(Edit, 6/11/18)

Red.

Everything I saw was red.

Pain.

All I felt was the pain.

Then there was the relief.

And then I couldn't breathe.

The walls were suffocating.

I needed air.

No way out.

Then it repeated.

The jar fell down the dark pit. Shards of glass dug into my skin as I screamed.

Everything was blurry, but I could see the jar shattered around me. I stood up and started trudging through Tartarus once again. Fight. Drink the fire. Repeat.

Over and over I continued the journey through the literal hell.

Then it changed. I felt a searing heat in my eyes, and something holding me down. I started screaming in Italian for help.

Then I woke up.

Above me, stood the people I sensed yesterday, the man with the magic eye, the werewolf Remus, and who I could only assume was Severus.

But they were behind two other people, twins I guessed. They both were identical and had flaming red hair, and both looked equally worried, staring at me. No... scratch that, they all had worried expressions on their faces, even the man with the magic eye, who was quite cold yesterday.

They caught me sleeping, didn't they... no wonder they looked so worried.

Wait... My blindness is gone! well, that's weird... but good. No one was talking, so I shifted self-consciously.

I decided to break the silence, but the twins beat me to it.

"What was that mate?" "Are you ok?" They helped me sit up, and I realized I was covered in my own blood. again. The injuries from my nightmares always stayed, that's why I had Will.

When I sleep with Will, he has a weird healing magic that activates when he sleeps, so when I sleep with him, he automatically wakes up if I slip into a nightmare or flashback, so he wakes me up to the best of his ability.

I sighed and tried to move the blankets off of me, and looked at the full extent of my new injuries.

I heard a sharp intake of breath from everyone, and I looked around. Everyone was staring at my blood-soaked clothes.

I now got to see what I didn't yesterday. Remus had a pale demeanor and had light brown hair, that looked like it was greying, even though he didn't look that old yet, maybe he was stressed?

Severus had slicked back black hair and had a sarcastic look to him, but I could see the sadness he carried in his eyes. He was slightly handsome in a way, but not my type.

The other man had a rugged face, covered in scars, and a chunk of his nose was gone. He had dark grey, grizzled hair, and what looked like a wooden Empousai leg. His magical eye swirled around in the socket, and couldn't seem to stay in one spot.

Then I realized they were staring at me, awaiting my response.

I snapped out of my trance as Remus spoke up. "Why will nothing work on you? I tried using a spell to heal you, but all it did was make this weird noise, and bounce off of you..." He trailed off and looked me in the eye.

I ignored his question and started digging through my pockets to find my ambrosia and nectar, but I found my pockets empty, all of my things were gone.

I looked up at them. "Where are my things?" I asked it with a bit of edge. "if you eat anything in there you could die." I tried to stand up but was pushed back by the twins. They remind me of the Stolls almost...

"And why exactly is that?" A new voice rang out from the hallway. A boy about my age stood in the doorway. He had red hair, and freckles, much like the twins in front of me. It's no question that they are siblings.

His eyes widened as he finally took in what he was looking at and he let out a noise like a cat being stepped on. "Blimey mate! Where'd you get all those cuts?!" He walked in and saw all the people surrounding me.

"That's what we are trying to find out. He fell on the dining table out of the roof yesterday, and claimed he didn't know where he is." The man with the mag-

...I should probably ask their names.

I cleared my throat and they all looked over at me. "Excuse me, but can I know your names? I don't want to just keep calling you thing like 'Magic eye guy', no offense."

Remus looked over at Severus, and they seemed to have a silent conversation, they both stared at me. "First we need to know your name, then we will introduce ourselves."

I sighed. What if they heard of me before? If they recognize me? But I guess Information for Information...

"My name is Nico. Nico Di Angelo." I looked at their faces for recognition but got none. Thank the gods they don't know who I am...

They then started their introductions.

The man with the magic eye started first. "My name is Alastor Moody, just call me Moody." His magic eye swiveled towards me, then zeroed in on my skull ring. He narrowed his eye, and then looked away.

The twins looked at each other. "I'm Fred." "And I'm George." They grinned weakly, eyes still swiveling towards my bleeding cuts." Their brother came closer eyes still on me. "Ron," He said finally.

Then Remus and Severus introduced themselves. I was still lying down, so I forced myself to sit up. "Can I have my things back now? I have things that can heal me."

Severus nodded and went to get my things. He came back a few moments later with my baggie of ambrosia, my canteen of nectar, and my red travel rose, given to me by my stepmother Persephone. He handed me the things, and I immediately opened the baggie of ambrosia. I popped the ambrosia in my mouth and closed my eyes. I tasted the cake Will made the night he proposed to me... The best night ever...

I felt my wounds start to close, and then seal, and my foot to pop back into place. I must have broken it in the fall again... I need to get back to camp before tonight so this doesn't happen again... Also, I miss Will.

I rolled my shoulders and looked up at them. All of them had a different expression. Severus looked interested in how the ambrosia healed me, Remus looked like he wanted a piece, Moody looked suspicious, and finally, the twins and Ron looked just plain confused.

"Nico, what is that? You can't be a muggle, are you a wizard?" Now I was the one who was confused. "Muggle?... Wizard? What are you talking about?..."

Did they say wizard? Am I not hearing things? I mean... it sort of makes sense. they kept saying things like 'spells' and 'wand'. And I'm pretty sure they said their spells wouldn't work on me. Are these 'wizards' followers of Hestia? And what are 'muggles?' do they mean mortal?

Remus cleared his throat and looked at me suspiciously. "Well now that you seem better, go clean yourself up in the washroom, it's the door down the hall to the right."

I nodded, and headed to the bathroom to clean up, and maybe wash my clothes too. I stepped inside. It was a small bathroom, with a shower, a toilet, and a sink. It had a cabinet, with lots of different colored towels. I pulled out a red one, and then got undressed, and showered.

After getting out, I looked behind me, seeing the remnants of my blood swirling down the drain. I dried myself off and then saw my clothes gone, and replaced with a white short-sleeved shirt, and black pants.

I put on the clothes reluctantly and looked at myself in the mirror. The pants were fine, but the white shirt was sort of see-through, and I could see all of my many scars. Whether from fighting monsters or my nightmares, none of my scars looked very good. So I peeked out and saw Severus leaning on the wall next to the door. He looked over to me questioningly.

"Can I have a shirt that isn't so see-through?" I asked, I probably seemed weird asking, but I didn't want them to be even more suspicious if they saw my scars. And I didn't know how they would take it.

Severus nodded, and then left, and came back with my skull shirt, now freshly laundered. Probably from their magic or whatever. I thanked him and put on my shirt. it covered my arms, and my neck, preventing anyone from seeing my skin. Only my hands and face were shown. My hands... They had quite a few scars; one was right across my palm, and a few across my knuckles. I had one on my jawbone, contrasting with my pale ivory skin.

I nodded at my reflection and left the bathroom. Severus took my arm, leading me to the kitchen, where I landed when I first arrived. I assume that's where they have their meetings, so I could only assume that's where they were going to interrogate me.

Let's have some fun with these 'wizards'.

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I like this fanfic so far... what do you think? I'm defiantly having fun, but can anyone give me ideas for questions to ask Nico? and who is asking them? I'm aiming to add Hermione the next chapter, after they interrogate Neeks.

I hope you enjoyed reading, and stay cool peoples!!