A few weeks ago, I watched the Disney film Hercules in its entirety after many years, and I LOVED it! Seeing it rekindled my love for the character Megara and the HerculesxMeg pairing. I had found out that during the film's production, Meg originally had a love song called "I Can't Believe My Heart", which was softer and more romantic in the words and melody, akin to that of a ballad. However, the writers ultimately thought it did not fit Meg's personality, so it was scrapped and replaced with "I Won't Say I'm in Love".

But since I do like the song, I thought I would write my first fic for this movie as a song fic through Meg's POV with these lyrics reflecting her thoughts about the events that unfolded during the course of the film. Enjoy it, and reviews are always welcome!

A long time ago, I once was in love. The man I loved was my first love, the one I thought would be my only love. He was the man for whom I would do anything, absolutely anything. And I was so in love with him that I believed that our love was deep, that it was true. I believed he loved me just as much as I loved him, that he would do anything for me, and that he would always be with me.

But man, was I wrong.

One day, my boyfriend was in a terrible accident that left him brutally injured and very close to death. Since my love for him was true, I didn't want to lose him. I felt I couldn't live without him. So I did what I thought was the most selfless sacrifice by selling my soul to Hades, the Lord of the Underworld, and offering servitude in exchange for the life of my true love. Hades accepted, and my boyfriend was revived.

However, soon afterwards, the unthinkable happened: my boyfriend left me for another woman, a woman who he obviously thought looked much prettier than I did. And that's when it suddenly hit me: he never loved me in the first place. All the time, he was only interested in me for superficial reasons, only for my looks.

The instant my boyfriend left, I realized what would happen to me. While he was given a new lease on a new life, and a new woman to chase after, my bargain with Hades turned out to be all for nothing, and now I was his slave for eternity.

Because of this, my whole views on men, and even all people, and love changed. I felt that all men were shallow, superficial, and unintelligent who were only interested in women based on their looks, for how they were attractive. If women weren't attractive on the exterior, then men wouldn't give them the time. Okay, yes, I consider myself beautiful, but I realized, if my boyfriend could leave me for another woman as quickly and easily as he did, then he only loved me for my appearance all the time. He never loved me for who I was beneath my exterior. And so when a new woman appeared in front of him, if he thought she was more attractive, then it was so easy for him to walk away from me.

So with that painful relationship behind me, I vowed to never fall in love again. I truly believed that all men could not be trusted, whether or not they showed interest in me. And wouldn't you know? Even though I never showed interest in them over the following years, I often came across guys who couldn't take their eyes off me. They would make whistles and catcalls at me. They even came up to me, trying to make sweet talk to me, make perverted advances on me. But I would have none of it. I saw through their "nice guy" fronts. I dismissed them all as being nothing more than vain, superficial jerks who were only interested in me for shallow reasons. This unequivocally proved my negative beliefs about men, so I kept my word that I wouldn't fall in love again, not that it was hard to break, anyway.

...Until I met him.

I've always thought that men were slime
And every guy I've met has proved me right
Until tonight

When I first met Hercules, or Wonder Boy, as I sarcastically called him, he attempted to help me with Nessus, whom Hades had tasked me with joining his army for his takeover of the cosmos. Needless to say, despite Nessus being so big and showing perverted interest in me, I was NOT happy that Hercules interfered and "saved" me because he got in the way of what I was trying to do. I was dismayed when he called me a "damsel in distress" and didn't listen to me at all when I told him I could handle the situation. I admit, I was in a compromising situation with being in Nessus's grasp, but I didn't want any help. Ultimately, Hercules fought with Nessus, and his attempts to defeat him did little more than amuse me.

Once we were properly introduced, Hercules started stuttering and spaced out between words, as if he was unable to say a complete, coherent sentence. I instantly recognized his lack of articulation as showing attraction to me, but it didn't faze me at all. It was crystal clear to me that he was interested in me just for my looks, just like all the other men who showed interest in me before him.

When I returned to Hades and told him about Hercules's interference in my job, I said that I could see through his innocent farm boy routine in a Peloponessian minute. He just HAD to be another man whose interest in me was only based on the superficial level. If I gave him a chance, I KNEW he would hurt me like my ex-boyfriend did, like I knew all other men who noticed me would.

Little did I know, I was very wrong about Hercules...but it all turned out in the best way possible.

Just when I thought I had it figured
That life's a game you cannot win
He comes in and changes all the rules
What I've been taught, I learned the hard way
That life and love are never just
And if you trust, you're just one of the fools

And now I can't believe my heart
Is saying don't resist him
That I've been on my guard too long
I can't believe my heart
Surrendered when I kissed him
And told me all I thought I knew
As sad but true, is wrong

When Hades recruited me and his two imps Pain and Panic to kill Hercules so he wouldn't interfere in Hades's takeover, I had to lure him to a cave where the Hydra lived. Pain and Panic pretended to be two boys that were trapped under a boulder that blocked the entrance to the cave. Despite a brutal battle, Hercules managed to destroy the beast, and for the first time, I was really impressed with his strength, determination, and courage.

After that, Wonder Boy went on a winning streak, defeating every single monster Hades sent after him, and I continued to be impressed with him and his feats. However, when Hades tried to persuade me to get close to Hercules to find and exploit his weakness, I refused...until Hades made the offer to give me my freedom.

So to find his weakness, I invited Hercules to play hooky, or skip his training and booked events for the day, and go out with me. We had lunch together at a fancy restaurant by the way, then went to see a play on Oedipus. Needless to say, we had a wonderful time together, and much to my initial chagrin...I was beginning to fall in love with Hercules.

Yes, you heard me right. I fell in love with him. As I got to know Wonder Boy, I realized that he was so different from any person I had ever met. But he was different in all the best ways. He had an optimistic view on life and people. He had a genuinely kind, sincere, compassionate, selfless, and innocent nature, and a big, caring heart.

I was initially reluctant to come to terms with the fact that I was falling in love again because I didn't want to risk the pain of heartbreak again.

I fell for everything about Hercules that I had rarely to never seen in people before. In him, I saw all of the positive traits that I didn't believe any human, much less a man, could ever possess. Because of all his good qualities, my heart was telling me not to resist Hercules, especially after I sensed that he loved me, too.

So I finally relented and accepted my feelings for him. And out of my love, I no longer cared about gaining my freedom from Hades. Hercules was far more important to me, and I was determined to protect him and refused to help Hades in hurting him anymore.

Unfortunately, Hades manipulated Hercules into giving up his strength for one whole day in exchange for my safety, giving him the perfect opportunity to succeed in his takeover. But when I saved Hercules from being crushed by a falling pillar and took the impact myself, my injuries caused him to regain his strength. I told him I did it because I love him. When I temporarily died from my injuries, Hercules bargained with Hades by exchanging his life for mine, as long as he retrieved my soul. Hercules succeeded in his goal, and I was revived. He told me he did what he did out of love for me.

In the end, our love prevailed, and we chose it over what we originally wanted most in the world; for me, it was my freedom, and for Hercules, it was being a god and living with his parents on Mount Olympus. Hercules's love for me and mine for him gave me a new lease on life, healed my broken heart, and brought me more joy than I had ever felt before.

I couldn't believe that my heart had been right about Hercules all this time. I just couldn't believe that my heart could be so wise about true love.

I have found true love at last, and I've never been happier.

If life is worth the disappointment
I hadn't seen one reason yet
Until I met the boy who smiles for free
Upon this Earth, there's no one like him
He sees the girl I long to be
Making even me believe in me

And now I can't believe my heart
Has overcome my senses
To help me see that he's the prize
I can't believe my heart
Says tear down all your fences
That everything you want and more is right before your eyes
I can't believe my heart
Could be so…
Wise