Percy and Nico Undercover at Hogwarts

Chapter Forty Six

Harry's POV

The five of us were sitting in a Common Room watching Nico and Ron play Wizard Chess.

Nico was beating Ron and every time he killed one of Ron's pieces, him and Percy would high-five.

As Nico's Queen slashed through yet another one of Ron's Pons, I thought back to the Fourth Task that took place a few days ago.

Percy hadn't gotten any clues about it from his source, so when I walked into the arena and was told that I would have to face a monster, I just about peed myself.

We used something called 'Celestial Bronze' to kill the monsters that made them turn to dust.

We fought these things called Telekhines. It was a weird dog like creature with flippers.

Most of us turned it to dust within about ten minutes, having learned more sword fighting skills from Professor Apollo, but Percy took about two minutes. I got the feeling that he was just playing with and really could've killed it in a matter of second, but he wanted to entertain the crowd.

We were scored on not only time, but skill. Of course, Percy won. Surprisingly I got second place, thanks to all the extra help Percy was giving me.

As Nico put Ron into Checkmate, Percy leaned over and whispered something into his ear, causing him to smile.

They both got up and started walking to the door.

"Don't wait up!" Percy called over his shoulder as they left the room.

"Where are they going?" Hermione asked and Ron and I shrugged. I went and took Nico's place, getting ready to play Ron. Hermione ran off, up the stairs of the Boy's Dormitory.

"Wonder what she's up to," Ron said as he called out the command to move his piece.

Not a minute later, Hermione was standing by us holding the invisibility cloak.

"What do you think you're doing?" I asked, concerned that she had found my hiding place.

"They've been sneaking off every Saturday all year. I want to know where they go," she said, looking at us. "Are you coming?"

"Might as well," I said after a moment. "Just to keep you out of trouble."

The three of us left the Common Room, walking quickly to catch up with Percy and Nico. As soon as we saw them, we stopped and covered ourselves in my cloak. We followed them carefully as they ran down some stairs, threatening to push each other over the side.

"Nico, shut up before I shove you over the railing."

"No, I'll shove you!"

They started playfully shoving each other and laughing. After a moment, Nico stopped and motioned for Percy to walk forward.

Five minutes later, we were in the dungeons.

"Where are they?" Hermione asked and Ron and I shrugged. Percy and Nico had suddenly disappeared.

"This was a bad idea," Ron complained and I nodded in agreement. We should've just left them alone, but I wasn't going to let Hermione go after them by herself.

"W-." Hermione's sentence was cut short by the cloak getting pulled off of us.

"How did you do that?" I asked Nico, who was standing behind us.

"How did you know we were here? We were invisible," Hermione added and Percy and Nico both shrugged.

"You were loud," Nico said simply, handing me back my cloak.

"Thanks," I muttered and he nodded.

"Now what the fuck guys?" Percy asked, clearly annoyed. "Why are you following us?"

"Why are you sneaking off?" Hermione countered.

"Does it matter?"

"Yes."

Percy and Nico shared a look before Percy smiled and threw him arm around the other boy.

"We were going to make out."

Our faces turned red with embarrassment.

"Oh, uh, sorry," I said and we all turned around and rushed off.

We didn't talk until we got to the dormitory.

"So..." I started and Ron continued.

"...Percy and Nico are..."

"...A couple?" Hermione finished. We all looked at each other and nodded.

"Yeah, a couple."

Ron was the first one to get over the shock. "Well I don't see why not. Wanna go play chess?" He asked me.

"Yeah, sure, let's go."

Nico's POV

"Gods they're idiots," Percy said once they were far enough away. He turned to me. "Can you take us there?"

I grabbed his hand and smiled as I pulled the shadows towards us.

When he appeared in the Forbidden Forest, Percy pulled out a square of ambrosia and broke off a corner.

"Here," he said, handing it to me. "I can't be fighting a weakened opponent."

I chuckled and ate the square.

"What does it taste like for you?" Percy asked.

"The cookies that your mom makes." Percy smiled.

"Same here. Dude, we are so meant for each other," he said and pulled me into a random hug before releasing me quickly. "We were also meant to beat the shit out of each other."

I pulled my sword from the shadows as Percy pulled Riptide from his pocket. "I wouldn't have it any other way."

*****

After thirty minutes of sparing, we were leaning up against a tree. We'd been doing this every Saturday since the start of the year and at this point, the monsters in the forest just avoided us.

"That was more difficult than fighting that monster," Percy said, eating a square of ambrosia to heal the cuts I left on him.

"Well you fought a Telekhine," I told him, "It couldn't been that hard."

"I know! If they wanted me to fight something for their entertainment, at least make it something where I have to try!"

I nodded in agreement.

He turned to me. "Do you have a Band-Aid?" I gave him a confused look and offered him part of my square, but he just ignored my hand. "Because I scrapped my knee following for you." He said it with a straight face and I started laughing.

"You're an idiot."

"I know," he said as he grabbed my face, bringing it to his.