Bianca looked out of Elysium at the dark Underworld. She took a deep breath. Over in the Fields of Punishment, some souls started disappearing randomly. And even more from Asphodel. Probably even more from Tartarus. The Doors of Death have opened, she guessed. She didn't know much about it, but knew the basic idea. Whoever controls it can let anyone that's dead out. Her father, Hades, probably knew more about it (duh, he's the god of the Underworld) but then again, she didn't know that he was her parent until she died.
"What is wrong sister?" Zoe asked standing by her.
"I think the Doors of Death are open," Bianca said nervously. "Did you hear anything about the Doors from your father?"
Zoe shook her head. "No, not much. I only know that the Doors aren't in a physical place. And it can't be closed that easily."
She shuddered. "I'm afraid," she murmured.
The former Hunter looked at her in surprise. "Of what?"
"That my brother is going to try to bring me back," Bianca said. It was weird. She became a Hunter and died at the age of twelve. Now her younger brother was older than her.
Zoe nodded. "That doesn't seem right at all. It disobeys the laws of death."
"Then there's only one way to avoid it," Bianca muttered. "I'm going to choose to be reborn."
"But this isn't the best time for that!" Zoe said.
"I know! But this is the only legal way for me to live again and Nico is going to do anything to try to bring me back," she said.
Zoe hesitated for a moment but nodded. "Be careful sister." She patted her shoulder and disappeared into the ghosts of Elysium.
Bianca called the Furies using the Phone of Death and Life (which was all pink which didn't match the name at all). "I choose to be reborn," she said looking up at the Fury in the middle.
"But now's not the best time," she hissed.
"I still want to be reborn," Bianca said again.
The Fury took her by the arms and flew her over to a black tent. She took one more glance at Elysium behind her and found all the demigods and Hunters that she knew waving at her. She blinked away back tears but went in the tent.
"Welcome, did you choose to be reborn?" someone said.
Bianca looked at the owner of the voice. There was a woman in a white dress and pale skin; almost as pale as Nico's. She reminded her of a blank sheet of paper, pure and empty.
"Um, yes," Bianca managed.
The woman studied her. "Oh, a daughter of Hades! You'll be filling out your form right after the other pair finishes."
"Okay…" she said. "Who are you exactly?"
Bianca thought that most would get offended at this question, but the woman smiled kindly. "I am Lethe, the river of forgetfulness. This is my physical form. Anyway, please take a seat until it is your turn."
Bianca took a seat and noticed that there weren't many ghosts waiting to be reborn. She only counted six more other than her.
"Why aren't there a lot of ghosts to be reborn?" she asked someone next to her.
The ghost grunted. "You know, bad times. And you fill out the forms in pairs of two. It's their way of getting through ghosts faster, but when there isn't anyone to take the form with you, you have to wait until another ghost comes."
"Bianca di Angelo and Griffin Nebluae!" Lethe called. "Not that you'll be called that anymore, but hurry up!"
The ghost next to her grinned. "So you're Bianca? I'm Griffin."
Bianca just nodded and they went to fill out their forms.
Bianca thought the forms were just silly. It was something like this:
Please do not look at your partner's form as they fill theirs out. Please fill out the form.
Name (not that it will be your name anymore): Bianca di Angelo
Godly parent (skip if you are mortal and pretend that you never saw this): Hades
Age (this probably won't be your age when you're reborn, but it's your choice): 12
What age do you want to be when you're reborn? 12
What role do you want to be when you're reborn? Mortal Demigod
If you chose demigod, which demigod? Greek Roman
Good job on filling out the first section of the form. Please wait while Hades and the Fates decide the next part.
Bianca didn't know what to say to that, but waited. Sure enough, more writing came on the page.
Really daughter? You chose to be reborn? Oh well. If that's what you want.
New name: Brianna Angelic
Godly parent (you chose to be Roman): Pluto
What camp? Camp Jupiter
New age: 12
Bianca finally thought that it was done, when she saw tiny print on the bottom of the page. She made out something like:
Lucky chance! This only appears in one form out of a thousand. Do you want to gradually remember your past when you're reborn (this might take some time)?
Bianca's eyes lit up. That would be amazing if that could actually happen. She would remember her brother, and maybe even see him! She quickly circled yes.
"Are you done dear?" Lethe asked kneeling by her.
"Yes," she said handing her the form.
"Ah, nice. You got the lucky form," Lethe smiled. "And your last name still has angel in it. Nice. Anyway, go to my river. The Furies are outside waiting."
"Thank you," Bianca said and walked out of the ten
The Furies got Bianca by the arms again (if they were going to do that all the time, her arms were probably going to fall off) and flew her to the River Lethe.
"Go on honey," one of them cackled.
Bianca closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She could do this. This is for Nico, she told herself and jumped in the river.
Bianca's New Life won the poll with two votes (I know, it's so little, but I got impatient). Spring break ended yesterday so today was my first day back to school. It was tiring. Anyway, I hope you guys like this (if you don't... oh well, I just went with the majority of the poll).
Anyway, a bit of a note on the Quest of Five (or Six?). I'm going to try to persuade Hydra to make that our first priority before our other stories because she didn't update for a long time.
R&R please!
