Chapter 30: Hades' Downfall part 1

The Underworld

Hades stood in his throne room holding his granddaughter Sophia, the infant child of his son Cyrus. Hades had lived for thousands of years and knew that sooner or later, he would die. So, he wanted one of his four sons to take his position as God of the Underworld. However, they all refused. So, Hades decided to skip a generation and go for his only grandchild. Unfortunately, he did not have enough time to wait for her to grow up and learn the ways of magic. Suddenly, Hades' dragon assistants Pain and Panic arrived in the room.

"Your children are coming here." Pain said.

"We can sense them." Panic said. "They will want to take Sophia back."

"I know." Hades said.

Hades then waved his hand over Sophia's head. Suddenly, the baby started to glow with a red aura.

"What are you doing to her my lord?" Pain asked.

"I'm giving her two things, memories and magic." Hades said. "The memories are of a new life. She'll think she spent her whole life here in the Underworld being raised by me. Sophia is also the product of true love as well as the granddaughter of a god. Her powers are incredible. I'm giving her the rare gift to be able to control her power without any training."

"But my lord," Panic said, "she's just a baby."

Hades did not respond. Instead, he out Sophia gently on the floor. She continued to glow unit she was entirely consumed by the red light. It was so bright that Hades and the demons had to shield their eyes. When they opened their eyes again, the light was gone and so was the baby. In her place was a sixteen year old girl with long, black hair and a black cloak. Hades had aged Sophia. She was now sixteen years old. He implanted memories in her mind so that she believed that her parents were dead, but that Hades took her in and taught her magic. Sophia's magic was strong. Hades also gave her the gift of control of that magic. She would soon be ready to take over for Hades as the new Goddess of the Underworld when she was a few years older. Sophia looked physically like Alice as far as facial features, but she had Cyrus' black hair.

"You called for me my lord?" Sophia asked.

"Yes I did." Hades said. "I want to warn you. Some people are coming. They want to kill me and take you away. We're not going to let that happen. As long as you're on my side, we can't lose. They know this. They will tell you anything in order to get you on their side. Two of them will even claim to be your parents."

"My parents died when I was a baby." Sophia said. "I don't know what would've happened to me if you hadn't taken me in. I will gladly stand by your side."

Suddenly, a large cloud of smoke appeared at the end of the room, revealing Cyrus, Taj, Rafi, Iago, Hercules, Alice, Mary Margaret, David, Emma, Hook, Will, Ana, Regina, and Maleficent.

"Where is she!" Cyrus yelled to Hades. This was the first time he was meeting his father, but he didn't care about that. He wanted his little girl back.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Hades said.

"Sophia." Alice said. "Our daughter. Where is she?"

"I am Sophia." The teenage girl next to Hades said.

Alice and Cyrus fell silent. What had Hades done to their baby?

"I took Sophia in as a baby and raised her after her parents died." Hades said. "I also taught her to control her magic. She is the product of true love and she has the power of the gods. She might be more powerful than you all."

"Sophia?" Alice asked. "Is that really you?"

It seemed like only moments ago that Alice was holding her infant daughter.

"Yes." Sophia replied.

"My name is Cyrus." Cyrus said. "This is Alice. We are your parents."

"Nice try." Sophia said. "Hades already warned me that you'd say that."

"He lied to you." Alice said. "An hour ago, I was holding you in my arms in Storybrooke."

"Your lies won't work on me." Sophia said. "You came here to kill Hades. I won't let you."

Cyrus, now extremely angry at what Hades did to Sophia, lifted his arm into the air. At the same time, Pain and Panic started to levitate. Cyrus then clenched his fingers to simulate crushing a heart. At the same time, Pain and Panic turned to dust. Cyrus was so powerful, that he crushed the hearts of two demons without ripping them out. Regina stepped on front of Alice and Cyrus and faced them.

"I know this is hard." Regina said. "You can't let your anger control you. We need to stay focussed. We can undo whatever Hades did to her later, but don't forget why we're here. We need to kill Hades. Cyrus, Taj, Rafi, and Iago should fight him. You all should have enough combined power to defeat him. The rest of us will fight Sophia. She is as powerful as Hades says. So it will take all of us. We won't kill her, we'll just contain her."

Everyone heard Regina's plan and was ready for action. Now, Cyrus was even more angry at Hades. Cyrus, Iago, Taj, and Rafi disappeared in magic smoke and reappeared in front of Hades. Sophia then started to levitate and float in the air. She then flew closer to the rest of the group. Regina, Maleficent, Anastasia, and Emma unleashed beams of powerful magic anergy at her. Sophia simply put a magic shield around herself and was completely protected from the allied attack against her. Being the product of true love and having the power of the gods (being Hades' granddaughter) made her more powerful than these four women combined. They stopped their attacked and Sophia let down her shield. She then looked down at the people below, including the woman who claimed to be her mother. Sophia had to admit that she and Alice appeared to share some physical similarities. However, a small coincidence like that was not enough to convince her.

"You never should've come here." Sophia said.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the room, Hades and his sons were about to go head to head in a fight to the death.

Boston

Cora's plane touched down at Logan International Airport as the sun was setting over the city of Boston. She brought with her a small army, equipped with guns and jeeps. The army stood outside near the runway and unloaded their vehicles and machinery from the plane. Cora stood with Victoria inside the airport terminal and watched this out the window.

"Once they're done, we'll be on the road." Cora said. "It should only take us a few hours to get to Storybrooke."

"What happens when you invade?" Victoria asked.

"You let me worry about that." Cora said with an evil smirk.