Disclaimers: I don't own the YH characters, or the Greek Gods.
Apollo watched Herald dive into the lake, laughing wickedly as he rose into his chariot and took off m the sky.
Herald looked around under the water, but he couldn't see Aimee anywhere. He came up to the surface, took in a lungfull of air, and went back under to search.
He swam a little deeper, and saw faint gleam of blue below. He swam to it and found Aimee. He put his arm around her, and began swimming to the surface.
He took a deep breath as he broke through the water, and made his way to the shore.
He gently laid her on the bank, and checked to if she was breathing. Then he saw she wasn't, he checked to see if she had a pulse, but he couldn't one.
Herald began mouth to mouth, pinching her nose and breathing into her lungs. 'Come one.' he told her when there was no response, so he tried again. Still nothing happened.
After breathing for her a few times, he realised that no difference was being made. He took her hand n his, and began stroking her hair. He saw that her necklace had lost all its shine.
'Don't leave me,' he began to cry. 'Please, you can't. I' love you,' he whispered.
Aimee's necklace began to flicker, after the flickering became more rapid it caught Herald eye.
He froze, just staring at the flickering as it became a glow, and as the glow became stronger.
Soon it was fully glowing, casting an eerie glow on Heralds face.
The shine grew making Aimee's body glow blue too.
Soon Aimee couldn't be seen, the only way Herald knew she was still there was because could feel her hand in his.
Soon the glow began to fade, and Aimee was visible again.
Herald just sat there holding her hand. He felt her fingers tighten around his.
'Aimee?' he whispered watching her face closely.
Aimee scrunched here eyes before they fluttered open.
She shook her head as if to clear it, and looked up at Herald.
'What happened?' she asked, then cursed herself because that what they all say in movies.
'I don't know.' Herald replied pulling himself together.
'I know!' a female voice (that could only belong to Aphrodite) stated. 'You're love for Aimee activated the life force in her necklace.'
Herald helped Aimee into a sitting position and then slowly they got to their feel, both shaking with uncertainty.
'I don't understand,' Aimee said.
'There's nothing to understand; it was plain from the start that there was a spark between you and Herald. Although in the beginning I thought you had feelings for Liam.' Aphrodite mused. 'Basically what I'm saying is that
Herald's love for you bought you back from the dead.'
Aimee looked up at Herald and smiled at him, she wanted to thank him but she couldn't get the words out. Luckily the look on her face was enough for him.
'Oh please, you love him to!' Aphrodite said in an 'I told you so' kind of voice- which made both Herald and Aimee laugh.
'What now?' Herald asked.
'It's up to you what you do with your love life, I don't do that work anymore. Love is all destinies now'. The baffled expressions on the teenager's faces said it all. 'I mean I don't do any love work anymore, after all the Olympian Gods have fallen because no-one believes in us, so it's all up to mortals,' she explained a little more.
'If our destiny is our own, then why are we here?' Herald asked.
'Duh!' Aimee said sarcastically. 'We made our own destiny, it was our choice to follow the map, our choice to come here. Sure Icas and Liam were taken by the birds, but that was an obstacle. Life is full of obstacles, and those we must get around them. This isn't destiny, it's just like life in our time. We make the choice, and have to suffer the consequences,' Aimee said to Herald. She turned to Aphrodite 'The Fates have nothing to do with this do they?'
'No, they don't. If they did Zeus will have known. I wasn't appointed by hem to look after you, it was just something I wanted to do, since I don't have a career anymore. Apollo just causes trouble for mortals in this time now, and so does Ares. That's all they can do these days,' Aphrodite looked glum.
'Don't people believe in you now, in this time period?' Herald asked.
'No, we just past the age of the new beliefs, now we're destined to live forever without our powers. We may as well be mortals, we're useless for anything else.'
'But you can disappear and reappear, cause illusions.' Herald was cut off.
'That's all we can do; the necklace is all that's left of anything we ever did, and one day that will be gone,' Aphrodite looked like she was about to cry.
'Is that why not all the wishes come true?' Aimee asked.
A nod was her answer.
'I see, it's running out of energy, and if needs to re charge itself after every wish.'
Aphrodite nodded again.
'I'll wait for a while, and then I'll wish hard for people to believe in you again!' Aimee made up her mind.
'It won't work, there isn't enough power in it to change everyone's beliefs. Even if there were what about all the other Gods? Christian and Jews, Muslim and every other Religion in the world? Their Gods will lose their power too; I don't want that to happen. No one should suffer what we suffer!' Aphrodite said solemnly.
'If everyone believed in the same thing to begin with there would be no wars, everyone will be happy!' Aimee said looking down.
'Not if everyone believed in war.' Herald stated.
'I didn't think of that,' Aimee said sadly. 'Are there any wars here?'
'Yes, a few.nothing like in your time though, but they're not pleasant either.' Aphrodite stated.
'Wars are never pleasant.' Herald muttered.
'Why are we speaking about war?' Aimee said loudly, receiving a shocked look from the other two. 'I mean we're trying to get back to out time period, and we're talking about war! I do enough of that at school.' Aimee said half laughing.
'She's right, I guess there's always going to be wars, so we may as well deal with them. They're just another obstacle of life.' Herald mused.
'Then you to better get going if you want to find your friends.' Aphrodite said before fading away.
Herald and Aimee had retraced their steps and taken another route, they'd both been walking in silence until Herald asked:
'Why do you think she told us all that about the Gods?'
'I guess she just wanted to tell someone who understands.' Aimee answered.
'What do you mean?' he asked.
Aimee stopped walking and looked at Herald 'You're a fallen God too,' she answered looking at him.
A look of realisation crossed both their faces, and they knew they were thinking the same thing.
Apollo watched Herald dive into the lake, laughing wickedly as he rose into his chariot and took off m the sky.
Herald looked around under the water, but he couldn't see Aimee anywhere. He came up to the surface, took in a lungfull of air, and went back under to search.
He swam a little deeper, and saw faint gleam of blue below. He swam to it and found Aimee. He put his arm around her, and began swimming to the surface.
He took a deep breath as he broke through the water, and made his way to the shore.
He gently laid her on the bank, and checked to if she was breathing. Then he saw she wasn't, he checked to see if she had a pulse, but he couldn't one.
Herald began mouth to mouth, pinching her nose and breathing into her lungs. 'Come one.' he told her when there was no response, so he tried again. Still nothing happened.
After breathing for her a few times, he realised that no difference was being made. He took her hand n his, and began stroking her hair. He saw that her necklace had lost all its shine.
'Don't leave me,' he began to cry. 'Please, you can't. I' love you,' he whispered.
Aimee's necklace began to flicker, after the flickering became more rapid it caught Herald eye.
He froze, just staring at the flickering as it became a glow, and as the glow became stronger.
Soon it was fully glowing, casting an eerie glow on Heralds face.
The shine grew making Aimee's body glow blue too.
Soon Aimee couldn't be seen, the only way Herald knew she was still there was because could feel her hand in his.
Soon the glow began to fade, and Aimee was visible again.
Herald just sat there holding her hand. He felt her fingers tighten around his.
'Aimee?' he whispered watching her face closely.
Aimee scrunched here eyes before they fluttered open.
She shook her head as if to clear it, and looked up at Herald.
'What happened?' she asked, then cursed herself because that what they all say in movies.
'I don't know.' Herald replied pulling himself together.
'I know!' a female voice (that could only belong to Aphrodite) stated. 'You're love for Aimee activated the life force in her necklace.'
Herald helped Aimee into a sitting position and then slowly they got to their feel, both shaking with uncertainty.
'I don't understand,' Aimee said.
'There's nothing to understand; it was plain from the start that there was a spark between you and Herald. Although in the beginning I thought you had feelings for Liam.' Aphrodite mused. 'Basically what I'm saying is that
Herald's love for you bought you back from the dead.'
Aimee looked up at Herald and smiled at him, she wanted to thank him but she couldn't get the words out. Luckily the look on her face was enough for him.
'Oh please, you love him to!' Aphrodite said in an 'I told you so' kind of voice- which made both Herald and Aimee laugh.
'What now?' Herald asked.
'It's up to you what you do with your love life, I don't do that work anymore. Love is all destinies now'. The baffled expressions on the teenager's faces said it all. 'I mean I don't do any love work anymore, after all the Olympian Gods have fallen because no-one believes in us, so it's all up to mortals,' she explained a little more.
'If our destiny is our own, then why are we here?' Herald asked.
'Duh!' Aimee said sarcastically. 'We made our own destiny, it was our choice to follow the map, our choice to come here. Sure Icas and Liam were taken by the birds, but that was an obstacle. Life is full of obstacles, and those we must get around them. This isn't destiny, it's just like life in our time. We make the choice, and have to suffer the consequences,' Aimee said to Herald. She turned to Aphrodite 'The Fates have nothing to do with this do they?'
'No, they don't. If they did Zeus will have known. I wasn't appointed by hem to look after you, it was just something I wanted to do, since I don't have a career anymore. Apollo just causes trouble for mortals in this time now, and so does Ares. That's all they can do these days,' Aphrodite looked glum.
'Don't people believe in you now, in this time period?' Herald asked.
'No, we just past the age of the new beliefs, now we're destined to live forever without our powers. We may as well be mortals, we're useless for anything else.'
'But you can disappear and reappear, cause illusions.' Herald was cut off.
'That's all we can do; the necklace is all that's left of anything we ever did, and one day that will be gone,' Aphrodite looked like she was about to cry.
'Is that why not all the wishes come true?' Aimee asked.
A nod was her answer.
'I see, it's running out of energy, and if needs to re charge itself after every wish.'
Aphrodite nodded again.
'I'll wait for a while, and then I'll wish hard for people to believe in you again!' Aimee made up her mind.
'It won't work, there isn't enough power in it to change everyone's beliefs. Even if there were what about all the other Gods? Christian and Jews, Muslim and every other Religion in the world? Their Gods will lose their power too; I don't want that to happen. No one should suffer what we suffer!' Aphrodite said solemnly.
'If everyone believed in the same thing to begin with there would be no wars, everyone will be happy!' Aimee said looking down.
'Not if everyone believed in war.' Herald stated.
'I didn't think of that,' Aimee said sadly. 'Are there any wars here?'
'Yes, a few.nothing like in your time though, but they're not pleasant either.' Aphrodite stated.
'Wars are never pleasant.' Herald muttered.
'Why are we speaking about war?' Aimee said loudly, receiving a shocked look from the other two. 'I mean we're trying to get back to out time period, and we're talking about war! I do enough of that at school.' Aimee said half laughing.
'She's right, I guess there's always going to be wars, so we may as well deal with them. They're just another obstacle of life.' Herald mused.
'Then you to better get going if you want to find your friends.' Aphrodite said before fading away.
Herald and Aimee had retraced their steps and taken another route, they'd both been walking in silence until Herald asked:
'Why do you think she told us all that about the Gods?'
'I guess she just wanted to tell someone who understands.' Aimee answered.
'What do you mean?' he asked.
Aimee stopped walking and looked at Herald 'You're a fallen God too,' she answered looking at him.
A look of realisation crossed both their faces, and they knew they were thinking the same thing.