Chapter 2 – Ancient Greece

Jason didn't let go of Anders's ear until they had reached the Academy, Faducius was going to have a fit at them for missing language class again. They were greeted at the gates by said teacher who then grabbed both Anders and Jason's ears muttering to himself" untrained, undisciplined, back in my day..." While Hercules yet again trailed behind.

"Do they even realise that we are here?" Axl asked already knowing the answer.

"Probably not, although they seem to know Anders. Then again they seem to think he's someone else." Mike was just as lost as the others.

"Say why did Anders change and not us, what makes him so special?"

"Ty has a point, why only Anders?" Ingrid asked, she was Snotra and she was also an oracle so it frustrated her to realise that she didn't know any more than the others did.

Unfortunately their questions went unanswered for the time being as Faducius knocked on the door to Chiron's office before entering."... Need a lesson in time keeping. Ah Chiron good your here, they missed a lesson, again. Shall I give them their punishment or shall you."

Chiron looked up from the scrolls he was marking to see what the fuss was this time, when he did he noticed that they were not alone. "You may leave them with me". He said as he signalled for Faducius to leave. "Just this once I will let you off for your absence, but I do not want to see you boys skipping class again, is that understood."

"Yes, sir."

Chiron turned and set his gaze upon Anders. All Chiron had to do was to look at him to know that he wasn't their Iolaus, he may have looked like him but Chiron knew otherwise. Chiron was just about to speak when someone else bet him to it.

"Excuse me if I'm interrupting but we would like some answers", Michelle said as politely as she could, which was a great achievement on her part.

"I know you are not who everyone thinks you are", Chiron said turning towards Anders. "You may look like Iolaus, but you're not him", he held up his hand to silence Hercules and Jason before they could ask. "I have seen many things in my time but this is extraordinary. My name is Chiron and I am headmaster here at the academy. These 2 gentlemen are Hercules and Jason, two of my top students. As for you, you somehow seem to be 2 in one."

"Two in one?"

"Yes, you seem to have taken over Iolaus's body, which explains why you look like him."

"How?"

"I'm hoping you'll be able to answer that one."

"Hey, you don't suppose this would have anything to do with Anders ticking off the pantheon do you. You know, how Olaf said that the universe will deal to Anders and now with Helen killed...?"

Axl didn't get to finish his sentence as Anders was giving him a death glare. Much to his dismay though Chiron seemed to know what Axl was trying to say. It was his understanding of Iolaus that made Anders so easy to read, they had a lot in common and not just appearances. There was much more to Anders then meets the eye, perhaps then were several lessons to be learned and not just for the traveling company.

Throughout the exchanges Hercules and Jason stood of to the side and listened. The more he heard the more upset Hercules got, Iolaus is his best friend and the more they talked he realised that this guy had taken over his friends body. He began to wonder if Iolaus was aware of any of this and how long it would be before they got their friend back.

Hercules was so deep in his thoughts that he didn't hear Chiron say his name and wasn't until Jason hit him did he look up. "Yes sir?"

"I said that I was hoping you and Jason to show our guests around and make them feel welcomed. I trust you two to look after them."

"Yes sir."

"Good. I will tell Faducius that you are excused from your lessons for the rest of the day as you are showing our visitors around. I would suggest starting with a change of clothes." Chiron indicated to the current clothes the group was wearing.

"Alrighty then, you heard Chiron, a change of clothes are in order." Jason ordered as he led the way to the infirmary. The infirmary was located on the other side of the academy near the dorms. Jason marched right into the infirmary to a cupboard at the back of the room where he started pulling out several piles of clothes.

"These will do until we can go to the market," he said as he handed each of them a set of clothes.

Michelle looked at them in disgust, but from what she could tell, was that this place was full of guys so naturally there wouldn't be any female attire. As they began to change only Axl wasn't ashamed to strip down, seeing how he already did it once in the middle of a forest and Anders of course woke up wearing his.

"Can we at least get a little privacy here?" Michelle more demanded then asked.

Once they were dressed Jason lead the group outside into the court yard before turning around to face them. "You've now met Chiron our head master and Faducius our teacher. Now we will give you a tour of the Academy before going down to Kora's for something to eat. Ladies and gentleman, welcome to the Academy."


AU: I know not a lot happened in this chapter but we now know how the Johnson's ended up in Ancient Greece (or at least why Anders looks like Iolaus). Question is what happens next?