There's a type of rare stone that only can be found in the fiery of Muspelheim, the homeworld of fire jotunns. Known as the "bomb stones", the nature of these stones are very dangerous since it's very easy to explode. For thousands of years, the jotunns of Jotunheim have acquired bomb stones from their cousins in Muspelheim to use as detonators, grenades, cannonballs and payloads for their catapults.
About one year before Cronus and Rhea stepped his feet in the world of Jotunheim, Crown Prince Bergfinnr was going hunting with his companions in the forest. During the hunt, they encountered an old tree with a large hole on the trunk. The tree hole was emitting loud sounds, making the party couldn't rest in the night. Bergfinnr somehow got an idea to silence the tree by placing a bomb stone on the tree hole, and it worked. The stone was stuck in there for years, until Cronus pulled out the stone from the hole.
Cronus, Rhea and their children, together with Iapetus, Oceanus, and Vafthrudnir finally arrived at Mount Orthrys. According to the plan, they need to meet Ophion first before convince the paranoid king that the stone is Cronus and Rhea's "seventh child".
"Are you sure that the plan will work?" Rhea was uncertain as her eyes was staring at the bomb stone, now wrapped with clothes.
"Trust me, my sister. The plan will 100% worked" Iapetus grinned with his thumb pointed towards himself.
"If Zeus got thrown into Tartarus by Ophion, I'll rip your head off, Iapetus" Cronus threatened with a low voice.
"Uhhh...why am I also dragged in your plan?" Vafthrudnir sighed.
"Because we need a special guest for the show!" Iapetus exclaimed.
"Whatever" Vafthrudnir rolled his eyes.
"Wow...so many palaces in here" Zeus was intrigued as he looked at his surroundings.
"Uncle, which one is your palace?" Hades asked Oceanus.
"Actually, my palace isn't in here, it's deep in the sea" Oceanus answered.
"You live in the sea?" Poseidon was amazed.
"Yeah" Oceanus smiled with closed eyes.
Soon, the group then spotted a few of fire jotunns soldiers passed in front of them.
"Fire jotunns? What are they doing here?" Vafthrudnir was confused.
"Actually, we also don't have any idea of their presence in here. Ophion never tell us anything about it" Oceanus explained.
"What?" Vafthrudnir was shocked.
"What are you folks doing here?"
The group then approached by Thiran, King Ophion's advisor out of sudden.
"Oceanus, Iapetus, who are these weaklings?" Thiran asked the duo, referring to Cronus' family. Thiran was uneasy with their presence in Mount Orthrys.
"Hey! We're not-" Zeus was pissed.
"Zeus, no" Hades tried to calm down his youngest sibling.
"I'm Cronus, the youngest of Titans, and these are my children" Cronus introduced themselves.
"So you're the youngest Titan, huh?" Thiran was curious.
Thiran then set his eyes on the bomb stone in Rhea's arms.
"I guess that baby are your youngest child, right?" Thiran smirked devillisly.
All of them however were silent. Looks like Thiran got fooled by the stone.
"I think you should meet our great king first. He must be interested when he got to see you and your family" Thiran invited.
"Whatever" Cronus rolled his eyes in irritation.
...
"Your Majesty!"
As he sat alone on his throne, he noticed Thiran, Iapetus and Oceanus entered the throne room. Ophion was shocked when he saw two familiar faces with them, the faces he despise so much.
"Cronus? Rhea?" Ophion's face was looking pale.
"I think it's a long time since you run away from your father" Cronus said.
"What are you doing here?" Eurymedon asked with suspicious manner.
"Have no fear, my prince. They just want to pay their homage to your father" Thiran assured.
Ophion then set his eyes on Demeter, Hestia and Hera.
"Who's these girls? Your daughters?" Ophion was amused. "They're so beautiful, it would be nice if they become my mistresses"
"Insolent son of..." Cronus growled slowly, yet he tried to control his anger.
"I wish we could cut his tongue right now" Hades glared at Ophion.
"Don't worry, we'll do it when the time comes" Cronus sighed in anger.
"Eeeewww, he's creepy..." Hera was uneasy with Ophion's attitude.
Soon, Ophion turned his face towards Rhea. He noticed Rhea was clutching something on her hands.
"Who's that? Is that your youngest child?" Ophion licked his lips.
Rhea was speechless, her face was sweating heavily.
"Just say it!" Iapetus said with a low voice.
"Y...yes" Rhea nodded slowly.
"Ophion has driven mad by the prophecy" Oceanus said slowly to his youngest brother.
Out of sudden, Ophion rushed down from his throne before snatched the bomb stone from Rhea's arms.
"Finally! I got it!" Ophion cackled maniacally before greedily devoured the stone. "Now I've eat your youngest child! The prophecy is no more!"
"Just remember, the bomb stone will explode in 100 days after he swallow it" Vafthrudnir whispered to Cronus.
"What a paranoid king" Oceanus frowned.
Glad that the plan worked.
...
"Cronus and his family...has officially returned to Mount Orthrys"
"What!?" The Aesir were shocked by Heimdallr's words, save for Odin himself who sat on his throne.
Another day, another gathering for the Aesir inside the throne room of Asgard.
"No wonder I saw Oceanus and Iapetus talking with Heimdallr three days ago" Thor said.
"Why they returned? Didn't they told us they want to stay forever in Jotunheim?" Vidar was clueless.
"Could Ophion have set a trap for them?" Skadi suspected.
"Cronus and his family...has officially returned to Mount Orthrys"
"What!?" The Aesir were shocked by Heimdallr's words, save for Odin himself who sat on his throne.
Another day, another gathering for the Aesir inside the throne room of Asgard.
"No wonder I saw Oceanus and Iapetus talking with Heimdallr three days ago" Thor said.
"Why they returned? Didn't they told us they want to stay forever in Jotunheim?" Vali was clueless.
"Could Ophion have set a trap for them?" Skadi suspected.
"That's the point!" Vidar was agreed.
As the Aesir were discussing with each other, Thor had his eyes set upon his brother, Heimdallr. He wondered if the guardian of Bifrost is planning something with the Titans.
"It's a prophecy"
Everyone finally went silent as Odin began to speak.
"Prophecy?" Frigg raised her eyebrows.
"Yes, a prophecy" Odin nodded. "Some of you may have forgot about this prophecy, but let me tell you again"
Odin briefly smoking his pipe.
"Cronus refused to claim the throne left by his father, but the prophecy is still the same. Whoever becomes the king of Greek gods will be overthrown by the youngest son of the youngest Titan" Odin explained. "Even if Ophion allies himself with the inhabitants of Muspelheim, there's nothing he can do in saving his own reign from the total collapse"
Odin then glanced at Thor.
"You was challenged by the young kid with golden hair, right?" Odin asked.
"Yeah...but why?"
"That kid will become a new ruler soon" Odin chuckled.
...
In an unknown location somewhere in an alternate dimension, the three daughters of Chronos and Ananke; Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos (known as the Moirai) gathered together near a pool as they were discussing about the recent events.
"Cronus and and his family has finally returned to Mount Orthrys" Clotho said.
"The prophecy is around the corner now, and nothing Ophion can do to stop it" Atropos replied.
"Ophion is a dumb ruler, he shouldn't listen to much to his advisor" Lachesis commented.
"Well, he's literally asking to be stabbed by the person he trust the most" Clotho replied.
"He's nothing more than a mere puppet for Gulmagil! He has failed to carry his duties, creating the whole chaos across the lands and fill the hearts of mortals with fear and despair" Atropos stated. "He shouldn't be allowed to stay any longer on the throne!"
"The old palace is reek of corruption and tyranny. It's time to demolish it and build the new one" Lachesis said.
"And with the youngest son of the youngest Titan is there in Mount Orthrys, everyone shall aid him in his noble quest to restore the justice and peace to the world" Clotho added.
Soon, the pool began to shine more brighter than before.
"Well, I must tell this to both of you before I forgot" Atropos said.
"What's it?" Clotho asked.
"I think Cronus is more suitable for the position of the ruler of underworld" Atropos suggested.
...
Inside the underworld, the boatman Charon was rowing his boat as his sister, Eris sat in front of him. And for some reason, she was looking a bit angry.
"Are you mad, sister?" Charon asked.
Eris then glared at her brother.
"So what if I am?" Eris was upset.
"I know that you're angry with Hecate, but sometimes you must understand" Charon stated. "Hecate didn't have any bad intention to you, she only wants to help with your problem"
"I don't need anyone to help me! I can do it myself!" Eris boasted.
"Well, don't be overconfident or you'll regret it!" Charon warned.
"SHUT UP!" Eris yelled.
"I'm just telling the truth, okay?" Charon said.
With her expression getting more sour, Eris crossed her arms on the chest.
Meanwhile, back in the mortal world...
Loki just departed from his magic boat after a long perilous journey from the Bermudian Triangle as he just reached the coastline of the modern day Florida. With his eyes gazed upon the unexplored land, there's one place that he want to go.
The treacherous trickster then pulled out a magic monocular from his clothes. And his sight was directed towards a snowy mountain which located far, far away from here. There's a jotunn who sat alone near the peak as he drank a bottle of wine.
"Guess I need a flying beast to reach you, Gerthod" Loki said.
Loki finally walked away from there.
To be continued...
