Nico at Hogwarts (continued)

11 - SPQR tattoos are the new Dark Mark

Greek in bold.

Harry:

The plan was simple, catch Nico alone while Ron distracts Hermione. "Ready?" I whispered to Ron.

"I was born ready," he replied, but since he was eating something, it sounded more like "Mmm bmm redmy." 

We soon parted ways, and I rounded a corner. I could hear Nico, Neville, Luna, Hermione and Malfoy all talking and chattering. That complicates things. Then, I heard Ron walk in, and he obviously thought the same as I did. How would we get Nico alone? I peered around the corner when the talking stopped, to see Ron, standing there awkwardly. 

"Umm hi, guys. Whatcha doing?" he asked. I silently facepalmed at Ron's stupidity. Thankfully, Nico didn't seem to realize what was going on. They all started talking again, almost ignoring Ron, so I decided to be spontaneous. I walked bravely into the room, and announced "Hey Nico, could you help me with something?" Nico looked at me suspiciously, but he still came with me, into the corridor. 

"I'm going to get straight to the point," he said in a stern, but not threatening tone. "What do you want."

"Umm..." I was at a loss for words, so I just decided to tell the truth. "I wanted to ask you some questions about yourself. First of all, who actually are you, and how come you know Professor Dumbledore? And why are you hanging out with Malfoy of all people? And why are you teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts? And how come you can speak another language?"

Professor di Angelo looked taken aback, and replied "I'm a wizard, just like the rest of you, and Professor Dumbledore is my old friend. And you shouldn't judge a book by its cover.." His eyes narrowed. "Draco isn't bad if you get to know him," before promptly turning around and walking out. When he turned, his robes flew up slightly, revealing a quick glimpse of black on his arm. I gasped, and as soon as Nico left out of earshot, I ran away, back to the Gryffindor common room.

Ron was already there, having finished is job faster than me. He was obviously waiting for me. 

"So?" he said, leaning in.

"Di Angelo didn't reveal anything, but guess what. When he turned around, I saw a tattoo on his arm."

"You don't mean..."

"Yes. He has the probably Dark Mark on his arm. We were right to suspect him. He must have put a spell on Hermione too, so be careful around her.

Nico:

Today was strange. I had just gone to hang out with my friends, before Ronald came barging in with a "Whatcha doing?" Then, Harry came in, seconds later, bright red. He asked for my help, before firing questions at me when we got around the corner. I think he's on to me, but it's not like I can just say "Yeah, I'm an all powerful demigod. My dad's Hades, and yes I could kill you in seconds. Yay, happy day." without him going around like "Nico's a Death Eater everyone!!"

Anyways, when I turned to go back inside, the wind caught my sleeve, almost revealing my SPQR tattoo. I heard Harry gasp, and then run away. 

Dam.

When I got back, Hermione asked me "What was that about, Nico?"

"Harry wanted to question me, I guess. Then the wind blew, and Harry almost saw my SPQR tattoo. Then he ran away," I replied. Hermione, Neville, Luna and Draco all let out a collective gasp. 

"That's bad. Very dam bad," Draco said.

"Why?"

"He didn't see it very clearly right, just that it's a tattoo," Draco asked.