AUTHOR'S NOTE:

My dear readers, I have decided that the story is getting boring due to the POV of only the ones who are on Earth. Now in this chapter you will get the POV of an Olympian. Try and guess who it is! Brace yourselves as it will be a chapter where you'll be on a roller coaster of interest. So, without further delays, here you chapter is!!!!!

APHRODITE (Greek Goddess of Love):

(A/N: Didn't expect this, did you?😉)

Zeus and Barnacle Beard - I mean Poseidon- decided that we should check upon our children about how they are doing on Earth. After every Olympian, including Hestia and Hades, settled in the throne room without any bickering, Zeus called Iris, the rainbow goddess and said, "Show us our children!"

The rainbow goddess asked, "Whom do you wish to see first, my lord?" Before Zeus could say anything, Artemis answered, "Show us Apollo. I am worried about my little brother. He is a careless fool and doesn't know anything about the harsh reality of life on Earth." Iris nodded and snapped her fingers. A mist screen appeared and an image of Apollo appeared. He was walking to a building that looked like a college wearing very plain clothes faded with use - a plain white hoodie and black jeans. He would have never worn such cheap clothes even when he was a God. Heck, even normal teenagers wear clothes costlier than that! But he still managed to look very cute. Maybe I can get him in my bed when he returns......

I was brought out of my thoughts when Hermes asked, "Why is the audio off?" Iris answered, "Ten drachmas for audio." Hermes gave her the money and the audio started. Apollo entered the building and went to his locker. For some reason, he kept his head low and didn't talk to anyone. It was very unlike him as he was one of the most talkative Gods who liked to be in the spotlight all the time. He looked at his locker and his eyes widened. Something was written over it in red, more like graffiti. The video quality suddenly became very poor. So, at first I couldn't understand what it was. This earned Iris a glare from Zeus. She gulped in tension and nodded. The video became clearer and the word was 'FAGGOT'. All the Olympians seemed shocked but I knew that Apollo was bisexual, so I wasn't much surprised. Hestia was the first one to break out of her daze and said to the Queen of the Gods, "Little Hera, can you access Apollo's thoughts?" Hera nodded and we could hear another voice that sounded like Apollo but was much more tired and was void of any dram of cheerfulness. The voice said, "Damn it." Apollo opened the locker and took out his books ignoring the weird and hateful glances thrown his way by the other students. He was about to leave for his class when three boys emerged from the crowd.

The first one was a boy who seemed to be from a rich family. From my powers over love, I found out he was a playboy. He was quite good looking but was not my type. I pointed my index finger at the boy and a tag appeared above his head, 'Notorious Playboy', the tag was only visible to the gods. The second one was an Asian boy. He was burly and looked like a ruffian. He was one of the lackeys of the first boy as per my assumption. He didn't have anyone he loved. A tag saying 'Single' appeared above his head. The third boy looked like the first. I guess they are twins. But he had a bored and irritated look on his face, as if he had been dragged into this by the previous two. He was sexually frustrated, so the same tag appeared above his face. Satisfied with my work, I looked around the room. Hermes, Artemis, Hestia and Ares tried to stifle their laughter. Dionysus was reading his wine magazine as usual and the others looked amused and bored.

The first one asked with a smirk on his face, "What happened little coward? Looks like someone got beat up early in the morning?" Apollo subconsciously touched his nose and we noticed a bandage on it. Apollo tried to walk past them but the second boy caught him by the shoulder and pushed him into his locker. Slam. Apollo flinched but kept his expression neutral. "What do you want?", he asked. "Nothing except a little entertainment and perhaps give you a good news or two?", the third boy answered. The first boy suddenly punched Apollo in the gut. His facial expression showed pain as he clutched his stomach. The second one kicked him in the shin causing him to fall to the ground. The first and the second boys landed a bunch of kicks everywhere on him. Apollo curled himself up in a fetal position, trying to shield his face from the kicks, but it didn't help much. The third boy interrupted the other two and said in a frustrated tone, "Come on guys. We have class in 5 minutes. This fag isn't worth becoming late for class. Let's go. I don't want the teacher to throw a fit for us being late."

The boys left. Apollo slowly stood up and supported his weight on the locker behind him. He was sporting a bruise on his jaw that was beginning to turn blue-black, and a busted lip. He staggered down the hallway to the nurse office. The nurse asked, "Did you fall from the stairs today also? How many times have I asked you to be careful?" Apollo kept his stare on the ground and whispered, "Sorry, ma'am." The nurse gave him a sympathetic look and treated his lip. He mumbled a small 'Thank you' and left there. We then saw him enter the bathroom. He stared at his own reflection while tears flowed from his eyes, down his cheeks relentlessly. The voice said, "Be strong. Stay calm. You need to bear this for your brothers, for your love. They need you. You can't snap. If you lose your mind, they'll be in danger. You need to stand strong at all costs." He slowly wiped his tears away and washed his face.

Then he did something that shocked everyone in the room. He took out a bottle of foundation and started covering the visible bruises. After finishing, he went to his class and luckily he wasn't late. The teacher started teaching when the video was paused at Zeus' order. Visibly, they didn't want to learn what was being taught to Apollo.

I scrutinised every God present in the throne room. Hermes, Artemis, Ares and Zeus were seething in anger. Everyone else looked extremely annoyed. Artemis shouted, "I'll kill those puny mortals. How dare they hurt my brother!" Ares nodded in approval. Suddenly the three Fates arrived. Atropos asked, "Why was Apollo sent to Earth? Wasn't it for getting punished? What is the point of being punished if you get a life with all possible luxuries?" Artemis hung her head down but was still very angry. The Fates said in chorus, "Let the Sun God bear this life. He'll come back as a far better person." Then, they left.

Zeus said, "Let's take a two hours break. We shall continue observing Apollo after two hours. Everyone is dismissed." Everyone left and went to tend to their own businesses.

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

This chapter will be in two parts as it is a long one. Goodbye for now.

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