AN: This is my first story so bear with me. This would take place at the end of the House of Hades (which I am super excited about!). NO COPYRIGHT INTENDED: these characters and settings belong to Rick Riordan. So R&R and sorry for any OOCness. Enjoy!

Nico

Even standing here on Olympus telling the gods exactly what had happened, he still couldn't believe it. Percy and Annabeth had stayed in Tartarus so they could close the Doors of Death.

"We tried to tell them not to but they ignored us!" Piper said through a sob. Jason put his arm around her and she put her head on his shoulder and cried. Nico suspected that a whole five minutes went by before Thalia broke the silence. Nico was glad too, he didn't think he could listen to Piper crying anymore.

"Well you've heard our story so will you help them!" Thalia shouted at the gods. They didn't say anything; they just sat on their thrones staring at them in a kind of angry, kind of sympathetic way. "Well!" Thalia shouted again.

"We understand you would like us to help them but even the gods do not travel into Tartarus." Zeus replied, "They are beyond our help."

"Your just cowards," Thalia shouted at her father, "if you don't help them then I will personally go down into Tartarus and get them myself!" Suddenly Nico felt a sad sensation fill him, he knew what this was he had felt it before; death one of his friends had died. He was suddenly overwhelmed with grief and he collapsed. Hazel rushed over to him.

"Nico," Worry covered Hazel's face, "are you okay? What's the matter?"

"Nothing," he lied, "I'm fine." She helped him to his feet. He looked to his father. This isn't happening, He thought. I'm making it up. His father looked at him sympathetically and nodded as if to answer his doubts. One of his friends was dead, even Hades had felt it. Nico was in too much shock to try and sense which one had died.

"Nico," Leo looked at him suspiciously, "dude you sure you're okay?"

"Yeah," Frank piped in, "you look like you've seen a ghost!"

"Unlike you I actually have seen ghosts," Nico snapped, "and yes I'm fine." He felt everybody staring at him as he turned toward the entrance to the throne room.

"Nico, wait!" Hazel called, "Wait!" He turned back around and Hazel walked up to him. "I felt it too."

"Felt what?" Piper asked her eyes red from crying. Before either of them could speak up Hades answered for them.

"A death," He answered plainly, "a death of a friend."

"No!" Piper screamed and started cry into Jason's shoulder again. Though he didn't look too upset about it, considering his purple t-shirt was thoroughly soaked at the shoulder.

"What!" Thalia shouted at her uncle, "You don't mean…them! ...Do you?"

"Yes, that is exactly what I mean." Hades replied calmly, "One of them is dead."