Darkness comes to Hogwarts.

Chapter 1

I was just sitting there in the cold dark embrace of the shadows all alone in my private gardens which my stepmother Persephone had designed and grown for me, many believed that she hated me, but thankfully that wasn't the case, in fact the garden was a gift for when she adopted me, she may not have liked the fact that my father, her husband had begotten me with another woman but she knew that was none of my doing and the times I spent in the Underworld between the camps and my missions were spent cultivating my relationship with her and my father. As I was sitting there I felt the presence of one of my attendants, a beautiful albeit still dead nymph named Kyria , "my lord, your father and mother desire to see you in the throne room," she said her voice as soft as silk, if she were a living creature I could see marrying her, she was a head shorter than me, and whilst living had flawless porcelain skin, eyes the color of the deep waters, and hair as black as night, and she was a hero, she had fallen when trying to help defend Manhattan in the last great battle. As I walked into the throne room I bowed from the waist towards my sovereigns and striding to the middle of the room I knelt before them on my right knee.

"Father, mother, I was told that you wanted to speak with me, what is your will?" I asked formally, as I looked at the ground until giggling my mother rushed towards me and pulled me to my feet.

"Oh Nico, Nico what am I to do with you, always duty before family, she said sighing melodramatically.

" As it should be!" his father Hades said looking at his wife, although he winked to his son who was being doted on.

"Oh shush you," Persephone scowled jokingly as she stuffed Nico's face with chocolate cake.

"Almost choking here!" He said as he stopped his mother from putting another piece of the delicious but dangerous cake down his throat, "now please tell me what you wanted to talk about, I know it's serious, other wise we could discuss it anywhere.

" Nico, as you know, your sister Melinoe, has slowly been driven to insanity and despair, even Apollo and Dionysus cannot help her, it's come to a point where we fear that she may not be able to control her powers, so we had Hypnos put her into eternal slumber and we've stripped her of her titles and powers, we hated to do it, but we had to and she's much happier in a world of eternal bliss than trapped in mind slowly going mad," Hades spoke softly thinking of his daughter.

"Now Nico, you need to know this because your father and I would like to name you as her replacement," Persephone said beaming down at him.

Nico starred at them flabbergasted, his mouth hanging open looking from one to the other as if expecting them to crack up laughing.

"This is no joke Nico," his father said kindly, "as soon as you accept we shall call upon the Fates who will consecrate you with godhood and your titles, but know this even if you do not accept you will always be my son and sole heir should I ever fade."

Nico sat upon his own smaller throne, although it was actually just a chair, a curule chair to be exact, this particular one had belonged to Lucius Cornelius Sulla, dictator of Rome, and a son of Hades, and it was times like these that he wished his chair had a back to lean against, but he knew what his answer would have to be, standing he made his way back below the royal dais and knelt once more."

"My lord and lady, I do not seek such things as I am, but as I am I shall not shun it, and if it be your will then I will accept your most generous offer," he said as he looked up at them, knowing that although many thought them to be dark and evil they were actually the most stable of the Olympian families, in fact only Nico out of all the demigods actually lived with his godly parent, even as close as Percy and Poseidon were they definitely did not live together.

"Rise our most beloved son and prince," Hades said formally, his son's such formal declaration of loyalty deserved no less than a formal response.

As Nico stood he felt the presence of power that entered the room and looked behind him at the three extremely beautiful ladies and then followed his parents lead and bowed before them.

"Rise Lord Hades, Lady Persephone, we have come at your request to consecrate and anoint this young demigod," they said with one powerful voice that held all the mysteries of the universe, and Nico could not believe it, these were the Fates, he had met them before, but they had always been hags, powerful, but still old and sadly quite ugly, but now here they stood in forms that could hardly be over 25.

Suddenly he felt there soft hands on top of his head and they spoke once more in their melodic voices" Know this Lord Hades, the Lady Hecate, in order to save a mortal she loves and to grant him godhood, has sacrificed her position as goddess of magic and has requested that it be given to her godson."

"And we most gladly accept such an offer," Hades spoke in his most regal tone before the Fates poured their power into his son who after what seemed an eternity collapsed from the raw energy coursing in his body.

Finally as Nico woke up and stumbled to his feet the Fates spoke once more "all hail Nico di Angelo, god of the Five Rivers of the Underworld, god of ghosts, and god of magic, lord of the sacrificial dead, son and heir of Hades and Persephone, King and Queen of the Dead and the Underworld."

Hades looked at them dazed as Persephone rushed down to make sure her son was alright, leading him back to his chair, finally Hades found his voice.

"I I do not understand how can my son be the god of the rivers, they are already controlled by the nymphs who personify them."

"That may be so Lord Hades, but he in turn shall control them, they are now part if his court, as he is part of yours, do not despair you have lost no power, now then Nico, prince of the Underworld, as the newly consecrated god of magic you must know of a world your predecessor created while blessing a faction of mortals with magic, the world of witchcraft and wizardry, which centers in Europe...