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Last time:

She took a look at the book and said 4 words that set off the 7 and Nico.

"The house of hades." Then all hell set loose.

3rd POV

No one was prepared for what happened next. Piper grabbed her dagger and threw it at the book, Jason looked ready to strike it with lightning when Percy said to, Frank- well Frank turned into a chipmunk and started running around the room and Hazel held onto her brother as if her life depended on it. Nico was just starring at the book but as he starred at it the air grew thicker, darker and colder. Leo went up in flames and was ready to throw a fireball at it. Percy was starting to cry and Annabeth was balling her eyes out muttering things in Percy's ear. All the gods were alert and eyes wide at the scene in front of them. Thalia and Grover also watched wide eyed wondering what on Olympus was happening. Percy finally stopped crying, Percy and Annabeth were now hugging on the floor.

Let me tell you that the throne room looked like Leo's workshop, but 10 times worse.

"What just happened?" Grover said slowly.

"All I said was- "Demeter started.

"Don't." Leo warned in a firm voice which surprised everyone.

There was another bright light and Hestia appeared. She made 3 couches appear and a coffee table with 10 hot chocolates and a plate of blue cookies. Nico, Hazel, Frank and Leo went to the first couch, Jason, Piper, Thalia and Grover went to the next couch and Percy and Annabeth went to the last couch. When Percy and Annabeth sat down a blanket appeared on them. Hades being the god he is asked;

"Hang on, how come they get their own couch and blanket?"

"Father." Hazel snapped.

Hades decided to shut up because Hazel never snapped- ever.

"I just spoke to the fates and they say that no one can get out of this throne room until someone reads the full book. I'm sorry demigods." Hestia stated.

"Well get on with it then." Percy sighed scared for what's about to come.

"I'm not reading, my head almost got chopped off." Demeter said stubbornly.

"Well sorry." Piper said with sass.

"I will read." Artemis requested, curious to what's happening.

ANNABETH

9 days. As she fell, Annabeth thought about Hesiod, the old Greek poet who speculated it would take nine days to fall from earth to Tartarus.

"Where are you at this time Annabeth?" Grover asked cautiously.

"Read." Annabeth demanded and she wasn't going to take no for an answer.

She hoped Hesiod was wrong. She'd lost track-

Artemis' voice got caught in her throat.

Of how long she and Percy had been falling- hours? A day? It felt like an eternity.

Everyone was staring at the couple in disbelief.

They'd been holding hands ever since they'd dropped into the chasm. Now Percy pulled her close, hugging her tight as they tumbled through absolute darkness.

"WHAT?!" The gods, Thalia and Grover shouted at them.

Wind whistled in Annabeth's ears. The air grew hotter and damper, as if they were plummeting into the throat of a massive dragon. Her recently broken ankle throbbed, though she couldn't tell if it was still wrapped in spider webs.

"And you broke your ankle, I have found respect for you." Ares said astonished.

That cursed monster Arachne. Despite having been trapped in her own webbing, smashed by a car and plunged into Tartarus, the spider lady had got her revenge. Somehow her silk had entangled Annabeth's leg and dragged her over the side of the pit, with Percy in tow.

"You really do love her, don't you." Athena said sighing.

"With all my heart." He said kissing the top of Annabeth's head, she smiled slightly.

Annabeth couldn't imagine that Arachne was still alive, somewhere below them in darkness. She didn't want to meet that monster again when they reached the bottom. On the bright side assuming there was a bottom,

"That was the bright side?!" Thalia yelled sounding frustrated.

Annabeth and Percy would properly be flattened on impact; so giant spiders were the least of their worries. She wrapped her arms around Percy and tried not to sob. She'd never expected her life to be easy. Most demigods died young at the hands of terrible monsters. That was the way it had been since ancient times. The Greeks invented tragedy.

"It's so true it's funny." Frank stated, chuckling.

"Yeah." Percy agreed.

They knew the greatest heroes didn't t get their happy endings. Still, this wasn't fair. Shed gone through so much to retrieve that statue of Athena. just when shed succeeded and reunited with Percy, the had plunged to their deaths. Even the gods couldn't devise a fate so twisted.

"We could if we tried." Dionysus grinned mischievously.

But Gaia wasn't like other gods. The earth mother was older, more vicious, more bloodthirsty. Annabeth could imagine her laughing as they fell into the depths. Annabeth pressed her ears to Percy's ear. 'I love you'.

"Aww" Aphrodite and Piper cooed.

Piper blushed and Leo said; "And I suppose you want mascara too beauty queen?"

"Could someone please slap him?" Piper asked annoyed.

"Gladly." Hazel offered and did. Leo decided to quiet for the moment.

She wasn't sure he could hear her- but if they were going to die she wanted those to be her last words.

"OMG!" Aphrodite squealed.

She tried directly to think of a plan. She was a daughter of Athena.

"And I couldn't ask for a better one." Athena smiled sweetly at her daughter.

Shed proven herself in the tunnels under Rome, beaten a whole series of challenges using only her wits. But she couldn't think of any way to reverse or even slow their fall. Neither of them had the power to fly- not like Jason who could control the wind, or frank, who could turn into a winged animal.

If they reached the bottom at terminal velocity…well, she knew enough science it would be terminal.

"I love puns but this is not the time!" Grover shouted.

She was seriously wondering if they could fashion a parachute out of their shirts- that's how desperate she was- when something about their surroundings change. The darkness took on a grey-red tinge. She realized she could see Percy's hair as she hugged him. The whistling in her ears turned into a roar. The air came hot, having a smell like rotten eggs.

"Ewww." Hazel cringed.

Suddenly, the chute they'd been falling into opened into a vast cabin. Maybe half a mile below them, Annabeth could see the bottom. For a moment she was to stunned to think probably. The stench of sulphur made it hard to concentrate, but she focused on the ground directly below them and saw a ribbon of black liquid- a river.

"Don't make him do that." Poseidon whispered nervously.

"Percy." she yelled in his ear" water"

"Even I can't control underworld waters." Poseidon said.

"It was our only hope." Percy and Annabeth said at the same time then blushed snuggling closer.

Percy's face was hard to read in the dim red light. He looked shell-shocked and terrified but nodded as if he understood. Percy could control water- assuming that was water below them. He might be able to cushion their fall somehow. Of course Annabeth had heard terrible stories about rivers of the underworld. They could take away your memories or burn your body and soul to ashes.

"They were used for torturing in ancient Greece." Hades smirked while others just stared at him terrified.

But she decided not to think about that. This was their only chance.

"It really was." Annabeth confessed.

The river hurtled towards them. At the last second, Percy yelled daintily. The water erupted in a massive geyser and swallowed them whole.

That's it for the moment, I hope you all enjoyed.

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