Ah…finally chapter 3 is up. Phew.
The chapter was originally meant to be longer but I cut it in half and now the other half will be Chapter 4. So now its really short since I don't want to spend most of my time editing like I did with the last chapter.

Chapter is in the point of view of Heather.

Heather awoke to find herself in a desert. She breathed a sigh of relief. For a moment, she thought that May would miss completely and put them in the Himalayas. But she was in a desert so that was a good start. She felt at the fine sands beneath her. They were dry as bones. She then looked around for her companions. May was easy to find. She was sprawled on the ground next to her, panting. "You okay?" Heather asked. May weakly nodded and passed out. Heather wanted to go and help but knew that she couldn't do anything. The children of Hades needed time to recover after shadow travelling.

Heather then scanned the area again, this time looking for Ryan. He was much harder to find. His arm stuck out from the sand and she heard muffled yelling underneath. She sighed happily. That kid. She turned as May got up behind her. "Desert. Sand. Urgh, good I guess," she groaned. She brushed off the dust and strolled casually over to Ryan and held his hand. The two vanished and then reappeared several metres away. "Aim for a more empty place next time?" he grumbled and Heather giggled.
May merely shrugged. "Do you know where are we?"
Heather looked around. Even though they were in a desert, they were not entirely in the middle of nowhere. Not far away, a road cut across the barren wilderness and a faint glow emanated from nearby. Wait…was it coming from a hole in ground? It definitely seemed like it. May cleared her throat and spoke. "Ahem, we are looking for a giant fire crater. It's, uh…big, fiery and…well, it's impossible to miss but the desert's huge."
Heather stared. "It that it over there?" she said pointing.
May brushed her hand aside. "No, its…" She paled. "T-that's impossible…" she stammered. She reached into her bag, looking for her phone.
Heather smiled and placed her arms around her. "See what would happen if you believed in yourself? That was absolutely awesome!"

Heather confirmed that it was the right place using the GPS on her phone.
"Wait, you can get internet here?" asked Heather, wide eyed.
May grinned. "HermesNet 5G can get connection anywhere, though its only two bars here. They even say you can get it over in Tartarus."

The three approached the fire pit. May explained that it was one of the less known but more effective ways to get to the underworld. Heather felt that a firey pit that went to the underworld wouldn't be safe to hang around but May insisted it was. "Regular mortal tourists come here a lot," she pointed out. They reached the edge of the pit. It was amazing. The hole was completely filled up with flames. The heat from the fire within was immense. Imagine standing next to a bonfire. Yes, that feeling. The crater was just amazing. It was like those movies, where there are lava pits. Except here it was a pit filled with fire. "Darvaza crater," muttered May wide eyed. "The doors to hell."

They stood there silently, May looking increasingly troubled. "What is it?" asked Heather gently. Ryan also pipped in. "Hey Seppie, what now?"
May looked up, eyes burning with malice. "Never. Call. Me. That. Anyway, what we have to do is jump in and we end up in the underworld."
Heather stared. "You were told this? You sure that 'ending up in the underworld' is not 'getting incinerated and dying and getting a one way trip there'?"
"Only one way to find out."
Ryan eyed the fire nervously. She could tell that he did not entirely trust May. She realised that she didn't either. May smiled and took their hands. Before she could say or do anything, May pulled them into the fire pit.

I know, this was a really short chapter. I might merge this with chapter 4 but it depends on how long c4 is.

Story by Darksnowx1, however the demigod world that this story is based on is not by me though I'm not earning money off this or anything so it doesn't really matter.