Hades 2

" Return to shadow, now! "

Words of the young princess of the underworld rang across realms as she teleported back to the crossroads after suffering a fatal hit from her grandfather, the titan of time, Chronos. She has beaten him before a couple of times, such as the other threat, Typhon who has been assaulting Mount Olympus but this time the titan and his forces prevailed. Once again she found herself in the corner of the encampment in the crossroads where her stone circle resided. After muttering angry insults directed at Chronos, she turned to her little from familiar Frinos as she slowly walked out towards the main area of the camp.

After walking past Dora, the shade haunting her tent and Lord Moros who stood next to the fated list of prophecies, Melinoë approached her headmistress Hecate who calmed and brought back her focus to the task at hand. Then the goddess turned to the big cauldron where she and the other witches cast their incantations only to realize there was a new incantation. Last night, after fulfilling her duty to the oath of the unseen, someone seemingly sent Melinoë an incantation that would bring a new vow to the oath.

" The oath of arousal? What could that mean? "

Melinoë pondered as unbeknownst to her, Nyx, the mother Night herself sent her this incantation across time and space with the help of Chaos and even while trapped by the magic of Chronos. But as Melinoë seemingly had the required ingredients, she wasted no time weaving her magic and saying the correct words to bring the incantation to life. Even Hecate herself tilted her head to the sound of the unknown spell but she trusted her student well enough to know to trust her.

The princess then made her usual rounds through the camp, talking and engaging in different situations with all the different members of their grove before walking to the training area. There she picked her weapon imbued with the thirst. Tonight that weapon being Descura, Melinoë's staff. Then she picked her keepsake, her familiar and after hearing an advice from the great commander Schelemeus, Melinoë approached the oath of the unseen.

There it was. The new vow seemingly written into the oath with magic. It gave a sufficient amount of fear for tonight so Melinoë imbued this night with this vow and set out once again into the dense forest of Erebus to slay the titan of time.

" **** to Chronos! "