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A few days later
Antheia

I groaned in annoyance as I was shaken awake. "Antheia wake up!", my mom screamed as I looked at her confused. "Mother? Why are you waking me up this early in the rising?", I asked. "Nyx and Artemis are already here for the trip.", she said. I sighed facing myself away from her but she splashed water on my face.

"Okay okay mother , I'm awake", I said sitting straight. "Hurry up because the next village takes up to three days to arrive there by foot", she said. "Okay mother", I said. Quickly packing my stuff before leaving for the door. "I love you Antheia", my mother said hugging me. "I love you too mom", I smiled as I took in her scent for the last time. It will be awhile before I see her again.

"I will see you soon", my mom said as she waved us off. "Ehm I didn't get the chance to freshen myself up. Can we stop by the river?", I asked. "You will get to do that when we arrive at my palace", she said. My eyes widened as she told me that.

"Y-your place? The one in the underworld? Surrounded with dead souls?", I asked nervously. "Come on, it's not like they will steal your soul", she laughed. "Shadow and shade, you can reveal yourself", she said. The names repeated through my head as I was confused why she called those names but that thought quickly drifted away as a two heads revealed themselves on one horse-body  . My head slowly followed their silhouette as I saw that their height almost made me lose my breath.

They looked lifeless but still somehow alive because of the black color they have. The ground where they stood moved from solid to smoke as they walked closer to us revealing the silver fangs as they growled. Taking deep breaths I walked closer to them, slowly putting my hands out. They growled even more viciously than before.

"I don't think that's a good idea", Artemis spoke out. It honestly may be a bad idea but it was already too late to back down. "I know", I stated as I rested my hands right in front of them. "I want you to trust me", I said softly to Shadow and shade.

Nyx

"This girl is crazy", I thought to myself as she slowly put her hands out. I turned to see the glaring gaze of Artemis as she looked between Antheia and my boys. "I don't know what she's trying to succeed with this but it's going to cost her her both hands", I thought amused for their reaction.

They were about to attack when they suddenly stopped and looked at her. Silence filled the air as you could hear the laboured huffs of my boys. Slowly they let her palms touch their faces. "Is she a animal whisperer or something?", I said baffled towards Artemis who looked just as shocked. "At this point, I don't even know what she is."

Shadow and Shade lowered themselves as they allowed us to sit.

" Hold on tight"

Antheia

I held on tight as my arms wrapped themselves around Artemis, while hers wrapped around Nyx. Somehow I felt my heart clutch as we started to fly off. Because instead of flying higher in the sky, we flew just out of the city lights reach. "This will be different than you are used to. When I tell you to keep your eyes down, do it.", Nyx stated.

"Why?", we questioned her. "You will hear it", she said. Confused on what she meant, we looked at each other. Soon everything went quiet and dark , indicating that there was no life around us. "Okay we will enter my home", she said as they flew down the deep dark cliff. I was about to ask when we should close our eyes but that's when Nyx spoke out. " Keep your eyes down", she demanded. Slowly lowering my gaze, I could hear people high-pitched scream for redemption and forgiveness as we flew further into the underworld. I could feel the agony they were in but somehow I felt like they deserved it. "We're almost there", Nyx spoke out as the voices subsided. My body seemed to relax hearing that but suddenly I felt someone grab me. And before I knew it I yelled out, "Let go Pneuma" before I blacked out.

"Pneuma": Soul in Ancient Greek

Artemis

"We're almost there", Nyx spoke out as the voices started to fade. For a split second there was silence before Antheia yelled out, "Let go Pneuma". I was about to turn around when something happened that neither I or Nyx were prepared for. We were blinded by the light that surrounded us. "What's that?", Nyx hissed.

"It's Antheia"

Nyx

It just happened it matter of second, "What's that", I hissed. "It's Antheia", Artemis gasped as the light became brighter. "Listen closely Artemis, the next steps are important. Bring her back by saying these next words."

Meanwhile
Hera

"The sunblade", I spoke out. Hades chuckled as he heard what I said. "You know that's a legend right?", Hades questioned me as if I was insane. "Sometimes I wonder what you've been thinking about.", Prometheus added as he agreed with the rest. "When will you realise that you can never underestimate Hera?", Ares smirked as the smiles faded from their faces.

"Okeanos, show them please", I said holding his hand.  He took the piece out of his pocket, before carefully placing it on the table. "It can't be", Hades spoke out. "Well-", Okeanos was about to say something when a sudden explosion of light appeared. "What's that?", Prometheus said shocked. "That can't be possible.", Hades uttered.

"It's the golden soul"

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