Hi everyone!

Sorry for not posting in so long. I had writers block. But I figured that my previous plot line was way too confusing and didn't make sense, so here I am again! :) I've changed a few things and it shouldn't take long for me to rewrite my chapters and post them here. Mostly its changes with Percy/Annabeth side. Enjoy!

The House of Hades: Percy and Annabeth are in Tartarus. Nico must lead the remaining 5 demigods to the Doors of Death to rescue them. But how? Rated T.

Hi Everyone (:

This is my second fanfic on here. I hope you enjoy it and I hope to finish it (unlike my other one :P) PLEASE, do not read if you have not read The Mark of Athena. SPOILER ALERT! Low flames are welcome to keep my cookies nice and warm ~ (If that makes sense, LOL) Also, if some info is wrong (I'm not that familiar with Greek Mythology and I might make up some stuff eg how Tartarus looks like) please let me know or enjoy my stupidness :O

SPOILER ALERT

Percy

Percy was holding onto Annabeth's hand. It felt like they were falling into an endless pit, like they would never reach the bottom. He knew that he probably made a mistake. The other five demigods in the prophecy would have to open the mortal Doors of Death by themselves. He would have to heal Annabeth's leg first before they could do anything. Kronos would probably lurking around somewhere, as well as the thousands of other monsters they had killed who would be waiting for revenge.

On the bright side, Percy believed that as long as Annabeth was beside him, they were pretty much invincible even without his Achilles Heel. They would find the Doors of Death in Tartarus, which would lead them to Nico and the others. Piece of cake. And - THUD!

-Line Break-

"Ow," Annabeth muttered.

"Ow agreed," Percy said. He held Annabeth's hand and helped her up.

"Welcome, newly jailed!" A voice cackled in the darkness. "This is Tartarus, the ultimate prison for all monsters."

"Uh, hi." Percy said, and Annabeth kicked him in the shins.

"This is weird." Percy said again, and the voice cackled.

"Weird would be an understatement, my dear." it said. "This is the newly upgraded Tartarus! Lord Hades has ordered an upgrade on our greatest prison. We've added extra security and we've made it safer so you monsters can safely kill each other. We even have an orientation video for all new prisoners. The next orientation video will start in 2 minutes 43 seconds."

"Um, but we're not monst-" Annabeth started to say.

"Oh, shush." the voice said in an impatient tone. "That has been tried on me before, just a few weeks ago. Said he was Lord Hades's son! Nonsense. No demigod would be foolish enough to come here."

"Well, don't you see us? I mean-"

"Of course not!" the voice exclaimed. "Who knows what you could be. Why, the previous hostess had a nasty surprise a year ago. Prisoner happened to be Medusa and she turned into stone. I'm not taking any chances."

"We're not kidding! Annabeth is a daughter of Athena and I'm a son of Poseidon-"

"Orientation video has started! Please, take five steps forward and you'll be on your way. Have a great time in Tartarus to pay for your mistake!"

"What do we do?" Percy whispered to Annabeth, who was clutching his hand tightly.

"Walk five steps forward, duh." she replied.

A single lightbulb turned on. Percy had no idea where it came from but it looked like a very, very long string was connecting to it. Percy looked around and saw several other monsters next to them. Dracanae, cyclopes, and other brutal and ugly looking monsters were there, right next to them. Percy shivered. Suddenly, a screen turned on in front of them and buzzed for a while. The screen cleared and Hades himself was standing there holding palm cards.

"Welcome, prisoners." he said, clearly bored. "This is Tartarus, as you probably all know by now. Rules - no killing, no maiming, be nice to new prisoners, no stealing, no - blah, blah, blah."

Hades threw the palm cards on the floor. "I don't need these cards any more, Demeter. I memorized the whole thing."

"Just keep going!" she yelled in the background.

"Fine," Hades grumbled. He looked directly at the screen and his dark eyes seemed to pierce into Percy. "Now look here, monsters. Rules - no killing, no maiming, be nice to new prisoners, no stealing, no kicking, no punching-"

"NO CEREAL!" a voice screamed from the background.

By this point, Hades's voice was drowned out by the the monsters who all yelled, "BOOOO!" or "Gods suck".

Another few minutes of Hades talking passed and the screen turned off. The host from before walked in front of them and surveyed them all through her mask. A regular mortal, Percy thought. How strange.

"Exit to the right, please!" she called, and the monsters trampled off.

Percy looked at Annabeth. She marched straight towards the host.

"Look, so now you see us! We're not monsters! We're-"

"Shush." she ordered, looking around nervously. "I see you now. We have to hurry before the next lot of monsters come in for the orientation video."

"What is this place?" Annabeth demanded. "Why are you here, a regular mortal? Can you see through the mist? Have you seen a uh, laptop, knife, and pen sword?" she said all very quickly.

"Why, I'm here for Lord Hades of course. Pays me a lot more than working in the mortal world." she pointed up. "And yes, I can see through the mist. Monsters? Pffft. Whatever, it's like starring in a horror movie every day! And yes-" she turned around and produced a backpack. "Here are your belongings. Lord Hades has expected you." she smiled grimly.

"Wait, expected us? And isn't Tartarus bottomless-" Percy said incredulously, and she nodded.

"Yep! Wants to help you along the way, you know. For saving Nico and everything. Just wasn't sure if you were the ones." she winked. "And yes, definitely bottomless." she frowned. "You'll see sooner or later. Now off you go! Exit to the left, please!"

"Wait, wasn't it the right-"

"Left has less monsters." she said hurriedly. "Now go!"

"Thanks." Percy muttered, but the host didn't reply.

"Next orientation video has started! Monsters, five steps forward!"

"This is weird." Annabeth said, holding his hand.

"Weird would be an understatement." Percy said, and Annabeth smiled slightly. "Ready to go into endless darkness?"

"You bet."

Ok, so thats it for now! You will see how Tartarus works later. Right now, I'm editing chapter 2 and 3. Not much changes for those so should be posted soon!

~Ren