Chapter 3

Seeing her son fast asleep and resting she let out a small smile which contained a lot of affection.

She carefully put him to the cradle next to her, she kissed him good night and quickly fell asleep due to the exhausting labor she went through.

While they slept, the 3 Fates appeared and quickly left as they came.

While the two slept peacefully the sun came rising through like every morning, but this time something strange happened.

As the sun crept through the window rising higher and higher, it soon hit the sleeping Lucian. As it did, the rays of the sun faltered slightly before it continued rising. Luckily no one saw it, if someone did they would have thought their eyes were playing tricks on them.

…

Location: The Underworld, Hades Castle

Hades was seen at a dining table with his queen Persephone, even though they don't need to eat, they still do it to enjoy their time together with each other.

While Hades was about to take a bite of his food, he faltered and stopped. He scrunched up his eyebrows as he said "that's weird"

Persephone looked up from her plate and tilted her head "What's wrong?"

"It's Apollo… He's here in the Underworld heading towards our direction"

Persephone then looked looked confused "What's is he doing here, the Underworld is the very last place I would expect the Sun God to visit"

"I don't know, but it seems urgent… and he's already at the front door, great, what better way to start your morning than an unexpected visit from your nephew, sigh" Hades said sarcastically before dapping up his mouth with a napkin and standing up.

"C'mon let's go see what he wants" Hades said while flicking his hand and dissolving all the food on the table.

Persephone sighed as well and repeated Hades actions and followed him to their throne room.

When they both arrived, they sat on their respective throne and awaited for apollo.

(Hades image)

(Persephone image)

Apollo burst through the door of the throne room with a serious expression and without waiting for Hades to address him Apollo spoke.

"Uncle! What the hell have you created!"

(Apollo image)

Hades looked down on Apollo irritated, "Watch your tone boy, You don't have the right to come down here and start making demands"

Apollo sighed "You're right, but still, this need to he address"

"Just get on with it." Persephone said, equally irritated due to having her time together with Hades interrupted.

"A son has been borned and it's Your son, as soon as my sun rays laid upon him, I received a prophecy… Just what have you created" Apollo couldn't help ask again.

Both Hades and Persephone's eyes widened in shock. Persephone snapped her head towards Hades, "YOU HAD ANOTHER CHILD! I ALLOWED THOSE TWO FROM THAT WOMAN BUT THERE'S ANOTHER ONE!"

Hades placed a hand on his face as he sighed 'The oath, shit' he thought. He then raised a hand towards Persephone to calm her down.

"Since he was just born, it means whatever happened, happened 9 months ago, do you remember what we did around that time."

Persephone hearing this became embarrassed as her face grew red, "It's not my fault okay, I wanted to get out of here and experience what a drunk night out together was like"

Hades, hearing this sighed once again and turned towards her "Yeah, except that when you actually got drunk, you wanted to also experience what a threesome with another woman was like."

"Okay, okay I get it, I'm starting to remember bits and pieces. When we got to the bar and got wasted with the mortals we approached a woman who looked like she was drinking her sorrows away"

Hades nodded his head "I was drunk as well but I remember you saying you wanted to make her feel better, so you invited her to the threesome… that thing about her is that she looked really familiar but I was too drunk to care about it. And we did the deed the next morning, she was just gone."

Apollo hearing this cleared his throat to get their attention. Which worked, both Hades and Persephone stopped reminiscing about their crazy night out and turned their attention back to Apollo.

Seeing him Hades scowled "Right you're here… So what was this prophecy that has got you so worked up? There's now way you would have come all the way here just so say I have another kid out there somewhere"

Apollo then said what he prophesied "In the realm where shadows dance and fate's threads entwine,

A scion born of Hades and betrayal's line.

The prince of the Underworld and treacherous seed,

Whose might would make immortal beings bleed.

With power to end the undying's reign,

He'd sever their existence, breaking immortal chains.

Beloved by the Fates, in their tender embrace,

He'd bring honor eternal to Hades' sacred place.

Born to bring glory to the house of the dark lord,

His deeds resounding, their legacy assured.

Through shadows he'd stride, in eternal might,

Granting honor and strength, casting immortal plight.

In the cosmic tapestry, his destiny thrives,

Bringing eternal honor to Hades' lives."

Both Persephone and Hades sat there in their thrones slack jawed, before Hades started chuckling before turning into mad laughter.

"HeheheHahahahahaHAHAHAHAHA" Hades laughed his a palm on his face as he threw his head back as his laughter turned crazier.

"A SON! A SON OF MINE! BRINGING ME GLORY AND HONOR! AND WITH THE POWER TO ONE DAY KILL IMMORTALS PERMANENTLY, AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

"Father is not going to like this" Persephone said with a hint of worry in her voice, feeling somewhat responsible for whatever fate becomes of the child.

Hades then stopped laughing and started exerting a large amount of pressure and power on Apollo. "He will hear none of this. If I find out, I will plunge this world into an eternal darkness, and it will start with your destruction."

"Yes… Uncle" Apollo said while gritting his teeth, in fear. 'Maybe coming here wasn't a good idea' he thought to himself. But as he turned around to leave Hades called out to him.

"Swear it, Apollo" Hade demanded coldly.

"What" he asked turning back around.

"Swear it on the Styx River that you will keep this information to yourself"

"I Swear on the Styx River that I will not spread out this information to anyone"

Thunder echoed through the Underworld as Hades nodded his head,

"I'm still curious Uncle, just what would you be planning with him" Apollo asked, unable to contain his curiosity.

"First, I would have to find the mother. And I already have a feeling, I know who it is based on the prophecy you brought… That's all you need to know" Hades said indifferently.

Apollo just shook his head and started exiting the castle leaving Hades and Persephone alone to discuss what to do next.

When Apollo left, Persephone turned to Hades and asked "You said you knew who the mother was? Who is it?"

"Thanks to the prophecy I know know why that woman looked so familiar, I was too drunk to remember at the time but thanks to the line "A scion born of Hades and betrayal's line" I finally remembered, she has been escaping death for thousands of years, I've been looking for her everywhere.

It's almost like she had help escaping my and Thanatos… that alongside the betrayal's line, there could only be one answer"

Persephone grew impatient "Well spit it out already! Stop leaving me hanging, who did we sleep with last night!"

Hades smirks "She's a powerful witch from ancient times, one of the Argonauts, a Princess of Colchis, was a priestess of Hecate,… She is Medea, the witch of betrayal"

(Medea's image)