Bianca

Percy helped me limp back to camp.

I hadn't been there since I went on my... death quest, but I was eager to see Nico again.

That little moment where he had shadow traveled to where I was wasn't enough time to even say a proper hello.

As we cleared out of the woods, I saw Nico standing there leaning for support on a boy with shaggy blonde hair and blue eyes. (Bruh I just spent five minutes tryin to remember how Will looks)

"Bianca!" He exclaimed.

He tried to walk toward me, failing because he was injured.

Percy helped me limp toward him. I wrapped him in a big hug.

I pulled away and studied him. He looked different than when I last saw him. He had grown taller and less scrawny, and I would never tell him this, but a little scary. He didn't look anything like the twelve year old boy I knew before I died.

It made me a little sad to think I had missed so much of his life, but I couldn't dwell on that now. I had some bad news to tell them.

Of course, I shouldn't have hit them with bad news as soon as I arrived, but this was important.

"Guys," I started. "I have some bad news, about Kronos..." And I started to explain what I had seen.

***

I had been walking through Manhattan, trying to find my way to camp half-blood, when it happened.

I took a wrong turn and found myself in an empty alley. I was about to turn back, when I suddenly started to feel very dizzy.

I found myself hovering over Hades' throne room in the underworld.

"So, have you thought about it? Time is running up." I heard a raspy voice say.

Hades went still. "I already told you. I don't accept deals from you."

I heard the voice sigh. "Very well, I'll have a chat with you, but first, the boy leaves."

I didn't know what boy he was talking about. I scanned the room for any other human there, but there were none. Then, just as he disappeared, I caught a faint glimpse of  a boy with messy black hair.

"Now, where were we? Oh yes, you have seven more days to accept my deal. The choice is yours, but think about it. Think about the shame the other gods would bring upon you if they learned you failed your job.

"Just help me gain access to Olympus, and all that dead that escaped will be back. I can freeze all of time. Give you all the time you need to find those runaway souls. All you have to do is help me."

"I already told you, father. I don't listen to you." Hades said. "Begone from here."

It took time for those words to sink in. Father? But Hades' father was...Kronos. As far as anyone knew, Kronos had been defeated.

As these thoughts sunk in, I found myself drifting back to reality...

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