Crazy trouble with love part 6

Hecate and Hercules

Series: Hercules

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-Ancient Greece-

Hercules was lifting up a huge boulder over his head while running on a makeshift treadmill Phil bought with said satyr watching from a chair.

"Keep this up kid! You only have ten more laps!"

"Phil, isn't this a bit over training much?"

"You kidding? Hero rule number fifty, a real hero can manage more than one thing at once. Some of them don't got time to do just one thing, so they gotta learn to do what I like to call, multitasking."

"But I thought that was for edicaticy!"

"That's rule number sixty eight." he replied before biting into some grass. "If you can't learn to work on your arms and legs, you might get decapitated by a harpy going at you from above and a centaur coming at you from behind."

He groaned while running faster. "Phil, can't you put all those rules into a scroll?!"

"I did, but I ate it." He said bluntly. "Good papyrus."

The hero groaned and kept on going before seeing a burst of flames appear and tripped, causing the boulder to go flying over Phil's head while the treadmill sent him flying backwards into a tree. "Oof!"

The treadmill's wooden and stone structures went flying all over the place while nearly giving a few trees a good clean cut in the middle.

As for Hercules, he found himself head first in a hole he made from the impact of his face on the hard ground. "Ow…."

"Are you ok kid?" Phil asked while looking himself over for cuts.

"I'm...ok." He said while not noticing a fireball going right towards his butt.

FUSH!

BAM!

"YEOW!" he screamed with his skirt and butt getting burned while Phil winced.

"Oh that's gotta hurt." He then looked around for the owner of the fireball. "Ok, where are you? I know you're out there Hades." 'Please don't let it be him. I'm not ready just yet.'

"Oops, I guess my entrance was a bit too hot." spoke the person before the flames went away to show Hecate with the wolves Canis and Lupus.

"Agreed." Spoke Lupus.

"But it was effective." Said Canis.

'Oh Zeus.' Thought Phil while Hercules got his head out of the ground.

"Hecate? What are you doing here?" he frowned standing up while wincing at the burn.

"Well I was taking a long stroll down the Libyan coast when I recalled how you stopped me and decided to stop by."

"For trying to steal the powers of great heroes all for your monster? I had every right to stop you."

"No no, not that one." She waved off. "The first time you stopped me. By the way, you owe my precious minions a chew toy."

"She's right you know." spoke Lupus.

"Our old ones are getting rather torn up." spoke Canis.

"Forget it! Herc here don't owe you nothing." spoke up Phil.

Hecate looked at him before her hand glowed and she turned Phil into a statue. "I didn't ask you satyr."

"Phil!" Hercules uprooted a tree and glared at the goddess. "If you came back for revenge, then fine by me. Ahhhh!" he charged at her.

"Actually I came to talk about a proposition." she smiled, catching him off guard and making him skid to a halt in front of the three. "And it does actually involve my plan to replace Hades."

"Let me guess, you're trying to trick me?"

"Nope. Just old fashioned talking."

"It's true."

"Uh huh, so no need to bash our heads in with a tree."

Hercules frowned. "And why should I believe you?"

She shook her head. "We both have a common enemy, the lord of the underworld. Plus why take blows from each other when we can use diplomacy."

"Since when does diplomacy involve hitting me with a fireball?"

"I was bored. And your bum was a perfect target for my fireball spell." She smirked while the flying wolves chuckled in agreement.

'She's really annoying.' "Fine, but no attacking me."

She snapped her fingers before a table and chairs appeared with her sitting down. "Of course."

He cautiously sat on the chair. "What is your proposal?"

"Simple, I want us to agree not to get in the way of the other's dreams, that's all."

"And why should I? I mean I could just as easily stop you."

"And I could easily turn you into a statue or a powerless woman, but that won't stop the enduring aftermath, where I get punished and you get the after shock of losing a part of your being." she smirked. "Think about it Hercules, what's so wrong with me replacing Hades? The way he runs things down there is not how the underworld should be going. Why not put someone in charge who can actually get things done?"

"True, but he knows what he's doing."

"Not exactly." She smirked. "Did you know that when he first started, he decided to do a party for the other gods?"

"No."

"Well let's just say there is a reason why no one goes down there." She chuckled. "Or how about the fact that in any workplace, atmosphere can make or break productivity. Just look at it, an empty cold and dreary cave."

"Well it IS full of souls."

"Yes but think about it, if they had more comfortable interior decorations and a better work place, maybe they won't look like a corpse." she countered.

"...well that's true." he admitted. "But he's always having monsters attack me, it's not like they help with that."

"So very true, but if I were in charge, there would be no need for you to get attacked by them. I'd make sure they help clean the place up and make sure our yearly quota of souls is just right. If too many souls go down, it can spell bad news for the surface, but likewise, too few souls going down, and things get cramped up here."

"Ok? But I don't see what's the problem."

"Ever seen a ghost?"

"No."

"Well that's because I take the ones that get out of the underworld and drag them back. And trust me, no one wants to see a ghost with organs and eyeballs coming out of their goo covered mouths."

Hercules grimaced while Hecate pulled out a chart.

"See this line?" she pointed to a red line that was low and going down.

"Yes and what is it?"

"The number of souls with life insurance." She slightly joked. "But seriously, this is the number of souls with high mortality and participation over a few centuries. And it's going down the toilet."

"Meaning...what exactly?"

"Look, when souls get depressed and have no means to do their craft in the underworld, it means that they will try to get back to the surface, meaning more ghosts scaring the pants off mortals and demigods alike." she replied before showing a chart with a blue line going up.

"And that's a problem?"

"Big time, if the number of ghost increases, the number of souls in the underworld decreases. Which in about oh say ten thousand years or less, will cause the underworld to become a normal cave full of monsters and the entire mortal world to be a haunted temple twenty four seven."

"And you think if you're in charge you can keep that from happening?"

"Of course. With Hades always focused on taking over Mount Olympus, he's slacking off. With me in charge I can guarantee every soul gets to it's spot and your parents get to rest easy without Hades trying to imprison them, or send them into lala land, or whatever silly plan he has in mind."

"Uh huh, and what does this have to do with me not stopping you?"

"If you agree then don't stop me when I go and kick Hades out. If it goes well then I can show Zeus I'm the right goddess in charge and you won't have to worry about sudden monster attacks ever again. Well, ones under my employment that is."

He blinked. "Ok, and if I do this, hypothetically that is, will you not try to kill me? Or try to take over Mount Olympus?"

"Of course not, taking over the underworld is plenty for me."

"So no trying to free….I don't know the titans?"

"Why world I? They're not even good as minions, especially for catering."

"So true." Canis said with Lupus nodded in agreement.

Hercules let that sink in and looked at the table. "Wait a sec, how-"

"Can you be sure? With a contract of course."

"Oh…." he said in confusion. "I see." 'Huh?'

Hecate waved her hand and produced a scroll of pure gold. "So we got a deal or do you want more explanation on my ten step plan?"

"Hang on, if I'm signing anything, I'm gonna need time to look it over."

"Sure thing." She said while looking slightly annoyed. "But don't take too long or I'll just do it the old fashioned away."

He took the scroll while Hecate walked away with Lupus knocked the statue of Phil down with his tail. 'I need to make sure there's no loopholes, who knows what she could have slipped in.' He then blinked. "Hey change Phil back!"

"When you decide." She said while disappearing into a ball of blue flames. "Later."

"Hey wait!"

But they were gone as the statue laid on the ground as a bird pooped on it.

"Dang it."

-In the underworld-

Hades was in his throne and currently listening to the latest briefing Pain and Panic were on about.

"And that's about a million souls that got lost and began haunting Egypt." Panic said.

"And they have decided to stay there." Pain said nervously.

"So you mean to tell me, that you two happened to let a MILLION souls, escape, somehow, and now they're out of my jurisdiction and in a scorching hot sauna of a desert?"

"Yes." Both said nervously.

"YOU IDIOTS!" he yelled burning up while standing as they jumped back.

"B-But it's not all bad!" spoke Pain.

"Yeah! We got you a souvenir." smiled Panic pulling out a pharaoh's headdress which Hades promptly melted with his flames.

"YOU!" He growled while pointing at them. "Are going to be on DOG duty for the next CENTURY!"

Both minions paled before turning into worms. "We are worms! Worthless worms!"

Hades was about to keep going before suddenly hearing a knocking at his door. "What!?"

Knock knock.

"It's just me Lord Hades."

Hades frowned and opened the door to show a smirking Hecate. "What is it? Now is not a good time."

"I just wanted to tell you that it's ghost inspection day, meaning you have to give me my share of the soon to be runaway souls your little minions found in egypt."

Both slowly crawled away while Hades glared at them.

"I'll deal with you two later. As for you, there aren't any ghosts, so you can and run along now."

Hecate raised an eyebrow at that. "Oh? That's too bad, and here I thought I would give you a gift for a good job."

Hades blinked hearing that. "Oh? What kind of gift?"

She pulled out a baklava and threw it at the worms. "A never ending baklava. Good for those days where you forget to eat."

"Oh gee, that's real great." he muttered dryly with a roll of his eyes.

Hecate chuckled a little before saying. "Oh and I almost forgot." She gave him some tickets. "I booked a vacation for you in Norway, to the famous Valhalla."

"Valhalla? What, you mean that whole place for the vikings or something? Yeesh, I've heard the weather up there is NOT my cup of joe if you catch my drift."

"But they have valkyries." She said. "And I heard that they are into hot guys, literally." 'Not.'

He blinked while getting a little interested.

"And I heard that Freya is still single. That and Hel, ruler of Hel."

"Hmmm, keep talking."

'Got him.' "Lets see, oh yes, Loki is still pissed that Hercules stopped Ragnarok, some kind of doomsday thing, and he is cunning like you lord Hades."

"Uh huh."

"And he can change into a girl, at will. Plus I heard they never had a literal hot god rock their world before. So maybe they would enjoy your smooth talking."

"Hmm, eh what the hay, I'm due for a big vacation. Pain! Panic!"

"Y-Yes boss?" Asked Pain in fear while changing back as Panic ate some of the baklava.

"I'm going to Norway, and I'm leaving you here to make sure wonder boy doesn't come here and ruin my plans."

"Yes your horribleness."

"Oh and don't screw up." He said before vanishing in a blazing inferno.

Hecate smirked before looking at the two imps. "Oh and I got you two a gift."

"Really? What is it?" Asked Panic.

She pulled out a giant urn and opened it as the imps got sucked in. "A new housing arrangement." She then put the lid back on and gave it to Canis. "Make sure it's in the deepest part of the Styx."

"Right away." he nodded before picking it up and flew away.

She walked towards the throne and smirked. "I'm going to enjoy this, until he returns. Lupus, did you make sure Hel is well informed about our former lord Hades?"

"Yes, and she seems to like the idea of locking him away and making him her toy. Or something along those lines."

"Excellent. By the time I'm done here Zeus will see that I was right and not even notice Hades vanishing."

"And what about the demigod?"

"He'll give me an answer by next week."

(Three days later)

Hercules looked over the paper again while outside Phil's house and didn't notice anyone walking over before feeling someone tap him on the shoulder making him turn and see Icarus and Cassandra standing there.

"Hiya Herc! So this is where you've been, I kept wondering if you were on some secret quest without telling us."

"Ah!" He cried out while jumping and hit his head in the ceiling. "Ow, guys? What's going on?"

"We should be asking that. You haven't been to school in three days." spoke Cassandra.

"Well I've been busy." He said while Icarus was looking at Phil's still rock hard exterior.

"Nice statue, did you buy this?"

"That's…..well Phil."

"I knew that." spoke Cassandra. "I had a vision about it, but nothing about what happened to you."

"Well it's hard to explain."

"Don't worry Herc, we won't judge too much." Icarus grinned.

"..." he sighed. "Hecate turned him into a statue and she will change him back if I agree to a proposal she made."

"Oh, sounds pretty standard, is that why you got that parchment?"

He groaned. "I don't know what to do!"

Cassandra looked at the scroll and read through the contents. "This seems legal."

"I've been trying to make sure there's no loopholes, I mean this was done by the goddess of magic herself."

"I don't see any, it looks like she's covered every spot for her and your benefit."

Icarus looked at the scroll. "Huh? So you get to have weekends off from monster fighting? Wow! That's sounds great!"

"I'm just cautious, I mean, I've never actually helped a goddess replace someone else from their domain. What would my father say if he found out?"

"Besides smiting her, no idea." Shrugged Cassandra before getting a vision. "You might want to avoid the window."

"Why?"

"Trust me, your butt will thank you later."

He blinked before looking out and went wide eyed before ducking as a fireball flew in and narrowly missed his friends, but lit the tips of Icarus' hair on fire.

"Huh? Why do I smell chicken?" He asked before seeing his hair. "Oh….AHHHH!" he started running around before getting splashed by water Cassandra threw on him with a bucket putting the flames out. "Thanks."

Hercules looked out the window and saw Hecate floating outside.

"Looks like I missed, shame."

"Hecate! Turn Phil back to normal right now."

"No." She said looking at her nails. "You still need to give me a answer to our agreement."

"Well I looked it over for three days, and thanks to my friend, I didn't find any loophole, so I'll just say yes, now do it!"

"Ah ah ah, verbal agreements don't settle with me. Just put your name down and I'll do it."

"Grrr."

"Don't be such a barbarian. It's so last century."

Hercules narrowed his eyes at her. He grabbed a nearby quill and jotted his name down before handing her the parchment. "There, happy?"

She smirked before making the scroll vanish. "Perfect, oh and I'm almost done getting my new throne. As for Hades, he's taking a long vacation in Valhalla."

"Val-what?" spoke Icarus looking lost.

"Norse realm for the gods." Hercules said. "We went there remember?"

"Not really, just seeing the Fates trying to be something else. And a giant wolf."

"So as of this moment, I'm the new ruler of the underworld."

"And?" Cassandra said before getting a vision. "Ghosts are going to be attacking Olympus, in a few years."

"Don't look at me, I'm not interested in that." Hecate said. "Oh and I forgot to mention in the agreement that you have to have coffee with me on weekends."

"I know, believe me, I read it."

She rolled her eyes. "So I'll see you later, or do you want to fight me?"

"Unless you start tormenting some innocent people, that'd be going against what Phil taught me. Speaking of which." he pointed to the stature with a frown.

ZAP!

The statue changed back to a normal goat man, but with a tutu. "Ugh, what happened?"

"You were a statue for three days."

"I was what?" He said in shock before looking down. "Hey did you put this on me kid?"

"That would be me." Hecate smirked. "And it's never ending so if you take it off, another one will appear on you."

"What?" he grabbed it and ripped it off, only for another one to appear. "Hey!"

She chuckled at this as Phil kept on trying to get rid of the tutu. "Now you can be a dancing satyr."

"That's not funny!" he frowned while Icarus and Hercules snickered a little. "Quit that!"

"Well I better get going." Hecate said before vanishing. "See you next saturday at my place Hercules."

"Herc, what the heck happened while I was out?"

"Well….it's a long story."

"Considering this stupid thing isn't gonna be getting off, I got plenty of reason to stay inside and listen."

"Well….I made a deal with Hecate."

"...WHAT?!" he went wide eyed. "Kid! What in all of Mount Olympus were you thinking?!"

"It was either that or let you stay a statue! Plus she...was really good with the contract."

"Everything was legal." Cassandra said. "Even the part where Hercules has to go for coffee with her every weekend, among other things."

"Wait, what other things?"

"Oh just him not disturbing her, having no monster friday's on leap years, and having her as a tutor. Which is kind of odd since Hercules doesn't even use magic, in a productive and not getting a girlfriend way."

"Wow Herc, you got some major bonus points." spoke Icarus.

He groaned. "Icarus."

"What? She's a hot cheetah."

"Who can turn you into one." Cassandra said. "Mmm, maybe it might work on you Icarus?"

"Heck no, but I might ask her to make me even more handsome for you my Cassandry wandry." he grinned moving in closer to her making her roll her eyes.

"Yeah no." She said while pushing him away.

Hercules sighed while feeling like his life will get even more crazy and dangerous. "Well, I guess some time on the weekends can't be too bad, right?"

They didn't answer him while praying that the hero in training doesn't become a dragon or something.

(Timeskip)

Hercules looked at the dark temple with bats on it while knocking on it, and breaking it in the process. 'A saturday...ugh let's get this over with.'

"Come on in." spoke Lupus seeing him. "But this time maybe be easy and NOT break another door."

"Agreed." Canis said. "Doors don't grow on trees you know."

Hercules careful moved away from the door and walked in. He went down a dark hallway and opened two double doors before seeing a table in the center with Hecate already sitting down with a skull pot.

"Oh come in Hercules." She said while drinking some coffee from a skull cup. "I just prepared some coffee for your arrival."

"Uh, thanks." he replied walking over and sat down while she poured some into a second one making him look a little green.

"What? It's just coffee made from the blood of a cyclops, nothing special."

He gagged hearing that. 'Oh man, I didn't need to hear that, at all.'

Hecate sipped her coffee before smirking. "So how was the trip, did Charon bug you about the souls or anything?"

"No, but he did seem a little bit chipper than last time."

"That's because I gave him a raise, he has been around before I was born and will be around long after you humans die off." She then handed him some sugar from a skull. "Sugar for your coffee?"

"Um, thanks."

She pouted it in before smirking. "Oh and how about you? I heard Prometheus Academy is getting tougher on you demigods as of late."

"Well it was decided since some are smarter, others stronger, so it's mostly just the aspects that give us an edge over everyone else."

"Back when Orion was around, that school was just like any other school, but instead of scrolls and making pottery, you had students killing each other over the most stupidest of things. Trust me, they were dumb as rocks."

"Considering what Phil told me about the past, I can believe it."

"And Zeus actually had lightning hair." She chuckled. "And was a blast at parties, before Hades used a stolen potion of mine to give him regular hair. Shame too, it was actually a good image for him."

He blinked while imagining his father with lightning hair.

"But enough small talk, I want to hear about anything important. After all, that was part of the agreement."

"Well, like what exactly?"

"Oh I don't know, maybe something about your personal life, like oh say your likes and dislikes, maybe tastes in girls, if you are into them." She smirked.

"Of course I like girls, what else would I be into?"

"Boys, goat men, the occasional spear, maybe a dog, I don't know, I'm not a love goddess you know."

He turned green hearing all that and shook his head. "No! No I'm into girls, really!"

"Uh huh, and how is that turning out for you?" She raised an eyebrow. "From what I heard you're very bad at understanding a girl, even a girl you made."

"Wait, who told you about that?"

"Aphrodite, I am the one that oversees any magic that brings life to objects and the like. That and my minions are big gossips, oh and don't mention the girl to anyone in Olympus, they might laugh at you till they faint, especially Poseidon."

He groaned and hit his head on the table. "I can't help it, I try my best, but it's easier to bench press the school then get a girl to like me."

"Well you need to keep you brain from turning to mush. That and try not to act like a arrogant hero, girls don't exactly like arrogant men." She said while sipping her coffee. "Trust me, I've been around before you were born and arrogant men get smited by Nemesis."

'Shame it doesn't work on Adonis.'

Hecate poured some more coffee into Hercules' cup. "Since I asked you about your life, maybe you should return the favor and ask about my life? It's only fair."

"Well, what's it been like running things down here?"

"At first boring, especially the ghosts trying to throw skulls at me. But after a while and a lot of new rules, they have been fine with the insurance and new job applications."

"They have jobs now?"

"Yes and they also look better on the eyes."

"So now none of the monsters are gonna try and eat me?"

She chuckled. "They might not attack you every other day or if you annoy them, but you won't have to worry on weekends or every other monday."

'Oh thank the gods!'

"But any other monster not under contract is free game, so I wouldn't breath a sigh of relief just yet."

He groaned at that. "So how many monsters are under your control?"

"Mmmm, about thirty or ninety monsters in total, including a few hot gorgons."

"Well, I guess that helps a bit."

Hecate smirked. "Oh and by the way, did you know I can change myself into anything?"

"Wait, you mean like Pain and Panic?"

"Gods no, I'm way more powerful than them and don't get caught when I change shape." she waved off. "I can change my color and voice, making my disguises spot on."

"Show me."

She snapped her fingers before quickly changing into a copy of Hercules. "How do I look?"

"Woah! You look just like me, you even got the voice down."

"Except your strength, even by god standards your stronger than normal." 'He' said before changing into Cassandra. "Mmm, feels boring."

Hercules went wide eyed before getting a shiver at the dangers of a shapeshifting goddess that wasn't under a contract.

Next she became Helen. "This one feels too...peppy." She then became Tempest. "Too wild." and then Pandora. "Too goth." before finishing it off by turning into Galatea. "I can see why you made her, she's really sexy."

Hercules blushed and looked away while Hecate changed back. 'Thank the gods she's her own person.'

"You really were into interesting girls, but they were WAY out of your league." She smirked. "Especially the blond and the amazon."

"I know, but at least I got Tempest to be a friend who might not possibly kill me."

"So I heard when Ares bragged about his favorite killer women warriors last month. He really liked the idea of you saving the amazon queens only daughter from a tight space." she teased making Hercules blush and take a sip from his cup. "Which reminds me, Aphrodite once asked me if teens like older women or not, and since you're here why not answer that question so I can brag into her face when you answer that no teen is into older women, just the popular girls their age."

"Why?"

"She keeps asking me since I use magic to see everything in the world, and it's annoying."

"I didn't think something like that would bug you."

"Well it does, especially when she calls me in the middle of the night." She groaned. "But back to the topic at hand, what is your preferred choice in girls?"

"Um...well, just any that seem kinda nice really."

"I see, but I still want a definitive answer."

"Well….maybe both? I mean beauty isn't everything right?"

"You're correct, brains make the woman." she smirked. "If Athena heard that she'd be proud."

He blushed.

"And what about me? Am I such a goddess?"

"Well...yes in a sense. But you do sometimes act like a kid, especially with the fireballs at my butt."

She shrugged. "It's an easy target."

'Why do I feel like that's a lie?' He thought before Hecate looked at him.

'Mmmm, I wonder if I can even teach him magic? He doesn't seem like the magic kind of demigod, but I could just tease him in the meantime.' She thought before saying. "Say, how about next week I begin teaching you how to use magic? I heard that the ladies love a nice magic spell."

"Magic? Me?"

"Well you can't stop everything with just brute strength. Plus imagine the ladies that you can charm."

And cue Helen going lovey dovey at him while running after him with a grin.

'Hercules marry me you hunk!'

He gave a small goofy grin at that making Hecate chuckle.

"I'll take that as a yes?" 'Gets them every time.'

He then thought about a love sick Tempest giving him a hug.

'Oh Hercules, let us fight and kiss every day!'

'A bit different, but I wouldn't mind that either.' He thought before noticing that Hecate was making a ball of blue fire. "Wait what are you doing with that?"

"Oh nothing, just going to teach you the number one rule of magic." She then chucked it at him. "Magic hurts like Hades!"

It went flying at him and caused Hercules to get turned into a chicken.

"Now for your first lesson, to get out of a transformation spell, just concentrate on your original form. But don't act like a chicken and lay on the chair, the wool cushions were imported from killer sheep from China."

"Bock!"

"Oh don't look so mad, you're not on the menu today." She smirked. "So just concentrate and don't lay an egg."

And cue him laying an egg on the chair. "Bock bocka bock!"

"Like I said, concentrate."

He closed his eyes and concentrated, only to lay a mountain of eggs by accident.

'Well I don't have to go to the store this week that's for sure.' she thought with a laugh.

Hercules kept on concentrating before he changed back, but made the mountain of eggs increase in the process. "Bock!"

"You did well, but the required time to complete this lesson is two seconds and you did three minutes."

'Well it's not easy!'

She threw another fireball at him and changed him into a newt. "Let's try this again."

(Ten hours later)

"Moo." Hercules said while in the form of a cow.

"Wow, you're really bad at this."

"Moo! Moo moo moo!"

"But you do make a good cow."

He mooed again before changing back. "It's harder than you-"

Poof!

"Baaa." Said a now sheep demigod.

"I'm sorry, you were saying?"

"Baa!"

"I don't speak sheep." She laughed as Hercules changed back.

"I was saying-"

Poof!

"Mew." Said a now kitten hero in training with a glare.

"Can you speak up? I didn't hear you."

"Hiss!"

She chuckled while picking him up. "You look better as a kitten."

He hissed again before changing back. "Not funny!"

"Oh relax, you got out of that in only one second. So you pass the first lesson."

"Gee, thanks." He said with annoyance.

"Next week will be transformation into other people. The other gender to be exact." Hecate said while putting him down. "And it will be much harder then this lesson."

He blushed hearing that. "Uh, thanks?"

"Anytime." She said before looking at the time. "Oh, you better head off. Your tutu wearing goat might be looking for you right now."

"Good point." He said before turning around and walked towards the door.

"Oh and I forgot to mention this but if you need help with the girls, just ask. I am both accustomed with both genders." She winked.

He nodded while keeping it together this time.

Hecate smirked before chuckling a little. 'He's an interesting demigod, but will he be enough for what I have instore for him?' She then turned around and saw Canis flying in with a bit of paper. "Good boy, you are dismissed."

He nodded before flying off as the goddess of witchcraft looked it over and smirked.

'Step one check, just three more and then I shall have the perfect candidate for king of the underworld!' She thought with a grin. 'But just to be sure he doesn't freak out, maybe I should do more intimate lessons with him.' she snapped her fingers. "Canis! Lupus!"

They flew in and landed on the ground. "Yes?"

"Keep an eye on the place, I'm going out to pick up a few 'essentials' for the future."

"What kind of essentials do you mean exactly?" Asked Lupus.

"You shall find out soon enough." She said before vanishing in a puff of smoke.

"..."

"...so wild party?" Asked Canis.

"You read my mind, call up the Sirens?"

"If you call up those gorgons and the baklava." He said before paw bumping.