The throne room was quiet, all gods and goddesses that sat upon their thrones were spent and tired, barely surviving the war with Gaia and her children, the giants, that had just passed. And, not long before that, the Titan war against Kronos and his siblings.

All deities sat silently on their thrones, waiting for Zeus to start the meeting, unfortunately as this was a rather important meeting some... non Olympian deities were required to attend.

"Where is Hades?" Zeus muttered, half tired and half not caring all that much.

No one answered the question, full knowing where the deity was currently, in his domain; the underworld.

After a while Zeus spoke up again."Hermes?" He half asked, half demanded the attention if his son.

"Yes, father?" The god replied tiredly.

"Would you please travel to the underworld and... remind Hades of our meeting." Zeus spoke, knowing full well that Hades remembered the meetings, just chose not to come until Zeus sent Hermes to get him.

"Of course, father" Hermes replied, huffing slightly as he flashed out of the throne room.
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I huffed as I flashed out of the throne room, gods I was tired. The war took a large toll on all of us. I shuddered, not wanting to remember the events that took place in the war.

I reappeared in front of the gates to Hades' throne room. The onyx temple rising up an looming above me like an ominous presence, mainly devoid of detail, save a few rare and expensive gems lingering on the structure. I looked up as I heard the three Furies approaching.

"Lord Hermes, has Lord Hades given you permission to enter his domain?" Alecto rasped, an annoyed frown set upon her face.

I let loose a sigh if annoyance.

"I thought we went over this already, being the messenger of the gods I think I may enter gods' domains to give messages. Would you not agree?" I replied, not in the mood for an argument.

The fury hissed. An angry and annoyed look flashing over her features as she glares at me.

"Fine, but my Lord does not wish to be disturbed, you will have to give us your message and we will pass it on to Lord Hades." She finished, a look if ugly glee overtaking her face as his notices my irritation.

I thought for a moment, making my decision, father asked me to remind Hades. It does not matter how I do it, only as long as I do it.

"Lord Zeus wishes for Hades to attend the council meeting that will start on Olympus with the attendance of all requires gods and goddesses, Hades being the only one to yet arrive"

The three furies looked thoughtful, "Lord Hades is currently... busy, he will arrive when he has time, but for now you will have to wait." Alecto finished with a smirk.

I growled under my breath and flashed back to my throne in Olympus.

I watched as Hermes huffed, although quietly, as he flashed out. My eyes lingered on his throne for a few seconds, before turning and observing the rest of the council. Zeus sat upon his throne with an air of authority, yet he was clearly exhausted, Hera sat to his left, every so often glaring at him. I am glad I have no husband and have rejected all the advances of male gods that have asked for my hand in marriage. I would not enjoy the hurt of being cheated on with other gods and mortals by my husband. Both Zeus' and Hera's thrones faced the doors of the throne room we were inside.

On Zeus' right sat all the male gods with the exception of Dionysus, who sat in the other side of the room, in my old throne space that i willingly gave up for the youngest god in the Olympains council. The male gods sat in the order of Poseidon, Ares, Apollo, Hephaestus and Hermes, who was currently away.

On Hera's left sat all the goddesses, in the order of Demeter, who sat opposite to Poseidon; Athena, who say opposite to Ares; Artemis, who sat opposite to Apollo; Aphrodite, who sat opposite to Hephaestus; and Dionysus, who was opposite Hermes.

My own 'throne' sat in between Athena's and Ares', in the middle of the throne room, I sat on a cushioned stool next to the hearth. I rotated on my seat to face the hearth, the orange flames rising a metre into the air, as I stared into the flames I though of one thing, my brother. Oh how I wish for him to be with us now, but alas, Zeus will not allow him to be an Olympian god. Heck, he was even labelled as a minor god by Zeus, despite his domains of kindness, loyalty and his most powerful, time; along with a few others. Born after Zeus, my youngest sibling, Perseus, was born in secrecy with only Rhea and Gaia knowing of his existence, we was placed with Zeus. No one knows why but when Perseus stayed with Zeus, Zeus grew bitter and angry with his younger brother. When the time came and Zeus and Perseus freed their other siblings and Zeus made the Olympian council, he stated that Perseus and Hades will not be a part of the council due to their domains, Hades because he should be in the underworld and Perseus because he shared a domain with Kronos and could not be trusted. No one could oppose Zeus as most, the other children of Kronos and Rhea, par Perseus, were grateful for their brothers' help. The other Olympians, mostly Zeus' children and Aphrodite did not know Perseus and took Zeus' side on the matter.

After a minute or so a flash of light announced the return of Hermes; and, hopefully the arrival of Hades. While most scorned, discriminated or downright feared Hades, I knew the less dark and less emotionless side of Hades, often talking and spending time with my oldest brother. But as Hermes reappeared he was alone, sitting down on his throne with an audible huff.

"Hermes, were is Hades?" Zeus questioned the messenger from his throne.

Hermes turned in his throne to face Zeus. "Apparently he is too 'busy' to attend the meeting currently."

"Typical, well, we may as well just begin." Zeus grumbled.

I watched as Hades and Alecto conversed, something about an Olympian meeting, I wasn't all that fussed. I stood by, waiting for both to finish their conversation; used to being ignored or forgotten I patiently waited for the deity and fury to finish.

Once done, Hades turned to me with a smile, "Looks like Zeus is having another fit due to me not being at his oh so important meetings."

"It would not surprise me if he stormed down here himself to get you." I replied.

"Hmm, me neither." He confirmed. "Although, even if he did, he would not achieve anything." Hades continued, smirking at me.

I grinned back, "That is true."

A long silence fell after that, I broke it. "How is Hestia?"

"Hmm... oh yeah, she is okay, misses you, but okay."

"Just okay...?"

"Yes, just okay, not great, nor bad." He answered.

"Seems I need to visit her more often." I sighed.

"She just misses you, Hestia and I both enjoy your company, all three of us are either forgotten, feared, ignored or just scorned." Hades spaced out near the end.

I walked up to him and put a hand on his shoulder, "Yet what do we care?" I said with a smile.

He returned his own.

"Anyway, I will allow you to head to your meeting, have fun." I smirked

"Hmm" He grumbled, "See you soon... Perseus."

I flashed out with a nod.