Ammit led Narvi through the halls that she had ran through since her creation. Her blood was rushing through her veins as she fought to calm herself, to make it look as if nothing was wrong. As if there was no plan afoot. When they got to the grand doors that lead to the Dining Room, Ammit placed her hand on the silver handle, then paused. "Ammit, is something wrong?" Narvi looked at her, concern in his azure eyes.

"Of course not," she assured her friend. Then she threw open the door and smiled at the people sitting at a table made of black marble with rivers of gold running through the stone. "Hello, Mom and Dad. Everyone else," she nodded to the others at the table.

"Little Ammit!" Her half-brother Thanatos (1) exclaimed. "Guess what- I beat you today!"

"No, you did not," Ammit disagreed, shaking her head before taking her seat at the table next to her mother. "I finished first."

"What?!" Thanatos's mouth dropped open. "That's not possible!"

"But it is," Ammit interjected smoothly. "I finished just after noon. When did you finished?" The innocent tone and question didn't match the gleam of victory in her eyes.

"Fifteen minutes till twelve," Thanatos grinned.

"But when did you tell Dad and Mom?" she asked.

The triumphant smile faded from his face. "Twenty minutes past twelve," he muttered sourly. He slouched in his chair, mumbling under his breath, much to Melinoe's (2) amusement.

"Oh, do not feel bad, brother," Ammit smiled. "Maybe you will win next time."

Hel (3), Kali (4), and Mara (5) burst into laughter. "Good job, little one," Viduus (6) nodded.

Ammit gave the table a smile. "Thank you, everyone. I would like to say that I simply...got lucky, as the mortals put it, however, I do not have luck. Only skill," she smirked. At this, everyone at the table laughed. Persephone waved her hand and the serving ghosts started to place the meal on the table.

Ammit looked at the frown on Thanatos's face. "It's alright, brother," Melinoe patted his shoulder. "Ammit always wins at these games, you know that. It's not like she has anything else to do," she sneered.

Ammit glared at her, while Hades cleared his throat. "Melinoe, that's enough," he said.

Melinoe rolled her black eyes. "Fine, whatever," she groaned. "You're always on her side, Father. What's so good about her?" she snapped.

"I always do what I'm told, I finish my work on time," Ammit listed, "and I never talk back. Are those reasons enough?" She gave one of her half-siblings an innocent blink.

"Girls," Persephone interrupted. "That's enough."

The two goddess glared at each other across the table until Kali cleared her throat. "This looks wonderful, Hades. Shall we begin?" The Hindu goddess glared at the two younger goddess until they straightened up and looked at their plates.

"Good idea," Persephone nodded.

The gods and goddess around the table started to eat and within seconds all the tension in the air had disappeared. Instead, the room was filled with small talk and laughter. Then Anubis (7) leaned forward to make eye contact with his sister. "So, sis, whatever happened to that mortal that you were hanging around with?" he asked.

Ammit noticed how suddenly the room went quiet. "W- What mortal?" she stammered, willing her cheeks to flush.

"Ooh, Anubis hit a nerve!" Erlik (8) jeered. "Seems little Ammit has fallen in love with a mortal again!"

"Silence, Erlik," Hades ordered. "Ammit, little heart, is this true? Have you...grown attached to another mortal?"

Ammit looked at her father for a second, then dropped her gaze to her plate. After a few moments, she looked up. "No, Dad, I have not grown attached to a mortal," she assured him.

"But," Narvi interrupted, "you were really, how do the mortals put it...angsty, when that new one without the hand didn't wake up. And you did spend a lot of time by him."

"That is not true!" Ammit lied. "Listen, I will say this once and only once, I do not love that mortal. Nor do I have any feelings for him! Now can we please get back to our meal?" Her voice had risen to a shout towards the end, so after everyone else exchanging looks, the table's occupants continued their meal. "Thank you."

Ammit could feel her parent's eyes on her, as well as, Melinoe's, and worried about what her half-sister was thinking. "Well, it's good that you don't like him," Melinoe sneered. "He's in for a wild ride. And then when he's done with his punishments in a few centuries, he has a few...friends who can't wait to see him again."

Ammit grit her teeth and clenched the golden fork in her left hand. Narvi pressed his leg against hers in warning, but before either of them could say anything, Hades intervened. "Melinoe, that's enough. The punishment of souls is not your job, nor is it to decide what happens to them after their sentence. I believe that your Mother and I, along with others, asked this particular topic and mortal no longer be discussed at the table. Unless I misheard?" His tone was a dark as his skin.

"No, sir," Melinoe mumbled.

"I thought so. Now, since none of you can pick a suitable topic, let's discuss Apollo's (9) latest attempts to engage in a relationship with Isis (10) and how well Horus (11) reacted," he suggested.

Ammit frowned for a moment, something that was definitely caught by Melione given the look that she sent her. Then she cleared her face into something amicable and focused on her meal.

And if anyone else (besides Narvi) noticed that the conversation about two gods and a goddess that she hardly ever saw bothered her, then they didn't care enough to ask to change the topic.


A/N-So sorry for the long wait, guys and gals, but here it is! This chapter features some new gods and goddesses, some of whom will play a major part and other will play a not so major part, but they are going featured in this story. They're all going to be in the Underworld, since they're all gods/goddesses of death or various Underworldy things. So let's begin with the naming:

1. Thanatos- god of death and morality in Greek mythology. He is Ammit's half-brother.

2. Melinoe- goddess of ghosts and restless undead in Greek mythology. She is Ammit's half-sister.

3. Hel- goddess of death in Norse mythology. She is not related to Ammit.

4. Kali- goddess of destruction in the Hindu religion. She is not related to Ammit.

5. Mara- goddess of death, winter, and nightmares in the Baltic/Slavic mythology. She is not related to Ammit.

6. Viddus- god who separates the soul and body after death in Roman mythology. He is not related to Ammit.

7. Anubis- guardian of the dead, mummification, and the afterlife in Egyptian mythology. He is Ammit's brother.

8. Erlik- god of death and the underworld in Turkish/Mongolian mythology. He is not related to Ammit.

9. Apollo- god of light, music, healing, and truth in Greek mythology. He is not related to Ammit (they've only met a few times).

10. Isis- goddess of magic, marriage, healing, and protection in Egyptian mythology. She is the half-aunt to Ammit.

11. Horus- god of war, sky, and falcons in Egyptian mythology. He is Ammit's half-brother.