Percy and Nico Undercover at Hogwarts

Chapter Fourteen

Percy's POV

When I woke up, I was in the hospital wing. My whole torso and most of my arms were covered in bandages.

I tried sitting up, but someone stopped me.

"No, dear, don't sit up," a women in old fashion nursing clothes said to me.

"Who are you?" I asked and she chuckled.

"I'm Madam Promfrey."

"How long have I been out?" I asked as I rubbed my eyes to get the sleep out of them.

"Four days."

"What?" I asked and she nodded.

"Yes, now I'm going to get Professor Dumbledore and Professor Apollo. You stay right there and do not sit up," she said sternly.

After a minute, I saw something move in the corner of my eye and I turned my head.

"Hey Percy," Nico said and stepped out of the shadow. "How are you?"

"I'm fine," I told him and he chuckled.

"Perce, don't lie to me," he said with a concerned expression and I sighed.

"I feel like complete shit," I said honestly and he nodded.

"You should, I mean, you fought a dragon. I don't think I've ever even seen a real dragon that big before because Clarrise fought a drakon and Fetus was a mechanical dragon."

"I've never seen one either."

"Fun fact," Nico said, changing the subject, "When you open the egg, it lets out an ear-killing scream. Oh, and you started an earthquake the other day. The castle wasn't affected, but by the time everyone had gotten out of the stands, they crashed."

"Are you serious?" I asked and he nodded. "Do people know that it was me?"

"No," he said as he shook his head. "Dumbledore lied and said that it was just the other dragons getting into a fight, and the dragon people agreed with him."

"Huh," I mumbled and thought for a second. "So I got third place?"

"Yeah, Cedric got fourth and everyone else tied for fifth."

"What do you think the next challenge is?"

"I don't know, but I bet it has to do with that screaming egg."

Nico and I heard voices in the hallway.

"I'll be back in an hour," he said and then faded into the shadows.

"Percy," Apollo greeted me as he walked in with Dumbledore. "How's my favorite student doing?"

"To be honest," I said, "I feel like shit."

"That was a pretty amazing earthquake you stirred up there," he told me with his infamous smile.

"Yeah, Nico was just here and he told me about it. You blamed it on the other dragons?" I asked as I looked at Dumbledore who just chuckled.

"People will believe anything that I say."

"Do you two know how much longer I have to be stuck in here?" I asked and Apollo shrugged.

"Just until dinner time," he said and he crouched down by me and rested his hands on my chest and some of the pain went away. "How was that?"

"A lot better," I told him and he nodded.

"You should be healed completely in a week. You're still going to have a scar, but it should be more faded than the rest. You know, I can heal those if you want me to."

I shook my head. "No, each one holds a memory that I don't want to lose. There's only one thing I want you to heal," I told him and his smile faltered.

"Percy, there's a lot that my ability's can do. I can heal any bone and patch any wound, but what you need is something that I can't help you with. You just need to find someone who can do that job for me, because I can't heal a broken heart."