Nico and WIll were shocked to say the least when they saw how they were to go to Diagon Alley. Shadow travel or by pegasus was standard for them, but fireplaces? That was a new it was actually a pleasant way of travelling. Much better than apparating.

The first step was to go to Gringotts bank, which all were surprised with the vast amount of money Nico and Will's fathers had left them in the bank. As well as the amount of weaponry. There were swords, spears, machetes, daggers, celestial bronze knuckles and everything in between.

"What's with all the muggle weapons?" Ron asked incredulously.

"Me and Will are well-versed in muggle weaponry." Nico explained, grabbing a random sword and swinging it around.

Mrs. Weasely looked uneasy seeing this young man wielding a blade. And Will made Nico put it down to make her feel better. And they finished grabbing the money they would need for everything they'd need to buy.

Nico and Will were also discussing something quietly to themselves which the three Gryffindors were curious about but didn't ask. The three also saw them quietly flirting, they could only tell they were doing so because of Nico's blush.

"Guess Nico gets embarrassed easily." Ron said smirking at the young demigods discomfort of his boyfriend's suddenly fell over as a tendril of shadows tripped him. It appeared that Nico had heard him.

Will noticed the shadow tendril and smacked Nico and berated him on using his powers after he told him not to for a while. Nico apologized and made a joke about a doctor and the conversation went away from the berating it originally was. They smiled at each other as they kept talking and Will stole a quick kiss from Nico when Mrs. Weasely wasn't looking.

"I think they're cute," Hermione said mostly to herself but Harry and Ron heard it and thankfully for her Nico did not. Only one person was allowed to associate him with the word cute, and it was the one currently doing so quietly into Nico's ear.

They made there way to the wand shop Ollivander's and walked in. An older man awaited them behind the counter and he looked surprised seeing Nico and Will.

"My, my," Ollivander the wand maker said smiling, "It's been a long time since I've seen your kind here."

"Americans you mean?" Will said looking at him like don't say anything about us.

Ollivander seemed to understand the situation seeing the other wizards with them and Nico and Will's looks as he simply smiled and simply said, "Of course, after all there are plenty of good wand locations there."

As he looked up and down at Nico and Will and came around the desk much quicker than his old age would have suggested using a tape measure on them measuring random parts of their bodies, like arms, legs, fingers, and nose. Ollivander then moved back to the back of the shop and came back with several boxes of wands.

"Try this," He handed Will a wand and Will swished it, and things shattered all around him.

"No no." Ollivander quickly took it back and gave him a new one.

This same pattern happened for a few more wands before Will took one and rays of light poured in through the windows miraculously fixing the damage Will had already done. Ollivander nodded, and smiled happily. "Alder wood, bendy, 10.8 inches, core of dittany stalk. A rare wand core type, perfectly suitable to healing magic."

Ollivander winked at Will like he knew something everyone but Nico didn't know. Will nodded along to Ollivander's explanation and looking to his wand with curiosity in his eyes, wondering how easy it actually would be to heal the wounds made by monsters with magic. Ollivander turned to Nico and began to give him wands to try that resulted in the same damages to the shop as Will's wand trying had.

That was until they got to one last wand, much like Will's wand something huge happened with Nico's final wand. Shadows encroached on everybody in the shop feeling like a physical weight on them as the air's temperature lowered drastically, everyone but Nico's breath starting to show. Just as quickly as it came the feeling went away for everyone.

"Pine wood, bendy, 11.7 inches, core of lethifold tooth, only useable by wizards with near-death experiences." Ollivander said looking at Nico inquisitively.

Nico looked at his wand almost like he didn't want it anymore. Of course he would get a wand that has some connection to death. Nico didn't notice but Will did that the other four people with them looked at Nico oddly like they couldn't believe what Ollivander had said about near-death experiences.

Nico and Will paid for their wands as the group stayed in silence thinking on the two demigods wands, as they were odd wands. The cores were very rare for wizards. The only talking that was done was between Nico and Will and Ron, Hermione and Harry knew it wasn't anything serious, as Nico's face was red and they were smiling, meaning they were probably flirting.

As they moved to go into the bookstore Nico and Will bumped into someone as they were moving out of the way of some other new person they had bumped into was one Harry and his friends new well. His platinum blonde hair anyone could have seen from a mile away if they knew it. It was Draco Malfoy.

"Move out of my way you," Draco said looking at Nico and Will showing a disgusted face at being touched by the two of them, Draco's face soured more when he saw Harry and the rest of his trio.

"Leave them alone Malfoy." Harry said stepping up next to Nico and Will, even if Harry wouldn't necessarily say they were his friends now he still wouldn't let Malfoy bully them before they even got to school.

"Got some new Half-blood friends, i see Potter?" Draco said assuming Nico and Will only had one muggle parent based on their odd clothing.

What Draco didn't know was that Nico and Will were Half-bloods, just not the type he was thinking of. And the two immediately went into a defensive mode as they thought he was onto them.

"They're Americans and they aren't Half-bloods," Harry said more trying to get him to back off of them even if he didn't know what their blood line was, but him saying this also put the two demigods at ease. Because it meant there was another form of Half-blood in the wizarding world.

"Americans?" Malfoy said sounding more disgusted by that then he was about them being anything like Half-bloods. "That's even worse, there filfthy country and stupid education is worse than anything even Hogwarts could do."

Will and Nico decided to step in then, not for anything like protecting the wizarding schools in America, afterall they'd never been, but to stand up for there home. Nico placed his hand on Draco and he seemed to exude a dark pressure on Draco that he felt in his very bones but no one else could.

"What did you say about my home?" Nico asked his voice calm, he may not have been a born American but after a few years and time spent with Will he has come to love the place and call it his home. Mostly the places he's taken Will to for dates, but still.

Draco had lost all of the color in his face. The power he was feeling from the slightly shorter boy felt like the weight of the sky was being put on his shoulders. He composed himself slightly turned up his nose at Nico and Will and turned away from the two leaving without another word. Though as he left he tripped and fell on his face, a similar shadow tendril as to what tripped Ron had tripped Draco as well. And unlike when Nico had done so with Ron, Will did not chastise Nico and looked satisfied.

"Let's get our books, me and Nico are gonna need ancient greek books though." "Will said still smiling and taking hold of Nico's hand. Will knew that while Nico preferred Italy over America he did enjoy America more now, mostly for the fact that Will was in America. But Will was glad Nico had stood up for his own homeland.

The other three student wizards all nodded a little dumbfounded. They'd never really seen someone make Draco so afraid that he didn't even dignify them with a snide remark. Knowing now more than before this year was definitely going to be an interesting one.