Ch 11- S'mores and Snowballs- a Solangelo fanfic

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CH 11 Nico Nico panted as he ran to the field, seeing Will already there. He had been running around the lake as he often did to clear his head; he especially loved doing it in the winter because of the cool, fresh air. However, he had lost track of time and didn’t realize how long had gone by until he was almost late. “I'm here!’ said Nico once he reached Will, trying to catch his breath. “Finally, I almost thought you got eaten by the harpies or something last night. We did cut it pretty close to curfew,” Will said, noticing him. Nico leaned up and pressed a quick kiss on Will’s cheek. “Don’t worry, I would never leave you hanging.” Will rolled his eyes, but couldn’t suppress his grin. “You are exhausting, Nico.” “Said the boy dating me by choice.” “Shut up.” “Alright, everyone!” Kayla yelled, quieting all conversations. “Welcome to the annual _____ (insert wat ever year you imagine the timeline as T-T) Camp Half-Blood snowball fight! You all know the rules, but just to recap, no killing, no permanent damage to others, alliances are allowed, but teams of one or two- although I don't think we have had any singles in 5 years, and none have ever won-, you are out when you are stuck under in snow, magically trapped, or taken to the infirmary. Last team with at least one person standing wins!” There was a loud cheer from the campers as they anticipated the battle that would send half of them to the infirmiry. In your positions! 3!" Will turned to Nico. “There's a spot in the corner of the field.” “2!” “Follow me there. Then we can't get attacked from the back.” “1!” “Also, please don’t break your bones or pass out. Or die.” “GO!” There was the sudden rush of dozens of teens shouting to each other and sprinting to the open field of snow, which would be their battlefield. Almost immediately, Will ran through the stampede, weaving through opponents with apparent ease, while Nico followed him as best as he could. They reached the corner, and Will quickly got to work, melting snow so they could have a base with walls immediately. As Nico gave him a moment to do this, he looked around at the chaos. There were very few demigods actually seeking out conflict right now; most of them were trying to build their base. Nico smiled as he saw Connor and Travis building their base as far away from Nico and Will as possible. Obviously, they had gotten the “tip” about Cerbeuos. Nico dodged as an ice snowball the size of a basketball barrelled toward him. He looked for the source and spotted two Ares girls loading up their launcher again, this time, thankfully, not pointed at him anymore. “Nico!” called Will, “I finished the melting!” Nico smiled and hopped down into the small area Will had cleared away. “Nice job! Let's add some to the walls now. Our plan was to wait out the beginning safely, and try to beat the last few, right?” “Yeah, I think that's what we decided. Come on, there aren’t too many people around us right now. I think they are mostly focusing on Percy.” Nico looked to the other side of the field, and sure enough, Percy had conjured up a spiral of watery slush, plowing through teams and leaving them soaked in snow. Hopefully, he would tire out soon. Nico ran out and started fashioning the walls, piling snow alongside Will, getting hit with some snowballs along the way, and one or two smoke bomb ice capsules, which were annoying and almost certainly made by the Hermes kids. He looked around and saw that even in the chaos, there were still so many teams left. This was only getting started.