Nico Di Angelo and the Goblet of Fire •Book one of the Two Dark Lords series•

Chapter Three

Mr. and Mrs. Weasley had reacted quite normally to my new pet hellhound. I was expecting a "Oh my God! What is that?!" Or at least a scream, but I guess being wizards that it hadn't been the strangest thing they'd ever seen...
Not that I mind, I'm awfully tired of people fearing me. On the bright side, I'm leaving for Hogwarts in two days! The only problem is I don't know how I should make my grand entrance, I mean come on... No matter how much I keep to myself at camp if I get a chance to look super badass then I'm going to take it! Pretty much anyone would. And then it hits me, it's nothing grand but to anyone who doesn't know of my abilities, it will look super cool and it won't give away my identity. What's something I do everyday? Shadow travel.

I was told that there is a great hall where everyone eats so when all three of the schools have arrived and everyone starts to sit down to listen to Dumbledore's speech I'll pop in, literally. It doesn't seem like it will be the most amazing and breath taking way to arrive, but hey! Add a few... or many more shadows to the appearance. Maybe darken the room a bit and lower the temperature, use a spell to shine up my sword and the ruby eyes on my skull ring a bit more and there you have it. Dramatic entrance is a go!

Yep, I can live with that! I guess I better get some sleep, no matter how many dreams come I have to try and enjoy the rest I can get. And so the dreams come...

I am standing on a huge rock in the sea. The water threatens to overcome me and I flinch back. Maybe a kilometre away, I can see a massive rocky cliff, with a dark crack in the stone that creates an entrance. My vision seems to zoom in, leading me through the darkness and focussing on some kind of a bowl. Dark water fills it but before I can reach out to touch it, my location changes.
The next parts of my dream are all short and confusing as hell. A bloody diary laying on a stone floor, a shiny stone falling to the ground, a snake slithering down a wide set of ruined stairs. I do not understand any of these things, except for the fact that they mean something, probably something to do with my mission.

When I wake up it's already 11:23 and I curse in Greek a few times as I change and rush down the stairs. I look around the house but neither Molly or Arthur are present. Eventually though, I find a plate of toast, eggs and bacon and a note on the table. I pick the note up and read it a few times to make sure I don't miss anything.

Arthur has work at the ministry and I have a few errands to run, so I let you sleep in! You look like you need more sleep! Anyways I should be back at around three, dear. Your breakfast should be on the table and I left you some soup in the fridge that you can warm up for lunch. Feel free to do whatever you want!
~ Molly

Most of my day is spent playing my guitar. Will taught me, being the expert he is, he thinks it is a good skill to have and I don't disagree. I have been playing for eight months now and apparently I'm a natural, Apollo may have blessed me as well but that was after I became good at guitar! Everyone at camp thinks I have an amazing voice too, I've even led some of the camp fire songs with Will lately.

Will wanted me to learn happy and easy songs but the only one I let him teach me is "You are my sunshine" because being the cheesy guy he is, he says it will remind me of him when we are separated. My boyfriend is a doofus.

So once again I sit on the porch and begin to play. Most people would suspect that I'm only into Green day but they are wrong...

To be honest, I like Coldplay, Imagine dragons and Matchbox20 better! Besides that one happy song Will taught me, the only songs I have learned were written by the talented musicians I have just mentioned. Literally, that's it.

The gentle breeze ruffles through my hair and cools me down, it feels glorious! My body finally starts to relax and my fingers strum the guitar, the first chord echoing around the property. I play through every song I know: A sky full of stars, Yellow, In my place and The Scientist from Coldplay. From Imagine Dragons I play Gold, Bleeding out, Radioactive, Demons and Nothing left to say. Finally: how far we've come and unwell by Matchbox20.

After a while of playing, I look at my watch to see that I have been out here for a whole hour! So I finish off with, coincidentally, the only other song I know.

"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.

You make me happy when skies are grey.

You never know dear, how much I love you.

Please don't take my sunshine away."

I finish singing and instantly realize how much my fingers ache. They hurt like Hades! I'm just about to go inside when I hear a voice, just beside me.

"Aww... I love you to, Neeks!" My boyfriend's voice says and I gasp, jumping back. "Will!" I yell and he grins.

"How do you know where I am?!" I exclaim and his grin grows even wider if possible. When he speaks, his eyes twinkle and his voice almost sings out. In general Will Solace is beautiful, well at least to me.

"I ah, talked to your dad. He wasn't happy about it but I guess my half an hour rant in front of Hades worked." He smirks proudly and I can't help but smile widely at him.

"He would only tell me to IM the burrow and that you will be gone the day after tomorrow. So I guess I can only IM you for a few days, huh?" Will asks and I nod, then we both frown.

It's hard, finally getting a break and being in a serious relationship and then having to go far away with your boyfriend not knowing where you are. I think I know exactly how Percy felt when Hera took him. Except for the fact that Will knew I was going on a quest and got to say good bye, and I didn't lose my memory. Well... yet, anything can happen in the life of a demigod. You should know this!

"Will, I'm not supposed to tell you this but I'm not going to be able to stand knowing that you are worrying about me. So I'll tell you that this quest is fairly safe, I'll have a safe place to stay for most of it. And I'll IM you if I get the chance. I'll be back sometime in June. So don't worry a ton, okay?" I ask and he smiles, a bit more reassured now.

"Okay. I'll miss you Nico, I love you." He smiles at me.

"I love you too, Will... I love you too."

Chapter Three book talk-

What other bands do you think Nico would listen to?

What bands would Will and the seven listen to?

How will Nico and Will handle being so far away from each other?