A New Order of Chaos

Hope Is A Powerful Feeling

Hemera could feel the hesitation of her allies.

She couldn't blame them to think badly or even being suspicious. She'd had reacted the same way. She almost reacted the same way. But her worries now resided more into controlling her own mother more than focusing on the rest of the army that was following her and her siblings against the Gods.

"Hemera?" Hemera heard from behind her the voice of her husband and brother, Aether. She was Day, he was Light. Entities would had mocked for eons that they were nothing but pure positivism. And, sometimes, that was completely wrong "Are you deep in your thoughts again?"

"Just... getting myself mentally prepare, that's all" she recognized, hearing the steps of her husband walking closer to her. Her hand was taken in his, making her lose her concentration and look at him.

"You'd faced Mother before... You face her everyday, even now, when the night is disappearing" he reminded her, with a soft smile "And, I'm sure that this will only be one more time..."

"This time is different, Aether" she emphasized, serious "Mother has the support of Ouranous and Tartarus and even from Father-"

"Let me worry about Father..." Aether interrupted her, gently "After all, I'm his opposite, if I had to place a word..."

"What about the rest of the Primordials? Who should we let in charge of them?" Hemera's worry was showing with every word she spoke and, even when she realized it, she couldn't stop it. It was as if you open a tap: the water will flow until someone closes it.

"Let the Guards deal with them" Aether tried to calm her down "Hemera, your only worry is to shine so bright that you can remember that there's hope in the new day..."

"It's hard to maintain the hope when all you see is dark and death..." Hemera confessed, hugging herself. Aether wrapped his arms around her, allowing her to support in him.

"Well, if you think it's hard to maintain the hope, why don't you see something that could bring it back?" Aether suggested, gaining her attention "Take a glimpse at the demigods... See what they're up to... Maybe that brings your hope back..."

"That's a great idea!" she beamed at him, rewarding him with a small kiss in the cheek. Aether smiled and watched as Hemera created a portal that would allow them to see the demigods. The first snippet was from outside the newly made library in the new New Rome.

"Ella!!" the greek Oracle, Rachel Dare, called the harpy, who was eating calmly next to the Cyclops "Hey... I need to ask... You remember where did you put the scrolls with the fragments of the First Great Prophecy?"

"First Great Prophecy. Prophecy, a prediction. Rachel Dare makes predictions" Ella began to ramble, getting the eyes of the curious Cyclops "Rachel Dare, friend of Perseus Jackson. Son of Poseidon. One of the Big Three-"

"Um, Tyson..?" Rachel wondered, looking at Tyson for help. The young Cyclop quickly got to work, grabbing the feathers of the harpy in his rough hands.

"Ella can help Rachel" Tyson simply stated, calming down the harpy, who blushed a little.

"Big Three Prophecy stand..."

"Typical..." the pythia rolled her eyes, but smiled at the harpy "Thanks, Ella!" she thanked her before sprinting away.

The second snippet Hemera could see was with a couple of demigods that were chasing each other.

"Travis Stoll!!" the girl, who was running after the boy, screamed with anger. The boy simply kept running and chuckling into the mountains and the newly made city "Don't you hide from me, coward!"

"Hiding means that I don't want to be found, Katie-Kat!!" the guy named Travis called her, chuckling. The girl, Katie, groaned in frustration and continued to follow him around the streets until she lost him in front of some kind of woods.

"Give up, Stoll!"

"In getting you attention, I don't think so" Travis surprised her from behind. Katie tried to get away from him, Travis held her down "How could stop getting your attention when I have this kind of things to give you?" Travis guided her through the streets to an open space with a small picnic set, waiting for them.

"Try not to give a make over to my cabin next time" she ordered him, surprised.

The last snippet belonged to two of the Guards of the Void. Hemera couldn't identified who were tehy, because she only met them once and they all wore hoods to cover their faces. This time, was no different.

"How does it feel?" a male voice came out from the first cape, that was standing next to a much shorter form. They were standing outside the group, who was talking and eating all together. They looked like they wanted some time alone.

"Feels different..." the person next to him, a girl, responded "Last time, I couldn't do much, except being selfish because of my family..." she admitted. The guy wrapped an arm around her, pulling her closer "What's going to happen to us, Nu? Once this is over...?"

"I'd be lying to you if I told you I knew what was going to happen, Mu" the guy, Nu, confessed "Once thing I know is that, everything we do will get back to us..."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean that, if we do good, the universe will be bound to balance to give us good..." he explained to her "I don't doubt that..."

The images faded away and Aether took a glimpse to his wife. She looked more decided, more convinced to do what's right.

"You were right, Aether... That did brought back my hope" Aether nodded, smiling in the process, especially when Hemera turned to look at him "I just hope that's enough to maintain the peace once this is over..."

"Trust me in this, Hemera" Aether grabbed her hands in his and looked at her "I'll know this demigods will maintain the peace and, we'll be there to help them once this is over..."

"To find their way home" she completed for him, smiling. That's when she understood it: they were a team.

Together, nothing could stop them.