Changing Colors

Chapter 2

"Di Immortals! What was that?" Annabeth said as she came over to where Jason sat stunned after what had just happened.

Jason had no words though; he was just as lost as the others so all he could do was shake his head to let them know that he was just as clueless about it as them.

Percy and Piper had arrived with Annabeth just in time to see Nico's clothes change color before he dashed off into the shadows. They had all called out to him to get him to stop but he was already gone.

They left everything at the table and split up to go look around camp to try and find their friend not realizing that someone had already beaten them to it.

...

From across the dinning pavilion the Iris and Hecate cabins had witnessed what their little charm had done and they all felt bad for unintentionally embarrassing the son of Hades in front of whole camp causing him to do something dangerous like shadow travel away, and judging by how fast Will Solace took off running towards the infirmary it was probably bad.

...

"Nico NO!" Will called out but it had been too late, Nico had already dived into the shadows and vanished.

Without a second though Will jumped up and ran as fast as he could towards the infirmary to get what he would need to help Nico if the effects of shadow traveling lasted. There was no time to waste so he had to hurry.

Will didn't know what he would do if Nico faded because he saw no other option but to run away in his moment of confusion, but he couldn't let himself dwell on those thoughts right now, he just needed to focus on finding the ingredients that Coach Hedge had taught him for the nature magic that worked best for Nico.

He rushed around trying to get everything together but he was missing just one thing, Unicorn draught and he was about to start panicking but then he remembered that there was some in a store room on the second floor of the Big House so he took off running to get it as soon as he could.

They didn't even know where Nico was or what condition he was in, if he was about to fade or-

Will drew up short as he entered the store room and saw Nico leaning against the wall by the window with sunlight falling on him.

Will snapped out of his shock at finding him there and rushed over to check what sort of state he was in, after finding that he was mostly solid except for the tips of his fingers and that he was only sleeping due to the energy drain the jump must have caused Will let out a sigh of relief.

Will pulled out the Coach's cure and went and grabbed a small bottle of Unicorn draught and brought them back to where Nico lay and set to work healing the son of Hades.

...

When Nico woke up he blinked open his eyes for a second before they blew wide upon realizing that he wasn't alone in the room and his clothes flashed from lime green to ice blue to teal and finally to true blue upon seeing who was sitting next to him.

Will Solace sat next to Nico and leaned against the cabinet next to him, his head resting on it. Nico noticed that the healer seemed worn out and for a brief instant his clothes flashed yellow-green but then took on a more golden yellow tone when he realized that Will had been holding his hand.

Nico shook that thought away, Will had probably just been checking to see if the darkness was going to cause him to fade and for a second Nico's clothes flashed a dull grey with his disappointment.

Nico jumped a bit when Will stirred and woke up.

Will turned and smiled at Nico when he realized that he was awake and well and Nico felt his cheeks heat up a bit and his clothes turned a faint violet upon seeing that smile. If Will noticed he didn't say anything about either.