine," I said, pointing to a messy bunk on the left. "And that ones my half sister Hazel's, she's a camp Jupiter right now," I finished pointing at a neat bunk with a large jewel hanging above it. Savannah walked over to a bed near the door. It had a window above it.

"Uh, this one I g-guess," she said. Then, she reached into the shadows and somehow pulled out a guitar case.

"What the hell?" I said, dumbfounded.

"It's c-called the sh-shadow r-r-realm. Basically, it's i b-big dimension h-half bloods can u-use to store th-things that are t-t-too heavy to carry around on qu-quests," she explained. She set the guitar case on the ground next to her bed.

"So I'm gonna leave you to get settled, I'll see you later." I said.

Then, I turned to leave when she asked, "w-would you think i-i-it's weird if I told you I l-liked someone a-already?"

"Of course not, I had a crush on someone on my first day too," I replied, "do you want to tell me who it is?"

She nodded "W-Will Solace," she said quietly.

I bit my lip. "Sorry to crush your dreams, but, he's gay. And he's taken. By me," I said awkwardly.

"Oh. S-sorry, I d-didn't know," she Apollo-gized. (The puns are real)

"It's fine," I said nonchalantly. Then, I turned and left, heading towards the infirmary.

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Mystery girl revealed!!! Idk why I gave her a stutter, it just sort of happened without me realizing it. Also, this character along with many others may pop up in other fanfics that I write in the future, so yeah.

Thanks for reading,

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