Hera

"I don't understand, why we are here again?"

"Because all of you need to bond. I don't want to see a fight between my children and my wife again."

They were all standing in front of the Taxi, that was waiting for them. As expected the demigods protested when they heard the news of the trip. After a heated discussion that went for hours, they finally accepted it. Hera herself hated the idea. She didn't wanted to bond with those bastards. But somehow her husbands and brothers convinced her.

She looked at the scene in front of her. Thalia Grace and Jason Grace were arguing with Zeus while Hades, Persephone and Nico were also arguing. The only one who didn't say anything were herself, Poseidon, Amphitrite, Percy Jackson and Hazel Levesque who was standing shyly at the background. Amphitrite were glaring at Percy, but he didn't seemed to care. Out of all he made the cheeriest impression. Hera must admit, that she was always jealous of Percy. Although he hadn't a perfect life, he was accepted by all demigods, had a great family and girlfriend, who was faithful to her. Those were the little things Hera would kill for getting them. She had a broken family, an unfaithful husband and almost every goddess and demigod hated her for her bitterness. Only her sisters and Amphitrite seemed to like her a little.

She wasn't always that way. She remembered the time, where she was a free and careless goddess, protected by her older siblings. Back in the time of the first titan war, she and her siblings were practically inseparably. Back then she was a very beautiful goddess, on the inside and outside. Almost every god and some goddess wanted to marry her. Then came her marriage with Zeus. At first she didn't wanted to marry him, but he tricked her. He turned into a peacock which she took home with her to care for it. When she was at home, he turned back and raped her. Out of shame she had married him. At first her marriage was wonderful. She didn't knew that Zeus could be so caring. The first three hundred years of her marriage were a blessing, but then everything went down. She wasn't good enough for Zeus anymore. After their honeymoon, he constantly cheated her with other women. Hera of course was deeply hurt by his action, but she couldn't punish him, because he was a god, so she decided to punish his lovers and children. Slowly, but surely she turned into a bitter goddess. It didn't help that half of the Olympian counsel existed of Zeus offspring with other women.

During that time Hera did a lot of things she later regretted. She thrown her child Hephaestus from Olympus when he was a baby just because he was to ugly and because Hera couldn't show him to Zeus, because that would only show how much of a failure she was. It was probably the thing she most regretted and she didn't got over her pride to apologize to him. She remembered the days were she would always cry about her miserable life. She couldn't escape it, she was trapped in it because of her duty as goddess of the marriage. For everyone she was just the ice queen of Olympus, because she learned how to hide her feelings during the past three thousand years. Thousands of years of pain had made her tougher, but also more fragile at the same time. There was a saying of the mortals that described her perfectly: Hard shell, soft center.

When Hera heard the news shortly after World War II that the big three made the pact, it was the first time for a hundred years that Hera was happy. She finally thought that Zeus may be faithful to her, but her hopes were crashed when Thalia and Jason Grace came into the world. She hated the children. Thalia more than Jason, because she was Greek. Jason was Roman, so she tolerated her in a way, even made him to her champion, but I didn't ease the pain she felt when she heard about the two of them. She remembered that she cried for weeks. Everything that she hoped for had been crashed in a second. It was the last time she had cried, because after years of pain she had no tears left anymore. It wasn't that she hated the two, because they were Zeus children, no she hated the fact, that they were not her children. Every time she looked at the two, they reminded her of Zeus unfaithfulness. She was also jealous at the fact that almost every other god or goddess but her could get demigod children. That was also a reason why she disliked demigods in general.

"But can't we…?" the daughter of her husband interrupted her thoughts. She was arguing with Zeus about the trip energetically.

"No, and this is my final word. You will go. As the god of the kings I order you to do this!" Zeus boomed. He was now getting into his typical king-mode, in which he thought that he was the most superior person in the universe. Hera sighed. Zeus was never really a good king. Power has changed him, but at least he wasn't as bad as her father. He always used his power as advantage to get everything he wanted.

Thalia grumbled, but didn't say anything more.

After that small debate, they all got into the taxi.

Hera wanted to get in, but Zeus stopped her.

"Hey, honey, remember the oath, right?" he asked.

Hera was fuming inside. There was no Hey, you're alright? or I will miss you dear. She wanted to shout at him, but kept her mouth shut. She knew that she would need the energy later.

"Mhhhh." came out of her mouth. She didn't look at Zeus.

Zeus smiled at that and gave her a small kiss on the cheek. Hera flinched at that. She didn't knew when the last time it was he had kissed her. It was a strange feeling, but also the kiss told Hera that Zeus may really care for her.

No, I've had enough of his lies. I'm not gonna fall for his theater again. I'm not doing this for him, but because I want to fix my family. After all I'm the goddess of family.

She didn't response to Zeus kiss and went into the taxi sitting next to Thalia. Thalia was glaring daggers at her, but didn't say anything. She ignored her glare. She didn't wanted to start a fight right now, although she was tempted. She only sat there because it was the only free seat.

The taxi had enough space for eight people plus the taxi driver. From the outside it may seem that the taxi can only transport maximal five person, but the taxi was magical, so the space could expand, so that maximal twenty people could sit in the taxi.

The drive to the hotel was awkward and uncomfortable. Nobody said a word. Everyone was busy staring outside at the landscape or massage their hands. From time to time someone would listen to music on their iPods and MP3s or they would argue about how their seat neighbor should move a little bit, because he/she was on their seat, but altogether it was a very quite drive.

The hotel was in California, at the beach of Los Angeles. They would stay their for a week "spending time" with each other. The most time it will be the goddess with their step-children, but they will be also in mixed groups. Also they would not only stay in Los Angeles, but would go visit other cities and sights on the Earth.

After an hour they finally arrived at the hotel. It was a magical five-star-hotel. On the LED-scoreboard, there was a name: Royal Hearth. All eight of them got their suitcases, then they went into the hotel. The first look was astonishing. It was probably the most cleanest place, Hera had ever seen. On the floor there was a large golden carpet, which led to the reception. Their were pillars of marble decorated with some gold. On the wall there were hanging a lot of portraits of famous mythological creatures and on each side there were six statues presenting every Olympian. Hera was definitely impressed. She was used to a glamorous house, because she lived in Olympus, but never she had seen such a beautiful architecture outside of Olympus.

For a second she just stared at the corridor, then she walked towards the reception. With her most friendliest voice she spoke to the receptionist: "Hello, we would like to take our rooms."

The receptionist smiled at Hera. Hera knew that it was just because she was a Olympian and not because of friendliness.

"Lady Hera, what a pleasure to meet you. Of course, here are your room keys. There is one room for two person and two for three." she said handing her the keys.

Hera thanked her quickly, then walked back to the group.

"Well, it seems like we have three rooms to stay. I would say, the boys get one room, our goddesses one and Thalia and Hazel will share one." Hera said.

"Finally a good idea of your grace." Thalia said with distaste in her voice.

Hera glared at her. "I would watch for your words Thalia Grace, I did not sign up for this, you…"

At that moment Percy jumped between them. "Woah, guys, let's just calm down and not try to destroy each other already on the first day, alright?" he said diplomatically holding a hand at both women to stop them from fighting.

Both of them glared at each other, but did not say anything more.

After that, they went to their rooms. When Hera opened their door she watched the room in awe. The room was huge. Their were three single beds with a desk and a lamp at each bed. In front of the bed their was a huge screen, where they could watch television. There was also a couch and a second television and a table in this room. As Hera searched for more, she discovered a huge bathroom with a huge whirlpool. Hera was definitely amazed by the sight. She didn't think that their husbands would spent so much money for their trip. On the other hand, Hades was the god of the riches, so it was probably just a trifle for him.

Hera let herself fall on the bed. She would need the power for tomorrow, who knows what my happen. She shortly listened at the conversation between her roommates how this trip would be a disaster, then she closed her eyes and went into the land of sleep.

So my second chapter completed. Woah, thanks guys for all who are following the story. I was shocked when I saw that 15 people were already following the story. So as you see, this chapter was from Hera's POV. I wanted to take a look at her character a little bit. I think she is a misunderstood character and Rick didn't really show her in a very good light. The next chapter will be probably Thalia's or Nico's POV, I still have to decide. I hope you all liked the chapter. Please review, so I know where I can improve things. The next chapter will be updated soon. Till then enjoy the rest of the fanfiction world.

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