The ground danced underneath the carriage that was flying in the sky. Hiatum stared down at Greece in delight, amused by the site of people walking around. They looked like small dots from above.
The carriage gently lifted up towards a giant building. The building was tall, piled on top of a huge skinny mountain that shot upwards towards the sky. It was Olympus, with four big white pillars holding up the beautiful building. Two lay in the front, and two in the back. A great number of stairs circulated the right side, stairs in which it took nine days to climb to get to the top.
The carriage jolted up once again, and suddenly stopped. A normal mortal would have probably launched their food out by the stop, but gods have stronger systems. Hiatum had a look on her face like she was going to die.
Thanatos jumped off the front of the carriage, opening the door to the carriage. He snickered when he saw Hiatum's face. "You feeling fair, miss?" He asked teasingly.
Hiatum smirked. "Fine, thank you." She left the carriage calmly, Hades followed realistically.
Thanatos closed the door behind the two, sitting on the carriage roof. He was going to wait for Hades to finish his business.
"Come." Hades beckoned Hiatum cautiously, not really enjoying the girl's company.
Hiatum nodded, a smirk plastered on her face. She had a plan, a fairly great one.
"Yes, sir." She said back to Hades with a little salute, trying to get on the god's bad side.
Hades pretended to ignore her, and walked into the building calmly. A brown-haired woman with light brown eyes greeting him. "Oh, Hades! What a wonderful surprise." She smiled at Hades and at Hiatum.
Hades nodded, although not smiling back. "It's great to see you as well, Hestia. How is life with the mortals?" He asked, trying to started a conversation with his sister.
"It's very fine here in Greece, although other places lack the belief of us in them. Others call the religion 'dead'," Hestia frowned, obviously not happy with others 'realistic' opinions. How can she visit people and help with their family problems when nobody knows her name?
Hades nodded, understanding his older sister perfectly. "Yes. That is the only thing that 'kills' us. How is Artemis doing? Is she well yet?" Hades queried greatly.
Hestia shook her head. "No. Actually, books come out with Artemis in them, but the people that read the books still don't believe in her." Hestia sighed, getting sad.
Hades nodded. "I know. What I want to know is why i'm always the bad person in films, and books. It hurts my feelings." Hades crossed his arms, irritated.
Hiatum snickered, not really being able to sympathize with the other gods and goddesses. Tartarus was usually casted as a place, rarely as a purely alive deity.
Hades gave Hiatum 'the look.' Hestia let out a catty smile, looking at Hiatum with her eyes. "Oh, salutations!" She gave a small wave at Haitum. Hestia then looked at Hades. "Did you finally have a daughter born from a woman..?" She asked, not being very seriously.
Hades huffed. "That is nonsense! I would never have any children, especially an idiot like this one." He held his arms crossed.
Hiatum sighed, itching the back of her head. "Can't we just finish up business here...father?" She joked, still aiming to hit Hades' bad side.
Hades face-palmed, trying not to turn around and wack Hiatum in the side of the head. "Yes, we'll finish up business here, but if you call me father again, I shall kick you off of Olympus." Hades growled, not daring to turn around and look at Hiatum.
Hiatum shrugged, following Hades once he set off again. Soon they came upon an entrance. The doors to the entrance were huge, an arch brightening up the door to make it seem larger.
"Where are we?" Hiatum frowned, clearly not satisfied, nor impressed by the arch or the door.
"This is where Zeus stays most of his days." Hades answered. A small girl stood next to the door wall, with bright red hair and pale white skin.
"Greetings, Lord Hades." She bowed, sinking back up afterwards. "Zeus has been wanting to see you. It's such a wonderful surprise that you have come before he sent messenger birds." She spoke in monotone.
Hades nodded. "That is quite a surprise. May I speak to Zeus?"
The girl nodded. "Of course." She shuffled around behind the arch. Taking out two stamps, she beckoned Hades and Hiatum.
"Come. I will mark you with this." She told them. Hades did not hesitate, and walked up to the girl. She pressed the stamp on his hand, and took it off.
"What the hell is that?" Hiatum pointed at the stamps lazily, a disgusted look on her face.
The girl blinked. "It is a stamp. This stamp is used to tell Zeus if you are lying or if you are telling the truth. It's the ultimate tool to help Zeus figure out a problem." The girl told Hiatum.
Sighing, Hiatum smirked. "All right, all right. Stamp me." She held out her hand.
"No, no. Females get stamped on their shoulder." The girl stated simply.
Hiatum rolled her eyes, and shifted the blanket so that it would only show her shoulder. The girl gently pressed the stamp on her shoulder, and opened the door only by merely pressing a button that went into the wall. The door opened slowly, and Hades walked in quickly. Hiatum followed carefully, gazing at the pure white colored room.
The room was empty, all except for a gigantic throne in the center of the room. It was also the color white, basically matching the whole entire building. In the throne, a middle aged man with a white beard and curly white hair simply sat in his throne. He had blue eyes, and was wearing an old fashioned Himation. On his feet were only leather sandals. He glared at Hiatum and Hades as like they were enemies that had just challenged him to a battle.
"Zeus." Hades bowed to the man. However, Hiatum stayed standing, looking back at Zeus with death in her eyes. Hiatum was frowning, seeming as like she did not enjoy being in the same room with the man.
Hades stood back up, dusting off his clothing. He understood the situation quickly, and did not say anything.
Zeus opened his mouth to break the silence. "Who is this that you have brought, Hades?" He questioned without even looking at his older brother.
"She is Hiatum, born from within the walls of Tartarus," Hades proclaimed carefully.
Zeus nodded, looking back at Hiatum. "I have heard of rumors that the goddess of night, Nyx, had twin children recently. Are you perhaps one of them...?" Zeus queried.
Hiatum furrowed her eye brows together, obviously not knowing Nyx had two more children. "Hm, perhaps. Perhaps not." She answered, not giving full detail in her words.
Zeus narrowed his eyes. "That is no answer. You cannot lie in this room, especially if you have been marked."
Hiatum shrugged her shoulders. "It is an answer, anything is an answer. As well as, magical stamps conducted by witches that have no idea what they're doing does not effect the old, mainly if the old are greater than the young."
Zeus bit his lip, holding back yelling at his guest. "You are not the child of Nyx, since her children are polite. You are obviously not."
Hiatum sighed, crossing her arms. "That is offending."
Zeus turned back to Hades, ignoring the defiant comments by Hiatum. "What happened when you met this new Goddess?" He asked his older brother.
"Well..." Hades started, taking his time. He told Zeus the whole story, Zeus listening with determined eyes, mostly to find a reason to banish Hiatum or something.
"The crevice just disappeared?!" Zeus looked at Hades dramatically. "That is ridiculous."
Hiatum rolled her eyes."Oh my, you figure out what happened yourself! Yes, I blew open Tartarus. Yes, I sealed up the crack easily. Problem?" She said aloud, although no one seemed to want to listen to her side of the story.
Hades simply nodded at his little brother. "It is exactly how I told you."
Hiatum sighed, crossing her arms and tapping her foot angrily. She was clearly not amused by what Hades had said, although he got most of it right. They all over exaggerate, though!
"My my my, Hiatum..you're probably going to get-"Zeus was interrupted by the doors getting slammed open.
"Dad! Take a look at this!" A yellow-haired girl came in with a giant book.
Zeus smiled warmly to his daughter. "Ah, Addiscentis! Why do you have The Book of Prophecy...?" He asked warmly, although it was crystal clear he was faking.
Addiscentis smiled, not noticing the God of Gods' fake smile. "A new prophecy has come up. It is very important!"
Zeus nodded, turning back to Hiatum. "I will banish you to live with the mortals. That is the only punishment you will get." He then turned back to his daughter. "New prophecy? Please explain."
"It says...
And as a letter falls onto the ground,
bloody and soaked,
a musical chirp signals the hounds,
where the mystery girl is cloaked,
with the giant pit of nothing,
it will soon turn to something,
suddenly the musical chirp,
tainted the letter,
and with a small slurp,
all shall get better,
until hell breaks loose,
and he comes back,
without the horrid bruise,
winning is what we lack."
Addiscentis closed the book. "It's a beautiful poem." She commented.
Zeus rubbed his chin in deep thought. "Can you interpret it?" He finally asked his daughter.
She shook her head. "Only that 'hell' means Tartarus."
Zeus let out a huge sigh. "Ah, I see."
Hiatum snickered in the back of the room. She understood very well that the prophecy poem was for her- or himself.
Zeus quickly snapped his neck in her direction. "Did I not tell you you were banished to live with mortals?! Go now! I shall not see your face ever again!" He snapped, pointing to the door.
Shrugging, Hiatum walked towards the door, a maniacal grin plastered on her face like she just killed a family- and gotten away with it.
"Heh, sending me down to the filthy mortals is just making my plan even fitter," Hiatum snickered to herself.
Only one thing went through the elder God's head: to wake up Gaia, the personification of earth, and bring forth Eros along with Erebus, to create jagged peaks, eternal love, and pure darkness, together.
And it will succeed, just like the prophecy stated.
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