Changing Colors

Chapter 3

Well Will had been right about people being worried, when they had found their friends they had been a mix of relieved and furious, Nico didn't need a spell to see that clearly.

When they had first seen that Nico had been found, Percy and Jason rushed over and crushed him in a tight hug and then proceeded to yell at him though they let up a bit when they noticed that his clothes had started to change to brown and black and grey.

They had agreed to go to the infirmary for the sake of privacy and to make sure that Nico wasn't pushing himself. Once there Will had Nico go lay down on one of the beds while he explained to the others how he had found Nico upstairs.

"When he jumped into the shadows I hurried here to get the cure that Coach Hedge had told me about but when I realized that I was missing part of it I went up to the store room to find it and that's where I found him."

Nico lay curled up on the bed and breathed steadily after dozing off, lingering effects of his short jump it seemed were still there Will could tell, he had seen Nico's clothes flash light blue before he laid down and not long after that he had been asleep.

"I'm not sure if it was supposed to be a prank or what but I have a feeling I know who the culprits are, and I already assured Nico that it wasn't a curse."

At that Percy and Jason both seemed like a weight had been lifted from them and Piper and Annabeth watched Nico as he slept, every now and then his clothes would change briefly.

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Annabeth turned back to Will.

"Well I'm sure that he's going to be okay here so I guess we'll just leave you to watch over him for us." she smiled at Will, she had noted how the colors seemed to shift more when Will was talking or closer to Nico so she had a feeling she knew what was happening. "Come on Seaweed Brian, we should let him be for now. Until he's better why don't you guys come help Piper and I with sword training?" she grasped Percy's hand and pulled him towards the door and Piper did the same with Jason, before leaving the room though Piper looked back at Nico and Will in turn and smiled before leaving.

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A couple of hours later Nico woke up looking more refreshed, Will caught the glimpse of violet before Nico managed to gain control over his emotions and his clothes returned to normal again. Will bit back a smile of amusement before he spoke. "So I take it that you're feeling better now?"

Nico nodded as he stretched after sitting up on the edge of the bed. "I know it was stupid so you don't have to remind me again, but since it was just a small jump it didn't take as much out of me."

Will was glad that Nico understood why he had been upset with him before, at least the son of Hades knew he had messed up, but all in all Will was just so thankful that he was safe. "Well that's good, no need for a continuation of the usual lecture then." he smiled at Nico to let him know that he wasn't upset anymore, just relieved.

Nico returned the smile, a mix of colors showing faintly as he seemed to fight down the effects of the spell, but Will had seen small amounts of light pink, violet, gold and true blue. He still didn't know what all of them meant but he could just tell that they were positive emotions and for that he was glad because it meant that Nico was happy despite how little he let others see, he wasn't devoid of those emotions.

"Now if only we had an idea as to why this whole mess was happening." Nico said.

"Oh I think we can help you with that."

Both Nico and Will turned towards the door to see Lou Ellen and Butch standing in the doorway of the infirmary room, and standing just behind them were some campers from the Iris and Hecate cabins.