Chapter 4

"What do you mean, Hades?" Persephone shouted in Hades's ear. "You think I'm stupid or something? Huh? Three of my pearls are gone and you're the only one who knows where they are."

"Alright, alright woman, yes I took them,' Hades confessed so that she would screaming.

"Why?" she asked.

"None of your business."

"Hmm, you said you went to the camp right?" Persephone asked again giving her usual death stare.

Hades nodded.

Persephone called one of the skeleton servants who were pointlessly walking around. "Go to Camp Half Blood and give Nico a message, tell him to come here right now."

"Wait, for what?" Hades asked perplexed.

"Last week, when Nico was here, I taught him some useful tips to be used in his relationship with Apollo's kid, Walker or someone. So, apparently Nico loves me more than he loves you now," Persephone said sticking her tongue out like a little kid.

"I like your mother a hundred times more than I like you right now," Hades argued back.

"Pfft, stop acting childish. So called 'Lord of the Underworld'."

"You are unbelievable," said Hades rolling his eyes and started strolling around the room.

"There he comes, your new interest," Hades said to Persephone noticing Nico walking towards them.

"Hey dear, you came here faster than I thought." Persephone said.

Hades noted the fake affection in her voice and smiled to himself. "Women."

"Yeah your pet zombie was making a scene in front of the whole camp, and I had no choice, did I?" Nico said looking at Hades.

"Oh it wasn't me, your lovely mom sent the adorable zombie," Hades said emphasizing the word mom.

"Oh why?" Nico asked and his 'no good' expression totally changed.

"Why did your Dada come to meet you today?" asked Persephone serving Nico fresh berries from a heavy silver platter.

For Hades, this wasn't happening the way he wanted. He knew that this was the perfect time for Nico to take revenge on him since he didn't give the information he kind of promised. After all, it was his kid. Revenge was in their blood.

"Well, he sent Percy Annabeth and Grover somewhere. Chiron was mad that he almost didn't tell him about getting them out of the camp," Nico said throwing grapes in his mouth.

"Where?" Persephone asked from Hades.

Right now, she literary looked demonic. Hades knew better than to defy a demonic Persephone.

"Umm, Britain."

"YOU DIDN'T," she screamed at the top of her lungs and threw the heavy platter on Hades's head along with all the fruits and stormed away.

It was a good thing that he was immortal, or that blow might have caused some severe injuries to him.

"Ok bye," Nico shrugged and disappeared into the shadows leaving a speechless Hades alone.

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Dinner was already served at the burrow. When Ron came in, the only vacant seat was in between Luna and Draco. He had no choice but to sit there with a grimace on his face. Grover snickered at Ron's reaction as Luna said hi to him.

"So, you're saying that Blaise and Goyle are doing something dark and secret?" Harry asked from Draco in a matter of fact tone.

"Yes, according to Theodore. But I think that Goyle is only in his sidelines, like a helper, all Goyle know is to do someone else's bidding and Blaise might have other accomplices elsewhere too. Ones we don't know," Draco said eating up his pork chops.

"I don't think Goyle can tie his own shoelaces," Luna spoke in a dreamy voice. Everyone laughed but Luna has already gone to her dream world again.

"Whatever this is, maybe we are connected to it somehow as well. Or else, there's no reason for us to be here," Annabeth said.

"Yes, maybe. But, what could be out there? Voldemort isn't there anymore to bother us," Ron said.

"Doesn't mean we can let our guard down," Hermione snapped.

"I'm sorry, but who is Voldemort?" Percy asked from the others.

"He was the darkest wizard ever existed on planet Earth," Ron said as if he's telling a scary story to little kids.

Everyone laughed except for Percy, Annabeth and Grover.

"The Dark Lord…" Draco started but was interrupted by Ron.

"You still call him Dark Lord?"

"Well I'm used to it, anyway just last year we won the war against Voldemort and his followers and he was killed by that wimp over there," he said and pointed at Harry.

"Haven't you given up on insulting me?" Harry asked rolling his eyes.

"Nope, it's fun."

"He sounds like Kronos and Gaia," Grover said.

"Exactly," Annabeth piped up.

"Wait, Kronos as in the titan lord? And Gaia his mother? The deity of Earth itself?" Hermione asked her eyes huge with interest.

"Please talk in English Hermione," Ron joked.

"That's right, it's them. After we defeated and banished Kronos to the underworld, his mom got mad and came after us," Percy said.

Only Hermione seemed to understand what they were saying, others looked extremely lost. Even Luna who was showing interest in the conversation for the first time. Percy, Annabeth and Grover spent the rest of dinner telling the others about all the Gods, Titans and famous half bloods there was.

"You guys have a pretty messed family," Harry commented after they had finished eating. All of them were sitting in the living room except for Luna who has gone to talk with Mrs. Weasley.

"By the way, aren't you guys a couple?" Ron asked from Annabeth and Percy. "Isn't it considered as incest?"

Hermione face palmed. She always thought that Ron was extremely tactless. Harry and Draco were on the floor laughing. Even Grover joined them.

"Actually no," Annabeth said cracking a smile. "Those Gods have nothing called genes, so we aren't blood related. But it's gross to date someone who has the same God as a parent."

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"Hey Nico, do you know where Grover is? Juniper is looking for him everywhere," Piper asked from Nico during dinner.

"Didn't you know? Hades sent them somewhere."

"Where?"

"Don't tell anyone, even Chiron, they are at Britain. Even I'm not supposed to know but Persephone kind of got it out of him when I was at their castle today, at underworld," Nico almost whispered.

"So that's where you went today?" Piper asked me referring to the incident with the zombie skeleton dude.

"Yep," Nico said.

"But why though? In Britain? I haven't heard of any half blood camps there," Piper wondered aloud.

"Even I have no idea."