Percy and Nico Undercover at Hogwarts

Chapter Eighteen

Percy's POV

I prayed to the gods, asking for a dreamless sleep, but I had no such luck. The game of Truth or Dare triggered something in my mind, and I knew I was going to have nightmares when I went to bed.

I tried to stay awake to prevent them, but the events of today tired me out more than I realized.

Soon, I was asleep.

The seven of us were standing by the Doors of Death, trying to figure out a way to close them without one of us getting trapped on the other side forever.

"I'll do it," Nico said, but I shook my head.

"That's not happening," I told him. I had just lost the love of my life, I wasn't losing him too.

While we were all arguing about how I should close them, and people telling me no, Frank was suddenly holding the Doors, about to close them from the inside.

"Frank don't!" I yelled, but he ignored me.

"My stick was almost gone anyways," he said and we were all quiet as we watched him. "I love you Hazel," he said, and with that, he slammed the Doors shut.

"Frank!"

The dream changed.

It was the final battle, and things we looking pretty good. There were only two giants left and the monsters were retreating.

Well, things we're going well until I heard, "Piper!"

I turned just in time to see Jason shove Piper out of the way on the giants sword.

But he got hit instead.

I know his death was quick, because no one could survive what happened to him.

No one could survive getting cut in half.

"Jason," Piper yelled and I ran towards her as she ran towards him. I grabbed her and pulled her away from the fight. "Percy, let me go!" she screamed as she started banging on my chest, but I refused to let her go. I knew that she was to distracted by Jason's body and she would end up getting herself killed too.

I felt her sobbing and I had tears in my eyes too. "Nico!" I yelled and the younger boy ran over, "Shadow travel back to the ship. Take Piper."

Nico grabbed the sobbing girl and went to the nearest shadow, disappearing and taking the broken hearted girl to safety.

The dream changed again.

Leo, Nico, Hazel, Piper and I were on the ship, flying back to Camp when Nico started to scream.

"No, Dad, please! She's your daughter! Leave her!"

Everyone ran towards onto the deck and crowded down by Hazel who was laying on the ground, fading.

"Nico, we both knew this wasn't going to last," Hazel said and Nico was sobbing, hugging her.

"But you the only family I have left. I love you."

"And I love you.Goodbye brother."

Then she faded away completely and Nico fell to the ground, sobbing.

Piper was crying, and Leo was holding her, calming her down as he cried himself.

"Nico," I said as I sat down by him.

"Go away," he cried but I ignored him.

I pulled him off of the ground and into my lap, and he kept crying. He clung to my shirt and his head was tucked into my neck, and he sobbed.

We sat there for hours as I comforted him.

The dream changed again, but this time, it was pitch black, and I heard a voice.

It was Aphrodite.

"I told you I was going to make your love life complicated."

Nico's POV

I wasn't able to sleep that night because I was to afraid of having nightmares, and as soon as Percy feel asleep, I knew that he was going to have them.

I sat on my bed and started playing cards, trying to keep myself awake. After about an hour, I heard Percy start to wine.

I got out of my bed and walked over to him.

"Percy, wake up," I told him. "Percy, you need to wake up," I said softly as I shook his shoulder, but he didn't move.

I sat on the edge on his bed, brushing the hair out of his eyes and off of her forehead, trying to calm him down, and it seemed to be working.

I wiped his tears off his face as they fell and I kept telling him that it was okay.

After about an hour, he sat up and gasped. Tears were pour down his face and he let out a sob.

"It's okay," I told him as I rubbed his back and he pulled me into a hug. "What was it about?"

"Frank, Jason, Hazel. Them dying."

I hugged him tightly. "You know that they're all okay and happy now, right?" he nodded. "Then you know that you don't need to cry."

"Dreams suck," he muttered into my shoulder and I chuckled and nodded.

"I know."

"Do you get nightmares?"

"Yeah."

"I can't even imagine what yours are about. You went through the Tartarus alone." I nodded. "How often do you get them?"

"Almost every night," I told him honestly.

He pulled back from the hug and looked at me. "Why didn't you ever tell me?"

"Because you have enough on your mind. You don't need to be bothered by me."

"Neeks, you can never bother me," he said and pulled me back into a hug.

Eventually, we laid down. My head was on Percy's chest and his arms were wrapped around me.

"Good night," he whispered.

"Good night, Percy," I whispered back.

And for the first time in a long time, I had no dreams while I slept.