YEEE, I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE PUMPED LIKE I AM, I'M HELLA PUMPED! Anyway, let's not waste anytime and jump right into chapter 1!
Amu's P.O.V:
I walked through the long halls, trying to find Ikuto in this labyrinth. After living here for so many years, I still cannot find my way around easily. Taking another turn, I saw a flash of purple but it quickly disappeared around the corner five feet ahead of me. I ran to try to find the strange flash of vibrant color, turning the corner to see nothing there.
I felt a presence around me, my breath hitched in the back of my throat when I noticed there were two people around me. Hearing feet behind me, I quickly turned around to find nothing there.
"Hello?" I asked, my voice echoing. I received no reply and started backing away slowly, hoping to exit the hall and find Ikuto. I have acted more paranoid lately, with no real reason, maybe I am just going insane after so long.
But I knew I wasn't being paranoid when I felt something jump on my back, causing me to fall forward.
"Got you again, Mommy!" A young girl shouted from my back, I sighed.
"Aria, how many time have I told you not to scare me in these hallways?" I scolded her, she was too busy repositioning her red bow to even pay attention to me. "You're a troublesome little six-year-old, why can't you be more like your brother?" I laughed and pushed her off of me while getting up, she fell on her butt and pouted.
"I am the crazy one, he is the calm one, we balance each other out." She explained and I picked her up, along with her favorite plushie, a bunny that she received from Zeus when she was born. Aria's violet hair nearly reached her waist, bangs slightly covering her midnight-blue eyes, quite similar to Ikuto's.
"Why must you wear your pretty dresses on a casual day, you will stain them." I asked, pointing at her black lolita dress she was wearing.
"They suit my hair well, no?" She beamed and I shook my head, still having the smile on my lips. I turned around to see a pair of amber eyes staring back at me, the young boy twiddling his thumbs.
"Neron, were you planning on scaring your mother as well?" I asked and he quickly shook his head.
"Liar! He said he would!" Aria exclaimed.
"Only because you pressured me." He whispered. Neron was the silent one of the two, Aria was more out-going and willing to do anything. His hair was a darker purple, and their eye colors were different, but their face structures were completely the same. Little freckles spread across their cheeks, I wonder where they inherited that from.
"Come on, let's go find Daddy." I used my free hand to take Neron's, sucking his thumb on the other hand. "You guys know what today is, right?" I raised a brow at the two but they both seemed confused, until Aria's eyes lit up.
"Grammy Persephone is coming come, I knew fall was coming soon!" She jumped out of my arms and took Neron's hand from mine. "Let's go, she might have more funny stories about Mount Olympus." Aria dragged Neron down the hall, Neron looked back at me as if he was begging for help and I just sent him a thumbs-up.
"The only way another god or goddess is produced if both the mother and father are gods or goddesses," Hades informed me when they were both born, this information somewhat made me feel relieved. If they had to go through what I did at such a young age as well, that would be just plain terrible. "But, there is no way that they are complete demons, they may have inherited some of your powers." And that is what made my heart heavy, I need to find out who has which powers, but I cannot truly find out until they turn eighteen. Since I have a human body and birthed them, it might take them until they are that age to discover their powers, then again, they also do have a demon's powers. Their powers are weak now, that is all I know..
"You seem deep in thought." Someone behind me snaked his arms around my waist, Ikuto's head rested on my shoulder.
"Those two will be the death of me." I joked and he chuckled, kissing my cheek.
"Let's go, Persephone should be arriving shortly." He grabbed my hand and with both walked down the halls, even after all of these years, he made my heart speed up with just his touch.
"Grammy, Grammy Persephone!" Aria shouted across the river, Charon was in sight with Persephone in his gondola, she waved at us and Aria waved back, Neron kept his hand in Aria's. The boat finally parked and Persephone stepped out, Aria made a beeline to her, leaving Neron behind.
"Look at you, your hair is always growing!" Persephone picked her up and spun her around, Aria giggled and showed her the bunny.
"His ears grew as well, Charlie also told me that you have some great stories about Mount Olympus." She told Persephone, batting her long eyelashes. She names the bunny something new every week, I guess it's Charlie this time.
"Of course, Zeus always messes up on something when I go up there." Persephone rolled her eyes, I chuckled. Hades quickly approached Persephone and hugged her, Aria hugged him back and we all laughed. We all made our way to the garden, where we mostly spent out time when Persephone came home. She would tell us stories about her time there, but kept the part about Hades and I visiting to herself.
"Then while Zeus walk walking down the steps of the temple, he just tripped and rolled down, Hera was so embarrassed." Persephone kept laughing from her own story, Aria was rolling on the floor, tears in her eyes from laughing so much and Neron even let out a giggle.
"Well, well, well, having story time without us?" Satan walked out into the garden, everyone else behind him.
"You guys came down to visit!" I quickly got up and ran up to them, Yaya quickly went over to Neron and started making silly face. Neron looked away with a blank expression, Yaya seemed upset by this and frowned. Neron was quite hard to amuse, and Yaya made it her life mission to try to make him life; even though Neron purposefully holds back his laughter-even if it is funny-to see if she will continue with this stupid game.
"Satan!" Aria ran up to him, hugging his legs tightly and then looking up at him. "Did you come down to visit me?"
"Of course." He knelt to meet her size and ruffled up her hair, she repositioned her large bow and smiled brightly at him. Aria had a crush on Satan ever since she could understand what he was saying, and she didn't seem to be embarrassed by anything he ever said.
"What an adorable pair, pervert." Utau spat and Satan's eye twitched in annoyance, he got up to face her.
"With your big mouth, you always have to comment on something." Satan glared at her, you could basically see the electricity between them.
"Big mouth? At least I don't have a big head full of air." Utau smirked smugly and Satan was turning as red as his hair.
"At least mine is not as small as yours, but you use your hair to cover that up!" Satan exclaimed and Utau's hands immediately went to her head, her cheeks heating up.
"Do not talk to her like that." Kukai stepped in front of the two of them.
"Kukai, I wouldn't get involved." Nagi said with a sheepish grin.
"Don't tell me what to do." Kukai pointed an index finger at Nagi, the heat of the moment getting to him a bit.
"Calm down werewolf, no need to get your fleas in a twist." Rima rolled her eyes, at this point everyone was arguing, with Aria shouting random things to try to join the scream fest. Hunter was somehow always in charge of Yaya, because this time he was making sure she didn't tackle someone down.
"Guys, we need to calm down." I heard a small voice but ignored it, trying to calm everyone down. "Please, Persephone came back down and we are supposed to be celebrating." The voice rang again, but everyone didn't notice from all the screaming.
"GUYS!" Someone screeched and we all went silent, turning to the source of the scream, Neron stood there with a blush. "Now that we are calm, let us speak normally." Neron looked down at his feet, letting his hair fall in front of his eyes. We all apologized and Jewel came out with some picnic blankets to set on the ground, she even joined us in our conversations.
"It is almost about to become Christmas again on Earth, do you guys celebrate down here?" Rima asked and I nodded.
"The kids love decorating their rooms and the trees." I stroked Aria's hair, her head in my lap as she laid down, sleeping quietly. Neron was in Ikuto's arms, eyes drooping down and quickly re-opening, trying not to fall asleep.
"Yeah, Christmas has become a regular holiday in the mansion." Utau said.
"Do you guys plan on having any children?" I asked, nudging Kukai who was sitting beside me, he blushed and Utau followed along, cheeks reddening.
"We have not spoken of our future plans, but I would like to." Utau looked down at the blanket.
"You do?" Kukai seemed shocked at this new information, but somehow pleased.
"We're not talking about this now." Utau sang, Rima snickered.
"So how old are you now?" Nagi asked, trying to steer the conversation from that topic.
"Twenty-seven." I answered.
"You don't look a day over twenty." Rima said in a mocking tone, I laughed and Aria stirred in her sleep.
"So much time has passed since then." Satan said, Hunter nodded in agreement beside him.
"Remember when we used to go to school?" Rima snorted, disgusted by the memory of it.
"What's school?" Aria sat up, rubbing her eyes with her fist.
"Just a place full of learning and humans." Rima shuddered.
"Does everyone go to school?" Aria turned to me.
"I guess." I said.
"Can I go to school?" She asked and I froze.
"I don't believe that would be the best-"
"Why not?" She stood up, her lips pursed.
"I just don't think you should go to a school that is full of human children." I said.
"I won't hurt them, I'm not some type of monster." Aria defended herself
"I never said you were, I just-"
"All I ever do is stay in this castle, it is basically like a prison! I want to go to school!" Aria raised her voice.
"I do not respect that demanding tone." I told her and she huffed, grabbing Neron's hand and pulling him up so that he would stand up, but he was still quite sleepy. She marched away with him behind her, struggling to keep up.
"God dammit." I murmured, raking my hair with my hands.
"Sorry, I thought she knew." Rima apologized. I never told them anything about the human world, hoping not to spark their curiosity and make them want to go up there, but I guess Aria always wondered about it and could not hold back her curiosity about school.
"It's fine." I told her and stood up, Ikuto stood up as well. "I should probably handle this by myself, since I started it in the first place." I said and he nodded, sitting back down and I walked back to the castle, striding down the halls to find the room that Aria and Neron share. I jiggled the knob but of course it was locked, I knocked on it.
"Unlock the door." I commanded.
"No!" I received a quick response.
"We have to listen to mom." I heard Neron whisper.
"No, I am angry at her." Aria argued.
"Aria, I cannot take you to school, it would just be better." I knew I could not get through to her with such simple words, she was far too stubborn.
"I do not see the problem, I promise not to hurt anyone!" She repeated what she said outside.
"Why do you think that I believe that you will hurt someone?" I questioned her and silence took over us.
"Daddy told me that humans would be scared if they found out about species like us, like we would hurt them or something." She finally spoke up.
"Great job Ikuto, you got out six-year-old daughter thinking she is a monster." I sighed.
"I know you would never hurt anyone, but that does not mean they will not be afraid of you." The door opened and Aria stood there, Neron behind her.
"You were different, weren't you?" She cocked her head curiously to the right.
"What do you mean?"
"Daddy told me when you two first met, you seemed scared, but you came looking for him the next day." I smiled at the story of how Ikuto and I first met.
"I could tell your father wanted to protect me, that is why I knew deep down, I could trust him."
"Then I could get the human's trust, and they wouldn't be afraid, right?" Aria came down to her conclusion. I sighed, I would rather have Aria near me at all times, for when her powers came out to play at any random moment. Then again, I knew she would not drop this school topic.
"Neron, would you like to go to school?" I looked over at the young boy, he nodded and I sighed.
"Fine, but I will have to make arrangements first." I finally gave in and her eyes lit up, she wrapped her arms around my neck and hugged me tightly, Neron joining along. "I'm not going to regret this am I?"
"Not at all." They both answered and I laughed.
I hope you enjoyed the first chapter because I enjoyed writing it a lot!
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