Js Short Stories V1

Jason the Undisputable

This was intended to be my school work, as from the unit of learning such of mythologies and the famous "Hero's Journey". I hope it doesn't bore you all, hopefully to enjoy you if possible. Yes, it isn't well-developed since I had the word-count limit. The following stories would be better, I promise.

"I will not see such a disgrace in my house ever again, thus I exile you, Hermes!" the voice echoed in Hermes' head. What was he to do? The last night at Olympus, he was to be sent away just like Danae and her son, Perseus. What would he do with his son? It was of him that he was being exiled. A demigod had lived with the gods and ate and drank which he shouldn't have. He knew better to not bring Jason with him to Olympus. But what choice did he have? Jason had no parent except for Hermes himself.

               Jason woke up screaming in his bed, vigilant to his surroundings. As he looked at his watch, he was late again, being always dependable on his father or the housekeeper to wake up in time. He wasn't ready to be held accountable for his life yet, not just yet, even though he was in university already. In a hasty manner, he got dressed and gulped down his yogurt to substitute for his breakfast. He couldn't miss his first date with Laila, though he didn't understand why it had to be in a museum.

               After the small tour in the museum, having passed already four hours, Laila went to the bathroom and Jason walked around, touching things he shouldn't have, a courageous yet reckless boy he was. When his hands touched the sandals of Hermes on a sculpture, the lights went out and a security guard approached him. "You know, you shouldn't be lurking around like this, touching things you shouldn't." the guard said. After apologies, when Jason was about to leave, guard said once more. "Search a shoe of your father's with two feathers on each side of it and carry it to him, asking what it is." Frowning, but after going home, he did search for such a shoe and he did. He then approached his father in his study with the shoe, which got him a wide-eyed response. Hermes paused, but eventually spilled it out about how Jason was a demigod, Hermes himself being the Hermes of the Greek mythology, of how they got exiled. Enlightened from the story, he received the winged shoes of his father as a gift, since Jason said he will talk to Zeus personally. Hermes wasn't so as supportive, yet he couldn't stop Jason's self-centered and impulsive traits, since Jason was indeed so eager and impatient at the idea of him being a demigod and also exiled from Olympus.

               His father as his mentor and advisor, Jason learned the basic of martial arts and archery, along with the ability to handle a sword. In fact, he was given a sword, a Harpe in fact, the combination of a scythe and a sword, the very one Perseus used to kill Medusa and Cronus. "I'd rather prefer you not go, my son. It is a dangerous path to the Olympus, almost risking your life, it is." Hermes said, begging Jason to not go at the end. As Jason kept insisting, furious and wanting to find out why they were exiled, Hermes provided Jason with a location of a Pegasus to aid in his mission.

               As he left with the Pegasus, soaring up into the sky, past the barrier kept to hide the sight from human, Jason reached the bottom of the Olympus. It wasn't easy at all reaching even there. Hoards of birds came straight at him, attempting to rip his skin apart with their beaks, probably sent by the gods to hamper his attempt. He had to get rid of a giant throwing boulders at him, and too for the eagle of Zeus that once fed on Prometheus' liver. The way up was no difficult, at his surprise. Just had to avoid a few lightning bolts, easier than battling giants or thousands of birds.

               There he was, at the entrance to the Mount Olympus, the peak of it, facing the guardians of the home of the gods. With the aid of the winged shoes of his father, he was able to best them in combat, flying once in every while to parry or attack. Opening the door, Jason approached soon to the thrones of the gods, all absent but Zeus himself, missing the eagle on his shoulder which Jason took care of. As mad as he was, Jason threw his Harpe at the king of the gods, angering him even more for not only daring to ascend the Mount Olympus, but also by being defiant towards the authority of the gods themselves. Helplessly with no protection or shielding, Jason received all the thunderbolts from Zeus, dropping to his knees and soon to the ground. After hours of it, though Jason was only moments away from reaching Hades, he stood courageous and focused in front of Zeus, drawing a laugh from him after a long glare. "Jason, indeed you are a hero and a true son of Hermes. I apologize for the exile which I know the havoc on Olympus was from the neither of your faults. Now stand, for that I have healed your wounds and energy, mount on your Pegasus and bring back my faithful messenger and son back to us." Giving a respectful bow as Jason was grinning at this happiness, he rushed down to tell his father of such news, the acceptance back to the Olympus as proud father and son, a god and a demigod.

               After the return and long celebrations, Jason was called upon Zeus once again, but now for his courageousness and loyalty towards his father, asked for nothing but the equal services as now assigned the captain of guardians of Olympus. Would he remain now forever his services to the Olympus and the gods, recognized as hero no lesser than Perseus or even Hercules himself. The only one to challenge the gods and survive, no matter if the cause was just or not. As the undisputable Jason, the son of Hermes, the captain of Olympus.

Relationship: I have inspired this version of story on the Perseus and Princess Danae, as mentioned in the introduction. It was also inspired somehow of the Jason and the Golden Fleece as well. As for which of the exile from Acrisius toward his own daughter and grandson in fear of his death from his own grandson, as a prophecy stated. In this story, I have combined in a way two of these stories and created my own version as well. After the unjust exile due to problems in Olympus, Zeus accuses of these two, Hermes and his son Jason, out of some frustration. Later so Jason, understanding what happened, since he was so young when exiled, goes up to challenge Zeus, as of Jason who goes on the quest and comes back for the rightful throne, which in this case was the rightful place back in Olympus.