Willow Trees and Waterfalls - A Greek Mythology Original Story | Dividers made by @mer-acle
Disclaimer! All of this is just a fun writing project. None of this is canon to the myths, nor do I claim it to be. It will be inaccurate and may have mild mischaracterization based on my own headcanons and such. I will try my best to stay true to the myths and canon personalities of the Gods, but since I added an OC in here, you shouldn’t take it too seriously. This is not a proper reference for actual Greek Mythology.
Willow Trees and Waterfalls is an AU - what if, before Zeus knew of Athena’s existence, he already had a daughter to fill the role of Goddess of Wisdom? How would she react to her domain being taken from her by Athena? And most importantly, what role will she play now?
For this, I created an OC named Noctua. She was six (6) years old at the time Athena spawned out of her father’s head, and didn’t quite grasp what happened yet. But as she got older, she grew more resentful to the other Goddess. Even though they shared similar traits and behaviours, Athena had taken from her what was supposed to be her birthright. And Athena can’t quite grasp why this little girl seems to dislike her so much.
Below the cut is the first scene. It’s quite the rough draft, so please excuse any spelling errors/bad grammar and just overall terrible writing.
TW for blood, bone-shattering and a descriptive version of Athena's birth. Might be considered body horror and/or nauseating. Read at your own risk.
Hera’s slender fingers ran through her daughter’s dark waves of hair, the girl’s warm body resting against her. Tiny fists laid on her chest, head on her shoulder. The Queen glanced to her side, at her sleeping husband, sagged in his throne.
Noctua murmured in her sleep, shifting against her mother. Her tiny wings unfolded and folded again, a feather drifting down.
“Shhh…” Hera whispered soothingly, adjusting her grip.
The sky darkened slightly, a vague hint of lightning briefly flickering in the clouds. She sat up straighter, eyes flicking to her husband again. ¨Zeus?¨
One hand moved off of Noctua, gently shaking her husband. ¨Zeus, wake up. You're making it storm.¨
A soft groan left his lips, reaching for his temple. ¨Hera?¨ His eyes blinked slowly, pushing himself out of his chair. Hera followed, hand still lingering on his arm.
¨Hera-¨ He uttered again, still blinking, expression glazed over, reaching around to find his wife. Then, he stumbled. The lightning outside crackled as Zeus fell to his knees, panting. His chest heaved rapidly, trying to gain his senses amid the blinding pain he was experiencing.
Hera knelt down next to him, hand hovering, reaching to touch him, only to flinch away as blood splattered from his forehead onto her and Noctua, skin slowly tearing open. ¨What in the- Ares!¨ She raised her voice, stepping back and pulling her daughter closer as Zeus's head disfigured even more.
¨Demeter?¨ Hera continued calling out, trying to get anyone's attention. Relief settled in her shoulders when Ares came in, trying to explain what was happening while Zeus continued to flail uselessly.
¨I- he was just like that, all of a sudden, I don't-¨
Ares took one look at his father's head, before removing his axe from his back, and lifting it.
The Queen's eyes widened in horror, turning away to shield Noctua as she heard the sickening crack of splitting bones.
Zeus thudded onto the floor, and the noise of rustling fabric and the faint noise of unsteady footsteps breaking through the brief silence.
¨… Mom?¨ Ares's voice was uncertain, prompting Hera to turn around.
There, among the blood and splinters of bone, stood a young woman, her eyes bright with wisdom, a spear in her hands.
I have seen a quick clip of a video bootleg of Andrew as Evan. I found it publicly posted on Instagram and it was just the little scene between Evan and Zoe in WTAW. I haven’t seen any other mention of a video of Andrew, do you know anything about this?
Someone recently recorded Waving Through a Window and posted it on a reddit, but that’s all they got, sadly! It was a nice quality clip, though, and I hope we see more relatively soon (although I’m still here for the understudies more than ABF and I’m hoping he leaves soon to save his voice since he’s a child).
