A week after the last fight Zeus and Hera had, another started up. It seemed like each day Zeus had snuck off to sleep with a different mortal and left his children to cover for him. Truth none of them knew exactly where he was so telling Hera that when she asked wasn't an entire lie. By the end of the week, Hera was fed up with getting sent on 6 different wild goose chases by her bastard step children. Her siblings didn't know where Zeus had disappeared to, nor did her children. She didn't want to waste time with the bastards so she went straight to the one goddess who didn't care enough to cover for him; Athena.
Yeah sure, she did cover for her father when it was actually needed, but when it came to his infidelity she didn't waste her time. She wasn't a fan of him cheating either, but didn't make a point to try and stop him or cover for him. Her stormed angrily around Olympus looking for Athena and grew more and more frustrated when she couldn't find her. She went up to Apollo who was writing up some new songs in his room and demanded to know where Athena is.
"She's been in Athens all day," Apollo told her. "She just got back about 30 minutes ago."
"Well where is she now!?"
"Bath house?" Apollo guessed.
Hera left Apollos room and went straight to the bath house, bursting through that doors and scaring the shit out of Athena. "WHERE IS YOUR FATHER!?" Athena yelped in surprise, quickly grabbing a towel near the edge of the bath and wrapped it around herself. "You know there's this thing called knocking! Might wanna try it some time!"
"Just answer the question!"
"He's in the mortal realm!" Athena answered climbing onto the edge of the bath. "Why does that require you to storm in here like you own the place!?"
"I know he's in the mortal realm but where specifically is he!?"
"How should I know!?"
"You fucking know everything!" Hera shouted towering over Athena in an attempt to be intimidating; it didn't work.
"Well I don't know this! Father didn't tell me."
"And why the fuck not!? He fucking tells you everything!"
"Cause he knows I won't cover for his ass! Now can you go away!? I'm hot and tired and just wanna take a bath in peace."
Hera scoffed and stormed off in a huff, almost running into Artemis on her way out.
"What's her problem?" Artemis asked, her hands and clothes bloody from her latest hunt.
Athena sighed, throwing the towel off and slipping back into the water. "She's looking for father again and no one knows where he is, or won't tell her."
"Oh, so same old same old."
Athena nodded, only just now noticing how bloody her sister was. "Successful hunt I presume?" Athena asked.
"Yep!" Artemis beamed. "500 pound boar!"
"Impressive. You gonna get cleaned up now?"
"Nope! I'm going back out to get the big one."
Athena raised an eyebrow, "500 pound isn't the big one?"
"Not even close! See ya sis!" Artemis waved and ran off to 'get the big one' as she put it. Athena didn't know whether to be impressed at her sister's hunting skill, or worried that she was going to get herself trampled by a possible 600+ pound angry boar.
Athena went back to relaxing in the water for a while before getting out, drying off and heading back to her chambers. Almost as soon as she walked out, she heard what sounded like a group of people doing what she prayed was sparing. Not out of the ordinary, gods fight all the time, but what caught herattention was the sound of her father's voice coming from the direction of his and Heras room. She thought she was just hearing things, just being used to hearing Zeus's voice ring through the hall. Athena did ponder on it for a moment, getting an idea she hoped was wrong. "He can't be that stupid.." she muttered to herself, heading towards Zeus and Heras chambers. Then closer she got, the louder the sounds got and the more she cringed. By the time she reached the door, Athena could distinctly hear the voices of Zeus, Ganymede and some other female she didn't recognize. She wanted to just walk away and pretend she never heard this, but, regretfully, knocked on the door anyway. "If you're trying not to get caught, I suggest you find somewhere better to hide!" She said loudly.
The sound of Zeus frantically trying to cover up himself and his lovers could be heard from inside. Moments later Zeus stepped out with a sheet wrapped around his waist, "how did you know I was here?" Zeus asked
"I could hear you all the way from the bath houses." Athena told him crossing her arms across her chest.
"You could?"
"Yes."
Zeus cringed, rubbing the back of his neck nervously, not sure what to say. "You know sending Hera on a while goose chase through the mortal realm is smart, but having an affair in your own marital bed is a new low. Even for you." Athena scolded him.
"Yeah I know, just don't tell Hera." Zeus pleaded.
"If she asks I'm not covering for you. This is fucking disgusting."
Zeus shrugged, "I don't remember asking for your opinion."
"Really, cause I'll go get Hera right now."
"No no!" Zeus shouted, "no need to do that! I'm sorry, just please, keep quiet about this."
Athena rolled her eyes, "fine."
Zeus smiled triumphantly and kissed the top of her head, "thank you daughter!" He went back into his room and locked the door, leaving Athena questioning her life choices. She snapped back to reality when she sounds came back and she disappeared to Hephaestus's forge, the one place she went when trying to drown out any noise or avoid Hera. Plus, she did enjoy the conversations she had with her half-brother.
Athena knocked on the door and waited for an answer; why any of her siblings knock and walk before getting an answer she never understood. Hephaestus called for her to enter and she stepped inside aettina hit with a wave of heat. Athena was abit more used to the heat than the other gods who avoided the forge, often training directly under Helios's rays. She walked past all the weapons and inventions he had created, many were to aid the others in whatever their domain required of them. Hephaestus sat at his work desk, sharpening up one of Ares swords while the Cyclops worked around him.
One of the Cyclops looked down at Athena, glaring at her. They never liked any of the other gods, and frankly most of the gods didn't care for them either. Except for Athena. Yeah ofc she didn't like ones Poseidon created, but the elder cyclops she had no bad blood with. She bowed her head to them as a show of respect, in return the Cyclopes bowed to her as well before returning to work. Hephaestus smiled when he saw her, "you know you're the only god they like other than me."
"Maybe because I'm the only other one who treats them with respect." Athena said walking up to his desk. "Ares break another sword?"
"No, just needed sharpening. He did seem in a bit of a mood today though, something about a boar."
Athena chuckled to herself, "yeah, Artemis might have killed one."
"More than one from what I heard, but good for her." Hephaestus shrugged putting the sword aside on a stand. "So, what are you doing here? Finally gonna let me fix that scrap metal you call a helmet?"
"Never gonna happen, nothings wrong with my helmet. And I'm here trying to erase what I just heard from my head." Athena grimaced, sitting on Hephaestus desk.
"Let me guess, you caught father doing something unfaithful?" Hephaestus guessed, sitting back on his work bench.
"Their marital bed." Athena cringed.
Hephaestus shook his head, "guess he took a page out of Ares book."
Athena grimaced, remembering when Ares and slept with Aphrodite in hers and Hephaestus marital bed. "Sorry, didn't mean to open that wound."
He shrugged, "don't apologize. What's done is done."
Athena nodded. "Still, it's frankly disgusting what father is doing."
"I agree. You gonna tell Hera?"
"If she asks I will. You don't I try not to get involved with his affairs."
"She'll probably be back here at some point wondering where he is so l'll inform her." Hephaestus tells her, "if she doesn't catch him first."
Hunter Of Artemis
Chapter 4
A week after the last fight Zeus and Hera had, another started up. It seemed like each day Zeus had snuck off to sleep with a different mortal and left his children to cover for him. Truth none of them knew exactly where he was so telling Hera that when she asked wasn't an entire lie. By the end of the week, Hera was fed up with getting sent on 6 different wild goose chases by her bastard step children. Her siblings didn't know where Zeus had disappeared to, nor did her children. She didn't want to waste time with the bastards so she went straight to the one goddess who didn't care enough to cover for him; Athena.
Yeah sure, she did cover for her father when it was actually needed, but when it came to his infidelity she didn't waste her time. She wasn't a fan of him cheating either, but didn't make a point to try and stop him or cover for him. Her stormed angrily around Olympus looking for Athena and grew more and more frustrated when she couldn't find her. She went up to Apollo who was writing up some new songs in his room and demanded to know where Athena is.
"She's been in Athens all day," Apollo told her. "She just got back about 30 minutes ago."
"Well where is she now!?"
"Bath house?" Apollo guessed.
Hera left Apollos room and went straight to the bath house, bursting through that doors and scaring the shit out of Athena. "WHERE IS YOUR FATHER!?"
Athena yelped in surprise, quickly grabbing a towel near the edge of the bath and wrapped it around herself. "You know there's this thing called knocking!
Might wanna try it some time!"
"Just answer the question!"
"He's in the mortal realm!" Athena answered climbing onto the edge of the bath. "Why does that require you to storm in here like you own the place!?"
"I know he's in the mortal realm but where specifically is he!?"
"How should I know!?"
"You fucking know everything!" Hera shouted towering over Athena in an attempt to be intimidating; it didn't work.
"Well I don't know this! Father didn't tell me."
"And why the fuck not!? He fucking tells you everything!"
"Cause he knows I won't cover for his ass! Now can you go away!? I'm hot and tired and just wanna take a bath in peace."
Hera scoffed and stormed off in a huff, almost running into Artemis on her way out.
"What's her problem?" Artemis asked, her hands and clothes bloody from her latest hunt.
Athena sighed, throwing the towel off and slipping back into the water. "She's looking for father again and no one knows where he is, or won't tell her."
"Oh, so same old same old."
Athena nodded, only just now noticing how bloody her sister was. "Successful hunt I presume?" Athena asked.
"Yep!" Artemis beamed. "500 pound boar!"
"Impressive. You gonna get cleaned up now?"
"Nope! I'm going back out to get the big one."
Athena raised an eyebrow, "500 pound isn't the big one?"
"Not even close! See ya sis!" Artemis waved and ran off to 'get the big one' as she put it. Athena didn't know whether to be impressed at her sister's hunting skill, or worried that she was going to get herself trampled by a possible 600+ pound angry boar.
Athena went back to relaxing in the water for a while before getting out, drying off and heading back to her chambers. Almost as soon as she walked out, she heard what sounded like a group of people doing what she prayed was sparing. Not out of the ordinary, gods fight all the time, but what caught herattention was the sound of her father's voice coming from the direction of his and Heras room.
She thought she was just hearing things, just being used to hearing Zeus's voice ring through the hall.
Athena did ponder on it for a moment, getting an idea she hoped was wrong. "He can't be that stupid.." she muttered to herself, heading towards Zeus and Heras chambers. Then closer she got, the louder the sounds got and the more she cringed. By the time she reached the door, Athena could distinctly hear the voices of Zeus, Ganymede and some other female she didn't recognize. She wanted to just walk away and pretend she never heard this, but, regretfully, knocked on the door anyway. "If you're trying not to get caught, I suggest you find somewhere better to hide!" She said loudly.
The sound of Zeus frantically trying to cover up himself and his lovers could be heard from inside.
Moments later Zeus stepped out with a sheet wrapped around his waist, "how did you know I was here?" Zeus asked
"I could hear you all the way from the bath houses." Athena told him crossing her arms across her chest.
"You could?"
"Yes."
Zeus cringed, rubbing the back of his neck nervously, not sure what to say. "You know sending Hera on a while goose chase through the mortal realm is smart, but having an affair in your own marital bed is a new low. Even for you." Athena scolded him.
"Yeah I know, just don't tell Hera." Zeus pleaded.
"If she asks I'm not covering for you. This is fucking disgusting."
Zeus shrugged, "I don't remember asking for your opinion."
"Really, cause I'll go get Hera right now."
"No no!" Zeus shouted, "no need to do that! I'm sorry, just please, keep quiet about this."
Athena rolled her eyes, "fine."
Zeus smiled triumphantly and kissed the top of her head, "thank you daughter!" He went back into his room and locked the door, leaving Athena questioning her life choices. She snapped back to reality when she sounds came back and she disappeared to Hephaestus's forge, the one place she went when trying to drown out any noise or avoid Hera. Plus, she did enjoy the conversations she had with her half-brother.
Athena knocked on the door and waited for an answer; why any of her siblings knock and walk before getting an answer she never understood.
Hephaestus called for her to enter and she stepped inside aettina hit with a wave of heat. Athena was abit more used to the heat than the other gods who avoided the forge, often training directly under Helios's rays. She walked past all the weapons and inventions he had created, many were to aid the others in whatever their domain required of them.
Hephaestus sat at his work desk, sharpening up one of Ares swords while the Cyclops worked around him.
One of the Cyclops looked down at Athena, glaring at her. They never liked any of the other gods, and frankly most of the gods didn't care for them either.
Except for Athena. Yeah ofc she didn't like ones Poseidon created, but the elder cyclops she had no bad blood with. She bowed her head to them as a show of respect, in return the Cyclopes bowed to her as well before returning to work. Hephaestus smiled when he saw her, "you know you're the only god they like other than me."
"Maybe because I'm the only other one who treats them with respect." Athena said walking up to his desk. "Ares break another sword?"
"No, just needed sharpening. He did seem in a bit of a mood today though, something about a boar."
Athena chuckled to herself, "yeah, Artemis might have killed one."
"More than one from what I heard, but good for her." Hephaestus shrugged putting the sword aside on a stand. "So, what are you doing here? Finally gonna let me fix that scrap metal you call a helmet?"
"Never gonna happen, nothings wrong with my helmet. And I'm here trying to erase what I just heard from my head." Athena grimaced, sitting on Hephaestus desk.
"Let me guess, you caught father doing something unfaithful?" Hephaestus guessed, sitting back on his work bench.
"Their marital bed." Athena cringed.
Hephaestus shook his head, "guess he took a page out of Ares book."
Athena grimaced, remembering when Ares and slept with Aphrodite in hers and Hephaestus marital bed.
"Sorry, didn't mean to open that wound."
He shrugged, "don't apologize. What's done is done."
Athena nodded. "Still, it's frankly disgusting what father is doing."
"I agree. You gonna tell Hera?"
"If she asks I will. You don't I try not to get involved with his affairs."
"She'll probably be back here at some point wondering where he is so l'll inform her." Hephaestus tells her, "if she doesn't catch him first."
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