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Percy's POV

The stairs went on forever, narrow, steep, and slippery, it was completely dark except for the light of my sword . As we trumped down the seemingly never ending stairs I thought about what I would be doing right now if not for the Egyptians . We had called our school and told them that we couldn't come back just yet, due to family business, Thanksgiving was a few days ago, which I would've spent with Annabeth, my mom and Paul.

I had Iris Messaged my mom and told her about the situation . I feel so bad for my mom, she is always worried about me . Every time I come home from a quest, mission or something else she is on the verge of tears . The worst time was when I was in a coma and missing for over six months .

When I came home she cried so hard it scared me, it scared me that I could worry her and hurt her that much . I know that getting kidnapped by a goddess wasn't my fault, but I still felt guilty, but more than anything I was mad .

I was, am, so mad at Hera, I will never forgive her for what she did to my mom . She means the world to me and to see her hurting is awful . That night she fell asleep on the couch with her head on my shoulder .

My thoughts were interrupted by a shrill scream echoing through the tunnel . Yep we were defiantly close to the underworld . We emerged at the base of a cliff, on a plain of black volcanic sand . To our right the River Styx gushed from the rocks and roared off in a cascade of rapids .

To our left, far away in the gloom, fires burned on the ramparts of Erebos, the great black walls of Hades kingdom . "This is where we started" Annabeth said, a small smile played on her lips, "our first quest" . I smiled "remember how we thought that coming here was a really big deal" I said, she nodded .

"And we thought that this would be the most dangerous thing we would ever do" she sighed, "how far we've come" she said . With that we headed down the dark beach toward the gates . As we approached, the dead backed away letting us through .

Cerberus stepped out off the path, laid his three massive heads down and whimpered . He must remember Annabeth, she let go of my hand and stroked his sleek fur . "Hay boy" she said, "you remember me huh, I'm sorry I didn't bring you a toy this time" she apologized . after a minute or so she told him goodbye and we walked toward the palace .

We had to cross the fields of Asphodel to reach Hades, it was weird to think that Hazel was hear . This is where all the souls that didn't do anything with their life end up . And her life was anything but worthless, she had agreed to spend eternity here, doing nothing . So her mother wouldn't have to go to the fields of punishment .

Talk about sacrifice, my thought's where once again interrupted, by another shrill scream, much closer this time though . I knew it was coming from the fields of punishment, but I didn't want to see what happening or who it was . With my luck it would be someone I either killed, or failed to save .

I am sick and tired of fighting, saving the world, and being the hero . And it would be really nice if I survive my collage years, the thought of living long enough to reach adult hood seemed like a dream . Finally we reached the giant doors of the palace, a fury dropped in front of us . "What is your business hear", it rasped .

"We wish to speak with lord Hades" I answered, it looked us up and down . "Jackson, Chase, still alive I see", I sighed inwardly, "yes and I'm shore you would love to fix that, but for now we need to speak with your master" . It growled and let out a loud screech, a few seconds later the doors started to creak and groan .

Then without warning they swung inward, revealing a long dark corridor, with tapestries, mosaics, and high ceilings . "Hades redecorated I see" Annabeth said, "huh, still a little dim, but I like it more than what he had before" . That earned her a growl from the fury, it lead us down the corridor, there were doors lining the walls, leading off to the rest of the palace .

the doors at the end of the corridor were even more impressive than the front . They were black stygian iron and gold, pictures of war and death covered the middle from the bottom to the top . The sides were vines and thons that seemed to be a frame for the rest of the picture, the pictures and decorations were done in gold and the door was black iron .

The fury's eye's glazed over, as if it was having a mental conversation . Then the doors opened, and unlike the other door witch creaked and groaned, this one was silent . We stepped in, the room before us was huge, Greek fire burned in braziers against the wall . The floor was polished marble, beautiful black pillars held up the roof, the walls were decorated with silver and gold .

At the end of the room, on a marble dais two thrones sat empty . Hade's throne was in the center, it was black marble, silver was embedded into the marble back and armrests . The throne to the right was smaller, it looked to be made out of silver and gold branches, woven in a complicated pattern .

I was about to ask where they were, when the room became cold . The shadows bent toward the throne, the darkness twisted and bent, forming the shape of a man . Then BAM, it was Hades, the god of the dead, he was just as pale and creepy as the last time I saw him . With his jet black hair and black eyes, he was dressed in black robes and a blood red cape .

Annabeth and I kneeled, "what is it you wish speak with me about" Hades rumbled . His voice was deep and smooth, "and stand" he added . "As much as Zeus hates to admit it, you two have earned our respect" . That was a surprise, Hades was normally a prideful jerk, though I guess we have earned something, though I never thought it would be respect . We stood, "we need your help" I said .

Annabeth explained our situation, and with every word she spoke Hades looked more and more grave. "Yes" Hades said when Annabeth had finished, "I know of the plant of witch you speak" . He sighed, "though it will be very hard to reach" he paused .

"Where is it" I asked, a feeling of dread settled in the pit of my stomach . When he didn't answer I really started to worry, if Hades didn't want to tell us then it must be pretty bad . Though I don' t think it could be worse that what we went through this past summer . "Lord Hades" Annabeth said, "we need to know" .

He looked at us sadly, "a few thousand years ago an Egyptian magician uprooted the last of the plant witch you need" he sighed again . "We chased him hear, to the underworld, before he could destroy it, but he was determined, determined to keep it from us" . Hades looked at us sympathetically, I was starting to see were this was going .

But it was so horrible, so unfair, I was hoping and praying that it wasn't what I thought it was . Anything would be better than that, I would go anywhere to avoid it . I glanced at Annabeth, she had a look of horrified realization on her face .

That's when I knew that I was right, I knew where we were going . But still I hoped against it, the fates couldn't be that cruel . Hades looked at us, he was nothing like when I first met him, years ago he would have laughed and watched us suffer with glee.

But now he looked like he wanted to save us from our fate, which would defiantly be horrible . "We chased him to the deepest, darkest part of the underworld" . "But rather than give himself up, he sacrificed himself so that we could never reach it".

I knew what was coming before Annabeth said it . "Tartarus," Annabeth said quietly, her voice was deprived of emotion, "he jumped into Tartarus".