Little story about my bae Neeks (because I love him more than I love my own life)
IDK where this story is gonna go but oh well.
Cover art by Viria BECAUSE SHE IS MY JESUS
You were special. Even by demigod standards. You were the only daughter of Nyx. That's right. The goddess of night and shadows. OH BOY. (-_-)
This just happened to mean that you shared a lot of similar traits with Nico Di Angelo. Minus the... uh... Nico-ness. You could shadow travel, control darkness, etc. Unfortunately, you couldn't raise the dead quite like he could, but shadow warriors worked too. However, you had a few powers that Nico didn't have. Shadow bending was one. (Think of it like Shikamaru's). You could morph your shadow into shapes, and if your shadow touched someone else's, you could take control of their body. You could also store items in a sort of dark locker, so you could reach into a shadow and pull out whatever you had previously stored in there.
Another interesting thing about you, was your weapon. Your father was a blacksmith, so when he sent you off to camp when you turned 13, he made you a special pair of curved trench knives, made purely of stygian iron. Upon making it to camp, you trained daily with these knives until you could wield them with nearly the flawlessness of Ares himself. Unfortunately, as a result of your constant training with said trench knives, they were the only weapons you could use. Gods forbid you forget them in an important situation, and all that you have is a sword. You'll die.
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(Like this but made of stygian iron.)
Nyx was... an interesting Mom. Because she had only one demigod child, she came to visit you rather often. About once a month or so. Nyx had long, black hair, and dark eyes to match. Her pale, porcelain skin contrasted greatly with the mass of dark robes she wore draped across her shoulders. She was caring, and kind (but only to you, she came off as quite cold to most others) and she was really into motherly bonding and such. She frequently took you for leisurely walks through the underworld, and you met lots of your godly siblings. The one you liked particularly, was Thanatos. He was usually pretty busy claiming souls and such, but when you first met, he immediately accepted you into the family, and he was actually a really funny guy. A perfect older brother, really.
ANYWAY
You were training in the arena with the one and only, Will Solace. He was using a sword, so needless to say, he sucked. BAD. Will was like you, good with one weapon. His bow. Obviously. So there you were, creaming him, when you glimpsed Nico, lurking in the shadows, intently watching your battle.
"Yo. Whatchu starin' at?" You asked, dodging a clumsy swing of Will's sword. You swiftly turned and stepped behind the blonde, throwing your elbow at his back. His knees hit the floor and he surrendered.
"Aahh... I give up." Will said, clearly defeated.
"Come on, what am I supposed to do with all this energy?" You questioned rhetorically. The truth was, that you could have sparred for hours, but apparently Will wasn't going to last that long.
