Forgotten (a solangelo story)

Chapter XVII

I awake to angry campers at the door of my cabin. I walk over to the door where I see people crowding around me, there anger obvious in there voices and there body language.

"Why did you do that Nico! You son of a bitch!" They screamed at me, along with other words and phrases.

"You lied to us! We've all got our memories back! You traitor! Get out of the camp!" Will screams at me, his face red with tears flooding down his face, his mouth twitching with anger as he looks at the person he thinks played with his trust. "I haven't lied to anyone, not once."

"Nico, there's no reason to lie anymore," Chiron sighs, looking behind him to see the angry mob of demigods, "let's go and have some tea, then you can explain yourself."

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I sat down, thinking how I'm going to look innocent to all these people who think I've lied to them, Chiron hands me my tea, as he does, Will bursts through the door, looking flustered from what I'm guessing was his run to here. "Will what are you doing here?" Chiron asked
"I've got to hear him out, I want to know his excuse, if he did really lie to us and, and just everything. I want to know exactly what's going on so I can decide for myself how I feel." Will sits down before either of us can intervene. "Nico, why are you here, and have you really lied to us this whole time." They both stare at me with anticipated eyes, I shake my head and look down at the floor, fearing that when I look into their eyes, I will see hatred and abandonment, I don't want my family to hate me. I shake my head once more, "I haven't lied to you let alone done anything that would make you hate me I think." I look up again to see Will shaking his head. "you lied about everything Nico, there's no way you could have been on all those adventures, and why in the world would Hecate take it out on you, out of everyone here!?"
He shakes his head again whilst he sighs and paces down the room, Chiron takes another sip of his tea. "I'm the only with any sort of ties to hades whatsoever, I can't do anything about that, She believes that causing me pain will also cause my dad pain, but I doubt it would."

Chiron turns his attention to me again, "all of us can remember so vividly, how you destroyed the camp and left without a word, how you're not Hades child, but the son of ares. How can you even prove that what we believe is wrong if the goddess Hecate is confusing us with magic."

"I'm at a disadvantage obviously, but I'm definitely not a child of ares and I definitely didn't destroy the camp. Plus if I was a son of ares, how would I even be able to raise the dead? Bet you've never seen that before." Chiron mumbles something before turning to Will. "What do you think?" They both look over at me, making me feel rather uncomfortable. "Either way," Chiron began, "we can't exactly turn him away especially if he is telling the truth."
"But what if he's lying, what would happen then? Everyone already thinks he's guilty and it's going to be very difficult to even speak to the mob of demigods out there without things start going south." Will put his head in his hands and takes a long breath. "Nico let me just say this," He looks me in the eyes, "my memories of you, whether they were given by Hecate or not, they're not so good. I'm supposed to hate you but you tell me that we're lovers. To be honest, the Nico I remember probably wouldn't say something like that. I'm not by any means saying that I trust you, in fact I don't think anyone can trust you for the time being. But I think it's probably for the best to keep you in camp, obviously away from the others." Chiron nods his head in silent agreement.
"So where would I be staying, I can't stay in the Hades cabin anymore and I'm definitely not staying in the ares cabin." I say, thinking about all the fights that would break out if I just made eye contact with anyone. "You could stay in the infirmary, though that might be quite boring for you, it's up to Will"