Prince Of Thrace
Carissa was back to being Kareena at school and was talking to Cassandra and Icarus until Hercules came with Adonis.
"Cassandra, Adonis has been cursed, do you have any idea how you can get rid of it?' Hercules asked her.
"To break a curse?" Cassandra asked. "I have no clue."
Adonis started to cry into Hercules's chest. "Oh this is hopeless! I'm setting sail on the river styx curse... Do you suppose they have a first class?" Carissa smirked at that, since he's talking about her home.
Icarus rolled his eyes and waved Adonis off. "Oh buck up Adonis, my sweet Cassandra has lived with a curse her whole life." He smiled up at her as he sat in her lap.
Cassandra glared and pushed him off her. "Cursed to see doom and disaster? It's been a blast."
Icarus laughed and hugged her to him. "Isn't she an inspiration?"
"Hmm." Adonis thought that over. "So this curse may not be fatal? Like I'm cursed with smashing looks or cursed to marry for money."
Cassandra's eyes started to turn green again she went in a trance as she had her vision. "I see Adonis laying down to die."
Carissa chuckled. "Well that answers that."
Adonis got on his knees in front of Cassandra. "Tell me more, can I avoid this fate?"
"I'm just an aminture, you want a reliable forecast go to the Oracle of Delphi." Cassandra told him.
"Delphi? Oh my, that's very far away, a difficult journey to make all by myself." He turned to Hercules.
Hercules knew where he was going with this so he started stretching before announcing. "Well I have a geometry test to study for, so see ya." But Adonis grabbed Hercules back over and continued.
"Delphi's a three day walk at the very least, though only a few hours as the bird flies... Or a winged horse." Adonis hinted before he looked at Pegasus who was eating birdseed. "Hmm, winged horse."
Hercules still tried to get out of it. "I seriously need to cram today."
Adonis continued his pettiness that Carissa swore she heard sad violin music playing. "If only there was some faster way instead of tracking alone across barren terrain fought with monsters and two star restaurants. Oh my!"
Everyone turned to see Icarus was crying tears and all. "Would you take him already Herc?" He then stopped and glared at Adonis. "Hey, what's wrong with two star restaurants?"
Carissa looked up at her cousin. "Never thought you would just let someone die Hercules."
"Wait a minute." Hercules snapped his fingers. "Die, River Styx, that's it!"
"What's it?" Adonis asked grabbing Hercules by the shoulders.
"My cousin Carissa is the daughter of Hades, the Lord of the dead, maybe she can prevent you from dying."
"Oh right, that blue girl with the flaming hair." Adonis remembered her. "Well that is a shorter trip than Delphi."
Hercules helped Adonis get on to Pegasus and flew off.
"Well that should be interesting, I mean Carissa isn't going to..." Cassandra stopped when she saw the spot Kareena was sitting was now empty.
Icarus chuckled. "That girl is always on the move."
Carissa hurried home as fast as she could, luckily her dad was at the God's monthly meeting so he wouldn't be home and Pain and Panic were probably goofing off. She got over to the pools and sat in a lounge chair before making a swimsuit appear as well as sunglasses as she waited for her "guests".
"There she is!" Hercules ran over to her. "Carissa, we need your help."
Carissa groaned and took off her sunglasses. "What's with the frequent visits Herc, and why is he here?" She asked pointing to Adonis.
"So this is the Underworld." Adonis smiled looking around. "Look at all these pools, they're like the ones I was going to build only better. Maybe coming here won't be so bad." He was about to jump into one of the pools.
"You don't want to go into that one." Carissa warned him. "That's the pool of flesheating bacteria."
Adonis screamed like a girl and jumped into Hercules's arms.
Hercules rolled his eyes and put Adonis down. "Carissa, Adonis has been cursed and Cassandra said it's a deadly curse."
Carissa laughed as she snapped her fingers making her swimsuit go back to her regular dress. "How did this lazy loser manage to do that?"
"Hey!" Adonis shouted angry.
Hercules ignored him and explained. "He was building a pool on Gaea's resting grounds."
"Seriously? Gaea? You really are stupid aren't you. She's shows no mercy to those that interrupt her peaceful slumber."
"So can you help him?" Hercules asked.
"Me? What makes you think I can break this curse?" She asked him.
"Well I just thought that since you're the daughter of death..."
"Ok first of all, I'm not a full Goddess yet remember? Second curses aren't my issue or my dads and third dad and I can't do anything until Adonis is actually dead."
Adonis started to cry again. "Now we have to go to Delphi!"
"Delphi?" Carissa raised her brow.
"Cassandra said we can get answers there." Hercules explained.
"Well I'll come for that." Carissa smiled and got on Pegasus. "Let's go boys."
"You want to come?" Hercules asked confused.
"Hey I'm bored and I wanna see what kind of curse the Prince of annoyance has."
Adonis growled. "Your cousin is really getting on my bad side."
Hercules gave him a look. "It's her bad side you don't want to be on, trust me." With that all three of them flew out on Pegasus on their way to Delphi.
It didn't take that long to get to Delphi with the speed Pegasus was going at. "Hope we can get an appointment." Hercules said as they land at the temple.
"Doubt it, this place is always busy." Carissa told him as they walked in.
A lady behind the desk smiled and stood up. "Hercules! Carissa! Adonis! Hi there, welcome to the Oracle Friends Network. We've been expecting you."
"Oh they're good." Adonis said.
"Almost creepy good." Hercules mumbled.
The lady walked to the door and opened it. "Your own personal psychic is waiting for you and remember the first question is free."
The three of them walked through the door, Adonis was all smiles. "I'm feeling better already." But then screamed when he saw there was a line. "AH! I AM CURSE!! Look at this, I could be lying in city state before I can talk to an Oracle!"
Hercules shrugged. "Well not much we can do, we just have to be patient." With that he walked to the back of the line.
Adonis chuckled and went up to Hercules. "That's commoner thinking, I can't wait in this line." Adonis marched up and pushed everyone aside. "One side, one side, royalty coming through."
"Excuse me sir, but you'll have to wait your turn." The Oracle told him politely.
"But you don't understand, I'm very important and very cursed." Adonis insisted till a cyclops came over and growled at him making Adonis nervous. "I don't suppose you recognize my divine right to cut in." Instead the cyclops kicked him right out of the temple back to the end of the line with Adonis screaming. "BUT I'M A PRINCE!!"
Carissa laughed as he landed right next to Hercules who smiled down at Adonis. "Like I said, be patient."
Adonis looked up at them unamused. "Like I said, commoner thinking." Adonis got up off the ground and pulled out a checkbook. "Daddy's checkbook should provide all the leverage I need." He walked up to the person in front of them. "Pardon, how much money would it take for you to switch places with me?" Adonis asked.
Hercules groaned and looked at Carissa. "Your dad is the God of Wealth, you don't act like this do you?"
Carissa shrugged her shoulders as she looked at Adonis sign checks for everyone. "Don't have to, usually I either scare people away with my fire or by just saying my dad's name. But honestly I never had to wait in a line before, I hardly ever leave home."
Adonis managed to give everyone a check for a ton of money till they were in the front of the line. "You see, there's no problem money can't solve."
"You are cursed to die by sunset." The Oracle told him right when he stepped up.
"WHAT?! NNNNOOOOO!!!" Adonis fell to his knees in tears and begged the Oracle. "Isn't there something I can do? Please give me a loophole for Zeus's sake!"
The Oracle replied. "Seek out the golden apples of Hesperides and take them to Gega before nightfall."
"So where do we find these apples?" Hercules asked.
"Sorry, you have to go to the back of the line if you want to ask another question." The Oracle said her calm voice now emotionless.
"WHAT?! JUST TELL US NOW!!" Adonis demanded.
"Ah ah ah ah, back of the line bub."
Adonis looked behind him to see everyone in line was waving around their checks making him sigh and give everyone huge amounts of money AGAIN!
"Ok, so golden apples?" Hercules asked the Oracle.
"Where's their location?" Carissa clarified.
"Only the old man Narius knows." The Oracle told them.
"But you don't? Wow and you call yourself a physic." Carissa growled her fists starting to fire up.
Hercules quickly grabbed his cousin and pulled her away. "Sorry about her, uh daughter of Hades. We'll just go back in line."
Adonis once AGAIN signed checks for millions of dollars to get up to the front.
"Ok, so where do we find this Narius?" Hercules asked.
"He's in the Elysian Sunset Rest home Hermit's wing XXXI."
"Thanks! Lets go Adonis." Hercules and Carissa walked out while Adonis threw a tantrum at the Oracle.
"You may have won this round but mark my words. THE PRINCE OF THRACE WILL HAVE HIS REVENGE!!"
"Ah, no, I don't foresee that happening." The Oracle told him.
Adonis facepalmed. "Now she gives me a freebie."
They made it to the rest home in no time. Adonis glared at an old woman that passed them. "She's taunting me, she knows she's going to outlive me."
Carissa chuckled as Hercules found the right room. "Ok, remember, hermits can be kind of touchy so lets be a little less pushy this time."
"Pushy! Me!" Adonis shouted outraged.
"Yes you." Carissa responded as Hercules knocked on the door.
"WHO APPROACHES NARIUS!"
The three of them walked in to see a very old man with a long grey beard sitting on his bed with a bowl of porridge thrown across the room. Hercules nervously walked in with a bored Carissa and a very angry Adonis behind him. "Um hi, my name is Hercules and I was wondering if, ah..."
Adonis pushed Hercules out of the way and grabbed Narius by the shoulders. "Talk old man! Tell me where the golden apples are now!"
Narius started shaking before he transformed into a giant gorilla and threw Adonis into the wall like he did with the porridge. Carissa was now suddenly interested. "This just got entertaining."
"Why didn't anyone tell me he was a shapeshifter?" Adonis moaned as he slid down the wall.
"Actually it says so right here on his chart." Hercules said as he held up a clipboard attached to the bed. "No assault, shapeshifter."
The giant gorilla threw Adonis and Hercules out of the room before breaking down the walls to attack them again.
"BE A HERO! BE A HERO!" Adonis cried to Hercules shaking him by the arms.
"Let go." Hercules demanded as the gorilla made the ceiling fall before turning into a giant snake. Hercules grabbed a support beam and swung it at him getting it right in the face.
"HEY! Take it easy kid, you know I'm an old guy right?" The snake said to Hercules.
"Oh gosh!" Hercules threw the beam away. ''I'm sorry." The snake just flicked him off with his tail making him go flying away.
Narius chuckled as he turned into a giant spider. "Patronize me you little twerp."
Adonis and Carissa were watching from the side rolling their eyes. "Hercules, could you hurry this up? We're running out of time." Adonis told him.
"Why don't you help me?" Hercules asked as he was trying not to get bit.
"Me? What should I do?"
"Try throwing something?" Carissa suggested.
"Why don't you help? He's your cousin." Adonis asked her.
"Because I hate my cousin and if my dad finds out I helped him I'm going to be so grounded."
Adonis looked around. "Hmm something to hit with." He looked around. "No, ew, there's no way I'm touching that."
"ADONIS!" Hercules screamed as Narius turned back into a monkey and started beating Hercules up.
"Right right!" He spotted bowls of porridge. "Ah Ha! Take that you vile beast!" Adonis kept throwing them until one bowl lands in his mouth. "Porridge! Ah! I really hate that stuff." Narius said as he turned back to normal. "Ok you win, what do you want?"
"Where can we find the golden apples?" Hercules asked.
"Oh yeah, you need to go to the garden at the edge of the world." Narius told them.
"The edge of the world? That's kinda far." Hercules sighed.
"Well then you better stop lollygagging!" Narius snapped at him.
"Ok, thanks, come on Adonis lets go." Hercules and Carissa walked away from the old man but Adonis heard Narius mumble something.
"A lot of good it will do ya, mortal."
"Pardon?" Adonis asked.
"I said lot of good it will do ya, mortal. No mere man can take the golden apples."
"Well good news there, I am no mere man, I am a prince."
"Well whoop de doo! You'll be a dead prince if you try to pick them. Only a God can do that."
"Really?" He looked over at Hercules and Carissa who were getting Pegasus ready for a long flight. "What about the children of the Gods? That boy you were fighting is the son of Zeus and the girl is the princess of the Underworld, aka the daughter of Hades, could they pick them?" "
Narius thought about it. "Hmm, I don't know, never came up."
"HURRY UP PRINCE IDIOT!!" Carissa shouted.
The three of them then started their journey to the end of the world. Adonis sighed sadly as the sun got lower and lower.
"Wow the edge of the world, we made good timing." Hercules told them as they flew over to it. "That must be the garden down there."
As they got closer they saw a giant mad was holding the sky on his back. "Who is he?" Adonis asked.
"That's Atlas, he led a battle of Titans against Zeus after the battle he was singled out by Zeus and cursed to hold up the heavens as a special punishment." Carissa explained.
"I never realized there were so many curses till I had one myself." Adonis told them.
Atlas looked over and saw them. "Hey fellas, help a titan out?"
"Just be careful." Carissa whispered to them. "He tries to trick people into holding the skies for him all the time." She then looked up at him. "Hi Atlas!"
"Carissa! So good to see you again my dear, it's been awhile since you've come to see me."
"You visit him?" Hercules asked.
"Of course, I know all the titans." She replied. "Hey Atlas, we're trying to find the golden apples to give to Gaea, you know where they are?"
"Oh sure, they're just down over there." He nodded his head to the west and they could see a golden tree.
"Thanks Atlas, I'll get you some ambrozia the next time I visit." She waved as Pegasus flew off to it.
Adonis spotted the apples. "Absolutely stunning, Gaea has good taste. I wonder if she does decorating."
"Well lets get a picking." Hercules got off Pegasus.
"I'd love to but you know, I'm well cursed. Oh I can feel I think i feel the curse kinding in, oh!" He said dramatically falling down.
"You're unbelievable." Carissa sighed.
Hercules stood on top of Pegasus so he can reached the apples, Carissa noticed Adonis was biting his nails. "What's with you?"
"HERCULES WAIT!" Adonis shouted.
"What now?" Hercules asked.
"This is kinda an interesting question, which half of you is more God, the left or the right?" Carissa raised her brow at him for asking such a question.
"It doesn't work that way, why?" Hercules asked.
"Oh just curiosity." Adonis replied.
Hercules shook his head before he grabbed an apple only to get electrocuted. Carissa covered his mouth with her hand and widened her eyes as she could see Hercules skeleton as he screamed in pain before letting go of the apple landing right on Pegasus's backside making his horse buck him into a tree.
"Wow." Was all Carissa could say before she laughed. "Should have known it wouldn't be that easy."
"Huh Hercules, chum, try your left hand." Adonis told him.
Carissa grabbed a stick and hit Hercules with it. "Wake up!"
Hercules groaned. "What smoked me?"
"What smoked you?" Adonis said nervously. "Well there's a funny thing Narius mentioned and I guess I forgot to pass it on. Only a God can pick the golden apples."
"YOU FORGOT!!" Hercules shouted at him.
"I thought since you're part God you could pull it off, it was a calculated risk."
"You calculated, I took the risk! Come on Pegasus, we're going home."
Adonis gasped. "No, wait it's the curse! Help!"
"Sorry Adonis, I'm not buying." Hercules told him before he tried to fly off but Adonis grabbed Pegasus by the tail.
"Wait! As the Prince of Thrace I... I... I need you to save my life Hercules." Adonis admitted. "I have no other hope."
Hercules sighed. "Alright."
"But who's going to pick those apples?" Carissa asked. Sure she could just shout for her dad to come, but she wants to see how this plays out and Hercules isn't smart enough to beeseeched any God.
"Well there is someone available." Adonis pointed to the nearby titan.
"Atlas! No way!" Hercules shouted. "I'm going to be stuck holding the sky forever!"
"No you won't, I'll make sure of that, trust me." Adonis replied.
Hercules groaned. "Trust you?" sighs "Worlds biggest dope right here, come see the world's biggest dope."
Carissa chuckled. "I've been saying that about you my whole life."
"I knew I could count on you." Adonis smiled.
Hercules went up to Atlas and said he'll hold up the sky for a bit while he picks the apples. "Just lift with your legs, not your back." Atlas told him as he gave Hercules the sky. "Hey, you're a natural."
"Ok, I got it, just hurry back." Hercules grunted.
Atlas nodded. "Right." He then picked up Carissa and Adonis placing them on his shoulders. "Come on princess and little mortal."
"Um that's actually mortal prince." Adonis told him.
"You think I care?" Atlas replied.
Adonis sighed. "No, nobody else seems to care why should you?"
Atlas picked up the golden tree and shook them into his hand. "So what do you need these for?"
"The moron angered Gaea and she cursed him." Carissa explained.
"Angered Gaea?" Atlas gasped. "Worlds biggest dope right here folks, come see the world's biggest dope." He shouted as he pointed to Adonis.
Adonis rolled his eyes and took as many apples as he could. "Thank you all mighty Atlas"
"Oh don't mention it, feels good to stretch you know." Atlas said as he stretched out his arms making Adonis slid down.
"I'm sure this is a welcome respite for you Mr. Atlas but my associates and I are on a very tight schedule, so if you wouldn't mind..."
Atlas cut him off. "What do you need him for? You got your apples ditch him."
"Hmm, you do have a point." Adonis agreed.
"Yeah why don't you come with me?" Atlas asked. "Come on what do you say?"
"I'm in." Carissa told him.
Adonis sighed and whispered to himself. "I can't leave Hercules behind but what do I do? I've always used money to solve all my problems.... And so I shall again oh clever head." He looked up at Atlas. "I'm in Mr. Atlas!"
"Great!" Atlas cheered.
"But Hercules has all of my cash." Adonis told him making Atlas sigh.
They made their way back to Hercules who was still holding up the sky. "What do you mean? I don't have your money!" Hercules shouted.
"Hercules don't you remember? I said hold my coin purse and you said 'whatever you command your royal royal highness." Adonis winked at him.
"Oh oh! Right right! Now I remember yeah, I just need to reach inside my tunic." Hercules grunted trying to keep the sky from crushing him.
"Atlas, be a sport will you while Hercules gets my money."
"Oh yeah sure." Atlas picked up the sky after putting Carissa down next to them.
"Thanks, oh and lift with your legs not your back." Hercules told him as they jumped on Pegasus and flew off.
"Farewell foolish titan!" Adonis shouted.
"You stinken mortal!" Atlas was about to break down the mountain next to him but then he remembered Carissa was on that horse so there's nothing he can do.
"It's almost sunset!" Carissa said as the sky was now red and orange.
"We'll never get to Thrace." Adonis sighed sadly.
"Wait! Maybe we don't have to! Pegasus! Fly down!" Carissa said, Pegasus listened and flew down. "I'll get Gaea to undo your curse if you give me one of those apples."
Adonis nodded. "Yes of course." He handed her one. Carissa smiled and put it in her pocket before she summoned Gaea.
The earth started to move and a woman completely made of earth raised. "WHAT NOW? CAN'T A GIRL GET A LITTLE SHUT EYE?"
"Hello Gaea!" Carissa waved.
"Oh, princess Carissa, what can I do for you?" Gaea asked.
"I have come with the Prince of Thrace to bring you an offering."
"Well I'll be a commoner." Adonis said scared at the giant creature that cursed him earlier.
"You're up Adonis." Carissa pushed him forward.
Adonis gulped. "Um, mighty Gaea, I apologize for waking you twice now, I offer these golden apples as my penance."
"GOLDEN APPLES!!" Gaea shouted with glee as she took them and ate them all. "Mmm, delicious! Thanks mortal, ok curse removed, now go back to your little lives AND LET ME SLEEP!!!" She then turned to Carissa. "See ya around princess." With that she sunk back into the earth.
"YES!! YES!! I'M ALIVE!!!" Adonis shouted as he danced around.
Hercules walked up to Carissa. "Wow, Gaea likes you?"
Carissa nodded. "I recycle and pick up litter." She explained. "Now I need to get home so would you mind giving me a ride?" The three of them rode back to Athens where they parted. Carissa walked in to see her father not looking pleased.
"And just where were you? I come home after a boring and irritating meeting to see Pain and Panic drawing on the walls and my daughter missing!"
"Sorry dad, but I went and got something for you." Carissa explained.
Hades cooled down and looked at her. "And what would that be?"
Carissa reached into her pocket and pulled out the golden apple.
Hades widened his eyes and took it from her. "How in the underworld did you get this?"
"I went to the edge of the world, guess who was dumb enough to try and pick them." She brought Hades over to his chest board and made it show him the past of the adventure she had today. When Hercules got electrocuted by the apples and bucked into a tree Hades fell into his chair laughing before he looked at the apple she gave him. Hades turned his arm into smoke and brought her over to him. "You're forgiven, but next time leave a note."
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