A new friend and secrets of Olympus

It had been a few days after Calliope became the Goddess of War and she and her family moved to Mount Olympus and things were starting to improve for the family. While Calliope tried to get used to her new position on the throne with guidance of her lover Alecto, their little warrior princess, Sylvia decided to explore her new home.

In the first 8 years of her life, she grew up used to always traveling from 1 place to another with her mothers, while they still served the Gods and lived a more or less simple life, except when they had to fight the monsters or servants of Ares. Now she had to get used to staying in just 1 place for a long time, maybe for the rest of her life. And the enormous luxury that was offered to the young girl.

She was very fascinated at seeing the giant buildings and the secrets they may hold, so she went to 1 of the buildings that was unfortunately under guard at every entrance. 1 of the guards spotted the young girl and asked her kindly while she approached them. "What are you doing out here girl?"

"Oh, I... just wanted to check inside. I'm sure that you can allow the daughter of the Goddess of War in, right?" She sweetly answered and asked the guard with a sweet face and smile.

But the guard shook his head and said strictly. "Sorry, young lady, nobody is allowed inside, especially children. Orders from Zeus himself."

Sylvia didn't want to anger the Gods now that she's staying on Olympus, especially Zeus and wanted to keep a good impression with them, so she just shrugged and moved on. But while the guard told the daughter of the new Goddess of War that they couldn't allow Sylvia inside, she noticed a young girl about her age staring at her from a corner. But when Sylvia left, she didn't see the young girl anymore.

But what she didn't know about the building was that it kept the Flame of Olympus inside... and that the Box of Chaos was moved there after Ares died.

Sylvia then came to an area where some of Olympus' many servants were working on a massive new statue for the goddess, Athena. She waved kindly to the servants, with some of them saying hello back, some of them even bowed to her and said. "Lady Sylvia." And a few servants were even kneeling down for her, showing her respect that she was definitely something she was not used to but liked how they called her Lady Sylvia or milady.

When she wanted to move on, she saw a servant falling down with a huge building landing on his leg, causing him great pain. "AAAARGH! OH MY LEG, MY LEG!"

Sylvia gasped at what she saw the other servants try desperately to move the block from his leg, but to no avail. This thing reminded the little warrior princess of her time before she lived on Olympus. She had to do something, for her caring nature couldn't allow her to just leave him like that. She walked past the helping servants as 1 lady wanted to tell Sylvia that the others will fix this, but she didn't listen. She put her hands at the bottom of the block and with all her strength, she lifted the block out of the way so the servant could be freed, for she had inherited her mother Alecto's superhuman strength. After he was free, Sylvia watched the servant crying out of pain, as his leg was broken, with no chance of healing it in the normal ways. "No, no, no!" He cried. "Now my service to the Gods is finished. Now I will be sent away and live the rest of my life crippled!"

When another male servant tried to comfort him, Sylvia felt sorry for him. Then she remembered that her mother, Calliope had that amulet that can not only fix buildings, but also heal people. She walked over to the broken servant and said kindly. "Don't worry sir, my mother has an amulet that can heal your leg, so you won't be a crippled."

That made the man stare at the little girl with wide eyes. "Wh... what?"

Sylvia smiled. "Don't worry, my mother, Calliope is a very kind woman." Before she looked at 2 nearby servants and said. "Please, take him to my mother. Tell her that her daughter, Sylvia is sending you to fix this man's leg."

The two men bowed and did what she told them. "Yes milady!" Before they raised the man on their shoulders and walked him slowly to Calliope, but before they left the men yelled. "Thank you milady! Thank you, thank you!"

The other servants couldn't believe what they saw. Never before had an Olympian offered help to any servant for hundreds of years. They suddenly cheered and thanked Sylvia for her help and kindness. And while she was smiling at the other servants and told them that it was nothing, she spotted the young girl from before. But this time, she noticed that the girl had brown hair with a piece of blond in it. When the girl noticed Sylvia watching her, she left again. Now the little warrior princess wanted to know who she was and walked to where she saw her. But when she got there, she didn't see her anymore. Sylvia asked the servants if they had seen a brown haired girl with a piece of blond hair, but nobody saw anything.

She then shrugged and told them that they can go back to their work. "Who was that girl?" She mentally asked herself as she moved on to explore her new home more.

After an hour of walking and admiring the structure of the place, she came to a huge beautiful garden that surprised her. "Wow! I've never seen a garden so big! It's even bigger than the ones in a king's palace!" She said with excitement. This was something definitely worth exploring for the young girl, but when she was going down the stairs, she heard something falling and turned to see what it was, and saw that it was the brown haired girl again. "Is she following me?" She asked herself. When she wanted to approach the girl, she disappeared again. "Hey wait!" Sylvia called out, but again, she had vanished without a trace. Now this was starting to annoy the little warrior princess.

But then she had a plan. She walked halfway off the stairs and hid herself at a corner before she heard the girl nearing her, and when she was next to her, she grabbed her and pushed her down the floor. "Gotcha!" She said victorious.

But the brown haired girl with a piece of blond was scared. "Please don't hurt me." She begged, thinking Sylvia would harm her.

Sylvia looked oddly at the girl but smiled and said. "I'm not gonna hurt you, I just want to know why you're following me."

"I... i... I'm sorry, i..."

Sylvia pulled her up before saying. "You don't have to be afraid." She reassured her. "What's your name?"

"Uh... i'm-" But before she could fully answer, they heard someone coming. "Someone's coming. I gotta go!" the girl said before quickly running away.

Sylvia tried to follow her as she called out. "Hey wait!" When the girl ran to the other hallway and Sylvia followed her, she disappeared again! "Please! I just want to talk to you." Before she heard a voice from behind her, someone older.

"Talk about what, my dear?"

Sylvia turned around and saw the tall woman in front of her now. She wore a blue-white dress and a crown on her head. Sylvia recognized her as the queen of Olympus, Hera, who looked at the young girl. "Hmm? Did you lose your tongue?"

"Ehh... no, I just wanted to talk to that girl. Did you see where she went to?"

Hera shook her head. "No, all I saw was you, little girl. Entering my garden without permission." That last sentence came as threateningly.

Sylvia started to get a little bit scared, but was used to it as she'd heard the exact same time of voice during her years with her mothers fighting monsters and bad people. "I'm... I'm sorry, I didn't know."

"Well you better. And if you do get lost in my garden, then you won't make it out, ever. Now scram!" Hera said rudely before going back into her garden.

While Sylvia was walking further away from Hera's gardens, she said to herself. "Why was she so mean? Does it have something to do with Ares when mommy killed him? But I had nothing to do with that." Then she saw the same girl again, peeking from a corner. But this time she didn't run away and walked slowly to the little warrior princess."Hey." She said with a smile. The girl waved back, but it seemed that she was shy. Sylvia walked up to her. "Why did you run away?"

"I'm sorry i... i didn't want to sneak up on you. It's just... you're the first other girl around my age that I've ever seen on Olympus."

"Oh? You mean that there are no other children at all?"

"There are, but they don't want to play with me. They say I'm a monster."

That made Sylvia's eyes widen. "What? That's so mean!" She said with anger.

Then the girl asked with surprise. "Wait... you don't think I'm a monster?"

Then Sylvia asked. "Well?... can you transform into a giant beast or change people into stone when you look into their eyes?"

The girl shook her head. "No"

"Then you're not a monster." Sylvia said with a smile.

The girl smiled back. Nobody had ever been nice to her, besides her father/creator and some of the other Gods including Athena. The girl then asked. "Do you want to watch the gardens with me?"

Sylvia wasn't sure about that. "Ehh... but Hera said that nobody could go in without her permission and those who do, will be lost in the garden, forever."

The girl giggled at that. "Don't worry. I go all the time in and out of the garden whenever I want to!"

"Really?"

"You bet!" She answered happily before she then walked to the same stairs where Sylvia just came from when encountering Hera. "Come on, let's go!" However Sylvia stood still, making the girl notice as she stopped for a moment. "What's the matter?"

"But... Hera said that we're not allowed and what if we get into trouble?" Sylvia asked, not wanting to get into trouble again.

The girl then smirked at Sylvia as she asked. "Has that ever stopped you from anything?"

Sylvia thought about that for a moment. Somehow this girl was right, that never stopped anyone, but she didn't want to make a wrong impression on her first days on Olympus

"Come on, you don't know what you're missing!"

"O...Okey"

The girl came back quickly and grabbed Sylvia's hand and dragged her along. "Then let's go!"

Sylvia didn't stop her this time and went along with this enthusiastic girl. They went down the stairs and came to a big wall of plants and flowers, where the girl seemec to look for an opening of some sort. "I didn't get your name yet." Sylvia said to her again.

The girl stopped looking and faced the little warrior princess. "My name is Pandora" she said with a smile.

"Hi Pandora, I'm Sylvia." She said with a smile as she reached out her hand.

Pandora took Sylvia's hand and shaked it before she went back to finding the opening. "It should be somewhere. Ah, here it is!" She said as pushed a little stone and a small door like the size of the little girls opened. "Come on, let's go!"

Sylvia followed Pandora without question, however she was still unsure if this was a good idea. What if Hera found them? Then she and Pandora would have big problems, but she then fought with herself. 'She went many times in and out of this place, so maybe we won't get caught'.

Once through the door, they both walked along a long corridor made of green leaves. it seemed that it went a little bit underground. But it was hard to see, because of the leaves barely leaving any light in there. Then at the end there was another wall of leaves, Pandora pushed a little and it opened easily. Once through, Sylvia's eyes went wide open from the beauty that she saw. She saw the most wonderful flowers that ever grow, and a lot of trees with the best fruit any man can ever wish for. Even on the trees were beautiful birds, that sung in perfect harmony. "Wow! This place is amazing!"

"Told you it was worth it." Pandora said to Sylvia, who couldn't believe what she saw.

Pandora then walked to one of the fruit trees and took two fruits off it before giving 1 of them to Sylvia. "Want one?"

Sylvia took it but asked. "But... what if they found out there were a few missing?"

Pandora smirked and pointed to where she took the fruit. Sylvia watched as 2 replacement fruits quickly grew where Pandora took the first fruits. "Wow, how is that...?"

"These are special fruit trees that Hera created, so there won't be any shortage of it. And besides, I don't think anyone cares for two missing fruits?"

Sylvia smiled and took a bite of the fruit. "These are delicious!"

"The best food in the world, you only find on Olympus." Pandora said as she took a bite from her own fruit. "Come on, there is a lot more than this." She said as she moved on and wanted Sylvia to follow her.

The little warrior princess went after her, and as she walked along, she couldn't take her eyes of the nice things that were in Hera's gardens. Finally they came to another part of the garden, were many vegetables of all kinds grew. They both finished there fruit along with their walking, and all of a sudden, Pandora went running. Sylvia noticed and went after her. "Hey, wait for me!" She said as she hurried to follow, but lost Pandora. She didn't know where she went, more importantly... Sylvia didn't know where she was now, as all around her were now just walls of green leaves, making her start to panic. What if Pandora left her on purpose here? "Pandora? Pandora!?" She called out as she moved fast. 'O please, please, don't leave me here-' She thought to herself.

"Gotcha!"

Sylvia jumped scared and fell over, as she was scared that maybe Hera caught her again, but that 'gotcha' was not Hera's, it was Pandora, now on top of the little warrior princess. She was relieved but also a bit angry. "You scared me!"

Pandora smirked. "Payback." She said she laughed and poked Sylvia on the chest. "Tag you're it!"

Sylvia quickly got up and went after Pandora. "Oh, not for long!" She said with a smile as they both laughed as one tried to tag the other over and over until they came to a different part with only a big field of flowers. Finally when Sylvia caught Pandora, they slipped and rolled over in the fields.

When they stopped rolling they could only laugh. They stare into the sky above "I never had this much fun in... like ever!"

"Really?" asked Pandora. "You never had any fun with other kids before?"

Sylvia turned to Pandora. "Well, me and mommies never stayed at one place for long. So I never got the chance to make any friends." She said sadly.

"Wait, so you don't have any friends?" Pandora asked before Sylvia shook her head. "Oh, I thought because you're the daughter of the new Goddess of War, you would have lots of friends?" Sylvia again shook, making Pandora feel sorry for her. "I'm sorry"

Sylvia shrugged. "Don't be. I'm actually used to it." Then she wandered. "How do you know how to play tag if you never could play with the other kids?"

"Well, I've watched them playing it, so that's how I know it. But anytime I came along to try it on them, they sent me away and called me..." Pandora answered, but unable to finish as it made her sad to think about it.

Sylvia rubbed her arm with sympathetic eyes. "Don't mind that, i don't see you like that, so that at least counts, right?" She asked, making Pandora smile as she nodded. "You know, we can be friends." Sylvia said.

Pandora's eyes then went wide open. "Re... really?"

"Sure, you're the first friend I've made in forever!"

That made Pandora smile even wider. "Sure!"

As the hours went by, the two new friends had lots of fun in Hera's garden. But when they came close to the winery, they were almost spotted by Hera's servants, but Sylvia's new friend luckily knew another door close to where they were hiding. Through that door was another tunnel that led out of the garden. The time went by so fast that both didn't notice it was almost noon and the sun started to set.

They walked up the stairs once they came out of the garden, then they both heard someone calling Sylvia's name. "Sylvia!" It was Alecto.

Sylvia went happily to her mother, but Pandora remained at a distance. "Sylvia, there you are! I've been looking all over for you." Alecto said as she hugged her daughter.

"Sorry mommy, I was having a lot of fun with my new friend." Sylvia said as she looked back to see Pandora at a corner peeking. Sylvia then called to her. "Come on, Pandora, don't be scared, it's okay."

Pandora came out slowly, as she was all shy again. Alecto smiled at the young girl. "Hello young lady. So you're Sylvia's new friend?" Pandora nodded but kept her head bowed out of shyness. Alecto shrugged and went back facing her daughter. "Sylvia, darling, is it true that you sent an injured servant to us?"

"Yes mommy, he hurt his leg really bad and..." Sylvia answered before her mother spoke again.

"You know, that same servant wanted to personally thank you for what you did. But when you didn't come home, I started looking for you."

Sylvia was surprised at hearing this. "Oh, then we better get home, mommy." She said without hesitation. Alecto smiled and took her hand when they walked back to their house, however Sylvia turned back to Pandora and asked. "You want to walk along, so you'll know where I live?" Pandora nodded and followed them.

After a short walk, all three arrived at the section of the palace were Calliope, Alecto and their daughter moved in a few days ago. This same section that once belonged to Ares, but since he was now dead, the new Goddess of War and her family could use it now. After some quick renovating and redecorating the awful stuff Ares left behind, it became a great home to the desires of the 3 new residents. Pandora never went inside any of the other Gods living quarters, especially not Ares' because he always scared her by even looking at her. So when she went inside, she was fascinated by the decor. It was nearly like in a Spartan home, with a little mixture of what it seemed Alecto's taste of decorating.

The servant Sylvia had sent to the house was waiting patiently, sitting on the big sofa that was in the middle of the living room. Once he saw Alecto and her daughter approaching, he stood up and bowed to them as Pandora stood a little further from them.

Alecto then gave her daughter a little push so she could stand a little closer to the servant. "Go on." She said gently.

Sylvia applied and smiled at the men and looked at the leg that was now fully healed, thanks to the amulet. "I see that your leg is all better now."

"All thanks to you, milady." Then the man went on his knees with his hands folded. "I owe you my life, milady. No Olympian has ever been this kind to me before." He said with a smile.

Sylvia was touched by the man's words, as all she wanted to help him. But then he said that came unexpected for the young girl. "I want to offer you my service, as you and your family's personal servant. In payment of this debt."

Sylvia smiled and gently spoke. "Oh, you don't own me anything, I just wanted to help you."

Alecto was surprised by the kindness from her daughter 'Hmm, i guess she had a lot of influence from Calliope on that matter' Alecto mentally thought with a smile, as falling in love with Calliope was the best choice of her life.

The servant once again pleaded for accepting his services. "Please milady, i promise i will be a great servant to you. I've been serving Persephone for years before she... well... after that, I was forced to work on constructing around Olympus But an honourable Olympian such as yourself only deserves to be served by the best servant that Olympus has to offer. Please reconsider it."

Sylvia then remembered what her mothers told her about their business with Persephone before she was born. That they tried to stop Persephone for destroying the world, killing her in the process. The little girl did reconsider the servant's offer and thought. 'He's been on building stuff for years. I cannot send him away and go back to that. He could get hurt again, or worse.' She then asked the servant. "What is your name?"

Politely, the servant answered. "Fotis, son of Aridaios."

Sylvia nodded and said with a smile. "Then Fotis, son of Aridaios, I accept your offer to become mine and my family's servant."

With tears in his eyes, Fotis couldn't be more thankful. "Thank you, thank you milady. I promise, you won't regret this."

That was when Calliope came walking in the living room. Sylvia saw her and ran to give her a hug. "Mommy!"

"Hey sweetheart!" Calliope said happily before she broke the hug. "I heard you've taken Fotis's offer." She said, making Sylvia nod her head. "Good, because he prepared for all of us a great meal as a thanks."

Then Fotis stepped in. "Even if you didn't accept my services, it would be the least I could do."

"Thank you Fotis." Sylvia said sweetly before she almost forgot about Pandora. "Oh mommy." She told Calliope as she introduced her new friend. "This is my new friend, Pandora."

Calliope watched the brown-blond haired little girl, who was standing behind another sofa "A new friend you say?" Calliope then walked to Pandora and greeted her friendly. "Hello there, what's your name?"

"Uhm... i'm Pandora." She answered shyly, but less than with Alecto not so long ago.

"Pleased to meet you, Pandora."

Pandora smiled to Calliope. For her somehow, the new Goddess of War seemed far more friendly then from the stories she heard about 'The Ghost of Sparta'.

Then Sylvia walked to Calliope and asked sweetly. "Mommy, can Pandora stay for dinner with us, please?"

Calliope then looked to Alecto, who just shrugged with a smile before she then turned to her daughter. "Sure Sylvia, if at least her parents don't mind."

"Oh, I can go and ask my daddy now!" Pandora said enthusiastically.

"I'll go with you!" Sylvia said. "Then I can see where you live!"

"Sure!"

Calliope and Alecto didn't object to this, but Calliope called before both girls ran out of the house. "Don't stay gone for too long!"

"We won't!" Both girls said at the same time before they both began laughing as they ran to Pandora's place.

Calliope watched them going from a window as Alecto came by her side and held an arm on her hip. Calliope broke the silence with a happy sigh. "Just three days on Olympus and she's already made a friend."

"Not to forget she saved an innocent man also." Alecto said while giving her a kiss on the cheek.

"Maybe Mount Olympus won't be so bad for her after all." Calliope said as she was proud of her daughter getting used to Olympus so quick.

After a few minutes, the two little girls arrived at Pandora's home. To Sylvia's surprise, it was what she knew as the place where the Smith God Hephaestus lived. "You live here?"

Pandora nodded. "Come on and you'll meet my daddy!" She said as she ran right in the place. Sylvia followed but a little slower. The inside was way different then her own place. The living room, while being as big as hers, was unorganized and dirty. The little warrior princess had seen people living worse than this, but even Pandora didn't deserve to live in this filth. "Sorry about the mess." Pandora said while scratching the back of her head. "My daddy usually never comes out of his workplace, so we never got the time to clean. I do what I can, but it's not easy."

"You guys don't have any servants?" Sylvia asked while they went downstairs to Hephaestus' workplace.

"No, well we used to, but because they treated me differently, daddy sent them all away for other work. So now it's just me and daddy taking care of the place." Pandora answered honestly.

"Oh, but what about you're mo-"

"Daddy!" Pandora said and ran to her father before Sylvia could finish her sentence.

Hephaestus, who was more than ten times the size of a normal man, was working on some Olympian armors for the arsenal. He suddenly saw his little girl coming towards him, making him stop what he was doing before he raised her up and received a little hug from Pandora. "Hello, my little Pandora. How was your day?"

"It was great! Daddy. In fact, I wanted to introduce you to my new friend, Sylvia." Pandora said with a smile before looking at Sylvia, who had walked up to them. "Sylvia, this is my father, the Smith God Hephaestus."

Sylvia came closer to the giant God without shyness, but with more courage. "Wow, you're big!" She said as she watched Hephaestus' large size.

Hephaestus chuckled at the little warrior princess' bravery. "My my, you're a brave little fella aren't you? Wait..." He said as he looked closely at Sylvia's birthmark. "You're the daughter of the new Goddess of War, Calliope, right?"

Sylvia nodded. "It's an honor to meet you, Hephaestus." She said with a smile as she made a little bow.

"Well, friendly and well mannered? I think we can get along just fine." The Smith God said smiling back.

"Daddy?" Pandora asked her father.

"Hmm, yes Pandora?"

"Can I stay with Sylvia for dinner tonight?"

Hephaestus then gave a sad face. "Oh, but I just made you your favorite stew."

"Please daddy, please." She begged.

Then Hephaestus gave a long sigh. "Oh, alright. But do come back in time, I don't want you to wander Olympus in the middle of the night again."

"Okay. Thank you daddy!" She said happily before she hugged him again. Then when Hephaestus put her down carefully, she immediately ran upstairs with Sylvia.

"Bye Hephaestus!" Sylvia said as she waved to the Smith God.

He also waved to the girls as he smiled. "My little Pandora, having a friend? I thought I would never see that happen. Now where was I... Oh right!" He said before he went further with his work.

Later on

Calliope, Alecto and the girls enjoyed the diner that Sylvia's new servant, Fotis prepared for them. He was eating in a different place in the house, for it was common that servants always eat separate. Sylvia was okay with it, for she recognized that kind of rule in the king's palaces in her old life.

Sylvia also told Pandora nearly all about her adventures she and her mothers went on, to her astonishment. "Wow, you guys fought against an army of more than 200.000 Persians?!" Pandora asked Alecto and Calliope.

"And a giant Basilisk." Calliope added. "Alecto just took care of the fleet."

Just took care of the fleet?!" Alecto said with humor, sounding like she was offended. "Let me remind you, that without me, you would never have survived against that Basilisk! After that fight was over, then I took care of the fleet."

Clearly now, Alecto was just teasing Calliope. After a short silence both women laughed.

Pandora then started whispering to Sylvia. "Why do you have two mommies? I'm a bit confused."

Sylvia whispered back. "My mommies told me that I was born because of their love, and a bit of magic."

"Really? Wow. But, which of them actually... you know, carried you?"

Dori smirked and said. "I'll give you a hint, she's the new Goddess of War"

"Calliope?" Pandora asked before Sylvia nodded.

Then Fotis entered the dining room with a piece of scrolled parchment with the seal of Zeus in his hand. He bowed before Calliope and said. "I'm sorry to disturb you during dinner, but a message was brought for you, Lady Calliope"

"From whom?" She asked while taking the parchment.

"From Lord Zeus, milady." The servant answered.

Calliope nodded and Fotis left, but not before said friendly. "Thank you for making dinner Fotis, it was great!"

He smiled and said. "I'm happy you enjoyed it, Lady Sylvia." Before he then bowed again and left.

Pandora being curious asked. "What does it say, Calliope?"

While she read it, Calliope answered. "Zeus wants to call all the Gods for a meeting, and I have to attend." She then put the note down and gave a heavy sigh. "I hope I'll be able to handle the responsibilities that they expect of me."

Alecto held her lover's hand and assured her. "You will do fine, baby." Calliope smiled and kissed her Alecto on the lips, making Pandora stick her tongue out in disgust. But Sylvia was used to her mothers doing that, so she didn't mind.

Not long after Calliope went off to the throne room, at the same time Sylvia walked along Pandora back to her home. "Say Pandora, you only live with your daddy, right?" Pandora nodded. "But... what about your mommy, isn't she around?" Pandora stopped and bowed her head out of sadness. "Pandora?"

"I don't have a mommy."

Sylvia looked confused. "What do you mean you...?"

"I was made... by daddy."

"Made?"

Pandora nodded still sad. "Daddy told me I was the result of when he was experimenting with the Flame of Olympus. Even though he's not my daddy in the normal way, I still love him because I know... he is my father. That's why everyone doesn't see me as a real person, but a... thing."

Sylvia understood, but felt bad for saying anything about it. She held her shoulders in shame. "I'm sorry Pandora, I should've never asked you."

Pandora shrugged. "It's okay." Then Pandora had an idea as she smirked and asked. "You wanna know what the Gods are gonna discuss at the meeting?"

This surprised Sylvia more. "Wait... you know how to get in there?" She asked while pointing to the throne room, making Pandora nod.

Sylvia thought for a moment and smirked. "Sure."

"Come on, let's go!" She said as she took Sylvia's hand and they ran to the throne room.

At the entrance, the last God had just went in and the door was sealed, leaving the guards to watch the door so no one could try to enter as long as the meeting was held. The two little girls sneaked to the other side of the building before Pandora went searching for the secret entrance as she looked very serious to her new friend. "Listen, I need you to promise me this. Now that I've showed you the secret passages in Hera's garden and now showing you this door, you need to promise me that you'll never tell anyone about this or any of the secrets that I'm about to give you. Understand?" Sylvia nodded, getting a little scared from Pandora's serious face.

"Pinky promise?" She asked as held her small finger in front of Sylvia and the little warrior princess took her own and held it together.

"Pinky promise." Sylvia promised with a smile.

Pandora nodded. "Now you made a pinky promise, so there is no way back okay?"

"I never break promises." Sylvia said, having been taught that by her mothers.

Pandora let go and smiled. "Great! Now let's get inside." It didn't take long for Pandora to find the secret button that opened the secret door before she signaled for Sylvia to follow her and she did.

The tunnel went up where a big light was shining. Pandora whispered while they climbed up. "We need to be very quiet, or else they will hear us."

Sylvia nodded but asked along the way, whispering. "How do you know so many secrets around here?"

Pandora smiled before answering. "My father designed the whole palace on Olympus. He showed me how to get in and out anywhere, but he told me never to tell anyone about them."

"So, why do you show it all to me?"

Pandora held her hand and smiled. "Because you're my friend."

They came to the top and looked down through a hole that they could see the whole throne room down below. Sylvia could see her mother, Calliope standing in front of her own throne, around a circle with many other thrones. She could also see the other Gods like, Hermes, Athena, Poseidon, Hades, Hera and the King of the Gods, Zeus. Sylvia never saw Zeus in person before and was astounded at him. He looked very old, had a long beard and long white hair, but was very muscular.

Zeus raised his hand and all the Gods sat down while he spoke. "Brothers and sisters, welcome. Before we start our meeting, I wish to say a few words. Some of you still mourn for the loss of our latest brother Ares, the God of War." Some nodded while most didn't move, relieved of being finally rid of that warmonger. "But now, I would like to welcome the woman who has honourably received the title of becoming the new Goddess of War, the Ghost of Sparta, Calliope. Please rise." Calliope did so and many of the Gods nodded to her. "Calliope, you now charged for every internal struggle and the battle that will follow all around the world. You now bestowed the responsibility for keeping the balance, between the nations, the people and the Gods."

Calliope nodded. "Thank you, Zeus." As Zeus sit down, she then faced all the other Gods "Gods of Olympus, you all knew me before as the Ghost of Sparta or Lady Death, while me and Alecto served you all for the past 10 years and now, I am honored to be among you. I know you all still remember the terrible deeds that Ares did to you all and his conspiracy to overthrow Olympus?" They all nodded while she continued. "But I assure you, I am nothing like Ares or my father, Kratos. For I as the new Goddess of War, vow to whatever power rests in me, to keep the peace between the cities of Greece and between all of us. But should the time come and evil arises to do harm to the people and dishonor to Olympus, I will do anything with my authority that the bloodshed will be stopped. But, I will not do so without any of your advice or blessing on these matters."

Some of the Gods including Zeus clapped by the fine words of Calliope as she sat down on her new throne. "Thank you, Lady Calliope for these fine words, we are all honored to have you among us". Zeus said.

"Yes, very kind words indeed." Hermes said, but it seemed he mocked the new Goddess. "Speaking of war, Carystus has refused to join the Delian League and so Athens plans to attack it. How would you deal with this matter?"

They all watched to see if the new Goddess of War is as true as her words say. With a little sigh, she answered. "I know the Persians well from my experience during my service together with Alecto. They do whatever it takes to pursue any nation to join their cause, so they are not to be trusted. And as such, Carystus is now more of a puppet state of Persia, so they can use their land as a base to attack the rest of Greece. I know I said that I would protect the people with whatever power I have, but Carystus has betrayed the Greeks. So to protect the rest of Greece, they need to be made an example so that no treachery will be tolerated."

The Gods nodded and Athena took the lead. "I agree with Calliope, if we won't deal with this, soon more blood will be spilled than that of the people of Carystus."

Zeus agreed and said. "Very well, Calliope you have my permission to deal with this. But as soon as Carystus joins the Delian League, you stop attacking the island."

"I will Zeus."

Zeus smiled. "Good, then that's settled. Now to continue our meeting, let's discuss the matter with Hercules." Hera despised hearing about another of Zeus's bastard children but Zeus went on. "Hercules has just finished his eleventh labour, stealing the Golden Apples of the Hesperides."

Everyone nodded, except Hera, who said. "I say we should give him a far harder challenge, to a place where no living man has ever left."

"Didn't you say that about this labour to?" Poseidon asked.

Hera was about to answer but then Hades said. "No living men ever left you say, sister in law?" Hera nodded while pouring a glass of wine. "Then I have a suggestion for the twelfth labour. We shall tell King Eurystheus, to task Hercules to retrieve my Cerberus from the Underworld."

A few agreed to the challenge as Hera smiled for giving that idea. Calliope was disgusted with a task like that. She watched Zeus as he was clearly doubting if that was a good idea. Hercules was his son, so she was thinking that Zeus would speak out that this was crazy!

While this was happening, Sylvia and Pandora listened curiously to the meeting. The little warrior princess was proud that her mother spoke such wise and kind words for her first meeting as a Goddess, but she was, like her mother, disgusted with the suggestion from Hades for the final task for Hercules. Sylvia had heard stories from the people about the hero Hercules and was wondering if she and her mother would ever meet him during their adventures, but that all changed when they moved to Olympus. Then when she wanted to get a little closer, a small piece of rock fell from the whole the girls were watching, making nPandora gasp silently. When the rock fell, the girls quickly hid back.

None of the Gods in the room noticed the small rock falling or hitting the ground, only Hermes. He watched up and noticed the hole in the ceiling. He was suspecting that someone was listening to them. While the debate went on, he signaled a guard to come to him. The guard obeyed and he ordered him. "Double the guards outside, I think we have unwanted guests in the meeting." He smirked as the guard did what was told. Hermes was gonna find out who would have the guts to spy on the Gods of Olympus.

The girls knew it would be too risky to stay longer, so they descended downward. But then Sylvia slipped and she and Pandora rolled down to the door, which opened when they came down. Sylvia fell hard on Pandora and they both growled form the pain. "Urgh, I'm sorry Pandora, I didn't mean that."

"No no, it's fine." Pandora said as they got up but heard in the distance.

"What was that sound?"

"It came from here!"

After both the girls gasped, Sylvia whispered loudly. "Pandora, come on!" She said as she grabbed her hand and wanted to run away, but Pandora stopped and went back to the door, pressing the stone so the secret door closed and none of the guards would find it. She then went quickly back to Sylvia, who took her hand and both ran from the guards.

The secret door closed in time before the guards noticed. "I hear loud footsteps from there! Warn the other guards!"

Sylvia and Pandora went quickly from one street to another to lose the guards, but to no avail. Then they hid in an empty barrel. Both remained quiet and only could hear the sound of their breathing.

The guards quickly past them as they ran a different way. "They went this way! Hurry!"

Sylvia and Pandora waited for the coast to be clear and went carefully out of the barrel. "I think it's time to go home." Sylvia said.

Pandora nodded before they carefully sneaked past the guards to get to Pandora's home. Once no guards were seen, both girls giggled how stupid the guards were by not checking the barrels. "You know, despite being almost caught, that was amazing!" Sylvia said, happy about this experience. It reminded her of her adventures with her mothers, now it seemed that she could still have those with her new friend.

Once they were in front of Pandora's home, Pandora said. "Maybe tomorrow I can show more around the castle, with the secret passages we can go anywhere!"

Sylvia thought that she'd love that, but sadly she couldn't. "I'm sorry but I can't. I have private lessons from Athena and then I have training with my mommies."

"You have lessons from Athena too!?"

"Ehh.. yes?"

"Me too!"

Sylvia was surprised. "Really?! When?"

"In the morning."

"Me too!" Pandora said before both girls laughed, knowing they could spend everyday with their lessons together with Athena.

"What do you do in the afternoon then?"

"Oh, sometimes I help daddy but mostly I have nothing to do other then just exploring."

Sylvia then had an idea. "Why don't you come train with me?"

Pandora was surprised by that and a little unsure about it. "But... I'm not such a good fighter."

"That's okay, I can teach you some easy tricks."

Sylvia's new friend was thinking about it and said. "Okay!"

The two girls then hugged and said to each other goodnight before Sylvia then hurried home, before her mother Calliope came home. When she went through the front door of her house and came in, Alecto saw her daughter and asked. "Hi sweetie, where have you been for so long?"

Sylvia tried to make an excuse, as she didn't want to tell her mother she sneaked into the throne room of Olympus! "Oh ehh... Pandora showed me some of her toys, we went play with them and I almost lost track of time." She said innocently, hoping her mother didn't notice she was lying. To her relief, she shrugged.

"Well, just don't forget about the time again. I was getting worried."

"I'm sorry, mommy." Sylvia said as she bowed her head.

Alecto smiled. "It's okay. Fotis prepared a bath for you, so go wash yourself and go to bed, alright?"

Sylvia nodded. "Okay mommy." She said with a smile before she went to Alecto and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Goodnight"

"Goodnight, my little warrior princess." Alecto said sweetly.

Sylvia saw the filled bath in her personal bathroom and she felt the water with her hand, feeling that it was just right. She then got undressed and went in carefully. The minerals in the bath were amazing. She never had such a wonderful bath before. Sylvia smiled to herself. 'Fotis sure knows how to make a good bath' she thought. Truly having him as her servant was a good idea, but she didn't feel like he was her servant. Maybe she still needed to get used to the fanciness that was now given to her and her mothers. When she was done washing herself, she changed into her nightwear and wanted to go to bed but when she heard her other mother, Calliope coming home, she wanted to say goodnight to her, too and went out of her room. Calliope sat down on the big sofa, sighing out of relief before she saw Sylvia walk up to her. "Hi mommy, how did it go?" She asked, but already knew how it felt for her mother, since she 'spied' on the meeting.

Calliope smiled and said while touching her daughter's cheek. "I went well, my little warrior princess. I believe I made a good impression on the Gods."

Sylvia smiled and gave a goodnight kiss to Calliope. "Goodnight mommy"

Calliope nodded and Sylvia went to her room and stepped into her bed. The bed was softer then the one on their ship. The first few nights she could barely sleep, because she was used to a bed that was a little hard, but now she was happy to be in the new one. Maybe it was because the day she had today was a wonderful day and she made a new friend. Not to mention, she's going to spend more days with her, maybe even exploring more stuff on Olympus and having adventures. She smiled as she closed her eyes and dreamed of her and Pandora laughing and playing and having adventures. "I think I'm going to like it here." She thought to herself as she began to dream.

There you go, my friends, the 1st of many new chapters involving Sylvia and her life is complete. And there's lots more to come. Please be sure to thank my good friend SreznoJIG for helping me out with this chapter and the ones that will come after this, cause he's the one who came up with the ideas for this and the next few chapters to come. Rate and review. See you soon, my friends.