Percy and Nico Undercover at Hogwarts

Chapter Fifty Four

Nico's POV

"Guys, I think it would be fair if I didn't take your money," I said as Fred and George tried paying me the fifty gallons I had bet on Percy at the beginning of the school year.

"No, it was a fair bet," George argued but I just shook my head.

"I bet that Percy would win, not that he'd tie with Harry."

Fred sighed. "I wish others though the way you did."

"We have twice the amount of people trying to get money out of us," George continued.

"But not you."

I shrugged. "It wouldn't be considered fair in my books."

They both sighed once again and left, going to either collect or pay off the rest of the bets.

Even though people don't know exactly what had happened in the cemetery a few weeks ago, most of the wizards were still scared of us.

Some of the braver ones would come up to us at meal times or in the Common Room and thank Percy and I for what we did. We would just tell them that we did what we were sent here to do, which would cause them to ask us about being Elemental Wizards.

Since Percy and I wouldn't know what to say to that, we would just repeat what Apollo would tell us in our minds.

Today was the last day before school got out and Dumbledore had announced that there was something happening tonight in the arena after dinner.

Of course, Percy and I knew what it was.

When we walked out of the front of the castle, we made sure to separate ourselves from our group of friends.

"Are you ready?" I asked Percy and he bumped his shoulder with mine.

"I'm not sure, but I'm excited."

When we reached Dumbledore, he told us to remain hidden until after his announcement.

He walked to the center of the ring and put his wand to his throat, saying a spell.

"As a celebration for school ending, we will be putting on a fight. Mr. Percy Jackson and Mr. Nico di Angelo have agreed to fight a fight like you've never seen before. There will be no rules and no holding back. All powers will be allowed. You'll be amazed and I'm sure you all want to see what they can do."

Harry's POV

Percy and Nico entered the arena and everyone was cheering. They were each wearing a breastplate and that was it for armor.

Dumbledore did a countdown before quickly getting out of their way.

Their fight was like nothing I'd ever seen before.

Some of us had seen them fight each other earlier this year over Christmas Break, but this was different.

This time, they weren't holding back.

The shadows and the water intertwined and danced around each other as both Percy and Nico went in for the kill.

Nico was raising skeletons and Percy was taking water from the buckets that were provided and slashing them down as fast as they were appearing.

They each wore matching smiles as they tried to kill each other.

It went on for about thirty minutes until Nico got the upper hand.

I'm not sure how it happened, but Nico's sword ended up at Percy's throat. It wasn't the first time it had happened, but this time Percy dropped his arm sword and raised his hands up in surrender. They were both breathing heavily and bleeding severely.

After they bowed, Apollo rushed them out of sight, probably to help stop the bleeding so they didn't die.

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By the time we were back at the castle and in our dorms for the last time this year, we saw Nico and Percy waiting for us. But they weren't alone.

There was a beautiful girl with brown hair that was braided with feathers and a curly haired elf-like boy.

They looked at us as the three of us entered.

"Holy shit, you're right."

"I know I'm right," the elf boy replied to Nico who was staring at me. There was a constant beeping.

The elf boy grabbed the machine that was sitting on the bed by him before walking over to me, scanning me with it.

"I'm totally right," he stated before sticking his hand out to me. "Hi, I'm Leo and this here is Piper," he said, pointing at the beautiful girl. "We already know who you are, so there's no need for you guys to introduce yourselves. Now, to get to the point, the machine I'm holding finds horcurux's and you're a horcurux. Part of this 'Voldemort' guy's soul is inside of you and Nico needs to get it out."

We started at Leo like he was crazy, and based on the look on his face, he probably was.

"What?" I asked, looking at the two boys who I knew.

"He's right. It's better if we explained after we got rid of it," Nico said before standing up and walking over to me. "Now, I'm not sure if this will work, but it's safer than killing you."

He placed his hand on my forehead before I fell to the ground, blacking out.

Ron's POV

I had no idea what was going on, and based on the look on Hermione's face, she didn't either.

When Harry fell to the ground, Nico did too. There was whining and groaning coming from both of them. We stood there, staring at them for about a minute before they sat up together, gasping for air.

"What the bloody hell just happened?" I demanded and Nico rolled his eyes.

"The horcurux in Harry was sent to the Underworld," he said as if that explained everything.

"That explains nothing!" I shouted, making Nico roll his eyes again.

"Well, I guess it's time for an explanation."

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