Tara's+Myth-

  __//**Hercules**//__ "You can't lift that!" Boris laughed, pointing to the giant truck. Only a few people believed Hercules could lift the truck and the others gathered around to see if it was true. To prove he was the strongest man in the world, Hercules got down on his knees and crawled under the truck. Almost all the people in New York City were watching him with great interest. There were even news stations pointing their cameras and flashing light in Hercules's face. Hercules got a strong grip on the truck and easily hoisted it into the air. His arms shook slightly but he did not let go. The people cheered and the news reporters announced that Hercules was the strongest man on earth. Unfortunatley, Hercules put the car down too hard and the ground began to tremble. The people screamed and tried to flee when suddenly the ground began to split. Women, children, men, pets, and wildelife poured into the split-open earth. Hercules heard a raging scream and knew, somewhere on Mount Olympus, Demeter was furious. He ran to the edge of the hole and tried to save people from falling in but the hole was getting bigger and bigger. "FATHER!" Hercules cried out, falling to the ground in defeat. The next thing he knew he was gently being pulled to his feet. "ZEUS!" Demeter screamed, "Your son, he-he AHH!" She yelled in Zeus's face and Hercules could feel the fire that was going to come out of her. Down on earth the woods in California were burning because of Demeter's fury. Alcmene placed her hand on Hercules's shoulder and narrowed her eyes at Demeter. Zeus and Demeter continued arguing and Hercules could hear the terrified screaming down below on earth. "Demeter-" Hercules began but was cut off by her hideous screeching. "You are hereby banished from Mount Olympus and New York City. Never shall you set foot here again!" Demeter explained, her voice rising. Mount Olympus vanished and Hercules was laying on the ground, surrounded by tall grass. He groaned miserably and could still here the echo of the screaming people, falling deep into the earth. "Demeter, please!" Hercules begged, "Fix my mistakes! Please! I will do whatever i can to prove myself worthy and live on Mount Olympus again. Demeter!" Demeters voice rang in his ears, "Very well, Hercules. The hole you made is now sealed. But now, in payment, you must complete the 12 tasks i will assign to you. The first of these is to fetch //the// gift of Poseidon." Hercules set off at once towards the open sea. He reached the beach and let his feet touch the water. Then, he called out to Poseidon. Poseidon appeared before him but was very reluctant when he fianlly gave Hercules the gift. Zeus and Poseidon didn't always get along. The gift was a shell that when you put your ear up to it, you would be able to talk to any god of your choice. Hercules thanked the sea god and ran back to the field to find Demeter. After he gave her the shell she supplied another task for him. They were getting tougher and tougher, but Demeter never once stumped Hercules. It was task eleven when Demeter started to unleash the true evil. "The 11th task I assign to you, Hercules, is to figure out the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle." Demeter announced and watched him run off towards a library. Hercules discovered that the Bermuda Triangle was a place of the gods. Any mortal who ventured there was not allowed to see the god's paradise. So, the gods sent the people down to the underworld, for tresspassing in the god's sacred place. That is the answer to all the mysterious disappearences of the people in the past. Demeter still had one vicious task in store for Hercules and he was slightly nervous when he went back to her. "You must rescue three of the poor souls you killed and bring them back to me." She ordered, darkly. Hercules nodded and set off to find the entrance to the underworld. He had dealt with Hades once and he had hoped never to do it again. When he descended into the firey underworld he demanded that Hades come forth. Hades was frightened, so he called off his monsters and allowed Hercules to take back three children with him. When Hercules came with the children over his shoulder Demeter fianlly gave in. "You have proven yourself to me and the other gods. You are now allowed back on Mount Olympus, forever. But, you can never go back to New York City again." She sighed and vansihed. Hercules returned home to Mount Olympus and never came back to the human world again.