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One Shot – Future Story Arc: Son of the Crossroads
Third Person's POV
Atlantic Ocean – in a cave deep within the sea
Three women sat in the darkness of the cave staring into a raging fire in the center of the room. The fire expanded lighting a good portion of the room, especially the forms of the three women that resided within it. The women looked identical except for their clothes; one wore a flowing white dress, while the second wore a flowing black dress and the last wore a flowing grey dress that stretched down to her ankles. The women had piercing green eyes that glowed that fluorescent lights in the flickering fire light of the cave.
Suddenly, a sea mist entered the room before it shifted and morphed into the form of a tall man with short black hair and a neatly trimmed beard. He wore a blue toga and his feet were covered with brown leather sandals. He looked at the three women with his glowing sea green eyes before a broad smile stretched across his face, but the smile never reached his eyes. "Hecate," he said carefully. The three women turned to look at the man or god before them.
"Poseidon," the version of Hecate in the white dress greeted.
"It is I my love," he replied, but there was sadness and a little guilt in the tone of his voice.
The version of Hecate in the black dress glared at the sea god. "You are hiding something."
Poseidon gulped at the harsh tone in the goddess's voice. "My brother has decreed that I must wed," he began. The version of Hecate in the white dress smiled at the thought. "However, he has already chosen the bride."
The version of Hecate in the grey dress looked at the god in disbelief. "You didn't agree to this, did you?" she questioned.
Poseidon wouldn't look into her green eyes. "I had no choice. I must marry Amphitrite for the good of my kingdom."
"Amphitrite," the version of Hecate in the black dress spat. "the daughter of Oceanus."
"Yes," Poseidon replied. Tears flowed down the cheeks of the version of Hecate in the white dress. "I'm so sorry. I wish I could refuse, but I can't."
"You can't or you won't?" the version of Hecate in the grey dress said before she turned away from the god that she loved before he could see her tears.
Poseidon tried to step toward the version of Hecate in the grey dress, but the version of his love in black blocked his path. "You have done enough here, leave our presence before we make you."
Poseidon stared at the goddess in shock, but he could see the hatred in her green eyes. He wasn't a fool. He knew better than to get on the bad side of the goddess of magic. "For what it's worth; I'm sorry," he said before he disappeared into a sea mist.
The version of Hecate in black stepped toward the two other versions of herself. "I told both of you that he would betray us."
"I… we loved him," the version of Hecate in white said.
The version of Hecate in grey touched her stomach as her grey eyes closed with a sad expression on her face. "We are with child… what shall we do?"
The version of Hecate in black placed a hand on a shoulder of each version of herself. A golden glow filled the cave before Hecate stood alone in the center of the cavern in a dark green dress. "I will give birth to this child, but I will never love again, at least not with an immortal. This child will be my first and last without the use of magic; a child of the sea and a child of magic." She touched her stomach sadly. "The only true son of the crossroads."
AN: A very brief one shot for a story idea that I have for a future one, this story will be a Pertemis story as I stated that I would write. It will center around the godly child of Hecate and Poseidon. There will be some surprises and some additional characters that are new, slightly different and most definitely strange. I will start this story once my other three are complete. The monster force has all my attention at the moment, but I wanted to send out this little one shot, so people will have a taste of what is to come. Also, a little about Hecate, she is the goddess of magic, but also the crossroads. She is the only god or goddess with the ability to live in all the realms. She can live on Olympus in the sky, under the sea and within the underworld. We will learn more about that as this story starts off in the not so distant future.
