The Zodiacs

The Zodiacs {11}

<Venus POV>

The days drew on and I could take my children home, finally. The only problem was, as they grew bigger, so did how much I missed Scorpio. They just looked so much like him. They had his little habits aswell like when Apollo laughed his eyes looked like molton sunlight, and when Nyx slept she had a little smirk. It drove me to returning to my habit of crying myself to sleep. I was exhausted, but I could never sleep peacefully. It got so bad I could never fully appriciate my children. I came to resent them. It was their fault. If I hadn't known they were alive, I would have taken Scorpio back, and he wouldn't... he wouldn't of died. But as soon as these thoughts came into my head I felt guilt. They were my children. I should love them. They were the last little peice of Scorpio I had left. I sank deeper and deeper into depression, switching from hating my children, to feeling guilt for feeling that way. It started to drive me crazy. I was lucky I had the twins who helped me. In the end I just couldn't take it. I needed my Scoprio. I took my babies round, to the twins. They had promised to look after them for the day, and I went home and locked my bedroom door. I found a bottle of my old pills and swallowed them. I started to feel dizzy and sleepy, and I lay down on my bed. I felt quite calm, it was best for everyone. My babies didn't have to live with a depressed crazy mother, and I got to be with Scorpio again. It was the best thing for everyone. It was the best thing for my babies.

That was my last thought before I lost consiousness. It was easy. Like falling asleep. I was floating on a mist of purple. I was happy. I was at peace.

"Venus...." A whispered voice called. I ignored it.

"Venus...." It whispered again. It started to annoy me. All of a sudden my mother stepped out of the mist.

"Mommy?" I questioned.

"Yes my child it is me."

"Why are you here, why not Hades?"

"You see, my child you are not dead, yet. You are merely in the realm between life and death. You took your own life, my child, why wouls you do such a thing?" I blinked back tears, her face so filled with love, she couldn't understand the resentment and guilt I felt towards my children. She is the Goddess of Love.

"I needed Scorpio. Everything I did without him was wrong. I was raising our children wrong. I just couldn't cope. I wanted to join him. In death we could at least be together. The thought that he isn't here anymore drives agony through my heart. I need him, Mom, if I could I would trade my life for his. I just need him." I broke down sobbing into my mothers hair.

"My child, I am forbidden to tell you this, but seeing you like this kills me inside. Scorpio, is not dead. He is alive on Olympus. It was his time to join us, so he died on Earth, and was reborn on Olympus. The reason you are not there now is because, it's not your time to join us. You still have a purpose back on Earth, to your friends, your father, and your children. Every God and Goddess started off mortal, but then they were reborn to their Immortal lives as you shall be and so shall your children." I was in shock. My Scorpio was alive.

"I should not of told you this my child, but because of the blood which runs through your veins, you can visit Olympus once, for 24 hrs, before you are reborn. You and your children may have entry through the gates, but you may not stay. I love you my child, and I hope you use this information wisely." She smiled and slowly faded away into the mist.

I had the odd feeling of being weightless, and I remember floating upwards towards blackness. Then I heard calling.

"Venus? Venus? Oh Please wakeup sweetie." I also heard crying. I opened my eyes a tiny crack only to shut them immediately due to the flow of sterile light.

"Sweetheart please wake up, oh sweetheart, we miss you, the Twins miss you, Nyx and Apollo, miss you. We need you, wake up." It was my dad. I heard him crying, and I gingerly opened my eyes. I couldn't stand hearing him cry.

"Dad," I managed to croak. My throat was so dry.

"Sweetie," Dad exclaimed. "What the the hell were you playing at? Why would you try to kill yourself? I thought you were happy."

"Dad, I don't know, it just got so much, losing Scorpio, gaining my babies, it was just too much."

"You really loved him didn't you?"

"Yes dad, I did, he was my soulmate."

"I know I saw the mark."

"Wait, What?!?!?! YOU KNEW ABOUT THAT?!?!?!?!"

"of course I did, I may just be human, but I'm no idiot, plus your mother told me when I told her I loved her." He gave me a sheepish smile.

"So you knew, all this time?"

"Yes."

"Did you know he was alive?"

"Wait what?!?!?!?!?!" Dad and the twins gasped. I had forgotten they were here.

"Yes dad, Scorpio is alive, he was reborn as a God, so now I am going to go to Mount Olympus, and introduce him to his children." The twins started to cry, they were so happy.

"Our brother is alive..."

"We will go with you."

"No, you can't, each one of us only can visit Mount Olympus once, and you will not waste your visits, you may need them later in life." They both reluctantly agreed. Then they gave me my babies and left.