We rush around the entire place. I get dressed into an emerald green dress, with a black cape and hood. Herc tries to collect food from the kitchen while I change. Once I step out of my closet, I wait on my bed and try to come up with any explanations why he heard that. They were planning your death. I can't help but feel overwhelmed. I mean, Regina is always so nice to me. She ended things with Daniel and married Father. My thoughts are interrupted by Hercules stumbling through the doors, a basket at hand.
I don't even need to speak to him as I get up and rush to his side. He gives me a look of uncertainty, but I shake it off by turning and walking towards the staircase. He follows, and we exit the castle.
"What do we do now?" I ask.
He shakes his head. "I have no clue," he answers.
Taking the lead on this one, I say, "I think we should stop at a village."
He nods, "Wherever you go, I will follow."
Feeling like an idiot, I whip around and face him. "I can't believe I forgot all about this!" I basically shout. When he gives me a quizzical look, I explain. "Your parents, you are meant to be with them by now. I refuse to hold you back again. You need to leave for Olympus."
His expression changes to a gloomy one. "Do you really want me to go to Olympus?" he asks me.
I look down, "Yes, I cannot keep you away any longer. You've been waiting forever to be someplace where you belong," I say softly.
"I am where I belong," he says into my ear. Before I can reply, he looks up. "Father, you can take us up now!" he yells into the clouds above.
I jump, startled, when I feel something fluffy around my legs. My sight darts down to find a cloud forming at my feet. Before I run away, Herc slides his arm around my waist and leans in.
"Don't worry," he whispers gently. "This is supposed to happen."
Instead of questioning him, I look up as we float towards the sky. We move through the clouds, and light blinds me. Once my sight comes back to me, I see an ancient yet beautiful archway. It almost looks like it is glowing. I turn to my companion but he is too busy looking around in wonder to notice me.
"It's about time you come up here."
I look past the gates to see a man with white hair, a beard, and a purple toga on. Who is he?
"I was occupied, interrupting my schedule, Father." I turn to Herc, and then back to the man. So this is the supreme Zeus.
"It better be for a good reason," he sighs. I stare at him. They are talking as if I am not even here.
Hercules glances in my direction, finally, and quickly looks back. "It was, so you must understand why I must take even more time away."
Zeus's expression changes. "What do you mean by that? When we offered you a place here, we didn't mean you could come at any time you wanted."
"Father, I have to do this. I had to become a hero before I came up here, right? Well, my work is not done yet, and I need to go back down to finish it."
The entire time, I am either looking at Hercules, or looking at the floor, at least what would have been the floor if this was one the ground. Why is he risking not being able to come back up here again for me?
Zeus stares at him for a minute. "Fine, I will give you three days to be able to finish and come back. Any more than that, and you will not come back here. Understood?"
He nods. "Yes, thank you Father," says Herc.
Herc turns back to be and drags me to the edge of the cloud. The part where we are standing on separates from the main cloud, and it transports us back to the Earth floor. We step off and I whip towards Herc.
"What was that?! What just happened? Why did you do that?" I interrogate.
"I bought us more time. You wanted me to go up to Olympus, I went up. Now you got what you wanted, and I got what I wanted," he reasons.
I shake my head. "You weren't supposed to come back. You were supposed to stay where you are safe, and distanced, and where you belong," I say.
He comes up to me and puts both hands on my shoulders. "I told you," he says gently, "I am where I belong, helping you. This way I keep you safe. And you should know perfectly well that you are not going to distance yourself from me that easily."
I look up and take a deep breath.
"Okay," I agree.
Little did he know is I am going to make sure he stays far away from me, and the danger that normally follows.
Hi, how are you doing? We started exams, but I am almost finished. What did you think of the newest episode? I don't think little Regina was that good. Mini Zelena was spot on though. What do you guys think I should put in my story? Another character or mini Ruby? I will try to update every Monday, but it would most likely be type Monday, update Tuesday.