Underworld Meeting

There we go! Remember when I promised I'd publish something happy and nice soon? And remember long, long time ago when I said I'd write some bonding between Hazel and Hades and Persephone and everyone? Well... here it is!

Some of you asked why was I so mean to Hazel, as I have given Nico a good, stable relationship with Persephone and Hades, but the Roman girl was never there, and in all honesty, you were right, I was leaving her aside, no matter the fact that I didn't mean to. So, she deserved a family just as much as Nico does and she's a sweetheart, but at first it was really hard for me to find a way to out-smart the fact that she was supposed to be dead.

So, after thinking very hardly on it, I finally came up with the solution that you'll be able to read just below!

I really hope you enjoy this little something!

Underworld Meeting

"You'll be alright" Nico murmured, giving a tiny squeeze to Hazel's hand just before he knocked at the door of their father's dining room.

"I hope so too" the girl let out in a shaky voice just when the heavy doors opened to reveal the spacious dining room, at which mahogany table both Persephone and Hades were already sitting.

What were they doing at such a place? What was he doing, taking his innocent little sister to the site most people really tried to avoid? Well, yeah, the answer was simple, they were demigods and, now, of course they'd go to the Underworld―their father owned the place.

In all honesty, Nico himself had no idea of what he was doing or of how things would turn out, but he could not let his worry show if he did not want ―and he really didn't― Hazel to worry even more

Sighing, they finally stepped into the room, holding hands so tightly their knuckles went white.

"Hello" Persephone greeted, standing from her seat as she extended her left hand to point at the chairs that had been prepared for the newcomers.

Sensing how Hazel immediately stiffened on his side, Nico felt the need to assure her with his own acting.

"A bit tense this atmosphere, isn't it?" he offered with a crooked smile. "Who died this time, P?"

"Very funny you" Persephone muttered, rolling her eyes and sitting down again, even when she was still smiling warmly. "Welcome, dear" she added, directing to Hazel, who at some point had decided to hide behind Nico.

"Dad" Nico continued, bowing slightly at the figure of their father, who was sitting at one of the heads, right across from Persephone. Only then did Nico notice how instead of a large table for ten or twelve people as Hades had the habit of using, there were only four seats in this miniature piece of furniture, as if the god of the Underworld had decided to make the distance between them smaller not only by openly receiving his living children in his realms, but also by literally drawing them closer to each other.

And that was another good question―what were Nico di Angelo and Hazel Levesque doing in the Underworld.

In all honesty, not even Nico, who had dragged Hazel along with him and affirmed it was not as bad idea as it sounded, was sure about that simple inquiry. Hades, to put it simply, had ordered him, more like pleaded, to bring his sister ―yes, the one and only that still lived, the one that was supposed to be dead― to the Underworld for a... for a family meeting, although those hadn't been his exact words.

Now, it was in fact dangerous to enter the after-world but... this was their father they were talking about and yes, yes, Hades and Pluto and whoever had made several, horrid mistakes in the past but... he himself had said it, this was a different life, a different opportunity to make things right and if their father ―their only living parent― was trying to do something good... then who was he to take that away from Hazel and from himself?