Hey guys! Woah, thanks for all the reviews last chapter! There were a ton! You guys are awesome. :) Anyways, I'm gonna do a quick, general review answering. Here we go: Sorry last chapter wasn't too serious. But I'm not too good with the complete seriousness. You gotta know how to laugh too, right? I also don't really have a thing with Frozen; my cousins are in town and the youngest one (7 years old I think) always runs around singing Let It Go, and it must've been subconsciously brain washing me or something. ;) Again, I apologize to the Frozen haters for putting Let It Go in there, but in my defense, I was brainwashed. ;) Also, my headache is now gone, so yay! And I'm not dead, so everything is good. :) I own nothing but please enjoy this chapter. :)

Percy's POV

"So, if you two lovebirds are done, we'd like to explain to you what the Black Heart is exactly," Pontus stated.

"You know, especially after you almost blew us all up," Aether added.

My ears turned pink, but the three ignored my discomfort. I think I saw Zoë blushing too, but it could've just been reflected light from the hazy, red Tartarus sky.

When she spoke, her voice didn't have a tone of embarrassment or discomfort. "Can you please explain to us what this Black Heart is? I think that would help everyone, not just Perseus."

Pontus nodded. "The Black Heart has only been known to have been possessed by a select few. Many more people may have had it, but either they didn't know or it was a secret they took to the grave. Everyone that's known to have possessed the Heart has at least one thing in common; they have very powerful, sometimes strange or abnormal, powers."

"Like the aura I get before I blow stuff up," I suggested.

Pontus nodded. "Yes. That is both abnormal and powerful. As a, ahem, former son of an aquatic god, it is strange that the Heart gives you the power to create explosions. Yet that could be extremely useful for you and dangerous to your enemies should you learn to master it."

I frowned. "Is everyone with the Heart able to cause explosions?"

Pontus hesitated, then nodded. "To some degree. Some could cause the massive explosions that you do, while I believe others could will a paper to explode into flames for a campfire. Each person couldn't control it at first, then they slowly learned and understood their powers."

I nodded to show I was still listening.

Aether added to Pontus' speech. "Each person also gets different, unique powers. They unlock these only after learning about the Heart. Like one person had powers over water. Obviously, you're not going to get that one, because you were born with powers over water."

"Can you tell what powers he might get?" Zoë asked the primordials. "Just so it doesn't come as a huge surprise one day if he sprouts a tail and thrns into a squirrel or something."

I opened my mouth to tell her how offended I was (not really, I just wanted to tease her for bullying me), but Chaos interrupted.

"No, we can't really predict that. No one can. Unless, of course, Perseus gets the power to see into the future."

"That'd be cool!" I exclaimed, grinning.

Pontus wagged his finger at me like i was a naughty dog that just left a special surprise on his favorite carpet. (Aka a turd.) "Perseus, you have to be extremely careful when using your powers from the Heart."

I scowled at him like a teenager whose dad just said he couldn't go to a concert. "Why? I'll die?" I snorted, internally rolling my eyes. Yeah right.

Pontus frowned at me disapprovingly. "Actually, a lot worse."

"What could be worse than that? Going to hell? I'm already here!"

The three primordials shook their heads at me. "You'd lose yourself and your identity. Do you remember anything from Harry Potter?" Aether asked me.

I nodded slowly. "Yeah, I watched the movies with..." Flashes of memories ran through my mind. Blonde hair. Gray eyes. Blood, so much blood...

I blinked, dispelling the images for the moment. "Yeah, I've seen the movies."

Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Zoë watching me with concern evident on her face. It took all my will power to keep my gaze on Aether.

"Well, that's fine I suppose. Do you remember the dementors?"

"Those creepy things that looked like the shades in the Underworld?"

He nodded. "Exactly. They could give someone a Dementor's Kiss, which would steal the soul from someone's body. That left them just an empty husk. Do you remember any of this?"

"Vaguely. What does this have to do with... What were we talking about again?"

The four people around my simultaneously slapped their foreheads with the palms of their hands.

"The Black Heart," Zoë supplied with a sigh.

"Oh, right. So what does a dementor's kiss have to do with the Heart?" I asked.

"Those are the consequences if you let it control you. Each time you use the powers, until you've just about mastered them, they will try to take ahold of you. If you give in tk the darkness and hate and anger, it will consume you until you are no more than a husk. You won't be anything more than a machine of destruction."

"That's why it's called the Black Heart. Emphasis on black," Pontus added. "And no, Perseus, I'm not being racist." I closed my mouth and let him continue. "It feeds on your negative, dark, black emotions. And if you give in, the Heart will destroy all positive emotions, and eventually all emotions until you're as full of life as a robot."

"That's we compared it to the dementor's kiss. Because hoth leave you a shell of the former person," Chaos finished. "No identity, no personality. Just a shell."

"That's why you have to be careful," Zoë whispered to me. I nodded to let the four overprotective people know that I understood their words. I know the consequences now.

We stood there in silence for a moment. Then it became awkward, so I broke it.

Clapping my hands together loudly, I grinned when everyone flinched. "Ok! So who wants to head somewhere else and find a campsite? I think it's almost Tartarus-night."

Chaos smirked. "I think i have something better. Since we have nothing else to do in Tartarus, we can go to my palace now."

Zoë cheered at the news, while I smiled widely. Aether and Pontus looked at Chaos hopefully.

"Can we go too?" They asked, giving Chaos puppy dog eyes.

He rolled his eyes and sighed. "Fine. Now everyone, hold hands. We don't want to forget someone." He smirked, making me think that he wouldn't mind that in all actuality.

I grabbed Zoë's small hand in mine, smiling at her. We were finally leaving.

When all our hands were connected, Chaos snapped his fingers on his hand (which was free) before grabbing my other hand. We all stood in a circle as a gust of wind blew around us. Then suddenly, we were on the wind, being carried higher and higher. Soon we were gone from Tartarus.

We were flying above the ground, above cities and mountains and oceans ghag j haven't seen for over twenty years. It was beauitiful. The sun was setting on the horizon, basking everything in a reddish-pink glow.

We kept rising higher until we reached what could only be Chaos' palace. And it out the view of Earth to shame.