Nico's P.O.V

I woke up before Will. Even in sleep his arms were wrapped protectively around me. I dreaded getting up. But I had to. I tried to pull myself out of his arms. He simply made a slight whimpering noise and held me closer. I would have to wake him up. I poked him on the forehead. Well, It worked. He blinked open one eye.

"Morning sunshine!"

"Mmhm."

Instead of moving, or releasing me, he simply hugged me tighter and rested his face on my shoulder.

"I don't wanna get up, Angel."

"I don't care. Get up."

He released me, pouting. I got up, stretched and headed to my adjoining bathroom. I changed my clothes and brushed my teeth. I kept Will's hoodie on though. It was comforting and it smelt like him. I went back into my bedroom to see Will, fully dressed and up.

"Still wearing my hoodie, Angel?"

"Shut up."

He pouted at me, overdramatically. He sat on the floor, cross-legged, and looked around my room. I loved my bedroom. The walls were painted black (of course) and a large bed was in the centre of one wall. Shelves took over a wall, over a desk.

"C'mon, Will, time to go."

We left my room and headed to Kate's bedroom. It wasn't far away, so we got there pretty quickly. I knocked on the door. There was a loud crash from the other side followed by stream of cursing in ancient Greek.

"Come in!"

Kate was sat in the middle of the floor. She was packing things into a bag at speed. Random articles of clothing were strewn about the room. She was trying to push a giant toy bear into a bag far to small to fit. She threw the bear aside and looked up at us. Her face was flushed and her hair was unbrushed and messy.

"I hate mornings." She growled.

"Same." I yawned.

Will looked between us, shocked.

"How can you not like mornings?"

Me and Kate looked at each other and then back at Will. "What's there to like?"

He sighed "Well, at least you're mostly packed, Kate."

Kate looked at him incredulously. "What makes you think that?"

I flopped down next to Kate and helped her fit some clothes into a bag. It took us a long while to get Kate packed, but in the end we got there.

It was time to leave.

Kate grabbed her bags and I slung my backpack round my shoulders. Now it was time to say goodbye to dear old dad. Wonderful. Will held my hand as we walked. It was nice to know I had him with me as we faced my father. We walked through the Palace to find the throne room.

Hades was sat in his throne. He looked the same as always, tired, stressed and gloomy. I could relate. It always surprised me that his appearance was always like this. He was a god. Couldn't he just snap his fingers and look happy?

"Father, we're leaving."

"Already?"

"Yes."

Hades left his throne and walked over to us. He kissed Kate on her cheeks and pulled her into a light hug. He hugged me too and ruffled my hair.

"Look after each other."

"Yes, Dad."

"Tell me if you go on any dangerous quests."

"Yes, Dad."

"Say hello to Hazel for me me."

"Yes, Dad."

"Tell me if either of your partners hurt you."

"DAD!"

A/N: Hi guys! I hope you like this chapter. Its mainly just an introduction to the next chapter which will be up soon. I have the week off so expect pretty frequent updates. As always, Thank you to the reviewers for their lovely words. It really means a lot! I also want to add Rachel x Reyna into this fic. If you want to see that, please review or PM me and the same if you really don't want to see that.

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-Kakey!