To Bbi112233

You wanted this one-shot, you got it!

To everyone who's reading this, I assume that you also have been having trouble with your demigod powers. Well, I know, because having powers might be cool but they can be so out of control sometimes.

Oh, who I am? My name is Nico di Angelo, son of Hades. And I have the power of Hades.

What is that?

Well basically zombies, skeletons and the shadows, really.

When I first learned of these powers, it was actually amazing, but something, because I don't want to go into any personal details, happened that didn't really make me so excited about them.

Really, just because you have the power does not mean you are strong with it. I have personally experienced it when my ghost mentor honed my skills with me.

I guess the first step you need when mastering your power is a mentor. They don't necessarily have to be a ghost.

Anyway, one of the very few powers I have the most trouble with is shadow travel.

It's the ability to travel to the shadows. Sounds cool, right?

If you actually go to your destination, then yes. If not, you have long ways to go.

Don't worry. I also have long ways to go too...

***

"You ready?" Minos asked, and I, Nico, nodded.

"Just close your eyes and feel the shadows coursing through you and bringing you to your destination," Minos said. And I nodded, hearing that how many times now.

Without wasting anymore time, I just did it.

It was a funny sensation. All I see was blackness and feel blackness, before it spat me out

Smack.

Straight to a wall.

"Ouch!" I shouted.

I looked around. I had no idea where I am until I saw the locals who were minding their own business before I approached one of them.

When they spoke a different language, I knew that I was not in America anymore.

It was soon after that I realised that I was in China. The dumplings and mooncakes were delicious too, so worth a trip even accidental.

But I had no idea that this wouldn't be my last trip to China...

***

Yeah, actually, apparently the shadows love China and love face planting me to the Great Wall, so if you are a child of Hades and can shadow travel, be warned. This would definitely happen to you.

And before you knew it, as you enjoy your occasional mooncake and dumpling, you find out that the reason the shadows love China is because apparently, there are too many myths and adventures running around there.

And if I didn't know any better, the shadows love to give me adventures with a hint of trouble.

And FYI, these adventure are not recorded by time. Just listing out the weirder or more fun ones.

***

It was a long time after my first shadow travel but that doesn't mean I don't go with the occasional accidental trip.

"Ouch!"

When you hit something during your travel, and it's familiar, you have landed in China.

Because apparently, whenever I go to China, the shadows love to spit me out smack to the Great Wall. Seriously, I'm surprised there are no Nico-shaped holes there yet.

Anyway...

I was really going home on a mission, back to Dr. Annoying aka Will, but...

Shadow travel can really screw people up.

And even more so when somehow you landed yourself in a beast's wedding that I will later find out was the Lochness Monster and Yeti. Don't ask. I was at the Great Wall, and dazed, because I was hit too hard and found myself there.

Apparently, China was a good place for such beasts.

I had to rub my eyes and make sure I wasn't hallucinating.

'What in Hera of unholy matrimony is this?!'

Because the monsters at the front were wearing a bridal gown and other a groom outfit.

They were also frantic but when they looked at me, the one in the groom outfit said, "You will do."

And before I knew it, I was officiating a wedding between two monsters, "We are gathered here today..."

Mostly I'm mostly good at funerals, not weddings, but at least how you officiate it is almost the same. It's the difference between an eulogy and matrimony. I had to pray to Hera instead of Hades.

Thank Gods, they were satisfied, and thanked me and said they won't eat me or something like that.

Thanks, I guess.

Some monsters can be strange, I guess.

But the day was far over, when the Lochness suddenly had contractions on the spot and was going to labor, where the Yeti again frantic dragged me to help with this.

Thanks to Dr. Annoying, I had bare medical knowledge and actually did it.

I have never seen such hybrids, and really, I don't want to remember.

Because when I can finally go home, I was in a LONG therapy with Will.

***

That was the worst shadow travel mishap ever. Most of them came from China. That place really is a bed of adventures and shadows, or something... But it wasn't necessarily all bad...

There were some good ones where I faced a dragon and was hailed as a hero, but after many trips there, I got plenty of complaints from the spirits of the Great Wall saying why do I have to smack myself there? I'm literally cracking the wall. Hades, please... if I could choose, I would be rather spit out to somewhere softer than the Great Wall, but no...!

So, child of Hades, be warned. When training your powers, you might run into unexpected situations such as the one above, but I reccomend you to keep an open mind and learn how to delete anything obscene out of your mind immediately. Just hope wherever the shadows spit you out, probably out of mischief, that the place has good food and not a Great Wall. I wish you luck.