There was a rather dull school field trip day to the museum. It sounded exciting and all, but it was kind of boring. Cherry and Atticus followed their class, but had a hard time keeping up.

Cherry yawned heavily, she just wanted to sit down a while and take a nap. "Man... This is the most boring field trip I've ever been on..." she murmured.

"For once, I agree with you, Cherry, this museum is boring, I wish that it could be more exciting like actually being with in history itself." Atticus added in.

"Yeah..." Cherry sounded very sleepy.

The teacher took them through the Greek exhibit which Cherry was looking forward to since she liked mythology, but even the teacher seemed to make this seem boring and pointless. The other students seemed to wander off from this boring field trip as they followed their instructor.

"Long ago, in the land of Ancient Greece," the teacher narrated, very slowly and dully. Not even the awesome pieces of art in the section of the museum could entertain the girls. "There was a golden age of powerful Gods and extraordinary heroes. The greatest and the strongest of all these heroes was the mighty Hercules."

"Wow, that name makes the guy sound like he was incredibly strong." Atticus said, flexing muscles that he had.

"He was..." Cherry slowly shut her eyes and opened them again as quickly as she could so she wouldn't nod off. She hid a laugh at Atticus though. Yes, he was strong, but he wasn't that strong.

"But what is the measure of a true hero?" the teacher continued to lecture, not noticing the kids sneaking away from the trip while the class kept following him. "Now, that is what our story-"

"Would you listen to him?" a female voice from the Greek exhibit called. "He's making the story sound like some Greek tragedy!"

"Lighten up, dude." another one added.

"We'll take it from here, darling..." yet another one said.

Cherry rubbed her eyes, removing her glasses. "I must be more bored than I thought."

"Same here." Atticus said, rubbing his eyes.

"What's going on?" Cherry placed her glasses back on, but her mind wasn't playing tricks on her, it was really happening. "Is this really happening or have I been watching Night at the Museum too many times?"

"We are the Muses," one of the women, seeming to be in charge, told them. "Goddesses of the arts and proclaimers of the heroes. I'm Calliope, the muse of epic poetry, and these are Clio, the muse of history," she pointed to the one with the ponytail, "That's Thalia, the muse of comedy," she pointed to the short, chubby one, and this is Terpsichore, the muse of the dance, and finally, that's Melpomene, the muse of tragedy."

"Heroes like Hercules." Melpomene fanned herself.

"Honey, you mean Hunkules!" Thalia shimmied with an eager smile. She then dashed to a picture of the god of a man to show the girls. "Ooh, I'd like to make some sweet music with him!"

"Seems like she really likes guys that had muscles." Atticus said.

"OUR story..." Melpomene stopped her, then smiled at the visitors of the museum. "Actually begins long before Hercules, many eons ago..." the Muses them bounced out of the picture and danced around the exhibit while Cherry and Atticus's class seemed to had been gone nowhere, possibly in another part of the museum. The Muses started showing them a lot about Greek mythology with pictures coming to life as well.

Cherry and Atticus found this to be a lot more exciting and educational as they were being taught about the Gospel Truth about Zeus and many other Greek gods and goddesses at the time.

'Wow, this is amazing.' Atticus thought to himself.

The Muses sang to them and made this more epic than they could ever hope for and then suddenly, there was a flash of bright light. Cherry and Atticus flinched from the light and closed their eyes.

When they opened their eyes, they were surrounded by clouds all of a sudden.

"Did we just die?" Cherry asked, noticing the clouds.

"I don't know, I don't think we're dead." Atticus answered.

"I don't understand though..." Cherry shrugged, then thought about what the Muses told them. "Maybe we're in Mount Olympus?"

"Yeah, but how is that possible?" Atticus asked.

Cherry shrugged. "What do you wanna do now?"

Atticus shrugged back. "Explore?"

Cherry and Atticus tried to explore and they finally came across a golden gate that was shut. There were many Gods and Goddesses around for some sort of celebration. There was a god with a helmet, sunglasses, and winged shoes floating around.

"There's Hermes the messenger god." Cherry recognized.

"Wow, he looks cool with those sunglasses on." Atticus said.

Hermes kept flying, he then noticed the two and floated over to them. "What are two mortals doing in Mount Olympus?"

"Uhh... We actually don't know..." Cherry replied.

"Hm..." Hermes studied them. "Well, I suppose you could come in, just please don't make too much of a mess... We're celebrating the birth of the child born from Zeus and Hera."

"We won't make any mess." Atticus promised.

"Come on, you can congratulate them." Hermes floated in with the crowd while Cherry and Atticus made their way to meet the God couple and their new son. "I have some news to tell the God and Goddess anyway."

Cherry and Atticus followed, looking to the various Gods and Goddesses, trying to contain any excitement they may have had.

'This is absolutely amazing!' Atticus thought to himself excitedly.

The Gods and Goddesses glanced at them.

"It's okay, guys, they're special guests." Hermes told them.

"H-Hello." Atticus waved at the gods and godesses, nervously.

"We come in peace..." Cherry added.

The Gods and Goddesses weren't sure what to make of them, but gave friendly smiles. Zeus and Hera welcomed the mortal children and allowed them and they allowed them to meet their son.

"Is it a boy or a girl?" Cherry asked.

"A boy." Zeus smiled proudly.

"What is his name?" Atticus asked.

"Hercules." Hera said with a smile.

Cherry and Atticus were allowed to see the baby who was glowing like the sun due to his god blood. Baby Hercules smiled a little to them and waved his pudgy arms to them.

"Hera, look at how cute he is," Zeus cooed and attempted to tickle his new son, then laughed as Hercules was able to lift his father up in the air by his finger. "He's strong like his father."

"Wow, I sure wish I was that strong." Atticus said.

"Maybe someday..." Cherry muttered.

Hercules eventually put his father down and looked to the two strangers who weren't of his blessed extended family.

Hermes came over with flowers for the baby and Hera smiled as she took them, he then flew over to Zeus. "Fabulous party, I haven't seen this much love in a room since Narcissus discovered himself." he then commented, pointing to one God who was looking himself in the mirror and adoring his good looks.

Hercules was then reaching for a lightning bolt to play with.

"Uh-Oh, um, excuse me, sir, but don't you think that it's dangerous for Hercules to be playing with your lightning bolts?" Atticus asked.

"He's right, you should keep those away from the baby." Hera added, warning her husband.

"Oh, he's only a child, let him have a little fun." Zeus insisted.

Hercules teethed on one of the bolts, but electrocuted himself, he didn't like it so he threw the bolt against a cloud pillar which was destroyed, but quickly regenerated itself.

Zeus laughed, seeming proud of that throw. "On behalf of my son, I'd like to thank you all for your wonderful gifts." he showed the pile of several presents and treasures from the other gods and goddesses.

'Wow, that's a lot of gifts.' Atticus thought to himself.

"Sorry we couldn't bring anything, sir." Cherry said.

"It's okay, thanks for coming, though how did you get here?" Zeus asked.

"I don't remember," Atticus shrugged. "We were in a museum and suddenly we came here."

"You came on a special day that's for sure, even if you don't have a gift." Zeus said to them.

"What about our gift, dear?" Hera asked, sounding excited.

"Let's see," Zeus rubbed his chin, then took some clouds together to form something, much to his infant son's confusion. "A touch of cirrus, a pinch of nimbostratus, and a dash of cumulonimbus..." He then handed the cloud formations to Hercules which looked like a foal with wings on it.

"No way, an actual real life pegasus foal." Atticus said.

"Say, that's a good name for him," Zeus smiled as he let the foal go to Hercules, becoming attached like an earth boy and his dog. "His name is Pegasus, and he's all yours, son."

Hercules held Pegasus and bonked their heads against each other. The foal got dizzy and shook his head, then licked Hercules's face. Hercules almost looked like he was about to cry, but the pony and baby shared a fond, friendly hug, and everyone looked in awe.

Zeus was so happy and wrapped a medallion around the chubby neck of the baby. He tucked Hercules in happily and kissed his cheek with a tender, fatherly smile. "My boy, my little Hercules..."

"How sentimental..." a dry voice spoke up.

"Who said that?" Atticus asked.

They all turned and saw a deathly figure.

"Hades..." Cherry whispered.

"Ya know, I haven't been choked up since I got a hunk of moussaka stuck in my throat!" Hades came into view and had a wicked smile in hopes people would get that that was supposed to be a joke. "Huh?"

Everyone was just silent, not finding what he just said as a joke. Hades muttered to himelf and walked through the crowd who obviously wanted nothing to do with him or have him there. He came to the bassinet though to meet his nephew.

"So, Hades, how are things in the Underworld?" Zeus asked, putting his arm tight around the deathly god that is his brother.

"Oh, ya know, a little dark and gloomy," Hades moved his hand from around him. "Full of dead people. But hey, whatya gonna do?" he noticed the two mortals. "Who are these two delicious morsels?" he asked, sounding like he wanted to eat Cherry and Atticus.

"My name is Atticus James Fudo and this is my friend, Cherry Butler." Atticus introduced.

"I see..." Hades still sounded eager, he was about to make a move, but he then noticed the bassinet again, very anxious. "So, here's the little sun spot. Little smooshy-smooshy... And here is a sucker for the little sucker! Here ya go!" he took out a stick with a poisonous skull over it.

Hercules grabbed Hades's finger tightly.

Hades grunted in pain and pulled his finger away which made Pegasus laugh at him. "Yeesh, powerful little tyke..."

"Come on, Hades, don't be such a stiff," Zeus put his arm around the blue guy again. "Join the celebration!"

"Yeah, well, I would, unlike YOU guys up here," Hades slithered away. "I have a full-time gig. Ya know, that YOU gave me, Zeus. Love to, but can't."

Zeus watched Hades walk away, looking a little glum for him. "You've got to slow down, you'll work yourself to death," he then noticed he had made a joke in there. "Ha! Work yourself to death!"

All of the gods and goddesses, along with Atticus and Cherry started to laugh.

Zeus kept laughing and sat in his throne, pounding the arm. "I kill myself!"

"If only... If only..." Hades growled under his breath as he left in the darkness.

"Oh, sir, that joke was absolutely priceless." Atticus said as soon as he calmed down.

"Why, thank you." Zeus chuckled still a little.

"Yeah, good one." Cherry even agreed.

"Since you kids have nowhere else to go for now, why don't you stay with us and help look after Hercules?" Hera offered.

"If you don't mind." Cherry looked up at her.

"Not at all, we'll make up a little space for you two." Hera smiled, then walked off to attend to the party.

"Thank you." Atticus bowed politely.

During the party, Hera made up a little guest room for their two mortal guests. Zeus introduced the mortal kids to the other Gods and Goddesses, in which they knew most of them due to mythology lessons from school. He just assumed they knew them because they were mortals and around this time, Gods and Goddesses were a big deal and often picked on mortals in popular myths which were true in this universe.