Hades

Hades was never a very emotional god. Ever since he had been born he had been a bit gloomy and anti-social trying to be alone. Even trapped in his fathers stomach he didn't talked to much to his siblings, but he slowly got warm to them. Well you can't get not close to somebody if you are trapped with them for centuries in a stomach.

But whatever bond he had to his siblings it was long gone. The closest sibling he has now is Hestia, but you couldn't really hate her. Nobody could. She was the mother figure to all of them when they had problems. That hadn't changed till today.

He remembered when he and Poseidon were kind of best friends back in the stomach. Hades would always play the big brother whenever Poseidon was scared and since they were the only two male gods there it was inevitable that they have a close bond.

Demeter: he didn't always hated her. There was a time when she was besides Poseidon his closest confidante. They would tell each other almost everything. But ever since he fell in love with Persephone Demeter hated him. At first Hades tried to solve the problem, but then he just gave up on their relationship. Ever since their former close relationship was cold and broken.

Hades didn't really liked Hera, truth to be told nobody seemed to like her, but he didn't hated her either. To him she was still the little sister that sought for his advice back in their fathers stomach, but over the past few centuries Hera became cold, bitter and cruel. In the way she was like him isolated and full of pain. He understood her, that is why he never could really dislike her for her actions. He really sometimes wondered why she wouldn't just leave Zeus.

He always hated Zeus. From the first day they met each other. Their personalities immediately clashed. Hades was the gloomy, pessimistic, self-conscious but also realistic one, while Zeus was full of arrogance pride and self-confidence. They were the total opposites from each other and their relationship didn't got better when Zeus gave him the underworld to rule. In fact Hades still believed that it was due to the fact that Zeus hated him so much that he got the underworld. He still remembered the day when it happened and none of his siblings objected, even Hestia who just looked unsure. Ever since Hades was even more anti-social and has disconnected most of his ties to his "family".

For the next few centuries he didn't had much joy in the underworld. But then Persephone came into his world and when she became his wife it was the best day of his life.

He finally thought he would have some happiness in his life, but of course this happiness had to be limited by his stupid sister Demeter who just couldn't let go of her daughter. Talking about favoritism, she never had been so protective of any of her other daughters. Of course Demeter had to see her daughter for half of the year, so Hades was again alone.

At first he was patient, but after a while he became a bit lonely and depressed. After the World War I he went a bit more out often to overcome his loneliness and depression. During that time Hades had met Maria di Angelo. She made his life more colorful again and she reminded him so much of Persephone, the most perfect mortal woman for him. At first he hesitated to begin a relationship with her because of Persephone, but then he really got to lonely, so he met her more often. Sure he had other relationships with women before that, but they weren't really out of love and Persephone even knew about them, but this relationship was. When Bianca and Nico were born it was one of Hades happiest moment in life. He and Persephone didn't had any children besides Melinoe, so it was a special moment for him. Of course he cared about his other demigod children too, but most of them turned evil, so Hades had a hard time to find love for them and these were the children of his second real love. But of course his brother couldn't let him have any happiness and killed his lover. He had to hide the children for their safety.

Hades still knew the day when he came home that fateful night. Persephone had found out of his affair. And unlike the other times she knew that this was not only for getting over the time she wasn't there. No she knew that Hades loved Maria. She didn't screamed at him, no that was something he could deal with. She just stared at him with heartbroken red-puffed eyes and said those words: I believed you.

She had whispered those words again and again. A stranger may have been confused what she was talking about, but Hades knew. She believed that he really loved her and he did, but Persephone didn't believed him anymore. Persephone wasn't like Hera who would just scream at Zeus and who was probably already used to his affairs and she wasn't like Amphitrite who would just coldly acknowledge the affair of her husband. No Persephone was a sensible woman and understood him. She had understood all his problems, his loneliness, his problems with his family, his former affairs that weren't really ones. But this time she didn't understood anymore. She was broke and Hades couldn't do anything but stare at her guiltily.

That's why she was always hard on Nico, because he reminded her of the woman he loved besides her. Hades knew that he should have scolded Persephone for her behavior, but he was afraid that would break her. So he didn't interfere in their arguments mostly.

Hades was never a emotional man, no. Over the years he knew how to live together with Persephone, but he was still very new at parenthood. He was always strict on Nico, because he wanted to toughen him up. He knew how unfair and hard the world was and he wanted to teach Nico how to fight back. Later he realized that he was wrong...again.

A few weeks earlier his and his brother's wives were complaining again. Mostly about their demigod children. And for the first time in forever he agreed with his brothers in something: their wives needed to bond with the children.

He didn't knew why he didn't thought of that earlier, but he didn't regret his decision. It was time that there broken family should heal. He had hurt both Persephone and Nico much, he needed to fix this thing. The funniest thing was he wasn't even there.

Of course Hades also had an eye on Hazel and how she would handle the whole situation, but Hades knew that she would do great. She was a kind of girl, you had to get along with and Hades knew that even if she was the daughter of his Roman counterpart. No, the main problem was with Persephone and Nico.

Of course both of them protested and the others too. The only ones who didn't protest were Hazel, that son of Poseidon and that son of Jupiter. Hazel and Jason Grace looked slightly scared, but seemed okay with that and to his surprise Percy Jackson even smiled.

He hated to admit it, but he admired that guy. He was loyal to his friends, had achieved so many things in his life, had friends and family that loved him and despite all the things that happened to him he always stayed positive. It was like nothing could break this guy. Not even Tartarus had done that.

From the beginning of the trip Hades watched Persephone and Nico. He was smiling widely when Persephone got along with Hazel, but Hades already knew that his wife didn't hated her. But he was still worried about Nico and Persephone. Both of them didn't seemed to make any process in the first few hours and it was kinda hard to watch over them when beside him was Poseidon gloating about how Amphitrite and Percy Jackson got along so fast.

"I always knew they would bond first. Hand up the money, brothers." he said smirking to them.

Hades just rolled his eyes at that and listened to Zeus and Poseidon argue about whose family was the best.

Until then Hades wasn't content, but he didn't lost hope either, but then the Nico-Persephone incident happened. He frowned when Persephone began to insult Maria and her children. He needed to talk her about that later. But he was just purely shocked about Nico's reaction. He never expected his son to explode. And the scene became even worse after Hera brought Nico back to the group. When it happened Hades just stared in pure shock at the scene in front of him. Nico, his son was breaking down. The one who survived Tartarus alone was broken. As the scene went on he could see from his eye-corners Poseidon looking at him worriedly. To his surprise even Zeus looked a bit worriedly, but Hades didn't care. He felt empty inside now and it was all his fault. Seeing Nico breaking down made him now realize all his wrongdoings in the past.

He wanted Nico to toughen up, but in the end he almost destroyed him. Hades couldn't stand it anymore. He ran out of the Throne Hall and went to the mortal Earth. He there sat on a bench in a park and put his head into his hands. Tears were threatening to fall down his face, but they didn't. Hades never cried in his life before. Not out of sadness, nor out of happiness, but seeing not only his son, but also his family so broken, crashed him. All his pain of the past were nothing compared now what he felt now. He realized it before, but now he had the evidence. It was not Zeus, Demeter or anyone else who destroyed his happiness and family. The only one responsible for this was himself.

Hades suddenly felt someone touch his shoulders. He looked around and to his surprise saw Poseidon who smiled at him comfortably.

"Nico doesn't hate you, you know." he said.

Hades shook his head. He had no power to argue with his brother now. "Easy for you to say. You spawn adores you, heck even Zeus spawn like him somehow." he said his voice shaking. He almost laughed at the irony. The god of the underworld was sitting in some mortal park grieving while his brother comforted him. This would be the biggest gossip if someone saw them.

"He loves you too, you know. Your methods may have not been correct, but Nico knows that you love him." he said soothingly.

Now tears were falling down Hades cheek. This was a whole new feeling to him and it was crushing him.

"Why...why would you help me?" he asked through his tears.

He looked up to see Poseidon still smiling at him, which was weirding him out. It has been so long ago since they actually had such an moment.

"Because I am your brother." he just said. "Look Hades, I know I always act like I hate you or at least see you as an rival, but you are my brother. I hate to see you hurt." he said smiling sadly. "I…I sometimes wonder where our relationship went." he said quietly.

Hades looked at Poseidon in surprise. He never knew that Poseidon felt that way.

"You know, this whole bonding trip is just a day old, but it made me realize that it isn't only our children and our wives that have to bond. Our whole family is broken." Poseidon said calmly.

Hades just nodded numbly. He knew that it was. He was the outcast of the whole broken family. He had to know.

"I'm sorry, you know…I'm sorry for treating you like an outcast and not like a brother. I'm sorry that it all went down. And I am sorry for not objecting when Zeus gave you the underworld. You deserve better." he said smiling at him.

Hades just looked at his younger brother flabbergasted. He always hoped, but never really imagined Poseidon to say those words. He was completely overwhelmed by his feelings now.

"Despite all our problems in the past, you are still my big brother." Poseidon said softly. "I…I love you and your family does too. I know it." he said.

Hades looked at him in pure shock and then did something he hadn't done for millenniums. He hugged his brother. Now he didn't stopped his tears anymore. They fell down uncontrollably and after a moment he felt Poseidon hugging him back.

"I'm sorry too. I'm so sorry." he whispered between his tears. He didn't heard what Poseidon was saying to him anymore. All he heard now was the sound of his own crying and the whispers in his head. He had broken his family. First he broke Persephone, then he had broke Nico and now he was broke.

Yeah, next chapter! I am sooo sorry guys for not updating soon. I was so busy with real life. My university starts soon and preparation is not easy. I hope you liked this chapter. It was a bit different then the others. I wanted to show how the Big Three are reacting to the whole bonding trip. Poor Hades, I really broke him in this story :(. Like I said before, this is just the beginning of this story. This story will have a lot of drama, awkwardness and bonding. And I said before it was only the wives and the children. Well, I kinda didn't wanted to spoiler, so I only partly said the truth. Of course the Big Three will bond too somehow. Maybe I write a sequel about how the Olympians bond or how the Olympian Marriages are fixed. I will have to see. Please review this chapter. I will update as soon as I can!