Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, Rick Riordan does.
Hades POV:
("Olympus")
After everyone else had fallen asleep I shadow traveled away to the Underworld and told the three judges what was going on and that I wouldn't be there for a year. I honestly don't get the point of the family bonding, it'll probably be no use. We will always have something to fight about. Being the god of the Underworld means I can't fall asleep too early. I headed to the kitchen where I found Persephone.
"BOO!" Someone yelled from behind me. Persephone jumped from where she was and I turned around.
"Nice to see you too Zeus." I said to my youngest sibling.
"Its too loud here!" Apollo complained coming down. He then realized how daark it was and flashed a bright light that I swallowed by waving my hand. "Its too dark too." He added after trying to light the room up with the sun. Key word- tried.
"No, its not." Both Perspehone and I said.
"Only because you rule the Underworld." Zeus grumbled.
"I never knew you were afraid of the dark Zeus." I said, overhearing him.
"I am not!" He protested.
"I heard what you said, you would only complain if you're afraid of the dark." I told him smirking.
"You're afraid of the dark?" Poseidon asked him, coming down.
"So, isn't it too late to be out of bed?" He asked. "Or are you here because you can't sleep in the darkness?" He asked us laughing.
"I have no problem what so ever with the darkness, I simply can't sleep until midnight. That's when I sleep in the Underworld." I told him.
"As for me I just came to get some snacks." Persephone said, holing some milk and cookies.
"I came here to see what the noise was about." Apollo said.
"And I came because I was hungry." Zeus told him. "What are you here for?" He asked Posiedon.
"To see what the noise was about." He answered.
After that Apollo and Poseidon left. Zeus reached the cupboard and took out some food, as for me, I took some milk and thought about all the shades and the paperwork in the Underworld.
"How's the work in the Underworld?" Zeus asked me.
"Too much dead souls." I said, grabbing a piece of paper and writing down what souls will go where.
"Exactly why I had this family bonding idea." He answered.
"Because there are too many dead souls on Mount. Olympus and earth?" I asked him joking. I heard Persephone giggle from behind me.
"No! Why would there be souls on earth? Dead souls." He answered.
"Well you said there were too many of them, not me." I shrugged.
"Arg! You know what I mean!" He half-yelled.
"I do, but avoiding our problems won't get us anywhere." I replied.
"You sound like Athena." He told me.
"Maybe because we're one of the few gods that make sense, along with Persephone, Artemis and Hestia." I replied all serious. " A few more too but really you're not one of them." I added.
"Who are the others?" He asked.
"Completely missing the point as usual." I muttered.
"What?" He asked.
"Nothing, I'm going to bed now." I said, sure that one more second with him would make me explode.
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