Cause all of this is all that I can take
You could never understand the demons that I face
So go ahead and bat your eyes and lie right to the world
For with everything you are,
You're just a little girl... -Trading Yesterday

She was the Queen of Olympus. She was Zeus's wife, and she was the most hated by nearly everyone around her. Nearly none of her husband's children from other women loved her. They had never. She was a schemer, and evil in their eyes, and she had no doubt that most of them would be pretty happy if Zeus married to Leto. No one knew how she really was. No one understood. She has been wearing that cold, mean mask for a long time but inside it was destroying her and her soul every single day. Opening up bad scars in her being probably to not recover ever.

But now, when looking at the golden eyes of his devil father, Cronus after thousands years, Hera knew it was nearly impossible to play that cold, careless woman.

"Daughter," he said with a smile on his lips as a response to her shocked reaction. "It's been a long time. You have grown." he said, looking at her tall frame. Hera was still shocked however.

"H-how...How can you...?" Cronus raised his hand.

"I know it is surprising, but I am here someway and don't ask me how. I just need to talk to you. And no one will be aware of my presence here. You have to promise me."

Hera laughed with still wide eyes, she was stepping back. "You force me to stay silent to your damn presence here? How dare you! Cronus GO away from here otherwise I will make you turn to Tartarus, where you belong!" she shouted with rage, but Kronos sighed.

"Hera, don't you wonder why did I choose you among your other siblings and probably more peaceful but don't you wonder why I chose you above everything? I am not that powerful Titan anymore and if you inform them I will probably be defeated!" He said back, but his daughter was still looking at him with an uncontrollable anger.

"I don't care about what you think, not even a little bit, Cronus! You didn't care of us and instead standing by what you've done, you chose to run and eat us! Why do I listen to you now?" she said with burning eyes. Cronus sighed.

"Hera, I need to talk to you. And only you. I know what I've done was way too wrong but it is too late to apologize now. Just listen to me now. I will not hurt you or anything."

"You can't hurt me even if you want. And I don't have anything to talk with you." Hera said sternly but Cronus was angry now, too.

"I know that what position you are in, child! I know that Zeus is gonna divorce you and marry my nephew, Leto. You need my help, like it or not."

"No one can divorce me that easily. I wouldn't let it."

"Really? So is that why you are so nervous that I can feel your unusual aura? What do you think, Hera? You think that you take after your sweet mother Rhea just like all of your other siblings? You think you are very peaceful and innocent just like an angel? Look into my eyes, daughter! Look at them very well. You are like me. I know this attitude. You are as ambitious, as powerful, as stubborn, as rebellious and as hated as me! You are condemned because you are a rebel, even when you are right! And you have so many enemies, all of them wish you bad things. Zeus is exactly aware of that! And this is why he wants you off. He wants a peaceful wife that cannot push his buttons so he could do everything he wants! Don't think that you are like your mother. You are exactly like me. You have the same fire that will burn you off! And even you were innocent once, you lost it a very long time ago."

"So, what are you doing here?"

Leto turned her head to her son and smiled.

"It's been a long time. Can't I come to see you?"

"No,no of course you can. I mean, it's not like so often you do."

Leto shook her head. "Actually, yes I have something to tell you. You and your sister. But first, please tell me about your life. Is there anything to bother you?"

Apollo smiled. "Don't worry, mom, I am very happy with my life. What is it that you wanna tell me?"

Leto took a deep breath.

"Well, you have to promise me that you will take it easy. Are we clear?"

Apollo was surprised a little bit. "Okay, now will you tell me?"

Leto took a deep breath again and smiled at him, holding his hands. Her eyes were shining.

"Your father proposed me. Hera and he will divorce soon and we will get married!"

Apollo never ever thought he, as the sun god, could freeze. But what he felt when his mother said that words to him, the statement could only be explanied with the word of "freeze".

"What?"

The servant knocked the door once again. This time, a familiar voice answered her.

"Come in."

She opened the door and bowed in front of the King of Gods.

"My Lord. Lady Ellithya wishes to see you. Do you want me to take her inside?"

Zeus nodded absent-mindedly, sitting on his studying table. He was having a very bad headache, he rubbed his temples several times.

"Let her come." he said and soon, he heard the doors opened once again.

"Father."

Zeus looked up his beautiful daughter. She was really beautiful, and her features were definetly coming from her mother. Even so, she was blond like her father and her skin was more fair than Hera's. However, whenever she smiled, Zeus could not think of anyone else other than Hera.

However, her face was very hard this time. And her eyes were clouded with grief.

"Eilithya." he said, trying to put on a smile. "How are you? I can't see you nowadays."

"Maybe this is because your mind is somewhere else far away, what do you think?"

Zeus flinched her tone and frowned. "What does it mean, daughter? You, too? Your brothers angered me enough, so please stop this conversation quickly." He turned to the pile of papers. There was a silence for a while. Then Eilithya talked again.

"You have never loved me."

Zeus looked up to her. Her cold tone was completely gone, it was rather flickering and broken. When Zeus looked at her face, her pretty hazel eyes were shining with tears.

No, I have. I still do.

"Oh, Eilithya, why do you think such things? You know that I love you. Now please leave me alone." he said as gently as possible, but Eilithya's tears were finding their ways one by one.

"No, father. You don't. You don't love me, or Hebe, Ares, Hephaistos and I bet you will not love our new sibling. All you care is your other children. Athena, Artemis, even Persephone that you love. But not us. You don't love mother, too. You have never cared for her. You have always cheated on her, hurt her and destroyed her life. She could be so happy. You have cheated on the goddess of loyalty and marriage, father. How can you recover this? Now you say that you will marry her, Leto. Will you really love her? Will you really love her and her children? Will she love you? Will she have the guts to stay faithful on you for all the eternity? What does she have that my mother hasn't? What do Apollo and Artemis have that we haven't?!" she asked, still tears flowing, but angry. Zeus was completely frozen. They looked at each other for a while. Eilithya shook her head in tears.

"Please don't look at my face again. Never, and never try to see me." And she bowed as she wiped her tears. "My King."

And she got out of the room, leaving her father shocked behind.

"No." he murmured slowly. "I love you..."

Though he weren't going to really understand it until he loses everything he has.

"What do you mean that you are going to marry Father?"

Apollo was really and completely in shock now, he couldn't even believe what his mother...just said.

"Apollo, I don't understand your anger. You should be happy that your mother and father will be together again!" Leto said, still smiling. But Apollo was way too shocked and angry to see that now.

"Together again? Mother which 'again' are you talking about? You have never really got together! He just...played with you some time and now after centuries and centuries are you saying that you love each other crazily and will get married? What the hell!" Apollo shouted furiously, but Leto sighed, she was angry too.

"Apollo! Don't be disrespectful to your mother! He has always loved me and I have always loved him! Do you think he has ever loved Hera, that bitch? I am gonna be his queen and you will also wear royal crown with your sister. We will be a perfect family, I am gonna give everything to him that Hera couldn't!"

Apollo just laughed, it was so bitter that freeze Leto's blood.

"Your eyes are black with rage and they are full of the desire for revenge. Mother this is not you, this cannot be you. What happened to my lovely, sweet mother?"

"I am not your sweet mother, Apollo! The fate had never let me be! First I fell in love with Zeus, and then I got pregnant, and Hera ruined my whole life! I nearly wasn't able to deliver my children! I will not play that innocent, peaceful woman anymore. I will destroy Hera's and her children's life too, just like she did to me once!"

"No," Apollo said, shaking his head. "No, this is not true. I understand now. You don't love Zeus. The only think you want is revenge. The only reason that you want marry Zeus is to see Hera poor and ruined. You will not be happy. Beside, you are not the only one who suffered so much. Hera, the one you hate is also bearing so many pains. My father also ruined her innocence, and she has right to play victim as much as you but she doesn't!"

Leto stood up, she was very furious now. "Areyou defending her in front of my presence?!"

"I say she also suffered so much and maybe more than you but she still manages to stay strong. I respect her and I want you to be like her, as strong as her..."

"Enough, Apollo!" Leto said, very angry. "I dont want to see your face for a while! Come to speak to me when you are in right mind. I will see your lovely sister."

Apollo shook his head once again. "Mother you are mistaken. Please. Zeus plays with you. I don't want to see you broken again. Do you think Artemis will support this madness?"

"Go AWAY, Apollo!" Leto yelled, and Apollo disappeared with a great disappointment and sadness inside him.

"Don't think that you are like your mother. You are exactly like me. And even you were innocent once, you lost it a very long time ago."

"No..." Hera thought, as tears were slowly flowing from her eyes. "No, I can't be like my father. No, I can not be that cruel. That cold. But, but maybe... Maybe he is right... I am not loved, I have nobody to love me. No... Did... Did I turn into a monster like my father?"

She was feeling so hollow, and even when she recalled her memories of innocence, it was hurting way too much.

"Maybe I should give up." She whispered, holding her womb, to feel her child inside her. "I'm sorry, my baby..."

"Hera?" Someone said behind and she quickly wiped her tears, regonizing the voice.

"Hades," she said, with a small smile on her lips, trying to hide her great sadness as always. "What are you doing here? It's been a long time."

Hades sighed, he had learned everything from Poseidon the moment he stepped Olympus. He was very aware that she was trying to hide her emotions but no. No more. He wasn't going to let that happen again.

He smiled as he gestured towards her womb. "So, I'll have an another nephew."

Hera opened her eyes wide. "You knew?"

Hades nodded. "I know everything." He said softer this time. Hera's eyes opened even wider for a second, then she sighed. In a moment, she was turned to that cold, cruel queen again.

"Well. So, did you come to comfort me? Then no, thank you brother, I'm pretty fine. We are pretty fine." she growled as she ran a hand through her stomach.

Hades sighed too. "I didn't come here to show pity to you, Hera. Either to comfort you. I'm here because I missed you."

Hera was surprised but she tried to hide it quickly. "Missed me? Is there still anyone to miss me, that mean, cruel queen? Don't joke with me, Hades. I'm okay like that, alone and miserable." she said, turning her head from her brother. She could hear the slow music of muses that was coming from the otherside of the garden. She didn't care first, but suddenly she felt a hand under her chin and she was eye to eye with Hades. This eyes. This black, but still attracting eyes. Even so much attracting. She could see the little sparkle that was running into them. He was even a little bit smiling.

"Let's dance." he said in a soft tone, still like-smiling. Hera shook her head.

"For Gods, Hades, it's been centuries."

"You used to say that time doesn't mean anything when heart doesn't forget. Come on. I am pretty sure we can reach our old level if we practise a little."

The he took her in his arms even without listening her protest and they started to dance under the muses's beautiful music.

Hera was trying to avoid from his looks and movements but she was completely trapped in his arms. She could remember how she loved dancing when she was younger. How she enjoyed as she heard any kind of music and went to dance with some nymphs, minor gods, sometimes Poseidon and of course, Hades. She remembered how they danced and enjoyed together. She felt tears filling into her eyes so she hugged to his shoulder more and hid her face on his shoulder. She had loved Zeus. This love that she felt long time ago was too strong to resist. But she had never... wished to be like that. Like her father. Now...

Hades was still twirling her, but he could feel tears streaming down his shoulder. He closed his eyes and remembered Apollo's visit. He couldn't let Hera, his sister be that sorry, that hopeless. He suddenly stopped only to hear her smothered sob.

"Hera," he said, but she didn't respond. "Hera, for Heavens, look at me. Look at me." he insisted and lifted her head. Her eyes were all red. He was shocked, he hadn't seen her cry for such, such a long time. But now, it was her breaking point.

"Everything is wrecthed." she said as she was looking at his eyes with bloodshot eyes. "I don't want to live this life. I don't want to be this cruel, hated queen. I shouldn't be like this... Everyone hates me, and they don't know who I really am at all. Hades, I don't want to be like Cronus, I don't..."

Hades hugged her very tightly, giving her enough space to cry on his shoulder. She was crying hard, and it was truly shattering Hades's heart. He closed his eyes but he was still hugging her, not letting her go.

"You can never be like Cronus." he whispered to her ear. "If there is someone to be like him it can be Zeus, even me but you are the last one to be like him. You are the most innocent person I have ever seen in my immortal life, do you understand? And even all the bad things you've done before, or many centuries to endure cannot change this. You cannot be like Cronus, Hera. Whatever you do, you still cannot. Please, hear me out. I love you. Your children love you. Hestia, Poseidon, Iris... There are ones that love you out there, Hera. Does it really matter if Zeus doesn't? If some of his children hate you? Listen, Hera, you are my beautiful, and lovely sister. And I will always go on to love you. The Earth can be crushed and I will still keep loving you..."

Little did she know. That she wasn't her father's daughter, or her mother's; she didn't have to be like anyone. She was herself, and she had to keep being that.

I AGAIN AM SO SORRY FOR DELAY! :)) I STILL HAVE LOTS OF EXAMS! BUT I WILL TRY TO KEEP PUBLISHING NEW CHAPTERS. THANK YOU FOR REVIEWS, AND PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU LIKE ABOUT THE STORY OR WHAT YOU DON'T. THAN YOU VERY VERY MUCH! :)))