Hercules and the Modern Girl
Written by: Starswim
Disclaimer: I don't own anything that belongs to Disney, except my OC
Plot: It's been a whole year, since Nattie arrived in Ancient Greece. Now that she quit working for Hades, and dumped the Son of Zeus; she's planning to start fresh. But she doesn't realize that her life won't be smooth sailing. She will face new enemies; be stuck in weird situations; and is forced to choose between two men, whom hate each other. Which side will she choose? The Good or the Bad?
Rating: PG-13 (Warning: violence, bad language, intense scenes... just to be safe)
Parings: Hades/Nattie/Hercules, Cassandra/Icarus, Zeus/Hera, Helen/Adonis
A/N: I know it's been forever since the season 3 finale, but I'm back! This is Hercules and the Modern Girl Season 4, and I hope you will enjoy it.
Edit: 6/2017
Episode 20: Twilight of the Gods
"Fe! Fi! Fo! Fum!" Phil cried out, controlling a wooden giant. Today's training was all about fighting giants, and Hercules' task was to defeat the giant, Phil was controlling. "Hero Rule 9: Giants are dumb!" Phil pulled a lever, causing the giant to swing it's fist. Hercules dodged the attack by tumble rolling under it's fist.
What the hero and the goat didn't realize was that there's a stranger watching Hercules in hiding. Hercules stepped side-by-side, then stuck his tongue at the giant, before he rolled under the giant's foot, that squished Hercules like a bug.
"It's fake battle and roll, kid," Phil explained to Hercules as he climbed out of the giant robot, "Giants are too dumb to get rattled."
Hercules groaned in pain, lifting the giant's foot off his body. He stood up to wipe the dirt off his armor, "I'm not so great with giants. Can't we just skip this part? Huh?"
Phil shook his head, "Sorry, kid. No shortcuts to greatness."
Their conversation was interrupted by a sound of clapping. They turned around to see the mysterious stranger clapping his hands and walking towards them.
"Wow. Wow. That is some fabulous, fabulous work! I mean what a presence you got!" the figure revealed to be a blue man dressed in blue armor and a blue hat. The sclera of his eyes were yellow, and the color of his iris was red. He resembled a lot like Hades, because of the resemblance and the fast-talking speech; except the flames for hair, the outfit, the height difference, and eye color.
The blue stranger smiled at Hercules as he continued talking, "Hercules, you're MY man! Did I pronounce that right? I'm just a huge fan of yours! I can't even have a kind of face-to-face with you. Listen, can we talk, or do you have an agent?"
Hercules was caught off guard by this man appearance, but when he heard that the man was a huge fan of him, he was flattered. Not thinking of anyway to answer, he smiled and said, "Uh, yeah, well-"
"Hey, Hot-Shot!" Phil called out to the blue stranger. He clearly didn't approve of this guy coming in and interrupting Hercules' training. "This is a closed practice!"
The stranger turned his attention to Phil with a smile on his face, "You are one lucky, little goat-man. You know that? Your boy is so mighty, he didn't even know it, brother."
Hercules was happy to get compliments by this stranger, "You think so?!"
However, Phil wasn't trusting this stranger yet. He wanted to know who this guy was, and why he's dressed differently than what Grecians wear, "Who are you anyway?! And what's with the get-up, you're wearing?!"
The blue stranger took his hand and pulled something out of his armor, revealing to be two business cards, "Here's my card." He gave each of them his business card, the boy and goat looked at them as soon as they took it.
Phil read the card out loud, "Loki, Trickster God of the Norse Pantheon." Phil scoffed, handing the card back to Loki, "Barbarian, huh?"
Loki took the card from Phil, and raised a brow at his statement. "Yeah, that's interesting," he mumbled to himself, "He just called me, uh, barbarian." He turned his attention to Hercules with a friendly smirk on his face, "Look, there's a major, major buzzzzz about Hercules." He snapped his fingers, before continuing, "You know what I mean? And I think you're ready for the big show. Truth. Truth."
"Uh... What show?" Hercules asked.
"Asgard!" Loki answered, "The home of the Norse gods! And we're looking for a new position. Thunder god. Cranking up storms, siding battle frenzies- that sort of thing! Fun stuff! You're interested?"
"Me?! A god?!" Hercules grinned widely, picturing himself having the power and glowing brightly, just like his dad. He had been waiting forever to become a god again, and thanks to this Loki person, he now had a chance. "Oh-ho! I'm there!"
Phil, however, didn't approve, "Whoa! Whoa! Slow down, Goldilocks!" Phil faced Loki while gesturing Hercules behind him, "He's training to be a Greek hero."
"Oh, right. Right," Loki pulled out a small, wooden board to see his notes about Hercules, "Let's see... You're reaching for the brass ring to join Mom and Pops on Olympus." He lowered his board to look at Hercules, who nodded, letting him know that he's right.
"Yeah, but how do you know that?" Hercules asked curiously.
"I do my research," Loki answered carelessly, "Look, anyway, let's cut to the chase. Okay?" He walked towards Hercules, and wrapped an arm around him. Loki pulled Hercules away from Phil, so he can talk to him face-to-face. "Now the plain truth is I want to be in the Hercules business. But you got to help, Herc. I mean you want Olympus right? That's doable, very doable. And at the end of the day, you're going to need some credits."
"Credits?" Hercules asked confusingly.
"You know... actual god-gigs. I mean this hero training that's just a slow track. But if we make you a god now..." Loki slammed his fist against his flat out palm, "POW! Baby! We're talking A list! You got juice! Olympus will come crawling for you! Capiche?"
"Uh..." Hercules smiled, "Capiche!"
Phil still wasn't approving by this deal. He took Hercules arm and pulled him down to his level, so he get a chance to talk to him, "Kid, no shortcuts. Remember?"
"Phil. Phil, my goat-man," Loki pulled Phil away from Hercules, so he can talk to him privately, "Have you ever heard of Valkyries?" Loki explained to Phil by whispering, "You see Valkyries are like a group of ladies."
Phil instantly changed the stubborn goat's frown upside down.
"Really?" Phil asked, intrigued by Loki's words.
Loki nodded, "Yes, and they are very friendly, and you know, that kind of thing."
"No kidding?" Phil asked hopefully.
Loki assured him with another nod, "Yes, Phil. Yes."
Phil looked at Hercules with a change of attitude, after Loki mentioned about a group of ladies in Asgard, "Kid, let's go for it!"
"B-But Phil, you said no shortcuts," Hercules reminded him.
"I know! I know! But think about it! Valkryies!" Phil shook his head, quickly changing his answer, "A-duh-duh- Valhalla. Hey, that's supposed to be an art facility!"
"Valhalla?" Hercules wasn't sure what that word meant.
"Oh, they say it's the most beautiful palace!" Phil explained dreamily, "Across the Rainbow Bridge of Bi-frost to the plain of Asgard. There rises Valhalla, Hall of Odin, King of Norse gods!"
"Valhalla," Hercules repeated the word in a whisper. After thinking through his options, he nodded in agreement, "Okay." He turned to Loki, who stood there with his arms crossed, waiting patiently for a reply. "Okay, Mr. Loki," Hercules said, "We'll go take a look!"
"Excellent! Excellent!" Loki smiled as he shook Hercules' hand, "I'm looking forward to this. Really, I am."
~000~000~000~
"PAIN!" Hades called for his minions, the minute he got out of the river boat. His flames flickered red once he said Pain's name.
Pain ran down the stairs, scared of his boss as usual, "Coming, your most lugubriousness!" He tripped and fall down the flight of stairs, landing on a pitch fork-like torch. He screamed out in pain, "OW!"
"PANIC!" Hades called his other minion, his flames flickering red.
Without getting his name called twice, Panic rushed down the stairs while hyperventilating, "I-I'm sorry! I can handle this!"
As he was running down the flight of stairs, Pain was pulling himself off the pitch fork torch. When Pain managed to complete the task, he jumped off the torch and landed on a step. Panic ran into him, causing both of them to fall down the steps. Pain landed on ground first, lying on his stomach; while Panic flew in the air, and his horns landed on Pain's butt. Pain cried out in pain, "OW!"
Hades rolled his eyes at his minions' clumsiness, Memo to me, find myself some better imps.
Pain stood up to salute to his boss, while moaning in pain, "Pain! Ah..."
"And Panic!" Panic replied.
"Reporting for duty!" they both said in unison.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Hades waved off what happened moments, "Boys, let me ask you something. When I was riding through the River of Souls, guess what I found."
"What?" the imps asked curiously.
"I found Cerberus passed out, and not being his normal, drooling, growling self! Tell me why that is?!"
"B-Because somebody f-forgot to feed h-him," Panic stuttered his answer, obviously scared of Hades' anger.
"And whose turn is it to feed him?"
"Uh..." Pain paused, scratching his head while thinking. He wasn't sure who's turn was it to feed Cerberus. Normally, the imps didn't have to feed him, when their ex-coworker-in-crime was here.
Refusing to let Pain answer, Hades zapped both of them, making them cry out in pain. Hades's flames were bright red and so was his skin, "Then why don't you two go and FEED THE DOG! NOW!"
"Right away, boss!" The imps ran up the stairs to do just that.
Hades sighed heavily and pinched the bridge of his nose. He was frustrated and stressed out, and the council of the gods meeting, he was forced to go, escalated his blood pressure.
He disappeared in smoke, and reappeared in his throne room. The whole room was a pigsty. There was an overflowing clothes inside a laundry basket in one corner; trash was scattered on the chessboard and the floor; the figurines on Hades' chessboard were collecting dust, so were the tables, the chairs, the cold floor, and the TV.
Hades sat on his throne, looking at the mess around with disgust. He knew his kingdom was falling apart. The Underworld was turning into a dump; Cerberus was starving and need of exercise; the monsters were out of order; the imps were slacking off; and nothing was easing Hades' stress. He thought nothing could be worse than this.
"HADES!"
Hades looked over and smirked to see the Fates standing by his chessboard.
"Ladies," Hades stood up from his throne to greet them, "Hey. So nice to see you. How are ya doing? What brings you ladies here? How's work?"
"We should be asking you the same thing. Unlike you, our work is clean!" Lachesis said bluntly. Hades frowned at her statement.
"Look at this place!" Atropos cried out, gesturing the trashy throne room, "I haven't seen anything this bad since the titan's age."
"We finished feeding the dog, your flame-fullness," Pain said to Hades proudly as he and Panic entered the throne room, carefully walking towards Hades and the Fates without stepping on garbage.
"And we got cuts to prove it!" Panic added, gesturing the claw marks and bruises, the imps received from Cerberus.
Hades ignored the imps comments, giving the Fates his undivided attention, "I'm sorry about the mess, Ladies. With my full-time gig and planning to overthrow Zeus and all, I didn't have the time to pick up. I've been planning to get a maid here."
"Except no one was here to claim that position," Pain explained. Hades glared at Pain angrily, turning bright red. Pain was shaking with fear, knowing fully well what Hades will do to him. Hades zapped Pain's butt, causing Pain to scream in pain.
"SHUT UP!" Hades snapped angrily.
"What's the matter, Hades?" Clotho asked with concern, "You seem very tense lately."
"Tense?" Hades turned his attention back to the Fates, his skin and hair returning to it's normal color, "Me?! No. I'm a god! I'm not tense! Busy? Maybe. Look, I've spent all day today in a stupid council meeting, hearing Zeus announce things I don't give a damn about, listening to Athena and Ares bicker constantly! Oi! The worst part was facing angry Demi who repeatedly told me to stay from her Sephy or else she'll make me mortal."
Hades slowly turned yellow into an orange color. "Then I found out my three-headed guard dog is starving to death, because somebody-" Hades gave the imps a glare that caused them to shiver with fear, "forgot to feed him. My Underworld is a mess, because I don't have the time to hire somebody to do it for me! My plans to kill Hercules failed, because I don't have any better help! And I barely gotten sleep last night-"
"WE KNOW!" the Fates cried in unison.
Hades sighed heavily, closing his eyes until his skin color was normal, "Yeah, well, like I said. I'm not tense."
"You can't fool us, Hades," Lachesis said, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Oh really?"
"You and this dump is falling apart," Atropos snapped, "And we know why that is!"
"Oh, do tell," Hades ordered them, staring down at them challengingly. "Why do you think I'm falling apart? Why do you think I've barely had any sleep? Why do you think I'm tense all the time?"
"Ooh!" Panic raised his hand, wanting to answer Hades' questions, "I know! I know!"
"WHAT?!" Hades faced Panic with red flames, making Panic become scared again. Panic and Pain never thought their boss could be this bad. They never saw him lose his touch for the past two and a half months.
"W-Well, this whole started t-two and a-a half m-months ago," Panic stuttered.
"So?!"
"Two and a half months," Pain scratched his head, thinking about what event happened during that time, "Two and a half months... Say, didn't Nattie leave at that time?"
Hades widen his eyes at Pain's statement.
Panic nodded, "Y-Yeah! She did! This kingdom was getting really messy after she left the Underworld!"
Hades zapped Panic's butt, causing him to cry out in pain louder than Pain's scream.
"I told you to never mention her EVER again!" Hades snapped angrily.
"It seems like this mortal is affecting you greatly," Clotho said.
"She isn't affecting me! I'm doing just fine!"
"Yes," Atropos took another look at her surroundings, before swiping a finger across the chessboard. She saw dust on her fingers, and wiped it with her cloak, "You are doing splendid job without her here."
"Well, she wasn't just my assistant, she was my cleaning lady. Just a small thing to take care of. No big deal."
Lachesis shook her head, "Oh, Hades, you're always so stubborn."
"I do NOT miss Nattie! She will come crawling back to me before she knows it! She'll come back! Look, if you, ladies, are here to interrogate me, then you are clearly wasting your time!" Hades paused, before his lips curled into a mischievous smirk, "But since you're here, how about I make you an offer-"
"NO!" the Fates cried in unison.
Hades scowled, "You didn't even hear what I was going to say."
"We know what you're going to say!" Atropos said, "Your offer is insulting. We are the Fates, not cleaning ladies!"
Hades' mouth dropped, before he chuckled sheepishly, "Okay... maybe that is what I was about to say, the payment is great, if you do a good job-"
"NO!" the Fates cried out angrily, causing the imps to jump unwillingly.
"Okay, sheesh! No need to get upset here. It was just an offer."
"You know we're not supposed to reveal the future," Clotho said, "But since you're a wreck, we've come to give you a pity glimpse of your future."
Hades smirked, "Really? A free future telling, huh? Great! That's exactly what I need! I'm all ears, babe! Give me details."
"Beware Lord of the Dead," Lachesis began as she hit Atropos in the back of her head to take the eyeball from her one eye, "your current state is a mess."
Clotho snatched the eyeball from Lachesis, before she could put it in her eyeball, "If you don't give up this act soon, your plans will be in distress." Clotho tossed the eyeball back to Atropos, who but it back in her eye socket.
"If your henchgirl sides with good, all your hopes of conquest will be screwed...Your body will row away down below!" The three sisters swirled into the eyeball, then the eyeball blinked and disappeared.
After a minute of processing what the Fates just told Hades, the whole Underworld skull kingdom flamed up.
"WHAT?!"
~000~000~000~
"Can you believe it, Cassandra?" Nattie asked her as she was taking a sip from her drink, "We're about to be seniors in a couple weeks."
"You're excited about it," Cassandra said, playing her salad with her fork in boredom.
"Well, it's going be our last year of high school. How can you not be excited?"
"Who says I'm not?" Cassandra asked.
Summer break was almost over for the girls, but a lot of changes had been made, especially Nattie's look.
During summer vacation, Cassandra and Nattie made a wager how long Hercules would last as King of Thessaly. Cassandra's time bet was shorter than Nattie's, and because of that, she won. If one of the lost the bet, that person had to color her hair, and leave it there for two weeks. Cassandra colored Nattie's hair with her least favorite color, red. Nattie was against the idea at first, but she made a bet with Cassandra, so she had no choice. However, after taking a good look at the mirror, Nattie realized that red looked great on her, just as blue and purple did. Two weeks later, Nattie colored her hair back to normal, but leave some of the red on, creating streaks for her hair.
Nattie was currently wearing a dark red toga, with black pants and boots underneath. In case Nattie ran into trouble, she thought it would be smart to run on something more comfortable than running on a pair of sandals.
As they were eating lunch, Icarus and Hercules came to their table with their normal friendly smiles on their faces.
"Hey, guys," Hercules greeted them with, sitting down across from them.
Icarus sat next to Cassandra, batting his eye lashes at her, "My sweet-"
Before Icarus could finish his sentence, Cassandra pushed Icarus off the bench. "Buzz off," Cassandra told him. Icarus sat next to Hercules, across from Cassandra, looking at her dreamily.
Hercules wasn't the only one, Nattie told her secret too. Everyone agreed to include Icarus, after all they're close friends, and close friends don't keep secrets from close friends. Icarus took the news well.
Flashback: one week after telling Hercules...
Cassandra, Hercules, and Nattie were facing eager Icarus, who's dying to know what the surprise was.
"Okay!" Icarus cried happily, "I'm ready for my surprise, BABY!"
Nattie had her cloak on, tightened her grip on it until her knuckles turned white. She was nervous. Icarus wasn't the quiet type. Nattie's worried that he might tell everyone without realizing it. But her friends trusted him, and that's good enough for Nattie. "Icarus, we... I have something tell you. Something that might affect our friendship forever."
"Oh, pish-posh, Nattie," Icarus waved it off, "You know nothing is going to affect our friendship. Your my best buddy."
"Icarus," Hercules began, "Nattie has a big secret, and she's been keeping it from us for a long time."
Icarus widen his eyes in shock, "WHAT?! Nattie has a secret!" He yelled in the top of his lungs. The trio shushed Icarus, keeping him from attracting attention.
"Sh! Sh! Sh!" Cassandra nodded, "Yes, but if you're really Nattie's friend, you wouldn't tell anyone about it. As soon as we tell you that means you have her life in your hands."
Icarus looked down at his hands with amazement, "Nattie's life will be in my hands."
"Well, in all of our hands, Icarus," Hercules said, "But you have to promise not to say anything. If you do, it might ruin Nattie's life."
Icarus nodded, giving him scout's honor sign, "Okay! I won't tell! Not a peep to anyone! No, siry."
Nattie looked at Cassandra and Hercules, who silently encouraged her to tell him. Nattie took a deep breath, turning to face eager Icarus. She untied her cloak, revealing her modern clothes, "Icarus, I'm from the year of AD. 2012... I'm from the future."
After a moment of waiting, Icarus reacted, "WHOA! Wait a minute!" Icarus pointed at Nattie accusingly, "You mean to tell me that you're an alien?! I... I... UH..." Icarus fell backwards, fainted in the process.
The trio were looking at Icarus with worry, but then Nattie shrugged carelessly.
"Okay, that went well," Nattie said.
REALITY...
Ever since that day, Icarus still believed that he had an alien for a friend. Although, he swore into secrecy, Nattie was relieved.
"So what's been going on with you, boys?" Nattie asked as she took a long sip from her drink.
"Nattie, you wouldn't believe where Hercules is going tomorrow?!" Icarus cried excitedly.
"You're leaving, Herc?" Cassandra asked in boredom, continuing to play with her salad.
"Well, yeah," Hercules rubbed the back of his head, "Just to look at the place. No big deal."
"Where you're going is a very big deal!" Icarus cried, "It's a kingdom!"
Nattie raised a brow at Icarus' proud statement. She became intrigued.
"Which kingdom are you going, Herc?" Cassandra asked.
Hercules shrugged, "Uh, it's called... Asgard."
Nattie instantly did a spit take. She spit out her drink all over the table and Icarus.
Hercules looked at Nattie with concern, "Nattie, are you okay?"
Icarus licked the juices off his face and smiled, "Mm. Strawberry!"
Nattie glared at Hercules with wide eyes, instead of answering his question, she asked her own question, "Is it true?"
"Is what true?" Hercules asked.
"Are you going to Asgard?"
"Well, technically we're going to Valhalla, but it's close to Asgard."
"Oh my gosh!" Nattie grinned widely, her friends never seen their friend smile that big in a long time. She giggled like a crazy-love school-girl. "I can't believe you're going to Asgard! You have to take me with you!"
"You heard of it?" Cassandra asked.
"Are you kidding, I watched the movie! The Asgard kingdom is really pretty! It's made out of gold!"
"Really?" Hercules asked with a smile.
Nattie nodded, "Not only that, but their princes are HOT!"
"Really?" Cassandra gave Nattie a devilish smirk.
"You know the princes?" Hercules asked.
"Well, not personally," Nattie shrugged, "But you know me from the future, I saw the Thor movie! It's fantastic!"
"Thor?"
"Yes, Thor! He's the Son of Odin, King of Asgard, but he isn't my favorite character in the movie. The man I really love in that movie is Loki!"
Hercules raised a brow at her questionably, "Loki?"
Nattie giggled girlishly, a laugh that her friends never heard from her, "He is so hot! The actor who plays him, Tom Hiddleston, he is amazing! I watched the Thor movie and the Avengers, that guy knows how to be a villain!"
"Villain?" Hercules started to question Nattie's words.
"His accent, his looks, his style - he is fantastic!"
Cassandra chuckled, "Sounds like somebody has a crush on this Loki guy."
Nattie smiled, "Okay, I admit, when I watch the movie, I have a fan-girl crush on him. If you watched the movie, you would've agreed."
Cassandra shrugged, "Maybe."
"So you really like Loki?" Hercules asked.
Nattie nodded, "Before I came here, I dreamed of meeting Tom Hiddleston in his Loki look."
"Well... what if I... invite you to Valhalla, so you can meet him."
Nattie widened her eyes, "Really? You're inviting me?"
Hercules nodded, "Yeah, I want you to fulfil your dreams. If you want to meet Loki, then I'll be happy to set you up on meeting him in person."
"You wouldn't mind?" Nattie asked with a hopeful look in her eye.
"Well..." Hercules rubbed the back of his neck, "I don't, but Phil... maybe."
"Oh, Phil can get over it!" Nattie stood up from the bench and threw her food and drink away.
"Where are ya going?" Icarus asked.
"I'm going home," Nattie answered, "I can't meet Loki dressed like this!" She gestured her dark red toga. "I want to wear something more... Norsey."
"Norsey?" Cassandra asked with a raised brow.
Nattie nodded, "Yeah, not Grecian. More Norse. Hey, Hercules, where can I meet you and Phil?"
"Uh... at Phil's island," Hercules replied.
"Great! I'll see you there! Don't let Phil convince you to leave without me!" Nattie rushed home to get ready for Asgard.
Hercules, Cassandra, and Icarus were staring at Nattie, until she disappeared out of their sights.
"Do you remember Nattie having a crush on anybody?" Icarus asked.
Cassandra paused, remembering that Nattie admitting that she's attracted to Hercules' enemy, Hades. But there's no one she can tell Hercules or Icarus that. She shrugged and shook her head, "No. Not really."
A/N: There it is! Part 1 of Twilight of the gods episode. I debated which episode to start off Season 4, and it wasn't until I watched the Thor movie. I admit, I'm a Loki fan in the movie and the Avengers. I'm thinking about writing a Thor fanfic, if you readers like that.
After the season 3 finale, I have a lot of reviews telling how much they love this story and wanted me to update soon. But there some reviews, mostly guest reviews telling me one word, update. I don't appreciate that kind of reviews. Reviews is to tell the author about their opinions of the story and criticism. There was one guest review my other story, telling me to update this story. It's really annoying. If you readers reviewed one time, you don't need to review again, telling me to update. If I see a guest review telling me to just update and no other comments, I will delete it. I have other stories that needed to be finished too. I know you all are a fan of this story, but just be patient. My life isn't all about fanfiction, you know.
Now I want to thank the readers for favorite and followed the Hercules and the Modern Girl story.
How will Nattie react when she finds out Asgard isn't like the one in the movie? Will Loki take an interest in Nattie? Will Hades make a plan to get Nattie back? All the answers will be in the future chapters.
The King of Thessaly episode was mentioned in Cassandra and Nattie's bet. I know that the Fates' didn't rhyme when they're telling the future to Hades, I know nothing about poetry and verses.
Like I said before, I'll update this story, when I have the chance, but just be patient. Thank you.
