WHAT. THE. HECK. IS. WRONG. WITH. ME. I have failed you guys. SO so sorry. I thought that with summer I'd have more time to update, but it was more like the opposite. :p

Oh my gosh have you seen the cover art for the Mark of Athena and the first chapter. I nearly had a heart attack because it was all so awesome. You guys seriously need to check it out.

I don't own Percy Jackson or Heroes of Olympus.

There were two bunks inside the immaculate room. It, like the rest of the palace, was black inside and had torches with Greek fire around the room as the source of light. It reminded me a lot of the Hades cabin back at camp. There was a glass door that led out to a balcony. It gave an extensive view of the Underworld. Thank the gods you couldn't see or hear the Fields of Punishment though. The screams wouldn't be a pleasant sound to wake up to each morning. Wait, how are we supposed to tell time down here?

As if reading my mind, Nico said, "We have synchronized watches and clocks down here that Hephaestus created. No matter what, they will always be the same time. It's pretty cool. But then we have no excuses for being late."

HI IM JUST A LINE BREAK DON'T MIND ME

In the morning I woke up to a loud beeping coming from above me. I just groaned and rolled over in my bed. Suddenly it stopped and I sighed. There was a thump beside me and then someone shouted in my ear, "WAKE UP!" Shouting I fell off the edge and got tangled in my sheets. Nico was already in the bathroom and getting ready by the time I stood up.

It only took us 30 minutes to finish dressing and clean the room. In the time before breakfast I told him about what I'd been doing and what had been happening at camp before I left. I told him how Katie and Travis finally got together after all of us told them that they liked each other which they acted surprised about. He rolled his eyes at that. It was obvious that they had feelings for each other and just didn't want to admit it.

When 8:50 came we decided to go downstairs. At the table, we found Hades sitting at the head with his hands underneath his chin. Nico and I looked at each other questioningly before taking our seats across from each other. Hades sat up straight and started to speak. "Instead of studying, you will be doing battle training and war strategy. When everything is finished, then everything will go back to normal. After breakfast you are to meet me and my second in command in my office." Then just stood up and left.

Nico looked excited at the idea of not having to go to school for the next few weeks and being able to train. "Well this is new." He said.

"Yeah, does your dad normally make decisions like that and tell you out of the blue?"

"Pretty much. He's not much of a talker." He shrugged and picked up a pancake and some fruit off of the filled table. As we talked about the coming battles, ghosts would silently come and refill our cups or give us what we needed. Can't say I didn't like it.

"-and that's why penguins make great cleaners! Ok, we seriously need to leave now. It's already 9:58 and breakfast ends at 10." Quickly we got up and jogged to Hades office. Two giant wooden double doors stood closed in front of us. We stepped inside to find the lord of the dead and a ghost discussing land positions and where to place people.

Hades looked up at us when they were done talking. "Are you two ready? Good." He said before we could even respond. "This is my second in command Stefan. We are the only two people that you answer to. Now, this is what's happening at the moment…"

HI I'M ANOTHER LINE BREAK.

After a couple of weeks of nothing but war strategy and mock fights, we were ready. Even Nico was itching to go back to his regular schedule since he was so sick of it all. All we talked about was Minos' rebellion and how we could defeat him and his army. It was boring to say the least.

The day finally came when we were ready to overtake him. Minos' forces were pushed back up to the Fields of Punishment. They had over 1,000 troops and we had only 750. But they were bruised and battered, no good equipment. We were able to get Daedalus on our side and he's constantly updating all of our armor. It's kind of annoying since we're constantly having to learn how to use new weapons. But it's better than nothing.

I stood on the front line next to Nico and a soldier dressed in a mix of fatigues and celestial bronze armor. Everyone had a shield and at least one kind of weapon on them. All I needed was Riptide with me and I was good. Anything else would slow me down. We stood there waiting for Minos and his army to show up for an hour. We weren't allowed to break ranks on Hades' orders.

Eventually we heard them marching toward us and they stopped 100 yards away. Minos was nowhere to be found. Across from us his army all wore tattered clothing and tired but determined expressions. They knew, it was either win this battle or go to the Fields of Punishment.

From behind the army a voice yelled, "Attack!" And they started running.

Short chapter, but I wanted to get something out.

Ok I'd like to know if y'all want me to skip all of the other Olympian's tasks and go straight back to present or continue with all of his troubles. Let me know in a review or PM. Thanks!

Once again, extremely sorry!