TBM spoilers, I guess? (everyone and their mom already knows what happens, so it isn't really necessary, but still. Also, this is not going to be dark and depressing).

Just after Jason died, in Camp Half-blood.

Annabeth wiped the tears from her eyes, and looked at her boyfriend and at Piper. Piper had been sobbing since she arrived in camp, and Percy also had tears running down his face. Annabeth took a deep breath, and pulled both friends to their feet like they were kittens. They walked along, seemingly without feeling anything.

Annabeth dragged her to friends to the Big House, and went inside. She knew her question was stupid; she just wanted to know for sure that what she was going to ask wouldn't be possible. Annabeth saw that Chiron quickly wiped a tear from the corner of his eyes before he turned to his demigods. 'Is something the matter, children?'

Annabeth nodded. 'Chiron, how illegal is it to bring another demigod back from the land of the dead?' Chiron's looked at her, with a pitiful look in his eyes. 'It's impossible, Annabeth. No one ever did.' They heard a cough from the stairs. Chiron sighed. 'Or, I guess no mortal people did it.'

Dionysus came walking down the stairs. 'It can't be impossible. You know not to make the same mistake as Orpheus. One of you can charmspeak, powerfully, so...' Annabeth looked at Chiron. To her surprise, he didn't even look hesitant. Piper took a deep breath, which allowed her to stop bawling long enough to say: 'We probably can't. A god did it once, we won't make it.' She started crying again.

Dionysus swiftly went past his left eye before answering, hoping no one noticed: 'I did it three times, if it makes you happy...' percy breathed loudly. 'That makes our chances higher according to some logic, in some universe. See you later, Chiron!' Percy took his girlfriend and Piper by their hands, and pulled them outside.

'Alright, Piper, Percy, you two grab the bags. I am going to call Hazel and Nico,' Annabeth told her friends, who were still wiping their tears away. 'Both of them? Isn't that a little... much, for a group that tries to sneak into the Underworld?' Piper asked. Annabeth shook her head. 'If we lose one along the way, we need the other one to tell Hades to pretty please not kill us.'

Hazel and Nico arrived on Half-blood Hill just as Percy and Piper came running by with the backpacks. 'I brought enough food. We will have to eat before entering the Underworld.' The rest nodded, and silently departed to find an entrance to the Underworld. To the one in New York, which was the road Orpheus took, to be more precise.

It took them about three hours to walk through the forest and reach the right spot in New York. They ate something before going inside, and after that Nico opened the door and they all walked inside. Piper shivered. She had never been in the underworld before, and it was creepier than she had ever imagined.

Luckily, Hades palace wasn't far from the end of Orpheus' way, and Piper didn't have to see the horrors from the field of Punishment (later, she told the crew that that was her worst fear about the Underworld). Percy wanted to go straight for the palace, but Nico stopped him. 'We'd better fetch Jason first. So, if dad doesn't agree, we can always just run off.'

Piper looked at them. 'Can't we just grab his hand and take him to the upper world right now?' She asked. Hazel shook her head. 'Pluto... I mean Hades, will notice if the son of Zeus is suddenly gone. And when that happens, we will have more problems than we are solving.' Piper nodded. 'Fair.'

Nico led them to the fields of Elysium, straight to the house of Silena and Beckendorf. He knocked on the door. 'Have you two seen a handsome blonde boy, with blue eyes, the muscles of a bodybuilder and very light skin?' He asked as soon as the door opened. Silena and Beckendorf looked at each other. Silena titled her head. 'You'll have to be more specific. There is an ocean of handsome white, blonde men here,' she said. Beckendorf nodded. Nico bit his nails.

'He is Zeus's son?' Annabeth slowly added. 'Oh. In the black house down the street.' The two smiled at Percy and Annabeth. 'Wish we had more time, bye!' Percy yelled, while they were already running down the street.

Jason's mansion was big, but also very black. That was weird, for Jason had always loved colours. Piper walked to the back of the group. Percy blasted forwards, slamming on the door (it really couldn't be called knocking). Jason opened, and the entire group backed away.

'You... you are so pale!' Annabeth managed to say. Jason's eyebrows raised so high Annabeth thought they would jump through the roof. 'What... what are you all doing in here?' 'Not important. We have to go visit my dad!' Nico yelled, while pulling Jason over the threshold.

With as much speed as was humanly (or ghostly, in Jason's case) possible, they ran to Hades' palace. None of the skeleton guards tried to stop Nico and his friends from entering. They slowed their pace, and walked into the throne room with as much grace as is possible with the imperial march playing in the background (Nico almost cursed himself wondering why they couldn't have waited one week longer with that prank for Hades. Lee was the son of the god of oracles, he should have seen what was coming, he thought).

Hades was hanging in the throne, watching something on the television across from him. When the children entered, he shot up straight. He groaned and held a hand for his face 'What have you children thought of now? If you have changed my cologne to a feminine scent again, I swear to god...' he took the hand from his face and saw that the group of kids was different from the usual one.

Persephone came into the room and swiftly sat down beside her husband. Nico started to speak: 'lord Hades, father, we wish to take this man back up to the realm of the living.' Hades face turned stone cold. 'That isn't possible. It wasn't possible for your ghost friends that keep pranking me, and it will not be possible for him.'

Nico looked like he tried to say something, but he didn't. Instead, Hazel looked at her father, who changed to his roman form after a moment of hesitation. 'Father, we can't miss him. He was part of a prophecy, we might need him again...' 'Hazel, if he died, than that was his fate. It means his job is done.' Hazel's lip started shivering. Hades expression got slightly softer. 'Daughter, I can't do anything.'

Persephone shrugged. 'I did get a letter from mother saying Zeus has been throwing a fit on Olympus. I think it would cost everyone there, and you too, dear, a lot of headaches if you just let the boy go. Hades raised his eyebrow and turned to her. 'How much do you think he can do to us?' Persephone shrugged. 'He could send us so much mail the computer crashes and Hermes gets so tired he'll stay here all day long after collapsing in a fire on the fields of punishment. Remember last time, when he kept demanding that we bring someone back? That might happen again.'

Hades looked at her. 'Hermes is annoying sometimes, but the person who kept demanding someone back was Dionysus right after Ariadne died by the hand of that Perseus, or something.' Persephone shrugged. 'Hermes can still be more than sometimes annoying, you know.'

Hades sighed. 'Alright. Nico, Hazel, this one time I give you two the right to take him up with you. Yet, only because of every other time a son of Zeus caused trouble in here, be it because they were dead or because they wanted someone to stop being dead.' Nico bowed, and the others quickly followed him. After that, they marched out of the throne room, with Jason, while the imperial march sounded happier than Annabeth had ever thought it could.

Just to be safe, no-one looked at Jason while they were climbing back to the land of the living. When they reached the upper world, Jason started cheering and lifted up Piper. 'Great! That place was unbelievably gloomy!' Piper laughed and kissed him, while the others either fell on the floor from hunger and exhaustion or ran to hug Jason as well.

I kind of wrote this because I thought I had to address it somehow? Either way, I don't like Jason being dead, so that's why he isn't. At least in my book.