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Polly and Arty exchanged a look of confusion. Did this woman before them just say that she was their mother AND a Greek goddess? Maybe they would finally get some answers for why they were experiencing the weirdest day ever.
Athena could only imagine the confusion and disbelief that they were experiencing, so she said, "You guys are surely none other than my own children. Why else do you think you have such talent and intelligence in your studies?"
Now this explained why they never had to put much effort into studying and why they were always doing so well in school.
"Why are we just now finding out about this?" asked Arty.
Their mother, patiently, began to explain to them that right before they were born, Athena and Poseidon were competing for the patronage over the city of Athens. Just as they were born, she had won over the city of Athens, which had angered Poseidon greatly. When he found out that she had had children, he vowed to bring their lives misery as a way to get back at her. In order to protect them, she had wanted them to know as little as possible and live as much of a normal life as they could.
"Your teacher, Mr. Pose, is actually Poseidon and he has been out to get back at me for winning over the city of Athens," Athena explained. "But it seems that now he has figured out how to go even further into this whole revenge thing."
There was a brief pause as Athena could tell that her children were taking in a lot of information.
"He has been using his powers to create these horse creatures that I'm sure you guys have been noticing," she continued. "He plans to use them as an army and wreak havoc on the citizens of Athens to force them into renaming him as patron and their city after him."
"How did Poseidon find us?" asked Polly.
"He has been suspicious of you guys for quite some time now and he only just knew for sure when you guys stepped foot here," Athena said.
This explained why he was always intentionally giving them bad grades and why he looked at them so weirdly just before on the cliff.
"Why are we the only ones who can see these creatures?" asked Polly, remembering that their father couldn't see what they were talking about when they had seen the creatures the first time.
"Because only those with godly genetics are able to see them. To the rest of the people, they will make up anything that makes sense to them. But these creatures are capable of so much destruction that the city will be in ruins."
She then explained to protect them even further, she had erased their father's memory so that he wouldn't give anything away either.
"It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do," Athena explained. "He was my greatest love and I haven't taken another since him. But I knew I had to do it for your sake."
"It seems to me like there could be a way to compromise because if Mr. Pose destroys the city, then he won't even have a city to be the patron of," said Polly.
"I think you're on to something, Polly," said Athena, gleaming at the fact that her daughter had exhibited such intellectual and level headed behavior. "And I've been thinking of a plan that just may work in getting everyone what they want."
The family exited the cave and the twins followed their mother to the lair of Mr. Pose himself.
Image Info: Poseidon and his chariot of horses, Deviant Art
Author's Note: Following up from the last author's note, the same stories of inspiration still apply. Now that some things have been explained to Polly and Arty, like the fact that their mother is a Greek goddess, why they saw their teacher on this trip and why he has always had it out for them, and why their father was so clueless when it came to the horse creatures, they must establish a plan that will take down Mr. Pose and protect the city of Athens. The dilemma has been presented and the twins, along with their newly discovered mother, must use their intelligence to persuade Mr. Pose to not go through with his plan. I wanted this plan to mainly be focused on intelligence, rather than violence, because Athena is most commonly recognized as the goddess of intelligence. I figured her children, whether or not they are fully god or not, should have this same trait. Most people connect Poseidon as the god of the sea, but he is also the Greek god of horses, which is why I chose for his creatures that he is controlling to be horse-like, especially since this is an out-of-water experience. In some cases of Greek mythology, he is even presented as a horse himself, more often than not in the realm of the underworld. The one thing that I want to make clear is that while Poseidon is made out to be the bad guy right now in my story, he is actually a very interesting figure in Greek mythology, and I plan to make them all come together in the end and make the world a better place with some kind of compromise that keeps everyone happy. The next part of the story will lead into how the family will defeat Mr. Pose and then we will hear his side of the story and why he really wants to win back Athens. I will also incorporate how the children's real father plays a role in this whole situation.
Bibliography:
Riordan, Rick. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief.
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
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