❝If you return to your old world, we will follow you, and we will destroy everything you love. This is your home now.❞
Percy's world didn't teach her about how obsessive a god's love would be. But when she was accidentally transported to this crazy...
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For those who answered my question, thank you! Looks like Poseidon will be an emperor here and not a king! A lot of the worldbuilding I planned for Atlantis leaned heavily towards empire vibes so I'll be going with that
(Plus, it's very much like Poseidon to want to be referred to as the highest title possible lol)
WARNING: incest and attempted sexual assault
IT WAS OFFICIAL: HADES WAS the best god ever. Out of all of the gods, by the way. Yes, even including the ones back home.
Rather than letting her go back to Poseidonis, Hades wanted Percy to stay over at his palace instead and he definitely wasn't taking any no's for an answer. He didn't say why, but she knew. He was clearly worried that Poseidon might actually kill her should he let her go back, and she couldn't blame him. With how scarily calm he was back at Beelzebub's castle, who knew what he would've done to her once they were alone.
Plus, she was super stoked to see what Hades' palace looked like, and it definitely didn't disappoint.
Helheim was a world full of dangerous mountains and Hades' palace rested atop of the tallest one. The mountain was full of fire and lava. It was a long climb too. The way to the top would make any professional rock-climber or dare-devil faint, and it didn't end there. Even after climbing all the way up, there was still a looong-ass staircase to go through. Hades showed it to her. It was like walking up the spine of a gigantic monster, its ribs poking out like a wall (thankfully, Hades didn't have her actually climb it and promptly teleported her to the top).
The palace grounds were surrounded by a massive gate that looked to be made out of enchanted obsidian, onyx, and large bones. Within it was the palace at last. Back home, Hades' palace was a darker version of Olympus—which was kinda sad. She had no idea what Olympus' palace looked like here, but she had a feeling that this Hades didn't try to copy it.
"Uncle Hades?" She spoke up as they began to approach the gates of his palace.
"Hmm?"
"What did you mean back then? When you talked about turning me into a god like with Heracles?" She asked.
"Ah..." He let out a heavy sigh. "You see, powerful gods have the ability to turn humans into a god by ascending them. All of my siblings are capable of doing such, so can Shiva, Odin, Thor, maybe Loki too, Aphrodite... I believe Beelzebub is powerful enough, but I never asked. Zeus is the only one whose ascension has conditions."
"Conditions?" She echoed.
He nodded grimly. "Yes, that would be the Twelve Labors. Heracles was the only one who had ever successfully performed it. Eons ago, he was a human called Alcides. One day, when the gods decided to destroy Thebes, Heracles drank Ambrosia in order to protect his city."
