“The Rise of Zeus – Chapter III (Pt 1)”

Author’s Note: This is a Take Ten to Write story and has not been proofread for errors. If I feel inspired or if there’s interest in the story, I’ll post a revised, edited, and extended version at a later date. Happy reading!

ZEUS

I open my eyes to see Apollo staring down at me.

“So?” he asks, sitting back on his heels, thumbs nervously drumming on his thighs.

Slowly, I push myself up to sitting. “Er, well, I’m afraid I don’t have much good news.”

Apollo’s face falls. “Was there… any?”

“Not really.”

“Oh.”

“Yeah.”

Apollo sighs and stands before offering his hand to me. “I guess we should go tell the others then.”

I let him help me up and dust off my pants. “Hey, have you talked to Hephaestus about the fridge yet?”

He glares at me. “You just woke up from an apparently disastrous vision about the future and you want to talk about the fridge?!”

“Well, yeah, I’m hungry and you know how I don’t like warm bananas.”

Apollo rolls his eyes as he leads the way out of the room. “Honestly, you can be such a child sometimes.”

“You dare call the king of gods a child?” I gasp. “Shame on you!”

He just sticks his tongue out at me.

Final Comments: Aaand we’re back to Zeus!

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