Hero of hell

Festival (Part 1)

Two weeks went by fast. Every day, we trained our powers up, and hoped we'd be able to get through this without dying. We were about to get going for school, when we opened the door and all froze before bowing. "Dad! Persephone! What are you two doing here?" I asked.

"Don't get us wrong, we're always happy to see you, but what-?"

"We've decided to cheer you three on." Dad responded. "Besides, we've never been to this so called 'sports festival' the replaced the Olympics, and we're both quite curious about it."

"But if you're here, who-"

"Thanatos is running the underworld for the day in our absence." Persephone responded. "We'll be walking with you, as we've been informed that is custom here." Nico and I both smiled, while Will looked determined. Looks like he has more motivation to do well, wanting to impress his future in-law's. 

"Well, it's going to be a wait for you two." I regretfully inform. "They don't let families and other people who are watching in until about eight. It's barely seven." 

"Oh, we don't mind. We wait centuries for people to pass away, what's an hour?" Dad responds, and Nico and I shrug. 

"Good point." He speaks. With that, the five of us are off. 

"So, tell me about this Midoriya boy you like."

"PERSEPHONE!" I shout, very embarrassed. No doubt my face is red like a tomato. "How do you even know about that?" 

"Oh, Will and Nico told us." I glare at my brother and his boyfriend. 

"You told Mina about the whole 'coming out to the camp' fiasco. This is payback." He grinned darkly. I scoffed. 

"Touche." I turn to our stepmother. "I'm not even fully sure it's a crush. He's super sweet though, but a huge nerd about heroes. Wears his heart on his sleeve, even when he's nervous. He's always doing his best to help others though and wants to be a great hero one day. He breaks his body to save others and enjoys taking notes and analyzing other's quirks. He's been bullied his entire life, and so some people call him 'deku', but he's made it his mission to make the name into that of a hero. It's admirable, really. He wants to save others no matter what. He's definitely a mama's boy though, since from what I know, he doesn't really see his dad much, if ever. He's a good strategist too. He's kind of reckless though when you get down to it. But his determination... It really is something else..." I trail off as Persephone giggled. 

"Sounds like a crush to me."

"W... Whatever. I'm not asking him out or anything anyways."

"Because of the time period you're from?" 

"Yes, but one other reason..."

"You don't think you're good enough for him, do you?" Nico asked, to which I nodded. 

"I think you should ponder it a little longer before acting anyways." Will says. "And if he says no if you do ask him out, he doesn't know what he's missing." I smile a little.

"Thanks."

"Anyways, we're almost at your school." Dad says, and we nod. It really wasn't a super long walk. Families were let in first before the media, and with the teachers already knowing who our parents are, there wasn't really a fuss letting the gods in. Persephone and Hades decide to walk around to observe the stands, while Nico, Will and I head to the first-year stage. But first, we need to change into our PE uniforms. 

I walk in to see a few of the girls already changing with other first year girls in different classes. "Evelina!" Uraraka calls as I start to change. "Are you excited?"