Chapter 4
Charon got into the long, black, gold-trimmed boat. He offered his hand out to Annabeth, she took it but when she got into the boat she stumbled. At the last possible second I jumped into the boat making the whole thing sway and pulled her down before she could fall.
My breathing had sped up from the excitement and my heart was beating so fast it felt as if it was beating a thousand beats per minute.
"You saved my life. You saved my life." She said it twice with emphasis on the 'my life' part.
"I take it you not ungrateful."
She smiled at me. "Certainly not."
In the last two years I had grown several inches and now had to stoop to give Annabeth a short kiss. We were slightly jolted when he took off. I looked down into the River that gave me immortality, which, luckily, was taken away from me, so many years ago.
We set in total silence for the next ten minutes. Then we found ourselves on the base of River Styx. I got out then help Annabeth out. Then we started walking.
The first thing we walked into was The Fields of Asphodel. The people in this place were neither very good nor very bad. Now they were cursed to eternally wonder the field of wheat trying to remember who they were in there past life.
After walking many minutes we found ourselves in the more dangerous part of the fields. They were sent there for crimes in they're life. In the distance I could see Sisyphus pushing his rock up the steep hill.
Finally, we made it to my favorite place in the underworld Elysium, The Isle of the Blessed. It was like a giant resort for people that had been extra good in there live. Sadly, there were only about five thousand people here. Which is puny compared to the fields.
After walking through Elysium, we found ourselves in a small cavern with three tunnels. The on behind us and two in front.
Over the small tunnels were two small lit-up signs. The one on the right said 'Tartarus.' The one of the left said 'Hades Palace.'
"He's changed the underworld since the last time I as here," I remarked to Annabeth.
She nodded her head saying, "Ever since Hades helped to stop Chronis, they got over the power struggle and have been helping Hades rebuild the underworld."
I nodded my head in agreement to what she said. It was about time the gods all come together in one big family.
We started walking toward the door when out came the giant, three headed dog Cerberus. I turned to my hellhound. "This is where you have to stay."
She looked at me sadly. "I know but he'll like you."
With Cerberus distracted I walked into the dark cavern. Immediately its torches lit with bright green fires.
I turned to Annabeth. "Well I ran with the dead. Now it's time to talk with it."
"No need to sound so down."
"The last time I was here Persephone threatened to turn me into wheat. I don't know about you but that scares me."
She threw her hands up. "Scared of the God of the Dead, no. Scared of Goddess of the Plant." She laughed.
"Hey I don't want to spend the rest of my life as a fern."
She almost ended the banter with. "Well you do have the same mental capacity."
I smiled, "Your still marrying me, though."
"You need someone smart to help you."