Death and Shadows

Ch.4 Pasts and Stars

A/N. A little confession, I haven't written in a while. Like, written a full story in like over two years. It feels good and a little nerve wracking to be getting back into it. So sort of another reason why I'm relying on my old writing to get me back into it. I'm also writing this on Quotev as well, so if you'd rather read it there than on Wattpad or read it on both sites, then you can find it with the same title under my profile there: Anawesome13. This is a way longer chapter compared the the previous ones, so strap in. Hope you guys enjoy the chapter! -Anna

~Nico's POV~

"Nico. Hey. Nico, wake up already."

I jolted straight up from where I was sitting. Opening my eyes, I saw Lia standing before me with her backpack over her shoulders.

She huffed. "Finally. You're awake. You sleep like a rock, kid."

I rubbed my eyes and looked around at the warehouse. Everything was packed up and light was peaking through the warehouse. I realized that there was a blanket loosely covering my body. Lia must have been the one who did that last night.

"What's going on?" I asked.

Lia tossed me my sword. I must have left it on the ground last night after we finished training.

"We gotta get moving. Don't want a hoard of monsters after us," Lia said.

I just nodded, untangling myself from the blanket and stuffed it into Lia's bag. How she fit all that stuff in there, I don't know. We left the warehouse and walked onto the New York streets among the other pedestrians. It was late in the afternoon so there were plenty of people on the sidewalks and roads for us to blend into.

"So, where are we going exactly?" I asked.

Lia shrugged and handed me a protein bar. "I don't know."

I raised an eyebrow. "So you have no idea where we're headed to?"

"Nope. Not really. All I know is that we'll settle down somewhere far away from that warehouse."

I didn't respond and we walked on. It was silent between the two of us as we walked through the city, with the only sounds being car horns, the sound of traffic, and cluttered conversations all around us. All we did was make sure there were no monsters coming toward us, and that we were still by each other's side. Strangely, no monsters attacked. I only saw a few dracaenas and some Cyclopes at the edge of the crowds, but they never attacked.

I looked at Lia who had her eyes focused on the path ahead, and I saw she had this dark aura, I guess you could say, surrounding her. It must be why the monsters hadn't attacked yet. Though, that could change very quickly if some bold monsters decided to take a chance at us. They were afraid of her. To be honest, I was a little, too. Traveling with the daughter of death was scary enough, but I didn't know anything about her.

"Who are you?" I blurted out.

Lia stopped walking suddenly and I almost bumped into her.

Lia looked at me in confusion. "What?"

"Who are you?" I repeated.

"What do you mean? I'm Lia. Don't tell me you've forgotten who I am already, have you?"

"That's the thing. I don't know anything about you besides your name and godly parent. I think I should know who I'm stuck traveling with for who knows how long."