Goddess of Desire
Chapters 2 - 4
by DQiscool
Continued from Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Xena looked around confused. She noticed that she was standing in the middle of a huge room. the walls were made of gold and There were couches all over the place. Suddenly a loud voice told her to sit down. Xena went to one of the couches and sat down. Suddenly a man appeared before her. " Who are you?" Xena asked. She looked the man up and down. He was wearing a robe made of gold and he had gray hair and a beard.
"I am Zeus," he replied. "You are on Mount Olympus. This is my palace. The other gods will be here shortly. I have something that I need to tell you and all of them." Zeus told her. Xena was amazed.
"Why me?" She asked.
"You’ll see," he replied.
Gods started arriving and they all looked at Xena quizzically. When Ares arrived he went and sat next to Xena. " Hello, Beautiful," he said as he kissed her hand. There was something about her that was different. He couldn’t quite put his finger on it though. Once all the gods were seated Zeus and Hera sat upon their thrones.
"I know that you are all wondering why you are here. Especially you, Xena. I have gathered you all here because of Xena. I think that her mother should be the one to tell everyone about this," Zeus said. He then sat down. Everyone gasped and talked amongst themselves, all asking the same question. Slowly one of the goddesses made her way to the center of the room. There was an exclamation throughout the great hall and Xena nearly fainted. The goddess had long blonde wavy hair and was wearing pink. Her mother was Aphrodite!
Xena jumped up. "Come here," Aphrodite told Xena. Xena walked to the center of the room and faced the beautiful goddess. "I am your mother. You were born a demi -goddess. Kinda like my bro Hercules. See I had this fling with a mortal, your father. He was married to that woman that you thought was your mother. Well, I became pregnant and had you. I had them raise you. Your father left your mother after awhile because after me she couldn’t please him. When you were born each of the gods gave you a gift. Zeus then gave them a drink so that they would forget. Such as, Ares gave you your fighting skills. I gave you your beauty. Artemis gave you your weapon skills. Poseidon gave you your love for horses. Hades gave you the ability to visit the underworld and come back alive. You received many other gifts as well," Aphrodite said. She allowed a moment for Xena to digest this along with the other immortals. "Xena, do you remember when you died? You ate ambrosia. Well, to a mere mortal that would make them go from fully dead to fully alive. To a demi-god, it brings them to full godhood. Xena you are the goddess of Desire!", Aphrodite finished. Xena sat down right in the middle of the great hall. All the gods jumped up. Zeus motioned for them to be calm.
"You must eventually learn your new found powers. You may still travel and still live among the mortals. You control people’s desires. You can make them desire each other, peace, war, an object or anything. You, unlike your half brother Cupid, do not need arrows. You use your finger. You will learn the extent of your powers on your own," Zeus told her.
Xena stood up and asked, " um, I hate to bring this up, but if Aphrodite is my mother then Hercules is my uncle!" Xena said in shock.
"No he’s not.. I was born of the sea foam and adopted by the gods. So he’s your half uncle in law. You aren’t related. That would be bogus," Aphrodite said laughing. "Would you give your mother a hug?" Aphrodite asked.
"Yes," Xena said. She embraced her mother and then her brother. She then asked to leave and Zeus said she could. She then left the hall on her way back to earth.
Chapter 3
"Xena!" Gabrielle shouted when Xena appeared before her. She hugged Xena with all her might. "Where were you? What happened? Tell me please. I was so worried!" Gabrielle said all at once.
"Slow down Gabrielle. I think you better sit down," Xena said.
"Why?" Gabrielle asked.
"I sat down when I heard the news," Xena said concern on her face.
"Maybe I should lay down then!" Gabrielle teased.
"I’m not joking," Xena said. Gabrielle noticed a stern look on Xena’s face and sat down.
"I’m a goddess," Xena stated.
"What!" Gabrielle said. She jumped to her feet. Xena told Gabrielle the whole story and about Aphrodite and Hercules and her being the goddess of Desire. Gabrielle sat back down.
"Are you alright?" Xena said dropping to sit next to her friend.
"Yes, I’m just, well, shocked I guess. Although after traveling with you that’s hard to be. You’re a goddess!" Gabrielle exclaimed.
"I think we covered that already Gabrielle. I’m still the same, just now I can’t die and I can make people desire things. O.K. So I’m not totally the same." Xena said realized.
"What do we do now?" Gabrielle asked.
"Well, I want to go tell Hercules," Xena said smiling and try out my new powers a little. Not on him of course." She added.
"Do you know where he is?" Gabrielle asked.
Xena nodded. "Zeus told me. I can get us there easy." She got on Argo and then offered her hand to Gabrielle. Gabrielle took it and Xena warned her to hang on tight. They disappeared. The next thing Gabrielle knew she was looking at a village. Xena helped her off the horse. " Gabrielle I’m going to make it so you can’t see me. Hercules will be able to though. Don’t say anything about me ok. I wanna have some fun," Xena got this evil look in her eye and then disappeared. She touched Gabrielle’s hand and then went to the tavern. Iolaus and Hercules were at the bar drinking. "Hello Hercules," Xena said. Hercules turned around and said hello.
"Uh Herc. Who are you talking to?" Iolaus asked.
"Xena. She’s right there," Hercules said confused. Xena walked over to Hercules and sat on his lap.
"How are you?" She asked him.
"I’m fine how are you?" Hercules asked him.
"I’m fine but I think you’ve had a little too much to drink." Iolaus said laughing. Gabrielle walked in and said hi and joined them. , Hercules and Xena were talking and people thought he was nuts.
"Oh I almost forgot." Xena said smiling. She snapped her fingers and everyone could see her. Some gold dust fell from her. " Hello Iolaus. Long time no see." She said smiling. Iolaus spat out his drink and everyone gasped. " Meet the new goddess of Desire," Xena said with a smirk on her face.
Chapter 4
"What are you talking about!" Iolaus yelled. Hercules merely sat there and waited for Xena or Gabrielle to explain.
Xena explained and looked at Hercules to see what he thought.
" That explains a lot. Xena that’s great. I hope that you enjoy being a god." He then stood up and left.
"Was it something I said?" Xena asked.
" Xena, Herc’s in love with you. Now that you’re a god he’s worried that he’ll never get another chance with you. He was talking about you before you came in. He was saying how beautiful you were. He was glad you weren’t a god or a hind or anything so that maybe he and you could work together. we were going to set out looking for you because he had finally decided to tell you how he felt about you," Iolaus explained.
Xena left and followed Hercules. She found him in a grove crying. "This is the first time I’ve seen you cry," Xena said. She walked over to him and put her hand on his shoulder.
"Oh Xena. I didn’t know you were there. Iolaus didn’t," Hercules began wiping a tear from his face.
"Yes he did. Hercules I love you too. That’s why I immediately asked about you and Aphrodite. I was worried that it couldn’t work between us too," Xena explained.
Hercules turned to face Xena. He looked into her deep blue eyes. They were like the ocean. " I love you Xena. What are we going to do?" Hercules asked.
"Well you could kiss me for starters," Xena replied laughing.
"I like that idea," Hercules said. He kissed her gently at first and then more passionately. when they pulled away they were breathless. " Well that’s taken care of," Hercules joked.
"Yea. That was so funny in the tavern. They all thought you were nuts," Xena laughed. " Then Iolaus spit out his drink!" They both broke out laughing.
"Yea that was a waste of a few dinars," Hercules added.
"But it was worth it," Xena replied. They fell down laughing. When they finally stopped laughing they stood up and brushed themselves off suddenly feeling self conscious.
"Of all the gods and goddess’ on Mount Olympus. Aphrodite had to be your mother!" Hercules finally said.
"I know I couldn’t believe it myself," Xena said. She remembered the shock of the discovery.
"Are you going to tell you mom in Amphipolis and all the people you grew up with?" Hercules suddenly broke in.
"I suppose I’ll have to," Xena realized. "Gosh, they were upset enough about me as it was but now."
"It will be OK," Hercules comforted Xena. They simply stood in each others arms for a while and then started back to town. Then Hercules stopped. " What are we going to do about us. I would get old and die while you’d never get any older. That wouldn’t work," Hercules said.
"Yes it would. If you don’t think it will then you could eat Ambrosia too! We could both be gods. We could live forever together!" Xena pleaded.
"Where would I get Ambrosia?" Hercules asked.
"You forget I’m a goddess," Xena told him. She held out her hand and Ambrosia appeared. Eat it and become my lord," Xena told him.
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