The Forgotten Children

The Lightning Thief

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Something big was happening. That much the sisters,ages seven and ten,knew. They now looked older than they were,and were now known as the unholy trinity of the underworld. How did they earn that title? Well,all of the destruction they caused.

Violet,thin and pale with her unusual hair and vivid green eyes, looked like some sort of fairy,unusual, obviously not completely human, and distinct. There was something fey and strange about her. And on top of it, she could run at speeds unusual for mortals, or even demigods. Her healing skills and tendency to heat up like a furnace when excited reflected her father's identity as the sun god.Violet's unpredictability served her well in battle, catching her enemies off guard.

The oldest,the daughter of Athena,looked like she was at least thirteen even though she was only ten. Like Violet,something about her seemed unusual,supernatural. She was about average height and build,not really thin like Violet,but still somewhat slender. Her specialty was her skill with a dagger,along with deception,manipulating the mist.

As for the daughter of Poseidon,she was the strangest of all. She was as dark and dangerous as Hades' biological children, and as manipulative as Kat,if not more, with thick,lustrous hair as black as Nyx herself, her often-black eyes glittering with intelligence. She had this deadly sort of stillness,like a snake about to strike. There was no one like her,no one as deadly and dangerous and dark seeming as her. Her pearl-pale skin contrasted sharply with her eyes and hair,her dark clothes also contrasting with her skin. Her slender frame masked her incredible strength and superhuman abilities. Then again,she was superhuman in a way. They all were.

She had incredible skill with a sword,and was able to fade from view if she stayed still. Kat's brains and manipulation. Violet's unpredictability and speed. Katrina's strength and fearlessness. All of those traits important to survival as a demigod. All vital to the team.

However,today they weren't doing much with their abilities. Well,except eavesdropping.

"Listen," Katrina whispered. "I overheard that there's some conflict between our papa and Poseidon. Something about a kid and a lightning bolt,along with papa's helm of darkness."

Kat gasped,and Violet tried to hear what was going on too,but to no avail. Even though Katrina was deaf on her right side, the hearing on her left side was incredibly acute. Kat was half convinced that her sister was actually able to hear a zombie at more than a mile away like she claimed she could.

Katrina squinted through the keyhole of the door,to the grand hall where her papa was meeting with his council of the underworld. Hades looked madder than she had ever seen him. He was yelling something about a hostage and his helm of darkness,along with being blamed as the thief.

The girls sank back into the shadows, creeping through the dark corridors soundlessly. Once in their room,Kat laughed weakly. Something bad was happening. Her papa wouldn't be so angry otherwise. And nothing good ever came from Hades' anger.

Meanwhile in the throne room,a certain currently fuming ,bad-tempered god paced restlessly before settling for sitting on his throne, brooding. Only a few minutes later,the door opened. The pesky hero had come.

The boy and his three friends were obviously in awe,mesmerized by Hades' aura.

"You are brave to come here,Son of Poseidon," he said in an oily voice. "After what you have done to me,very brave indeed. Or perhaps you are simply very foolish."

Numbness crept into Percy's joints,tempting him to just lie down and give up,sleeping forever.

Instead he stepped forward. "Lord and Uncle, I come with two requests."

Hades raised an eyebrow,leaning forward slightly. Shadowy faces appeared in his clothing,perhaps those souls from the fields of punishment. The ADHD boy wondered offhandedly of the rest of his clothes were made the same way. What horrible things would you have to do in your life to get woven into Hades' underwear?

"Only two requests? Arrogant child. As if you have not already taken enough. Speak, then. It amuses me not to strike you dead yet."

Percy swallowed nervously,glancing at the throne beside Hades. He wished Persephone were here.

Annabeth cleared her throat,prodding Percy in the back. "Lord Hades," he said. "Look,sir,there can't be a war among the gods. It would be...bad."

"Really bad," the satyr added.

"Return Zeus' master bolt to me,"he asked. "Please,sir. Let me carry it to Olympus."

Hades' eyes grew dangerously bright. "You dare keep up this pretense,after what you have done?"

Percy glanced back at his friends,who looked as confused as he was.

"Um...Uncle," he said. "You keep saying 'after what you've done.' What exactly have I done?"

The throne room shook with a tremor so strong,they probably felt it upstairs in Los Angeles. Debris fell from the cavern ceiling and hundreds of skeletal soldiers blocked the exits.

"Do you think I want war,godling?"

"You are the lord of the dead. A war would expand your kingdom,right?"

"A typical thing for my brothers to say! Do you think I need more subjects? Did you not see the sprawl of the Asphodel Fields?"

"Well..."

"Have you any idea how much my kingdom has swollen in this past century alone, how many subdivisions I've had to open?" Back in the sisters' room,Katrina heard every word with her sensitive hearing. Percy opened his mouth to respond,but Hades was already on a roll.

"More security ghouls. Traffic problems at the judgement pavilion. Double overtime for the staff. I used to be a rich god,Percy Jackson. I control all the precious metals under the earth. But my expenses!"

"Charon wants a pay raise."

"Don't get me started on Charon! He's been impossible ever since he discovered Italian suits! Problems everywhere,and I've got to handle all of then personally. The commute time alone from the palace to the gates is enough to drive me insane! And the dead just keep arriving. No,godling. I need no help getting subjects! I did not ask for this war."

"But you took Zeus's master bolt."

"Lies!" More rumbling. Hades rose from his throne,towering to the height of a football goalpost." Your father may fool Zeus,boy, but I am not so stupid. I see his plan."

"His plan?"

"You were the thief on the winter solstice. Your father thought to keep you his little secret. He directed you into the throne room on Olympus. You took the master bolt and my helm. Had I not sent my Fury to discover you at Yancy Academy,Poseidon might have succeeded in hiding his scheme to start a war. But now you have been forced into the open. You will be exposed as Poseidon's thief,and I will have my helm back!"

"But..." Annabeth spoke. "Lord Hades,your helm of darkness is missing too?"

So it continued. In the end,the hero escaped with both his friends,and was found not to be the thief. Hades caused an earthquake, but sent the boy's mother back. Needless to say,it was not peaceful in the underworld for a long time after that.