#of course Hazel is alive she always has been. zagreus isn’t out of the underworld he’s right there. Nico didn’t steal a soul he’s twelve

[dark-elf-writes]

As soon as Nico is done in Camp Jupiter after seeing Percy, he goes to his brother to complain and whine. Zagreus knows when something is caused by his aunts and uncles being stupid nearly as well as he can tell his father is doing something stupid. Zagreus also pokes in on the quest to Alaska to think them for saving his boyfriend and meet his Roman sister.

God Nico breaking Hazel out of the underworld and Zag being their ultimate cheerleader. Like decades of Zag meeting with Hazel in Asphodel and trying everything he can to get her pardoned but he can’t and it is killing him. Then one day he’s on a run and she’s gone. He’s not too proud to admit that he panics. Bianca has the choice of rebirth and it definitely ached something fierce when she took it but he knows she will make it back the next two times she needs to make it to isle of the blessed. But Hazel? She should be as bound as he is. As trapped. There is no escape. He’s terrified he will be the one sent after her. He knows the defenses the best after all. He would be the to scour the underworld but… the order never comes.

What does come is his little brother, wild eyed and terrified as he tumbles out of a shadow rambling on about how he “fucked up bad this time zag but I can’t leave her gods how could I leave her she deserved more she needs out she-“

(He’s glad one of them got to escape. He’s glad she got to see the surface. Maybe she’ll find that horse she always told him about.)

He has a special interest in the quest to Alaska. Both because his other little sibling is headed for the place she died and because someone took Thanatos. He pops in more than a few times and gets to stay longer because dying isn’t exactly working for anyone right now even him.