Hercules II: Galatea's Story

Megara and Hercules lived happily ever after and moved into a mansion on the outskirts of Thebes. After moving in, and settling day one day, Megara ran down the stairs, obviously elated.

"Hercules!" She called but she tripped. Hercules was there, and he caught her.

"Meg? What's going on?" He smiled at her tripping. Like when they played hooky, she had tripped also.

"I'm pregnant."

Hercules' eyes widened and then he grinned. He picked her up and spun her around. Pegasus and Phil and a few of Herc's friends came over to celebrate.

If you were to ask Hercules and Megara what was the best day of their life, they'd say when they had their little girl- Galatea.

"Wonderboy, she's the most adorable thing I've ever laid my eyes on." Megara cooed, rocking the baby in her arms while rocking back and forth on the chair. "She has your eyes." She noted.

"And your hair." Hercules laughed and they looked at the growing curly brown hair on top of Galatea's head.

Then there was a clap of thunder and a streak of lightning. Megara stood, and Hercules held onto Meg, as they were carried up to Mount Olympus.

"Hercules, my boy, let me see my grandchild." Zeus roared with a grin. He blinked. "Not something you say everyday."

Megara walked up the golden steps to Olympus and she handed Galatea over to King of the Gods.

"Hercules- your wife is beautiful as ever." Said Zeus as Hercules put his arm around Megara. "And your daughter is very pretty too." Zeus cooed. He played with her, wiggling her finger and tickling her.

Galatea gurgled and then she took Zeus's finger and shook him like a rattle above her.

"She has her father's strength." He laughed. "She'll make a great goddess." It had been such a long time since Zeus had sometime to act fatherly to- and even though it was just a short visit- it felt nice.

Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty appeared and asked, "Galatea? Wasn't that the name of the girl I created for you when you were still in school?"

"Well…yeah." Herc put an arm behind his head, showing the innocence he had always had.

"She'll be as beautiful as she was…but curvier." Aphrodite smiled, as if sharing an inside joke. Then there was a pink cloud of dust; and she was gone.

Zeus continued, " If she wants to someday join us gods, she may, but she will have to prove herself. Keep us just as gods and don't tell her about being a demi-god. When the time is right for her to know, she will."

And they were back in the mansion.

Then, an old friend of Hercules, Cassandra, burst in. "Hades is back! And he's planning on killing Galatea, tonight!" And she fainted. Well this fortune teller, was sure tired from her rushing to tell them her vision.

"Galatea? My baby girl! Hercules, no…we have to warn Zeus, so he'll take her in…" Megara cried, clutching the baby and Hercules.

"I was taken from Mount Olympus, remember?" And Megara started to worry even more.

"We'll keep her safe…even it means not telling the truth." They both agreed on that, even though hiding the most unique part of their daughter, was something they didn't want to do.

That night, every one was sleeping and then there was a crash.

Megara moaned, and then there was a baby's wail.

Hercules and Megara shot up in bed. "The baby!"

They ran to the nursery and saw it was empty of the thing they treasured most. In the distance, they saw something moving.

"C'mon!" They ran to the stable and got on Pegasus.

Pegasus went as fast as he could and they reached their baby.

Pain and Panic.

"Let her go!"

"No way!" The imps cried.

Megara snorted, "I thought I smelt a couple of rats."

The imps were scared when the parents came closer and they ran off, leaving Galatea.

Her parents picked her up and went home, Pegasus gliding smoothly, and Megara sang to her daughter, and Galatea was soon asleep.