Chapter. 4 family meeting
five months later
On the way to Greece and I landed on the island of Cyrus. I was walking in the forest. We don't have a lot of them in Egypt so I try to enjoy them as much as I can.
I was enjoying my time when I saw a lady was being chased by three man "great, here we go again." I chased after them and after a minute, I caught up with them. I pushed them away from her "now i've been having a good day, so you have two choices, boys leave now and you get to live or I'll personally deliver your souls to King Hades dead or alive" where I got a good at the all three looked the same Brown hair and eyes they about 6ft and looked more brazen than brains, the three decided to fight me any way I changed forms right before there eye to scare them off.
The one to my right looked like a big strong man was the first to step up. He had a club him but I noticed he had a bad left leg, I dodged the club and kick the leg out from under him and punch him in the face knocking him out.
The second looked about fourteen and has a dagger but looked like he didn't know how use it. He lunged at me but I grabbed his wrist and broke it then kicked him into a tree.
The lasted one was the oldest and leader of this little about eighteen. He had a sword. It was short but looked heavy but had little body-armor it was just a leather vest. he swag his sword but the weight made him over step like he wasn't used to it, I dodged the sword and grabbed the arm twist the arm around and kicked his back making him drop the sword but he got back up he tried to punch me but I blocked it and gave him an uppercut knocking him out.
"Well that was disappointing." I said, "I was hoping for a better fight." Then I started walking away.
"wait." the girl said. "Aren't you going to send them to King Hades?"
"Yes, someday their souls will go to King Hades but their string won't be cut today." I replied without turning around.
"thank you." She replied, running up next to me "i never got your name."
"my name is Hermanubis." I replied
She stopped for a second before she caught up "the banished one." she said
I turned to her "How do you know that." where I got my first good look at her.
she had blond har and blue eyes, She stood about 5ft 8' and she was beautiful "I'm the daughter of Poseidon and princess of Atlantis." she said, keeping up with me.
" well I'll be sure Hera must love that." I replied "you know I never got your name."
"telia." she replied
"why were those three mortals after you?" i asked
"i was walking down the road when i saw those three morons come stumble out a brothel and they were dunk and didn't have any luck at the brothel do there attitude they come over to me and wanted to fun some fun but i wasn't having any of that and turned them down, they got a lustful look in there eye's the odds were three against one so i stated running and something pulled me to the forest, so i guess i was hoping i could out run them in the forest when i come across you ."
"you made the right choice." i replied "one looked and acted like he was in training to be a soldier and the other two weren't nothing to laugh at either so running into the forest was a good idea atleast there you could out hide and hope they past you by and continue running or fight them one on one and Ra knows Hera wouldnt have helped you."
"you really dont like you really don't like Lady Hera." Telia said
I scoffed. "a goddess of motherhood who takes her wrath out on people who won't worship and most importantly Zuse children instant of taking her anger out that adulterous for her's where it belongs, i could never even imagine doing that to stef-be"
"who's Stef-be?" Telia asked but i didnt say a thing. "Didn't your grandparents have the same problem?" she asked
I look at her "If you're talking about my father." I replied "that happened once and Osiris was tricked by Nephthys and Isis still raised my father as one of her own, At least my family knows the value of loyalty."
"what do you mean by that?" she asked
"Oh come on, Zeus throw the giants into Hades the one who were loyal to him and other gods and even his own brother into the underworld at least grandpa Ra stepped down from being pharaoh with grace. Khronos decided to eat his own kids he should have stepped down and handed the throne to King Hades."
She scoffed "King Hades, the king and lord of underworld."
"atleast he does his job fairly and is loyal to his wife." i replied walking to the dirt road running next to the sea "well guess this is where we part ways, may Hermes protect you on your travels." and with said we parted ways
she turned back for a second and asked "Where will you go?"
I thought it over for a second. "Olympus maybe." I replied.
She laughed at me "You really do have a death wish dont you."
i laughed a little but "why should i only Anubis can take my soul." but than i thought it over "Well at some point I would like to go see uncle King Hades and Master Thanatos." I replied,
I continued walked to sea "Wait!" I heard her yell I looked and she was running up next to me "How will cross the sea."
I gave her a small smile "the same way Harems goes from island to island." And i shot off with his speed.
Thirty minutes later
I stopped to stare at a mountain with a storm clouds covering the top. "So this is Olympus. I'm impressed." Then I ran all the way to the top and saw the kingdom of the gods, there was twelve temple building was white marble and gold roofs and statues of the Gods. On the top were two gold statues of Zeus and Hera in front of the largest temple. I ran up all the way to the top and enter the building and saw the gods.
When I walked inside I saw ten arguing with each other and Artemis had her back turn to me and uncle Hermes wasn't around but I can wait. "Hello moon beam."
She stood straight up and turned around "Little Anubis." she said softly, then she ran over and we embraced each other. Then she pushed me away and punch me in the arm "where have you been? I came to Egypt every year on your birthday."
"I'm sorry, my moon beam for the last ten years for five years I've been training with dad and the other five years I was training with maahes."
"who is this moon beam?" a man asked walking up us. He had a shield and helmet he looked like a Spartan soldier and looked ready for war at any second his body was covered in scars and armor had dried blood covering it.
"you must be Ares god of war my name is Hermanubis." i replied
"Only Hermanubis is allowed to call me that." Artemis snapped "he is a true friend of mine."
"speaking of which, I have a gift for you." i said, i handed her a golden bow and a quiver of golden arrows "do you like at."
she was speechless "like it… i love it." she gave me a hug.
i smiled "i'm glade."
"What is this monster doing here?" a woman on the throne said, she was beautiful in she was in purple dress, she had a golden crown and lotus flowers in her hair, she a sceptre in her hand and had peacocks around
I simply ignored her comment about my look and answer her question "I'm come here to see uncle Hermes and you must be queen Hera."
Hera got one look at me and saw that I was married. "Why I'm I not surprised you're catching after Artemis when you are already married."
Artemis took a couple of steps back, and she looked like she was hurt "she right… and wrong at the same time."
Hera stood up and yelled, "what do you mean I'm wrong! I am the goddess of marriage and know everything about marriage, and I'm the queen of Olympias."
I gave Artemis a soft smile. "She right, I was married at one point." Hera looked smudged like she proved I was like very mortal and was beneath her "but she dead in a house fire due to for trying to practice magic without grandma Isis guidance."
Hera wiped smudge look off her face "B-but your heart belongs to Artemis ."
"It does." I replied "but i would love a mortal and lose her than lose Artemis I couldn't stand if I lose her."
Hera then turn to Artemis "how can you love a bastard son, but then again a son would fellow in the footsteps of the father."
"Watch what you say Hera just because you punishment the sons father's mistakes doest give you the right to judge what another queen does and In my opinion grandma Isis shows what a true queen of the gods should act like."
Hera stood up "how dare me compare to other queen, she is nothing like me."
"Now that I would gladly agree with you on Hera." I replied staring to walk away
"I am a far better queen than your precious grandma Isis." Hera said smugly
I stopped dead in my tracks and a feeling of death came over everyone by Artemis "you are no queen, Hera. queens are fair and just, queens punish the guilty and like they were her own child my grandma loved and raised Anubis like she was her own and she took me when I was abandon not by one mother but by two, you are no queen, Hera you are a brat that was given some of power and let it go to your head the only reason your still queen of the gods is because one has the guts to stand up to you and that stupid comment you made about my look, im proud to look like my father Anubis."
Off to the other side of the room, Hermes just walked into the throne room. "What is going around here?" Hermes asked
"Mother, ticked off the pup and he letting her have." Ares answer with a smile on his face, "And you all haven't stopped him yet." Hermes said.
"Are you joking, this is the most entertaining thing I've seen all day." Ares replied, "besides who going to stop him?" and Ares had a point Hermes got a look around and all the gods was either trying to stop from laughing or were agreeing with Hermanubis after sometime Hermes took a deep breath and walked over to his nephew and put a hand on his shoulder "ok nephew, Hera has had proper tongue lashing, what are you doing here?" Hermes asked
Hermanubis turned to him. "I came here to see uncle King Hades and see if i can find Themis."
"Well, last time I heard Themis, she was in Athens." Hermes replied.
"well thank you, uncle I'll see you around." I replied " oh Lady Persephone, is there anything you want me to tell King Hades.
"Tell him I miss him." Persephone replied, she was a lady wearing a white dress, tan flawless skin and black hair with flowers in it.
with that said Hermanubis started to walked out "wait little jackal." Hermes said stopping Hermanubis in his tracks "why did you come here?" he asked
Hermanubis stopped for a second remember i pulled out a scroll"oh yeah can you deliver this message to Nefertiti, it's proof that Amenhotep was killed by the sea people and Akhenaten paid them to do it, i would give it to her myself but as you know i cant return home could you do it for you." Hermas.
after that Hermanubis left like a flashed and a pale man in a black robe with black wings. This person was named Thanatos. "why do I get the feeling that death just walked all over your graves."
"Hermanubis just left." Hermes replied
"Let me guess. Hera said something about grandma Isis." Thanatos said dead panning
"Hang on, why do call Hera by her name but you Isis grandma Isis." Ares asked
"simple the level of respect I have for Isis compared to Hera." Thanatos replied "King Hades and Hecate are the same way, we respect Isis more than Hera."
"What is the meaning of this?" Hera yelled, "I can't believe this!"
"Hera, you dont treat your child like family and you punish the child for the mistakes of the father." Thanatos said, "and you don't have the respect of mortals. You have their fear. Isis has their love and respect from both god's and mortals and that's something you dont have."
A man with a golden crown and a golden Triton and a sea blue robe and this man of the sea Poseidon, he turned Thanatos "is Hermanubis always like that?"
"What you mean the way he treats hera?" Thanatos replied "No he in fact has a great deal of respect for woman, he just hates hera for a way she treats others as he said a queen is just and fair and hera is none of those things."
"why does he hate Hera so much?" Poseidon ask
"i thought it was obvious." Thanatos replied "he was raised by the egyptian gods and goddess, hera supposed to be a goddess of family but treats her children like dirt and he husbands children even worse."
Ares and Hephaestus agreed with him "they are a great disappointment and not worthy of being children of the queen of the gods." Hera said
"you see, that's exactly why he hates you hera." Thanatos replied "you are supposed to be motherly but you aren't, you are hateful and vindictive, impatient and self- centered. That is why he hates you Hera, you are everything grandma Isis stands against."
Ares and Hephaestus looked at each other and agreed on something "Thanatos, when you see Hermanubis let him know he can stay with me and i would gladly teach him the ways of blacksmithing," Hephaestus said "and i would like to teach him the ways of combat, I'm sure with the training from maash he has great fighting skills."
"How can you two side with a beast?" Hera sneered "and side against your own mother."
"When were you ever a mother?" Hephaestus replied
"let Hermanubis know he is under my protection and any attack against him and I will retaliate. Understand me Hera and the kid is right, you dont have our respect Hermes , Let Hermanubis know I wish to speak to him."
Hermes shock his head in agreement and dashed off, but on his mind "Nephew, you haven't heard the last of hera."
An hour later in the underworld.
Hermanubis was sitting at the edge of the river lethe the river of Forgetfulness. "I'm surprised to find you here, little one."
i looked up and there was King Hades. He looks like a well-built man with pale skin in a black robe and in his right hand was a bronze two-pronged weapon called a bident which help him break the earth summon the three-headed dog Cerberus and he used it to punish the souls that tried to leave the underworld and Hermes ".Hello King Hades, Uncle Hermes ." i replied with a small smile."
"What are you doing here, young one?" Hermes asked "I thought you be looking for your mother."
"Oh, I found her." I replied "but…."
"but what little one?" King Hades replied "what made run all the way too here."
"Oh, I found her judgment pavilion." I replied, "but before I even walked into the building… I froze. I couldn't walk through the front doors and now I'm only one step away from ever forgetting Themis was my mom."
"That's understandable, little one." King Hades said "my own father ate me, now you have a chance to meet your own mother and you're scared."
I gave a small smile "The boy who was trained by a god of war, what do I have to be scared of."
"Your scared of your mom rejecting you." Uncle Hermes said "Nephew, it's okay to be scared, young one. Even gods get scared."
I shrugged my shoulder "i heard what you said about me young one." King Hades said changing subject, "Thank you."
"i have a great deal of respect for death deities." i said "my father Anubis is one of the hardest worker I know it took him years to find me just because he was working so hard, when in was in training some days I would take over his job just to let him have some rest, all i ever wanted was to be normal."
"Look at me boy, stop trying to me normal, let me ask you something little one, why haven't you changed back?" King Hades asked
I looked at my claw-like hands. "I guess I feel better in this form. I was growing up. My skin felt wrong, like it wasn't the real me, but this feels natural."
"let me ask you something, when you were arguing with my sister were you defending your father or others?" he asked
"defending others, it's not right how she treats other children are pure and innocent." i replied
"little one, you were born from two different gods one of death and the other is justice, you were never normal, besides we are gods normal is overrated anyway."
I gave a small smile "i thought about it like that."
Uncle Hermes snapped his fingers"oh i nearly forgot Ares and Hephaestus wants see when you get the chance."
later that night on Mount Olympus.
Hera was walking around he kingdom when she came a crossed another goddess who's beauty was second to none in a red dress with golden blond hair "Hello Aphrodite."
"hello Hera." Aphrodite replied looking into a pool and the reflection was Hermanubis sitting next to Hermes and Hades "so what do you think of our new guest?" hera asked
"i think he's rather cute." Aphrodite replied "like an overgrown puppy." She a sigh and closed her eyes "to bad his heart in closed. It would be fun to per him with someone."
that surprised hera to hear this"what do you mean, can't you do the same thing you did to Hades and Persephone?"
"oh my dear hera, eros dont work on being like gods very long, Hades was already in love with Persephone when eros arrow hit him, Hades heart was opened to love but the little pups heart is closed and the worst part is he's the one that closed it."
hera smirked. "Then why dont you help him, unlock his heart?"
