My Ebony Dove (Nico Di Angelo)

Ch 3: That Bitch Stabbed Me With A Sword

Ryan's pov:

I woke up in a strange log cabin type of building, laying on a cot in nothing but a T-shirt and my batman boxers.

Yes I wear batman boxers, don't judge me.

I rolled over and saw a sleeping Piper in a chair beside the bed. I attempted to roll over again but I groaned in pain, all the injuries coming back to me like a flash of light.

Piper woke up and smiled sleepily at me. I was going to smile back until I realized what she had done to me.

"You stabbed me with a sword, you bitch." I said smugly as I watched her eyes open wide. I was going to smirk at her but I realized that I was in too much pain so I could only groan.

"Oh sorry let me help you Ryan. Here, eat this." Piper gave me something that looked like a waffle but didn't taste like one. It tasted like the popcorn I used to make with my uncle before he died. I smiled at the memory and suddenly all my pain numbed.

"I know I stabbed you with a sword Ryan and I'm sorry. If I hadn't stabbed you then he would have killed you and then me. So I saved both of our asses back there. Anyhow, that ambrosia should help heal you up and take away the pain for the most part. It was a pretty nasty wound and a worse break so I'd stay here for a couple days until you fell better. I'll keep checking in on you." Piper got up out of the chair and exited the infirmary though a white sheet.

I groaned and rolled over again before I took a sip of the drink left beside my bed. The drink tasted like the Plum Wine my grandfather used to make but the drink wasn't alcoholic. The pain numbed and I was happy again.

I turned to look at the guy laying in the cot next to me. He had massive claw marks on his chest but he didn't seem to be in any pain.

"What happened to you?" I asked jokingly.

"Mrs. O' Leary got a little too excited to see me."

"What exactly is Mrs. O' Leary?"

"A hellhound. What happened to you?" I smiled and laughed.

"It's not nearly as cool sounding as yours but okay. My science teacher was a cyclops who tried to eat me at school but broke my leg when I escaped so he tracked me to the edge of the camp boundary where proceeded to try to eat me again until my best friend Piper stabbed me thought the stomach with a sword to kill him. They were real fun times."

I shook my head and laughed. It all sounded so stupid out loud but it was a funny kind of stupid.

"Oh I'm Ryan Damask by the way."

"I'm Nico Di Angelo, son of Hades."

It's safe to say that the conversation ended pretty quickly after that.

Not long after the failed conversation with Nico, a tallish kid with black hair and blue eyes walked into the infirmary. He strode past me and sat down beside Nico on the bed. They started to chat and I'll admit that I listened in because I was bored and had nothing else to do until they stopped talking to Nico and they came to talk to me.

"Hey I'm Percy son of Poseidon," said the black haired guy, "and this is Annabeth daughter of Athena. We're assuming that you're Ryan right."

"Yeah that's me. Just the guy who got stabbed by his best friend. You might as well call me Julius Caesar." I was casual and they laughed. I didn't think it was funny but OK, whatever floats your boat I guess.

"Who even stabbed you?" Asked Annabeth as she examined the wound which really wasn't all that healed yet.

"That would have to be me." Called Piper as she walked into the infirmary.

"Seriously Pipes?! This is the guy that you stabbed! Just wow. Anyways, you figure out who your godly parent is yet?"

I shook my head. "No, I haven't. There hasn't been any signs or bat signals yet. To be honest I'm still waiting for the friggin joker to show up and yell surprise. This just doesn't seem real to me but I guess it is." I continued talking to them because they're pretty cool people and I had nothing else to do. Percy ended up inviting me to stay in his cabin when I could get out of the infirmary. I wasn't sure if that was cool or not but I accepted none the less.

Everything was going great. I was actually allowed to leave the infirmary that night to eat with everybody else at their giant gazebo type thingy. They told me the name but I don't remember that Greek crap. I probably shouldn't insult my lineage if I want to be claimed so forget I ever said that.

There was a massive campfire and we all scraped portions of our food into it as a sacrifice to the gods. I had asparagus and I don't like it so that went to the gods just like any time in the future if I stay here.

Later that night, the camp leader Chiron, yes the very one that trained all the famous heroes came up and introduced me.

I would love to say it went great but it didn't. I tripped over a bench, got a third degree burn on my right arm and re broke my leg that wasn't quite healed yet and I did it all in front of evey single camper. It's needless to say that I don't ever want to show my face again but I have too.

They took me back to the infirmary, gave me some more ambrosia and nectar and told me to fall asleep. I did fall asleep but my dreams weren't pleasant dreams.