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Magnus Chase after his death despite being an atheist found himself in Valhalla the afterlife for brave warriors, during his treacherous journeys he is told again and again that he will never find his mother Hel even saying she will make sure they will never meet ever again. Magnus did ask his friends but most didn't even know how to answer Jack isn't really that much help in advice either, Samirah even stated that Natalie Chase soul could not be sensed in any Norse afterlife. That was until he got a call from his cousin Annabeth apparently his cousin had this friend connected to death or like the Greek Underworld blah blah blah details, sensed a soul not supposed to be in the Underworld or like an intruder or something.
Annabeth Chase growing up in a particularly abusive and negligent household was envious of Magnus and his mother, even though she wasn't that close to her Aunt she still wanted what's best also knew that her Aunt was a great person Annabeth wanted a loving mother more than anything so she decided to help Magnus she knew full well how it felt like. Thus began the tale of wild shenanigans and hardship.

𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚: 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐬
At this point most einherjars had gotten use to the death and torture, today is just every other normal day but floor nineteen is suspicious Magnus Chase is acting weird well weirder than usual. Alex Fierro, Samirah, Blitzen and Hearthstone seem to be aware but refused to share information or just flat out ignore or avoid the question when asked. Magnus was acting jumpy as well as waiting for the messenger ravens arrive, apparently according to rumors he even asked for an approval. "Okay what's up you've been acting weirder than usual the past week." Mallory asked at this point annoyed, "What are you talking about? You're weird." Magnus Chase replied once again being evasive, of course Magnus forgot that his talkative sword Jack is not currently in pendant form. "Oh there's a chance he can revive his mom if he goes into the Greek afterlife the Underworld, in fact his cousin has like a demigod friend that is connected to said Underworld. Magnus can also go to like Camp Half Blood, where Greek demigods go I met a Greek god once. Hey maybe you can get Apollo to write a great epic about me too!' Great not only does he have to track down Bragi he also has to track down freaking Apollo, as Edgar Allan Poe said I am insane with long intervals of sanity. Oh and now he has to explain to his friends I mean he was going to tell them but like Annabeth made him promise not too also with the help of his Aunt Freya Valhalla gave him permission but he can only bring three companions with him, Jack did not count to be honest Magnus did not want his friends to kill each other or feel betrayed but yes he did choose Alex, Blitz and Hearth to accompany him (he didn't want to inconvenience Samirah to create even bigger lies) Magnus is now hoping to not be decapitated by Mallory currently holding out her very sharpened daggers after decapitation with garrote he did not want to experience it again. Fortunately Mallory lowered her weapons, T.J looked understanding and Halfborn congratulated Magnus. "If so then I'll try my best to handle your 'Chase Space' with the help of Samirah." T.J said, Magnus is going to tear up he's proud to be around such a loving and understanding new found family. Alex also explained on how Freya gave them some red gold because the goddess also knew how it felt to lose a lover and wanted her brother to at least have closure, Odin just agreed because this is like scouting territory which is helpful in Ragnarok but he did task Magnus with learning on how Greek camps work and how a car functions. After that conversation and dinner the packing commenced it was not pleasant especially with a sword badly singing Selena Gomez songs in the background, actually packing really was not needed but he found out the brand of Uncle Randolph's chocolate may or may not have overbought but hey the extras got given to homeless people and charity. Yes Magnus does have a problem but hey Alex liked chocolate too, also he really felt bad for Hunding so he gave the guy like a quarter of the chocolates and hey he had tons to spare. Besides the thanes have decided to let him leave tomorrow the procedure is still the same when floor nineteen checked out to fight Loki, so he went to sleep hopefully would not dream of said trickster deity since he turned Jack back into a pendant he went into a deep sleep. No he didn't but the thing is his dream is just a garden filled with plants made of jewels it seemed outdoors and indoors at the same time he heard someone say we're waiting, wow the universe is cruel like it's as if someone knows he wants to be reunited by his mom but obviously there's going to be some big exchange because we can never have nice things and apparently fate hates the easy route. Magnus said his goodbyes to his friends the next day his boyfriend Alex who is wearing quite a bright outfit for someone who said that they have to blend in with the crowd to avoid monsters, Hearthstone seemed to have gotten his candy cane striped scarf back and Blitz is covered up but somehow still made it look stylish with that they went on to their journey to go to Long Island Sound also to hopefully find Percy Jackson to lead them there so I guess Manhattan is the first stop. And what better way to go there in classic style stealing because they have to time to wait for a train hey coincidentally a corrupt company has left there car here with keys for entitled people they sure were careless. 𝙳𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝙴𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚜 wasn't that the company who's contributing to global warming, you know this is their way of saving mother nature yay stealing. "Hey! Come back here!" The bodyguards yelled, being accustomed to this kind of thing their faces weren't scene this was just like old times. And at least their permit deadline is two weeks so they can have a long stay in Midgard before having to return to Valhalla.

𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐧
"Woohoo this BMW is fast!" Alex said who seemed to really enjoy this trip, 𝑴-𝑨-𝑮-𝑵-𝑼-𝑺 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈? Hearth signed. Actually Magnus usually would not know but Annabeth with her intelligence sent her cousin a map drawing (she sketched really well considering she does want to be an architect), via Raven as a thank you Magnus tried his best to draw or write descriptions of the historical and cool buildings or sites his adventure took him he's pretty sure Annabeth would have loved Norway. 𝒀𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 Magnus signed back, meanwhile Blitz is still ranting about why they could not have went an adventure to a dark place also that he probably will have a bad impression and people may think he has bad fashion sense because of his weakness to the sun fortunately Jack is not here to rant about his undying love for Riptide as well as how he can't wait to see her again. Magnus still has not told anyone about his weird dream he should probably ask Annabeth since it seemed to be connected more to the Greek World, also can elves who are connected to light survive in the Underworld. Samirah bless her despite being bust also offered to take care of Blitz store and sell the premade outfits despite being busy, thank god (can you say that expression if you are an atheist? Magnus made a mental note to search that up) Amir gave them some falafels to go for lunch. After a few hours passed they were heading nearer to their location surprisingly not a single monster has appeared, oh look at that a blue wolf see this is why Magnus is an atheist what kind of God would make someone suffer like this and create other beings that claim they are 'the rulers of the world' fate really had something against him. "Finally some action! As fun as this drive is I was getting bored anyway you guys want me to transform.. Or?" Alex inquired, "No need." Magnus replied and summoned Jack who immediately slaughtered the wolf, why can't it be like a bear or something of all weird creatures why did it always have to be a wolf it's hard enough to try to recover from the incident... No.... That's the reason why his friends are seeking his cousin's help to solve that incident. 𝑰𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕? The elf signed pointing to a house, okay let's hope this is the Jackson residents and not some mortals because an elf, dwarf, two dead people, a singing sword, and a body of a wolf is not a sight you think you'll see in your everyday morning maybe the glamour would cover it up still though at least not a lot of people were in the streets. The group looked at each other and headed towards said house anticipated for the best and pressed the door bell, "Hello this is Magnus Chase, I'm here to see Percy Jackson." Muffled voices could be heard behind the door and it was suddenly opened by said teenager, "Come inside make yourselves at home, meet my mom and my little sister. At least it's not a fallen god this time." Percy unenthusiastically greeted so the group headed in with Jack who keeps randomly muttering about Riptide, a singing as well as talking sword is annoying enough but not as infuriating as a sword in love. A brown haired woman was in the kitchen who smiled at them sweetly Magnus assumed this is Sally Jackson according to Annabeth speaking of his cousin, "Magnus you're really here! I've been waiting for you." He was suddenly tackled by his cousin, "Hello Alex, nice to meet you Alex. Like seriously Maggie here is not your only guest." That guy could really be self centered, meanwhile Blitz is critiquing the craft as well as furniture in the house and Hearthstone seemed to be entertaining Estelle. Apparently it was currently college break which is why Annabeth and Percy were able to help and guide them, Magnus now feels more guilty and responsible in case they accidentally start Ragnarok since bringing someone back to life is a big no-no but Magnus is willing to do anything to get his mom back. Afterwards the family reunion and introduction (which was more like explaining about Jack as well as said sword convincing and succeeding to convince Percy to show him Riptide luckily Percy's mom saw this as normal), Sally offered to make them her famous seven layer dip and nachos to which they agreed and left the room with Estelle so they could have their privacy also to prepare Estelle for naptime. Magnus did what you would do in that situation he opened his falafel doggy bag (his friends did not seem to mind that he's eating it alone except for Alex who constantly takes a piece and eats it) and ate (what? He's hungry don't judge), "Really Magnus aren't you worried about your mom? Do you even know about the Greek word?" Annabeth said scolding him 𝑯𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝑴𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 Hearth signed to which Magnus translated, some people mistake Annabeth's grey eyes and love of reading and intelligence for being an Athena demigod but some of it are also genetical via the Chase family who had hereditary grey eyes with Magnus love of literature and even Uncle Randolph who was an expert in Norse Mythology. "I don't understand how you have the focus to read on that stuff, I'm going to have to borrow my step dad's car again the last time I did that things did not go well at all." Percy said who's worries is very justifiable, "We stole a car also why is Jack flirting with your sword? Oh and your outfit is terrible why not add like a brown or green cardigan cardigan. You have no fashion taste." Blitz replied which gained a laugh from Annabeth and a glare from Percy, "Oh yeah speaking of Greek, I had a dream about like a crystal garden and someone saying I'm waiting for you. Isn't that like from Persephone's story if I remember correctly?" Which gained a stare from his friends that said what the heck Magnus we went on a drive for hours and you did not think to bring this up while the couple paled. "Don't tell me... I knew Nico would be a part of this somehow, it still weirds me out how you guys don't use prophecies to go on a quest, hopefully you guys don't have to go to Tartarus." Okay there's clearly a story there but it got interrupted by Sally carrying the promised snacks from earlier, food always comes first Magnus is kind of sad though since Sally reminds him of his mom which makes him remember his failure and wolves you would think after being through tough times he would get over his wolf phobia also because of busy schedules Annabeth had not fully summed up every thing about camp half blood this is the best way to share information also it's kind of sad how at this point stealing is normal considering they have committed lots of crimes. "I know you kids are busy with your talk and all, but I really hope this isn't about another dangerous trip to save the world from an apocalypse." Sally asked offering them each blue cookies, "No luckily this time it's not about saving the world from ending it's to save my mom. Hey these kind of look like the blue cookies my mom got me as a souvenir when I couldn't come with her on that one trip." Magnus replied despite being quiet also keeping things most to himself he sure became more talkative when it's about his late mother it's so endearing that it's sad. "Wait a minute... That's why you looked so familiar you must be Natalie's son I didn't get her last name though, I met her once in a trip too she said she was thankful for my help and believing about Frey she said she had a son like me too." What... Everyone looks shocked (Alex translated it to Hearthstone) especially Percy since he had not heard this story before, who knew they were connected maybe that's why when Annabeth ran away before finding people to help her despite being seven managed to survive because Frey aided her in finding shelter and edible food which actually made sense. Time passed it was now time to leave after saying goodbye the others left, Sally gave each of them a hug before leaving and making Percy promise to come home safe with Annabeth. "Percy remember Paul wants to see you he's still at work, and it's been awhile since we had family bonding." Percy kissed his mom on the cheek "I know mom, I'll promise to come back." Annabeth and Magnus stayed a bit since they also needed their one on one talked, "You know Magnus I kind of understand you being an atheist and all, if the gods gave Percy a quest in our wedding day I will probably become atheist as well. That is if seaweed brain actually gathers courage to propose to me, Piper and Jason are already engaged and we've decided to have a double wedding after a few years or months when college is over at this point I will propose." Annabeth stated annoyed "Hmm.. Sounds stuff seeing as I'm dead I won't be getting married nor do I know about said procedures but good luck, as long as I'm best man of course." Magnus replied as he walked over to Jack and as his cousin took Riptide, "Oh c'mon man our conversation was getting spicy." The sword complained and with that the group left to continue their adventure, Jack is kind of bummed out though since Percy turned his sword lady friend back into a pen. "I just realized the BMW is a five seater." Blitz pointed out great at least the wolf carcass had already disintegrated so that takes care of one problem, "Hello shapeshifter here I really hate getting ignored." Alex said as he too a chocolate bar from their shared backpack as if to prove a point turned to a hawk and flewed up, "What?! Alex you jerk this chocolate is limited okay." Said Magnus but honestly he packed said chocolate as if he was going to donate it to an orphanage, the hawk screeched which he assumed meant just drive idiot so I can follow the car I'll be a lookout. They did not argue with the bird time for another painstaking long drive, out of fairness he gave the other four passengers a chocolate bar as brain energy since his cousin is currently explaining how this 'camp' works and who's who. "You guys think you can manage if we leave you at the entrance?" Said Annabeth who currently had her hand intertwined with her boyfriend, "I'm sure they'll be okay wise girl. With all the knowledge you have given them they could win jeopardy." Percy replied which got him a smack on the shoulder, Hearthstone had dozed off with his head on Blitz shoulder which made Magnus experience forlorn since his significant other is flying in the air quite literally. Following what seemed like hours they finally arrived which jolted the elf awake and is quickly comforted by the dwarf, Jack is still in sword form since he said that it would be best for Magnus to return him into a pendant when he finds a place to sleep. "Well here we are, we will drop you off right here and head back home since it's getting dark." Percy pointed out "Also something a certain someone is forgetting we have homework, so this is farewell then." Annabeth said as if on cue a hawk flew down and transformed back into Alex Fierro "You guys think it's safe for you to keep the car?" He actually had a point fortunately the name 𝙳𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝙴𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚜 is scratched away by the wolf so it can't be read and the BMW looked so bartered it did not seem new anymore it should be good, "Bye Annabeth, good luck!" Magnus yelled as the couple waved them goodbye and drove off. 𝑰 𝒔𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝑰 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒔, 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒑 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝑫𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒉𝒊 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆? Hearthstone signed "Maybe it's a cover up? We should go though monsters are more active at night hopefully I think your cousin and her boyfriend can defend themselves." Blitz stated so with that with clearly no other choice they ventured towards the forest, which Magnus hoped is Camp Half Blood and not a random forest filled with beasts that are waiting to kill and eat them he made a mental note to bring more flashlights. Since their light was limited they had to stick close together with Magnus holding Alex hand, and Blitz being support for the tired elf the group felt relief when they finally saw a camp fire with campers surrounding it. They were greeted by a centaur, "You must be the guest that Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase mentioned. Welcome let us feast and discuss your situation kater I am Chiron the camps activities director." Who were they to refuse such an offer despite the other confused as well as very intrigued demigods (probably because of the talking floating sword) they were pretty hospitable, the group is seated by according to the centaur the demigods who were well informed which meant a pale demigod with black hair and black eyes next to a tan demigod with blond hair and blue eyes according to the descriptions they were given must be Will and Nico. "How are you guys here? You are dead, Annabeth did not mention you were dead." Nico stated "Nico what did we say about introductions? I'm sorry about Mr. Dark Lord over here he has communication issues." Will said "No I mean it Will two are dead. I can sense it, I'm a child of the Underworld so my senses are not wrong. Also stop calling me dark lord." Nico insisted and the two bickered well it seems due to busy schedules his cousin may have left out a few or maybe a lot of information, how do they explain this exactly before he could come up with a reply his sword decided to do the talking. "Duh cause Alex and Magnus are dead, Valhalla you know the afterlife for warriors also correction the dwarf and the elf here are alive. You must be the son of Apollo and you must be the son of Hades. Boy I met Apollo before but he refused to make me an epic it was back before Frey betrayed me, blades before babes man. Hey Magnus maybe you can convince Apollo to make me an epic!" Magnus really wished he could turn his sword back into a pendant he was so talkative and it's getting really really annoying, 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒏𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎 which he also translated back to the other demigods with an added introduction as well as summing up information. "Woah the elf is deaf, uh no offense of course this could be my chance to learn sign language." Will said "Wait a minute you think your mom's soul is in the Underworld somehow and you want to bring her back? Also you dreamt of my stepmother's garden, please do not tell me we have to go there." Meanwhile Nico is having an existential crisis but silver lining no one had to go to Tartarus also dinner here is delicious well not as good as Valhalla's food but it will suffice, "I mean since me and Maggie are dead we would have a free pass in your afterlife here right? Svartalf are dark elves so Blitz is fine, I mean Will here is attuned to light so does that mean you guys have a way to help Hearth over here." Alex surprisingly made really great points today also where did he steal pink glasses from but before Nico could answer Magnus suddenly interrupted, "Oh that's why you guys looked familiar the only full name we got is Nico di Angelo. Your William Solace the singer Naomi's Solace son, I stole from her concert once cause I thought she was one of those stuck up idols but when she caught me she surprisingly did not call the police and gave me fifty bucks and a box of pizza saying she had a blond son that reminded her of me. I still have my free signed album here too she's a really nice lady, also do you guys have any cabins for us to stay?" What's up with Magnus and his mom knowing the most random people that somehow help them in the future, poor Will looks so shocked and Nico acted out of his character and is laughing so much it's kind of scary. "Magnus you can't just say that out of nowhere!" Scolded Blitz who finally finished his dinner, they were approached by Chiron who said it would be best to discuss further tomorrow as well as for them to get some sleep. Apparently for some reason they were not assigned at the Hermes Cabin but would be staying the night based on their personalities, Magnus Chase in Demeter Cabin (Cabin #4, which got rebuilt awhile go with the help of a certain architect since apparently it got destroyed because of a fallen god) because of his love and appreciation of nature, Alex Fierro in Hephaestus Cabin (Cabin #9) for the reason he used to make pottery and is very skilled in crafting, Blitzen surprisingly in Aphrodite Cabin (Cabin #10) because it matched his aspirations as well as his great sense of style, last but not least Hearthstone obviously in Apollo Cabin (Cabin #7) because he is a light creature/light elf. So with that the group dispersed to stay in there respective cabins, Magnus introduced himself to the head counselor Katie and Miranda Gardner he will make a proper education tomorrow. The Demeter cabin had the same vibe as well as creepily almost looked like his Valhalla room with also a big tree in the middle, Magnus turned Jack back into a pendant then drifted off to sleep luckily this time he is not plagued by nightmares.

𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝: 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
The next day Magnus awoke feeling relief and happiness waking up so close to nature, reminded him of when his mom took him to hiking trips where he would climb trees and skip stones he can't wait to have his mother back. He thanked and talked to a few Demeter demigods currently staying there (some were with their families), of course he had to explain his situation since he fit in there so well they thought he was a new demigod but at least they were understanding. The Frey rune in his neck kept buzzing for attention who is still heartbroken about Riptide what ever happened to there are other weapons I can date out there, he also gave everyone complementary chocolates seriously everyone likes this chocolate brand thank goodness he packed like a lot. Apparently according to the conversations, Alex made quite the impression in Cabin #9 and befriended Leo Valdez as well since both could speak Spanish, Hearthstone is also teaching interested Apollo demigods a bit of ASL the elf also bonded with Nico since both of them have dead siblings, Blitz also got along with the Aphrodite demigods since they apparently styled each outfit (Piper and Jason were one of those people out of town since they are currently visiting Tristan McLean discussing their current engagement) at least everyone us welcoming it's also sweet how Leo who knew Morse code knew ASL so he enjoyed having a conversation with Hearthstone, as Magnus walked around the camp he noticed other buildings under construction apparently those buildings were tributes for Kymopoleia (How do you even say that?) and the other lesser known deities it still felt kind of strange though being in Valhalla for so long to be surrounded by Greek constructions. Mallory would have enjoyed the Ares Cabin (Cabin #5) actually it's best if they never met at all T.J and Halfborn would probably get along well with the Hephaestus demigods, he hopes they are doing okay speaking of which they should have set up a rendezvous yesterday on where to meet. A man with a chubby face, a red nose and curly hair so black, it looks purple suddenly approached Magnus his eyes creepily looked line it was filled with fire though said stranger looked kind more uncanny since he is holding a diet coke, as much as he cared for his cousin Annabeth clearly left a lot of stuff out. The man seemed to beckon him to head towards the Big House, Magnus trusted his gut and followed because he felt and Jack the pendant seemed to signal for him to do so. "It seems my father really hates me, to think in my forced labor years here I did not think to get a dead einherjar much less a dwarf or an elf. You must be Maggie. Your are lucky that someone is willing to send reinforcements for you. " And this fellow must be Mr. D also known as Dionysus the guy who refuses to remember names except for his favorite demigods, for the record just putting it out there Magnus would have preferred to be called mango than Maggie. "Umm.. Who is that someone? Also like when can I get to see my friends?" Magnus actually had lots of questions but he thinks those two are the most non kill option, Mr. D just stared at him not answering then proceeded to just drink diet coke. "I'm pretty sure that oracle lady can answer your question, from what I heard Chiron asked her to come here." Mr. D finally answered, in the distance Magnus saw his friends accompanied by Chiron, a red haired girl who reminded him of unfortunately Mallory Keen and a brown haired teenager (?) with a bow and arrow on his back and Mr. D seemingly disappeared. "Are you the person that initiated to steal my dad's car?" The red haired girl asked as she held Magnus by the collar much to Alex amusement who had apparently shifted gender, the girl had a name tag on her shirt 'Rachel Elizabeth Dare' oh that's why this makes sense actually but before explaining Rachel surprisingly let him go and gave him a large sum of money "You have done me a great service." What does she competing for worst dad of the year too why are all of his friends like this, Chiron welcomed them inside the big house to discuss further on said situation. "So that means they have to go to my Uncle's Domain then I presume, but are they not dead?" The browned haired man stated who is he anyway and why is he here, "Who are you?" Said man looked at him weird when he asked the question with a face that said do you not know who I am. 𝑯𝒆'𝒔 𝑨𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒑 𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒖𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 Hearthstone signed Magnus replied with a quick thank you, "Wait what did the elf say? What is that weird hand movement?" Apollo said confused which Magnus had to explain again, "Ah yes this light elf is right currently I am Lester Papadopoulos" which made this more confusing. "Lester Platypus?" This question got a laugh from Alex, Blitz, Hearth and even Rachel, "Just call me by my first name you annoying mortal!" Lester yelled Chiron coughed to get everyone's attention and explained the current events, "It seems Hades wants to strangely agree on bringing your mother back to life since she is supposed to belong in Norse, but there will be an exchange he even told Charon to let you in and lifted the if your dead and you enter here you stay forever rule for Magnus and Alex. What he wants I cannot say but it must be something important since he is sending Hermes to guide all four of you into the Underworld immediately." The centaur stated this is getting more intriguing, "Hmm... Considering he specified four I'm assuming he wants Nico and Will to stay out of this." Rachel pointed out Magnus is willing to do anything for his mom risk anything but he does not want to rope his friends into this they had a silent conversation using sign language with Alex insisting and Blitz and Hearth saying they will be there along the journey with Magnus, with that the conversation ended after getting a few tips as well as rules in the Underworld like don't eat anything so on and so forth they began their mission. "Great elf I will bestow you the gift of light so you can survive this mission, you have thought me this ASL language and what you call Alf magic and runes." Lester snapped his fingers and Hearth's eyes flashed gold for a second, as confused as Magnus was he had come to terms that you can never understand deities whether Norse or Greek and just be thankful. Lester also proceeded to give everyone blessings like complimenting Blitz and saying he will endorse his clothing line and gave Alex a pottery studio she seemed genuinely happy, "And you Magnus Chase son of Frey I used to like Frey but his annoying blade was a deal breaker, I will give you the power to copy animal sounds since you can already talk to them." Wow how generous at this point Magnus is used to weird but it did shock Rachel, "I mean Loki is the Mother of Alex." Which is true "Let's not go there." Alex replied they did say Apollo changed ever since he became Lester (somewhere out in camp Will is annoyed because when he went to the Underworld with Nico his dad did not bother helping it was expected but still), "Hey the Heimdall Greek version is heading here right I kind of want to see,I'll leave you here Maggie to have your almost father talk." Alex said skipping towards the exit with Blitz and Hearth, Rachel also left since it turns out there is no prophecy. "Isn't it weird that your the Greek god of music but barely showed up in Epic the musical?" That's right Magnus is a theatre/musical fan it is also one of his remaining comforts when he was homeless since some let him in for free, "Do NOT mention that, I swear if you are one of those psychopaths who memorized Hamilton songs I will take back my gift." It seemed to have angered him then again the gift was not really helpful but okay, "Here have a chocolate bar." Magnus also had a problem he wants to share to everyone his very delicious chocolate, "This is amazing I will rebrand this and call it Apollo's Chocolate." Lester stated which Magnus pretty sure was copyright, he gave two chocolate bars to Chiron, "Give the other one to Mr. D." The centaur raised his eyebrows but did not seem shocked that the einherjar had met Dionysus, with that Magnus exited the Big House preparing himself for the journey towards the Underworld he is glad they did not have to use the Doors of Orpheus though none of them can or want to sing except for Jack but Magnus preferred Jack quiet or acting as an inanimate object.

𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝
Unfortunately the first person who Hermes met is Alex Fierro who also knew about Epic the musical and is currently dueting dangerous, with Blitz and Hearthstone seemingly not understanding what to do with what is happening Lester appeared out of nowhere and told everyone to stop mentioning Epic he's bitter he does not have a solo song or something this is why Magnus is an atheist but at least silver lining Hermes is less annoying than the Bifrost guardian Heimdall. Hermes snapped his fingers transporting the friends to the Underworld after explaining the rules "It will be a little bit dangerous my friend." Somewhere in the big house someone yelled "NO!", suddenly they were in a dark place filled with fog and the famous five rivers across them is a boat with a ferry man most likely Charon . "Be glad you have someone backing you up, if I had it my way you would be stuck here forever but that does not mean I'm not asking for pay." Charon said but the thing is they had no drachmas Alex handed Charon something, "Will red gold do? It's technically our version of the drachma plus it's shiny." After thinking about it the ferry man reluctantly accepted it letting them on the ferry Magnus turned Jack back into a sword just in case, also he just realized that golden light is swirling around Hearth at least he's okay according to Blitz he's doing better at surviving in darkness. Ghost were wandering around cold air surrounded them it felt claustrophobic and open at the same time, it made Magnus miss nature to make things worse he sometimes heard howling wolves oh why did it have to be wolves. They were left at the gates with a guarding Cerberus "Umm.... What do we do now? Is there a rune that can constrain the three headed dog we only brought chocolate which I'm pretty sure he's not supposed to eat." Blitzen stated three headed or not Magnus always did like dogs fortunately Alex did bring food how is she always prepared like she also has every currency known to man just in case, Magnus petted Cerberus for awhile calling him a good boy then they went through the gates and randomly teleported in a castle. "Magnus Chase son of Frey one of Valhalla's einherjar you have finally arrived, are you prepared to make me a deal for the revival of your mother Natalie Chase?" Hades voice boomed Magnus prepared himself mentally about this already, but like why can't gods just immediately teleport you why are you required to still go through the entrances but he was not throwing away his shot. "What do you want?" Magnus asked, "Wow if it is not Hades himself I haven't met you before." Jack said flying up and down turning him back to a sword was a big mistake since he had not fought a monster yet Magnus turned him back into a pendant. "Seriously though aren't you the god of the Underworld? What are you going to get from two dead people and a dwarf and an elf." Alex pointed out, "Whatever I'm going to say to you must not leave this room, the reason why I didn't want my son to come here because it is a blow to my pride. My wife Persephone had become recently interested in what you mortals call 'anniversaries', and wants us to celebrate it as well. So just make me the greatest anniversary ever and you will get your mom back, but if you fail I'll keep all of you here to torture. Also Demeter wants me to help you she says it at the least I can do, she apparently knows your mother." Hades explained, 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕? 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚. Hearth had a great point but to be honest if it gets Magnus his mom back he will do anything, besides all they had to do is keep this a secret no one else was in the room where it happened. And with that they went to work it turns out Leo made jewellery for Freya and gave it to Alex it turns out he luckily made two so that's one thing done at least Leo saved a generation of einherji from venturing into Svartalfheim to get Freya jewellery, Blitz decided to make a white dress with flowers and vines as design, Alex just started creating pottery who knows where she pulled those equipment from, Hearth helped Blitz, and Magnus helped Alex grumbling that he will never give Hades the delicious chocolate bar because he does not deserve one but he'll give some to Persephone though you know for a god this is another low blow using random people to plan your own anniversary also Magnus is still shocked how close his relation to Greek mythology is despite being a Horse demigod he is pretty sure he has a relative that's a Quetzalcoatl. It felt like they were working for hours because they probably were while Hades just prepared for the occasion, he better not be lying when he said that Magnus can revive his mom. Everything was going well until Hearth collapsed apparently the sun Apollo gave is temporary he is not that generous apparently, "Hearth? Hearth!!" They headed to the elf immediately with Magnus doing his best to save him he can't let another person die because of him not again. "What's happening? I wasn't aware there were guest in our palace." Persephone yup they were screwed "Sorry for the noise my dear, I hired them to help with our anniversary celebration since you wanted to celebrate it and this elf collapsed since it's weak in darkness." Hades said glaring at them god or not Magnus was prepared to take him one on one right there but fortunately Persephone intervened, "Considering you have given me such wonderful gifts I will let your elf stay in my garden, as long as you do not take from my fruits especially the pomegranates. All of you come with me except for you Magnus Chase someone is waiting for you in Elysium." Persephone snapped her fingers and Magnus blacked out teleporting to hopefully Elysium Magnus hated it when deities do that he wanted to scream though he hoped his friends were okay then everything went black, when Magnus finally regained consciousness he was in a place so magical so enchanting thatit can't be explained or fully formed in the eyes of a normal human. Magnus Chase saw a glimpse of his mom but before he could do anything or say anything he heard a voice that said "You will have to wait in the living realm for your reunion." Then everything went black once again, he woke up in the living room of Percy Jackson's residence being jolted awak by his mom Magnus immediately hugged her and cried Alex said he was asleep for a week since he drained most of his power while trying to heal hearthstone and summarized what happened and what he missed.

𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞
"Basically when Persephone sent you to Elysium you were aware that we went to the garden where Hearth managed to heal and come to. He felt really guilty the past week you know, Hearth surprisingly got along well with Persephone she's one of the few deities that know sign language I guess it's because Hearth is also a creature of light dating a creature of darkness. Persephone and Hades also made us stay until the end of the celebration it was fun except for the not eating part, then Hermes appeared and teleported us back into Camp Half Blood that's when we found out that you passed out you were sent to the Apollo Cabin they said the only reason you lasted so long is because Frey despite being the god of summer focuses on balance. Your mom also appeared with you she was really concerned and everyone at camp loved her also her name was legally changed to Natalie Jackson since Natalie Chase is considered dead by the government, she's acting as Sally's sister Will and Nico were really worried as well prior to Hades orders they were told nothing. You should have been there but Percy finally proposed to Annabeth via scavenger hunt the idea was suggested by yours truly, speaking of your cousin she and her half brothers are now in legal custody of your mom. Yeah they went to court and her step mom went to jail for abuse and her dad lost all custody oh and I shifted back into a guy so my pronouns are once again he/him." Alex might as well be reading a really long novel, Alex hugged Magnus as well. "Sorry for worrying you guys." Magnus said and celebrated with his mother and cousin unfortunately she will be staying here in an apartment near the Jackson residence since in Boston it will be too suspicious but Magnus will find a way besides she's taking care of other children now too but he really felt bad about Annabeth who knew she had to live with that abuse no wonder she ran away at seven no wonder her grey eyes were colder than most people, Annabeth and Percy went back to college since the break was over but they sent her a letter. According to Blitz when he and Hearth will die in the inevitable Ragnarok Persephone said they will be staying at her garden so their afterlife was set but they can visit Valhalla from time to time, apparently on all Apollo's gifts only Hearth got the temporary one apparently he sent a random pizza guy to give them pizza as an apology at least he tried I guess apparently he got scolded by Artemis, Hearth also learned more about magic through Hecate so there's that, and Magnus gained back his mom so he's contented even if it did cost his life he wouldn't care as long as his mom lived. Natalie is kind of disappointed about how her brothers turned out to be she also cried when she heard her son's story about his hardships. During their stay in Midgard the just celebrated and Magnus had to search up and ask how vehicles work for Odin he nearly forgot, he also went on hikes with his mom and watched a theatre properly this time with his mom and Alex he tried to convince them but Blitz and Hearth said they needed the bonding time, Blitz said he was inspired by their adventures and sketched a bunch of fashion ideas. When they finally returned to Valhalla their story also touched most of the einherjis Magnus gave his remaining chocolate to Hunding who almost hugged him to death, his floor nineteen friends congratulated him, Apollo sent him a copy of Jack's epic but Magnus still needs to find Bragi, Sam congratulated him saying at least one of us got their mother back, Freya looked really happy with the necklace and earrings saying it was spectacular craftsmanship from a demigod, Frey is also contented and even visited his son in one of his dreams congratulating him, Magnus gave the money he got from Rachel to homeless people he also got to visit his mom on the occasional weekends and holidays, and Odin planned to make their journey into a book and just like that everything returned back to normal all's well that ends well.