Nico woke with a start.

That mist-ghost thing said he could accomplish his wildest dreams. Bringing Bianca back would eliminate the need to fight Percy.

He decided to ask Alecto.

Persephone walked in. "Hello, Nico. Hades wants you to have breakfast with him today. I will take you to the dining hall."

Nico shrugged and followed her.

Persephone led her through a winding maze of corridors. Finally, the hallway opened up in to a spacious black room.

Torches that blazed with purple-black light illuminated a long, black dining table; with skulls place to covered the fire, casting a very eerie glow. There seemed to be no walls, just blackness stretching out for eternity.

At the head of the table sat Hades. At the other end was Alecto. Her sisters sat next to her.

Persephone sat between the Fury that an instinct told him was named Tisiphone and Hades. There was only one seat left, between Megaera, whose name he also knew, and Hades. He took a seat.

"Welcome," Hades said.

"Hello, father," Nico replied.

"You have a big day today, Nico. Summoning and interacting with the dead is the hardest and most important thing a child of Hades can learn." Alecto said from across the table.

"She is right, Nico. Eat heartily. You can just speak to the plate, and it will summon food for you. Try it."

Nico summoned a cup of coffee, a short stack of pancakes, and two strips of bacon.

He began eating a piece of bacon, but he noticed everyone was staring at him.

"What?" he asked.

"Interesting," Hades nodded.

"What's interesting?" Nico asked more urgently.

"What kind of food is that?" Persephone asked.

Then he saw that on everyone else's plate was mainly Ancient Greek breakfast, a cup of wine, bread, and olives.

"This is regular mortal food. We eat stuff like this every day," Nico responded.

"Interesting," Megaera said, "And what do you call this?"

She pointed to the strips of bacon.

"That's just bacon."

Megaera summoned a strip of bacon and ate it whole.

"This is good. Sisters, you should try it."

Alecto and Tisiphone summoned some bacon. They liked it too.

Finally Hades tried some, and he loved it more than anyone. Persephone was the only one not to eat some. Apparently the Goddess of Flowers was a vegetarian.

Persephone interjected, "Supposedly Nico has a big day today. Let's save the cuisine-sharing seminar for another day, shall we? And you all better not waste your olives and bread!"

Apparently Hades was a little afraid of Persephone, for he finished his Greek food and the Furies did likewise.

Nico finished his pancakes and the meal was over.

Alecto took him to the field where Castle Nico stood.

This time she told Nico, "Add something with out closing your eyes this time."

Nico tried making a moat like she said, but it was a lot harder. He managed to get it started. But while the earth was sinking, it turned black and became brown again when he stopped.

"Cool, why didn't you let me see it before? He asked.

"Because it takes to much energy! Now lets get to the main part," Alecto answered.

She continued, "Follow me."

She took him up a nearby hill, which he had never noticed before.

It was overlooking a giant tent.

Alecto said, "You should know what that is."

Somehow Nico knew.

"The Judgment Pavilion."

"Good. Can you tell who the judges currently are?"

This was tricky. If he knew the Furies' names and the name of that place instinctively, he should know this. Nico concentrated as hard as he could. Then he saw it.

"Thomas Jefferson, William Shakespeare, and Steve Irwin."

"Very good. Now who is being judged?"

He concentrated as hard as he could. The answer shocked him.

"Bianca di Angelo."

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