Meeting the Heroes Of Olympus

*XXXVIV* Ivy Jones

**DISCLAIMER**
Read " *XXXVII* Headcannon " before reading this. It is connected. If you don't want to, good for you. Then all you need to know is that Nico is a good singer, he likes to sing, and is obsessed with Wicked.

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Did that really just happen? Am I actually understood? This weird quirk I've tried to suppress or hide is a talent that could help me meet the wizard. If I make good. So I'll make good.
When I meet the wizard, once I prove my worth. When I meet the wizard what I've waited for since since birth. And with all his wizard wisdom, by my looks he won't be blinded. Do you think the wizard is dumb. Or like munchkins, so small-minded? No! He'll say to me "I see who you truly are, a girl on whom I can rely." And that's how will begin the wizard and I.

Once I'm with the wizard, my whole life change. Because once you're with the wizard, no one thinks you're strange. No father is not proud of you, no sister acts ashamed. And all of Oz has to love you or by the wizard you're proclaimed. And this gift or this curse that I have inside. Maybe at last I'll know why. When we are hand I am here and the wizard and I.

One day he'll say to me "Elphaba. Girl who is so superior. Shouldn't a girl who's so good inside have a matching exterior. And since folks here too and absurd degree seem fixated on your verdegre would it be all right by you decide if I degreenify you?"

"Well, Of course that's not important to me all right why not." I'll reply. Oh what a pair we'll be the wizard and I. Yes what a pair we will be the wizard and...

Unlimited. My future is unlimited. And I've just had a vision and was like prophecy. I know, it sounds truly crazy. True the vision's hazy. But, I swear, someday they'll be, A celebration throughout us that's all to do with me.

And I'll stand there and put the wizard, feeling things I have never felt. Although I'd never show it, i'd be so happy I could melt. And so it would be for the rest of my life and all I want nothing else till I die. Held in such high esteem. When people see me they will scream. For half of Oz's favorite team, The wizard and I.

There is a tap at my shoulder. I pull out one earbud. "We're at the stop, I." Nico says. I smile and tug at my necklace.

"Okay, sorry." We exit the train and I grab his arm so we wouldn't get separated. I blush. I know he likes guys but I can't help but like him. My mind goes back to when we first met.

{[Flashback]}
I sat down in a chair that no one was with. I listen to Wicked and vaguely hear something about partner acting.  Great. I pull out an earbud just as the teacher said "Jones, Iverna. Nicholas DiAngelo." I roll my eyes. Today is my first day of college at Oneonta and I was in my major of Preforming Arts.
I get up and look around when I feel a tap at my shoulder. "Are you Iverna?" I hear a voice. I turn and look at the man behind me. He has dark hair and obsidian eyes. He has the skin tone of an Italian but looks Greek. I quickly jump to conclusions, which I know is bad by I am also majoring in psychology, so it is practicing.
"Yeah, but you can call me Ivy. Nico, right?" I say.
He smiled at me. "Yeah, nice to meet you."
{[Flashback Over]}

I zone out as we sit in the cab to his apartment. He is in the phone with some one, I don't bother to think about who. Before I know it, we arrived at his apartment. I expect it to be dark and gloomy, kind of like Nico. Except, I see that it is sort of mellow and bright hat the same time. The blue on the walls is bright but dark depending on where you look at it from, the entryway has a drink cart that he made a key, wallet, and coat rack. I see a yellow key in the little dish when Nico puts down his black key. He puts his brown jacket next to a faded yellow one. He acts as if this is normal and should be expected. I am very confused at this point but let it go, because I trust Nico.
"Okay, Will doesn't know we are coming back so put your jacket down and we'll scare him okay?" He whispers. I nod, wondering who Will is. I don't have a jacket, because it's June, and Nico apparently isn't paying attention. I brush it off and grab hold of his arm when he motions to. The next thing I know, we are in his bedroom and I feel like I am going to vomit. "You did that quite successfully. Most people vomit the first time they shadow-travel."
"I can't imagine why." I say. The voices of the television switch off and I hear footsteps.
Nico pushes me into the closet and I see him back into the corner. The door opens and a boy with blonde hair and blue eyes walks in. He grabs a book from he bookshelf that was remarkably close to Nico. In fact, I didn't even see Nico. It's like he melted into the shadows. The man sits on the bed and begins to read. He soon groans and lays down, back to the bed.
"It's so boring without Nico here." I inwardly aw.
I catch a glimpse of Nico smiling. "Good thing I'm here then, huh Will?" He steps out of the corner and tackles Will in a hug. I smile.
"I missed you so much Nico."  I can't help but aw from the closet. Oops.
Nico smiles and pulls away from Will. "Will Solace, I would like to formally introduce you to your sister, Iverna Jones"
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