Chapter 6. WWinfinity.
Apollo's POV
"Apollo, I think you might want to go to Camp." Hermes knocked and said behind the door of my temple where I was polishing my chariot.
"Why is it brother? Are my children winning the races again?" I asked.
"It is not good." Hermes said in a sad and low voice. I transported myself to camp. The sun was setting and Chiron bowed reverently upon my arrival.
"lord Apollo, we do not know what had happened but we think there has been a curse set upon your cabin." He said trembling, like he was scared to tell me.
I rushed to my cabin and terrified by what I saw: Blood and strings. Hades was going to pay. This is war.
"Chiron!" I demanded for his presence.
"My children need a proper burial."
Nico's POV
I was not happy to see Apollo in the campfire. I also hated the feeling of feeling camper's souls (especially when they are technically like your nieces and nephews) going to the underworld. I know he is not happy with my father (big understatement) and with me I think. I am a blabber mouth but I think he should've known eons ago how melodramatic and serious father is.
After burning 10 camper's shrubs, I went into my cabin and stayed there.
Percy's POV
Apollo was at camp and requested to have the Apollo kids buried properly as heroes. They did battle the Minotaur without proper gear and aid. The whole cabin was sort of cursed in my opinion. I suspected Hades to take revenge on Nathan's theft. A Minotaur arrived at camp and went straight to the cabin. The other campers went to follow but there was an invisible boundary similar to the one we have around the camp to prevent monsters and mortals from coming in. The only different thing with this boundary, the Apollo kids couldn't get out. They weren't fast enough and the Minotaur got 5 of the 10 kids, spilling blood all over inside the boundary. The five who survived didn't get so lucky. I could hear 5 snips of the pair of scissors I know so well from the cabin. The five fell to the ground. We went to them when the Minotaur dissipated to the air and the boundary was deconstructed.
We would ask some medics to help but they were out medics. Some of us carried them to a spot since we all (ehem, Nico) figured they were dead.
Apollo's POV
This was war. I could not bear to see many of my children die just like that.
I didn't worry Artemis with the news of lost nephews and nieces since I didn't want to stress her out. This is not her fault. This is my plan. I didn't expect loses from the start. Now this got more personal.
"Hades! How dare you let all my children die!" I screamed with much anger.
"You deserved the consequences. It is purely business you see. Since the fates were unoccupied, less dead people. But now we have it back, we couldn't possibly kill just innocent people." He explained like it was just no big deal.
"Maria would have been so disappointed in you. She loved children."
"Don't bring her in this! And you can't do anything Apollo! Their souls had already entered."
"You will pay Hades." With that, I left and went to my oracle and whispered a prophecy before persuading Morpheus to disturb a little heroes dream.