Dreaming Out Loud

Game Changer

Chapter 85: Game Changer

Hecate entered the Throne room of Cronus and bowed to him respectfully.

"Rise my friend...tell me what has happened," he requested.

"You were right, My Lord...about Zeus. He was a tyrant and I did what had to be done," she responded. Cronus managed to keep his expression neutral.

"Then it is done?" he questioned. She nodded.

"Yes...Zeus is dead," she confirmed.

"I'm sorry you had to do that, but it does not surprise me," he said with sympathy.

"He threatened to turn the entire town to ash and I stopped him," she replied.

"I am sorry you had to take such drastic actions, but Zeus was no leader. He was very unworthy of his Throne," Cronus reasoned.

"With him gone, I suspect Demeter and Athena will advocate for Persephone to rule," she replied.

"Yes...and what of Hades?" Cronus asked curiously.

"To be honest, I threatened to do the same to him as I did Zeus, but Persephone pleaded for his life. I was...surprised to say the least," she replied. Cronus looked extremely intrigued by that.

"That is curious. Did she give a reason for this?" he questioned.

"She simply claimed that he had changed and saved her family more than once. I am as baffled by it as you, My Lord," she replied.

"Very interesting indeed. And what else did Demeter tell you in your visit?" he inquired.

"She said that her granddaughter, Snow White, had shunned King Leopold completely. Demeter seemed quite angry with him, as she was the one that entrusted him and Queen Eva with the Princess' care as a child. She was also weary of both Hades and Prince Eli, for they both seem to be in love with Persephone. She worries about her daughter," Hecate reported.

"As she should I suspect," he commented.

"And there is another thing..." she mentioned.

"Please," he requested.

"Circe is free now and she has rallied her followers. They believe the Princess to be carrying a child of evil. She says these followers have been quite brainwashed," she reported.

"And you believe these people to be dangerous?" he asked.

"Under Circe's influence...yes, there is no telling what they might do," she replied.

"Then we must take some sort of action. This is serious. Zeus was a common enemy, but we must determine how much of a threat Circe is," he said.

"Of...of course, My Lord," she agreed.

"Demeter has told you that she is your daughter, hasn't she?" he questioned.

"Yes...she did. She told me Circe is the one that killed me," she replied.

"And I told you it was Zeus," he stated, as he sighed.

"Zeus is the reason your daughter has become what she has," he revealed.

"Demeter said that he took away her magic and then banished her to a land with none," Hecate recalled. He nodded.

"He did...he feared her and thus cast her out. Now she has become a danger to all of us, thanks to him. But she was correct in the fact that she was the one to kill you. I blame Zeus for it indirectly though," he stated.

"I wasn't trying to hide if from you...but rather protect you from such a horrible truth," he continued. She nodded.

"I believe you, My Lord. I'm not sure I understand where we go from here. If my daughter cannot be reasoned with...then what will be her fate?" Hecate asked.