FIT FOR A GOD

Hello! Waves This is my first EVER FanFic, so I hope this works out! I hope you enjoy it, because I am not only fascinated my J.K. Rowling's works, but I am also interested in Greek Mythology, so enjoy!

Disclaimer: I am sorry, I do not own any of the Greek Mythological characters, so please don't sue me! And this is based on a school play that was written by several of my classmates, I'm just using written format so that others in FanFiction land can enjoy it as well...

Note: Words that are in single quotations mean a character's thoughts. Example: 'Hmmm'... (Zeus's thoughts)

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Chapter 1: The Invitation From Mount Olympus

As Hera paced back and forth across the gleaming floors of her vast palace of Mount Olympus, she debated heatedly with her husband about the possibility of inviting all of their children for a grand feast.

"Why don't you want to see the children? What's wrong with you? What happened to the man that I loved enough to marry?" Hera yelled across the long wooden table at which Zeus was seated, at enjoying a vine of grapes. Hera's voice was ringing through the dining room.

"He realized that there is much more to life than constantly being aggravated about these little beasts we call children!" roared Zeus, equally as powerful, across the table towards Hera. "Why must you always pester me about the children? WHY?" he questioned her with a spoiled look upon him.

"Hmm... let's think about this one honey, considering we never see the children, and we didn't make it to Aphrodite's wedding because you were too busy sitting on your big fat ass debating whether or not to strike an unknowing mortal with lighting, and because they are always commenting about missing you, you would think that you would have noticed that they want to see you!" screamed Hera furiously, picking up an apple from a large platter filled with several luscious fruits, and throwing it across the room to hit Zeus squarely in the forehead as he reached to the silver platter for another grape ready for consumption. "But ohhhhh NO, you are too much of a pompous idiot to accept these offers!" Hera continued to scream.

"Are you calling me a bad father?" Zeus shouted in shock, "On the eve of my birthday, how dare you!" he spat.

"Maybe I am..." Hera said slowly, "Or maybe I am questioning your faith. These are our children Zeus!" Hera cried. "This will become a further pressing matter if you do not listen to me and re-connect with our children!" shrieked Hera, rounding on her husband with a fiery look in her eyes. Zeus didn't dare move an inch, for fearing that snakes would come prodding out of her mouth.

"Why must you always be so careless when it comes to our children?" Hera spat, "You are so stupid! You can only see what's in it for you, but if not, you banish the idea. Has it ever occurred to you that maybe people actually want to spend time with you because they love you and it is a gift on it's own. I know, that's really surprising isn't it? But ohh no, of course you haven't, only if-"

"What did you say? Something about a gift?" Zeus piped up cheerily.

"Gift?" Hera questioned warningly, "GIFT? What are you saying? That you'd rather-" Hera saw a glint of greed in Zeus's eyes. She paused as an idea struck her. Hera tried to recover herself as she carried on, "I mean, what I'm saying is what if the children brought you gifts? You know, something that says 'I love you dad' without being over the top or tacky, you know, brings the point home a bit... what would you say to that?" Hera asked, playing up to the idea, approaching Zeus again with a sweet look in her eyes this time.

'Hmmm...' Zeus thought to himself, 'Hera does have a point... I have been neglecting the children for quite some time now, but it's not like I didn't try not to or anything... there are just so many of them... but then again, since there are so many of them I will get lots of gifts...' Zeus considered these points carefully, and his eyes glinted with greed once again. "I guess we can invite them for dinner tomorrow..." Zeus sighed heavily, as if it was a big sacrifice, trying to hide his greedy feelings.

Hera clapped happily to herself as a grin quickly spread itself across her face.

"Ohhh Zeus! Thank you dear. I can't wait to tell the children!" Hera chattered gleefully at the thought of seeing her children together for the first time in a decade. She bent down and kissed Zeus on the cheek, and skipped away giddily out of the room to prepare the invitations.

Zeus reached out and grabbed another handful of grapes and sighed happily to himself. "I get her every time." He thought out-loud, now mulling over the thoughts of so many presents.

Meanwhile Hera busied herself in the palace kitchen with the invitations and planning the food for the following night's affairs. She finished the invitations and summoned Hermes to the palace to give him his invitation and deliver the rest of the invitations to the other children. As Hera watched Hermes zoom off she hoped that they would all be able to bring satisfactory gifts, enough to satisfy Zeus's standards.

With minutes to go before the arrival of the guests, Hera quickly ordered everything into place, and left to her chamber to ready herself for the evening.

They would be dining outside, as Zeus thought that it was unseemly to dine in that palace. A long table had been set outside in the garden, where two giant thrones had been erected for the gala, and were set at the top of the table, and 5 smaller chairs had been placed on both, the left side and the right side of the table, each chair was placed at a certain interval and had reserved seats for each of the children (as Hera had thought earlier to put them on for fearing battles to be broken out between Zeus and Poseidon especially as Poseidon was Zeus's least favourite child and seating the newlyweds Aphrodite and Ares together, and making sure the twins Apollo and Artemis were seated together as the always enjoyed each other's company). Many dished of extravagantly prepared food had been laid out on the long, rich purple, satin clothed table, waiting to be eaten.

Zeus and Hera walked out to the garden, and sat themselves in the two thrones at the top of the table, looking towards the archway at which their guests would be arriving through. Then a horn rang throughout the palace and it's grounds, sounding the arrival of their first guest. Hera sat up in her throne, rapt in attention, and Zeus Played with his fork, imagining about the wondrous gifts he was about to receive. With a deep intake of breath from Hera, Zeus watched as a long leg walked through the archway, followed by the rest of the body, that was draped in black flowing fabrics walked into the midst of the king and queen.

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Well there's the first chapter for you, I hope you liked it! Please read and review! Thanks!

Love, Queen Weasley 3