Solangelo Oneshots

Mortal! Will

There he goes, Will thought as the boy passed his family's apartment. He passed everyday, and everyday Will wondered about him. Why was he so short and angry? Why did he have so many scars? Why did he have a taser strapped to his side? Why did he seem to disappear when he stepped into shadows? Maybe because his clothes were so dark that he blended in. Will wasn't sure. But he was sure that he wanted to know more about that boy.

The next time the boy walked by, Will ran out to say hi.
"Hi! I'm Will Solace. Who are you?"
The boy looked uncomfortable. "I'm Nico Di Angelo."
"What's up?" Will asked.
"Um... what?"
"What's going on in your life, Nico. What's your favorite pastime? How's the family?"
"Why do you want to know about my family? Why are you talking to me?"
"I saw you from my window and you looked cool."
"That's creepy." Nico's hand hovered over his taser.
"Agh! Please don't taser me!"
"Taser you?"
"Tase? Taserify? I don't know, man. I just don't like being hurt."
"Dude, I'm not going to hurt you. I need to go. Don't follow me." Then he walked off.

The idea to follow Nico wouldn't have occurred to Will had Nico not mentioned it. But Nico did mention it, and so that's what Will did. He followed Nico through twisted alleys and behind buildings until they got to behind an abandoned building. He took out a spray bottle and a coin. He sprayed the water in the air. A rainbow formed. He tossed the coin in and spoke. "Annabeth Chase, Camp Half Blood."

Then, and Will could barely believe this, an image formed in the mist. There was a girl of about seventeen standing there. She looked like she had been waiting for the message.
"Nico, why didn't you call sooner? Jason was worried."
"Some mortal stopped me to talk. Also, he called my sword a taser. That was annoying. What did you want to talk about?"
"Have you seen any monsters around?"
"No."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm pretty sure."
"Good. I'll tell Chiron that— wait. What's that behind you?"

Nico turned around right as Will ducked behind a crate. "I don't see anything. I'll go check to make sure. Tell Jason, Hazel, and Reyna hello."
"Jason's still kinda mad that you didn't stay after the war with Gaea. But yeah, I'll tell him you said hi. And I'll tell Hazel and Reyna next time I see them."
"Typical Jason. Bye."
"Bye."

Nico walked toward where Will was hiding, but Will had already left.

As soon as Will got to his home, he called one of his closest friends.
"Lou Ellen, I need to talk."
"Will, what's wrong? You sound like you've just been through some tough shit."
"Very eloquent. I'm fine. I just.... I just need to talk."

"So, you know the cute emo kid I talked about? I followed him today."
"That's creepy, William."
"I know, I know. I didn't realize that when I was doing it. So anyway, I followed him to this creepy abandoned building. He took out a spray bottle and made a rainbow in the light coming from a broken window. Then he spoke to it and a girl appeared in the rainbow."
"Are you high?"
"No. Stop always asking me that. The girl said something about monsters and someone named Gaea and someone named Jason. Then he said that someone called his sword a taser. But the thing is, it was a taser until he said that. But after, when I looked at it, I saw a creepy black sword."

Lou Ellen nodded. "This sounds like the game Mythomagic. Greek gods and monsters like Gaea and the centaur."
"That's crazy, Lou."
"Crazier than seeing a girl in a rainbow?"

Will considered this for a moment. "You're probably right. It's just.... hard to believe."
"You should ask him about it. Maybe he's a god."

"Yo!" Will called out his window at Nico. Nico stopped. He looked up and waved.
Will ran outside where Nico was standing.
"I need to ask you something. Are you a god?" Will asked.
Nico looked very panicked. "What? There are no gods here. The only Lord I believe in is our lord and savior, Jesus Christ. I'm in the Jesus religion. Amen."
"Uh huh. Why do you have a sword?"
"I don't have a sword."
"Yeah, it's right there." Will pointed to Nico's sword.

Nico snapped his fingers. "It's a taser."
"Just admit that you're a god!"
"I'm not a god, idiot. Now let me pass you, I have places to be."

Will stepped back and Nico walked away. This time, Will didn't follow him. But on that day, Will vowed to himself that he would get to the bottom of this.

Who was Nico Di Angelo?

AN//I want to do a part two but I have no idea how I would do it lol