I Swear On The River Styx

Anger ~ Leo

I walked out of the room and let my legs guide me to wherever they wanted me to go. I arrived at the lake, pondering wether to just sit down in the sand.

Sighing, I walked towards the lake. There was no other reason to stay, and even my small hope of Nico being the same was gone.

He was with Will.

Stupid will. Stupid perfect Will. He knows how to do medical stuff. He knows how to deal with people who forgot their lives. He knows how to do everything but Leo?

No one cares about Leo.

No one cares about stupid Leo. Stupid disappointing Leo. Why should they care about a disappointment that would end up screwing up everything like I screwed up my life.

I walked into the water and kept swimming further and further and further down. In this moment I was in so deep, it felt easier to just swim down.

The Hamilton's move uptown and learn to live with the unimaginable!

No. Not right now. This was no time for Hamilton. Alexander Hamilton. My name is Alexander Hamilton! And just you—wait. No like actually wait. No time to get off topic.

Stupid ADHD. Stupid me with stupid ADHD and stupid failures.

The oxygen was depleting in me and the cold made it hard to move. Black dots danced in my vision and I felt someone grab me and pull me to the surface.

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I coughed water out and looked up at a blurry Percy Jackson. He gave me an awkward smile.

"Why did you save me?" I asked with nothing but confusion.

"Your my friend, I think the rest of the seven might be evil, and I need your help," he said quickly.

I felt my eyes go wide, "what?"

So then Percy preceded to explain everything. Why the army of chaos was here in the first place was because of the seven—who were evil.

His theory was how they abandoned nico and basically forced him to run into chaos. And they needed to come overthrow Percy Jackson, who was catching on.

This was supposed to happen years ago, but it took so long to convince Percy and I wasn't convinced at all. Because of this, chaos pushed Nico towards Will and away from me.

Will was in on this and would meet up with us later to discuss this but right now there was other things the two of us needed to do.

Now all we needed to do was build a portal to chaos and talk to the all mighty being of the earth about why he was evil.

That was easier said than done.

It took a month of nothing but practice and prayer before I could get it working. Percy had only left my side to get food, and occasionally Will would pop in.

I could tell he felt awkward about me seeing him and Nico kiss, but I also knew he had enjoyed it. I mean, who wouldn't enjoy Nico Di Angelo kissing you?

That aside, it was finally ready. Me and Percy gave a nod to each other and walked through the portal.

The first thing I did when I made it to planet chaos was be thankful that we weren't stuck between space in time.

But then I looked at chaos. He looked pretty much like I expected. A fake smile plastered in his face as he sat on his throne of lies.

"Leo Valdez and Percy Jackson. Believe it or not, you were just the people I wanted to see," he gave a chuckle. "I did see that little show you pulled with Nico though, and let me tell you, it was hilarious,"

"What did you do with Nico? And why are the rest of the seven evil?" I asked, trying not to let my voice sound as scared as I was.

"Well it was simple, I implemented ideas and thoughts in his brain and made him go to the river Lethe. But of course his love was you was strong so I convinced him he loved will solace,"

"And the seven?" Percy asked.

"Easy, they were never good," chaos gave an evil laugh, "merely just actors I sent down there. So percabeth was never really real,"

"So you ruined everyone's lives? Why? For fun?"

"Precisely," chaos said, "oh, and by the way I could control Nicos thoughts easily. So no matter how hard you try, Nico and you will never be together,"

"Why are you doing this?" I asked.

Chaos waved his hand and a false version of me and Nico appeared in front of us. Nico looked grim, and I had tears in my eyes.

"Nico please. You promised," false me begged.

"I promised I would be back, not that I would stay. I'm sorry Leo,"

Nico shadow traveled away and False Me looked at his arm which still had 'I swear on the river Styx' on it.

"Some promise that was,"

I turned towards chaos, "that won't happen. Like it or not I'll get Nico back. The real Nico!"

"I forgot how childish mortals were. That is the real Nico. But I can't have you spoiling all my fun now can I? So off you go to torture, and I'll make sure Nico truly hates you,"