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This is the story of how the Eternal Beings came to be. The story of how the Olympians fell. The story of how the marooned damsel in distress was freed from her island prison.

The story of Perseus.

Anyways, in order to tell a story correctly, we must start in the beginning of our Ancient Story.

The Golden Age of Olympus (A few years after the fading of Helios)

The Olympians were in their greatest years. They were young, the humans had started to worship them, and it had been about a hundred years since the defeat of the Titans.

Even though they had accomplished much, they were showing how they were slowly turning into the corrupt beings that were very much like the Titans for. I make this accusation for a multitude of reasons.

When the first of the gods were first born, they wanted to be nothing like their father. They've almost turned into exact copies of him.

Exhibit A: They killed humans very frequently for fun, or for very small reasons. I believe Hera has killed or caused the death of about 70% of the mothers of Zeus's children. She may have been upset, but it is far from the mother's faults.

Exhibit B: They have punished people in many heinous ways for very idiotic reasons. For example, I believe there was one goddess that humiliated a girl so terribly that she fell into depression, and turned her into a spider when she tried to escape her pain.

Exhibit C: I remember when the King of the Skies took a page from his father's book and swallowed his wife whole. For the same reason as well, he was afraid of losing the throne.

This was destined to happen, nothing lasts forever. When the flame starts to dwindle, as an age inches closer to the end, I seek an heir to the throne.

I felt that this was the beginning of the end, thus I began the search, for an honorable sovereign.

Hestia was the perfect supplier. She was perhaps the only major god on Mount Olympus that still had holiness and a non-violent past. Something very strange for a god to have.

I needed for this child to be powerful. So powerful that it could take on Zeus in a battle.

This could not be a demigod. No, it had to have the power of a god and a Titan. That was when I began to observe all the Titan's that had not been sent to Tartarus.

The four major ones that remained was Prometheus, Atlas, Selene, and Oceanus.

Prometheus was still chained up, Atlas was under the sky, and I doubt Selene can shapeshift into a man. So the only option was Oceanus.

The Titan of the sea had stayed neutral during the war, angering Kronos. The Titan of time however could not reach his underwater city of Atlantis. When the Olympians defeated Kronos and his Armies, the titans that either helped or stayed neutral were unpunished. This was back when the Gods still had sympathy.

Back on topic, Oceanus was the only logical option. However, Hestia had recently persuaded Zeus to allow her to stay a maiden. So she would not willingly hook up with a Titan. Especially after her stalking from the other ruler of the seas.

But luckily, Hestia had been having thoughts about her maidenhood and perhaps being a mother. So, this could be slightly easier than anticipated.

Oceanus had to make the first move, so I decided to give him a subtle hint.

The lord of the ocean received a package from his messenger that read, Greece's Finest Chicken.

He normally did not eat meat, but he had eaten chicken before with his late wife and it was fantastic. The Titan decided that returning to that flavor was past overdue.

Oceanus swam to the top of the surface, and began to swim to the shore. When he arrived, he used rocks and a pile of sticks to make a fire. He began to cook the chicken, but decided it would be rude to not offer some of it to Hestia, seeing as he always enjoyed it when sailors gave sacrifices to the sea. He tore off a juicy breast from the chicken and offered it to Hestia.

Of course when Hestia tasted the chicken, she smiled immediately. Chicken was her favorite meat. Wow, what a coincidence that I chose her favorite food.

She checked to see where the chicken had come from and smiled when she saw Oceanus. They had met only once, but he was very polite and nice to her. The goddess decided that a hello was long overdue.

Hestia teleported to the fire that Oceanus sat at. "Hello Oceanus."

The Titan looked up from his meal. "Oh hello Hestia. Received the chicken breast I suppose?"

"Yes it was delicious, thank you. So, what is the fish doing out of the water?"

"No fire underwater. Well, there is. It's just not actually fire. It's more like light than anything. Oh look at this, I'm babbling. How is life on Olympus?"

The goddess smiled. "Very good. I am no longer an Olympian, but there are many new Olympian. There's 12 now."

As he finished his meal, he stood up at his towering height of eight feet. "Really? I am far behind. Let's catch up at Atlantis."

"I don't know if you realized, but I can't breathe underwater."

"Oh I know, but I do have the power to give others abilities." He winked and took the goddess's hand as he approached the water.

I smiled. Nothing better than having something go exactly as you planned.

The two spent hours in the banquet room in Oceanus's palace.

After Hestia had brought Oceanus up to date, the Titan was awestruck. "Zeus actually ate his wife? Like, whole?"

The goddess laughed. "Yes, he did."

"And Hephaestus, cut his head off? Then a child came out? In armor? How in Chaos did she get armor in a stomach?"

Hestia laughed so hard she began to get the hiccups. "I have no clue. We've been asking Athena for years, but she always says she's had it as long as she remembers."

"You Olympians and your origin stories. Ours are much easier to interpret. We were born by Primordial Gods, and killed our father. Very easy."

"And where did the Primordial Gods come from Mr. Greek Historian?"

"Easy, created by Chaos."

Hestia nodded her head. "I've never met him, have you?"

"Actually no. I would like to, my mother told us many stories about him. Or her. Nobody is sure what the gender exactly is. I don't even think it has a gender."

Hestia her a loud ding from the Titans giant clock indicating that it was noon. "I should go, Zeus always wants the gods on Olympus by noon."

Oceanus stood up as he guided Hestia to his door. "Will I see you again?"

The goddess smiled. "Perhaps."

So let's skip ahead a few months, about thirty more secret meetings, and a few more chicken dinners.

It was about 2 AM and Oceanus was sleeping in his bed.

"Oceanus!"

He raised his head to see Hestia in a nightgown. "What are you doing here?"

She had tears in her eyes but she was smiling. "I'm pregnant."

Oceanus eyes grew to the size of dinner plates. "Are you serious?" When she nodded, he jumped up and gave her a kiss. He then raised her gown and kissed her stomach. When he turned to his right, he saw a tall man who was pitch dark. He immediately put Hestia behind him. "Who are you?"

I smiled. "Is that the way to speak to your grandfather?"

The Titan relaxed his body. "Chaos?"

"Well actually now that I think about it, you don't have an actually grandfather seeing as your mother is actually your grandmother in a way. Anyways we don't need to get into the technical aspect of it, so yes you can call me Grandpa Chaos." I saw that he was about to ask another question, but I could not let myself stay in this realm for long. "I cannot stay for long, I already feel the Beings heartbeat going faster. Sit down, I will need to do this quickly."

When the two sat on the edge of the bed, I began. "The gods have gone miles past the line I drew when I gave all of you your powers. The sins that the Olympians have committed are so evil that they have become manifestations of your father, Kronos. They need to be taken down. The child that you bear will be the one to take them down. Any questions?"

Hestia spoke. "If you say that the Olympians are to be taken down, then why are you speaking to me?"

"You are the only God on Mount Olympus that have a pure heart. The twelve Olympians and many other deities has been nothing but trouble for this planet. Any others?" No answers.

I breathed slowly. "Okay. The power that the child will gain from you two is very great. So great that he could take Zeus on, if he trains. Not only that, but you not be able to tell the child anything about these plans. I have been able to mask this conversation from the Fates, but when I am no longer on Earth my powers are nearly useless. They would end the child's life the second you were to tell him what he was destined to do."

Oceanus decided to speak now. "Why can't you just destroy Olympus now by yourself?"

"I could. However it would require too much energy. Simply manifesting a body and talking to you now is sucking energy out of my essence. If I were to use too much energy, the Creatures would be able to break through their prisons and destroy this planet."

"Who are these creatures?" Hestia asked.

I sighed. "I do not know. The first of them appeared many years ago, and I created a prison called the Ether to trap it. Over thousands of years has passed and the number of Creatures has multiplied by the thousands. I will have to hold these gates for all of eternity, and it uses nearly all of my energy. Thus if I were to stay on Earth for a long period of time, or attempt to fight multiple gods, the Creatures could break through the gate. Visiting Earth takes so much energy that I can only visit a few times every century."

The two looked at each other with concerned looks on their faces. "You might want to hurry up and tell us the rest of our instructions. And go back to your job. Oh, and you also said that the Fates would be able to kill him. If he is a God and a Titan, then how is he able to be killed?" Hestia said.

I heard a small growl from the slumbering Creatures. "When the child is born, I will make him a mortal, thus decreasing his power in the process. This will prevent the Fates from realizing he is a God and a Titan. They see that as an abomination and will command Zeus to destroy the child. He will gain his full power when we are sure that we will be able to defeat the Olympians. It will be hard for him, but we must have faith. The Fates will not realize that Hestia is the mother as I hid the…special night you two had. Do you understand?" The two nodded. "Okay. I will visit when the child is born."

With that, I teleported back to the Ether as I continued to hold the gates.

Hestia looked at Oceanus. "Well, that was unexpected."

A godly pregnancy is much shorter than a mortal one, so after about three months the baby was ready to be born.

Hestia teleported to Oceanus's palace as he already had the bed ready. Many oceanids surrounded the bed, ready to help with the labor. Oceanus walked through the door and helped Hestia to the bed. I appeared in the room at this time and proceeded to help the goddess to the bed.

I delivered the child, and when it was born it had dark black hair and jade green eyes.

"Why hello there mister. What is your name?" I looked over at the two parents.

"Perseus."

I looked back at the newborn. "Well Perseus, you have some big shoes to fill. I'll help you out though buddy." I placed my finger on his forehead. "I grant you the power to borrow some of my power whenever you are in a state of panic. Try not to use it so often though, alright?"

In response to this, Perseus cried for the first time.

I smiled. "A very strong pair of lungs! Let your voice command an army one day, young Perseus." I gave the baby to Hestia. "Very beautiful child Hestia, he will be looked upon by many women. As I've stated before, he is now a mortal. I recommend Oceanus taking care of the child until he is at least a few months old. Goodbye." With that I retreated back to my rightful place, where I would stay for many years.

How was that? Pretty good eh? This is gonna be a good one you guys. And I hope you stick it out until the end. This is Soap signing off.