~~Timeskip to when they got to Hollywood~~
3rd POV
Thunderheads swirled above the Hollywood sign. The young demigods were listening to the radio on how the storm have covered most of North America. The car stopped and the 3 demigods and satyr started running towards the Hollywood sign,to find the entrance of the Underworld. Something on one of the letters caught Percy's eye. Ancient Greek writing.
P:Hey guys look at this.
Thanks to their dyslexia they could understand the writing.
(Y/N):Woe to all depraved souls.
Percy gave (Y/N) a confused look while (Y/N) stared past the sign. The others followed her gaze where the earth crumbles away to make a door side entrance. Percy bravely went first,then (Y/N),then Annabeth,then finally Grover who was chewing nervously on his jacket.
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Once they were inside the entrance was blocked by some falling rocks,sealing them inside. There were a row of candles leading to a dark river.
G:Well, I guess there ain't no turning back now.
P:Yep looks like we're stuck in here.
(Y/N) looked at the wall that was covered by human skulls. This made (Y/N) a little uncomfortable. Annabeth grabbed (Y/N)'s shoulder tightly. The daughter of Apollo was confused at Annabeth's action until she looked where Annabeth was looking. A huge spider that was spinning a huge web but it stopped when it saw the daughter of Athena. (Y/N) walked a little faster until she stopped by the river. Near the banks of the dark river was a boat with a hooded person.
G:Hey Annabeth,who's the creepy guy with the hoodie?
A:That's Charon. He carries the souls across the river but only when you pay him.
They walked up to Charon,Percy pulled out Riptide just in case. Charon finally looked at them.
Charon:Who are you?
P:We need to see Hades.
Charon:The living are not permitted here. Die and come back.
G:Ok,we won't die and come back,but...
Grover then took out some money from his pocket and gave it to the ferryman. Charon looked at the money before burning it into ashes. Grover gasped in disbelief.
G:That was $170!
Grover turns to Annabeth.
G:You said he give us a ride if we pay him.
A:With drachmas Grover!Why would Charon need mortal money?
G:Well he could use it redecorate this place. I mean it's to depressing in here.
(Y/N):It's the Underworld Grover. It's supposed to be depressing.
Percy grabbed the drachmas from his pocket and gave it to Charon. Charon took the golden drachmas.
Charon:Climb aboard.
G:Yeah after you burn my money. We're in recession. That's treason.
P:Just shut up Grover.
They climbed onto the boat. Percy sat with (Y/N) in the front while the others say in the back. Charon pushed the boat with his long,narrow staff. The boat floated out from the letter 'H' from the word Hell.
Charon:Welcome to the Underworld.
As they drift through the air,Percy points to a trail of floating object.
P:What is all this?
Charon:The scrapheap of human misery. Lost hope and dreams. Wishes that never came true.
(Y/N) catches a photo and looked at it. A woman with (H/C) hair and (E/C) eyes. Her heart skipped a beat when she realized it was a picture of her mother. Percy looked at the photo.
P:Is that your mom?
(Y/N) nodded. She let the picture drift back to the other discarded objects and wiped any tears from her eyes that were threatening to come out. She looked down and heard the distant moans,screams,and the roars of fire from a jagged cliff.
Charon:All lives end in suffering and tragedy.
The boat drift some more until a mansion came into view.
At the mansion's entrance,Charon pulls his boat up to the docking area.
Charon:This is as far as I go.
Percy,(Y/N),Annabeth,and Grover climbed out of the boat. The mansion's double doors opened up as they approach. As they went inside the doors closed,they heard growling.
A:Guys,do you hear that?
(Y/N):Yeah,what is that?
A:I don't know.
Percy activated Luke's shield,while (Y/N) and Annabeth grabbed their daggers. Suddenly 3 hellhounds came at them,ready to attack the demigods.
G:Annie,(Y/N),stab that thing!
P:What are we gonna do?
Right when the hellhounds were about to attack a dark haired woman approach them. (Y/N) knew it had to be Persephone.
Persephone:Back!
She commanded the hellhounds in Greek. The hellhounds obeyed and retreated. She looked at the demigods.
P:What were those things?
Persephone:Hellhounds.
G:Yeah,well,maybe you should feed them.
Persephone:They sensed the presence of another animal.
G:Great,they smell goat.
Persephone:Hmm. A satyr.
She stepped towards Grover.
Persephone:I haven't had a satyr...
Grover's eyes widened and gulps.
Persephone:...Visit before.
Grover sighed in relief.
Hades:Persephone! What could possibly be taking so long? Don't ignore me!
Persephone:Or what? What will you do? I'm already in Hell.
Percy looked at (Y/N),who just shrugged. Persephone walked down the stairs,while the demigods followed her to an enormous living room,where Hades was sitting in his throne staring at fire place. Persephone approaches Hades and signaled the demigods to stop.
Persephone:We have visitors.
A curly haired man looked over his chair and saw the demigods,but kept his eyes on Percy.
Hades:Nephew.
Sorry if this chapter was crap. I was in a rush since I didn't updated in like 3 days. Thank you for reading this story.