I soon reached Mt. Olympus. Shifting into my human form, I saw someone flying out of the cloud mist. It was Hermes, God of Messenger. His pale pink-orange hair is neatly gelled behind his ears as his bangs cover his golden headband that connects his wings to his head. His nature-green clothing revealing half a side of his chest and was held together by a crest that is in the shape of a wing on his left shoulder and a golden belt. On both wrists are golden bracelets and on his feet are his famous golden sandals with feathers. "You must be Aries, right?" he asked.

"Yes. You must be Hermes," I replied.

"Yes! Zeus told me to lead you to Poseidon's palace." He's energetic. He reminds me of Helle.

"No, can you lead me to my Mother instead?" I can't just walk around the place without notice and Hermes could save me that trouble trying to get in.

He cocked his head sideways. "The Water Nymphs' area?"

"Yes. Please."

"Okay. Follow me!"

After walking around for a while, I asked, "What are these foggy mists for? I never saw them when I was a kid."

"Zeus ordered for there should be better protection around Mt. Olympus and other areas so they decided to put the mist to drift strangers away," Hermes explained.

Finally reaching the shore to Poseidon's kingdom, I saw many water nymphs playing around. The water behind them glowed a beautiful blue with glitters within the water. Quickly, I found my mother surrounded by many young water nymphs. "Oh, who's that?" a young girl said noticing me. As she turned around, surprise came across to her face as she saw me.

"Aries," she said with tears in her eyes. Her mouth covering her quivering lips. Mother was a beautiful nymph with blue-green hair and light teal eyes. Her hair was tied to the back in a ponytail with her tips tucked in with the hair tie while her long bangs swirled beautiful curls by the side of her cheeks. Her pale skin had sparkles of her blue-green scales all over as she wore tail-like clothing.

She walked up to me and hugged me as I held her back. "Well, my task here is complete then," Hermes said with a big smile. He then flew into the air and fly away.

After sitting down on a large rock by the sea, My mother finally said, "I know why you're here."

I looked at her. "If you're here, it means that Nephele and her children are in danger, right?" she explained turning to me with a sad face.

I then told her everything when Ino came into the house and everything else that happened. "I see, so that happened. You grew up so fast without me by your side," she said looking at the glittering sea.

"Mother, is there anything I can do to help King Athamas?" I proposed.

"Oh Aries, you can try anything but it won't help. Athamas isn't under a spell, he fell in love with another woman and he changed."

My eyebrows furrowed. "But why..."

"Because that's just how it works. Poseidon came to me, turned me into a ram and used my body for his sake. Even though I know he had no feelings for me, I still let it happen. I gave birth to you, a child of Poseidon and a water nymph because I wanted him to love me. He apologized so many times afterward and I forgave him because I loved him and I wanted him to see that. But he didn't."

"After that, I found out that Nephele was married to a mortal and was going to give birth to twins. Poseidon came to me and said that sometime in the future, darkness will consume her and her children. So we decided to give you to them in order to protect them, but no matter what, darkness still lived with them."

I looked at the sky as it shifted into the night. The eyes of Selene has opened.

~

That night, Ino went to the building where the crop seeds were. With everyone asleep and the moon out, she went inside the building looking for the seeds. After finding them, her mask fell off. "With Aries gone, I can finally get rid of those twins," Ino claimed with a fire torch in her hand. Dropping the fiery torch to the ground, the fire spread slowly but powerful. Each stroke of flames burned every last seed hidden in jars and baskets. Before long, the entire building was burning in the middle of the night.

The next morning, two farmers came and witness the burnt seeds and tattered building. "What is this!?" one of them shout in horror. Everything that they worked so hard for was gone in an instant.

"This must be a sign that famine's coming. We must go to the Oracle!" said the other. As they turned around, they saw Ino standing there in their way.

"There's no need to go, the Oracle sent me here for a reason. He told me that famine was indeed coming to this land. The only way to save the crops is to sacrifice the prince of this land, Phrixus," she explained.

"But we should-" Before he could finish, Ino dropped three bags of gold coins to the ground spilling some coins.

Ino smirked as the two men hungrily went to their legs to see the gold. "That should be able to do it, right?" Both of them quickly picked up the bags fighting over the third bag. "Now go tell the others what I told you."

Both them grinning with Ino before leaving with greed in their hands.

At the castle, servants were whispering about the sacrifice. "What do we do, Phrixus?! Everyone is talking about sacrificing you!" Helle yelled walking around biting her nails.

"Helle, calm down. If there is a famine coming and my sacrifice will make it better, then I'll gladly take it," Phrixus said calmly to her.

"Are you kidding, you can't! Our 15th birthday is tomorrow!"

Phrixus gripped his hand tightly until his knuckles turned white."There is no other way to save the crops."

"You're giving up so easily!? What would Aries say at a time like this?"

"Aries is finding a way to help Father and Mother. I'll protect everything while he's gone."

"But-" Suddenly storming out the room, Helle shout behind him, "Where are you going! Phrixus!"

"I have a feeling this has something to do with Ino." after saying that, he left. Going to Ino's room, he knocked on the door. "It's Phrixus."

"Come in," she answered.

As he went into the room, he saw Ino half naked with a single cloth around her body, barely covering her bare skin. "Do you need something, Phrixus?" she asked showing her legs to him.

His eyebrows furrowed furiously. "What's this about my sacrifice so that there will be no famine?"

Ino smirked. "Oh. Before I came here, the Oracle told me about the famine in this land. He saw that you are our only savior when it comes to it."

"You really think I'll believe anything that's coming out of your dirty mouth?" Smashing down a pot, it shattered to the ground with a loud clad.

"Hah, of course not. But everyone else does." She slowly started to walk towards Phrixus dropping her only cloth behind. "But, there is one more thing I need for you to do."

As she got closer to him, he backed away. "You're taller than me, stronger than me...but in the end, you're still just a child compared to me," She murmured as she cornered Phrixus in a corner. Caressing his face with her hand. "You're still so pure and innocent. And I wish to crush that part of you."

Suddenly slapping her hand away, Phrixus pushed her away hitting the table. She then lay on the table with anger in her eyes. "Don't you ever dare touch me, you dirty woman!" He declared walking up to her with fury in his eyes. Taking her chance, Ino snatched his clothing and brought Phrixus on top of her naked body.

"Help!" She screamed out. Tearing away from her, Phrixus turned around to only get caught in her thighs legs wrapping around his waist. Screaming out even louder this time, Ino pulled him by his neck and buried his face to her neck. Tearing apart his belt and ripping his clothing apart, Ino chuckles in his ear. In a moment of panic, Phrixus was about to punch her but was stopped by the stomping feet of soldiers storming into the room. Ino let him loose as Phrixus quickly pulled away glaring at her. Tears were coming out of her eyes as she muttered, "Phrixus, he, he was trying to rape me! He said he was angry for me telling the people about the famine coming!" Covering her shivering body with her arms, she dropped to the floor as her cries filled the room.

"You bit-" As Phrixus was about to shout, King Athamas stormed in.

"Guards, get Phrixus and put him in the cell!" he ordered.

"Father, I didn't touch her!" Phrixus tried to say as guards held him down.

"I don't need to hear anything from you anymore! You dared to touch my woman, there is no need for me to listen to a cocky brat like you!"

"But-" Before he could finish, the guards dragged him off. Seeing Helle running towards him, his sister shouted, "Phrixus!" He looked at her in a face of horror shaking his face to stop her. Watching them drag Phrixus away with no restraint, Helle glared at Ino's room filled with whispering servants. "Just you wait, you'll pay for what you did."