((More corny/fluffiness ahead! ...There will be more to come. ;P Again, this is just another warning. And oh. My. Gobbles! 16 reviews, 6 followers, 7 favorites, and 739 views?! WOWZA, you guys are amazing! *happy tears* Also, some good news for you guys! The Halloween play I'm in at the moment will be ending the day OF Halloween, so I'll JUST be in Christmas practices: Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Every other day will allow me more time to write! :D Thank you guys for all the support, God bless.))

asuvsuofa:*squeals for joy* You colored Mrs. Korinna, and she looks totally epic! She looks REALLY good in green, and blue! ...I was just going to do plain colors like: brown, cream, tan, etc. But that's because I'm a dorky simpleton with NO fashion sense what-so-ever. XD I had to BUY a manga fashion book just to know what a dress properly looks like on a woman. *facepalm* Okay, enough of my drawing failures. Yes! Herc and Meg are Soooo perfect for one another. They're probably my favorite Disney couple...ever! But, I might just be biased because of how "Hercules" crazy I am. ^^; You are amazing, so...I cyber glomp you know! *glomps*

Xitan22:Nawww...you really are so sweet! *hugs* Thank you! Like I said before; I'm a dork. I stay in the "How to _ for Dummies" section of any book store I go into. XD

Laughs4life:Haha, well I'm glad you like her. And of course. I typed " female Greek names" into Google, and found a list with a BUNCH of names and their meanings. Korinna (or Corinna) means "maiden", and I just thought the name was pretty, and suited the character fair enough. (Yep, that's how I work. XD) And no, no...don't worry. I get excited about the very smallest things in life. I found I Megara cake topper and Hercules action figure at a flea market one time; and you'd think I had just won the lottery, or something. ^^; But aww, I hate that your computer's being mean to you. I had a dinosaur computer a while back, and I beat it with a baseball bat. Either that, or I tossed it out a window. I can't really remember. Hehe, I can't wait to see what you write next! :D

penName111:*blushes* Aww, thank you so much! ^.^ I'm SUPER glad you like this so far, hopefully I can get chapter updates to you guys quicker. I'm just a REALLY slow writer, OCD, and a perfectionist. They don't compensate one another very well. XD

Within their several minutes of silent bliss, Meg had fallen asleep in Hercules' arms. His own eyes started to feel heavy. As quietly as possible, he lifted Meg up, and headed towards the stairway. Once reaching Meg's room, he gently lied her down on the bed, took her sandals off, and covered her with the sheets. She only stirred for a moment, but didn't wake.

Putting an arm over her head, and the other across her stomach, she readjusted herself into her normal sleeping position, and hummed a soft sigh.

Hercules couldn't help but smile at how cute she looked as he leaned over to kiss her temple. "...Goodnight Meg." He whispered before getting off the mattress, and heading towards the door.

Nearing the middle of the night, Meg started tossing and turning in her sleep.

Meg stood in the middle of what she assumed to be an empty room, everything was dark. She couldn't even see her own hands when she held them up to her face. Out of no-where, a demented explosion of laughter erupted from all around the room. She knew that laugh far too well, but she couldn't pinpoint where he was.

"Hades, you son of a Titan!?...I've had enough of your pathetic games! Now show yourself, or Zeus as my witness, I'll-" the laughter suddenly morphed into a mind-numbing screech that sent Meg to her knees, and her hands over her ears. She tried to block out the sound, but it was no use; the sound echoed off the walls and trapped themselves within the room. The sound could only be compared to thousands of harpies screaming at the top of their lungs with no intent of stopping anytime soon.

A spot-light appeared in front of Meg, and the screams instantly became silent. Meg moved her arm down to shield her eyes for a moment. Once they adjusted, she looked up at the figure standing before her. She knew who it was, but seeing him looking down at her with that crazed smile of his, sent her heart plummeting to her stomach. His eyes glistening with hatred, and his smile was anything but kind.

Before she could react, Hades grabbed a handful of her hair, and forced her onto her feet. She tried to pry his hands off of her as she moaned in pain; her head was still pounding from the screams, and him pulling at her hair wasn't helping. Meg's breathing became quicker when she finally looked deeper into his eyes. His smirk twisted even higher when he saw fear in hers. Gritting her teeth, she tried hiding her fear with anger.

"Or you'll do what?!" Hades demanded mockingly. "You're gonna go tell Ol' Hercy-Jerky on me? Huh...is that it?" His hold became tighter as he lowered his head inches away from her face. She couldn't hide the fear anymore, tears started welling in her eyes, but she wouldn't dare let them escape. She wouldn't give him that satisfaction.

"You think you're so high and mighty now that I don't own you anymore? That Wonder-breath's gonna stop me?" He paused and got even closer. "Because of YOU...he's still mortal, babe. You know what that means...don't you?"

With a click of his fingers, Meg's hands were chained behind her back to the wall, and another figure came into the room. Her heart stopped at the scene placed before her. "HERCULES!" She tried to run to him, but the binds held her in place. He was looking over the edge of a cliff, and the same pillar that had crushed her, was teetering down onto him. "No, NO...Please! Look out!"

It came down with a crash, and Hercules' body went limp underneath it. "HERCULES!" But before she could think, Hades grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her violently. His hands were burning her flesh, and she screamed. The fire ignited all the way around his face, and he opened his mouth to yell something at her. "Meg! MEG?! Come on...wake up!"

Finally free of her nightmare, Meg jolted up with a loud gasp. She could still feel Hades' hands on her shoulders though. "No!" She tried pushing him away, but the grip was too gentle to be Hades.

"Meg?! It's okay...it's just me." She looked up not to find Hades, but to her relief, it was Hercules. "Everything's alright, Meg...it was just a bad dream." He said in a soothing voice as he lifted his hand to touch her cheek. But before he could; she wrapped her arms around him, and hugged him tightly. "Herc?! You're alright?!...I thought you were dead." She cried. "...I thought he killed you; I couldn't stop him."

Hercules rocked her, and stroked her hair lovingly. "No, no...it was just a nightmare. I'm right here." He whispered softly, trying to calm her down.

Just as he was about to say something else, another person stepped into the room. Korinna came in with a candle holder held high so she could see. "Is everything alright?...I-I heard someone screaming, and came up as soon as I could."

"...Meg had a nightmare." He explained, still holding her tightly against him.

Korinna came over in an instant, put the candle on the side table, and sat on the bed beside the couple. "Are you okay, sweetheart?" She asked, putting a hand to Meg's back, relieved to know that no-one was hurt.

She simply nodded her head. "Yeah...I'm alright." Meg partially lied; while she was physically fine, her mind was still in chaos. Korinna smiled even though she could tell she was lying. "Good...Now, I know the perfect remedy for nightmares. How 'bout I go make us some of tea?" She offered, getting up as she spoke.

Both Hercules and Meg smiled back with a nod of their heads. "Yes please. Thank you Mrs. Korinna." Hercules said grateful for the offer, and the couple minutes of privacy so he could talk to Meg.

Grabbing her candle holder, Korinna left the room and headed for the kitchen. Once she had left, Hercules turned back to Meg. She was shaking, and she didn't seem to notice that she was. He gently kissed her cheek, and held her quivering hands in place. "Hey...are you sure you're okay?"

Meg mutely nodded her head, and looked away from Herc's gaze. She didn't want him to know that she was lying; she just wanted him to stay beside her. She was afraid that if she fell asleep, she would wake up to find him dead under that pillar.

"What happened in your dream?" He asked. Meg just shook her head; "I-I don't want to talk about it." She admitted, her voice soft and barely audible.

"...I used to get nightmares when I was younger, and telling Phil always made them seem less scary. It'll help...I promise."

When Wonderboy promises something, he keeps that promise. That might just be his downfall though.

"It...It was Hades." She began.

Hercules had expected it was Hades, but he stayed silent so Meg could continue. She told him about the laughter and the screams, then the part that made her most fearful.

"H-He came to me and said that-" she lowered her head shamefully. "Because of me...you're mortal, and that he was going to kill you! He chained me to a wall, and then I saw you looking over that cliff. The pillar was coming down, and I...I couldn't get to you in time."

After speaking it aloud, he was partially right. A bunch of screaming harpies? Yeah, so scary! Meg thought sarcastically. But she still couldn't get the images out of her mind, it all felt so real. "...I thought I had lost you." She finished, choking down the part of her that wanted to start crying just so he would hold her tighter.

Lifting her chin up, Hercules smiled down at her. "But you did get to me in time, and me becoming mortal wasn't your fault, I choose to stay with you. And if I had the chance to go back to that day, and change my fate...I wouldn't. You are more important to me than Olympus itself, and all the gods who live there."

He stroked her cheek, and she smiled back. "You'll never lose me. And I'm not going to let anything, or anyone hurt you ever again. They'll have to go through me to even lay a hand on you."

For some reason though, the last part of what he said did comfort her some, but it mostly made fear rise within her. Meg didn't know if she could handle him getting hurt, let alone killed because of her again. Still, she nodded and forced the smile to stay where it was.

Before either could get in another word, Korinna came back into the room with the tray of tea cups in her hands. "Phew!...Sorry it took me so long, that darn fire just didn't wanna start." She chuckled, laying the tray on the side table beside the bed.

"Thank you...your timing was perfect actually, as usual." Hercules smiled back, taking the cup Korinna handed him, and Meg did the same. "Thank you."

Mrs. Korinna smiled again, and sat beside the younger woman. "It was my pleasure...now, can I get either of you anything else?" She asked with a yawn that she couldn't hide any longer.

Hercules laughed, and handed the third cup to the older woman. "You can get some sleep. I'm going to stay here with Meg for the night." Korinna looked at Hercules skeptically for a moment, but his smile reassured her some.

"Aright, if you insist. But please...if you need anything, just-"

"Come and get you...now, go get some sleep." Hercules whispered, gesturing her to go back to bed. After a moment to think about it, she finally left to retire for the night. "Goodnight you two."

"Goodnight Mrs. Korinna."

Hercules turned to Meg who was still curled up in his arms. "We should probably get some sleep too." He offered. The look Meg gave him was uncertain; he could tell she was afraid to go back to sleep, she just wouldn't admit it aloud. "Don't worry...if you have another nightmare, I'll be right here. I won't leave you."

That seemed to convince her, and she nodded her head, thankful that he was willing to stay. "Okay."

Hercules wrapped his arms around Meg, and covered themselves with the blanket. And as he pulled Meg closer, he could feel her finally relax her muscles.

The fact that she had a nightmare made him feel awful. But because it was about him, because she's afraid to lose me... made him realize just how much she really did care. She knew that pillar would strike her from the beginning, but she put herself on the line for me anyways. And she'd do it again still knowing what her fate would be. It was a thought he loved and loathed at the very same time.

"I-I love you...so much, Meg." He said while kissing her cheek.

Hercules could tell that he would never grow tired of those words, and by the smile it put on Meg's face...neither would she. "I love you too, Herc."

((More OC character designs will be posted in a couple days. Galaxy, Titus, Panicia, Painiko/Niko, Mrs. Korinna, and Persephone all belong to me; with the exception of Persephone's name belonging to Greek Mythology. I do NOT own anything else, but it would be awesome if I did. ;) Thanks again, my fellow FanFictionets!))