The House of Hades

Chapter 9- Funeral songs suck.

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Leo

Just a day ago, Hazel was alive. Then some fire breathing monsters arrive, the roof caves in,your friends kill the beasts, and the girl of your dreams is gone. It was that easy to break Leo's heart into more peices then Kronos's body.

Frank didn't go to the funeral up on deck. Leo felt obliged to, since everyone else was. They tried to dress nicely but, they didn't really pack nice clothes. Leo was wearing jeans and a CHB t-shirt. Jason wore the same thing, minus the CHB shirt, he wore a purple shirt. As much as they were friends, Leo wanted to go all Cabin 5 on him. He wore purple often.

Purple.

The color of the Romans.

Piper wore white jeans and a t-shirt with a turtle on it. She kept crying into Jason's shoulder. The only person who didn't even TRY to dress up?

Nico.

And no-one could blame him.

After they collected Hazel's body from below, wrapped it in a black, jewel studded shroud, Nico ran into his room, also known as Percy's room. Leo ran after him.

Nico held a picture to his side. Two pictures actually. One, Leo noticed, had been a picture of a girl with black hair and olive skin. If Nico had the same skin tone, they could've been siblings! Another was a girl in a dark blue, knee length dress. It looked old-timey but, the picture wasn't black in white. Then Leo figured out who it was. He stumbled away from the door.

It was Hazel. Perchaps the day Nico got her out of the Underworld.

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Now, Nico, in his black clothes, began speaking. "Okay, we are here today to, um, see Hazel off?"

Piper, muttering something about how this sounded like a wedding, stood up, wiped away her tears and pushed Nico out of the way.

"Let's all say something about Hazel. For my part, she was an awesome friend, amazing fighter and was super brave. Now, im going to get alittle funeral music for this." She ran to the cabins. Jason slumped down in his chair, and turned to Leo and Nico.

"I really didn't want to say anything. It;s too sad."

"Yeah," Leo and Nico agreed. They shared a look. Leo thought Nico would be fine with this.

"I don't know what to say," Leo sulked. Nico nodded.

"I didn't have to say anything last time."

Leo studied him. "Last time?"

"Last time, that, um, that she died."

"You weren't there last time." Jason noted.

"Jeez, what's with all this? Last time that one of my sisters died, okay!"

It got so quiet, Fetus turned to make sure they weren't dead. You could hear Hedge in his cabin, snoring. Leo fumbled with the guaze on his damaged arms. Jason looked astoinished.

"You have more then one sister?"

Nico buried his head in his hands. "Everything I touch dies."

"That's a lie Nico."

Nico exploded. "EVERYTHING! First Bianca, then Hazel and now all my friends are dying from the Romans!"

"Bianca?" Jason looked confused.

"I shouldn't have said anything."

"Who's Bianca?"

"No one."

"She's obviously someone!"

"It isn't important."

"It seems like it is, Nico."

Piper walked on deck. Jason and Leo's eyes danced over to Nico.

"I'll tell you later," He muttered.

"So, I got some music, some songs Hazel liked. They're a little old-timey but-" Piper looked over the boy's heads. She looked terrified. The boys turned. What Leo saw was scarrier then Hazel's death.

It was an Iris message. It showed, it showed.......a Hydra? In a dark, big cave. Several kids were fighting it. Nico sucked in a breath. "It's Tartarus."

Frank ran up the stairs with Hedge. "I decided to come.. WHAT IS THAT?"

Frank sprinted over to the demi gods. Hedge chewed on some celery, watching the screen.

Nico screamed. "It's BIANCA!"

"So she is someone." Leo clipped. Nico gave him a look.

"Ugh, Percy, I need some help over here!" Bianca yelled. Percy ran over, dodging fire from the Hydra. Behind it, Annabeth, a girl with black hair, and a huge guy was tending to a fire on the girl's body. It wouldn't stop growing in size. The guy cursed in frustration as the flames gained height.

"Zoe!" Percy yelled. Nico stumbled backwards. Who were these people?

The Hydra had a foot planted on a girl's stomach. She had black hair and regal features. Screaming with a giant foot on her chest, she didn't match her features.

"RUN!" Bianca yelled as a volley of fire ran down. She jumped to one side. Then the Hydra trained it's eyes on the boy, the fire girl and Annabeth.

Leo suddenly remebered Percy's one flaw. His only weakness. Loyalty to his friends. These poeple were obviously his friends.

"No," Leo murmured. Nico caught on.

"No, no." Nico siad slowly. The others finally got it. They understood. They remebered Percy's flaw. But there was nothing they could do.

Bianca ran over to them, dragging a lifeless girl. They one who got stepped on. Zoe? Percy saw what was happening. He was still battling the Hydra. The others were tending to wounds, defenceless. The Hydra spit fire at them.

And Percy ran.

Annabeth once told Leo that Percy wasn't very fast. He looked fast now. He jumped into the air as the fire zoomed.

Everything went into slow motion.

Annabeth looked up and screamed. She tried to get up but, she was surronded by her friends. The boy tried to help, but the ground seemed to hold him down. The others didn't see.

The fire collided with Percy. He dropped to the ground. Competely ingulfed in flames. The ground let go of the kids, and Annabeth ran. Percy was motionless in the flames. The girls with bows brought out red arrows. They exploded, killing the Hydra. No heads grew back.

Leo could tell that if Percy hadn't taken the flames, it would've hit the others. It probably would have killed them.

For some reason, the flames died on the girl and on Percy. They rushed over to him.

The demigods on the ship held in a collective breath as Annabeth reached him. She put her ear to his chest. She backed away startingly, screaming. The big guy grabbed Percy's wrist. He checked his pulse. Then he scooted away, to the fire girl. She sobbed on his shoulder. Then the message was swiped through. The demigods looked at the figure who ended the call.

The figure was Hazel.