The First Times

First Demigod Talk

"He can't be your Dad."

Will raised an eyebrow at Ana's statement. She looked so sure of it and it broke Will's heart to contradict her. Whatever was going to said from now on, would shake her believes to the core and turn her world upside down.

"Why you think so, Principessa?" Nico came to the rescue, sort of.

"Because God doesn't exist." She replied, serious. "So, if God doesn't exist, gods don't exist." She concluded, shrugging.

"What makes you think the gods or even God doesn't exist?" Having raised in a different era, Nico was more close to the idea of Catholicism than Will. Italy will always be consider the heart of the modern religion and all Italians are raised to hear from it, specially with Rome being the Vatican's city.

"Because God didn't let me have a family before you guys came..." She whispered softly. "God should don't allow things like what happen to my Mommy and Daddy and Alex, but he does nothing, so I don't believe in him. So gods are the same..." Will stroke her hair, smiling sadly.

"I'm sorry you think so, sweetie..." He started, thinking about his next statement. "We won't force you to believe in God as God, but I'm sorry to say that gods do exist... and some have kids like us with normal people..."

"So, I could be one?" She wondered, frowning. It was pretty obvious that the idea of having a god for real parent didn't appeal her. Nico, however, calmed her down.

"It could happened, but no." He relaxed her, smiling. Ana turned to him, curious. "We did a little investigation and your Mom and Dad were who they were."

"Good. And now you're my parents." She smiled at them, before frowning. "Do you have a god for Dad, Papà?"

"I do too." Nico sighed, admitting it. "His name is Hades and he's the god of the Underworld... He was also the Dad of your Aunt Bianca, the one who raised me after my Mom Maria died..." Ana hugged Nico tight when hearing that.

"He must be very busy..." She mumbled, earning a curious look from Nico. "He never comes to visit and someone has to control the bad guys!" Will smirked and chuckled.

"Yep, Granddad Hades is a superhero..."

"Who is your Mommy, Dad?" Ana asked, curious.

"My Mom? My Mom is a normal Mom, just like your Mom." He tapped her nose, making her giggle. "Her name is Naomi and you can meet her soon, what do you think?" She nodded, happy to have a normal grandparent.

"But... If your Dad is a god and your Mom is normal... what are you? Are you immortal too? Are you guys leaving me too?" The panic was accumulating in her little face the more she asked questions. Will pulled her closer to him, soothing her softly. Nico was behind her, sandwiching her in the middle.

"No one will leave you..." He promised, calming the panting girl. Nico kissed her hair, making her look at him.

"We're normal people just like you, Ana... We just have some abilities that makes us different, that's all..." He explained, showing her his hand. Ana could see his skull ring in her hand and frowned. "Turned it."

"Nico..." Will warned him, but Nico ignored the warning. Ana turned the ring in her Papà's finger and from the ground, a cloud of dust appeared taking the form of a...

"Zombie!" The little girl screamed and hid behind her parents. Will looked at Nico, who made the skeleton disappear after a bow. "It's gone?"

"It's gone and Papà will never do it again unless he wants to sleep on the couch." Will threatened him, with a smirk. Nico narrowed his eyes, but said nothing. "Besides the scary point, yeah... we have other abilities, like healing." Ana perked upon hearing that.

"That's why you're studying to be a doctor? You can heal people?" Will nodded to both questions, but that only created more to the girl. "But... If Papà can create zombies... why is he studying to be a doctor?"

"Well, I can't create zombie, honey." Nico corrected her, glad she was no longer showing fear. He placed her on his lap and she didn't flinch. "I can summon the dead and talk to them... I'm studying how to be a doctor because I want to work on the morgue- yeah, it's a sad and disgusting place, I know..." He added upon seeing her disgusted face.

"One very important thing you should know, sweetie." Will turned very serious about it, making Ana pay attention. "You cannot talk about this with anyone who doesn't know about it... I'm afraid you'd be considered insane and taken away-"

"NO!" She shouted, hugging Nico tight. They were need crowbars to take her away from her new parents. Nico pulled her back to look at her. "No...?"

"No, Principessa... No one will take you away. Dad just telling you the truth, what could happen if someone starts question it..." Nico soothed the blow and stroke her hair. "Now, I'm sure you have more questions, but we are all hungry and we need to feed you, can you stand up?" Ana looked unsure, but tried to get up on her feet and gasped.

Her ankle didn't hurt anymore! She hadn't imagined the whole thing!

She turned to see her parents and could see like a light coming out from them. She didn't see that light before on them. She could see they were looking at her funnily, but she wasn't concern about that at the moment. It was obvious her parents were special and she was special too. Now, she only had to be up to the challenge.

"Dad... You think I can ask Granddad if I can be different like you?"

"I'm not sure... but we can ask." Will confessed. However, that gave Ana more determination. She was going to special as her parents! She wil make sure of it!

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