A Different Reality (Percy Jackson Fanfiction)

Chp 75 - Nico's POV

Nico was spending his afternoon lying in his bed, with his eyes closed, listening to Nanni's soundtrack.

*When your dreams all fail
And the ones we hail
Are the worst of all*

He had already memorized all the lyrics by now.

It's good to finally have some peace.

I can't believe you managed to avoid Lucy all day. How did you do that?

I... have practice avoiding people.

*Don't get too close
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide*

Do you think Skull is going to leave us alone?

Do you?

No...

Tell me, have you ever done something to him?

Not that I can remember.

There has to be a way to get rid of him.

What would you do?

What?

If you had your powers here, what could you do?

I don't know... so many possibilities, so little time...

Tell me the possibilities.

I could call Jules-Albert.

Who?

My zombie chauffeur.

You had a zombie chauffeur? Why?

I'm not old enough to drive, so my father gave me a chauffeur.

What else?

I could summon an army of zombies, just to scare him. I could make a jail around him with bones. I could shadowtravel him to anywhere in the world, and leave him there.

What was the most scaring thing you ever did?

...

Nico?

I... was really angry once, and I... turned a guy into a ghost.

How?

I'm not completely sure. I just did this once. I was so angry, and I think... I kind of sucked all the life from that guy, turning him to a ghost and sending him to the Underworld.

Oh. Okay.

He barely noticed the song had changed.

*And all I can breathe is your life

That sooner or later is over*

Tell me about your sister.

Bella? She died.

I know that, you never told me how she died.

Are you going to tell me about your sister?

Yes.

Well, we were homeschooled for a few years, and then our mother died when our hotel colapsed from an earthquake. It was just us, and then she met some girls and enrolled to a female boarding.