Percy Jackson: Daughter of Shadows

20. I Fail My Promise

Ares and Enyo brought me back to Olympus. I was astonished at what they were wearing. Ares was dressed in a white tank top, his usual leather jacket, and leather pants. Enyo wore a black maxi dress and high tops. "Wow" Ares smirked. "What, did you think that I have no sense of fashion?" "Um, sort of" "I am literally the half-brother of Apollo and dating Aphrodite! Do you have any idea how many times I have lost bets to them and had to get a makeover?" Enyo laughed. "Why are you laughing?" "Have you noticed his tattoos?" I stared at Ares. He had tattoos all over his body, all different symbols. "Yeah?" "They're from every time he lost a bet with another god" Ares turned beet red. "Shut up, Enyo! You have them too!" "Not nearly as many as you, you idiot!" "Okay, I'm just gonna go find Viktor, see ya!" "Hang on a sec, Lilly" Enyo pulled me back over. "Check it" She pointed to a tattoo on Ares shoulder. A lily with drops of blood and sword through it was tattooed there. "Why-" "It's from when you killed him and revived him in summer, remember? Look at the petals" I looked closer. "Your daughter works just as hard as your sons, and she deserves your respect. If I find out you did this again, I swear to gods I will cast you into Tartarus " "You remembered that?" "Yeah. It also helped that you literally grabbed me by the ear and forced me to your level" Ares waved his hand above my head. My ears burned. "Shut up! You're a god, being tall comes with the job" Ares cackled. "Whatever, kid. I'm going to go find Aphrodite, you two have fun" Ares headed towards where Aphrodite was talking with Hephaestus, which I found strange. "Wondering why they seem so friendly?" Enyo asked, making me jump. "Geez, Enyo! But yeah, what's up with that? And why was Ares being so nice to me?" Enyo sighed and grabbed a chalice of nectar off a dryad's tray. "To answer the first question, my idiot of a brother apologized to Hephaestus for cheating with Aphrodite, and Aphrodite apologized for cheating on her husband. Hephaestus still is a little angry with Ares, but him and Aphrodite are civil with each other. As to your second question," She took a giant swig. "You chose to spare him of Aphrodite's wrath back in the desert. My brother may be a jerk at times, but he remembers when someone chooses to not let him get screwed over by his girlfriend" I glared at her. "There's something else, isn't there?" 

   Enyo smirked. "Nothing gets by you, does it kid?" "You gonna answer my question or not?" Enyo set her drink down. "Remember what you said, back on that boat? What you said to him, what's tattooed on his arm?" "Yeah, I was pretty pissed. But what does that have to do with this?" "What you said struck him hard, so he decided to go to the Fates for something. The Fates have everything on VHS, so they gave him a tape to look at. Let's just say, Clarisse's fear scared the Hades out of him" I stepped back. "Wait, what?" Enyo slumped onto the table. "Let's just say that when you're an immortal child of Zeus on Olympus, you've seen that sort of fear before. Hades may not be the greatest father, but I still say you got it lucky. Zeus is the worst, and I'm not just saying that as one of the only kids he actually had with Hera. I'm saying it because if I had the chance, I'd kill him where he stands in a heartbeat. You're the only person that's opposed Zeus directly in thousands of years" I looked back at Ares. I started to get the feeling that Enyo either was an incredibly good liar, or Ares genuinely felt bad about abusing Clarisse and favoriting his sons. "You may just help him with how to deal with his anger issues" Enyo said with a grin. "Goodbye, Lilly Black. See you again soon" "Yeah, you too." 

 I found Viktor by the punch bowl on his seventh cup. "Hey" He spat out some of his drink. "Oh, hey" I laughed. "It's just me, don't look so antsy, Hyde" Viktor's face burned. "You haven't called me Hyde in a while" I grinned and grabbed a strawberry. "Yeah, well I'm still angry with you, get used to it" Viktor grinned cockily. "Will do, Lilly" I looked around the room. "Where's Percy, Thalia, Annabeth and Grover?" "They went back to Camp Half-Blood. I told them I'd wait for you to come back" Percy suddenly appeared in a tidal wave of punch, soda, and water. "Lilly, you're here" he said, stepping back. "Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" Percy stared at the floor. "Percy, did something happen?" He held out the figurine that Bianca had given me. "I'm sorry, I took it while you held the sky, I didn't know that someone had told you to tell Nico, I'm sorry" I took the figure. It was Hades, Lord of the Dead. Anger boiled up inside me and tears began to fall again. "Excuse me for a moment." 

   I arrived at camp in mere minutes. The Big House door was wide open. "Lilly!" Chiron exclaimed. He took one look at my face and backed away. "What happened?" I ignored him and faced Dionysus, who had followed me back. "How fast can you get me to the Underworld?" "Why do you ask?" Dionysus asked, nervous. "I'm going to kill Hades" Percy and Annabeth burst through the doors. "Lilly, think this through-" "Don't do anything stupid, please-" "HUSH." The Big House fell silent. "Lilly, please, I know you're angry-" "Angry? ANGRY? Of course I'm angry! My father, who hasn't given a damn about me in nearly twenty years claims me out of the blue when my powers are completely spent and I don't need him, but when I did need him, he did NOTHING! NOTHING! HE DID FUCKING NOTHING!" I kicked a chair over. Chiron stepped in front of Percy and Annabeth. "And now, Nico is off gods know where, actually strike that, the gods don't even know! And he doesn't know that I'm his sister! I am the only family he has at this camp... he's the only family I have here" Chiron moved towards me but Mr. D got up first. "Lilly, head into the kitchen. Someone's been calling for the past twenty minutes; they say they're a friend of yours. Go in there, make something, talk to them. Also, I think that someone else is there to see you."