Me: The theme is Nico and balloons. Thanks to my faithful reviews, who seem to be the only readers out there sometimes.

This is: Annoyance-

I don't own Percy Jackson && the Olympians.

Nico, Persephone

Summary preview: What is with you and freaking flower balloons?

Family fights suck, whether you are a demigod or not.

Family fights between your dad, the god of the Underworld, your step-mom, the goddess of Spring, and you, the Ghost King/ son of Hades, tend to end up being a little stranger then others.

Hence, the Flower Incident.

Gods, that had been a horrible waste of my life...

"Look, you ungrateful little brat, I am throwing you a part and it will have flower balloons!" Persephone yelled at me.

I flicked my hair out of my eyes for a moment, fuming silently.

"You do understand that I am a teenage guy, right? And that I do have friends, who are perfectly happy to throw me a sweet sixteen." I informed her, with a cool, if slightly patronizing tone.

Persephone glared at me. "I am perfectly aware that the sea spawn and know-it-all blonde have the habit of socializing with you out of pity. That does not mean that they will take time out of their schedule in order to amuse a recently turned sixteen year old that would probably terrify anyone they took him out to meet." she snapped.

I felt like hitting something, but instead laughed humorously for a few moments. "You are delusional. And besides, why are you throwing me a party if you are so busy?" I raised an eyebrow and let a faint smirk cross my lips. "Unless you are implying that two demigods have a better life, then a goddess of Spring trapped in the underworld, Step-Mother."

Persephone picked up on the implied mocking and I barely moved out of the way of a blast of power that would have most likely had me end up a daisy yet again.

I briefly debated on whether it was worn whatever punishment Hades would throw at me if I attacked his wife, before Hades himself walked into the room, looked at the patch of a complex garden of floor, Persephone's furious expression, then sighed.

"Leave, Nico. Go... find Thantos." he told me, still not even looking at me.

But I understood. Thantos could be anywhere right now, and who was to say that I could take a little detour the next day, at Percy's apartment on the day of my birthday?

Everywhere had to be checked after all.

"Of course, Father." I answered and shadow traveled away barely hearing Persephone start ranting about flowered balloons.

"What an annoyance-" I started to mutter before landing in a field of flower roots that I promptly tripped over.

"Screw you, Fates." I said, before standing up and leave the field before Persephone found out and buried me there.

Me: Meh.

This was difficult to write. The challenge itself had lots of possibilities but this is what I thought of and this is what I shall post.

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