The Sister of Hercules

Falling On Earth

(Hey! Y'all remember those early chapters I mentioned? Happy birthday!)

Milleina's POV

"...and tomorrow I've got a date so I need you to tell mom that I'm out working on mortal affairs." I told the nymphs that were helping me out of my day kitan and into a more simple and smaller dress. It was more of a slip and less of a dress. They were also brushing out my masses of hair and taking notes on what I was telling them. I had created these nymphs to, not be slaves, they were taken care of very nicely, but as assistants. And they loved it. I created them by using a chunk of rock from a certain god's temple and they were good at whatever that god was good at. Like the one's made of Hestia's temple. They rocked at cooking! And the one's from Aphrodite's temple? Ya think I dress myself in the morning? But enough about them. Back to the story. The nymph that was writing down the notes looked up and smiled. 

"A date? Who's the lucky man?" She asked. I blushed. Mom and Dad would hate to learn who I was dating.

"He's not a man. He's a satyr." I told the nymph. The others gasped. 

"A satyr? Why would you date a satyr?" The one taking notes asked

"Well this one is different!" I told them. "His name is Philoctetes, a trainer of a heroes! You remember Achilles, right?" 

"That dude who got shot in the heel and lost his entire career?" Asked a nymph doing my hair. 

"Before that, he was the best hero around! And my Philly Goat trained him!" I told them, using my nickname I had given Phil. The nymphs all smiled, and my Notetaker waved her hands.

"Alright everyone calm down! We got to get you to bed." She told us. The other nymphs all went to to their barracks down the hall while I filled a glass with holy water. It was the mortals did to pray on Earth. I did it sometimes when I needed help, even though I was praying to my dad. My Notetaker shook her head, then left. Then I began to pray.

"Oh great god Zeus. Please allow Hercules to last his life on Mount Olympus and not get harmed by Hades." Then I drank the water. I wasn't sure why, but that's what the mortals did. I sipped it, until I heard a loud bang in Hercules's room! I ran down the hall and into the room, where I found Hades's little imps Pain and Panic taking Hercules! I ran at them.

"Hey! You drop my little brother right now!" I shouted. Then they threw a rope at me and it tied me up and gagged me at the same time! I struggled against it, but it wouldn't break! It must have been a rope that even gods had trouble breaking. I screamed for my mom and dad. When they finally got in, Pain and Panic had just jumped off the cloud! Mom ran over to the cradle.

"Hercules!" She cried. Dad screamed into the air. I finally broke free of my binds and started after the imps. Dad stopped Me.

"Where are you going?" He asked.

"I've got to save him! He's my brother!" I told dad. The air around swirled and thunder and lightning sparked in the air. I jumped off the cloud and glided down after the imps. I could see that they had a bottle filled with pink liquid. I recognised it as Gaea's saliva, a powerful liquid that could turn a god mortal! They were going to give it to Hercules! I flew down faster, just as I saw them stick the bottle into his mouth and he drank it! 

"Hercules no!" I shouted as I landed, using my godly powers to give myself a mortal form and landed hard my right ankle. I did a somersault and landed not to far from Hercules. I quickly picked him up as threw away the bottle, making it break. But it was too late. The bottle was empty. That's when I heard a voice say,

"Who's there?" I turned to see an older and woman come around the boulder as  the rain began to pour.

"Oh! Amphitryon! It's only children!" The woman says as she comes over.

"Is anybody there?" Amphitryon calls. The woman looks at me and Hercules carefully. I hold my brother close, not wanting him hurt.

"Are you children alright?" She asked. I try to get up, my ankle hurts too bad.

"We're fine lady. Just leave us be." I told her. 

"But where are your parents?" She asked me, helping me to my feet and sitting me down on the boulder. 

"Our parents are-" I stopped there, wondering how. I should tell her. I didn't want to tell her that our parents were Zeus and Hera. Only god could live on Olympus, and Hercules was mortal. "Gone." I decided. "Hercules couldn't stay with them, so I left with him." The woman looked puzzled, then whispered to her husband. 

"Well would the two of you like to stay with us?" She asked. 

"That'd be great! Thank you!" I told her. We didn't really have another option. I couldn't raise Hercules on the streets. And the couple seemed nice enough. That's when two snakes dropped in and decided to attack. Hercules grabbed them by the neck, tied them up, and threw them! He still had his godly strength! The couple looked surprised, but said nothing. The woman introduced herself as Alcemene. They helped me limp to their cottage, where we found that my ankle was broken. There was no way for me to fix it without using my godly powers. It was wrapped up and I had a crutch. I went outside for a little while, while Alcemene and Amphitryon played with Hercules inside. Thats when I saw a familiar chariot fly by. Apollo! 

"Apollo! Down here!" I shouted. He flew down and looked at me in surprise.

"Millenia! Where's Hercules?" He asked,  giving me a hug. I burst into tears on his shoulder.

"Pain and Panic." I told him. "They turned Hercules mortal. He's inside." Apollo looked astonished. 

"Come with me!" He said, taking my hand and pulling me towards his sun chariot. "We'll go tell Zeus what happened!" I looked back at the cottage, where my sweet little brother and this nice couple who wanted to take me in was. 

"I can't." I told Apollo. "As much as I want to get back to Olympus, I need to stay with Hercules. Go to my father! Tell him that everything will be alright!" Then I ran in the house, not looking back. I wish I had. It was a long time before I saw Apollo again.