A/N: ACTUAL BEGINNING!
Sally 'Em' Jackson was almost your typical women. She had a beautiful head of 'hair.' She was incredibly fit for her age, though she didn't have the most 'shapely' legs. Her gaze was 'captivating.' And on top of all that, she was literally immortal! However, therein lay the problem; for she was no ordinary women, but the infamous Medusa!
Well, sorta. She was Medusa, the person who inspired the myth, but she wasn't really like the mythical beast in any way other than looks. She was kind, caring, loving, and wanted to have a family more than anything else. Well, there was the common ground of hating the gods, but that was understandable. After all, they did turn her into a fucking half-snake! FOR NO REASON! Stupid Poseidon rapes her, and she takes all the blame! Greedy, egotistical twat! Oh well, the past is in the past, she just had to wait for Gaea to rise. Once that happened, the prophecy the Gaea had foretold would come true, and her son would take his place by marrying the Earth's Champions. Oh, what a role! It was two fold in it's glory; both that it meant the gods would fall, and that she would have another child!
There was a catch though: it had to be a son of Poseidon. She didn't want to go and sleep with that slimy eel again, but what could she do? The answer, it turned out, would stumble into her little home at Aunty Em's Garden Gnome Emporium.
Perseus Ugliano, the son of Gabriel Ugliano and the Sea God, Poseidon, did not have an easy childhood. His mother was a drunk and a gambler. She would always have a new man in her room, and usually another woman for Perseus to... 'entertain.' He was beaten and mocked, and rarely fed more than what was just necessary, if that. Which is why he ran away.
He caught a ride by hitch-hiking, and got out far into the woods. But he didn't know where to go! What if she came for him? What if the women came for him. He couldn't end it out here! He couldn't go back, either! What should he do?
He wandered for hours, absently trudging down the road. His feet barely carried him forth and he was close to fainting. He needed a place to stay. He searched for twenty more minutes before he found Aunty Em's Garden Gnome Emporium, and he nearly cried at the 'OPEN' sign and the smell of food. He cautiously knocked on the door before standing back.
A woman in a large brim hat and sunglasses greeted him.
"Oh my! A little one, lost in these woods? Who do you belong to? Want to return to Mommy and Daddy?" Sally said, beaming at the small child, despite his sea-salt smell.
She knew he was a son of Poseidon the moment she saw him. The eyes, the scent, the hair; all of it screamed Poseidon. But, a child was a child, no matter the parent's choices, they were their own people.
"NOOOOO! No no no no! I can't stand the friends or Mommy! They hurt me! NO!" The six year old screamed, before howling bloody murder when she quickly leaned in to pick him up.
"No! I'm sorry please!" He said, pulling down his pants and beginning to touch himself, "It's round! It's round! Don't hurt me, no please!"
Tears streamed down his face as he humiliated himself in front of the now appalled Gorgon.
'What the bloody fuck was that! What had his mother done? That' must be long term trauma... this must end now.' Sally thought.
"No, don't worry! Shushhh, please quiet down! Pull up your pants, I won't touch you. Stay calm, stay calm please. Oh god stop crying, please child." Sally spoke gently.
The boy's sobs turned to hiccups, and then to harsh breaths as she lifted him up.
"I won't hurt you or let them hurt you again." Sally said., "They can't get you here. It's safe."
'Though, what to do? He can't stay around here due to my vision. I don't want to turn him into a statue, and unless he was also a Gorgon then... wait! My blood can turn him just like it did to Stheno and Euryale! HE CAN BE MY SON! The one from the prophecy!'
"They'll come. Mommy and the women will come."
"They won't find you. Not with me around!" Sally said, letting the mist separate around her, and reveal her tail and hair.
Perseus was shocked. He had a snake lady to protect him now! His eyes widened to the size of dinner plates, and he jumped in excitement, much to Sally's own shock, as she had expected fear to be his first emotion.
"Cool! Mommy hates snakes! She'll never beat you! She'll scream and run and never come back! I wish I was a snake..." Perseus said, causing Sally's smile to hit critical levels.
"Oh, but you can be!" Sally said, calmly booping him on the nose, making him giggle, "I can make you my child, and then you will have some of my powers! All you have to do, is drink the stuff I'll give you."
"Really!?" He replied, smiling bigger than he ever had, "I GET TO BE A SNAKE! Gabby or Stacy won't touch my NOW! I'll hiss and bite them!"
He flexed his muscles and then hissed, laughing contently afterwards. Sally went to get a vile to hold her blood.
"By the way, since you'll be my child from now on, may I know your name? Or do you want a new one?"
"Well, I do actually love my name! It's Perseus!"
Sally's smile reached a point that it looked like her jaw would unhinge, which was an actual possibility considering she was a snake.
"Oh how perfectly ironic! Perseus Jackson, son of MEDUSA! So lovely, not a better name to choose for you!" Sally said, giggling softly.
She placed the mug of hot chocolate and Prime-Gorgon blood on the table.
"Drink up, and call yourself my child forevermore!" Sally said, beaming softly down at her soon-to-be-minted son, "You won't have to deal with those people, no... whatever they were... ever again."
He downed the cup rapidly, his face scrunching at the bitter aftertaste.
"Euchgh! That was nasttttttttttOOOOOUUUCHHHYYYY!"
The boy screamed in pain as he began to change. His hair began to writhe and hiss, and his legs fused into one long tail. His skin took on a more rough and scaled look, and his teeth and jaw began to stretch and warp. After ten minutes, the transformation was complete, and he sat before Sally trying to catch his breath. He tilted his head up towards her, tears filling his eyes, and beamed at her before wrapping her in a tight hug.
"MAMMA!"
"So, Athena has sent another one of her spawn after me and her Parthenon? Really, you'd think that as a goddess of wisdom she would stop making stupid decisions... but NOOOOO! She doesn't really think things through." Arachne spoke, "I mean, really. She challenged me to a competition for tapestry weaving in which the subject was the Exploits of the Gods, and then, when I make an original tapestry on the negative exploits so as not to seam as if I was copying her, SHE TURNS ME INTO A FUCKING SPIDER!"
Arachne walked around her room, with the Athena Parthenon and the captured girl, a mere eight year old, in the middle.
"In fact, I'd bet my big spider ass she hadn't punished me for the depictions, it was just because I actually beat her! She lost, fair and square, and got angry that I wasn't just some boastful liar!" Arachne continued, smiling deviously, "But that's in the past! Gaea said I need to bring forth a child to be her champion, and I need you to do be that child! I have some poison I'm gonna make, and when it infects you, it'll make you JUST. LIKE. ME!"
The girl screamed into her gag, and Arachne realised that she had gotten a bit carried away. She wasn't really a terrible person, nor really a spiteful person, but what Athena had done, and still does, made her furious. She really needed some company and a psychiatrist. The girl would fill the first, so she felt that this would be a huge step forward, and one that she couldn't afford to lose.
"Why are you upset? Wouldn't I make a better mother? After all, yours didn't do anything except tell you to go on a mission she basically knew you would die on. And you know why she did that? Because she didn't want to bother with you! She pumps out you children with the thought of using you as pawns and bargaining chips. I want a child so that she can complete a prophecy that will save this rotting world, and give her a luxurious spot on the top of it! I want to love, I want to live! She wants a meat-bag." Arachne said, "I know that I could just make a poison to clear your memories, but don't want to hurt you."
Arachne looked at the girl with pleading eyes as she removed the gag, and it pierced her very soul. She did want a real mother. A real parent. One that didn't ignore her, or send her off on scary missions. Plus, she always liked spiders... maybe it was fate. like Arachne had suggested. That, and, she was pretty sure she'd die if she really disagreed.
"F-F-Fine, Arachne. I will." She stumbled out.
"Oh." Arachne began, tearing up, "An actual family... OH THANK You... um... hehe, I don't actually know my own child's name! How embarrassing."
"It's... uh... Annabeth."
"Hmmm... well, that is a beautiful name but... OH! Kikikikiki! That's perfect! How about; ARACHNEBETH!" Arachne said, giggling uncontrollably.
Annabeth froze at the name, before giggling as well, though, not for the same reason. Arachnebeth was the name her friends had called her because she had a pet tarantula, and it made her happy that it would be her actual name now. She had loved that pet, and thus the name. Even if they used it to mock her, and oust her, she reveled in it.
"Heheheh! I love it!" Arachnebeth responded.
"Perfect! Now, sit stil~l..." Arachne said, before plunging her fangs into Annabeth, who promptly fell asleep.
"Now, when you arise, I'll have my daughter!"
AROUND FIFTY YEARS PRIOR:
Hades sat in the burning wreckage of his lover's home, holding tight to the woman's hand. He planned to marry her. She was his everything. The first to truly love him. He failed in every attempt to find a wife. Each one leaving him sore, tired, used, or with an irate Demeter. The last one was both the closest attempt, and the worst one. Trying to kidnap Persephone was not the best move he had made. Dating this woman, however, had been the best. She was magnificent, and even though she was a mortal, he planned to fix that with their marriage.
Then Zeus killed her. And their children.
Hades was going full on Disney mode, hair burning with godly power. He hated that idiot! HATED! He couldn't let them die! He had to find a vessel to keep them in. But what to- THERE! Hell hounds. Not the best vessels, but they could be warped to fit the need. He called them over, before using his power to rip out their souls, and rearrange their bodies into more suitable carriers by fusing them with his family's original bodies.. They still looked a bit... doglike... but they'd do. He quickly grabbed his lover's soul and placed it in one vessel, before grabbing his children's and doing the same.
"There we go. All fine. All right. Like- Like nothing happened." Hades said, sobbing with anger and relief.
"What happened? Love, why do I feel weird?" His fiance said.
"Well, you see..." Hades said, before leading into what had happened.
Maria Di Angelo was appalled. How could Zeus do something so heinous. Even if she and her children survived; just look at their bodies! A fusion of child and beast.
"How could he." She stated, despite the phrasing suggesting a question, "How could someone be so cruel."
"He's always been bitter, ever since Heracles was beaten by that Hesperide. He and his son were mocked for centuries since his son's mortal form died after bleeding out from a very impromptu castration. It's why I never mess with Nymphs." Hades responded, trying to lighten the mood, "Though, you're immortal now, so he can't touch you anymore. Makes me much happier knowing they're safe."
He leaned in to hug her tight as she balled into his chest.
"Yeah... me too, Hades." Maria said, sniffling, "Me too."
A/N: So, that's four characters introduced, and another mentioned. GREAT! I've decided to go with a combination of One and Two. It will start out as Option Two, but slowly move towards Option One. Thanks for the reviews
THIS NEXT BIT WAS THE OPTION NUMBER ONE WHEN I WAS DEBATING OVER WHAT STORY START TO USE! HERE IT IS, REEDITED FOR YOUR READING PLEASURE!
Artemis knew she was in trouble. She knew it from the moment she activated that curse that she had limited time. But now that it was actually coming into effect, she was terrified. You see, long ago, when she was getting her domains, she bargained a curse for another domain of her choosing. She chose the domain of Maidenhood, so as to protect the young from their loss of chastity to the horrid beasts that plagued humanity. But in doing so, the curse was placed upon her: when she truly fell in love with a man, she would be cursed to be inverted.
What did that mean? Well, her personality, domains, and most likely, alignment would flip. She knew that the moment she slept with a man, which she was doomed to one day do, that she would become the Goddess of Lost Innocence, Degradement, Eclipses, Assassination, and, well, Birth. Birth didn't change, as she technically gained it without the power of the fates. She knew all of this would be what she would become, and yet she still fell in love with Perseus.
Which brings us to this point: Artemis carrying a knocked out Perseus in a giant container across the Nevada desert in order to meet up with Gaea in order to get her Lieutenant back. She would drop off Perseus, Gaea would make her trouble go away, and she'd allow Zoe to return! Simple! Though it was unfortunate that she wouldn't get to have her pussy plowed by Perseu- NO! Don't think like that! She wasn't going to think like that! She would keep her dignity, at the cost of not losing her chastity to that throbbing, thick, juicy, peni- OH GOD! Stop there, Artemis, you have to not lose yourself! After all, if you do, than all of your Hunters, which are bound to you, will feel it's effects as well. Not to mention how Perseus will react! If you're inverted, than rape cases will double, and young women will lose a protector. Now sure, if she was inverted, all those rape cases would make her unfathomably more powerful, which would be a boon... No, of course having those poor little breeding holes impregnated like the baby-factories they were wasn't worth the power gain, nor was having those little boys experience the euphoria of a sexual encounter an understandable trade for a hot husband and a huge power boost... oh god. It's gotten that far. She needed to find a way to stop.
"So, you actually arrived, how grand!" A soft and female voice to Artemis's left spoke.
The woman who had spoken was made of soft dirt and grass, and was a beauty unrivaled. She was no-doubt Gaea, the Earth Mother.
"Y-yes, Gaea, I have. Have you brought t-t-t-tttttt-tt-the..." Artemis began to stutter uncontrollably as her core spasmed, a sticky lake flowing from between her thighs. She really was regretting falling in love with that handsome and kind boy, "... Have you brought Zoe?"
Artemis finished her question abruptly, and allowed herself to catch her breath.
"Oh my, I didn't realize! You fell for the boy, and that's why you want him gone. You utter fool. So selfish of you! Did you think about him? What about his feelings? The bond and curse no-doubt forced him to fall for you already, even if he is currently unconscious. Leaving him will hurt you and him, and only prolong the inevitable." Gaea said, "I'll tell you what: give into your desire, kiss him here and seal the bond, and I'll let Zoe go for free!"
Artemis perked up for a second, her now heart-shaped eyes longingly staring at the boy in the water-filled stasis chamber.
'Hook...' Gaea thought.
"My Lady, if I may ask thee, pray tell me what thy goal is. Thou hath promised me mine own lover! Perseus was to be that love, as he is the only man I would ever lend forth my heart unto!" Zoe whispered into Gaea's ear, "Thou hath becalmed Artemis, but thou hath also forgone our promise. Is he to be mine, or her's?"
"He is yours, dear child; but I desire her Inverted form, as in it she would be our greatest ally. Would you be willing to share, if you knew we would win? Would you share, knowing that Zeus is properly punished?" Gaea whispered back.
Zoe thought for a few moments, staring at the trembling and conflicted Artemis. She could see, no, feel the desire rolling off of her. She had to admit defeat, on this path.
"Yes, my lady. I shall acquiesce to thee. Mine love shall be shared with her." Zoe said, bowing low.
Meanwhile, Artemis was still lost in her thoughts, looking more conflicted than ever.
'Line...' Gaea continued.
'I really should give in, there's no point after all. And he must taste delectable. His throbbing member tearing apart a little child gives me such an... ache. I wish- no, this isn't me! I'm... I'm... crumbling! A steel shield bent and chipped and chiseled into a saw blade.' Artemis thought, her heart-shaped, and now sea green, eyes penetrating into Perseus, 'But does it matter? It feels so so so so so gooooood! And I can't resist forever, can I? It is fate. Fate is inevitable, as they said. What difference does it make, today or tomorrow? I knew I was limited, and I knew I was trading a reduction of danger then for an increase now. I knew it, and I chose it. So, really, I've made up my mind years before, and now it's coming time to reap what I've sown. His member is splitting me in half tonight!'
"OH GOD! I CAN'T RESIST!" Artemis shouted, rushing towards Perseus, who Gaea had moved towards herself, "He's mine mine mine mine mine! I love you Perseus; MARRY ME!"
'... and Sinker!' Gaea finished, a devious smile covering her face.
'Alright, right as she kisses him, you do so as well in order to bond all three of you. Then Perseus and Artemis are yours.' Gaea said to her new servant.
'Yes, my lady.' Zoe responded, opening the chamber and standing over him.
"Give him here! He's my bond! Mine! No hussies! I neeeeeed him! My womb needs him!" Artemis shouted, standing over Perseus, "Now you're MINE!"
Artemis leaned in, her lips puckered, just as Zoe went in to copy her. Suddenly, the three sets of lips- wait, three? Well, as it turned out, Gaea also had kissed Perseus, much to the shock and chagrin of the other two. But before either could speak, a bright light shot out of Perseus, and into the three women. They all felt a warmth, and a overwhelming feeling of happiness; and each one of them felt the power surge.
They all looked slightly different, but Artemis was totally changed. Gaea had sea-green algae atop her head, instead of long strands of moss; and Zoe had the same eye colour as Perseus. Artemis, however, sported a very revealing outfit, a sickeningly sweet smile, and a massive crossbow. Her eyes, just like Zoe, had changed to that marvelous sea-green, and a golden ring with a similarly coloured gemstone adorned her finger.
"Mmmm... that was fine! How nice, for me to take a piece of his innocence!" Artemis said, a giddy and lovestruck look on her face, "Oh ho ho ho! It really feels nice! No more restrictions, no more stupid hunt for beasts. No, no, no! Only men are on the hunting list tonight! For they scream more beautifully than anything else!"
'Lady Artemis... is that even her? She hath gone delirious! Such vixenous behaviour!' Zoe thought, looking at Artemis with widened eyes, 'Though, I cannot blame her for her infatuation with the boy, for I, too, am taken with him. I, at minimum, however, doth not spout my desire to... experience him... out loud!'
"Ooohoo! I felt that boost! Some rich oil prince just got himself a whole harem of sex slaves! No! Don't focus on that Artemis! How... unbecoming! You have an important matter at hand, and you've let yourself slip away!" Artemis said to herself.
'Hath she returned from her instable state of mind? Returned her own control?' Zoe thought, 'Truly, then, I admire her-'
"Indeed, girl! You have a husband's purity to take! His babies won't make themselves!"
'Of course not. She hath become a mindless whore through-and-through. And now, I am saddled with such a burdensome troglodite.'
"Worry not, Zoe, this is all part of my master plan! She has been perfect so far! Truly Inverted!" Gaea spoke to the former Huntress.
"Yes, she really has..." Zoe said absently, "Say, doth thou know of the happenings of the Hunt?"
"You mean the Assassins of Artemis? Yes. They, too, were inverted. They're now on their way here to-" Gaea said, her eyes widening as she abruptly stopped, which was disturbing, considering they were still closed, "OH NO! They were also bonded!"
"Thou art an imbecilic simpleton of a Earth goddess. Thou shoudst look before thou leap! Now, we must share mine love with all of those fools."
"Well, at least I procured my General and King, right?" Gaea said sheepishly.
"I know not what to say, except that thou art more of an ignoramus than I thought POSSIBLE! How can thou be so egomaniacal that thou can overlook mine own forefrontal plights for thine own simple desires!" Zoe shouted.
"What are you - Mmmmmm – doing?" Artemis said, riding Perseus into the sunset while her tongue hung out of her mouth, "Want a ride, kiddy? Heehee!"
"She hath, how doth the children speak, 'gone nuts?' That is the-" Zoe said.
"Yes, it is correct, Zoe. In both the meaning and the saying." Gaea stated, watching as Artemis swapped into some... interesting positions, and began saying some very vibrant things.
"No doubt she hath already become pregnant with our beloved's child long ago, why is she still going so strong? Why desire his ejaculate? Why proclaim that she does!?"
"She is more crazed than Aphrodite... it truly is impressive. But it's just for him! And since he'll side with us, so will she! And her Assassins. So it matters not what she does now."
"Don't – Ooo, do me dirty, Perseus! - speak like I'm not here! Oh yeah! I'm so close!" Artemis said, biting her lip.
"She might as well not be..." Gaea said, "Though she looks like she's enjoying him. I call next turn, when he wakes up!"
"You art both idiots." Zoe said, shaking her head as she face-palmed.