Demigods at Hogwarts

Chapter Nineteen: Letters

Nico's POV
At breakfast in Wednesday morning, I eagerly wait for the mail to arrive. I should be getting a letter from Will any day now, as I sent him one a few days ago. Gods, I miss him. I wished I could just shadow travel and see him, but I couldn't, he would be so mad at me as he has forbidden me from doing 'underworldy stuff.' Also, the jump is too big. Yeah, I managed to get the Athena Parthenos back to Camp Half-Blood, but I was extremely weak by the time we got back, so, no. That would not be a good idea, as much as I wanted to do it.

Finally the owls fly through the window. I smile slightly when I see my owl, Skiá, which is Greek for shadow, with a letter tied to his foot. He lands in front of me and affectionately pecks an my hand, which is weird, because most animals don't like me because I radiate death, but Skiá really seems to like me. I find him a treat and untie the letter from his foot. He flies off back to the owlery. I open the letter and begin to read it.
Dear Nico,
How are you getting along at Hogwarts? It sounds like you are having fun there. I hope that you are settling in well.

Things have been good here at Camp Half-Blood. Luckily, the people injured in the war are healing quickly in the infirmary, so I have more time in my hands, in general, but unfortunately, a camper has been sent in after falling off the top of the climbing wall (I wish people would take more care!) so I have been very busy with that, which is why it took me longer than usual to reply. Sorry about that, by the way.

Anyway, as the infirmary is clearing up and I gave less to do now, I'm hoping maybe I can come to Hogwarts, with you! I asked Chiron and he said that it is a possibility, but he isn't making any promises. I wish he had given me a straight forward answer, but no... He had to leave me wondering whether or not I will be able to see you. I hope it is a yes, I really do.

You said in your last letter that you have told your new friends - Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville, Luna, Dean and... Oh, I can never rennet that last one. What was it again? It began in an 'S.' Was it Sean or something? Ah, no. Seamus, that's it, right? - about everything. I hope they really are trustworthy, but in sure they are. I think as demigods, we tend to get suspicious of this like that, constantly being under-threat by monsters and the like.

I need to get back to the infirmary now and treat my patients. Write back soon and IM me at some point, Death Breath- doctor's orders. Hopefully I will see you in person soon, if Chiron says yes.
I miss you, and I love you.
-Will Solace.

I smile as I read it, looking like a weird person. He might be coming here? YES! I miss him and I want to see him so badly! I'm going to write back after school, but for now, I have classes to get to. Yay...

Finally, the end of the day came. Without waiting for my friends, I rush to the common room and start writing as I sit in the darkest corner there, as usual.
Hey Will,
Your letter arrived this morning! When I read the part about you coming, I sat there, smiling like an idiot. Chiron better say yes, otherwise, well, let's just say that he will regret it. Haha. I wouldn't really hurt our beloved centaur ;-). I would just make Piper charmspeak him into saying yes.

Anyway, school is good. It's interesting, learning all about magic and stuff. I think you would like it here. I would like it more if you came.

Yeah, you got the name right- it's Seamus. I think we can trust them, at least they promised they would not tell anyone else. They actually took it quite well. I was expecting them to ask us to prove it, but they kinda just listened. Well, at first, the smart one, Hermione, who is a bit like Annabeth, didn't quite believe us, and was asking lots of questions, but that is expected. They haven't really been treating us differently- apart from the fact that they seem to have more respect for us now, after us explaining about the wars. I think that they were shocked at how much we've been through, but they've been through quite a bit, too.

I can't believe a camper managed to fall off the top of the climbing wall. Is the damage bad? I hope you aren't overworked by it- I don't need you getting stressed before coming here.

I'm gonna stop writing now. My hand hurts. Write back. I will IM you unless you IM me first, in which case my there would be no point.
I miss and love you too,
-Nico di Angelo,

I finish writing, fold up the parchment and put int in an envelope. On the front, I write;
Will Solace
Camp Half-Blood,
Long Island Sound,
I stand up and go to leave the common room, when Jason calls out to me.
"Hey, Nico! Where're you going?" He asks.
"Owlery, I wrote a letter for Will," I reply, holding up the letter.
"Aww!" Piper says. Her Aphrodite side is showing... I roll my eyes at her comment with a small smile.
"Yeah, yeah. See you guys later," I say, as I leave.

On the way there, I am stopped by a certain group of Slytherins. They're the ones Harry, Ron, Hermione, and in fact all of the friends we've made here, seem to hate.
"Where are you going, looser?" Asks the girl, who resembled a pug. I think they said that she is called Pansy.
"Owlery," I reply, looking away. She sees the letter in my hand so I cover 'Camp Half-Blood' with a finger.
"Who's Will Solace, then, idiot?" She asks rudely.
"Pansy... This isn't really your business," the blond one warns.
"Shut up, Draco! I'll do I want," she snaps. "Answer my question, Puny Gryffindor," she says.
"My boyfriend," I reply, plainly. I stare at her in the eyes with one of my death glares and she takes a step back.
"Oh, I bet you miss him, don't you, while he's in America? Huh?" She taunts.
"Whatever," I say, pushing past her and bumping into her, hard, hoping that it hurt.

I reach the owlery, and walk over to Skiá and tie the letter onto her foot. I give her a treat and say,
"Take this to Will Solace, Camp Half-Blood." She flies away and I make my way back to the Gryffindor Common Room.