A Heart Of Death
By Kennytheshark
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Chapter 1
"You may know who you are," said Hades, "but you don't know where you come from." Nico looked at his father's sad eyes. "Then why don't you tell me," reproached Nico. Hades' eyes wavered for a second but then replied in a steely voice, "The past is the past, and there is nothing that can change that." Hades' son returned in a similar voice, "But the past can teach us how not to act in the future.""Don't act smart with me, boy!" yelled Hades."No one can understand the pain and suffering I went through!" "I'm your son!" Nico cried, "If there's anyone who understands you, than it should be me!" With that, Hades remained silent for a moment but then roared in anger. "If you want to find out, do it yourself!" "How can I? I don't even know where to start!" Nico shot back. With that, the Lord of Dead replied, "The garden will hold the first step. But I warn you, the truth will only bring unbelievable pain." "I'll be back," said Nico, "And when that time comes, I'll be expecting answers." "What makes you think I'll give you the answers to your questions?" asked Hades to his son. Nico headed toward the exit of the room. "Don't you turn your back on Hades!" shouted Hades. "Answer my question! What makes you think I will give you the answer to your questions?" Nico looked back before exiting saying, "I don't. That's for you to decide."
Nico headed toward the garden of Persephone, fuming as he went. What could be so terrible that even Hades did not wish to remember? He stopped in front of the gateway to the garden. Ignoring the tempting food on the trees, he quickly chose a spot in the garden and began digging a hole. He grinned at the thought about the last time he did this. Persephone had spent a whole day begging Hades to turn Nico into a pile of weeds. Nico quickly got rid of his grin when he finished the hole. Persephone, Nico knew, was not kidding when she said that. He had seen her change razor sharp spears into pathetic sunflowers. Nico climbed out and headed toward the kitchen of the palace. He knew that the skeleton chefs wouldn't mind and if they did cause any trouble, he could just put them to sleep. Paying no notice to the eyeless sockets staring at him, he opened the fridge. There was nothing except a few burgers from who knew where and five old day chicken legs. Nico got a plate and starting piling the unappetizing food on it. With that done, he grabbed a bottle of soda off the dining table and headed back to the hole.
Dumping the contents in the hole, Nico muttered, "Let the dead taste again, let them rise and take this offering. Let them remember." With that a fog covered the hole. Ghosts surrounded the pit wanting to speak, but Nico simply shooed them away with a wave of his sword. "Bianca De Angelo, speak to me," whispered Nico. A ghost slowly drifted to the hole and took a sip of the content. The face of the ghost became recognizable. A girl in a Hunter's outfit with a bow slung around her shoulder now stood before Nico. "Why have you called me, Nico?" asked Bianca. "I need you to tell me about our mother, our family, and our lives before the Lotus Casino," replied Nico.
The ghosts around them became restless and some started to inch closer to the pit. "Back!" raged Nico. The souls faltered only for a minute before continuing to get closer to the contents of the hole. "Nico, do not ask me of it. If you want to know you must find it on your own," said Bianca. Nico asked, "But where do I start?" The ghosts were only inches from the pit. "Nico, I must go." "But" "Look to the Oracle, look to the Oracle," said the daughter of Hades as she disappeared.
