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Sorry it took me so long to post a new chapter, my internet is down so I have to go to the library to use the internet and if I don't go on the internet often my family tends to think I've lost my mind so I've been busy reassuring them.

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Nico's POV

I really don't want to do this, I thought as I walked towards the throne room to deliver my apologies to the King and Queen of the Underworld. I was about to walk in when I heard yelling and stopped. What were they arguing about now?

I listened closer and quickly found out the obvious answer, me. Apparently they were discussing my 'attitude' in high volume. Well, I wasn't walking into the throne room when they were yelling like that, chores be damned. I'd rather take the extra grounding for not getting them done then try and give insincere apologies to pissed off gods. Especially, if the afore mentioned gods happened to be my father and step-mother.

I turned to go back to my room when I heard something that made me freeze, dead in my tracks.

Hade's POV

"He's a child, Hades! Your child! It's your job and right as his father to keep him in line! Yet you let him talk to me like that! You let him run wild! Do you even know what a father is supposed to do?" Persephone yelled at me.

I wanted to blast her, I loved her but still. This is what I get for trying to talk to them, Nico's attitude and Persephone's anger. She had been raging at me since I'd walked in after talking to Nico. I was beginning to wonder if I could ground Persephone. It didn't make Nico behave but who knew? Maybe it would work on her.

"Hades! Are you even listening to me?" Persephone yelled.

"Of course I am my flower. What would you have me do about the boy? You know that I don't simply let him get away with his actions. He is punished for them. I told him to apologize for the way he spoke to you this morning. Persephone he's sixteen and mortal. Teenagers can be….. difficult," I responded.

"Difficult! He's impossible! He's childish, he's infuriating, and he's dense! Hades, the Lord of the dead, king of the Underworld, can't control his own son!" she yelled back at me.

"Do not mock me, Persephone! No, I'm not entirely sure how to be a father, in case you forgot, my own father ate me and my younger siblings when we were only a few hours old!" I reminded her, beginning to lose my patience.

"Do something about your child, Hades," Demeter had appeared.

"What would you have me do dear sister? Would you like to talk to him? You are his aunt, "I said to Demeter in a tone that was clearly mocking.

"You're not funny, Hades. You need to be firm with children. It seems your son is no exception. Maybe you should remember that. Even Zeus is a better father than you are, Heavens knows that all of his children hate him. At least he can handle them, "Demeter spat at me.

Nico's POV

Childish! Difficult! Dense! Impossible! Infuriating! That damn weed! I thought angrily running through the halls of the palace, unaware of where my feet took me. That argument I had just overheard made me angry. Persephone with her insults, it had taken all my willpower not to walk in there and tell her what I thought of her.

Dad hadn't even defended me and Demeter with her bit about being firm with children. I stopped and looked at where I was Persephone's garden. An idea began to form in my head. A child was I? I'd show them how a child would act. A reckless smile formed on my face as I began my plan. Consequences be damned.