Before the beginning of time, the first beings-Protogenoi-emerged from Chaos the void, the eldest of the Protogenoi was the beautiful and powerful Nyx, goddess of night, she'd become their queen alongside Phanes, the self-formed god of creation and reproduction as equals.

Phanes later had given the entire throne to her alone, making her queen of the universe. She held that status for a long time, till eventually she'd seen a good future in the young, ambitious Uranus, whereupon she'd given him the royal sceptre, crowning him king.

The Protogenoi consisted of many powerful beings, the more commonly known were Hydros, the primordial water, Thesis, goddess of mud and creation, Tartarus, the pit, Erebus, darkness incarnate, and Gaia, mother of beasts and earth itself, Ananke, goddess of necessity and Chronos, time itself.

Their children became important figures and parents to even more powerful gods, however, the brood of Nyx, overpowered nearly everyone else with exeptions.

Moros, the personified god of doom, fate and destiny, held powers over the gods themselves-the most effective and powerful of her children- while there were less powerful children such as Momus and his painful twin Oizys, they held power to a stronger degree over many of their fellow gods.

Oizys was a malevolent, painful goddess; it was she who brought suffering, misery, distress, sadness and woe into the world, and while her essence was necessary, she didn't seem to care much for gods or mortals, leading many to assume she'd forgotten their existence or simply didn't bother.

Her presence was made known to a handful of immortals; one was understandably her twin, Momus and the others were her nieces and close companions the Algea, goddesses of pain and suffering-body and mind, grief, sorrow, distress.

They were nearly inseparable.

The house looked quite odd to her, but then again everything in this world looked strange, she'd never visited earth often but rather conveyed her presence to the beings who presided there, affecting them.

Besides, if she ever felt the need to visit earth, she'd rather do so on her ebony wings-a trait every child of Nyx possessed-and not on a horse or form of transportation which were quite common, however there were more subtle ways, such as appearing out of thin air or shadow travel; the second was a skill she acquired from being Nyx's daughter and Erebus's adopted one.

It had only taken her a few minutes to realize the house was empty, the mortal was not home.

The mortal, Yui, had stopped Baldur from destroying the world and for Hades to smile, it was inconceivable why such a common mortal had the ability to do such things, and she should have perished instead of succeeding in the task to teach the gods about humanity.

Everything about this situation was plain wrong and it made somewhat angry that her power over Hades was diminished by a mere mortal, it made her wonder if Moros had something to do with it, he certainly adored to play mind games with gods, mortals and his own siblings… especially his own siblings, she thought bitterly.

Deciding it would be best to wait for a proper introduction to the mortal and gods she'd 'taught', she stood motionlessly beside the stairs leading to the house as she waited for the mortal to return.

Thoughts of what her siblings may be doing now plagued her mind; she agreed to Zeus simply out of boredom and mild curiosity, now she hoped this would entertain her for the time being, till she became either too bored or uninterested to continue playing the game. It was simple really, she didn't really need to learn about humanity and love, and one would think a king with status like Zeus would understand that.

Zeus had given her strange conditions to follow when she'd agreed to be 'taught', one of the more confusing ones was this human body, it possessed none of her godly attributes-which was fair enough-and yet it had been made specifically for her; the nerves had been joined so she would feel pain and pleasure rather than shallow emptiness.

Did he expect her to experience emotions and not just physical functions? Why would she be given a vessel while everyone else used their real bodies? Did he not trust her? She scoffed, of course not; only an utter idiot would ever trust the goddess of Anxiety and Misery.

Momus had offhandedly mentioned that Zeus had a habit of trying to form alliances with everyone he deemed worth something, if she'd been requested to be taught about humanity and love, which may very well be the first step.

He had also mentioned that the reason the gods 'learned' at all was because they felt some bond with the mortal, which made it strange that he'd ask her to go and learn, after all, she would never be capable of forming such a deep bond with the mortal; being a goddess of sadness and misery, mortals weren't even able to withstand her aura without submitting to it's power.

She'd also heard from Pheme that the gods secretly cared deeply for the mortal, even Hades, which reminded her; was that how the curse was broken? Had the mortal given him enough hope to free him? No matter, if it was true about those gods caring that much about her, then it meant the mortal could be used as bait; she was the goddess of suffering after all, simply being in her presence would cause distress and emotional pain.

It wasn't as if she actually liked any of the gods who cared for Yui anyways, especially Apollon, his sheer cheerful smile and beaming attitude was enough to turn her mood sour.

The Olympians possessed no real power on their own, therefore, without her or her relatives-including the titans-the gods would have nothing, absolutely nothing and yet almost all the trouble in this world had been caused either by her aunt, Gaia or one of the Olympians.

Yet, somehow Zeus found it her fault for existing and decreed that she needed to study humanity; he's the one who understands nothing, and while she'd done it out of sheer boredom and the fact that he had practically beamed when she'd accepted amused her greatly, once this is over she may even fancy herself joining a banquet at Olympus.

She wondered if maybe using her powers often would get her a reputation like her aunt, Gaia, after all while she wasn't more powerful than her mother, Nyx, she displayed so much of her powers, marking her as a rather clear threat to Olympus.

The thought soon diminished however, she preferred her quiet and rather forbearing reputation as it kept those unwanted divinities from approaching her and discovering more about her enigmatic self. After all approaching her or any of her siblings was a dangerous deed in of itself, which also meant they were left alone to continue playing their roles undeterred and unchallenged, roles assigned to them by their mother before they had even fully formed in the deep womb of darkness.

Suddenly footsteps approached the house, and as she turned her head to survey the cause, her eyes landed on what must have been the mortal; she was utterly surrounded on all sides by the obviously overprotective gods.

She turned her tight lips upwards to form what she thought seemed like a genuine smile as she had little experience with such a thing, as the group of gods surrounded Yui she became increasingly pleased to note that they couldn't see her. It caused her to wryly smile as her beloved father, Erebus, came into mind; it was a shame he'd been locked in Tartarus, yet another reason she would make sure to cause as much sadness to Hades as possible.

She waited for a bit letting them warm up and get relaxed, maybe even lose their guard, as she surveyed them with intently with her eyes; she didn't know many of them, a disadvantage, however this rather pretty vessel should make up for it.

Knowing it would embarrass Hades if he were caught being casual and friendly towards a mortal girl, she made a mental note to torment and confront him about it later, Apollon and Dionysus wouldn't care or try and defend their uncle; they had made an annoying habit of doing that whenever she or any other 'threat' came close to Hades which was quite irritating all on its own.

''I did not believe it at first, but now I wonder, was this the reason you abandoned the Underworld and your duties to Thanatos? I never thought you had any taste in mortal women. I suppose surprises are to be expected however hmm? Tell me, are you surprised I'm here Lord Hades?'' she asked in a smooth, yet underlining threatening tone, allowing her sardonic expression and dry smile to speak for themselves.

This was going to be highly amusing.

So this is the revised version of the first chapter, please review and tell me if you liked it.

Yenva