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

Chapter Thirteen

The golden egg's clue is the book version not the movie version.

"He did what ?!" I exclaim. I can't believe this, after all of the horrible things he has said... he seems to have finally come to his senses.

"Come on Nico, don't make me say it a third time. He apologized." Harry says simply, like he is talking to a two year old.

"I know what you meant, I just didn't believe you at first... Anyways I still don't like him for calling me a freak." I say grumpily and cross my arms. Harry just rolls his eyes at me.

"Anyways, he even told me how to use the egg. I tried it, you have to go underwater and open it. Some kind of beautiful song plays. Ron, Hermione and I figured out most of it but one part still bugs me." he says, troubled. If it is anything like a prophecy, I should be able to decipher it. Oh wait! He just said that Ron helped him.

"Are you guys friends again? You and Ron, I mean." I ask hopefully, I am getting tired of them ignoring each other and of the constant awkward tension. "Yeah, we are. He came up to me a few days after the first challenge and told me that he figured I wouldn't risk my life for the stupid tournament on purpose. So I guess we are back to normal." Says Harry with a small smile.

"Thank the gods for that." I mutter. "Oh wait! I forgot all about the egg, damn ADHD! What was the song, I'm pretty good at deciphering codes and riddles so I might be able to help." I say and he shoots me a grateful look. He then starts to recite the song.

"Come seek us where our voices sound,

We cannot sing above the ground,

And while your searching ponder this;

We've taken what you'll sorely miss,

An hour long you'll have to look,

And to recover what we've took,

But past an hour, the prospect's black,

Too late, it's gone, it won't come back."

"Okay so to sum it up, you have an hour to look for something precious to you that something has taken from you. And if you don't get it in time, it will be gone forever. Cheerful." I muse. I then have a brilliant idea. "Harry, get Ron and Hermione and meet me in the common room after everyone else falls asleep tonight. I know how we can figure out exactly what the clue means." I say with a grin and he nods. I can tell that he is almost bursting with questions but he thankfully doesn't ask. I grin, this is going to be an interesting night.

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I sneak out of the boy's dormitory and down into the common room. The other three aren't here yet, good. I quickly use a spell to make a rainbow and throw in a drachma. "Oh Iris, goddess of the rainbow, accept my offering and show me Annabeth Chase at camp half blood!" I say and immediately the misty screen starts to change. Suddenly a blond girl is visible, none other than Annabeth Chase, architect of Olympus, head counsellor of the Athena cabin and heroine of Olympus.

"Annabeth!" I exclaim excitedly. It's so good to see a familiar face for once!

"Nico? I can't believe it! Are you okay? Where are you? How is the quest going?" She gushes and I quickly interrupt.

"No time for that Annabeth. Listen right now I am pretending to be an exchange student from America at this magic school. My friend Harry has a sort of prophecy and we can't decipher the whole thing. It's around midnight here so I assume its evening back at camp. Call a meeting in the big house immediately and then IM me back. Tell Chiron its urgent." With that I swipe my hand through and cut the connection. Just then Hermione comes down. And Harry and Ron come soon after.