" are you sure? "

ella asked percy, " yeah, he is a god! " grover agreed, " i mean he is my half-brother " percy told the two, " i don't think that's how it works " ella told him, " it's no— " percy gets cut off

" come on we're wasting time " annabeth said, " wish me luck! " percy walked into the shop as annabeth followed him with her hat

everything was going to plan until . . . procrustes got percy's attention by saying how hard it was to fit in, " come on percy! " ella mumbled,

annabeth then pushed procrustes on the bed, " grover they did it! " ella smiled as they did a high-five,  they then walked into the shop, " good job " ella smirked

" you won't save her! your not the first to try bringing someone back from the underworld,  you won't be the first to fail " procrutes said,

ella was about to say something but annabeth spoke first, " hey, your lucky were letting you keep your head, dummy don't push it, " annabeth then touched percy's shoulder, " come on guys! "

ella felt a rush of jealousy, she didn't know why, she didn't like him, they were friends, so we're annabeth and her, so why did she have this feeling to kill annabeth right then

" are we sure this is the right way? "

percy asked, instead of saying anything grover walked to the door and opened it , he then started coughing from the smell , " it's either the realm of the dead or someone left a carton of milk in there in the 1990s " grover said

annabeth then grabbed a red squeaky ball for him, " better? " she asked, " much " grover replied

" if we get in trouble. . . " percy then put his hand out revealing 5 balls, they looked like pearls? " these are our tickets "

" no one's turning back till we all come back " annabeth said looking at the three

" no one's come back! " procrustes warned, " this bitch is still talking? " ella rolled her eyes, " don't make us come back out there and slit your fucking throat! "

they all looked at her, " what? " she said, they then heard no noise " see it worked! " ella smiled

percy got back onto the point " we don't even know what's down there "

" you never know till you try " ella gave him a comforting smile, that he returned, " but don't you guys think it's safer if i'm not holding them? " percy asked

ella, grover and annabeth all grabbed one of the pearls leaving percy left with two, for him and his mom

" let's go get your mom " annabeth said making ella give her somewhat of a glare,

they all then walked in

" not in kansas "

percy said, " hey focus, we left kansas four days ago " annabeth told him, " yeah no it's a— " ella cuts him off " you two just focus on the quest "

grover started squeaking his ball more, " guys, is that who I think it is? "

Ella nodded her head, " Charon, the boatman ", annabeth added on " taking new arrivals across the river styx, which means that over there is the main gate "

" let's go maybe we can get there first " annabeth said, as the others nod, grover squeezed the ball loudly again, " why don't you let me hang on to that for now? " annabeth asked him as he gave her the ball

" come on "

" excuse me! excuse me! sorry "

those were the only two words that were coming out of Percy's mouth, they finally got to the front of the line and Charon glared at them " Your not dead "

" I mean— we're all dying. . . to some extent " percy said, making ella scoff, " and you didn't pay to cross— " Charon sighed, " Wait, we can pay! " ella said, Charon looked at them and ella looked at percy then the bag, " oh right! " percy said

" here drachmas " percy said " j—just tak— take them all "

Charon blew a whistle that the four couldn't hear, " you can buy a new whistle! " percy and ella said, the four then head giant foot steps then saw Cerberus, the three headed dog,

percy pulled since she was in the front of the four,

" Go,go,go! " percy yelled, Cerberus then grabbed Grover, " Grover! " ella yelled, " ella! pay attention to running! " percy told her, grabbing her hand, "but grov— " she gets cut off, " don't worry about it right now! worry about it when we're safe " percy told her

" Guys, that way! " Annabeth pointed, Cerberus then fell, instead of following percy, ella followed annabeth, " Annabeth! give me the ball! " Ella told her

" Why? " Annabeth asked, " Trust me " Ella said, Annabeth then gave her the ball, the dog was currently walking towards percy probably wanting to eat him, " Hey doggie! " ella yelled getting the dogs attention, " come on catch! " she threw the ball, and it landed in his mouth

Annabeth walked towards Percy, Cerberus was so busy with the ball, Grover was able to get out his mouth, " Cerberus now spit the ball out " Ella told him as he did what she said, she picked up the ball and threw it again, and again, and again

" You—are—a—bad—bad dog! " grover said still gasping for air, " he's not that bad " Ella said throwing the ball, " can you fly us up there with your shoes? " Percy asked, pointing to a mountain

" You can do this " Annabeth said, " I'll stay behind to keep him busy " Ella said, " What no! " they all said, " what would happen if something happened to you! " Grover said, " No splitting up, remember? " percy asked, " it's either that or we all die which one? " Ella asked

" Grover can fly us up first then you, and we can all go to hades castle together, all of us, " Percy said, " Percy you don't get it! " Ella said, " if I go he will catch up sooner or later! " she explained

" if something would happen to you I-i would never forgive myself! " Percy said, " I'll make sure that doesn't happen " she gave them a smile,

Annabeth then gave her a quick unexpected hug, then grover, then percy? okay that was the most surprising to her, " don't do anything stupid until we're back " percy whispered to her in the hug,

" How can I? you're taking all the stupid with you " they both smiled, " make sure to get your mom! " she threw another ball as Cerberus ran for it,

" Will do! " Percy yelled to her

" where are you going?

five year old ella asked, " to camp, remember what I told you? about aphrodite? " young thalia asked, " mhm " Ella nodded her head, " there's a camp for me and you, where they keep us safe " Thalia explained, " W-what about me? " Ella started crying, " I'll come back when your ready " Thalia promised

" Pinky promise " Ella said

Thalia wouldn't come until two years laters but better than nothing

" hey! "

Ella's brother, Elijah said, her sister Evelyn took his things, " ELLA STOP! " her parents would always yell, no matter what the problem was it was her fault, obviously she loved her siblings and they loved her back, but sometimes she was pure jealous of them they got so much love, they even had nicknames for them

" good job eve! "

" you did great eli! "

" oh! you did well— could've done better "

she had no escape, her aunt Beryl was almost drunk and acted spoiled and childish all the time, the only good thing of her life back then was Thalia, her brother Jason, and her two siblings

" Need a hand? "

Ella asked, holding out her hand for Percy to grab as Annabeth helped Grover up, " thanks " percy said, Ella would've asked what happened to sally had not annabeth told her a bit before, grover lost his Pearl meaning he had to take sally's, " your okay " he hugged her

She stood there awkwardly, he then noticed " what? hugging is things friends do? right? " percy asked the other two, his face pure red

Ella, Annabeth and Grover lost attention on the hug, but Percy admired Ella for a second thanking the gods she was still alive, then he realized they were still holding hands and his face turned red again

he looked back at her then noticed her attention on something else, he then looked to see Ares walking towards them with a smirk and a big, big sword, " holy shit " percy mumbled, as he got Ella's attention again

" Sorry to ruin your twos moment " Ares smirked

she speaks::

who's winning?