~3rd Person POV~

Hades was seething with anger at his constant failure to kill off the two gods. "Pull!" He shouted at Pain and Panic. The minions tossed a vase of Hercules and (Y/n) to the god and the man blasted the object.

"Nice shooting, Rex." Meg said sarcastically, watching the flamed man continue to blast the vases. He turned back to look at the crowd below and saw the (h/c) talk to the civilians with her brother beside her.

Hades moved beside Meg and growled at the group. "I can't believe these kids. I throw everything I've got at them. And it doesn't even--" Squeaking caught the god's attention and on the ground was Pain, wearing a pair of 'air-hercs.' 

"What...are... those?"

Pain shyly looked at his squeaky shoes. 

"Um... I don't know. I thought they looked kinda dashing."

Hades rubbed his forehead with annoyance. "I've got 24 hours to get rid of these bozos, or the entire scheme I've been setting up for 18 years goes up in smoke and you are wearing their merchandise!!!" He screamed, his skin and hair turning red.

Before the god could attack Pain, the sound of slurping redirected his attention.

Panic stood by the wall, drinking from a cup with (Y/n)'s face on it. The goblin paused at the attention on his and chuckled nervously, holding his cup out to the god. "...Thirsty?"

Hades screamed angrily and his flames exploded, sending an explosion on his mountain.

(Y/n) and Hercules shared an odd look at the sound but shrugged it off and continued what they were doing. 

Pain and Panic came unstuck from the wall and blinked, covered in ash.

Meg chuckled at the god's misfortune. " Looks like your game's over. Wonder Duo is hitting every curve you throw at them." He smirked, staring down the girl doing push-ups in the arena.

Hades paused and chuckled evilly. "Oh yeah..." He approached the brunette with a hand on his shoulder. "Meg, my boy.." 

The brunette sat on a ledge, a small unnoticeable smile on his face. "I wonder if maybe I haven't been throwing the right curves at...her." The mist around the god making a movement around the mortal's arms. 

The boy glared at the god. "Don't even go there." He stood up and turned away, crossing his arms. "See, at least she's gotta have a weakness, because everybody's got a weakness I mean for what?" 

Hades made a box appear in his hands. 

"Pandora, it was the box thing." The box disappeared and a toy horse appeared. "For the Trojans, hey, they bet on the wrong horse, okay?" The horse went away and the god put a hand on his chin.

"We simply need to find out Wondergirl's."

Meg quickly turned around and his purple eyes sent daggers to the god. "I've done my part. Get your little imps—"

"They couldn't handle her as a baby. I need someone who can... handle her as a woman."

Meg pushed the god away. "Hey, I've sworn off woman-handling." 

Hades shrugged. "Well, you know, that's good because that's what got you into the jam in the first place, isn't it?" 

A shadow of a man and woman appeared. "You sold your soul to me to save your girlfriend's life." A shadow of a second man walked by, and the woman looked intrigued. "And how does she thank you? By running off with some babe."

The woman ran away and the man fell to the ground, heartbroken. "She hurt you real bad, didn't she, Meg? Huh?" 

Meg waved the mist away and turned to the god. "Look, I learned my lesson, okay?" 

Hades rested his hands on the boy's shoulders. "Which is exactly why I got a feelin' you're gonna leap at my new offer." The brunette slowly looked at the god. "You give me the key to bringing down wonder babe and her brother, and I give you the thing that you crave most in the entire cosmos.." 

He leaned close to the boy's ear. "Your freedom.."

The boy's eyes widened in shock.

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At the temple of Zeus, the twins and Pegasus stood in front of their statued father. "You should have been there, father! We mangled the minotaur, grappled with the Gorgon, Just like Phil told us!" (Y/n) shouted with excitement at their adventures. 

"We analyzed the situation, controlled our strength, and kicked!" Hercules roughhoused with Pegasus, pretending to knock the horse down. "The crowds went wild! Thank you, thank you." He bowed.

Zeus laughed at his children's story. "Hah! You're doin' great, kids. You're doin' your old man proud!" 

(Y/n) stood beside her brother and looked up at her father. "I am glad to hear you say that, father. We've been waiting for this day a long time." 

Zeus looked at his daughter. "Hmm.. What day is that?"

The twins shared a look. "The day we rejoin the gods." The two said in unison.

Zeus frowned at the kids, biting his stoned hand. "You've done wonderfully, you really have, my children. You're just not there yet. You haven't proved yourself a true hero."

(Y/n)'s brows furrowed. "But father, we've beaten every single monster we've come up against." 

Hercules sputtered out a response. "We-We're the most famous person in all of Greece." He reached into his blue cape and grabbed a mini Hercules toy. "I'm an action figure!"

Zeus sighed. "I'm afraid being famous is not the same as being a true hero."

(Y/n) sadly looked at her father, stepping closer to the statue. "What more can we do?"

The man gestured to the kids. "It's something you have to discover for yourselves."

Hercules looked confused. "But how can we--"

"Look inside your hearts."

Lighting hit Zeus and just like that, he became a normal statue.

"Father, wait!" The two shouted, but it was too late. They sighed and the boy fell to his knees, angrily punching the floor. The girl sat down beside him and Pegasus stood over them with his wings covering the two in comfort. 

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"On your left is Heroes' villa. My next stop is the Pecs and Flex gift shop where you can pick up the Great Heroes' 30-minute workout scroll 'Buns of Bronze'." A tour guide stated, pointing to a large and expensive mansion. Outside the gate was a crowd of fans and admirers. 

A handful of men and women were climbing the gate and broke into the gated home.

Inside, Hercules posed on a podium with a lion skin on his head and a sword and shield, being painted onto a vase. (Y/n) was lounging on a windowsill, popping grapes into her mouth as she stared outside for any signs of a brunette.

Phil paced around the room with a scroll in his hands, going back and forth in the painter's way.

"At 1:00 you got a meeting with King Augeas. He's got a problem with his stables. I'd advise you not to wear your new sandals."

Hercules subtly looked at Phil, the rest of his body posing. "Uhm, Phil..."

"I told you, don't move!" The painter shouted, scaring the (h/c) across the room. 

"D.G.R., the Daughters of the Greek Revolution" Phil continued.

"Phil.." Hercules attempted to catch the Satyr's attention. 

"At 3:00, you gotta get a girdle from some amazons..." Phil wiggled his eyebrows at the boy, making the (h/c) gag. 

Hercules grew tired and threw his sword and shield on the ground. "Phil, what's the point?!"

The painter screamed and scribbled on the vase. "That's it!"

The painter grabbed his items and walked out. 

"Keep your toga on, pal," Phil shouted.

The painter grabbed his pallet and threw it at Phil, making the Satyr look like a clown. 

He turned to the heroes as the (H/c) moved to stand beside her brother. "What do you mean, 'what's the point'? You wanna go to Olympus, don't ya?"

The gods sat down and Hercules threw his lion skin to the ground. "Yeah, but this stuff doesn't seem to be getting us anywhere."

Phil used the skin to wipe his face. "You both can't give up now, I'm counting on ya'."

(Y/n) looked down sadly. "We gave this everything we had."

Phil frowned and looked at the two solemn kids. "Listen to me, kids. I seen 'em all. And I am tellin' you - and this is the honest-to-Zeus truth - you two've got somethin' I never seen before."

Slowly looking at the Satyr, (Y/n) seemed hopeful. "You do?"

Phil jumped between the two. "I can feel it right down to these stubby bow legs of mine." He lightly punched the two in the arms. "There is nothin' you can't do, kids."

The heroes looked at their mentor with a small smile until the door burst open with fangirls and fanboys. "It's them!"

Phil stood in front of the duo. "Hey! Watch it, watch it--"

The fans ran him over to get to the heroes. 

"I touched his elbow!" 

"I got her sweatband!"

The girls were all over Hercules and all the boys were tugging on (Y/n).

"Phil, help!" (Y/n) called out. 

"Okay, escape plan beta!"

Phil blew a whistle and the groups looked around, noticing the heroes were gone. "Where are they?" A girl asked.

"There they go! On the veranda!"

The boys and girls ran out with Phil chasing after them, and Hercules running to make sure the Satyr didn't do anything stupid.

The door slowly closed and behind it was Meg. The brunette looked around the large and fancy room before noticing a pair of feet behind a curtain.

He smirked and shook his head, walking over to the curtain. "Let's see, what could be behind curtain number one?" He pulled the tassel and (Y/n) stood there bashfully with her sleeve down and her hair messed up. "Meg!" (Y/n) shouted, her (e/c) shining at the brunette.

The girl quickly fixed her outfit as Meg looked her up and down. "It's all right. The sea of raging hormones has ebbed." The girl chuckled nervously and walked with him to a couch. "It's great to see you, I missed you." 

The boy plopped onto the couch and looked at all the merch on the table. "So, this is what heroes do on their days off." (Y/n) only chuckled and fiddled with her (f/c) cape. "Oh, I'm no hero." 

"Sure you are. Everybody in Greece thinks you and WonderBoy are the greatest thing since they put the pocket in pita."

(Y/n) quietly laughed and picked up her missing sandal. "I can't go anywhere without being mobbed, I mean—" 

Meg picked up a small figure of Phil and tossed him away. "Ah. You sound like you could use a break. Think your nanny goat and brother would go berserk if you played hooky this afternoon?"

The (h/c) deflated at the question. "Oh, I don't know... Phil has the rest of the day booked." 

"Ah, Phil, Shmill.." He stood up and put a hand under her chin, turning her face to look at him. "Just follow me. Out the window, round the dumbbells, you lift up the back wall and we're gone."

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That evening, the two were walking through a garden and having a conversation. "Wow. What a day. First that restaurant by the bay, and then that, that play, that, that Oedipus thing." (Y/n) rambled on, laughing as she spoke. "Man! I thought I had problems." 

Meg chuckled along with her and noticed two birds beside him, his face scowling. "Psst! Stop foolin' around!" One of the birds whisper-shouted. "Yeah. Get the goods, brother." The other one whispered. 

(Y/n) looked back at the brunette and the birds acted normal. "I didn't know that playing hooky could be so much fun." She told the brunette, trying to come up with a conversation. 

"Yeah. Neither did I." He muttered, glaring at the birds as they flew away. 

"Thanks, Meg." The girl smiled at the boy. 

The brunette swiftly turned to the (h/c). "Oh... Don't thank me just yet." He pretended to see something and picked the girl up in one move. The girl bashfully chuckled and stared into his eyes. "What is it?" 

The boy pretended to chuckle. "Sorry. Thought I saw something." The girl noticed a stone bench and pointed to it. "Well, maybe we better sit down." The boy placed the girl on the seat and sat down beside her, very close. 

"So, uh, do you have any problems with things like.. this?" His ankle rubbed against hers. The (h/c) chuckled nervously and just shrugged. "uhm--"

"Weak ankles, I mean."

The girl let out a breath. "Oh, no. Not really." She muttered, leaning back. The boy followed her, purple eyes watching her. "No weaknesses whatsoever? No trick knee?"

He placed a hand on her kneecap. 

The girl scooted over. "Er-- no."

"Ruptured... disks?" He practically hovered over her. 

Her sleeve fell over her shoulder. "Well, no." The brunette gently pulled her sleeve back onto her shoulder. "I'm afraid I'm totally fit." 

The girl swiftly stood up and the brunette sighed, leaning back in his seat. "Wondergirl, you are perfect."

The girl laughed and picked up a small pebble. "Thank you." She tossed the rock along a small pond of water, but her strength caused the pebble to break the arms off a statue. "Oops.." She winced.

The boy chuckled and stood beside her, staring at the statue with a hand on her hip. "It looks better that way." They stared at the object better. "No, it really does."

The two looked at each other and smiled, their faces only a little ways apart. Over them, a shooting star passed them, redirecting their attention.

The girl smiled and looked back at the brunette. "You know when I was a kid... I would have given anything to be exactly like everybody else." She softly looked down at the water in front of her.

The brunette huffed. "You wanted to be petty and dishonest?" The girl looked back at him. "Everybody's not like that." He slowly walked away. 

"Yes, they are."

"You're not like that." The (h/c) quickly said.

He turned around to look at the girl behind him. "How do you know what I'm like?" 

The girl shrugged. "You're the most amazing person with... paranoia I've ever met." The boy backed up and hit a statue of a cupid. "Meg, when I'm with you I-I don't feel so... alone." The girl sheepishly confessed.

Meg sighed and ran a hand over his head, walking away. "Sometimes it's better to be alone." 

Looking confused, the goddess turned to the boy. "What do you mean?"

"Nobody can hurt you." He stated, sitting down on a ledge. 

(Y/n) frowned and sat beside him, placing a hand on his. "Meg? I would never ever hurt you."

He looked at the girl who is awfully close. "And I don't wanna hurt you either, so..." Like a magnet, Meg felt like the girl's (e/c) eyes were sucking him in, drawing him closer to her lips. "let's both do ourselves a favor and.. stop this..." The two made no effort to stop. "before... we--"

Before their lips could meet, a bright light shined on them, blinding the two. "All right! Break it up! Break it up! Party's over! I have been lookin' all over this town!" Phil shouted into a microphone, Pegasus flying the Satyr and Hercules. 

The couple stood up and Meg glared at the Satyr. "Calm down, mutton man! It was all my fault." Phil stood in the boy's face, shouting at him. "You're already on my list, brother, so don't make it worse!"

Pegasus huffed at the brunette.

Meg blew out the candle over his head in response.

Phil grabbed the (H/c) by the hand and dragged her to the horse, where her brother was waiting for her. "And as for you, you're gonna go to the stadium and you're gonna be put through the workout of your life! Now get on the horse."

The girl sighed. "Okay, okay..."

(Y/n) stopped beside the brunette and they stared at each other. "I'm sorry," Meg said to the girl. She just waved him off. "It's okay. He'll be fine." The girl softly placed a kiss on his cheek and walked away. 

Meg's eyes widened as he put a hand where the kiss was. 

"Move! Move, move, move!" Phil shouted, as (Y/n) slowly backed up toward Pegasus with a small wave. Pegasus took off and (Y/n) stayed frozen, a dopey smile on her face as she watched Meg get farther and farther away. "Hey, watch it, watch it! Whoo! Watch it! Keep your goo-goo eyes on the--" A branch knocked the Satyr off the horse. "That's it. Next time, I drive."

      Meg stayed frozen on the ledge of a pond, his hand not leaving his cheek. He seemed to snap out of it and groaned. "Oh, what am I doing? You'd think a boy would learn." 

He stood up and walked towards the Cupid statue. "If there's a prize for rotten judgment I guess I've already won that." He directed the statue to face away from him. "No girl is worth the aggravation. That's ancient history been there, done that!"

The muses magically came to life around him and sang.

"Who d'ya think you're kidding? She's the Earth and Heaven to you try to keep it hidden, honey, we can see right through you."

"Oh, no..." He muttered.

"Boy, you can't conceal it, we know how you feel and who you're thinkin' of."

The boy sat down and put his head in his hands. 

The muses tried to convince him, but the brunette just stood up and walked away, causing one of them to huff.

"Oh-no, no chance, no way, I won't say it, no, no." Meg sang.

"You swoon, you sigh, why deny it, uh-oh?"

Meg waved the thought off and groaned. "It's too cliche, I won't say I'm in love."

"Shoo-doo, shoo-doo, oo-oo-oo"

The muses shrugged to each other as they sang.

Meg walked up a staircase and passed a group of statues. 

"I thought my heart had learned its lesson It feels so good when you start out..." He stared at a statue of a man and a woman staring at each other.

The muses reappeared as he stood beside them.

He clutched his head. "My head is screaming get a grip, kid. Unless you're dyin' to cry your heart, oh" He turned to look at the singing, but the muses turned back to stone.

"You keep on denying who you are and how you're feelin'. Baby we're not buyin' hon, we saw you hit the ceilin', face it like a grownup when you gonna own up that you got got got it bad."

He looked at all the statues of couples kissing or standing together.

"Oh, no chance, no way, I won't say it, no, no" He jumped over stepping stones until he almost tripped at the end, landing in front of a statue of (Y/n). 

"Give up, but give in, Check the grin, you're in love"

The boy couldn't help the smile he had until he snapped out of it and moved away. "This scene won't play, I won't say I'm in love"

"You're doing flips, read our lips You're in love shoo-doo, shoo-doo"

The boy waved off the voices around him. "You're way off base, I won't say it."

"He won't say in love."

The boy sat down at a fountain, crossing his arms with a glare. "Get off my case, I won't say it."

"Boy, don't be proud, it's okay, you're in love."

The boy slowly deflated as his hand rested on his cheek. "At least at loud I won't say I'm in love..."

"Shoo-doo, shoo-doo, shoo-doo, shoo-doo Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la Haaa..."

It grew quiet with Meg staring into space until the statue behind him melted away and Hades pulled himself out. "Hey, what's the buzz, huh, Meg? What is the weak link in the Wondergirl's chain?"

The brunette stood up and glared hatefully at the god. "Get yourself another boy, I'm through."

Hades only laughed. "I'm sorry. Do you mind runnin' that by me again? I must have had a chunk of brimstone wedged in my ear or something."

"Then read my lips!" Meg exclaimed. "Forget it."

The boy walked away with Hades quickly following after him. "Meg, Meg, Meg, my handsome deluded little minion." The god appeared in front of the boy. "Aren't we forgetting one teensy-weensy, but ever so crucial little, tiny detail?"

The god turned into flames. "I own you!"

    Through the bushes, Phil sat up and groaned, rubbing his head. "Oh. I got another horn here.."

"You work for me!" Hades' voice shouted in the background. 

"That kid's gonna be doin' laps for a month," Phil grumbled to himself with his arms crossed. 

"If I say, 'sing', you say, 'hey, name that tune' If I say, 'I want WonderDuo's head on a platter' you say—" 

Phil perked his head up and turned the corner, noticing Hades and Meg talking in the gardens. 

"Medium or well done?" Meg grumbled.

Phil gasped and hid behind a wall in shock. "Oh! I knew that boy was trouble. This is gonna break the kid's heart." He muttered, sad for the girl he mentored. 

Hades turned around to look at the kid. "I'm sorry... you hear that sound? That's the sound of your freedom fluttering out the window forever."

A mist covered Meg's face, the haze in the shape of bats.

Meg coughed and shooed them away. "I don't care. I'm not gonna help you hurt her."

Hades sighed and approached the stubborn boy. "I can't believe you're getting so worked up about some...girl!" 

Meg groaned and looked at the god. "This one is different. She's honest, and-and she's sweet--"

"Please."

"She would never do anything to hurt me." Meg continued.

"She's a girl!"

Meg smirked to himself at the realization. "Besides, oh, oneness, you can't beat them. They have no weaknesses, they're gonna—" The brunette turned around to be face-to-face with a smirking Hades.

"I think... they do, Meg. I truly think... they do." 

He patted the cheek the brunette was kissed on.