Nico walked through the hallways of Hades' Palace, in his pyjamas and soft panda-slippers. He was walking to his room; he was going to have a slumber party with his underground buddies and Will. He was holding a few large boxes with Nerds, and a huge bag of salt popcorn. As he passed the dining room, he heard Hades and Persephone talking to each other. It sounded like they were having an argument. Of course, Nico could have walked further. He really could've. Yet, he laid his ear against the door.

'They are all here! It is only proper etiquette if we invite them over to dinner!' He heard Persephone say.

'Those kids probably just want to eat their mountains of sugar. I saw the multipacks of candy in the basement.'

'Hades, that is so unhealthy. They are still kids. We need to make sure they eat healthy.'

'You sound like your mother. What should we even feed these kids?' Nico heard his stepmother sigh.

'We can let the cook make something? Like her job is?' She told her husband

'Well, what about the mortal boy? He can't eat that food!'

It stayed quiet for a while. Nico decided that Persephone was probably thinking, and sneaked away before she could come back with some sort of answer that would immediately pull his dad over to her side. He ran to his room; better eat as much candy as possible, until Persephone pulled out of the boxes of 'Demeter's ultra healthy granola bars.'

He entered his bedroom, which was pretty big; or, at least, big enough for a television, a nice bed, five mattresses, and a mountain of sugary stuff that was going to dissolve their teeth. While he stepped inside, Fred waddeled out of the room. There was a cat flap next to Nico's door, which the hydra waddeled through; but not before Nico petted him on the back. Nico looked at the people in his room. Silena turned around. 'Is that salty popcorn?' Her face lit up. Nico nodded. 'Yes. I also got sweet.' The other three dead people (Beckendorf, Lee Fletcher and Castor) all smiled widely. Will, on the other hand, had a more concerned expression on his (according to Nico) perfect face. 'Is all that sugar good for us? I mean, we are still growing! Maybe you should get some fruit.' Nico rolled his eyes.

'William, you are invited to steal fruit of Persephones' garden and face the consequences.' Will mumbled something about 'not a single thought about good health' as he grabbed a handfull of M&Ms from the nearby bowl (He brought them himself, meaning it was not from the death and he could eat it).

Nico opened the drawer of his nightstand, and pulled out the very first edition of Just Dance. 'No way!' Beckendorf called out. The others started cheering. 'Silena, I hereby challenge you to Wannabe from the Spice Girls!' Castor said.

'Prepare to lose, then! I got all of the steps memorised!' Silena answered, as she jumped up. Nico put the disc into his Wii, which he brought along from the Hades cabin. 'We have four controllers, and enough room for three people to comfortably move around. So, which of us are going to play first? Besides Castor and Silena.' Will and Lee jumped up. Nico gave them the other two controllers. 'Cool. Now I am going to sit next to Beckendorf over here, and we are going to watch the four of you bounce around.'

Before they started Wannabe, will looked over his shoulder. 'Neeks, are you really not going to do anything? Because I think you would look gorgeous while dancing on Hot 'N Cold...' Nico shook his head.

'No.'

'Please?' Will pouted. Nico felt his heart grow weak.

'...maybe... juststartokay!' Nico stuffed a handful of popcorn in his mouth. Will clapped in his hands, while Silena started the song.

After twenty seconds of playing, Will and Lee started to fall behind on Silena and Castor. 'How are you so good?' Will puffed, as he stretched his arm out so far that he hit a vase with a few white lilies. 'We held competitions in the Aphrodite cabin,' was Silena's answer.

'I did this with Pollux when we were bored,' Castor answered. The two turned a perfect pirouette. Lee started to play better, and did the dumb moves so good that he started to get closer to the scores of the other two. Will, on the other hand, fell backwards onto Nico's bed. 'I quit,' he muttered, as he inched over to Nico and cuddled up to him. He grabbed another hand of M&M's and stuffed them into his mouth. 'Healthy food, hm?' Nico whispered in his ear.

The three competitors did two more songs, cheered on by the other three. They just wanted to start with Womanizer, by Britney Spears (Just Dance is the definition of weird Pop Music) when they heard a knock on the door. Nico dramatically sighed. 'Yeah?' He called out.

'Nico, will you and your guests kindly come over to the dining room?' He heard the voice of Persephone say. He knew there was no use arguing against the gods. It was extremely tempting to so so, but he sighed deeply. 'Alright. Sorry, guys, no more Just Dance.'

The others also got out of Nico's room without arguing. Persephone was waiting in the hallway. Nico's mouth fell open when he saw her. Usually, Persephone took great care of how she looked; nice dress, make-up done, hair brushed and probably done up by one of her maids. Right now, she was wearing a pink, fuzzy pyjama with matching slippers, she was wearing no make-up at all and her hair was loose. She smiled, and walked them all to the dining hall.

Hades was wearing his usual, 'I-am-the-boss-here-fear-me' clothes - at first sight. Under his robes, he was wearing a pair of fuzzy koala slippers. He was sitting at the head of the table with an expression that said: 'help-I-don't-know-how-she-talked-me-into-this.' Both the deceased demigods and the living demigods sat down at the table.

For a while, nobody said anything as they waited for dinner, until Silena, who was sitting next to Persephone, pulled a hairbrush out of the aether. She looked at the goddess' hair. 'Um, can I...' she didn't even have to finish the sentence.

'Of course, darling! I have elastic bands if you need them!' Silena's eyes lit up, as she started brushing through Persephones' blonde hair. 'Thanks, lady Persephone.'

Beckendorf grinned, and kissed Silena in her neck. 'Still a real daughter of Aphrodite, I presume.' Silena rolled her eyes.

'I can like make-up and books at the same time.' She snapped her fingers. 'Beauty, brains or brongs? I'll take all of them, thank you!' Lee and Castor softly cheered; Will started laughing.

At that moment, dinner was served. It looked really good - it was steak with baked potatoes and way to much vegetables to pick from. Oh, and some soup, to eat beforehand. Will wanted to sneak a bite of potato, but he hesitated. His expression darkened. 'Oh. I think I should go ahead and get the food that I brought in from the upper-world; a subway sandwich.'

'Oh, right,' Persephone said. Hades rolled his eyes.

'I told you this was a bad idea.' Persephone bit her lip.

'What if we just let him go? I mean, you can just say that he can eat here and go away, and then he can eat here and go away.' Hades shook his head.

'We can't make exceptions for anybody.' Nico gasped.

'He's my boyfriend, dad! He isn't just "anybody!"' Hades held his face in his hands.

'You know what? Do whatever you want. I am going back to my chambers.' He stood up, kissed Persephone on her hand and strided off.

'He almost looks intimidating when he does that,' Castor remarked. Will thought that Hades looked very intimidating when he did that, but the rest seemed to agree with Castor. Will looked at the food. 'So, can I eat, or do I need to try and get my sandwich from my bag, with the chance that I'll run into Hades?' Persephone tapped him on the shoulder.

'You're allowed to eat. Make sure it isn't anything else than what is standing on this table or what you brought yourself.' Will realised that he was a Greek hero, so he'd probably accidentally take one piece of popcorn and be stuck here forever, but he'd think about that later.

He cut off a small piece of steak, and put it in his mouth. It tasted... weird. Not gross (it was pretty delicious actually), but it didn't taste like anything Will had ever tasted in the living realm. When he looked up, he saw that the others had already eaten their way through half of their steaks. He started eating quicker, which made Persephone say: 'William... that's your name right? You don't have to gobble it all up in ten minutes, you know.' Will slowly moved a bite to his mouth, which made Lee chuckle (So some good came of it).

When Silena finished eating (She finished last, because she had insisted on putting up Persephone's' hair all fancy, with flowers in it and a whole bunch of braids). Persephone clapped in her hands, and two ghosts came into the room to clean the tables. Nico started to get up.

'Nico di Angelo, do you think dinner is done already?' Nico sat down again.

'I did, but now I think it might not be.' Persephone nodded slowly.

'Right.' The door burst open again, and the servants came back with deserts. Castor and Lee cheered, Silena squeaked. Beckendorf nodded slowly. Nico looked surprised, and leaned closer to Will. He held his arm. 'Will! She has never done this before!' Will swallowed. It looked to good to be true... Oh, right, the no-eating thing.

'Um, Lady Persephone, can I eat it? he asked. Persephone pursed her lips.

'I don't know for sure. I would have to ask Hades for permission, and I don't think he'll agree. The fact that you could eat the Original dinner was already against the rules, and he is not much of a rule-breaker. But I can give you the recipe.' Will nodded.

'Thanks, ma'am. If you all would excuse me, I am going to get my M&M's.' He walked away from the table, to get his M&M's.

After the desert, the demigods walked back to Nico's room again (Persephone went to Hades' chambers). Nico had both of his eyebrows raised. 'They've never done that before.' Will turned to him. 'She is pretty kind to you guys.' Nico shrugged.

'Well, Persephone is not the person to hold a grudge, I guess. Also, she has grown close to Silena.' Silena pulled a cute face. Will held back a giggle. Nico sighed.

'Yet, Going back to playing Just Dance is pretty boring, isn't it?' Lee took a deep breath.

'Nico, you clearly have a plan.' Nico's eyes glistened.

'I do.' He stopped walking in the middle of the hallway. 'About... ten months ago, I believe, The Stolls had the great idea to dye streaks into Dionysus and Percy's hair, for stupid reasons that I am not going to get into.' (Castor raised his eyebrows) 'They got used to it pretty quickly,' Nico continued, 'Yet, I don't think Hades will shake it off as quickly if we dye bubblegum pink streaks into his hair.' The ghostly teenagers snickered. Will looked shocked.

'Wh-what? Isn't that dangerous? What if he blasts you all to Tartarus?' Nico pulled him into a hug. 'It's fine, Will. He might not show it, but he kind of actually started to accidently care about us. Literally, Dionysus and Chiron are harsher on us.' Will looked like he didn't really believe that. 'Hm. Well, you guys go do that. I'll see the result tomorrow.'

The next morning, Hades woke up. His hair felt somehow different, and he noticed that it was spread out over the entire pillow. He jumped out of bed, and walked over to the bathroom. Those kids did something again, he thought. He flicked the lights on and stared into the mirror, only to see the gorgeous, new, pink, streaks in his hair. He held back a scream, and ran out of the bathroom again. The door flew against the wall of the bedroom. The hard sound made Persephone wake up.

'What are you doing?' she asked, as she sat up straight.

'Those brats dyed pink streaks into my hair!' he said, in a harder voice than he wanted to. Persephone had been stretching, and stopped in the middle of a stretch. She jumped out of bed, and reached for the light switch. When she saw Hades' beautiful pink streaks, she clapped in her hands. 'You know, they look pretty good. I am sure Silena has applied them!' Hades stared at her. 'They died my hair pink. As in, without my permission.' Persephone shrugged, and walked over to hug him. 'So?' Hades didn't even react to that, and walked out of the room.

He strode through the palace in his pyjamas and fluffy slippers. He knocked hard on Nico's door. 'Nico di Angelo!' It took Nico a minute to open the door. He was wearing a robe and his white slippers. 'Good morning to you to, dad. What is going on?' Hades pointed at his head.

'What do you think is going on?'

Nico wondered if he should say 'I don't know, you tell me,' or just be polite. He decided on being polite. 'You aren't the only victim of this, dad. It is a common prank,' he said. Hades begun to look even angrier.

'You think that makes it alright?! what can I do about this?' Nico swallowed.

'Well...' Silena jumped from behind the corner, and softly pushed Nico away.

'Lord Hades! I could always dye it back to black. Yet, Nico got the idea from the pranksters of camp,' (In the background, Nico gave her a sign that meant 'What in Tartarus are you doing?') 'and we thought Persephone would think it was cute.' Hades opened his mouth to say something, but then Castor and Lee jumped around the corner. 'Lord Hades! That looks pretty fancy!' Castor said.

'It really compliments the black clothes!' Lee said. Hades sighed deeply.

'You know what? All just go back to Elysium, and the upperworld. I don't care, just...' He held his head in his hands. At that moment, Will came out. 'Lord Hades? Is everything alright?' he asked. Hades peeked through his fingers. 'No.' Will patted him on his shoulder.

'Well, I know it is annoying, but... it really does look good. And, trust me, the last two people it happened to got used to it extremely fast.' Hades took a deep breath.

'William, you are the best person of this group.' He laughed. 'You kids are weird. Now, maybe William should get back to the upperworld for breakfast. Yet, 'dying peoples hair' will be written on the list of things that are not allowed, by punishment of being sent to the Fields Of Punishments.' he walked away.

'That was hands-down the most interesting sleepover I have ever had,' Will said to Nico as they were putting Wills' stuff back in the closet of the Apollo cabin. Nico laughed. 'Sleepovers in the Underworld always get kind of weird. Also, Hades isn't only victim of our pranks. Most of the time, Silena, Beckendorf, Castor and Lee help him, Persephone and his servants with regular life in the palace; gardening, cooking, that kind of stuff.' Will giggled.

'Plus,' Nico continued, 'The servants prank us back.' Will started to laugh.

'Wow.'

'Yeah,' Nico agreed. He kissed his boyfriend on the cheek. 'Let's go and make that recipe, shall we?'