Disclaimer: The character's are not mine! They are mythical beings!
Day 1: Athens Academy
Long ago in an isolated area of Greece where the heavens meet the earth, where the sea touches the land, and where the dead pass. Lays a school for only those worthy and brave of heart can learn from those from ancient times. Founded by 3 Gods of old who held the powers of light, water, and darkness. The 3 brothers sought to create this school for those they demand acceptable; Zeus God of the Sky; also known as the King of the Gods, Posesidon God of the Sea; also known as Lord of the Sea, and finally Hades God of the Underworld; also known as Ruler of the Dead. Together with their mighty powers they created 3 homes for themselves and their pupils.
First to create his home was Zeus; he climbed up the mountain near by with his brothers at his wake. On the top of the mountain Zeus held up his mighty sword that was shaped like a thunder bolt the white blade and the golden hilt gleamed in the sunlight making a show that it is well taken care of and always polished to perfection. Zeus lifted his mighty sword and brought it down striking the earth; the earth trembled up on the mountain as the earth reformed into a perfectly flat circle. You could easily fight all of Athens and more into this plateau. Zeus raised his arms palms facing up. The earth shook again as white marble pillars rose from the ground making a "u" around the circle and form a temple like palace. In the middle of this circle rose a beautiful 3 tier fountain. The bottom most layer depicted the realm of Hades, the middle layer depicted the vast ocean home of Posesidon and the top most layer depicted the heavens of Zeus. Bellowing from the halls were curtains of gold; further from the fountain grew a monstrous hall that would house Zeus and his employees while the outer "U" temple would be for the students. On the top of the main temple rose Zeus's crest for this school a silver lightning bolt with golden eagle wings spread open wide to imitate the majestic bird about to take flight. "This hall shall be dubbed...Olympic Hall!" Zeus's voice boomed echoing through the halls of his newly created home. The 3 Gods turned on their heels with Posesidon at the lead, Hades behind his brother and Zeus trailed behind. Instead of having to try and find a path this time a stair case had been made carved from the stones of the very mountain they walked on.
Once down the mountain Posesidon lead his brothers to a nearby lake. This lake spanned further than what any mortal eye can see; it could have been mistaken as an ocean. Posesidon stepped unto the water he raised his hand to place two giant lily pads grew in the water Hades and Zeus both climb unto the lily pads and they glided over the water with their brother walking on the water with each step Posesidon took in an equal set of distance pillars rose from the water. Posesidon then stopped when he felt it was far enough he then rose his mighty Trident and pointed it to the water. It started to glow a beautiful light blue it rippled in the water from the trident's point. Slowly an algae covered Jade columns broke the surface; out of the deeps the columns rose the top covered in algae that would never die, seaweed intertwined into the columns as they rose 2 at a time. Soon similar to Zeus's hall Posesidon had formed a "U" like temple for his students. Blue and green curtains bellow from the halls many openings. The floor was the water itself but it had a spell so that any mortal can walk on it like it was any other floor. The edges of the grounds ran out to the actual lake to look and sound like waterfalls. For if you look at it from the shore the area making the hall had risen from the lake. Making it into an island of sorts made of water. In the middle of the grounds rose the same 3 tiered fountain as Zeus only his fountain had algae decorating the edges and the stone was that of green jade. Similar to his brother his main temple rose further from the fountain made of green jade. His mighty Trident, made of green jade, with a Pegasus, made of blue jade, in the middle rose to crown his temple Posesidon's crest. "This hall shall be dubbed...Atlantic Hall!" Posesidon's voice echoed out. His job done the 3 Gods turned on their heels. In front of them was a large bridge connecting the land to the island. With know Hades taking the lead and his brothers following him they left Atlantic Hall and all its glory.
Finally they came to a serene area most would think Hades would have chosen a dark scary place. The King of the Underworld had other plans he felt that for some reason he needed to be different from his brothers. Hades looked at this area inwardly smiling it was a good spot for his hall. Trees surround the vast area a babbling river that leads from Olympic Hall's mountain to Atlantic Hall's Lake. Flowers dotted the area nicely and a hill sat further into the area; Zeus and Posesidon looked at each other think it out of character for their brother to chose this spot it was to lively. Hades ignored his brothers like always and walked forward he rose his scepter and gently taps the earth with the end of it. The shadows slowly crept up and surrounded the area black obsidian stone rose creating unlike his brothers Hades created one giant hall Zeus and Posesidon watched in awe at their brothers work Hades climbed the steps and pushed open the double doors that were dark red oak; iron welded the doors to the columns supporting the doors. Zeus and Posesidon followed their brother in red curtains donned the inside where the windows were Hades lead his brothers into the inner most hall. The middle of the hall was gutted to make an area free of the hall grass grew and the open sky greeted the Gods. In the middle was a black 3 tiered fountain the same as his brothers. That alone is all they shared Zeus and Posesidon looked around in awe till they noticed Hades had started back the way they came. They followed their brother out confused as to where his main temple was and to where his crest would be. Once again they stood outside Hades's hall he waved his hand in front of him facing away from his hall. From the ground rose his mighty scepter, made of obsidian, in the middle a 3 headed dog, made of red obsidian, graced it vines, made of black obsidian, intertwined around the whole structure adding to the crest. It was as tall as the hall put did not overpower the area. "From this day forth this hall shall be named...Styx Hall!" Hades's voice roared out. Posesidon and Zeus looked at one another then their brother like always he had to be the different one of the family. With his hall completed the 3 Gods walked side by side with Zeus in the middle.
As they left behind Styx Hall Posesidon noticed that the trees had reformed into canopy like forming a tunnel and at the end an iron gate stood vines of the flower of the underworld held it up. The flower a beautiful black with a splash of red in the middle; Posesidon almost felt bad for leaving it behind, but the brothers walked to their next destination. In the very middle of this vast land the stood facing one another. The 3 gods then rose their weapons and like their halls did the same in this area the earth trembled, the sky darkened and the shadows raced forward slowly but surely columns of ancient times rose as the earth rose as well stairs formed where they needed class rooms formed into neat sections to mimic theaters of old. One giant temple stood proudly the roof made of marble, the wall made of jade, and the floor made of obsidian. They stood in what would be called the Grand Hall the place for festivals and merry making 4 banners hung from the ceiling first a gold banner with Zeus's crest, the second was a blue banner that held Posesidon's crest, then hung a black banner with Hade's crest. The final banner hung in front of the other three this banner was dyed with all three colors the crest in the middle was all three weapons in the middle was Zeus's lightning bolt to its left Posesidon's trident and to its right Hade's scepter. , Zeus's eagle wings spread behind the weapons similar to his crest and the vines of Hades wrapper around all three weapons. Under each banner words magically appeared unto them in spider writing. In big bold gold on Zeus's banner read "Olympic", In algae green on Posesidon's banner read "Atlantic" and in blood red "Styx" read on Hade's banner. All three brothers rose their weapons, "This place of knowledge..." Posesidon shouted, "Shall be from this day forth..." Zeus exclaimed, "And for ever more..." Hades calmly rang out. All three shouted in unison their weapons tap the stone, "Athens Academy!". With their work completed they walked out of their school in front of the school their crest stood proudly just like Hades's crest. In front of it stood the 3 tier fountain, this time each tier was a replica of their fountains. Hades's tier was made of black obsidian, Posesidon's made of jade with algae on the edge, and Zeus's was made of marble and gleamed. The 3 brothers stood out and looked around at their work in front of them stood all three halls all visibly from their spot. In the middle stood Olympic, to the left stood Atlantic and to the right stood Styx. A golden eagle screeched from above and dove landing on top of Zeus's shoulder. From behind hooves beat against the stone as Pegasus came to a stop besides Posesidon. From the shadows claws scrapped against the stone growling and puffing out his breath Cerberus came and joined his master. The 3 gods absent mindedly pet their creatures as they admired their work in silence.
Persephone closed the small book titled "Athens Academy Origin"; that had come in the mail for her from her new employers she stuffed the little book back in her bag. On her lap she had another book; that book was titled "Greek Legends and myths", she loved to read about the gods and goddesses of ancient greek. Her mother had been a greek mythology nut and had named her Persephone after the Greek goddess of spring and Queen of the underworld. Persephone herself loved that story growing up because she had always thought it was a story about her. "Last call for Athens, Greece...Please make your way to the plane...Your flight shall be leaving soon..." Persephone stood she stuffed the book in her bag and headed to security. She couldn't believe her luck she had been chosen to teach at a very very private school, this school which the only way to apply to work there is via who knows how. She never applied there because she had never heard of it. That is till now, Persephone sat in her seat which was next to the window she lucked out and didn't have to share the section with anyone. She pulled out the scroll from her bag and unraveled it carefully. The smell of roses hit her every time she opened the acceptance letter. It was handwritten as well so it made it more interesting;
Dear Miss Persephone,
I am pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to teach at the very prestige, Athens Academy, note that this is a great honor for we chose our employees in a very special manner. You are asked to please send a replied letter no later than a 2 weeks after receiving this letter to accept your position. Upon arrival you shall be given a "Hall" to live in with the other employees. We chose to do this manner of housing due to the location of said Academy we shall enclose the papers for verification. An escort shall be waiting for you at Athens, Greece; we hope to hear from you soon and may your travels be well.
Sincerely,
Headmaster Zeus
Persephone sighed it was a pain to send them all they needed but she had successfully sent everything she needed even a photo of herself for her escort. The headmaster had sent a replied almost instantly with a plane ticket and that her escort will be waiting when she arrived. She watched the flight attended go through safety absent-mindedly. She was nervous that she was going all the way to Greece to teach students; the plane took off after awhile. Persephone got comfortable in her seat after it had taken off and the pilot gave the ok for seat belts to be unbuckled. She hooked up her headphones and listened to her music as she stared out the window getting herself prepared for her new life in Greece.
Author's Note: Ok everyone this is my second fanfic! I LOVE Mythology especially Greek Mythology! I am a huge Greek Mythology nut! I made this story to be running around Hades and Persephone because their legend is my ultimate favorite! Anyway I'm going to try and stay as close to the legends and their relations to each other as much as possible. On this chapter, I tried to keep it with their sacred items that represents them. So enjoy the story! Leave me a review throughout the story!