Bianca di Angelo & The Olympians

Starting A War (For Peace)

Annabeth POV

Death.

It coated the walls of the fortress where Hades was. Engravings of people dying. Even the 

modern depictions, such as an atomic bomb and famine with African-american people, all looked etched in hundreds, if not thousands of years ago.

"Prophecies." Nico said from behind me, "For all we know we could be on here." I glared at him, oh yes, it probably is your father standing over us, with our luck.

We went through the bronze gates into, "The Garden of Persephone. Don't eat anything." I said, particularly to Grover as he seemed drawn to a nice pomegranate.

There were Greek marble columns creating an entrance-way onto the entrance hall. The throne room had no roof; just the cavern far above (I could barely see it due to the torchlight being less prominent than modern day lighting.) Two skeletons with RPG's stood guard.

"You know..." Grover bleated, "I bet Hades doesn't have problems with door-to-door salesmen." I internally nodded, laughing being an impossibility where we were. I saw Percy shrug the backpack up on his shoulders again, and I noticed it looked a lot more bulgy than usual.

Whatever was in there could wait.

"I guess we should... Knock?" I nodded my assent; my throat was too dry to speak. But before he could do anything, the door flew open on their own, putting us right in front of The Lord of The Dead (fist still awkwardly raised at our attempt to knock).

Hades sat on his throne made from the bones of mortals (Demigods too probably, seeing as he hated them.), in black robes with a golden circlet on his head. He had albino skin, and jet black hair down around his neck, just above his shoulders. His demeanour radiated power, telling me kneel or die.

"You are brave to come here, Son of Pos-" whatever he was about to say died in his throat as he saw who was with us. "Bianca? Nico?" He asked, in shock. "How..."

"We came here at your- er- dream calling." Nico said.

Hades looked puzzled. "But why are you with these other," the god looked at our trio, "Godlings?"

"Well they brought us out from that Hotel." If I didn't know better, I would say Bianca seemed to be emitting coldness. "And you sent a dream to Nico, telling him to come here. Don't back out now." Even if it was her father; on the path she was taking, she would be hit by a stalactite before she finished her speech.

For some reason, I didn't want that.

"I mean-" Hades said with an odd look on his face, "-I'm glad your here but, I never sent you a dream calling."

Nico looked shocked. "Who else would want to call us here?" he asked, mostly to himself. "If anything, the voice seemed dark and scary, I figured it was you. But I guess it was similar to tat pit..." Hades looked as if the idea of a pit really set him off, but Percy didn't let that train of thought continue.

"We came in peace, Uncle." Not the time for joking Percy. I kicked him in the shin (old habit).

"In peace?" Hades let out a cruel laugh, and the temperature in the room dropped even more, "Is that what you were planning on when you stole my Helm? Oh," he said in a falsetto voice, "I'm going to start a war between the gods, for peace?"

"Your Helm?" I asked in a daze. "Your Helm... it's gone?"

"Stolen, by this sea spawn." another laugh, "You really thought I was that ignorant? You come here now, fall to your knees, beg me to free your mother."

"They don't have it, father." Nico said from behind me, "We would've known."

"They want war. So they find you, and threaten your lives for that boy's mother. I've seen war. This is how the game is played."

Percy shook his head, "But wouldn't war be good for you? More dead, stronger army?"

The siblings gaped at him, "He doesn't control the dead, he watches over them. If anything, it would be an inconvenience."

"See!" Hades had a proud smile on his face, "My daughter gets it! The expenses to expand are astronomical! Charon has been pestering me for a pay raise for centuries! It's awful." he moaned.

"Besides," the god continued, "You can't act as if you don't have The Master Bolt in your bag there!"

Percy looked puzzled, as was I, as he opened his bag. His eyes widened. Lo and behold, he pulled out the very thing we had come here for.

"How..."

"My children, step aside." Hades said, obviously going unnoticed as Percy was in shock from what was in the bag. But Bianca and Nico didn't budge from their spot.

Then, monsters rushed in from Hades as well at the entrance. Explosions rang out.

The bag...

"What is this?" Hades yelled as monsters not under his command rushed into the room.

The bag from Ares.

This was more of a filler chapter, so its not very long. There will be some unique content next chapter, don't worry.

On another note, my friend (Who, mind you has not read a book or watched a movie other than Harry Potter) asked me about "my Annatavia fanfic thing". I took me a second to realise she had mixed up Octavia (The 100) and Annabeth (PJO). 

That would be very odd ship, but I'm also inclined to write it someday. We'll see. Have a good day!