Leico Valdangelo... The Beginning

Chapter 1

So, as I said in the intro... this takes place during House of Hades. So, Nico has just been rescued, Percy and Annabeth are in Tartarus, and... yeah. So... enjoy. Oh and I'm not going to say this every chapter so here it goes... disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN HEROES OF OLYMPUS!

Nico POV

I'm sitting on the Argo II's mast. I actually think that this ship is really impressive. It's quite a feat that this was created in such a short time.

I'm really supposed to be asleep, but... the only options are Percy's room, Annabeth's room, or the sickbay.

Percy's room... just no. It probably smells like the ocean... like Percy. It would just depress me even more and remind me of what I can never have.

Annabeth's room... I just feel like, well, she wouldn't like it messed up, especially by someone like me. She's such an OCD kind of freak like that, I'm not sure how Percy can stand her. Gods Nico, pull yourself together. I would probably end up destroying her room out of jealousy or something.

The sickbay... I AM NOT staying in the sickbay. I don't want to be treated like even more of a victim than I am already. I'm not going to be able to sleep anyway, no matter where I go.

Gods, the ourae just don't stop, do they? The ship is under attack... AGAIN. This is like the third time since we've begun crossing the mountains.

Boulders are flying everywhere. I'm the only one who can see, since I'm up so high. There's a boulder coming toward our starboard side. I call down to Leo at the controls, "Hard to port!"

The ship turns, the boulders still flying. I'm kind of scared for Hazel. She almost got her head taken off a moment ago.

Shit... That one is coming straight for the mast. The mast that I just so happen to be perched atop. CRACK.

I try to jump off at a good time so that it doesn't crush me. I take a hard landing on the deck. I'm okay, though.

Leo rights the ship, as Hazel yells out for me. It almost makes me smile to know that she cares for me so much. "I'm fine," I call to her as I kick the sail off of my legs.

Leo begins insulting the "stupid rock gods." He's so funny when he's mad. Wait... what? Where did that thought come from?

He goes on to say that masts don't grow on trees. I hide a wry smile as I say, "Masts are from trees."

"That's not the point," he says as he uses his Wiimote (Wii remote haha... see what I did there???) to get a cannon and shoot at the bastard mountain gods.

It's so clever and super Leoish that the ship's main controller is a video-game controller. Gods, what's wrong with me? I'm, like, fangirling over Leo. Blah. I don't even like him, let alone, you know what? Screw this thought.

After he hits them with a cannonball, Leo yells out a harsh laugh, "HA!" Well, he just pissed them off, apparently.

Boulders fly even faster, coming from every direction. "Get us out of here," I shout. I am honestly concerned for the ship and her crew right now.

Leo turns the ship around. When we finally get out of the mountains, I am able to relax and shake off my fall from the mast. Wow, he did that quickly.

I'm distracted as he and Hazel try to find an alternate route through the mountains. He has a look of concentration on his face that's to die for.

His eyebrows are scrunched together and he's biting on his bottom lip. It's really adorable. Hazel says my name, drawing me out of my... blah... I guess I was daydreaming about Leo Valdez.

Okay... so I think that I'm going to do each chapter as like half of a House of Hades chapter. I'm going to switch off from Nico to Leo to Nico to Leo... you get the picture. I'm doing this and my Blood of Olympus fanfic at the same times so... deal if this isn't updated as much as you'd like. Comment... vote... all that jazz.