The Daughter of Hecate (Percy Jackson/Harry Potter)

Bianca di Angelo and the Sphinx

Everyone waited until a spirit appeared, and it was indeed Bianca.

"Hello." Bianca said.

"Bianca." Percy swallowed. "I'm so sorry."

"Me too." Vitani said.

"You have nothing to apologize for, Percy, Vitani. It was my own fault."

"Bianca!" Nico stammered out, as if in a daze.

She turned toward her brother. Her expression was sad, as if she'd been dreading this moment. "Hello, Nico. You've gotten so tall."

"Why didn't you answer me?" he cried. "I've been trying for months!"

"I was hoping that you'd give up."

"Give up?" He said, heartbroken. "How can you say that? I'm trying to save you!"

"You can't, Nico. Don't do this. Percy and Vitani are right."

"No! Percy let you die! He's not your friend!"

Bianca reached out to touch her brother's face, but her handed ended up going through him.

"You must listen to me." She said. "Holding a grudge is dangerous for a child of Hades. It is our fatal flaw. You have to forgive. You have to promise me this."

"I can't. Never."

"Percy has been worried about you, Nico. He can help. I let him see what you were up to, hoping he would find you."

"So it was you." Percy said. "You sent those Iris-messages."

Bianca nodded.

"Why are you helping him and not me?" Nico screamed. "It's not fair!"

"You are close to the truth now." Bianca told him. "It's not Percy you're mad at, Nico. It's me."

"No."

"You're mad because I left you to become a Hunter of Artemis. You're mad because I died and left you alone. I'm sorry for that, Nico. I truly am. But you must overcome the anger. And stop blaming Percy for my choices. It will be your doom."

"She's right." Annabeth broke in. "Kronos is rising, Nico. He'll twist anyone he can to his cause."

"I don't care about Kronos." Nico said. "I just want my sister back."

"You can't have that, Nico " Bianca told him gently.

"I'm the son of Hades! I can."

"Don't try." She said. "If you love me, don't..."

Her voice trailed off.

"Tartarus stirs," Bianca said. "Your power draws the attention of Kronos when you try to summon me. I must return."

"Wait." Nico said. "Please-"

"Good-bye, Nico." Bianca said. "I love you. Remember what I said."

Bianca then faded away.

As none of them were anxious to travel that evening, they decided to wait until morning. Eurytion, after he was released from the ropes, offered to let them stay in the living room.

Vitani was even kind enough to clean out the Flesh eating horse stables by using overpowered vanishing spells with her elder wand. She had to cast the spell around ten times, but at least the stables were now clean. She had also put a special bracelet on Geryon, if he didn't obey Eurytion's orders, then he was to be given a nasty shock.

Grover and Percy crashed on the leather couches, Vitani and Luke were going to use a memory foam mattress that she had packed. The witch also gave Tyson and Annabeth some sleeping bags to use.