The Muses

Chapter 8

"I might be able to help. I do not make promises." Zeus says looking at me arms across his chest. "My brother may like interfering in the business of mortals but I do not."

I suddenly say words not thinking about what I am saying first. "Ok. I will become a Muse." Zeus' eyes light up and he smiles. Deimos grabs me and pulls me to the side.

"Anya, what about your mate? You know Zeus will pair you with someone horrible!" He whispers growling the ending. I look between the two of them.

"Actually Deimos, she won't be married to anyone too terrible," Zeus says suddenly behind him making Deimos jump, "because you will be the one I pair her with." Deimos turns around slowly.

"You want her and I to be married? Zeus, she is more than just a demi goddess. Your own wife paired her with someone already. Are you saying that Hera's choices are to be ignored?" Deimos says standing in front of me blocking me from him.

"Deimos, being a God yourself you should understand that she's lucky I let her live. She is so mixed most breeders wouldn't bother with a mutt like her. Since she is Hades' daughter I can't just kill her and due to her being a daughter of the the Big Three she understands that duty comes before pleasure." Zeus looks at me. "Now, niece... let us begin." Zeus holds out his hand. When I take it he walks Deimos and I into the Pantheon. The ceilings cascading over us in heights unnatural to man. The entire room is white with twelve throne like chairs around the center.

Zeus stops in the middle and soon the chairs start filling with Gods and Goddess everyone is there. Zeus steps back to his chair and as I look around I see them all, Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hermes, Hera, Dionysus, Demeter, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, and Aphrodite all in their ceremonial togas. The twelve major Gods and Goddesses, Deimos' parents, my father.

"Welcome, Brothers, Sisters, Children!" Zeus' voice booms across the room. I flinch and look at him waiting, "We have been gathered by a child of the Big Three." As Zeus says that, Poseidon, Hades, and him all stand up. Shortly after Zeus and Poseidon sit leaving Hades standing and looking at me. "Anastasia Beta Alexandria Basilia, daughter of Hades, God of the Underworld, please state why you are here."

"I, Anastasia Beta Alexandria Basilia, daughter of Hades, God of the Underworld, have come to claim my place with the other Muses." As I finish my sentence Hades gives me a brief questioning look.

"In accepting this position you will now be a Goddess of the Arts and Science and a Proclaimer of Heroes. In accepting this position you accept you no longer have a shifter mate chosen for you by Hera and will accept the one chosen for you by myself." Zeus says side eyeing Hera who is full on glaring at him way beyond mad. "Her new fated love, is Deimos, God of Terror, son of Ares, God of War, and Aphrodite, Goddess of s****l love and Beauty."

"I accept." Deimos and I both say. Suddenly a bright blinding light engulfs the room.

Hot pain radiates through out my body. I feel like I am getting ripped into pieces. My feet no longer on the ground and I realize I am floating in the center of the room as the Gods and Goddesses whisper below me. Suddenly the room goes back to normal as I fall to the floor. Instead of crashing to the floor like I expect to happen, I float down. I look at my outfit and realize my jeans and jacket have been replaced with a black ancient Greek dress with a gold belt and I have a gold head piece in my black hair. I notice everyone is looking at me and Zeus stands up quickly. I glance behind me looking for Deimos and I notice I now have giant dragon wings sprouting from my back. I turn back to Zeus and we both have a confused look on our faces.

"Typhon." Hades whispers quietly. Zeus and I look at him quickly and Zeus approaches Hades grabbing him by the throat.

"What was that dear brother?" Zeus says slamming Hades into the wall making the Parthenon shake.

"Maleficent said she was the descendent of a powerful dragon. Typhon. How else could my daughter have those wings." Hades says grabbing Zeus's wrist trying to pull him off. I subconsciously put my wings into my back as I look at my hands noticing a slight glow to my skin. When I looked back at Deimos he also had the same glow.

"Of course that Harpy is related to Typhon." Zeus says putting Hades down and walking towards me, "I am going to speak to you as your uncle and not your God." Zeus looks back at Hades as he comes up behind Zeus, "Go kill that psychotic mother of yours." With a wave of Zeus' hand Deimos and I are suddenly in the clearing those children died. To our right is the woods leading to the pack grounds and to the left is base of a mountain. I look up and I know of a small cave at the top that I use to use when I wanted to get away from the wolves. That must be where she is. I glare in the direction of the entrance.

I hear a deep growl behind us and when I turn around I see Alpha Elijah in his human form walking into the clearing with a large gray wolf to his right, Beta Luke, and a large brown wolf to his left, Gamma Taylor. Alpha Elijah stops a few feet away from us looking between us and seeing the glow of my skin.

"Anya, I see you took your Uncle's deal. I bet your father is pleased." Alpha Elijah says bowing his head towards us. "Who, may I ask, did you bring with you?" He glances towards Deimos.

"Alpha Elijah, please leave this between my mother and I. I can't have anyone else hurt." I say pleading with him. Elijah looked up the mountain and back at me.

"I, Elijah Mills, Alpha of the Red Crescent Pack, reject you, Maleficent Basilia-Mills, Luna of the Red Crescent Pack as my second chance mate and Luna." Beta Luke shifts catching his Alpha as Elijah dropped to the ground holding his chest. I hear a loud screech coming from above as a dragon shoots out of the cave. Mother.