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Seth

Mia and I were looking for a water fountain so we could contact Chiron and tell him what happened. James and Claire were handling something for dinner since we hadn't eaten since breakfast. Mia looked nervously over her shoulder and then we found one. It had enough mist, there was no one around and we were tired.

Mia and I walked over and threw a drachma into the rainbow, "Oh goddess Iris please accept my offering. Show us Chiron at Camp Half Blood."

Chiron's face came into view. He was sitting in his room listening to his Sinatra, "Amelia, Seth is that you?"

"Yeah we're on layover in Denver and we thought we might want to talk to you about something." Mia replied.

"Is something wrong heroes?" he asked.

"When we were at the airport there were a group of skeletal security guards like the ones my dad dealt with. Whoever summoned them must've known we were at the airport. The thing is we also think that the only way for any of them to know what was going on is if information was being passed from within camp." Seth said.

"Well we'll see what we can do about finding a spy is there anything else children?" he asked.

"Claire had a dream on the plane about monster and some guy. Apparently we have until the summer solstice to find Hestia or they break out of their prison." Mia said.

"That's troubling, and in this dream did she know the man in it?" he asked.

"No she told me that he referred to himself as prince of the Underworld though."

"Once you get into Hades I want you to find him he will be very helpful to you." Chiron said, "He's an old friend of your parents', mainly your mother's."

"Who is he?" Mia asked.

"Nico diAngelo, son of Hades." Chiron replied, "He was another one of my heroes."

"So you want us to find this guy and he'll help us?" I asked.

Chiron nodded, "Nico knows the Underworld very well, he'll surely be able to help you."

"Thanks Chiron."

With that the Iris Message was disconnected and Mia looked over at me. She looked tired she didn't sleep on the plane. We sat over by our gate and waited for James and Claire to get back with some food. Mia rested her head on my shoulder and before I knew it she was asleep.

Mia was pretty awesome, she was definitely different. I really enjoyed getting to work with Mia everyday, that's how awesome I thought she was. I know that she has some trust issues going on but I know she trusts me.

Finally James and Claire walked over with a nice greasy bag of fast food. Mia instantly perked up when she heard the words cheeseburger, French fries, and Dr. Pepper. Mia and I were seated together once again and I had to keep her from freaking out on the plane.

"So do you think we're going to find her by then?" Mia asked me.

I looked over at her, "We'll find her don't worry about it."

"Thanks for coming along Seth." She smiled at me.

"It's no problem Mia."

"Do you think that I would let you go into the Underworld without me?" I asked her.

"I didn't think you would." She replied.

"Besides you would do the same for me." I smiled.

Mia smiled and a small rosy blush began to creep onto her cheeks, "Yeah I would."

"So that's exactly why I'm here." I said.

Mia smiled and nodded. She stayed quiet for a long time but I noticed that she looked like she was about to throw up. I did the only thing that seemed rational at the moment….I grabbed her hand. She looked over at me and smiled slightly.

There was just something about Mia that had me drawn to her the moment I saw her. Maybe that was what she was designed to do but she had me to the point where all of my thoughts concern her. Maybe this is the wrong thing to be thinking about when we both could possibly die.

The rest of the flight to L.A. was a piece of cake. Nothing happened, everything was ok. There wasn't a single monster attack. We found a hotel close to that airport and waited it out to get some rest. Mia was snacking on some Sun Chips she had and I decided to join her out on the balcony.

"Hey what's up?" I asked her.

She looked at me and put her bag of chips down, "Nothing I was just thinking about this prophecy thing."

"Don't worry too much about it you know you'll do the right thing." I assured her.

"How are you so sure that I'll do what's right. Look at my dad, he did what he thought was right and he was reprimanded for it." Mia said as she hugged one of the pillows beside her.

"Mia you don't have to worry about that you'll do what's right." I smiled.

"Seth what if I screw all of this up?" she asked.

I decided to take a seat next to her, "Mia you're going to be fine. I know you'll do what's right and so does Chiron. We believe in you."

She looked at me and smiled slightly, "You really believe in me?"

I nodded, "Why shouldn't I?"

"You barely know me." She replied.

"I know you well enough to know that you'll do what's right in the end." I smiled at her.

"Thanks Seth." She smiled.

"It's no problem." I shrugged.

We sat there and looked at the skyline of L.A. It honestly was really amazing at night. Mia still looked troubled so I decided to see that I should hug some sense into her. I held my arms open and she snuggled into them. She hugged me and she fell asleep like that.

"You'll do the right thing." I whispered as I tucked her into her bed.

The next morning we were headed out for the Underworld. My dad told me a lot of things so I had a ton of extra drachma. We're luck I did end up having the extra because Charon has raised his fare since my father had been there.

The ferry ride to the Underworld was pretty interesting. Mia looked around nervously and Claire and James were looking about the same. I placed my hand on the small of Mia's back and I rubbed it in circles. She smiled at me slightly and went back to looking like she was terrified of what was going to happen.

"So what did Chiron say to you guys?" Claire asked.

"He said that we should find the man in the dream, he's a friend of mom and dad. He told me that his name is Nico. The thing is we don't have much longer until the summer solstice so we have to hurry to find this guy." Mia said.

"So this guy can help us?" James asked.

"If he's a son of the god who owns this place I think he'll be able to help us." Mia replied.

"So do we have any idea where this guy is?" Claire asked.

"That's the thing we have no idea." Mia said.

"The one you seek is guarding Tartarus." Charon said.

We all looked at him, "What?"

"The prince of the Underworld is guarding Tartarus for his father, I can't take you as far but I can give you directions to it." Charon said.

"Thanks we'll take that." Claire said.

Charon took as far as he could and gave us directions to get to Tartarus. This was not going to be easy but we set out to do so anyway. We looked at the lines to get into the Underworld. They were so long and slow even the EZ Pass line was going super slow but hey when you're dead time really doesn't matter due to the fact that you have all the time in the world.

We snuck past a bunch of dead people, none of whom I recognized and tried to find Cerberus. Cerberus was a huge three headed dog that guards the entrance to the Underworld. My mom had shared the trick with me to getting past him. I pulled a red rubber ball out of my backpack and tossed it far into the distance, "Fetch boy!"

Cerberus ran after the ball and we started toward our destination making sure that we were in before Cerberus could find us. My mom told me that Cerberus wasn't really that scary he was actually in need of a lot of attention.

"How did you know to do that?" Mia asked.

"My mom told me about a lot of things to prepare me for things like this." I smiled.

"Thanks I wouldn't have known what to do." She smiled.

"It's no problem." I shrugged.

We continued down the gloomy path to the fields of Asphodel. The dead were just aimlessly walking around. They didn't speak a word to one another. Then we found the gates to the Field of Punishment. Beyond that gate should lay the entrance to Tartarus according to Charon who claimed we couldn't miss it.

Mia and Claire took the lead and we walked past several different 'prisoners' who moaned and pleaded for us to help them. We kept walking and tried to ignore them. Finally we found it; the entrance to Tartarus. Sure enough standing there was a young man.

We cautiously approached him. Mia tapped his shoulder, "Excuse me are you Nico diAngelo?"

He turned to look at her and his already face went even paler, "Thalia?"

"No we're her daughters Mia and Claire." Mia replied.

"You look so much like your mother." The man commented.

"Thanks I guess. Can you help us in anyway Chiron told us to find you to help us navigate this place?" Mia asked.

The man hesitated, "You must be Percy and Annabeth's son it's been awhile since I've seen you." He pointed at me.

"Yeah and this is James Solace." I introduced James.

"Well I guess I can help you I think I might know where they're hiding Hestia." He replied.

Mia was looking at him and I could tell that she might have possibly found this man attractive. No Seth you need to focus stop thinking about Mia.

"You do?" Mia asked.

He nodded, "I will warn you it will not be easy to get to her."

"Well then show us the way you're officially in the lead." Mia said.

Claire nodded, "Seriously we need all the help we can get."

The man nodded, "Then follow me you guys have a deadline to meet."

We followed him through mazes of dead people, punishments, and lines. Everything until we reached a place where no one really goes. This place was dark, full of caves; you could just get the feeling that there were monsters crawling around somewhere.

"Ok I believe that they're holding Hestia in one of those caves over there. It's probably the one that's guarded most heavily." He said.

"So how are we going to get in there?" Claire asked.

"We'll have to use surprise attacks and kill them when they're least expecting it." Nico said.

So that was how James and I were stuck on attack duty while the girls ran in to go find Hestia. We had a day to get her back; really we only had a few hours to free her to get her back to Olympus. We knew that they were going to drain Hestia of her power to help whatever their cause was.

James and I were hiding behind a boulder waiting for Nico to give us the signal. James was armed with his bow and arrow and I was armed with my favorite sword. It was a replica of my father's sword Riptide and it was the best sword I could ever ask for.

Nico gave us the signal and James launched a volley of arrows that hit with deadly accuracy taking out a third of the guards. That's when I ran out. Trust me it was not easy. I could see Nico sneaking Mia and Claire in through another entrance to the cave. James and I were trying to hold them off the best we could but soon they sent out for reinforcements. That's when James and I were outnumbered by at least three to one.

"James can you fight with a sword?" I asked as we were back to back surrounded by monsters.

"Yeah but not as well as arrows." He replied.

"Well lets put those sword skills to use." I said.

We charged into battle and did what we could until we were overpowered.