Painkiller (Exetremely slow updates)

by 19bwilcox

Hades was alone. He had been so for countless millenniums after being banished from Olympus. The only company he had ever know did not want him, and if even his family couldn't stand him, then surely no one ever would. Percy Jackson was dying. He was only 18, and he wasn't ready. But then he met him, and suddenly dying didn't seem so bad anymore, not if he could have Hades.

1. Prologue

(A/N: So I realized that having a 'key' would be necessary to avoid confusion. So, even though I've already posted 6 parts, I went ahead and added one anyways.)

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Key︎

1. Thoughts= '*speech* '

2. Writing= "speech"︎

3. Latin= "~speech~"︎

4. Greek= "[speech]"︎

5. Writing in Latin= "~speech~"︎

6. Writing in Greek= "[speech]"

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Prologue

Cold. Dark. Lonely. Hades had been alone as long as he could remember. The only bright spot in his immortal life as a god had come and gone long, long ago. It had been several millennium since he was cast out from Olympus, banished, only allowed to return when called for. Like a beaten dog, he had been discarded as though he were worthless. Truly, it isn't any wonder that after being treated like less than nothing, he eventually started to believe what the other gods said about him. He started to believe that he was worthless, that he would never matter. He believed that he would be alone for all eternity, never cared for or loved. Never to receive even the slightest hint of compassion. "*After all, if everyone truly believes I'm a monster, then I must be one*", he mused to himself. No one cared what he thought or felt, because he was nothing more than a monster. And no one could ever love a monster.