Chapter Five

A/N: I do not own anything other than my OCs when they come out to play. Everything else belongs to either Disney or the Greek myths.

So I'm going to be completely honest here, this chapter probably wasn't going to be one I had planned on writing originally. But then I received a review over in Choosing Home about possibly having a Big Three reunion..and I couldn't resist. There was really no place in Choosing Home to put it so it made its home here.

Smh, how are we 36 reviews away from 100 and we're only on the fifth chapter? Thank you all so much for your continued support! :D

AmethystDragon14: Oh yay! Yeah, I don't know what my muse has been eating but it's clearly good for them! And yeah doesn't Freddy look so cute in his onesie! Oh man having Claudine slap him would have been great but at least she got a verbal slap :D

61394: Oh thank you! And I'll definitely keep your suggestions in mind if and when I decide to torment Freddy again. :D

Guest: Okay so I might have startled my cat laughing so much at this one shot. I love the idea of Lucifer tormenting Frollo like this!

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danifan3000: True, very true. It could have been a lot worse for Freddy.

jedblack1997: He might but with so many people there already, the room might be a bit crowded to add Lucifer.

OceanBlueSeaEyes: Well Lucifer was just letting Hades borrow Frollo's soul to aid to Freddy's torment though I'm sure Lucifer would welcome any suggestions from Hades for ways to make Frollo's eternal suffering worse :D

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Hades sighed as he stared at the golden gates of Olympus. It'd been Persephone's suggestion, that now that Hades was to be a grandfather, he'd have something in common with his brothers. He could use that to bridge the divide and finally end the eons old feud between the three of them.

Honestly Steph, I'd like to remind you that I am still talking to at least one of my brothers, Hades thought but didn't move to open the gates. The last time he was on Olympus was…well it was Wonderboy's birthday party.

"…Hades?"

Oh speak of the devil, Hades thought as he came face to face with his nephew. "Hercules. I'm surprised to see you on Olympus."

"Macaria brought her kids up to meet mother and father so she invited me as well," Hercules explained.

"No nut-Meg?"

"Meg wasn't feeling well," Hercules explained but Hades could see through the lie. After all, no mortals allowed on Mt. Olympus and Meg was many things but she was definitely still mortal.

"Well…I hope she feels better soon," Hades said, breaking the slightly awkward silence that'd fallen between nephew and uncle.

"Thank you," Hercules said and then paused. "And um…I realized that I never thanked you. For kidnapping me I mean."

"….I'm sorry, what?"

"Well…if you, or rather your imps, hadn't kidnapped me and turned me mortal, I wouldn't have gone on my journey to become a hero and thus met Meg and then my kids wouldn't have been born and neither would my grandchildren."

"…and you're thanking me?"

Have I fallen down the rabbit hole as the kids like to say? Hades thought, still staring at Hercules in unabashed shock.

"Well yes," Hercules nodded, as if the answer should have been obvious to Hades. "My kids are amazing and honestly I couldn't imagine life without Gwendolyn and Markos in it."

"Those are Macaria's kids?" Hades asked. They'd received a letter with the photos and birth announcements but Hades didn't really pay it any mind especially since Hadie was closer to Herkie than Macaria. Plus, the babies were Zeus's great-grandchildren after all.

Okay, so maybe Persephone was right about the burying the hatchet regarding the feud.

Hercules nodded. "Gwendolyn Megara and Markos Gil."

Well give the son of Gaston credit where it's due, at least he didn't have his son share his first name like some other fathers I know, Hades thought.

"Hercules? Where've you wandered off to? Oh there you are! Is someone at the gate…?"

Hades sighed as he stood face to face with his little brother for the first time in years. He knew this would be fairly awkward but he didn't expect it to be this awkward.

"Hello Zeus," Hades said, trying to keep his voice neutral.

"What…what are you doing here Hades?" Zeus asked as Hercules seemed to slip away from the conversation. Probably to go be with his daughter and grandchildren but Hades wasn't entirely sure.

In all honesty, Hades didn't blame his nephew for leaving. If it were up to Hades, he too would have chosen the sweet embrace of family and grandchildren over staying and watching a potentially awkward conversation unfold.

Though with Zeus being the way that he was, Hades would have bet good money any conversation would have ended up in a shouting match…and that was probably not a good thought to have when on a mission to reunite with his brother.

Why am I doing that again? Oh right! For Mal.

"This is Olympus and I'm still a God am I not?" Hades asked.

"Well…of course…"

"Besides, I…I wanted to talk with you."

Zeus stared at Hades in what Hades presumed to be shock. Though to be fair, Hades likely would have done the same thing if the positions were reversed.

"Hades!"

"Poseidon?" Hades asked as Zeus continued to stare dumbfounded. Sure enough their middle brother was making his way over to them. "What are you…"

"Persephone told me you were coming so I figured I'd make sure no fireballs or lightning bolts made their way toward Gwendolyn or Markos," Poseidon explained. "But…what brings you here?"

"Did Persephone not tell you?"

"All she said was you were coming to talk to Zeus, though to be fair I didn't exactly ask for more in the way of details after I heard that."

"Right, right," Hades nodded and sighed. "I…Gods this is hard. I lived on the Isle of the Lost for more than twenty years, so what I'm about to say isn't exactly something I'm used to but…I want to bury the hatchet."

"What?"

"Wow did I start speaking Latin or something?" Hades chuckled as his younger brothers stared at him in shock.

"No. No you didn't," Poseidon shook his head. "But…why?"

"First off, Po-Po, you know perfectly well there's no hatchet to be buried with you," Hades said, using the old nickname he had for his brother. It was one of the few nicknames that he actually liked and weren't used as a way of expressing his dislike of the person he was speaking to or about. "Actually a lot of people on the Isle might not have been alive if you hadn't sent your fish folk over to us and for that, I'm forever grateful."

"Because I didn't add to your workload?"

"I like my free time and not just because I like being able to see my children," Hades said. "I have another title that I'd like to work on but all people know me as is the God of the Dead. Just one person using the title of God of Wealth, is that so hard?"

Poseidon shook his head. "There's something more to this, isn't there? I know you Hades, you don't just bury the hatchet."

Hades sighed. "Alright. But before I say it, I need you two to promise you won't spill anything to say, the press?"

"Why would we spill anything to the mortal press, Hades?" Poseidon asked, Zeus still understandably shocked.

Honestly, if Zeus wasn't a God, Hades might have been concerned that his youngest brother had died from the shock of Hades wanting to talk to him.

"Okay fair point," Hades chuckled before growing serious once more. "But then Poseidon, you need to not spill anything to Uma."

"Is everything okay with Mal?"

"How did you—?"

"Uma and Queen Mal are as thick as thieves after all, if you've asked me to keep something from my granddaughter it's likely regarding Mal."

Hades sighed and nodded. "Mal's pregnant," he said and he couldn't resist the proud grin from growing over his face.

He expected polite congratulations, even a bit of enthusiasm from Poseidon.

What he did not expect was Zeus walking forward and giving him a hug so big that it lifted Hades from the ground.

"Whoa! Okay, we are not there yet," Hades told him and Zeus put him back down.

"Sorry," Zeus said. "But…congratulations Hades. How's it feel? Being a grandfather?"

"I will let you know when I get over the shock of being a father again and Rea was born three years ago," Hades said, shaking his head. "Mal's not old enough to have kids, she's only twenty three!"

"Ah now why does that sound familiar?" Poseidon chuckled as he looked over at Zeus. "Remind you of anyone Zeus?"

"Why yes, I believe that's how you reacted when Ariel announced her pregnancy with young Elle," Zeus said, shaking his head. "How's she doing by the way?"

"Elle? She's doing well, still enjoying her marriage even if her husband is strangely obsessed with the location of the King's royal guard."

Hades snorted in amusement. "I've met her husband and this in no way surprises me."

"I've met him as well, I was at their wedding Hades," Poseidon said. "But we've changed the subject. Actually, come on in. Zeus, you weren't going to just keep him by the gate this whole time were you?"

Zeus and Hades stared at Poseidon in slight shock.

"Is this what the mortals call 'middle child syndrome'?" Zeus asked.

"Gods I hope not, because then I need to keep Hadie far, far away from our brother," Hades said and shook his head. "And as much as I'd love to stay, I can't leave Steph alone with the kids without backup. Hadie and Rea outnumbering her isn't exactly fair and she can't ask for help from Mal. Apparently she's started experiencing morning sickness and it's been wreaking havoc on both Mal and their alarm clocks."

"She's a Godling though," Poseidon said.

"I know that, you know that, but Mal's body apparently has not gotten the memo," Hades told him. "If you happen to know of a brand of alarm clock that can handle bursts of magic, please let me know. Because right now, the only safe one is the Sunspot's chief assistant and Estelle."

He wasn't going to lie, there was a small part of him that had to wonder why he was telling his brothers this. Especially Zeus, the God who didn't bother to even help when Mal was kidnapped by Maleficent.

But then he remembered that Zeus was also the God who got him off the Isle. Who made it possible for Rea to be born if you wanted to get technical about it.

After all, there was no way Persephone would want to have another child if the child had to live on the Isle or if it meant that Hades would never see their kid since he'd be trapped on the Isle with only the imbecilic and the hyenas for company.

At least the hyenas had a brain…well maybe not all of them. Jury was still out with Ed.

"Hades…can I ask why you wanted to bury the hatchet?" Zeus asked as they made their way further into Olympus. Poseidon had insisted on at least finding Dionysus and getting Hades a drink to celebrate the news. And if Hades was honest, he couldn't exactly find a reason to leave other than leaving Persephone out numbered.

And really, Hadie's probably out with his friends and Rea's more than likely asking if she can go play with Genevieve so Steph's got the house to herself, Hades thought. Besides, if I returned now, Steph's going to think the hatchet burying was a failure.

Hades sighed. "Well…with Mal being married and starting a family, along with being Queen of Auradon—."

"You just had to find a way to slip that in there didn't you?"

"You know me Zeusy, I couldn't resist," Hades chuckled before shaking his head. "Anyway, Persephone pointed out that it was…well it was well past time for the two of us to put the feud to bed."

"You started the feud because I wasn't eaten as a baby," Zeus said.

"And you assigned me to the Underworld," Hades told him.

"So then you kidnapped Hercules to take over Olympus."

"And you had me sentenced to the Isle of the Lost and then did nothing when Persephone asked you for help in getting Mal back. Oh! And then you were part of the council that stuck Mal with that horrid handler that berated her every chance she got so that Mal felt like she had to change who she was! And on top of all of that, you and the rest of Olympus did nothing to help the Isle."

"Persephone could have said something," Zeus said.

"Would you have listened if she did?" Hades asked. "Or would you have dismissed her as only bringing it up because she was my wife?"

Zeus opened his mouth and then paused as he realized that Hades had a point.

"Oh dear Gods," Poseidon shook his head. "You've both been ridiculous. Hades, Zeus was never at fault for not being eaten as a child. You blamed him and held a grudge for eons because of what our mother did. Zeus, Hades has every right to be resentful of you not helping him get Mal back. We all remember her speech as she battled Maleficent at King Ben's coronation after all. However, if our children and grandchildren can get along, why can't we?"

"…how much sea water has he been drinking over the years?"

"You're the one who came here to bury the hatchet, Hades," Zeus said, shaking his head.

"Well you can't expect me to to just let that go, can you?" Hades chuckled. "Sorry Po-Po, but you lobbed that one right down the plate there."

Poseidon shook his head. "Maybe it'd be better if they went back to hating each other," he muttered.

"So Poseidon, I meant to ask," Hades said, his voice growing a bit more gentle as he looked at his younger brother. "How's it feel being a great-great-grandfather?"

Poseidon sighed but gave Hades a small smile. "As great as it felt to be a father and a grandfather and a great-grandfather. I know the circumstances behind their birth were…less than ideal but I wouldn't trade Percy or Maddie for the world."

Hades smiled as he heard that. Mal had explained to him about the deal she and Ben had to arrange with Phillip Jr. and Melody. That once Melody turned eighteen, if she and Phil Jr. consented, she would produce the next heir to the Auroria throne.

It couldn't have been easy with the deal looming over them, especially when it came to enjoying their teenage years, but Phillip Jr. and Melody successfully produced twins—Perseus Eric Phillip Rose and Madeline Athena Ariel Rose.

Mal was quick to add that Madeline's first middle name was after Ariel's mother, not her cousin, when Hades had asked.

"How's Melody dealing with it?" Hades asked.

"She's doing fine," Poseidon said. "At least, that's what Ariel told me. Though having two twins running around has to be exhausting."

"She's a Princess with a household full of servants. What's exhausting about it?"

"Well setting up times for Phillip Jr. to take the kids for one."

"Wait…they're not yet married?" Zeus asked. "I'd have thought…what with the agreement having to deal with producing a royal heir…"

"How do you know about it?" Hades asked.

"…Aphrodite might have come to me, ranting about this arrangement," Zeus said. "She'd also like the mortals to stop meddling in her affairs, Hades."

"What makes you think I have any control of what the mortals do, Zeus?" Hades asked.

"Well, with your daughter being Queen of Auradon, why wouldn't you be able to have some sway in what the mortals do?"

Poseidon sighed as they came across Dionysus, the fellow God handing the three of them a drink. "I think I liked it better when you two didn't get along."

"Well, I think this might call for a toast," Zeus said. "To the Big Three back together, as the mortals would say?"

Hades shook his head. "To…to our futures," he said. "May they be stress free and easy going."

"I can toast to that," Poseidon nodded.

"As can I," Zeus said.

Hades smiled as the three of them lifted their glasses. Sure, it likely wouldn't be smooth sailing right off the bat but…if he could give Mal one less thing to worry about, then it was all worth it.

And…if he was honest, Hades couldn't help but feel a bit of warmth surge through him at the thought of not having to hate someone.

Well, someone other than Maleficent. His hatred of her would last him throughout his immortality.