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I decided to dedicate two chapters for each piece as I was compelled by so many possible origins of Hera's relationships with the other gods and goddesses. I can't contain my excitement in writing yet I have little time. (ASDFGHJKL RAGE MODE)

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Withour further ado, I present Poseidon's Piece ;)

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Waist Girdle

Demeter felt a huge weight out of her chest as her piece merged with the orb. She felt as though she had released all her regret and guilt as she narrated the story. It feels like Hera herself was the one who took all the negativities away from her heart and Demeter smiled at her sister's enigma.

Saving Hera wasn't only helping her, the others benefit from it too as well.

"I wonder who will be next?" Demeter asked gaily as she looked at Zeus. Zeus was shocked by the sudden joyful aura that Demeter exuded but nonetheless, he was happy for her. In order to answer her, Zeus looked at the rest of their siblings and saw that Poseidon's light was actively in motion.

"Poseidon's light is asking me to follow it, dear sister." Zeus replied and Poseidon swallowed hard upon hearing his name. He could only think of one thing that links him from Hera.

The leather rose gold girdle that was soaked with the blood of their father.

"Then we shouldn't tarry any longer. Lead the way, brother." Poseidon spoke and all of them prepared to leave the house of Demeter on Earth. Swiftly as water, they headed towards the nearest sea. Poseidon immediately halted them as they reached the shore and produced shimmering scales from his hand.

"Siblings, we are immortals yet all of you do not possess the power to breathe underwater. It may hinder us so eat these scales that I have shed. They will give you the power to breathe underwater for 7 days. They will also condition your body to the rigors of the undersea currents." Poseidon tersely explained them and they all ate their equal share.

"Well isn't this sultry?" Hades remarked at how salty the scales were. His taste buds have grown accustomed to the savory delicacies of the underworld and detested salty seafood such as this.

"We have to bear it. At least we will be able to breathe underwater." Hestia spoke as her face contorted because of the sourness of the scales that she ate. Demeter seemed like the only one who liked the scales and her other siblings cringed by just watching her. How could have she liked it?

"I would never eat you even if you're the last food source in the universe." Zeus sneeringly jested towards Poseidon and he felt his vein popping from his forehead. If they weren't his siblings, he would have surely plunged them to Charybdis or feed them to Scylla.

"Perhaps, I should have let you suffer and drown." Poseidon menacingly jested and they all softly cackled. The scene before him made Poseidon smile but then it felt that there an empty space in his heart.

"How I wish you were also here with us." Poseidon pondered on his mind as he gazed at the vast sea. She would have loved to have a picnic by the white sands together with Oceanus, Tethys, and her foster sisters with which Amphitrite, his wife, was one. He would watch them from afar and join them once in a while. She would have also been gleeful at the idea of her real family relaxing in here.

"Shall we go, brother?" Zeus spoke as he tapped Poseidon on the shoulder to snap him from his thoughts. Poseidon smiled and nodded. He thought of himself a pessimistically silly for being sad at a happy moment. They were doing this to get Hera back after all but it doesn't mean that they should be sorrowful all through out the journey. Perhaps, even Hera would chide them.

Taking a huge leap, they submerged themselves into the deep blue sea and dived deep towards the palace of Poseidon.

Zeus pinned his sights on following the light that Poseidon possesses and how beautifully it looks with an aquatic background. The sea was filled of its own wonders just as much as the sky does. Everything looked so serene and the light seemed like a pearl that glows beautifully in water.

It was only a matter of time that they've reached the majestic kingdom of Poseidon. The mellow horns blew as a sign of a monarch's arrival and the nymphs went out of their coves to prepare for the arrival of many honorable guests.

At the moment that Amphitrite heard the horns, she rushed out to immediately receive her husband. He had told her to return to the sea and rule over it as he was about to go on a journey he wouldn't give any information about. Hades had also done the same with Persephone as they both spoke to each other on that same night before they left together. They perceived their husbands' actions as peculiar but they have immense faith on their husbands and just did what they had bid them to do.

"Welcome back, dear and welcome to our kingdom everyone!" Amphitrite curtsied as she greeted them. The siblings returned the gesture and they entered the wonderful palace made of ivory corals that were fortified with adamantine. It does not only serve as home to the divine ocean dwellers but also to the marine life of the sea as well.

Poseidon explained to his wife that this was a part of the journey he had spoken off and the right time will come when he would tell her all about it.

Zeus decided to keep what happened to Hera as a secret to prevent malicious rumours from spreading. It would cause a pandemonium among different goddesses if they would find out that the queen is in a coma. They would surely attempt to seduce Zeus because of the threat of Hera was no longer there and Zeus acknowledged his weakness with women. He couldn't bear the thought of pleasuring himself with other women whilst his wife was waiting for him to save her in the Underworld.

With everything settled, Poseidon led them to the room where he receives honourable divine beings. He ordered the Oceanids to remain there to serve the rest of his siblings while he accompanies Zeus in following the light he saw in him.

Zeus and Poseidon eventually came to Poseidon's study which serves as his most personal room in the palace. Only Amphitrite was allowed to go inside because of all the sentimental items inside. This time, he was willing to make an exception for his sister was at stake.

The light penetrated through the door and the two entered the room to follow it. The light had attached itself on to a box made of a windowpane oyster's shells.

"Just as I've thought." Poseidon uttered as he took the box and took the item inside. He showed the worn out leather rose gold girdle that he had received from Hera. Zeus was surprised on how he had no knowledge of such a girdle given to him by Hera but judging the state of it, she must have given it to him eons ago.

"The story of the girdle intrigues me greatly, brother." Zeus told him and Poseidon beamed a smile from the nostalgia the girdle made him felt.

"Worry not, you will know soon. Let us get back to our siblings." Poseidon told him as they exited the study. Poseidon commanded the nymphs to leave their presence. Poseidon casted an aqua barrier so that no one may hear them from the outside.

"Zeus, I'm afraid you are the only one who doesn't know the story behind this girdle. It is because it was a gift that Hera made for me at those years we spent in the stomach of our father. "Poseidon started his narration. Looking back, he had dramatically changed. He thought of the days when the things he has now were impossible and hopelessly out of reach.

He would always be thankful for his wife Amphitrite for all the encouragement and support she gives him in moments of despair. He wouldn't know where he would be without her.

But at the very beginning, it was Hera who first showed him the true meaning of courage.