I spent the rest of the night in our cabin. I honestly didn't want to deal with the million questions I knew I would get from everyone at camp. I went to sleep on a nice bed in the same room as Nico. That night I had a very strange dream. I felt myself rise out of my body. Then a strong pulling sensation came over me pulling me back through my body and bed down to what I assumed was the Underworld. Oh shit, am I dead? Great, I didn't get killed when I was fighting Annabeth but I died in my sleep. I am such a loser.
Flying through the Underworld was extremely weird considering how now freaked out I was. Strangely, I actually felt right at home surrounded by the thousands of people who looked completely see through. I soared past a glowing green river, a large three headed dog, and a large building with a line of souls waiting straight into a large palace looking place. I went right through a wall and only stopped when I got in front of a man sitting at a very large throne made out of skulls.
"Moria, it's been so long. Come here and say hello." That's weird, none of the other things in this place saw me but he can? Who the hell is he anyways? "Ah, you must be wondering who I am. I'm your father, Hades. Or have you forgotten the time I came to your house when you were young?"
"Dad? Why did you bring me here? Am I dead?" I looked around the room and noticed a flowery throne that was currently empty. Dad chuckled, he sounds just like Nico.
"No you are not dead. If you were, King Minos would be judging you right now. All my children get the front of the line at the judgment pavilion. I brought you here to warn you not to ever go on a quest with that Percy Jackson. My nephew has caused much trouble while he has been at Camp Half-Blood and I don't want him to hurt any other one of my children. Speaking of my children, how is Nico?" The skulls surrounding my father's throne began to move when I realized they were attacked to full skeletons. I must have jumped in surprised. "No worries child, they are simply my protectors."
"Oh, okay. Nico is fine, he and I helped win our game of capture the flag." I knew I had to ask him about the black flames. "Hey, dad? During the game, I got really angry with myself and everyone and I may have caused a ring of black flames to surround our flag. Is this normal for one of your kids? How did I do it? I'm scared."
"Calm yourself Moria. Being the god of the Underworld, I have special powers. When I have children, they get a special power from me. Nico has the ability to raise an army of dead souls. You, my dear child, have the power to control and create dark energy. It's a rare thing for a daughter of Hades to have. Use your gift only in time of absolute need, or whenever you get pissed with someone. It's a wonderful way to settle a grudge." He snapped his fingers and a large dog like thing came out from the darkness.
"Whoa, whoa, wait! Dark energy? Like I can control like dark balls of energy and shit? I'm like a witch!"
"Oh no! Witches do not exist. They were simply my children, or you know my brothers and sisters children. Those silly mortals thought that they were doing 'magic' instead of using their abilities they inherited from us." He seemed rather annoyed by this, "Stupid mortals."
"Is there anything else you want to say?"
"Yes, in a few days time, you will meet someone who is going to change your entire life. This person, if you let them, could kill you. Do not, under any circumstances, let this person near your bracelet or know that you can summon dark energy. You understand?" He had gotten up out of his chair and was not stand right in front of me. This is the closest I have been to my father and I am sixteen years old, wonderful.
"Yes, I understand. Can I tell Chiron?" He cringed.
"I suppose if you have to. Just don't tell anyone, besides your brother, that you were summoned here tonight." He swished his hand and I started to fly away but he stopped mid-swish. "Moria, I am sorry for not being in your life and I am sorry for not claiming you sooner. I loved you too much that after Bianca died, I needed to keep you hidden away so Percy could not hurt you as well. I hope you can understand."
"I understand, Dad. I love you too. I'll tell Nico you said hi." He then swished his hand again, and I was off. Flying back through the underworld I got to see everything again. This time though, I saw the most beautiful place ever. I want to get there when I die, maybe that's where the Christians got heaven from?
I arrived back in my bed and jolted up taking a large breath of air. Nico startled away. He reached over from his bed and found his sword. "What happened? Are you ok? Did someone try to kill you?"
"Nico! Calm down. Dad summoned me to his palace! I got to meet him! He told me about my powers and holy shit! I can create and control dark energy! How cool is that?" I jumped out of bed and sat next to him on his bed.
"Was that the only thing he wanted you for?"
"No, he said that in a few days, someone would come into my life that is going to change it. They may even kill me! We can't tell anyone about that part but only Chiron can know about the dark energy thing." Nico looked at me with a puzzled look on his face, "What?"
"Did Dad say anything else?"
"Oh yeah! He told me to tell you that he said hi. And something about keeping me hidden after…you know who died. I forgive him, that's all that matters. I guess the curse of being a child of Hades doesn't apply to me." Nico let a rather large yawn and put down his sword.
"Yea, good for you. I'm going to go back to sleep now since you woke me up for no reason. Try not to wake me up again. Even though, I'm your little brother I have a lot more battle experience than you." He turned over and quickly went back to sleep. The sound of his heavy breathing and snores filled the small dark cabin with only the moonlight helping me see.
I knew I couldn't possibly go back to sleep after that so I decided to just sit there in the darkness and think. I've been thinking a lot lately. I'm not sure if it's a good thing or not. I thought about what I did to Annabeth the previous night and how guilty I felt. I knew I needed to do something. On a whim, I crawled out of bed clad only in sleeping shorts and a tank top and took off for the infirmary.
The night seemed especially dark as a large black cloud covered the moon. Unable to see, I decided to try out my power. I concentrated closely on my hand and focused all my anger on it. My vision blurred again and when it went back to normal I saw a dark grey flame glowing in my hand. It gave me just enough light so I could see about three feet ahead of me. Score one for Moria!
I ran all the way to the infirmary and saw that all the lights were on in there so I put out the small flames in my hand. I feel so powerful when I do that. Anyway, I walked up the small set of stairs into the building. Rows of cots filed the room with other campers tending towards the kids in the cots. I looked around for Annabeth and saw a head of blonde hair on a pillow far in the back. I walked over to her bed and found her away staring straight ahead.
"Hello Moria, you here to chop off my entire leg?" She must have heard me come in.
"No, I'm here to apologize." I'm not exactly sorry for hurting her I was more sorry for letting myself get so into the game.
"I know for a fact you are not sorry. Listen, you don't like me and I don't like you. Seaweed Breath, or Percy, seems to like you. I have one thing to say to you. You stay away from my boyfriend. You have no clue how much Percy and I have gone through. You will not come in and ruin that for us." She had a pained expression while saying this, but it was still intimidating.
"You are about the fifth person who has told me to stay away from him. Unlike everyone else, I am going to tell you exactly what I think. Percy and I have only known each other for days! He and his mom saved me from my abusive stepfather and a mother who did nothing to stop him. I own him my life. I am going to be friends with him if I want to. Not you, my brother, my dad, or even Zeus can stop me, you understand me?" She gave out a large huff and turned back to her side where she was looking before I came in. I saw her wince in pain. I guess that's a yes.
I went back to my cabin again led by my grey flames. I made it back to my cabin with it still being dark outside. I got inside and managed to lie down before the sun came up. I knew I wouldn't get any sleep that night so I just waited for the sun to rise yet again.
I have enemies already and it's only my second day. I thought this would be a place where I would feel accepted. I thought I would make friends who are just like me. I thought that I would find out who I truly am and find my father. I thought this place would help me escape from my anger and resentment. Most of those things have not come true. Even though, I found a brother and yes, I got to know my dad, I still feel more alone than ever. This is because of Annabeth and everyone looking at me like I am going to be the next person dead. It's not exactly what I had hoped for.
We have Hades' first appearance folks! Its so weird you know? Writing for the King of the Underworld. I really don't know what to say besides I hope you all like this. This story is my baby. I have worked so hard on it. Every little detail in this has been worked out in my head. I just hope its as good as I think it is. Anyways, its time for Hermes' Message Corner! I have two new reviews:
mikitmerlinhadesfan – I'm glad you like it! The reason why Annabeth hates Moira is….coming up in a later chapter! I wish I could answer your question but! That would give away stuff.
nonnieDephlyn – Her power was like a hard thing to come up with. It took me about three days and fifteen different attempts to come up with. I didn't want it to be like any of the existing characters so it was a bit….difficult. The sword's name however only took two tries. I think the original name was Black Beauty. I hope you liked this chapter!
That's it! Wow, I liked that last response. You guys, you can ask me any questions you want about how I came up with different things. I really like talking about it, honestly. Oh! And tell me if you like Black Beauty or Black Widow better. I may change it. Happy July everyone! I look forward to seeing your reviews! May the Gods ever be in your Favor!