P Chapter 2

E The God of the Dead Tells Me Important Information

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To start off Hades and I have never been on good terms. His first move was to steal my mom and make me bring him Zeus's lightning bolt. And just as an add-on, who would want to be friends with the god of the dead? I didn't know what kind of adventure I was about to go on.

Clang! The sound of metal on metal as Annabeth's sword and mine collided. We'd been sparring for an hour or so and to be honest I was getting tired. Being a son of Poseidon has its ups but being away from water really wears me down faster. She swung her sword again and I blocked it, and at the same time tried to trip her. Apparently she had the same idea and she carried it out faster. I fell on my back and gazed up at her. Her hair luscious, blonde hair flowed to her shoulders and moved in wavelike motions and her gray eyes had that twinkle of I won in them. She was bringing the sword down, her arms flowing with the sword, letting the weapon take control. Just as it reached my chest I rolled away and jumped up. She looked at me in shock.

I charged her and quickly brought her down. When I knew I was the definite winner I dropped my sword and lay down next to her.

"That… was… amazing," I said.

She blushed and looked over at me, "It was, I thought I had you for sure."

Our eyes locked and I couldn't help myself. I bent my neck towards her and pecked her lips, slowly making the kiss more and more passionate. I didn't realize how long our kiss went on until I heard giggling and other swords coming together. We both blushed as the embarrassment settled in and quickly broke our kiss. I heard Grover's braying laughter in the background and I ran to him.

"Grover!" I yelled. "Why didn't you tell us?"

He talked, almost unsuccessfully, through his braying laughter, "Because it was so funny!"

"Grover! I will kill you if you ever do that again!" Annabeth informed the satyr.

"I need water," I grumbled and I marched off.

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Back at my ever so lonely cabin I lay in my bed thinking about how much I wanted to kill Grover when black smoke entered my room. I grabbed my pen from my nightstand and turned it into a sword. Out of the smoke came the boat driver from the Underworld, Charon.

"What is it?" I asked, disappointed at the anti-climatic surprise.

"Lord Hades would like an audience with the great Percy Jackson," it replied.

Curiosity took over and I went to the Underworld with him.

V-V-V

I would go into a detailed account of traveling down the River Styx but I have been down it so many times I don't honestly care that you know what happened. And if you have heard of my other adventures then you should have a basic idea of what happened. Even the travel through the palace to Hades's throne room was boring. In fact the only fun parts were breaking a camp rule and talking to Hades.

"Ah, Perseus Jackson," Hades said, "the one who saved the world."

"What is so important I should be brought here?" I asked.

"I came to ask you why there was an intruder in my 'kingdom'?" he asked me.

I sat in a nearby chair and looked at the god questioningly, "What are you talking about?"

"The intruder who called me Osiris. Oh the nerve, comparing me to that fool of a god. The Egyptian gods and their lousy magicians," he said.

"Well this is confusing. There are other gods, not just Olympians and Titans?" I questioned him.

"Why yes. Don't they teach you that at your silly little camp?"

"No."

"Oh Percy, you still have much to learn."

The god of the dead pulled out a book and showed me pictures of other gods. But one really stuck out. One called Anubis. I had seen him before.