Percy Jackson One Shots

Nico at school

A/N I know, it's a lot of Nico and Solangelo. Deal with it.

Nico POV:

Ugggghhhh. Chiron is making me go to school. Oh well, I'm already here. It's just that the last time I went to school, it was with Bianca. Gods, I wish she was still here. Styx! Now I'm gonna cry.

Anyway, I'm making my way to homeroom right now. Just my luck I'm coming to school at the end of the first week. Late.

Finally I've found my classroom! The door is closed. Peeking through the door's window, I can see a bunch of students sitting at desks and a nice-looking teacher at the front of the room. Squeezing my Mythomagic figurine of Hades, that Bianca gave me, I push open the door and everyone turns to look at me.

"Hi. I'm pretty sure this is my class room." I say, uncomfortable with the attention.

The teacher smiled. "Hello. You're Nico di Angelo, right?" I nod my head. "I'm Ms. Quinn-Harley. You can take a seat anywhere you find is empty. Today everyone's brought in something for show-and-tell. If you didn't happen to bring anything, you can share about your summer, because this is a formative grade."

Should I or should I not tell the class about my summer. I'm pretty sure they'd be confused as to why I'd gone to a demigod camp and spent most of my time there with my boyfriend in the infirmary. But I didn't bring anything.

A lot of other kids went and showed lame stuff like a teddy bear or a football. I put my figurine on my desk at the back of the classroom. Before I knew it, Ms. QH was calling my name to share.

"Mr. di Angelo, would you please stand up and share?" I stood up, not wanting to get a bad grade, and started to introduce myself.

"Hi. I'm Nico di Angelo. I-" then some girl interrupted me, saying,

"You play Mythomagic too? How did you get that figurine? They're super rare! I've been looking for one for ages. Are you looking to sell-" I cut her off this time.

"I used to play Mythomagic all the time, but not anymore. My sister gave it to me. I'm aware and no." I say, answering all her questions.

"Aww! Come on! I'll pay a lot for it and if you don't play anymore, how come you keep it like it's your lifeline?" Stupid prying questions. I sit down, because I don't want to make myself look open to more questions.

She finally stopped talking, which relieved me. But the problem is, the class is so boring, I fall asleep. I don't sleep much, because of the dreams. Today is no different.

Dream:

I'm at the edge of the junkyard. I can just make out Percy, Zoë, and... Bianca. Bianca says something to them and then runs forward to something I can't see from my position.

"Bianca! No!" I shout. She can't hear me. Then Bianca runs out of my line of vision. Suddenly, there's a loud crash. The others run forward, but I can't. My feet are stuck to the ground. But I know.

Bianca is dead.

I wake with a jolt. Someone is touching me. A warm hand. I recognize it to be Will's. Apparently, he was in this class the whole time and I didn't even realize.

"Hey," he says. "You were talking in your sleep. It sounds like you had a nightmare.

"What?" I look up and see everyone looking at me. "There's nothing to see here. Continue you teaching and learning."

"I'm sitting here; so if you want to talk about your dream...." Will says, sitting in the empty seat next to me.

Although I won't admit it, I'm thankful Will decided to sit next to me.

A/N That was my terrible excuse for writing in present tense. I know. I did not do well with it.