Hey guys, SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry I haven't posted a new chappie this week. But I have a very common and legit reason, that no, is not writer's block. It's worse .. Sooooooo much worse ... EXAMINATIONS.
Okay, I live in a country where at this point in time, Mock exams are coming up in *gulp* less than 2 weeks. And I reeeeeeeally need to study for them, becasue the real ones are 3 weeks after break ends O_O (no, I'm not on break, but it's coming up soon)
I might not post for 2 weeks, or more because of this, and are REALLY sorry but they are REALLY stressful and I've been getting a little behind because or my cursed lazy, procrastinating butt.
So to make it up to people who read this, I've posted a V.2 of my current story. This was my other version where I was trying to cut Rome out of the picture and fix Hera's problems with wizards. In this version, Hecate confides in Hera about her secret world and Hera goes 'Screw the Romans, secret wizarding societies FTW!'
It takes place just before Olympus closes and explain's Percy's disappearance from camp (even though he doesn't disappear in this chapter)
And is probably FULL of mistakes because I haven't edited it as I wasn't planning to use it. Chapter 7 is maybe 20% complete but has fallen behind due to my other priorities. Answers to review will be posted when chapter 7 is posted.
This version didn't make the cut for my story so no, I will not be making another version/AU of my story where this does happen, it's kind of .. a prototype or whatever. Nothing will become of it. A scrapped idea basically.
V.2 Chapter 1
Screw Rome!
Hera
Ugh, boring, deceitful, traitorous, womanizing, unloyal, stupid, yet incredibly handsome Zeus, ruler of Mount Olympus (which totally makes up for all his other faults, yes, yes it does) has called us to a meeting. Probably something stupid like 'Let's Kill Jackson After All!' I need to get my plan working, it's 2 minutes behind schedule and ... My Roman half, Juno the Warner ... Something big is coming, Gaea, I knew I needed to tell Zeus, but hey, why rush? And Zeus would be too pigheaded to help until two days before her rising anyway. I need Jackson and his adorable wannabe Roman Jason for both halves of my plan, then Zeus can smite Gaea in the end and claim all the glory-
'CLOSE DOWN OLYMPUS?!'
Athena's outburst brought my train of thoughts of grandeur to a screeching halt as I sat up on my throne, bringing my utmost attention to the meeting. Who wanted to close down Olympus? Who was the podex-head who wanted to-
'Calm yourself daughter, it is for the best.' Of course it was him I thought.
'ZEUS ARE YOU INSANE?! CUT OURSELVES OFF FROM THE VERY DEMIGODS WHO HELP SUSTAIN WESTERN CIVILISATION, WHICH MAY I REMIND YOU, SUSTAINS OUR OWN LIFEFORCES!'
'SILENCE ATHENA!'
'JUST WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH ZEUS?!'
No one was masquerading as Zeus Athena, not only would it be practically impossible, but Zeus is often a podex-head. But I had to admit, this was a bit too paranoid for Zeus.
'Zeus, are you sure you haven't had any liquor-nectar concoction before this meeting? Strong liquor-nectar concoction perhaps?' said Hermes
'Or like, bumped your noggin? Hard?'
'Or had air holes drilled into your thick skull? Oops too late.' Athena muttered, refering to the time Hermes pranked Zeus and humans alike into believing that drilling holes into your skull cured headaches (Honestly?!) and ordered Apollo to perform the operation after he got a particularly bad hangover.
'Dear, isn't this a bit too paranoid? Your paranoia is often cute, but this is very unlike you.' I offered
'The said Demigods must be reminded. The GODS are the ones who RULE Western Civilisation. We will NOT be embarrassed by a sixteen year old-'
'Sixteen and two months' Poseidon put in helpfully
'Sixteen years and two month old BOY tell US off. Honestly, do we act like children?'
'Umm...'
'Weeeell...'
'Y'See ...'
'Well punk - er dad ...'
'It depends ...'
'Some of us obviously do.'
'Oh, I need to feed the kelpies!' Poseidon tried to escape, but Zeus thundered dangerously and everyone shut up as Poseidon sat back down on his throne.
'No we do NOT. Therefore, I think we have been too generous with helping our offspring. How else could they have won the war so easily?'
'EASILY?! THEY WERE NEARLY WIPED OUT! WE WERE ALMOST KILLED, THE MAJORITY OF MINOR OLYMPIAN CHILDREN TURNED AGAINST US! HEPHAESTUS ALMOST NEEDED APOLLO TO REMOULD HIS HEAD! AND YOU ALL SAW HOW WELL THAT TURNED OUT AFTER HERA THREW HIM DOWN AGAIN!'
'Hey! My brain moulding skills aren't that horrible!' (Note, never have Apollo as my brain surgeon in fear of HGS, Hephaestus Face Syndrome. No offense son.)
'Zeus did, not I.' I coughed. Blushing a bit when we-know-what-you-really-did smug stares met my eyes.
'Anyway, we need the demigods to toughen up a bit. Withdraw our help, NO CONTACT.'
'But, we swore on the Styx that-'
'Claiming will be the ONLY exception.'
I felt I should add something to the equation.
'Zeus, this may be a bad time, but Gaea-'
'I know she's rising.'
Athena almost exploded. The same thing happened some five millenia ago. Several major continents were pushed halfway across the Atlantic ocean, nothing new. I think Zeus wouldn't give her a pony pegasus with owl wings for her birthday or something, or maybe it was delaying the progression of the understanding of mathematics in human society. What can I say? Zeus has a thing for dumb women I guess. (1)
'WHAT?! AND YOU TWO JUST HAPPENED TO FORGET TO TELL US?! THIS IS TERRIBLE!'
'Well, surely you realise we'll need the demigods, and if we're forbidden from contacting them, there is no way in Tartarus we can defeat her.' I pointed out
'We can, and we shall.'
'Father, Gaea is a ruthless, primordial goddess who'll thrash us into the deepest pits of Tartarus, and we cannot fell her giants without our children.'
'We are GODS and we CAN win without any pesky glory hogging hero in the way.'
'Zeus, do not become an imbecile, this is one of the worst, no, it IS the WORST-'
'The matter is CLOSED daughter, this meeting is adjourned. Pester me in twenty years and I'll see about it.'
'ZEUS YOU-'
'Closed'
Just like Olympus, I thought.
Olympus was rather crowded now that the gods were forbidden to leave in the Lockdown of Olympus, as Hermes and Apollo began to call it. Ares already got blasted with lightning when he challenged Zeus, calling him an idiot for fearing the 'puny demigods' I think he hit a sore spot there as now he was in Apollo's shrine getting healed. It was no surprise Zeus faintly feared one day the demigods would get better of the gods, it almost could have happened, if Jackson didn't have a good heart. Hermes was trying to busy himself sending Aphrodite's text messages to Ares, but otherwise there was no mail, a bored Hermes is a talkative one, a talkative Hermes is a POed Athena, a POed Athena is a pestering Athena who will annoy Zeus to no end. A Goddess of the Hunt with no hunters is also a POed pestering goddess, so with half the council bored out of their wits, pestering my husband and my head spinning with the changes I'll have to make to my plan, I bumped into Hecate.
'Oh, hello my lady.'
'Hello Hecate, what brings you here?'
'Well, I was hoping I could have a word with Zeus really-'
'Not you too'
'Hm? No! Not about the meeting before but um, could I tell you instead?'
'Very well'
'Uh, you know when we settled in medieval England some millennia ago?'
'How could I forget? You and your wizardry obsession and when you cried when Zeus told you to withdraw your blessing as it was creating too many witch burnings-'
'Well what if I told you I didn't withdraw all my blessing?'
'Well, that would mean-' I blanked out.
'You didn't'
'I'm afraid I did.'
'Beyond the land of the gods?'
'Yes,'
Possibilities swarmed my head.
Screw the Romans! They were stupidly brave sometimes anyway. With the combination of Hecate's idealism and my own half-formed plans, who would need Romans to defy Gaea? Besides, if the Greeks fail, at least the Romans can be the backup plan.
And I'd rather not get my favourite demigod Jason hurt if I can help it. And no worries about Greeks stealing all the glory in history, that'll be Zeus' job.
'I see Hecate, could I carry on this conversation in a more private room? You and me need to make plans'
My beautiful face was now decorated with a mischevous grin.
Sooo there it is. I didn't make a chapter two, as I compared the two chapter 1's I typed up and this idea got too complicated trying to fit t in with Heroes of Olympus AND Goblet of Fire so I went like: Like Hera said, Screw Rome! I'll take v.1!
If you like this chapter, and want to write your own version using it, feel free to PM me about it and adopt this scrapped chapter and change it however you want. Though I would like it if you told me first and gave me the link/title of the story and credited me with it. Feel free to take any ideas/lines/wise cracks you may find amusing and wish to use. IDC really because like I said, it was a scrapped idea.
No death threat today folks! I gotta study!
