Suffering and Ease

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[A.N Sorry been busy. Also they aren't born with any specific knowledge just random shit that will make writing more convenient for me😂]

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[Hestia POV]

Will this be my life? Will I be trapped here forever? That was the only thing going through my mind for the first few decades of my fall. I was stuck in despair at my situation, anger and sorrow that my father really despised me so much that he ate me. Sadness and loneliness at the fact my mother, though she verbally objected, eventually relented after only some threats and a push.{she saw a push, but it was from Kronos. That's why I'm previous chapters she is still described as bruised and bloody. She didn't see the effects of the push as she was being swallowed} After decades of being stuck in my thoughts of being abandoned and swallowed. Being forced to eat the soggy meat that occasionally pelted me, I realized there was still hope.

Even though my mother relented, I could feel the love and determination she held to save me and my already trapped sibling. I was just too focused on my sorrow to notice it then. This also made me think back to the words of my father as he was about to eat me. "Even though you don't look like much now, your brother has proven to be a threat, so I will take no chances on you."

This gave me mixed emotions about my brother, Hades. I think I heard my mother say his name was Hades. I was somewhat upset that I was doomed to this fate for something my brother did, but then I remembered my mother's screams.

"Why again?!?"

"You promised after Hades, that you would not eat them, look at her, she is no threat.

"She is just a baby like he was!!"

If those were true then, I can't really blame him too much, I doubt I would anyway though. I want to at least get along with the person I'll be trapped with for the foreseeable future. This did make me curious to meet him though, what kind of child was my brother that he could make my father see his mere birth as a threat?

From the brief argument of my parents, I heard that we are not Titans but something else, what we are, I have no idea. But from the way my father spoke of him, I could tell he didn't think much of me. I was just something that reminded him of the real threat, my brother.

While I'm somewhat nervous to meet him, I also wonder what he is like.

[2 years later (for her it felt like decades) { it took less time to fall because Kronos is weakened still from mcs consuming.}]

Over the last decade or so I grew very bored of fantasizing, as I knew it would not happen anytime soon. I fantasized about how different things could be if my brother and I weren't different. I spent my time dreaming of the perfect family we could still be if father gave us a chance. After coming back to reality due to the increasing pain I feel while falling deeper into this dark void, I noticed that I had grown a lot. Now looking older, with a figure similar to mother from what my hands can feel.

I also noticed that even though I've barely eaten or moved anything more than my arms since being born, I have a lot of energy. Not just physical energy but I also feel three different but similar energies within me.

[A.N Hestia is the goddess of the hearth, home and family.]

The first thing I felt was …warmth? It wasn't like the burning heat I have had to constantly get accustomed to, it felt comforting, like being back in my mothers arms. I felt like as long as I can keep this warmth, I could feel the same as I did in my one fantasies. Like I'm at home around a fireplace, beside my cuddling parents and my older brother. I didn't want to let this feeling go. I kept the feeling for as long as I could but I felt myself growing tired and running out of energy.

I did this for nearly another decade. Mostly to keep the pain away but also because I enjoyed the feelings the warmth brings. I was doing this again when I felt unimaginable pain.

I was submerged in a liquid that caused me to feel like I was on fire, like I'm melting. I couldn't think about anything but pain. Not even able to scream until a few seconds after the start of this agony. Just as I felt my consciousness starting to fade, the world somehow became even darker than before. Just as I was about to give in, in hopes my suffering would end, I saw a purple glow and heard a calm, reassuring voice from the distance.

"Please, calm down, I'm here to help you. My name is Hades and I'm assuming you are my sister."

As he finished speaking he pulled her out of my agony and into his warm and comforting embrace. Then he spoke once again.

"I can't heal you for certain but I can relieve your pain as you heal naturally or I can try to fix you in another way but I have never tried it before, I'll let you decide."

While he said those words I can feel my pain fading, in both body and mind. There was a long silence before I realized he was waiting for my answer. After a while I respond in a shaky voice, still resting my head on his chest, doing my best to respond, even though I don't feel any pain now and my mind is mostly calm. I can't help but still be scared of what I just went through and what else I'll have to face here.

"P…plea…please heal me if you can."

"Ok, let's go home first."

Saying that, he suddenly ran into a direction at high speed then slowly started ascending. I just now noticed he was standing on the surface of that liquid now, he's running in the air? This and also his words of going home sent my mind spinning. But that was suddenly halted back to calm thoughts of the situation by an unknown force. I have so much to ask him.

After coming to an area well lit by purple flames and landing on what looked to be a black sand beach? In front of a well lit cave? How is there even sand here??

He laid me on the sand and I couldn't help but melt into just a little, I was very soft. Brother then says a few words.

"Please, be still, you should not feel any pain or discomfort as my other 2 divinities will prevent it."

Is that why I've been so comfortable?!? I have much to ask but I shall wait for the right time.

I then feel an alien energy flood my body and see Hades point his right hand at me, moving his left arm in a circle. This continued for a while but I could feel my body starting to heal itself at a speed I instinctively knew was not possible for me. After he stopped I felt one of the alien energies leave but 2 do not. I sat up in the sand and he sat near me before speaking.

"So, sister, are you feeling better?"

I took a while to respond.

"...yes, thank you for helping me, Hades. If I may there are a few questions I'd like to ask you, if you don't mind that -"

Before I could finish he cut me off with a dazzling smile and a calm and carefree voice.

"I would be more than happy to answer any questions you have, sister, but before that, could you do two things for me?"

"Oh, yes, sure, what is it that you need of me?"

"Please, sister, could you introduce yourself and also even though you are very beautiful I would be more open to long talks if you had on some clothes."

I put my head down in embarrassment, not at him seeing me naked, but at him calling me beautiful.

"Ahh, apologies, my name is Hestia and ok I think I can do that."

I focus on my own warmth, then imagine the dress I was always wearing in my fantasies. An Orange and red toga covers my body from his view.

After completing what he asked, I decided now was the best time to ask the questions that have been building up since I've gone through that agony.