Meg Queen of the Nile
(A story that takes place soon after the movie ends. It's been up on my web site for quite some time, so forgive me if you've already stumbled across it. I just found this forum and decided it would be best to post it here, seeing as I've given it some updates and plan on finishing it soon. :) Tell me what you think!)
Disclaimer: All of the characters belong to disney. Except Cleopatra, who belongs to the Egyptians I guess, or to the Romans, but we're not going to get into that.
Chapter 1
Megara walked into the kitchen with the morning paper and tossed it on the table infront of Hercules.
"Megara hooks the most eligable batchular in Greece", she read aloud from the headlines. Hercules smiled up at her. "Hercules meets his match", she continued,"last night the great hero broke the hearts of millions of girls all over Greece, when he announced his soon-to-be marriage with Megara." Meg folded her arms and grinned as her fiance picked up hte scroll and continued reading.
"Everyone's wondering how you managed to snagg me", Herc laughed after a few seconds. " It was easy", Meg teased,"You got engaged to the first woman you met!" Hercules blushed,"Could I help it if the first woman I met was the most beautiful in the world?" He put the paper on the table. "Aw! I love you too", Meg laughed, jumping onto his lap. Herc wrapped his arms around her and kissed her check. He held up her left hand, revieling a sparkling diamond. "It's beautiful", She whispered. Meg thought about how happy she'd been over the last few months with Hercules. She stared into his big, blue eyes. "I love you Meg." They started to lean in for a kiss when the door to Hercules' villa swung open. "Phil!", they exclaimed at the same time. Meg jumped off of Hercules' lap, blushing.
"Yeah yeah", the satyr grummbled,"Save it for the honeymoon." Herc and Meg gave eachother a look. Phil always had a way of ruining their romantic momments. Meg held up her fingers. "We were this close", she laughed, "we're getting better." "Have you guys seen da mornin' news scroll?" Phil asked, waving the paper infront of them. "Yeah, we have", Meg said," I made the front page!" "Well read a little further", Phil told them. Herc picked up the news scroll again and started reading the next page. Phil read from his copy,"Does getting married mean settling down for Hercules? Is it his wat of saying he's lost his taste for the "hero's life", or has he just lost his touch?"
Hercules laughed,"Don't pay any attention to this, Phil. It's just some rumors invented for gossip." "Rumors travel fast, kid! Especially in Thebes!", Phil said angrily,"We've gotta get you some publicity!" "Phil, that isn't what being a hero is about anyway." At this Phil's face turned red with anger,"Just leave the publicity to me Herc! I've been in this buisiness far longer than you have,I think I know what I'm doing!" "Phil, I didn't mean to-" "Just come on, Kid. Your gonna be late for your meeting with the king. You've got a full schedual today, and I'll see what I can squeeze in to tomorrow's schedual to clear up that mess in the paper!" 'I've got a full schedual everyday',Herc thought to himself.
Megara had been standing, her hands on her hips, listening to the whole conversation, and getting madder by the minute. She wished he would loose his taste for the "hero's life". Hercules was hers and the people of Thebes saw more of him than she did. Suddenly married life wasn't looking so good anymore.
Hercules stood up and started to attatch his cape. "No!", Meg shouted, pushing him back down. She had let them argue long enough. "Meg!", Herc said,"What's gotten into you?"
"I'll tell you what! Never getting to see you! Being left her alone everyday! Gods Herc! You don't get home till three in the morning!"
Herc and Phil just stared at her, startled. "Um...why don't you go ahead,Phil,"Herc finally said, I'll be out in a second."
"Meg", Herc said when Phil had gone,"I know you don't get to see me that much, and I'm sorry, but you have to understand-"
"I'm trying to understand, Herc! I know it's your job to be a hero and help everyone, and I know you like doing it, but is this the way it's gonna be when we're married?....sigh Herc, I don't want to spend my nights wondering if you'll come home alive or not! I-I can't do it."
Hercules felt terrible; he held her hands in his. "I promise things will be different when we're married,"he said," To tell you the truth, I'm not crazy about all the publicity stunts anyway. They've become more of my job then the actual battles. I'll cut down on the appearences and the meetings, but I still have to protect Greece."
"I understand", Meg said slowly,"will I get to see more of you?"
"Of course."
"Why can't we start now?"
Herc smiled,"I'm late, Sweetheart, we'll talk about it when I get home."
'How late will that be?' Meg thought.
Herc got up and kissed her cheek,"I have to go. I love you."
Megara didn't say anything. She sat down at the table and watched her hero walk out the door.
The door to Hercules' Villa slowly opened, and a very tired and brused Hercules tiptoed in with only one thought on his mind: Meg's gonna KILL me! It was II o'clock in the morning. Hercules had had a run in with a cyclops and his giant brother on his way home, but now the real battle was about ot begin: facing his girlfriend. He knew how upset she had been when he left that morning, and now he was about to get what was coming to him. Before he walked into the living room he practiced his "I'm sorry" face which, unfortunatly, he had to use too often. He came into the living room with an apoligetic smile only to find Meg curled up in an arm chair, fast asleep, and a cold dinner-for-two sitting on the table in the kitchen. Hercules breathed a sigh of relief. He untied Meg's sandals and set them on the floor. Then he gently lifted her up and carried her into the bedroom. After getting changed himself, he pulled the covers over her an kissed her forehead. "I love you", he whispered. He climbed into bed beside her and fell asleep.
"Megara...Meg."
Meg groaned and opened her eyes. She glanced at the sundial. "It's 6:30", She complained. "Get dressed", Herc said, pulling her out of bed.
"Why?", Meg asked, "I'm tired! I stayed up till 1:00 waiting for you since you said you'd be home early".
"I know", Herc smiled,"I found you on the chair." Meg got dressed, but she was getting annoyed. "Herc, you said we were gonna talk! I made dinner for you last night and then I had to throw it away! Now your rushing off to work at the crack of dawn. And if your going to leave I'm just gonna go back to sleep anyway, and-" "Shhh", Herc pressed his finger to her lips,"I'm taking you somewhere we can talk."
"what?", Meg asked, confused, "What are we doing?"
Herc smiled,"Playing hookie."
"But won't your-"
"My Nanny goat will just have to deal with it." Megara smiled slyly at him and nodded. He was starting to learn. He took her hand. "Come on. Before Phil and Pegasus get here." They got about half way down the hall when there was a loud knock at the front door. "He's early,"Herc groaned, "Come on, out the back." But when they got to the back door they found Pegasus eating his breakfast right outside. Hercules leaned agianst the wall.
"This is rediculous!", he sighed."I can kill a lion with my bare hands, but I can't even sneek out of my own house!"
"That's when you need a pro", Meg smiled. There was another knock at the door as Meg grabbed his hand and yanked him into the bedroom. "Come on, out the window."
"The Window! Are you nuts!?"
"It's only VI feet up", she opened the window and motioned for him to climb out "You first."
Hercules paused,"You've done this before?"
Meg had a smirk on her face,"I used to do it all the time."
"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!!!",Phil was standing on the coffee table yelling at the top of his lungs. Hercules was sitting on the couch with his head down. Megara stood beside him, arms folded.
"I had to cancel everything you had to do today!! Your lucky no monsters decided to show up!"
"I...I was keeping my eyes open", Herc offered shyly.
"OH YEAH? Well I got two words for ya: EXTRA PRACTICE TOMORROW!"
"That's three words you idiot!" Meg mummbled under her breath.
"And you've gotta appoligize to everyone for not showin' up-"
"ok, ok, I'm sorry. I just needed a break."
"Herc! I told you, If your gonna need a break, tell me three weeks ahead of time!"
"It was my falt", Meg interupted, "I helped him sneak out the window."
"YOU SNUCK OUT THE WINDOW!?!", Phil boomed, "That's it Herc! She's a bad influence on you!" Herc saw Meg's eyes narrow and he put up his hand to stop her from uttering any sarcastic comments he knew she had ready.
"Come on Phil", Herc said, trying to ease the tension,"We had to talk."
"If that's alright with you, master,"Meg snapped.
"We're gonna be married soon; I can't just leave her everyday." There was a pause. Herc swallowed hard, thinking about his next sentance. He knew how Phil would react to what he was about to say, but despite the effort, it came out a little stuttered as usual. "W-we've...decided to, um, t-take a vacation." He waited for a second,"Somewhere away from Greece. Egypt maybe."
"Yes, ya see! Now your thinking!", Phil said. Herc looked confused. This was not the reaction he had expected. "We need to expand you horizon", Phil continued,"This will clear up that mess in the news scrolls! I'm sure there are plenty of monsters in Egypt."
"Um, Phil?", Herc said,"When I said we, I meant Meg and I."
"Alone?",Phil asked in disbelief.
"Alone."
'Five...four..three...two...one', Herc thought to himself. At this Phil's face turned bright red. He made a kind of sputtering noise which usually meant that he was too angry to think of anything to say. There it was. The reaction Hercules had been expecting. It took Phil a second to recover before he started yelling again.
"NO WAY! ABSOLUTLY NOT!"
"We need time together!"Meg hissed. Phil knew he was fighting a loosing battle. He knew that being a hero wasn't everything to Herc anymore, and it was rather depressing for him.
"When, exactly do you plan on leaving for this...vacation?",Phil asked as calmly as possible.
"Well..", Herc and Meg looked at eachother," We were thinking of leaving some time in the next week or two." "Be specific!", Phil yelled.
"How does this weekend sound?", Herc asked.
"Wonderful,"Meg said. They smiled at eachother and held their gaze a second.
"Alright alright alright! Knock it off!", Phil ordered,"You can leave this weekend, but until then you gonna work you butt off (ya bum) No flying on Peg, and NO dating on the job! Got it?"
Herc had his head down,"I got it."
"Good. Now get to bed kid, it's late."
Meg tried not to laugh 'yeah right' she thought. But her bottom jaw almost hit the floor when Hercules got up and headed for the bedroom. "I don't belive this! He's eightteen years old and your still grounding him!"
Herc blushed a little and sat back down. Phil snarled at Meg. She started to say something, but decided it wasn't worth the effort. "Oh! We're leaving friday!", she said as she stomped off into the bedroom. "sigh Men!"
(A story that takes place soon after the movie ends. It's been up on my web site for quite some time, so forgive me if you've already stumbled across it. I just found this forum and decided it would be best to post it here, seeing as I've given it some updates and plan on finishing it soon. :) Tell me what you think!)
Disclaimer: All of the characters belong to disney. Except Cleopatra, who belongs to the Egyptians I guess, or to the Romans, but we're not going to get into that.
Chapter 1
Megara walked into the kitchen with the morning paper and tossed it on the table infront of Hercules.
"Megara hooks the most eligable batchular in Greece", she read aloud from the headlines. Hercules smiled up at her. "Hercules meets his match", she continued,"last night the great hero broke the hearts of millions of girls all over Greece, when he announced his soon-to-be marriage with Megara." Meg folded her arms and grinned as her fiance picked up hte scroll and continued reading.
"Everyone's wondering how you managed to snagg me", Herc laughed after a few seconds. " It was easy", Meg teased,"You got engaged to the first woman you met!" Hercules blushed,"Could I help it if the first woman I met was the most beautiful in the world?" He put the paper on the table. "Aw! I love you too", Meg laughed, jumping onto his lap. Herc wrapped his arms around her and kissed her check. He held up her left hand, revieling a sparkling diamond. "It's beautiful", She whispered. Meg thought about how happy she'd been over the last few months with Hercules. She stared into his big, blue eyes. "I love you Meg." They started to lean in for a kiss when the door to Hercules' villa swung open. "Phil!", they exclaimed at the same time. Meg jumped off of Hercules' lap, blushing.
"Yeah yeah", the satyr grummbled,"Save it for the honeymoon." Herc and Meg gave eachother a look. Phil always had a way of ruining their romantic momments. Meg held up her fingers. "We were this close", she laughed, "we're getting better." "Have you guys seen da mornin' news scroll?" Phil asked, waving the paper infront of them. "Yeah, we have", Meg said," I made the front page!" "Well read a little further", Phil told them. Herc picked up the news scroll again and started reading the next page. Phil read from his copy,"Does getting married mean settling down for Hercules? Is it his wat of saying he's lost his taste for the "hero's life", or has he just lost his touch?"
Hercules laughed,"Don't pay any attention to this, Phil. It's just some rumors invented for gossip." "Rumors travel fast, kid! Especially in Thebes!", Phil said angrily,"We've gotta get you some publicity!" "Phil, that isn't what being a hero is about anyway." At this Phil's face turned red with anger,"Just leave the publicity to me Herc! I've been in this buisiness far longer than you have,I think I know what I'm doing!" "Phil, I didn't mean to-" "Just come on, Kid. Your gonna be late for your meeting with the king. You've got a full schedual today, and I'll see what I can squeeze in to tomorrow's schedual to clear up that mess in the paper!" 'I've got a full schedual everyday',Herc thought to himself.
Megara had been standing, her hands on her hips, listening to the whole conversation, and getting madder by the minute. She wished he would loose his taste for the "hero's life". Hercules was hers and the people of Thebes saw more of him than she did. Suddenly married life wasn't looking so good anymore.
Hercules stood up and started to attatch his cape. "No!", Meg shouted, pushing him back down. She had let them argue long enough. "Meg!", Herc said,"What's gotten into you?"
"I'll tell you what! Never getting to see you! Being left her alone everyday! Gods Herc! You don't get home till three in the morning!"
Herc and Phil just stared at her, startled. "Um...why don't you go ahead,Phil,"Herc finally said, I'll be out in a second."
"Meg", Herc said when Phil had gone,"I know you don't get to see me that much, and I'm sorry, but you have to understand-"
"I'm trying to understand, Herc! I know it's your job to be a hero and help everyone, and I know you like doing it, but is this the way it's gonna be when we're married?....sigh Herc, I don't want to spend my nights wondering if you'll come home alive or not! I-I can't do it."
Hercules felt terrible; he held her hands in his. "I promise things will be different when we're married,"he said," To tell you the truth, I'm not crazy about all the publicity stunts anyway. They've become more of my job then the actual battles. I'll cut down on the appearences and the meetings, but I still have to protect Greece."
"I understand", Meg said slowly,"will I get to see more of you?"
"Of course."
"Why can't we start now?"
Herc smiled,"I'm late, Sweetheart, we'll talk about it when I get home."
'How late will that be?' Meg thought.
Herc got up and kissed her cheek,"I have to go. I love you."
Megara didn't say anything. She sat down at the table and watched her hero walk out the door.
The door to Hercules' Villa slowly opened, and a very tired and brused Hercules tiptoed in with only one thought on his mind: Meg's gonna KILL me! It was II o'clock in the morning. Hercules had had a run in with a cyclops and his giant brother on his way home, but now the real battle was about ot begin: facing his girlfriend. He knew how upset she had been when he left that morning, and now he was about to get what was coming to him. Before he walked into the living room he practiced his "I'm sorry" face which, unfortunatly, he had to use too often. He came into the living room with an apoligetic smile only to find Meg curled up in an arm chair, fast asleep, and a cold dinner-for-two sitting on the table in the kitchen. Hercules breathed a sigh of relief. He untied Meg's sandals and set them on the floor. Then he gently lifted her up and carried her into the bedroom. After getting changed himself, he pulled the covers over her an kissed her forehead. "I love you", he whispered. He climbed into bed beside her and fell asleep.
"Megara...Meg."
Meg groaned and opened her eyes. She glanced at the sundial. "It's 6:30", She complained. "Get dressed", Herc said, pulling her out of bed.
"Why?", Meg asked, "I'm tired! I stayed up till 1:00 waiting for you since you said you'd be home early".
"I know", Herc smiled,"I found you on the chair." Meg got dressed, but she was getting annoyed. "Herc, you said we were gonna talk! I made dinner for you last night and then I had to throw it away! Now your rushing off to work at the crack of dawn. And if your going to leave I'm just gonna go back to sleep anyway, and-" "Shhh", Herc pressed his finger to her lips,"I'm taking you somewhere we can talk."
"what?", Meg asked, confused, "What are we doing?"
Herc smiled,"Playing hookie."
"But won't your-"
"My Nanny goat will just have to deal with it." Megara smiled slyly at him and nodded. He was starting to learn. He took her hand. "Come on. Before Phil and Pegasus get here." They got about half way down the hall when there was a loud knock at the front door. "He's early,"Herc groaned, "Come on, out the back." But when they got to the back door they found Pegasus eating his breakfast right outside. Hercules leaned agianst the wall.
"This is rediculous!", he sighed."I can kill a lion with my bare hands, but I can't even sneek out of my own house!"
"That's when you need a pro", Meg smiled. There was another knock at the door as Meg grabbed his hand and yanked him into the bedroom. "Come on, out the window."
"The Window! Are you nuts!?"
"It's only VI feet up", she opened the window and motioned for him to climb out "You first."
Hercules paused,"You've done this before?"
Meg had a smirk on her face,"I used to do it all the time."
"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!!!",Phil was standing on the coffee table yelling at the top of his lungs. Hercules was sitting on the couch with his head down. Megara stood beside him, arms folded.
"I had to cancel everything you had to do today!! Your lucky no monsters decided to show up!"
"I...I was keeping my eyes open", Herc offered shyly.
"OH YEAH? Well I got two words for ya: EXTRA PRACTICE TOMORROW!"
"That's three words you idiot!" Meg mummbled under her breath.
"And you've gotta appoligize to everyone for not showin' up-"
"ok, ok, I'm sorry. I just needed a break."
"Herc! I told you, If your gonna need a break, tell me three weeks ahead of time!"
"It was my falt", Meg interupted, "I helped him sneak out the window."
"YOU SNUCK OUT THE WINDOW!?!", Phil boomed, "That's it Herc! She's a bad influence on you!" Herc saw Meg's eyes narrow and he put up his hand to stop her from uttering any sarcastic comments he knew she had ready.
"Come on Phil", Herc said, trying to ease the tension,"We had to talk."
"If that's alright with you, master,"Meg snapped.
"We're gonna be married soon; I can't just leave her everyday." There was a pause. Herc swallowed hard, thinking about his next sentance. He knew how Phil would react to what he was about to say, but despite the effort, it came out a little stuttered as usual. "W-we've...decided to, um, t-take a vacation." He waited for a second,"Somewhere away from Greece. Egypt maybe."
"Yes, ya see! Now your thinking!", Phil said. Herc looked confused. This was not the reaction he had expected. "We need to expand you horizon", Phil continued,"This will clear up that mess in the news scrolls! I'm sure there are plenty of monsters in Egypt."
"Um, Phil?", Herc said,"When I said we, I meant Meg and I."
"Alone?",Phil asked in disbelief.
"Alone."
'Five...four..three...two...one', Herc thought to himself. At this Phil's face turned bright red. He made a kind of sputtering noise which usually meant that he was too angry to think of anything to say. There it was. The reaction Hercules had been expecting. It took Phil a second to recover before he started yelling again.
"NO WAY! ABSOLUTLY NOT!"
"We need time together!"Meg hissed. Phil knew he was fighting a loosing battle. He knew that being a hero wasn't everything to Herc anymore, and it was rather depressing for him.
"When, exactly do you plan on leaving for this...vacation?",Phil asked as calmly as possible.
"Well..", Herc and Meg looked at eachother," We were thinking of leaving some time in the next week or two." "Be specific!", Phil yelled.
"How does this weekend sound?", Herc asked.
"Wonderful,"Meg said. They smiled at eachother and held their gaze a second.
"Alright alright alright! Knock it off!", Phil ordered,"You can leave this weekend, but until then you gonna work you butt off (ya bum) No flying on Peg, and NO dating on the job! Got it?"
Herc had his head down,"I got it."
"Good. Now get to bed kid, it's late."
Meg tried not to laugh 'yeah right' she thought. But her bottom jaw almost hit the floor when Hercules got up and headed for the bedroom. "I don't belive this! He's eightteen years old and your still grounding him!"
Herc blushed a little and sat back down. Phil snarled at Meg. She started to say something, but decided it wasn't worth the effort. "Oh! We're leaving friday!", she said as she stomped off into the bedroom. "sigh Men!"