Chapter Four: Problematic Indeed

Elizabeth gasped in surprise as she turned to find Aphrodite watching. The young goddess smiled good naturedly and fingered the note.

"Hmm, looks like we'll have to get testing soon."

"This is quite problematic," Elizabeth murmured, "Quite problematic indeed."
"No duh," Aphrodite said. Elizabeth stared.

"Sorry. Sometimes, I tend to speak like I'm in the twenty-first century. It's an affect of time traveling too often."

Elizabeth nodded slowly. "Um... alright..."

"So," Aphrodite said, walking around on the ship. "What is it? Yes, no, maybe?"
"I'll take the third one," Elizabeth said in a small voice.

Aphrodite sighed. "Everyone always does... Really, if Jack were disfigured, or maybe Will, this wouldn't be a prob-"

An evil look came upon her face, and she raised a hand.

"No!" Elizabeth cried, grabbing her arm, "Don't disfigure them!"

"All right, then, just one," Aphrodite consented. "Which one?"
"I have to pick one?" Elizabeth sighed. She closed her eyes. Well, since he had a black heart, all Jack had going for him were his looks.

"Fine," She muttered, "Will."

"You have no idea how hard this is for me," Aphrodite said sorrowfully. "He has such an awe-inspiring body... Well, he's disfigured, would you still possibly marry him?"

"Of course!" Elizabeth cried.

"That complicates things," Aphrodite sighed, "You see, Jack got the win in looks-"

"Oh, no, they're equal there," Elizabeth smiled, "I just think that Will's heart would make up for his looks..."

"Great," Aphrodite continued, "So they tie there-which makes the looks thing utterly pointless- but you like Will's heart better. Hmm... I may have to call in a favor from Eros..."

"Eros?"
"My son."

This of course, shocked Elizabeth, for Aphrodite looked like a teenager, much too young to be a mother...

"He's what you would call... Cupid. But he likes Eros much better, since Cupid makes him sound like a eunuch... anyway, he shoots with an arrow of love, you fall in love with the first man you see, we're done!"
"I don't want to fall in love with the first man I see!" Elizabeth cried, "It could be Cotton! Or worse... Gibbs..."

Aphrodite shuddered appreciatively. "Very true, but... Just in case, I want him on call... Eros!"
I man who looked like a little boy with wings and an archer's bow and arrow popped up out of thin air.

"Yes, Mother?" He asked.

"I need help to evaluate Elizabeth," Aphrodite pointed at her client. "She's very confusing, and since we both know love..."

"Ah, yes, Elizabeth Swann, correct?"
"Yes."
"Quite a fair maiden," Eros said, leering. This creeped Elizabeth out a bit.

"Shush,"Aphrodite hissed, slapping her son. "Don't want to frighten the poor girl. And I'm sorry, but you really aren't Adonis."

"Oh," Elizabeth said, addressing Eros. "Is Adonis your father?"
"No," Eros said as Aphrodite blushed. "I'm not even legitimate. Aphrodite's married to Hephaestus, but Ares, my father, was one of her lovers, as was Adonis."(a/n: Of course, I find this out AFTER I change my penname, but I'm a romantic, so I'm keepin' it)
"What do you expect from a goddess of love?" Aphrodite smirked, running her fingers through her hair.

Eros then changed the subject and began evaluating Elizabeth.

"Hmm... tricky here," He commented, "I can't tell who she loves."

"I know who she loves," Aphrodite said in a bored tone, "But not how I can help her figure it out!"

Eros looked at Elizabeth for another moment before saying, "You got me. I specialize in random, obsessive love."

And he disappeared.

"I raised a failure!" Aphrodite wailed.

"No you didn't," Elizabeth said awkwardly.

"Um, yes I did. The Goddess of Love is supposed to have at least one child that knows love properly, and I only have Eros..."(a/n: As far as I know)

"How old are you anyway?" Elizabeth asked.

"I- I don't know..." Aphrodite murmured. "I lost count after the first thousand years..."

"How were you born?"
"More like created, but it's a long... slightly disturbing story that involves Uranus... um, let's just say that he can't have kids anymore, and the result of that was me. Though, technically, I'm a daughter of Zeus. Everybody seems to be nowadays..."

Elizabeth's jaw hung open.

"You're world is quite..."
"Twisted? Yeah, I know."

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