SIXTY.

THE GODDESSES' CURSE.

"TELL ME the damn truth!" Sigaw ni Giovanni and the water went into her will and swirled around her as she moved her hands. She was surrounded by pressure, and the ocean appeared to be bowing down at her.

When the water reached her, the fish in the water moved away, and a sudden wave startled them all, making them decide to set down everything that was near the Olympus. Back and forth, the broken rocks were causing damage to the realm. She was unable to stop the uncontrollable flow of water.

"This is bad..." Xandria said.

"Well she's my daughter, it's impossible for her to back down now." Hebe smirked a bit and pouring down the water from her cupbearer. "Calm down, Lady Xandria I'll take it from here. This is a mother and daughter fight, let me fix this."

"How can you—"

Sa hitsura pa lang ni Giovanni ngayon, impossible na sa kanya ang kumalma. Well, what a thing to say!? During Sir Milverton's lessons, they ought to have witnessed her using her powers in an uncontrollable manner!

She almost destroyed the entire school. At lalong ibang-iba ngayon dahil galit siya. She consistently begged Ephron to teach her her water magic, which made sense.

She's not bad at it; she just couldn't control it. Isa pa, ang alam niyang si Giovanni can actually control her life-indicating abilities because she is Hebe's daughter. Water, light, plants, and purification are all of her magic powers.

Gayunpaman, 'di makapaniwala si Xandria sa lakas nang kapangyarihan ng kanyang water magic na 'to!

"Now, go out of here, child." Hebe grinned at Xandria, who nodded. Hebe approached Giovanni and raised her cupbearer, which had just absorbed all of the water Giovanni was producing. "This isn't how it was meant to be, Giovanni. Pay attention to me right now."

"What is it that you want?" She obviously humiliated herself once more as Giovanni turned away. Her only request was for answers; what's so terrible about that?

"I have placed you in the scientist's den in order to deceive those arrogant humans. This makes you dangerously capable of controlling all the fates, as they're looking for the fourth destiny goddess who will govern the entire realm. You're the line separating the human world from this realm, between life and death." Hebe clarified, "The one who maintains the balance."

Giovanni was thinking about a number of things. Nevertheless, she had to wonder why she had sent the scientist to a father who intended to murder her. That man didn't love her as a child as Hercules did. "What made you send me out to a monster like him, Mom?"She asked. 

Hebe listens to her daughter; she was unable to take charge despite her desire to do so. The only person who can alter her own fate—which she has been wishing to change as well—is Giovanni.

After all the sacrifices she has made, she can't allow this to further impact her. "I'm doing everything in my power to support you, but this is your battle, my love. You have to make a decision from here."

She reached for her daughter's face and gave her a close look. "I can only tell you the fragments of the memories you want to see." She was being as warm as she could be with Giovanni in the ways that she could.

"Show me how I got inside the House of Mudned, then. Show me everything."

"Are you sure?"

She nods, and Giovanni bites her bottom lip. "Yes. I want to confront my fate in the right way."

It brought back memories of the times she spent asking her mother a lot of questions about stuff she didn't even know.

She was merely a naive young child who frequently encountered mythical creatures without realizing it. There are golden threads everywhere, but she wasn't really certain what she was seeing or what might be wrong with it.

"At that time, Clotho was referred to as the spinner of life, Atropos as the inflexible one, and Lachesis as the one who measured the length."

There are three individual goddesses of fate who personified the inescapability of destiny. They did not just control the fate of humans. Even all-powerful Greek gods had to submit to their will.

Their purpose was to ensure that every being on the planet lived out the destiny assigned to them by the laws of the universe. They weren't entirely inflexible, but the Fates did not obstruct destiny. They watched as eternal law took its course.

The Fates first appear three days after the birth of a child. There, they determine how the person or deity lives and dies. Each of the three Fates serves a specific part in determining destiny.

Ang sanggol ay inilagay sa isang basket, kung saan nagising sina Clotho, Atropos, at Lachesis. Iba siya sa lahat. Iba siya sa mga batang kaharap nila. Si Giovanni, na hindi pa alam kung ano ang kanyang kapalaran, ay dinala sa isang malayong lugar now that the hall of the gods has been sufficiently tense for everyone.

Walang nakakaalam. At ngayong nandito na silang tatlo, dapat nilang makita ng mismong mga mata nila ang buong katotohanan bago gumawa ng desisyon whether this kid is indeed capable of keeping the boundaries in balance.

Clotho was aware of what she had just seen.

Her focus was on the thread as she carefully spun it in her hands, and it seemed as though she had noticed something unexpected. More of the child's projected memories reveal what might have happened in the fates the more her hands move.

It appeared to disturb Zeus. "What have you seen?" he asked her, raising his eyebrows. "Would you mind telling?"

"It's not my place to say something about the fates, all that I could do is to spun the thread and let the fate decide what it should do. However, this child is something that we expected, father."

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IT APPEARS that they should be on guard for this child's birth because they have never sensed this kind of danger since the Trojan War. Isang delubyo ang mangyayari. Sigurado siya sa nakita niya.

Maaring 'to rin ang kinababahala ni Horae sa loob ng matagal na panahon. There's nothing wrong with the order. It's how they make all of the rules here.

"The fate had not been wrong. And it cannot be stopped. It is up to you to decide your fate, after all, and the bond is unbreakable." She smiled as she approached Clotho and reached for the child, "It is not for me to measure for anything, but her thread is something that we should keep an eye out for."

Zeus gripped his fist before glaring at the child, and electricity surrounded him. "Tell me the truth. What should we be looking out for in that child?"

Clotho spun the spinner once again, and golden sparkles surrounded the realm, "The fourth destiny goddess, who is in possession of the boundary between the two worlds. It's been decided who she is. And you're staring at her right now."

"What..."

"There is only one possible meaning. She has our fates in her hands, and once she discovers her true abilities, she will be unstoppable. She has the potential to be both the savior and the person who will ultimately kill us all. Have you seen this thread?" Atropos approached the baby's thread and picked up some of the golden threads that were flying in the air. The threads here don't seem to be the same as Giovanni's golden thread.

"The story is about to start." Atropos said calmly, "The end of the Gods' realm," and at this point, she was unable to feel anything.

Indeed, the Fates never told a lie. The splosh demonstrated the involvement of the Fates. The kingdom—likely the scientist's den—was displayed. And it has to do with the reason Hebe had to abandon her there. Furthermore, her gift has not yet been recognized.

Giovanni is the fourth destiny goddess, the one who will stand in the cosmos and maintain the balance between the two worlds, so when her powers were activated at such a young age, the cosmos moved. Her powers are also far more powerful than those of Chaos, who could manipulate the cosmos.

Lachesis looked at Giovanni, watching every thread that hung from her. "She's neither," she says, drawing attention to something in her threads that defies explanation. She can't do anything up to this point; she must decide how to end the war on her own. "She's a savior or the one who may be in control of the destiny of the Gods."

That's now a complete threat to them.

The gods are concerned about what Giovanni's abilities could do to the Fates, and they have a suspicion that she might pose a threat to the entire realm once she masters her powers. To find out how the fates could be stopped, they proceeded to the order.

The Horae will therefore be the one to assess her.

Horae were also viewed as the goddesses of order and justice with the influence they had on the seasons and nature being transferred to human life. Hesiod described them as providing peace, justice, and good laws to a state and named them the appropriate Eunomia (Lawfulness and Good Order), Dike (Justice), and Eirene (Peace) – a direct connection to the concepts of the natural order.

Each Hora had a specific function: Eunomia looked after state life; Dike protected the interests of humankind, and Eirene, the most lighthearted of the three, ensured that there was peace on earth.

Just as the different seasons required some order, the Horae provided order and justice to civilised communities.

The Horae stood at the gates to Olympus and admitted those who had the right to enter, welcoming back gods from a heroic mission or task. They also saw off the gods as they left the palace.

Walang alam si Giovanni tungkol dito. Ang tanging hustisyang maibibigay sa mga  katulad niya ay kamatayan. Marami sa kanila ang nagprotesta laban dito.

Among the gods who were particularly against war were Hades, Demeter, and Hestia. Furthermore, the fate goddess and most of the Horae selected Giovanni to save her.

Kaya naman wala nang ibang nagawa si Hebe kundi kunin ang kanyang anak. She didn't really benefit from becoming the fourth destiny goddess because it primarily turned into a danger to the gods. Kaya wala siyang mapagpipilian si Hebe sa mga sitwasyon na 'to.

Kung papatayin nila ang anak niya, she will need to be saved by her cupbearer. Whether she liked it or not, she had no choice but to abandon her to keep her safe.

"The right punishment will be..."

Giovanni's order about her survival was going to be given, and Hebe knew that she might have done something that would have infuriated everyone on Olympus until she made that decision. She had always been aware of her abilities, therefore she had to take all necessary precautions to keep her kid safe.

"We warned you about this, Hebe! Don't be ridiculous!"

"I'll protect the savior no matter what! Whatever you might say! She needs to live!"

"You're not allowed to use your power of eternal youth!"

Hebe abandons her in one of the aristocratic families, believing that she will be able to avoid her fate. And she couldn't accept that her daughter would be in danger now that the Fates were being used for war purposes. Many feared her child because she had the ability to change something in the Fates that most Gods feared.

She changed Giovanni's thread to ensure her survival.

Or so she believed. The newborn's deep radiance revealed numerous tattoo marks, which matched the old script on her cupbearer. Hinawakan naman ni Hebe ang bata at umiyak 'to, "What in the world..."

May mga pira-pirasong papel na lumabas, isang bagay na 'di maintindihan ni Hebe kung ano ang ibig sabihin.

Ngunit isa 'tong mensahe concerning Hades' son, who, as a result of the Archduke and the scientist, is poised to destroy the entire Twilight Vale realm. Kaya sa mga oras na 'yon, alam ni Hebe na kailangan niyang ilayo ang anak niya sa lahat, kahit na napakasakit nito.

And she can't allow anyone to harm Giovanni because she's the only one capable of changing the three worlds. She understands how dangerous her power is, but she used it on Giovanni to keep order and time in balance.

She held her in her arms, slowly patting her head, and the baby simply smiled at her. Her violet eyes shone brightly as she moved her hand and giggled at Hebe. Hebe was surprised at how the thread moved because it has such a strong power.

"They don't realize what kind of power you possessed. You are the one who can save the three worlds, love. That's why I'll protect you."

Hebe's aura shone brightly as she placed a different kind of tattoo that no one has done before. And she got closer to her and kissed her forehead, "Soon a protector will come. And both of you will soon fight whatever's happening on the Fates. Until then, be patient. You'll see what kind of powers you have. You just have to trust what you can do."

Nagulat si Giovanni sa kanyang natuklasan. At 'di niya maiwasang tanggapin ang kanyang natuklasan. Ganito ba talaga palagi? Lagi ba siyang aayawan ng lahat? Ganyan ba ang tingin ng lahat sa kanya?

She at last realized the impact it had on everyone's perception of her as someone they ought to get rid of. Because she had the ability to stop all fates, was she truly unwanted? Is that why people don't want her around?

Kahit ano'ng gawin niya, 'di niya maintindihan. Wala siyang maunawaan sa lahat ng 'to. She frequently gets the impression that many people can easily push her away na parang isang bagay na napakadali nilang palitan.

Ang sabi nila, Everyone wore a mask at all times. You can eventually be tricked by most of those masks. Additionally, she couldn't seem to get away with it. And it's time to unleash all of the enigmatic powers she possesses.

Giovanni's gaze landed on the large clock that was affixed to the wall, surrounded by the magic of all that existed. When she heard the voices of the deceased, she transferred the astral energy in both hands, enabling them to project their astral form both to the astral realm and to the physical plane, releasing them all.

"Stop playing with the Fates," she said, as she moved her palm and released enough astral force to cause the Olympus to collapse inside her hands. Giovanni will not allow anyone to trap someone in this dimension for their own desires. "I'm going to destroy destiny and take everyone back so that they've come home!"

"Ridiculous! You belonged here in the first place! You're Demigods!"Zeus snarled at her.

She spread her hands out, as though the room were slowly opening up to her. The cosmos itself was ragged, and it seemed as though she was in charge of what would inevitably occur in the three realms. She made a motion with her palm, further opening the portal.

"I suppose I just have to force myself since I have no idea who will kill me, am I right? After all, I have complete control over the borders, so who knows what I might do?"

She took a big breath and felt as though the stress was replacing it. The portal has opened sufficiently, allowing the vines to emerge through it. The waterfall cascades into the portal, and the light has become more radiant. Giovanni thought she had entered a new kind of agony from which she was no longer able to escape.

Furthermore, hiding is now pointless. We're done with this.