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Carolos' POV:
I just flashed back from my Uncle Oceanus' palace but I could tell something was wrong. A servant was running by so I grabbed his arm to find out what was going on.
"The king has fallen ill, my prince."
"What do you mean ill? Immortals don't get ill."
"I'm just repeating what I heard, my prince."
"Where is my father?"
"In the war room, my prince."
I release the servant and make my way to the war room. I open the door to find my father with his war council, which includes my uncles, with the exception of Oceanus, Atlas, Prometheus, and a few others. My father looks awful his skin is clammy looking and his eyes are ichor shot.
"Father what's going on?"
The council turned towards me with a look of hate for some reason.
My father cleared his throat, "A godling poisoned me my son, which allowed him to release five dangerous prisoners from their prison."
"Who are these prisoners father?"
"Five other godlings that were put away for treason against my throne."
I nod my head, "So we have six dangerous godlings out there, do we know where they are?"
Before my father could answer that arrogant jerk Atlas spoke, "Who cares what can six godlings do against the might of the Titans?"
"Be quiet my foolish son, who knows how powerful these gods are going to be with their parentage?" My Uncle Iapetus says.
"Who are their parents?" I ask.
All eyes turn to my father, "It matters not Carolos, what does matter is that you will find these godlings and you will either bring them back here in chains or you will send them to Tartarus, is that clear my son?"
I bow to my father, "It will be done my lord."
"Good use your connection to your mother," he spat the word, "and you will find these traitorous gods."
I raise an eyebrow at that but know better than to question my father when he is in a mood like he is in.
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I put on my armor, which consists of a celestial bronze breastplate, a leather warrior skirt, two leather vambraces, two leather shin protectors, and a white cloak with a hood attached to it, which I wear up so only my mouth is visible. I strap my spear to my back and place a silver ring on my right ring finger. The ring, when twisted, becomes a shield. It was a gift from my mother when my Uncle Iapetus declared me a master of spear fighting. I reach out to the connection I share with my mother and it is very strong at a mountain to the north of my current location. I flash there, but I'm blocked from going to the summit by a powerful barrier. These gods must be very powerful if they can block me. I start climbing and soon I could make out voices. I decide to ignore them for now and continue to make my way to the summit. I finally make it to the summit and find a hiding place where I can listen to the godlings.
"Brothers and Sisters will you stand with me against Kronos?" a man with black hair and electric blue eyes asked.
"I will brother" said a man with the same black hair and black eyes.
"I will brother" said a beautiful woman with black hair and earthy brown eyes.
"I will brother" said a man with sea green eyes and the same black hair as the other two men.
"I will as well brother" said a beautiful woman with hazel eyes and curly brown hair.
They all had a unique look to them but you could defiantly tell that they were siblings, but what really bothers me is how familiar their features are. I am broken out of my musings by the last voice to speak.
"I will as well brother" said a beautiful woman who made me do a double take. The woman had chocolate brown hair, eyes the same shade of brown, and a beautiful pale skin complexion. I thought I was looking at my mother for a second; she looked that much like her, which means she looked just like me. We could pass for twins; I mean the only noticeable differences are the eyes and male/female thing. I am broke out of my musings by the first voice speaking again.
"Good together we can overthrow the tyrannical Titan Lord."
Well I've officially heard enough to know they are traitors.
General POV:
Just as the six siblings go to discuss a strategy to defeat their father a figure appears from a rock.
"Yeah good luck with that," Carolos says as he approaches the group.
"Who are you?" Zeus demands as he draws his sword.
"That matters not, what does matter is that you six are under arrest by order of King Kronos. My Lord has instructed me to bring you back to Mt. Othrys but gave me permission to kill if necessary."
"We would rather die than go back there" a furious Hera said as her siblings nod their heads in acknowledgement to her words.
Carolos just smirks and snaps his fingers and a celestial bronze net ensnares the three goddesses. Carolos never did like the idea of hurting women. Before the three brothers can react their attacker is on them. Hades and Poseidon were both unarmed but still rushed their attacker, which in hindsight wasn't too smart. Carolos could instantly tell the two unarmed gods were not trained to fight so he decided to disable them quickly. Using his amazing strength and reflexes he developed after years of warrior training he caught the black eyed ones arm and twisted until he heard a satisfying snapping sound. Poseidon managed to land a solid punch to their attacker's ribs, which made him stumble but Poseidon's hand felt like he just punched a mountain. Cal felt the punch but smirked when he saw the green eyed god holding his now probably broken hand. Cal kicked him and sent him flying backwards. Zeus charged the cloaked man and swung his sword in a way that was meant to decapitate him. Cal ducked under the blade and uppercutted the swordsman causing him to stumble. This gave Cal enough time to get his spear out, but he opted not to use his shield since the traitorous god did not have one. Zeus swung again but this time he was just testing the cloaked man's defenses. Zeus knew he had to get close since his opponent's weapon had the reach advantage. Cal laughed to himself as he noticed the god trying to get into close quarter combat. When Cal chose the spear as the weapon he wanted to use his father questioned him about why he did not use a weapon that would take advantage of his strength. Cal picked the spear because this would give him the reach advantage on his opponent, and if his opponent got close Cal would use his shield as an offensive weapon or in a fight like this one, Cal could just use his strength to engage in hand to hand combat. Zeus got in close and initiated a weapons lock between the two gods. Cal smirked at this and held his spear with one hand and reached back and punched his opponent in the face making him stumble backwards. Before Zeus could recover his opponent swept his feet out from under him. Cal raised his spear up ready to impale the defeated god but before he could he was blasted away by an incredible powerful energy blast. Zeus looked over to see all five of his siblings with their hands held up; having blasted the cloaked man that was about to kill him. Cal shakingly got off the ground and had just enough time to get his shield out as he blocked a blast from all six of the traitorous gods. Before they could break through his defenses a bright flash caught the attention of the seven gods. The flash revealed Rhea, Queen of the Titans and mother of the seven gods.
Carolos' POV:
"Mother get out of here it's dangerous!" I yell at my mother as I make my way over to her. As I take a defensive position in front of her I notice the traitorous gods are looking at me in shock as they look back and forth between my mother and me. My mother places her hands on my shoulders and turns me around to look at her. My warrior instincts are screaming at me to not put my back to an enemy but the look in my mother's eyes let me know that she is about to tell me something serious.
She strokes my hair, "My son" this causes a gasp among the traitorous gods, "it's time for you to learn the truth."
"What truth mother? And why in front of these traitors?"
"Silence son and listen to me" my mother says in a way that makes me feel like a little boy again. Mom waves her hand and eight thrones appear which we proceed to take seats in. I'm in the throne next to mother so she grabs my hand and looks me in the eye.
"Carolos my baby boy I'm about to tell you something that will change your entire world."
I nervously nod my head for her to continue.
"Cal look at these gods and tell me what you see."
I glance over the gods one more time and make the same conclusions as I did earlier.
"They are obviously siblings" I say in a curious tone.
"Yes indeed my son they are indeed each other's siblings" she takes a deep breath, "and your siblings as well my son."
My mind races with hundreds of thoughts but mostly my mind feels blow, so I say the intelligent thing, "Do what?"
My mother proceeded to tell me how my grandmother, Gaia, told my father he would be overthrew by his children, which would be a new race of immortals that would be greater than the Titans, so he imprisoned the five eldest children to prevent that from happening.
"Then why not imprison Zeus and me?" I ask.
"He tried to imprison Zeus but my mother came up with a plan to save Zeus and she lied to your father so you would be spared."
This is a lot to take in but one thing still doesn't make sense to me.
"Mother where were the five held, I know all our prisons and I have never seen them before."
My five oldest sibling, fates that's weird to say, all grimace and that changes to a look of anger.
My mother looks on the verge of tears but manages to speak, "He ate them as they were born my son" she says when the first tears fall from her eyes.
My mind stops working as I can't believe what I'm hearing.
"I can't believe that mother" I yell at her.
Hestia, the oldest of my siblings, grabs my hand and gives me a comforting look.
"Little brother everything our mother says is true; Hades, Poseidon, Demeter, Hera, and I grew up inside our father, never seeing daylight until Zeus freed us."
I can tell from her eyes that she is telling the truth. I hit my knees as my whole world has just been shattered in a matter of moments. My father, my king, the man who I idolized, the man I've strove to emulate since I was a child, was a power hunger monster who would do anything to keep his power, including eating his own children. I look over to my mother who looks so broken and that's when something inside of me snaps. Anger suddenly fills every fiber of my being. I punch the ground, and with anger fueling my already tremendous strength, I caused the mountain to rumble.
"Father will pay, I will tear him limb from limb, and the last thing he will see is me destroying his precious throne with my bare hands" I say in my anger.
My mother puts her hands on my shoulders and pulls me up. She makes sure to look at all of us in the eye.
"My children, it's time for you to fulfill the prophecy the Earth Mother gave so long ago. The seven of you will overthrow your father and his regime and take command of the cosmos."
My siblings and I all share a look and nod our agreements to our mother's words.
Zeus speaks, "Brothers and Sisters, the rebellion of the Gods has officially begun."
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