WARNING: nightmares, swearing
Hazel P.O.V
I was staying at CHB for a visit. I shared the hades cabin with my brother.
Nico woke me up in the middle of the night, screaming.
My first reaction would have been to ask why he screamed me out of my bed at this time of the night, but then I realized that he wasn't awake like me.
He was sweating, shaking and turning in his bed.
He had a nightmare, but not a nightmare like other demigods had, but an obviously scary one.
He was the Ghost King. You aren't able to scare him easily. It must be something really terrifying he was dreaming about - something like Tartarus.
I rushed over to him and shook him. "Nico, wake up, please, Nico!"
He screamed even louder so I hold him in a hug, trying to calm him down.
He shouted something in Italian, which I didn't understood. "Nico, holy Hades, Nico, wake up!" He tried to fight me off, screamed and cried, then he seemed to wake up.
"Get away from me! Get the fuck away!"
"Nico ..." he wasn't himself, though he had woken up.
Suddenly, the door swung open and there was Percy. He looked at me, at Nico and back at me.
"What happened?"
"He had a nightmare. And I can't ... I can't ... "
Percy laid a hand on Nico's shoulder and said: "Hey, Nico, this isn't Tartarus! It's real me and real Hazel! You're okay, you're in camp." Nico didn't believe him though. He screamed and fought off Percy's hand, then moved to the wall and curled up in a ball. (A/N: Hey, that rimed! I'm a real child of Apollo! Okay, read on.)
He obviously started to panic if he hadn't already done so.
"Percy, get someone, please! Anyone who can calm him down!", I said, despairing.
He nodded in respond and ran away.
I sat down at the edge of Nico's bed and tried to comfort him, but he was only screaming and crying.
Then Percy came back. Behind him ran a very worried Will in the cabin.
He sat down next to me and whispered: "Death Boy, hey, listen, okay? It's alright. You aren't in Tartarus anymore."
"Get fucking away, get away from me, get away!", he cried.
"Hey, Nico, it's me. Will. Do you recognize me? Nico?"
"Will?"
"Yes, I'm here for you." He pulled my brother to his chest. "It's all okay now. You are here in Camp Half-Blood with Hazel and Percy and me. It's alright, Death Boy."
"It's alright", he repeated. "You're right. Everything is okay, isn't it?" He sounded more like he was trying to convince himself than actually believing it. He buried his head in Wills pijamas and slowly stopped sobbing. After a while, Percy wished us a good night and went back to his own cabin.
"Thanks, Will", I stated.
"Anytime." He looked down at Nico, who - how I realized - was asleep, and gave him a kiss on the forehead before putting him under his blankets. "Good night, love", he whispered and left.
