Hey guys! Bad news: this story's going to have to wrap up here in a few chapters! I'm down to my last few chapters right now. I'm sad to tell you guys this, but if there is ANYONE ELSE YOU GUYS WANT ME TO PUT IN HERE, LET ME KNOW!

Credit for this one goes to Lefty44 and AutumnLeaves03!

CHAPTER 63: A SURPRISE IN BIOLOGY

"Does everyone have a lab partner?" Mr. Wheeler asked his Advanced Human Anatomy II class.

Everyone nodded.

"Excellent! Well, today we'll be looking at the oral cavity of this newly deceased homo sapien," Mr. Wheeler said.

Will Solace, who was so good at this medicine stuff that he sort of just dozed off, came back to reality when the kid—James Wilson—next to him giggled, "He said homo."

"That's the Latin term for same," said Will angrily. "Do you mind? I'm trying to space out while the rest of these people learn about the oral cavity."

Mr. Wheeler turned on the projector and on came a picture of a Word document. He tapped the screen with his pencil. "As the directions state," he said, "please label all the structures of the oral cavity and name at least one malady that can occur with that structure. You have the rest of the period and if you don't finish, it'll be homework that's due on Friday! Begin!"

Will was happily drawing the dead person's tongue in his lab journal and labeling it, when the classroom door flew open and in walked a dude. But this wasn't just any dude! The dude looked like he was in his early twenties, with a cocky smile, blue eyes, and blond hair. He was thin but well-built…and was also wearing a lab coat that had on the pocket: DR. A SUNSHINE, DDS.

Will looked at the guy in the doorway. "Oh, sh—"

"Hello, sir," said Mr. Wheeler. "How can I help you?"

"Yeah, dude. Looking for a kid named…uh…Will Solace," said the guy. "He is very, very, very, very sick and needs immediate surgery. He won't be back until tomorrow."

"And you are…?"

"Why, I am his father Apollo! The Greek god of medicine, poetry, prophecy, and lots and lots of sex!"

"Dad, let's just go," said Will, putting his lab journal in his backpack and walking over to his father warily.

"No, kid. Not yet. I'm admiring these mortal peons as they worship the awesome ME!"

Will considered ramming his head into the wall, but he sighed and waited until Apollo was satisfied about the amount of power he had.

Once it was clear Apollo got what he wanted, he and Will left the classroom and headed down to the main office.

Before Apollo opened the door, he turned to Will. "Okay, I've got a totally awesome plan. I'll go in there and say you have demigod-itis, and you come in and act like you're drunk or something. Then I'll say you're so sick that you don't know who the hell you are, and we'll leave after that. Deal? Oh, and if you don't agree with my awesome plan, I'll deny that you're my son and you shall be severely punished."

"How do I get out of punishment?"

"Well, you'll need to sing a song in front of nine thousand complete strangers," said Apollo. He opened the door. "Hello! I'll be taking my son home now. His name is Will Solace. He has a rare condition called demigod-itis and needs immediate medical attention."

"Oh, the pain," Will said in a monotone, walking into the front office like a zombie. "Ow, it hurts so bad! OW!"

"Okay, you may take him home," the secretary said. "I just signed him out."

"Thanks, sweetheart," said Apollo. He turned to Will. "Let's go."

"Dad, where exactly are we going?" asked Will as Apollo and he flew to Olympus in Apollo's oh-so-awesome sun chariot.

"Well, my friend, we're going to Olympus because…" Apollo held up his hands dramatically, "YOU NEED BRACES! YAY! ALL RIGHT!"

Will could've cared less. He knew all his life he'd eventually need braces some day; he just didn't know when. "Okay, Dad," he replied.

"Good," said Apollo, leading Will into the waiting room of the OMC. "Hang out with Hestia for a bit while I prep the O.R."

Will rolled his eyes and sat down next to Hestia as she was toasting a marshmallow. "Hello," he told her softly.

"Hello, dear," Hestia sang quietly. "How are you today?"

"Fine," Will said truthfully. "Although I hate it when Apollo pulls me out of an interesting anatomy class."

"I'm sure you already know everything, dear," said Hestia, plucking the marshmallow off the stick and eating it. "Want one?"

"No, thanks," Will replied. "I probably shouldn't be eating before getting my teeth looked at."

A man behind Will cleared his throat. Will jumped and stared up at the Lord of the Dead—Hades!

"Lord Hades," said Hestia, bowing formally.

"'Sup?" said Hades. Then he turned to Will. "Your father would like me to tell you that you need to come back to the O.R. right now before he roasts you alive. Come with me."

Hades led Will back to the exam room, where Apollo was, all ready to perform the procedure. All the tools were lined up in a neat, little row on the tool tray. Will saw a bunch of stuff on the tray that looked like it shouldn't go in your mouth.

Hades put a poke-a-dotted napkin on Will and turned to Apollo. "Okay, Dr. Sunshine. Hurry this along so I can torture dead people. I just got nine more dead people today and all of them have been evil bastards while they were alive."

Apollo looked at Hades like, Dude, chill, before turning to his son. "Okay, Will! Open wide!"

Apollo slipped something in Will's mouth to keep his teeth from touching his lips. Then he cemented some brackets on Will's teeth and put the wires in. After Apollo was done, he pulled the device out of Will's mouth and Will sat up and stared at Hades.

Hades, who was on his phone the entire time when he should've been doing assistant stuff, looked at Will. "Oh, yeah, I'm supposed to invite you for dinner at my palace. Nico said I should get used to your presence because he said something about seeing you a lot. Will you have dinner with us tonight?"

Will glanced at Hades. "Yeah…sure…"

"Great," Hades said. "We're having chicken and French fries."

LATER THAT EVENING…

Will, dressed in his school clothes, was standing outside of the Palace of Hades. Cerberus was pooping last night's dinner on the ground behind him. The dead people were partying in Elysium, being bored as hell in Asphodel, and singing torture songs in Tartarus.

Will entered the palace after Persephone had let him in. Hades, Nico, he, and Persephone were all eating dinner together. Nico and Will looked at each other and started talking about one thing after another. Hades and Persephone—on the other hand—just sat there awkwardly, until Persephone had the brilliant idea of taking their dinner into their room so they could watch a movie in bed.

Okay, sorry if it really sucked, but I really wanted to get this story up. I wrote it in two sittings, but I hope you guys like it. Plus I'm sick so that's why it probably sucks.