Aloysius' eyes widened, and his face began to turn red. "AMORE!" He yelled, his voice echoing through Olympus. It would be too much for Cat, causing her to cover her ears and cower.
In her garden, the three Goddesses heard Aloysius' call. Amore shrunk. "I'm in trouble."
Ava flinched and covered her ears looking away from the god. After he yelled she carefully uncovered her ears but she heard a slight ringing sound for a second.
Amore stood up, dusting herself off. "Would you like us to come with you, sister?" Cyrene asked, hand on the hilt of her sword. Amore nodded.
"Yes, however I am going to fly. I shall meet you down there." She took off, heading to where she heard Aloysius call from.
Cat looked around debating on running or hiding. She didn’t really want to be here when Amore gets there. “Hey umm I’m sorry for coming here. If I’m not supposed to be here or something you can like send me back. I won’t tell anyone,” she attempted to plead with Aloysius.
"You cannot leave Olympus. Only gods can access it. So you shall not leave."
Amore's shadow lined the grass, wings spread out. She stepped onto the ground gracefully. "Yes, brother Aloysius? What is it?"
Cat tried to almost hide behind Aloysius. She really didn’t want Amore to know she was following her. She bit her lip trying to process what the god said.
"This human entered Olympus looking for your Carys form." He moved aside to show Cat. "Were you not careful? Father said you could only do it if no one found out."
Amore's face darkened, and she suddenly realised why she'd felt suffocated.
Cat gave a weak wave. “Hey umm I’m just trying to get home. I didn’t really mean to come here,” she said.
"I do not care. Why did you follow me? I do not care if you see me, but you should not have followed me through the portal." Amore was much larger than Cat, as Carys was a human-sized version of the Goddess.
“I umm well I followed you at first because I was concerned and I wanted to know what was wrong and then I saw you and the portal and we’ll tell me if you saw a portal going to gods knows where you wouldn’t at least want to peak,” Cat said rambling slightly. She was looking up at Amore.
"No, I would not want to peak. I would be terrified and run away. No matter if you saw me or not, you should not have followed me." She turned to her brother. "Oh, Aloysius! Zephyr will have my head for this!"
Ava went silent for a moment. Looking around them some more but not letting her eyes fall in Amore. “I knew about the Gods and all but just wow,” she whispered. “Now what?”
"Now you shall answer to Zephyr," Amore hissed, her gaze darkened. "He shall decide what to do with you. And there will be anarchy if a mere human is the reason that the Goddess of Love is dead."
Cat's eyebrows knit together. "Why would you be dead?" she asked finally looking up at Amore. "Plus its not your fault you didnt know I was there."
"Humans are forbidden to be in Olympus!" Amore yelled. "It does not matter if I did not know you followed me: you're here because of my portal! Zephyr will have my head: no matter if you came here on your own accord!"
Cat flinched slightly from the yelling. She backed up. "He doesn't need to know you could just zap me back," She tried arguing. "No one else will need to know I'm here."
"That is not how this works," Aloysius bellowed, his voice always loud. "You will have to answer to Zephyr. A human can only enter a godly portal if a god enters before them, and no god wishes to travel to the human world. Amore's time in the human world is up for the moment, she shall not return for many days."
Cat bit the inside of her cheek. "Ok then…Can I go talk to Zephyr? This place seems great but I really should get going. bet I can come up with a lie that keeps us all safe," She said attempting a smile.
"You cannot talk to Zephyr, you will be judged by him. And he can see through any lie: no god can keep the truth from him." Aloysius bent down and picked Cat up by the scruff of her neck, holding the tops of her clothes. His hand was much bigger than her, but small enough to let him do this.
Cat wiggled slightly fighting him. She gave up after a moment realizing fighting a god probably won't help her case. She ended up just folding her arms and allowed Aloysius to carry her,
Cyrene and Akilah finally arrived. They had no idea what was going on but could see that Amore was distressed. They were about to question but saw Cat swinging in Aloysius' fingers.
Cat stayed quiet but did give an awkward wave to the two new gods. Her lips pressed together as she tried to resist the urge to fight against Aloysius’ hold.
Aloysius held on to Cat, unaware that she wanted to be released from his grip. In fact, even if he did, he wouldn't let her go. This was the easiest way to keep a hold of the human without hurting her, especially with the size of his hands.
"Hey, can we like get going so you can put me down?" She asked trying not to sound to winey or disrespectful.
Aloysius lifted his hand, looking at the tiny human. "Such humans shall not order me around. No human shall give me, Aloysius God of War, orders."
She put her hands up in a surrendering gesture. "Sorry I was just asking," She mumbled.
"Your questions are quite stupid, young human. May I ask: how old are you? And what might your name be?" It was very rare that Aloysius showed human-like emotions: he was always angry and mostly emotionless.
"I'm 21and my names Grace," She lied about her name but gave no sign of it in her face. She realized that she probably gave her name to Carys/Amore but she wasn't about to willingly give it over now.
"I would recommend you not lie, human," Akilah said softly. "There is no way to lie to me. I know every truth. I am not on your side here - I will tell Zephyr if you are lying. So I recommend you choose the truth."
Cat bit her lip. "My names Caterina," She said looking down her arms still crossed. She swung her legs slightly but didn't squirm or try to escape.
