War on animation part X
Eris sat dejectedly in a throne in front of the world. Nothing she could do. People didn't need her anymore. They could cut their own threads and they were with vigor. All this chaos…and she didn't cause any of it. It was empty nest syndrome. No monsters to do her bidding, no one to manipulate who wasn't reliably sane, no point in existing really. Suddenly in a subtle burst of blue flames a strange man appeared in front of her.
"Eris, I'm guessing?" He asked in a very casual tone. Only another god could appear so nonchalantly.
"What are you doing here Hades?" Eris said. Gods didn't mess around with introductions. They already knew.
"Gez Louise what've we got here?" Hades said dodging her question, looking at Africa on the globe, seeing a minor skirmish that would soon come to a close.
"I can't untangle the mess," Eris moaned. "What will happen to me now?"
Hades put a hand on her shoulder to comfort her. She hadn't had something to comfort her in years; all of her beloved pets had been killed long ago. It felt good to have someone on her side. Especially someone so strong and attractive."Relax babe, I'll take a closer look."
Hades pondered the strings for a few moments. "Got it." He said, snapping, still focused on the tangle. "Put that there, and cut this and wait for…." He continued waiting for another battle to start, then snapping, setting the battle field ablaze with blue fire. "See?" Hades said, putting his hands on her slender shoulders. "All better?"
Eris could only shrug. Sure, that was fixed, but her existence was still redundant.
"Now stop moping over the mortal world and see where the action is." Hades said, dismissing the earth, and instead a smaller globe appeared, consisting of 3 large islands and one little one.
"The fable world?" Eris said perplexed.
"Yeah," Hades said, turning to the largest of the Continents. "And if ya look at Disney, it's ripe for pick'n"
Eris glanced at the neighboring country. There was some sort of war going on.
"All those princes, thieves, villains, are fighting to conquer," Hades said, leaning down to whisper in her ear. "And the last thing they are expecting," Motioning to the hero's side. "Is you."
As Eris sat dumbfounded at the chaos potential, Hades toyed with a piece of her long, black hair.
"Oh, I just remembered, there's another thing I came here for," He said appearing a few miniatures of monsters in his hand. "I found these the other day; do they look familiar to ya?"
Eris's eyes widened. Her pets? Her lovely glorious pets?
"Y'see I've always had an adoration of monsters," Hades said, getting closer to Eris. "But I can't say the feeling's mutual, even with my own pets, adding a miniature of Cerberus to the illusion. "If you can get these beauties back under control, so they can wreak havoc on them" He said, extending his hand. Eris rose to her feet, and looking at the tall, pale Greek god before her, took his hand, grinning. "Agreed"
"Alright then," Hades said, pulling her closer. "Let's ditch this place"
As Hades Appeared in his evil lair, he was surprised to find Maleficent there. As Eris looked around franticly, Hades called Eris crooned with delight at her new companion Hades slid an arm around her waist and whispered in her ear "A deal's a deal." As he snapped his fingers Eris's pets appeared in front of her. As she lead those off into the other room Hades stared at their back with satisfaction.
"She seems…nice" Maleficent admitted, walking over to Hades.
"You don't have to act surprised Mal," Hades said shrugging. "I knew what you were up to."
"Mal raised an eyebrow, and when she didn't say anything Hades went on.
"It was a deal." Hades said smirking. "In exchange for dropping my interest in you, I get," Gesturing behind him. "Little miss I 3 Chaos over there."
"You don't…mind?" Maleficent asked a little shocked.
"Mal, you're very attractive," Hades assured the green fairy. "But I ain't the type to get smitten, that's Jafar's turf."
Hades walked off in the direction Eris did, glancing over his shoulder for one last remark. "I'd look out for him if I were you."