Hey Everyone! Merry Christmas to all!! This is my second story and it is finally out! Hope you enjoy!
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Disclaimer: I do not own Disney's Hercules or any of it's characters. But any characters made by me are mine, so no touchy!
Oh, and I would also like to thank Melathe for verifying things with me. You rock, girl!
Prologue: Reunited!
It was cold and wet, but then, there hasn't been a day when it wasn't. Today though, it was unbearable, it was now destroying what little warmth a young prisoner had in his body. Something strange was going on, that was why the temperature had changed. Something was happening outside the walls. Was there a battle? Was something sinister coming?
"Brother, what's going on? I'm scared."
The dark figure talking was waist-deep in what looked like a deep murky swamp. There was no light in the room so it was difficult to see what the young boy looked like. He waddled up to a small corner where a lithe form was lying down.
"I don't know, squirt. Whatever it is, here it comes." The lithe form replied.
They both looked up to see a thick liquid pour from a hole above them and hit the lake. That hole was their only means of escape, but it was too high for them to reach and even then it pushes down to prevent them from escaping. At first, the liquid didn't do much, and then they noticed the chain reaction it caused. It started with little fizzes, and then the place started foaming. Soon, the water rising rapidly to the ceiling.
Bellowing in surprise, they found themselves floating up to the exit. They both held their breaths as they were sucked right through it. It started slowly but after a painful squeeze, they were suddenly surrounded by a blinding light. As they fell, they were reintroduced to darkness.
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A young boy of the age seventeen, stared at his adversary who was known as his father. One glance at the boy could tell you that he was a god not by his bright yellow aura, but by his devilishly good looks. Long curly brown hair was draped past his back. A light bronze tan covered his body, giving him an exotic look. He wore a purple kitan that didn't hide much of his muscular-built body. His angular yet chiselled had light-blue eyes that showed courage and power. They were obviously his best features, or it could be the triumphant smirk on his face.
He stood defiantly in front of his father, who was vomiting out the concoction drink in his body. This so called "parent" was clearly not the one who the young man took his handsome characteristics from. He stood at twelve feet and eleven inches with a heavy-weight built. His skin was grey-blue and his eyes were yellow. Long black hair fell to his shoulders and in the middle was a white lightning streak. He wore a black tunic and kitan that was pinned with the medal of revolution. His long face was smooth except with the black goatee. This titan normally held a calm, cool expression, but today; he had one of pain and repulsion.
Apparently, he didn't like his drink.
Our divine hero watched as his father was trying to get the poison out of his body. The paternal figure pulled his head back and something amazing (and disgusting) happened.
The behemoth pulled his head back and made a gagging sound. It started slow but soon, he was vomiting something large out. First was a rock the size and shape of a baby. Then an even larger form was coming out of his mouth. It was a young lithe boy of the age of fourteen. The final one was a smaller weaker-looking boy of the age of ten, whom we identify as Squirt.
This was all the young man needed.
With a burst of speed that one wouldn't expect from a boy so bulky, he raced straight at the figures and scooped them up over his shoulders. He zoomed out of the dark palace, but not before knocking his father out with a lightning bolt.
He ran all night until Helios started to rise from the sky. He stopped when he was positive that he was away from the giant deity's claws. He found himself in woods and knowing his grandmother was protecting him, he placed the young boys down and began examining them for injuries. He first looked at the older one. You didn't have to be a genius to know that this was a god as well. However, this particular god did not look human.
In fact, he could be mistaken for a fish.
The unconscious god was covered in green scales and had a light-green aura surrounding his body. He didn't have any hair on his head but the large fin on his head gave him the look of a "Mohawk". His hands were webbed hands and had flippers for feet. His lush lips were parted enough for god to see that the other god had white shark-like teeth. The fish god stirred his head slightly and opened his eyes, revealing a pair of fierce blue eyes. They dilated slightly as he looked at his rescuer. He jumped to his feet and lifted his fists.
"Who are you? Where am I? What happened to pops?" he demanded.
"Whoa there! Calm down, I'm your friend. I rescued you and your brother from him. We're in the forest of the Nymphs now." He answered, raising his hands in assurance.
"My brother?....... (gasp) Squirt!" The water god shrieked. They both ran to the youngest. This one was even stranger to look at then the other. His skin was pale grey blue like their father but unlike him, he didn't seem to be producing an aura. He did have a similar long face but he didn't have a goatee and he was completely bald. His full lips were parted enough to see that he too had sharp fangs like his brother.
The fact that he wasn't producing an aura was what was scaring the two, was their brother dead?
"Squirt? Squirt?!! Come on, baby brother, don't die on me. Please, I need you. Please wake up!" The water being begged as he caressed the supposingly dead god's face.
The down god twitched on his face as the hands came in contact. Without warning, he burst into flames.
Both gods jumped backwards and looked at the youngest one in awe as he stood up in front of them like a phoenix rising.
This time he produced a bright red aura surrounding his body and his skin went from blue to red. His baldness disappeared and was replaced by long dark orange fiery wavy mane. His eyes, which had been closed before, were yellow and filled with endless knowledge. He moved gracefully around for a few minutes while his eyes adjusted to the light. When they did, they focused on the brown-haired and fish gods. The fish god he recognized as his older brother, but the new god got his guard up. He then relaxed. Somehow, he felt comfortable and safe in his presence. He walked up to the new god.
"Who in Rhea are you?" he interrogated as he poked him on the chest.
"That's what I asked him," said the aqua-god as he glanced at the older one. "Who are you and what happened?"
"My name is Zeus, the lightning god. I'm your brother." The older god answered with a sheepish smile.
Both gods gaped at him before speaking again.
"You can't be our brother! If you are, how come you didn't get eaten?" The sea-green god asked.
"Yeah and we would have heard of you from the outside world, even pop's stomach walls have ears." The red god pointed out.
Zeus answered, "When mom was pregnant; she stole me away from pops to Crete and had me in a cave, where the nymphs took care of me and nursed me with the fairy goat Amaltheia. I was raised to know how to fight as well as strategize my plans to attack the titans. Mom told me what happened to you guys and she also mentioned a prophecy that father would be usurped by one of us. I guess that would be me, huh?" he finished with a cheesy grin.
Both gods stared at him with wide eyes. They could not believe it! It was too incredible!
Zeus broke the silence. "Okay, you know who I am now; I would like to know the names of my younger brothers."
They snapped out of it and immediately introduced themselves. The fish god went first.
"I'm Poseidon, the water god; this little guy behind me is Squirt."
"I AM NOT!" whined the hot-tempered red god, whose aura increased intensity as he grew angry. He turned to Zeus.
"The name's Hades, fire god. Hi! How y'a doing?" He said with a cocky half-smile as he offered his hand to shake.
Zeus smiled warmly at his younger brother, already liking his in-your-face attitude. He shook his hand.
"Boy! Are you hot stuff!" Zeus commented.
Hades smirked. "Too hot for you to handle?"
This time, Zeus smirked back. "Oh, I think I can handle it."
Poseidon, seeing the competition in their eyes, decided to put a stop to it before it attracted the titans.
"So Zeus, any ideas on how to stop pops?" he asked.
Zeus looked at him and grinned broadly.
"I thought you'd never ask! Mom's going to meet us in Crete and she's got presents for us from the Cyclops!"
"WE GET TO SEE MOMMY!" Both gods shouted in joy as they hopped up and down.
Zeus nodded enthusiastically. "Come on! Last one there is a rotten egg." With that said, Zeus went in an all-out sprint north, making his younger brothers eat the dust. Not one to be outdone, Poseidon ran after him, catching up with him.
"Wait for me!" An excited Hades cried after them as he ran right behind them.
The young gods headed straight to their destination, not knowing what the future may hold for them but not worried about it as long as they had each other.
Hope you liked this chapter! And for those of you confused as to why I introduced Hades in this appearance, that will be explained in later chapters. And I'd also like to point out that since this is before the movie and they were kids at the time, no one was OOC. Again, I would like to thank Melanthe for her help. You will see what I mean soon.