Son of Death and Home

Chapter 3 : The Underworld

Chapter 3 is up. I've decided that I'll update this story more than my first one.
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Hades is a bit kinder to Charon in this story.
//Central Park//
Percy's POV
After the oath Hestia flashed away to Olympus. Which by the way was on the 600th floor of Empire State Building. Dad touched my shoulder and we were enveloped by shadows. When we reappeared I felt dizzy and cold. 

"It happens the first time." Dad assured me. When I looked up I saw that we were in front of DOA studios. We entered the building to see a river, some souls and a very pale man. My father stepped up to the man and the man bowed. "Lord Hades, who is the boy behind you?" "That Charon is my son." Charon had a questioning expression on his face. "No, Charon. He's not Nico. I've adopted him."

"Anyways, my Lord why have you come here? You could just flash to your place. Making my life harder. Not raising my wage." He muttered the last 2 sentences under his breath but I heard him.

 "I would like to show young Perseus here the whole underworld as he is soon to be the heir." Charon nodded and he guided us to a boat which dad started to guide through some river. 

Curiosity got the better of me and I started asking questions, "Dad which river is this? Why is it so dirty? What is the underworld? What did you mean by the 'soon to be heir' part? Who is Nico? And you should really raise Charon's wage he's really not happy about it." I said this all in one breath. 

Dad looked shocked by my onslaught of questions and just sighed. "Guess I should start from the beginning. When the Titans lost I got the underworld as my domain. It's where souls of dead humans come to. They are judged by a panel of ghost on their life. Ones who do bad deeds are sent to the Fields of Punishment, the ones who lead normal lives are sent to Asphodel and the ones who do heroic deeds are sent to Elysium. 5 rivers flow through the underworld. This is the River Styx on which you just swore before coming here. It has a river nymph which supervises the oaths. It's dirty because it is littered with failed dreams of the mortals who come here. As you are my only son right now you will become the heir of the underworld when you become worthy. Do you know anything about the World War 2?" 

I nodded.

 "Well it was not just a war between countries. It was a war between the children of Hades and the children of Poseidon and Zeus. A prophecy was given by the Oracle of Apollo that a child of the big three would either save it destroy Olympus when he would become 16. So, the three of us made a pact not to have children. Over the years, the pact did not break. But Zeus sired 2 children and Poseidon did also. One of them was you.   Zeus's daughter is on the run from monsters along with 2 demigods. The other child is a little younger than you. And Poseidon's other child is two years younger than you. Before the pact I had two children. Nico and Bianca di Angelo. Zeus told me to take them to the demigod camp but I knew they would be tortured there. I told their mother to come with me but she did not listen. Zeus struck the building in which we were talking. I couldn't save the mother but I saved the children. I took them to a hotel where time does not change. And as for Charon's wage I might just raise it."

 We reached the shore and I decided to try something. I bent down and touched the shore. I tried channelling my powers of the hearth. An orange flow surrounded me and all the wasted dreams of mortals were gone and the River was restored. For a moment I saw a face in the River thanking me then it was gone. 

I turned around to see my dad having a questioning gaze, "How did you do that?" "I don't know I guess hope is where the hearth lies. " As I finished saying this my mom flashed in. "I'm proud of you Percy's you have learnt to channel hope into the hearts of people by using your powers." I just went and hugged her and she returned the hug.