Nico Does Italian (A Percy Jackson One-Shot)

Nico Does Italian

It was just a normal day at Camp Half-Blood. I mean what wouldn't be normal about a magical summer camp for demigods? In all honesty though, there was something a bit different about today...

"I can't get her to stop crying! Piper can you charm speak her or something?!"

"Charm speak can only work if the person knows what you're saying and I don't know what language she's speaking."

That morning one of the Satyrs had found a young demigod wandering the streets of Manhattan so they brought them back to camp. This was a fairly normal occurrence. Usually Chiron would figure out whose child they were then put them in the correct Cabin. Only this time there was a slight issue... she was speaking a language that no one understood. Chiron and Mr. D were on Mt. Olympus so she was given to next best 'responsible' people. The Seven of course!

"Leo she doesn't like it when you catch on fire so stop it!"

"I can't help it! It happens when I get nervous!"

"Percy I don't think she appreciates you pouring water on her."

"It was an accident! Jason bumped into me!"

"Did not!"

"Did to!"

Needless to say they weren't doing that great. They were all sitting at a picnic table as the girl cried on Annabeth's lap. They had tried everything they could to get her to stop crying, but none of it worked. She couldn't understand what they were saying and they couldn't understand her. They were really at a standstill until Chiron got back. But that could be days...

"What are you all doing?"

They looked up and saw Nico walking up to them. Percy sighed, "Hey Nico. One of Grover's friends found this kid earlier but none of us know what she's saying."

The girl screamed something and Nico looked over at Annabeth "Annabeth I don't think she likes you playing with her hair like that."

"What?" Annabeth looked at her hand and saw that she had accidently tied her hair into a knot. "Oh I'm sorry."

This calmed the girl a bit but she was still crying. She said something else and Nico rolled his eyes. "You all are hopeless." He walked over to the table "Give her here." Annabeth was skeptical but they really didn't have any other options. Nico sat down at the table and put her on his lap. "Valdez do you have any gauze in that stupid belt of yours?"

"It's not stupid!" Nico glared at him and he gulped "Um here you go Mr. Lord of Death sir! Please don't eat me..."

Nico rolled his eyes as Leo handed him the gauze. "Idiota... (Idiot...)"

"What was that?" Nico ignored Leo as the girl looked up in surprise.

Nico shook his head "Did you guys not even check to see if she was injured?"

"What do you...?" Hazel's question was answered when Nico lifted up the girl's sleeve and there was blood dripping from an open wound.

Nico gently wrapped the gauze around her arm. She sniffed a bit. "Grazie... (Thank you...)"

Everyone was shocked to see Nico actually smile down at the girl. "Prego. (You're Welcome.)" Did Nico actually understand what she was saying?!

When Nico had tied off the bandage she looked up at him "Come ti chiami? (What's your name?)"

"Mi chiamo Nico. (My name is Nico)" Nico pointed to the rest of the seven "Quella è Annabeth, è davvero intelligente. Poi c'è Piper, Jason, Frank, mia sorella Hazel, Leo e Percy. Percy e Leo possono essere piuttosto stupidi a volte. (That's Annabeth, she's really smart. Then there's Piper, Jason, Frank, my sister Hazel, Leo, and Percy. Percy and Leo can be pretty stupid at times.)"