The Silent Confession

Nico Tries Pottery (Follow The Light)

So apparently my Mom lied about what she said and she never spoke of what I asked her while I was sick. It's fine though, if she doesn't want to tell me I'll figure this out myself. When I got to school, Will ran up to me and hugged me. "Nico! I'm so glad you're back." I hugged him back and nodded. We walked to our friend group and everyone was glad that I was back. "Hey Nico, you missed it!" Leo said to me and I asked him, "Missed what?" Piper chimed in, "Percy got in a fight with Luke." I groaned, "Of course he did and of course when something interesting happens I'm sick. What was it about?"

"Apparently he thinks Luke is trying to hook up with his girlfriend." Jason said to us as he sat down at the table, "Welcome back Nico." I nodded and I took a second look at Jason. He had a black eye and his glasses were cracked and he had some cuts and bruises along his face. "What happened to you?" I asked him. Jason sighed and answered, "I got in a fight with Luke." Jason shook his head, "It's nothing really, just something about my old school. That's all." When Jason mentioned his old school, I vaguely remember the vision I had of him in the headmasters office. Maybe it has to do with that? I wasn't too sure. When the bell rang for the first class, I followed Will to history. When I walked into history, I got a glare from Percy and I glared at him back.

"I wish you were still in the hospital or still sick." I heard him mumble under his breath and I saw that Will shoved him, "Be nice." Will told him. Percy rolled his eyes and the teacher walked into class and started the lesson, then after class the teacher gave me missing work that I needed to get done.

When lunch time came around, I had a lot of missing work that I needed to get done and I was just so tired of school and wanted it to be over. When I sat down next to Will and my friends, I put my head against Will's shoulder and groaned. "You okay, Ghost King?" Will asked me and I nodded. "Just tired." I answered him. Will put his arm around me and I smiled and blushed some. When I closed my eyes, I saw the picture again. I saw the way Will was dead, his face paler than a ghost... I opened my eyes and took my head off of Will's shoulder and looked at him. Will was fine, he's alive. That was just a drawing I drew it means nothing. Will saw me look at him and he smiled, "Like what you see?" I blushed and looked away from him, "I'd take that as a yes." I heard Will say and I pushed him. "Shut up."

I was glad when school was over but I had to stay since I had the art and pottery thing to do still. I walked into the classroom and Rachel and Alex welcomed me back. "Welcome back, Nico. You missed quite a lot but I'm sure you can make it up in no time." Rachel told me and I nodded. "Oh and by the way, we're switching stations so you will be with me in pottery." I heard Alex say when I was just about to sit on the art side of the room, so I switched. When the rest of the people came, the class started and I learned that I was horrible at doing pottery. "This is so bad!" I looked at the clump of clay that was supposed to the a cup but it really just looked like a cup that got melted by the sun.

When Alex walked by me she looked at the cup in font of me and told me, "Not bad for your first time." I gave her a look, "Not bad? not bad! It's horrible! Like what the heck!" Alex pulled up a chair beside me and helped me fix up the cup, "It's your first time doing this, Nico. So don't judge yourself too harshly. I wasn't good at this my first time either but practice makes perfect. Plus also you only have one hand to do this, you usually use two hands for this." When the cup was all fixed up, she took it and put it on the table next to the window so it could dry. Since I know had extra time, I decided that I could finish up some of the painting I still needed to do.

When I started painting, I didn't realize what I was painting until I finished. "Why... not again..." I dropped the paintbrush. Everything started to look blurry and I heard ringing in my ears. The room started to change and I no longer saw the room, I was in like a very bright room that was all white. "What the..." I backed away and I bumped into something that I couldn't see. "Come, di Angelo." It was the voice of the girl again, the one from the mirror. I shook my head and said the words, "No..." Over and over again, "No, this can't be happening..." "Come on, Nico. Come to the light! FOLLOW THE LIGHT!" The words echoed in my head and I screamed, "NO!" I backed away again and I ran into the wall. When I looked behind me, I didn't see a wall, all I saw was light and nothing else. I walked towards the door, even though I couldn't see it and when I felt it, I opened it and started running but I ran into something or someone.

I felt an hand around my arm but I pulled away and started running and I hit a wall, "Oww..." I corrected myself and started running again. Down the hallway trying to get away.

I tripped and fell on my knees and just stayed there and told the voice, "Leave me alone! I want nothing to do with you!" The voice laughed, "I won't leave you alone. Not until I have you in the right dimension, Nicole." I felt tears in my eyes and I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"Hey... focus on my voice... okay?" The voice sounded soft, caring. The person started telling me things, he was just talking randomly about things. When I started focusing again, I looked in the direction of the person and it was Will. I leaned in and kissed him but almost immediately after he pulled back and backed away. "Woah there... I'm not your boyfriend." When my eyes focused all the way, he was right. He wasn't Will, he was Magnus... my face turned red in embarrassment and when I looked behind him, I saw that Alex and Rachel were also watching.

My heart pounded in my chest, "Shit, I'm sorry... I'm sorry..." I told Magnus before I got up and ran out of the school back home.