The Young God Chronicles: Chapter 9

The River passage was the most beautiful Zeus had ever seen. It had so many different creatures and wildlife. It gave Zeus a great time to catch up with his siblings, except Poseidon who was swimming with the different creatures of the Sea. The first person he tried to approach was Demeter, the one who looked like their grandmother, Gaea. She was admiring the plants that jutted out from the rocks. She saw me as I approached.

"Seagrass, beautiful isn't it. I... guess we haven't met yet, I'm Demeter..." She said and moved to the next plant admiring the texture, what was weird is that it responded to her touch.

"I'm Zeus. How... why do you have such admiration for plants?" Zeus asked looking confused at Demeter's interest.

"Well... It's one thing I find that I'm connected to. Unfortunatley, there is no Grain or any crops. I particularly like them.  Before we where swallowed, I'm guessing our parents let us wander off. I grew to like plants. They soothe me" Demeter said and turned back to the plants. Zeus left her alone. They trudged further underwater and Zeus caught up to his older brother, Hades.

"Hi there. I'm your younger brother, Zeus" Zeus said, making the first attempt to speak to his brother who just gave him a deadly glare as if planning Zeus' death.

"As you heard. I am Hades. Now what do you want?" Hades said abruptly, as if he wanted Zeus to just leave him.

"I was just... I wanted to talk to you, your my brother, shouldn't we communicate?" Zeus said but Hades just waved him away.

Zeus did not take this to heart, so he gave up on talking to his siblings and ran up to Tethys. "What are your plans exactly?" Zeus asked.

"We have to keep you protected and hidden from the reaches of Hyperion, Iapetus and Atlas, if they find you, they'll bring you to Kronos. Then, we have to teach you how to mindblock. If you get adept at this, you won't be vulnerable to the attacks of Coeus and Mnemosyne. If you can get past all that. You will be strong enough to leave our Palace" Tethys said and Oceanus interjected "We have arrived"

Oceanus jestered to an underwater paradise. It was a place seen only in dreams, it was that beautiful. There where merpeople and creatures that where just exquisitely breathtaking.

"This is your home until you are ready" Tethys said and they swam towards the beautiful palace.