Celticank : Yes, it's true… They do have a great and complicated family (furthermore if you take also into account the demi-gods and the heroes who belong to this great family...)
… Zeus returned and told to the other gods what Hades told him.
A new chance.
When Zeus arrived in the Olympus, safe, but a little confused, all the gods came to see him.
"So… how was your encounter with Hades ?
- It was… strange. And good. And productive.
- What did he want ?
- At first, he accused me. He thought I did something that I, in fact didn't do.
- What ?
- Apparently, his memory had been erased, and he had no idea why.
- But, if it is the case… how does he know that he forgot something ?
- He told me that maybe there was something in him that made him understand what happened.
- How does it concern us ?"
The other gods turns around, in the direction of the one who just talked, that is to say Ares.
"I mean, he said, he became an enemy for us. Or he seems to be. I don't think it will be a great idea that we… What does he want ?
- He wanted to know if I was the one who put the spell on him. I answered no, and I promised him that me and you, we would try to find a way, and discover what has been made to him.
- You didn't know if we agreed to it brother ? Asked Poseidon (not Ursula' father, of course, the true Poseidon.)
- You don't ?
- I don't know… As Ares told us, he is still our enemy…
- An enemy that we defeated, and who needs our help now. Maybe we could reconcile with him.
- You're too hopeful my brother, replied Hestia. I am the only one that he may accept to see, sometimes, but he is not really ready to forgive us.
- But Hestia, said Hera, it doesn't change the fact that he is our brother. We are a family ! She exclaimed.
- Well… a broken family, I would say, told her Apollo."
Hera rolled her eyes.
"Fine… as you want. A broken and great family.
- And complicated, added Aphrodite.
- And very, very large, said Demeter.
- And regarding to human standards, very, very incestuous,."
It was coming from Hermes, something he said with an ironic smile and his surprising reflexion leaded to the other members of his family to laugh a lot. All of them.
Almost.
Even Hera accepted to smile.
Right. It was funny.
She didn't always agree to her son-in-law's jokes, but it made her smile.
It was more than what happened usually.
So, it was something amusing.
And also terribly true.
"Fine… fine. So now, the funny time is over. So tell me, have you suggestions ? And I mean real and serious suggestions."
Everyone became serious again.
"In fact, asked Athena, what can we do ?
- Help Hades ? Suggested Artemis.
- I agree with this, answered Athena. Because apparently, first, something terrible happened, something that involves magic. Second, he is still a part of our family, as Hera said it. Three, if we help him, that could help us, and our familial conflict will stop.
- You think so sister ? Demanded Ares to her.
It was not a provocation, just a question. Athena shrugged, seeming pensive.
"I don't know. I just want to hope that it could happen. I don't want to think that our uncle won't be able to reconcile with us.
- Maybe you're right, whispered the god of the war.
- So… you will help me ?"
That had been asked by Zeus. Yes, he truly was the king of the gods, but it didn't mean the other one would obviously agree to everything he said. Because of course, he was their king, but he wasn't a tyrant !
And they were his family, when they discussed, everyone had the same power and the same importance (and by the way, his wife, Hera, was a queen. Not just a kind of window dressing. She did had a role, by being the queen.) so he was a little afraid that something wouldn't work.
"Of course, they all answered."
Some may be not really enjoyed by this, but they were ready to help.
He looked at them, all of them with a great joy in his heart.
What his wife and his daughter told them was true.
They were a family.
When he looked at them, he saw, a brother, or sisters, and also sons and daughters…
All of his family was there, under his eyes.
Almost all. There wasn't his daughter, Persephone. And his brother, Hades.
He lost the first one.
He would try to have the other one back in their broken, complicated, large, and incestuous family.
Maybe that what was happening was their chance.
Their new chance.
He hoped this.
It would take time, he knew it. But he was a god, he had all the time he needed, he could wait.
(He was waiting since so many time, trying without success to regain his brother's affection.)
Time would not be a problem, but his brother could be.
But now, things were different.
Because his brother asked for his help, Hades needed him, him and the others. He needed all of them.
Nothing could have made Zeus happier than that.
And he wasn't alone, the rest of his family would try, and succeed.
He was sure of it.
Pretty sure.
They were powerful, almost invincible, and nothing could resist to them.
Yes, that was very pretentious.
But they were gods, so it wasn't a surprise that they saw themselves as… gods.
Something they were.
But this is not the point.
The point is that, together, they would rebuild their family.
"You know what ? He whispered to his wife/brother/sisters/sons/daughters. I'm proud of you. Thank you."
They smiled to him, knowing what he meant, as they were ready to help him with Hades, despite what this last one did in the past. He also smiled to them.
They really, really had a new chance.
And he wasn't the one who would let this pass.
Not without trying to take it, if he could.
To try it, that really worth it, no ?