The Ghost King and the baby satyr
He was reading a book - upside down actually - in the Hades cabin when he heard a knock on the door. "Who is it? I am afraid I don't really like visitors so it best be important!" Nico said as he put the book down. "Its me, Mellie, can I ask you a favor?" Mellie asked from the other side of the door. "Uh … sure?" Nico said. "Gleeson and I wanted to go on a date but we need someone to watch the baby" she said. Nico looked around his cabin, it had obsidian blades all over the place and blue flames in a pit at the back. (Authors note: I don't actually know what his cabin looks like sorry!) He decided that if he was going to babysit a fragile hyperactive satyr it would be safer to do it somewhere else. "Very well" he opened the door and took baby Chuck Hedge into his arms. The baby cooed and squirmed as Nico placed him on his lap. "Shhhh … Its okay little guy, I won't hurt you! My boyfriend delivered you from Mellie's womb" he said.
The kid, not even a year old yet, was a handful as soon as Nico placed him on the ground. Nico turned to stack his books and looked back to see Chuck gleefully tearing apart pieces of paper. "Thank the gods that wasn't an essay …" Nico said to himself as he scooped Chuck of the ground and decided to do something he had never done. He cradled the baby to sleep while singing a song. Apparently Nico thought that singing a scary poem to an innocent baby was a good idea because the baby began crying when Nico sang the Pokémon theme song to him except he replaced the word Pokémon with cursed souls.
I wanna be the very worst
Like no one ever was
To curse them all is my real test
To break them is my cause
I will travel across the unerworld,
Hurting far and wide.
Each mortal is to understand
The sufffering that's inside
Every challenge along the way
With hate I will face
I will destroy worlds every day
To claim my rightful place
Come with me, the time is right
There's no better empire
Arm in arm we'll win the fight
It's always been your fate
Cursed Souls!
Gotta curse them all
Gotta curse them all
Gotta curse them all
Gotta curse them all
Gotta curse them all
Cursed souls!
It's you and me
I know it's my destiny
Cursed souls!
Oh, you're my favorite toys,
In a world we must destroy.
Cursed souls!
A heart so dark.
Our darkness will pull us through.
You spite me and I'll curse you.
CURSED SOULS!
Gotta curse'em all!
Gotta curse'em all!
CURSED SOULS!
Chuck was silent throughout the whole song than began wailing in terror. He peed on top of Nico and began to scream in fear. "What the? Oh no! Shhh … I didn't mean to frighten you! Here let's go for a walk" Nico picked up the screaming satyr child and carried him outside.
Nico thought nobody was watching when he decided to gently toss Chuck into the air than catch him. The baby giggled as he flew through the air and safely landed in Nico's arms. "Who's a goofball? You are!" Nico said over and over as he played with Chuck. The rest of the seven stood watching him in mild amusement before Jason decided to let Nico know they were here lest he attack them in fright. "Hey Nico! Is that the coach's kid? I didn't know you liked babies!" Jason said as Nico tickled the little satyr. Nico startled, he instinctively drew out his sword before realizing it was just Jason. "What? Even the ghost king finds kids fun to play with every now and then" he said.