Disclaimer: All Uncle Rick's (unfortunately)

Prophecy: I know it's terrible, but cut me some slack, people! (I tried SO hard to make it better, how does Uncle Rick do it?!)

Eight shall descend into the pit of hell,

Half of unhuman power, reduced to mere mortals.

The broken hero, safely returned,

But at a price to pay worse than death.

The Light at the End of the Darkest Tunnel

By ThePeacefulTitaness

Chapter Nine: Knew we were forgetting something. (Also, what the fuck?)

Word count (including A/Ns): 1,013 | Pages on Word: 3| Font: Footlight MT Light| Size: 11

~Clarisse~

So far, the group of eight hadn't run into any monsters, which was good.

But Clarisse didn't want to jinx them.

Apollo sighed in relief. "Thank Zeus we haven't run into any monsters. At this rate, we'll get to the entrance in no time!"

They had been heading toward the underworld, where an entrance to Tartarus was located.

(A/N: before yall tell me 'the entrance is in rome' remember that in TLT they were in the underworld and grover almost got dragged into Tartarus from lukes shoes)

They might've got there without any interruptions…

If it wasn't for that stupid gas-brained idiot jinxing them.

Mere seconds after Apollo uttered those words, three hellhounds jumped out from the trees surrounding the group.

Killing them was an easy feat; Artemis shot one down with her bow, Clarisse one with her spear, and the other was absorbed into the shadows, courtesy of the father and son of the underworld.

Clarisse stood at the edge of the pit, the rescuers standing next to her.

"Damn."

Damn indeed.

Actually, fuck was probably more suited to this situation.

~Hazel~

"So…um, how long will it take to…you know, reach the bottom?" Hazel inquired.

"Well, according to Hesiod, it takes nine days to reach the bottom. Annabeth?" Artemis stated, posing a question directed toward Annabeth at the end.

"I-I'm not sure, exactly. When P-" she paused, taking a breath, "Percy and I were falling, it felt like an eternity. But…it can't have been longer than an hour, even less."

So they were just supposed to jump and hope for the best? Hazel opened her mouth to voice her concerns, but her brother beat her to it.

"So-what? Is there like a rope we're supposed to use?" Nico asked.

It was then it struck Hazel that they hadn't really planned beyond this point.

Oops.

(it was at that moment, she realised they fucked up srry I had to lmao)

~Artemis~

Dammit. She knew they were missing something. And now, thanks to-...her BROTHERS carelessness they were stuck! (yup, that's right, blame it on ur hot brother *insert eye roll here*).

"So…what now?

"Well…" Hestia began, "We could go back, or ask one of the gods for help…but that wouldn't work, they'd need Hades' permission, and since we're so close to Tartarus, his power is too low. Hmm…" she scratched her chin in concentration, which was a gesture Artemis found unbelievably cute.

(gon make artemisxhestia a side ship, not that i actually ship it and ik shes like her aunt but idgaf also its kinda cute 3)

Not that Artemis noticed. Nup. She'd never noticed the way Hestia's plain brown hair glistened in the moonlight, or the way she always wore modest swimsuits at Poseidon's Annual Bikini Beach Blowout and blushed whenever she got a compliment. Nor did she notice her curvy hourglass figue Hestia always tried to hie behind long dresses and plain shawls when in her older form.

Oh gods.

What was wrong with her?

~Apollo~

Apollo knew they were missing something.

They had planned every single damn thing except the most important part.

Godsdammit. What were they going to do now?

"Fuck it." Apollo heard Nico mutter, before he jumped off the ledge.

What. The. Fuck

A/N: super short ik. Rlly srry, ill try to have more chaps out.

But remember, writing should b a hobby, not an obligation. Still, I feel like im letting u down.

im srry for the temporary hiatus! my dad recently let me get tiktok, and ive been on it for ages. Now that the first excitement is gone, I hope to have a chap every week. Srry for the wait. U have no idea how thankful I am for sticking with me! Ill try to make up for this in the next chap…maybe? Im srry, I always have bouts of inspiration… *insert crying emoji here*

Also: I woulda had this out sooner, but ff was glitching and wouldn't let me update :(

Anyways, now that school is starting, I think ill have a chap every week (?) idk I just think with school ill have more inspiration, that doesn't make sense lmao but whatever

Btw I crosspost on wattpad. Same story name, same profile.

Review Replies:

Mika1303: Oh my goodness. This is so good! I hate waiting so much! It's fine, just please don't give up on this, it's so amazing!

Ye, so sorry about the wait. I definitely wont give up on this, I love writing this! But some weeks I just lose all inspirations.

flecha05: Muy buena la historia.
Contunua

¡Gracias! Definitivamente continuaré ! (also I don't know if that's actually right-it was on google sorry)

(translation: Very good story. Continue. –I think, according to google lol)

(Thanks! I definitely will continue!)

Barb1000: My god! poor percy what suffering hr is going through, it will be a long way for him to go back to who he was before, right?. please continue and thanks for the amazing new chapter.

Lmao. Yes I am srry mah bby Percy *insert crying emoji here* ur right, it will take ageeees for him to go back to how he was, and even then he wont be exactly the same. Ofc I will continue, srry for the late chap! Thx for reviewing