The Hanging Tree

When I woke up, I realized my ankle was chained to a wall with a thick heavy iron chain. I looked around, completely confused. "You're in Hades's dungeon," said a voice in Greek. I turned and say an old satyr chained to the floor feet away from me. "Oh. How many of us are here?" I responded back in Greek.

"I've lost count. What an honor this is, daughter of Hades," he snarled. I shifted back. These people thought I was like my father. "I'm different," I say, and stand. I begin singing in Greek.

Are you 

Are you?

Coming to the tree

They strung up a man

They say who murdered three

Strange things did happen here

No stranger would it be

If we met

At midnight under the hanging tree

Are you 

Are you?

Coming to the tree

Where dead men called out

For his love to flee

Strange things did happen here 

No stranger would it be

If we met 

At midnight under the hanging tree

Are you

Are you?

Coming to the tree

Where I told you to run

So we'd both be free

Strange things did happen here no stranger would it be

If we met

 At midnight under the hanging tree

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I was terribly cold. Yeah it might be the underworld but it is freezing. I thought I would die of exposure when Ukyo came in. "Cold much sister?" he teased and kicked my side. I didn't wince. I wouldn't give him a show. He snarled. He made me stand and chained my hands. "Father has plans for you," he said and roughly pulled me out.

When we arrived in father's living room, Ukyo gruffly pushed me and I stumbled. I shakily stood. Father stood before me with mother at his side. "You have choice," he simply says. "Kill the boy, or kill the boy." I growled. "What's he to you? What he ever do to you? Why do you want him dead?" I questioned.

(A/N: I wanted to come up with a logical explanation of why Shu's parents don't appear in the anime sooo here it comes! My fellow Percy Jackson fans will get it. If not ask in the comments and I will clarify.) 

"He is a threat to me. Even he doesn't know why, and neither do you," he says. "What is it?" I demand.

"There is a prophecy that a son of Aphrodite and Ares will defeat me and be given rule to the underworld by the gods and will marry you," he says and points at me. "Eros? He's an airhead! I'd never marry him!" I scoff. "It isn't him," he states.

 Suddenly, it all makes sense. 

"No," I whisper. He nods. "It your little boyfriend Shu," he says in triumph. "B-but then why has he demonstrated any magical abilities?" I stall. My father chuckles. "It all fits together. His bravery. His will to stay with you. His determination before the gods and Aphrodite's kindness to him. All that is left know is for him to come scurrying to you and then, Ukyo can kill him," he says.

Then his smile turns dangerous. "Or better yet. You'll kill him," he says. He snaps his fingers and Ukyo calls a fury. It scratches Randi's arm and she immediately knows her father's intentions.

The mind poison. If a fury scratches a person under Hades's command, the person will do whatever Hades wants. No matter how crazy or impossible.

She tried to fight the poison, but it was too powerful.

Ukyo's POV

I watched my sister's eyes turn red and fade back to brown. She rose and bowed to my father's feet. The mind poison worked. "What is your command?" she said. "Kill the son of Aphrodite and Ares, then yourself," he said coldly. She rose and engulfed herself in flames. 

And was gone.

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I was walking down the lakes edge by Camp Halfblood. I felt watched, but shook off the feeling. Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain in my arm. I turned to see blood and Randi standing on the side. "Randi! What the hell?" I begin but she lashes out at me. "Don't come near me son of Ares and Aphrodite! Hades had charged me with your death and I will not fail him!" she says.

I suddenly notice three scratch marks on her arm. I know who to call. "Annabeth!" I yell. She suddenly pops out of nowhere. She notices Randi. "Oh hey Randi," she starts, but I hold her back. "I don't know what has gotten into her. She called me son of Ares and Aphrodite, and said Hades told her to kill me," Shu rapidly explained.

Annabeth suddenly deflected a hit from Randi and sent her flying. "There are three scratch marks on her arm. Maybe that caused this," he suggests. Randi jumps to her feet, her eyes dangerous. "Shu listen to me. You have more power than you can imagine. I'll get you an opening and you have to touch those marks. Got it?" Annabeth explains.

"I'll spare you the trouble!" he says and moves in. "Spryzen go!" he says and launches the bey. It spins around Randi. "Shu! Say 'reflection'!" Annabeth calls. "Alright. Spryzen, reflection!" Shu calls and multiple copies of Shu appear. Randi doesn't know which is and which isn't the real Shu. She just began attacking all of them. When she came near him, Shu's hand flew and touched her marks.

She bent over in pain, and a dark mist left rose from her in the shape of a humanoid being with bat wings. Randi's eyes suddenly flew open and she tackled Shu. Before Shu could protest, she had her lips pressed to his. When she pulled back, Shu was beet red. "What's the matter? Miss me?" she taunts. Shu laughs and hugs her, to which she hugs back. 

"Shu please tell me I didn't hurt anyone while under the mind poison," is all Randi asks.

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Alright! I'm sorry this took long so sorry! And I wanted to tell you all that from May 24 to June 10, I won't update as much because of my trip to my homeland (Not Greece! lol). So yeah there is almost zero wifi there to yeah. Anywho hope you like this chappy and as long as my readies are happy so am I. You guys are what push this story forward to yeah.

I don't know I was feeling kind of poetic and now that I read this I don't even know what I was talking about. LOL!

I out! (Disappears)





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