Disclaimer: I don't own greek mythology.
It was a nice day on Olympus. Godlings and other mythical creatures were playing around on the fields, laughing. Little did they know that a storm was brewing in the throne room. The throne room was in utter chaos. Hera was yelling at Zeus that he should stop cheating on her. Zeus was looking outside at some mortal.
"Umhm. I'll take out the laundry." He said absentmindedly.
"Cereal is good for your health! It's absolutely amazing!" That was Demeter, ranting to Hades and Persephone about cereal. Hades was trying to get some duct tape, and Persephone was trying to stop him from attacking Demeter. "... It's the most delicious..."
Next to them, Poseidon and Athena were arguing about Athens. "I won it fair and square!" Athena screeched.
"No you didn't! I let you win!" Poseidon protested.
Ares and Hephaestus were trying to knock each other over the head with spears. Aphrodite was arguing with Artemis about whether love was good or bad.
"Love is ridiculous!" Artemis scoffed.
"Are you kidding me? Love is the best thing in the universe!" Aphrodite waved her hands around.
Apollo and Dionysus were crowded around Hermes, watching him play games on his caduceus. That was the reason why no one -except Hestia, who was tending the hearth- saw the storm made out of plants and earth appear in the middle of the room. The storm resided, revealing four people. The first was a dark brown-haired woman with dark forest green eyes. The other three all had bright green eyes. One of them had red-hair, the next had blonde-hair, and the third had light-brown hair. Gaea and the Fates.
The first one who noticed them, was Hades. The Fates resided in the Underworld, so he felt their presence. "Hello Fates and Grandmother Gaea. What are you doing here?" He asked them.
"What?" Everyone else chorused, turning around. The Fates rarely visited, and it was usually with bad news.
Everyone scrambled for their thrones, Hestia turned and sat crossed-legged at the hearth. And then silence, everyone looking at the Fates.
"We have noticed that most of you are not getting along." Clotho started.
"Geez, tell us something we don't know, will you?" Hades muttered, glaring at Demeter.
Gaea frowned at him. {A/N: Unless you didn't realize, Gaea is going to be nice in this story.} "Let them finish!" She said.
"We think that you act alot like the mortal children on Earth!" Lachesis said.
"So we have decided that you will have mortal lives. It will be a great bonding experience for you." Atropos finished.
Everyone started speaking at once.
"Why? It's not fun in the mortal world!" Hermes whined.
"I won't have so many time to hunt if I'm in the mortal world! Besides, I'm not going to bond with that... that... idiot!" Artemis complained, pointing at Apollo.
"Wait!" Apollo cleared his throat. "I have a haiku!" Everyone groaned. "Artemis is mean.
I think that bonding is cool.
I am amazing,"
"What does the last line have to do with anything?" Artemis asked.
"I think that our family should bond. BUT NOT THROUGH THIS FASHION!" Hera pulled at her hair.
"Fashion?" Aphrodite perked up.
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS, FATES?" Zeus thundered before Aphrodite could continue.
"Well... you'll be turned into newborn babies, in age order, for a start. And then you'll live like mortals, until something causes you to 'die'. Then you are turned back to your regular forms. Your powers will be diminished so that you can't change yourself back or bring you back to your realm." Clotho said, counting off the steps on her fingers.
"The transition will start in a few seconds. Good luck finding 'parents' and schools." Lachesis laughed in a mysterious fashion, and the three Fates faded into the shadows.
"Good luck!" Gaea called out brightly, before flashing away.
The Fates had been right... in two seconds, Hades turned into a baby. And then Rhea appeared.
"Mother?" Zeus looked up from Hades to Rhea. "Can you explain what's going on?"
"I know a bit. Each of you will be 'reborn' and then you will have to live out a mortal life. The Fates declared that you're going to America." Rhea said. "Most of you are from different families, and all of you will have to keep your identities secret. I will be the mother of Hades, Poseidon and you. Since Hades is the oldest, he's the first to be reborn. I do not know the order."
Athena stared at Rhea. "We have to go to the mortal world?" Her voice raised in a higher pitch.
Poseidon started snickering at her reaction, but stopped under his mother's disapproving glare.
"I think the rest of you have one year. I suggest that we head to the mortal world right now and plan things out. It will be more difficult when you're babies, since I think that your reactions will be the average mortal's reactions." Rhea answered, picking Hades up, who glanced at her curiously.
Everyone flashed out of the throne room, with an angry Zeus.
That's it. For now. I need to get characters down so I'm writing a Mark of Athena fanfiction. I just wrote it for clearing my head. Keep your heads up, cause I'm finishing that story before updating my others. My head will be clear of other fanfics once I start MoA!