There Goes The Neighborhood
Sunrise
Towering above the plains and mountains of Greece, but only in a metaphorical way because the physical mountain Olympus could only be in one place without an enormous amount of physical effort being expended by mortals to move it, while the home of the gods could be wherever or whenever they wanted it to be…
Where was I? Oh, yes. Mount Olympus.
Olympus was a peaceful place, relatively. And most of those relatives were related to Zeus, Father of the Gods (and sometimes grandfather, or uncle, or second cousin once removed, but we digress.) Zeus Allfather (and sometimes other relative as mentioned earlier) surveyed his domain with a smug sense of satisfaction. Drunken debauchery would start shortly, as the sun was about to rise and shake any number of nubile dryads and satyrs from their exhausted slumber so they could begin frolicking among the immense number of hanging gardens and little private nooks across the mountain, each just the right size for two young gods and goddesses, or maybe three.
“Zeus!” The amount of lungpower Hera could exert in a single word shook the windows and rattled the roof tiles of their huge heavenly home. “Have those two new goddesses shown up yet?”
“No, Honeybunch!” called back Zeus, concealing a wince. Gods and goddesses seemed to show up on Olympus every week, but he had been looking forward to meeting these two without the presence of Hera Allmother looking over his shoulder. They were supposed to be sisters, the next best thing to twins, and of inestimable beauty and grace too. Young goddesses always enjoyed being shown around by the biggest god on the mountain and introduced to the (ahem) pleasures of their new home.
He conjured up a quick brass mirror and checked his reflection in the glow of the impending sunrise, manifesting a little more hair around his receding hairline and putting a bit more dimple into his chin. Even Hera Allmother could not watch everywhere, and since Argus had been ‘accidentally’ killed by Hermes, the number of eyes following Zeus had been reduced by a substantial fraction. At least one of the sisters was going to get lucky today, if Zeus had anything to say about it.
And he did.
The sound of approaching hooves in the darkness distracted Zeus from ensuring his hairstyle was properly parted, so he unmanifested the mirror and struck a noble pose, turning towards the oncoming lucky goddesses with a broad smile and a loud, “Welcome to Olym—”
SILENCE!
The window Zeus had been standing beside blew out in a cloud of glassy powder while the clatter of roof tiles across the uncompleted garden behind the house gave notice that part of the roof above his head had became somewhat less of a roof and more of a framework where said tiles once rested. Zeus himself was blown back several cubits and temporarily blinded by the blast of wind accompanying the ear-bursting volume of the most certainly goddess-level command. As his ears finished ringing and he blinked the dust out of his eyes, he could feel his heart beating faster and an irresistible smile start to spread across his face. Now that was the voice of a goddess, powerful and strong, not like the shrill harping and complaining of his beloved and far too attentive wife. He turned back in the direction of the new arrivals with a genuine smile and a little bit of a leer leaking out around the edges. He looked up, past the tall legs and flowing manes of the horses the goddesses had ridden to his door and was just opening his mouth to greet them (in a far quieter fashion) when he noticed a certain absence of goddessness on top of the horses.
Perhaps they are very small. Or invisible.
“Excuse me.” This voice was very soft, and whispered as if it were at the bottom of an immense avalanche waiting to happen. “Great Zeus, sir. I’m so pleased to meet you after all these years.”
Of all things, the horse’s mouth was moving to match the words. It was a magnificent horse indeed, with broad white wings and a spiraling horn coming out of its forehead, much as if the best parts of a unicorn and Pegasus had been brought together into one perfect being. A river of pastel colors pooled around its bare hooves from a cascade of glowing hair flowing down from its tail and majestic mane. Topping the whole elegant sight was a small golden crown fitted with a violet gem, which glittered in the darkness as if it held sunlight just ready to burst out across the dark mountain.
While Zeus attempted to make sense out of his surroundings, the horse cleared her throat again. “Pardon me, Great Zeus? If this is a bad time, we can come back later.”
“We?” murmured Zeus as he finally became fully aware of a second horse of somewhat smaller stature leaning against the first, seemingly sleeping on its hooves with a small whinnying snore. Where the large winged and horned horse was a creamy white with brilliant pastel mane, this one smaller one was of a much darker hue, closer to indigo, or even black in the pre-dawn glow and waning moonlight of Zeus’ doorway.
The snoring horse gave out a little snort when the taller horse nudged it and whispered, “Luna, wake up. We’re here. Luna? You’re embarrassing me again. You know how important first impressions are.” The white horse smiled at Zeus, in a genuine way which somehow made the Father of the Gods feel as if he had just done something wonderful and deserved a pat on the head. “I’m sorry, Great Zeus. My sister was so excited at being elevated to full goddesshood I’m afraid… She tried to out-drink this nice gentleman named Dionysus. Your son, I believe.”
“Oh,” said Zeus, having attempted the heroic feat once himself, and suffered the consequences afterwards. Then after a moment, “I see.”
“And Silenus,” said the white horse.
“Oh,” said Zeus. That was one heroic feat he had never attempted.
“And a zebra named Mbaba Mwana Waresa, I believe.”
“Quiet, my sister,” whispered the dark horse. “Pleaaaaaase?”
A certain phrase which had been percolating through Zeus’s fairly thick skull finally made contact with some active brain cells. “Elevated to goddesshood?”
The white horse seemed to be set back a step. “Oh, I’m sorry, Great Zeus. We failed to introduce ourselves. I am Celestia, Goddess of the Sun, and this is my sister—”
“Another goddess of booze?” prompted Zeus at Celestia’s brief pause and the smaller horse’s whimper. “We have far too many of those already.”
Celestia sighed and managed to roll her eyes without interrupting her pleasant smile. “Luna, Goddess of the Moon. And moonshine, it appears.”
“I thought we already had a goddess of the moon,” said Zeus with a thoughtful frown. “Selene, wasn’t it? She drives her chariot across the sky at night.”
“Blasted heavy hunk of celestial wood,” muttered the dark horse, seeming to try to tunnel into her sister’s neck as a pillow. “Far easier just to stay on the firmament and lift.”
“Selene has been an alias of my sister for many, many years,” whispered Celestia. “People seemed to accept her better if they believed the goddess of the moon had toes and fingers.”
“Wait a moment,” said Zeus as he considered the possibility. “You can not tell me Apollo is a myth. He is my own son.” He paused and looked over his shoulder for Her Motherness and gave a quick prayer of thankfulness to himself that Hera was still in the house.
Celestia shrugged. “I’ve been pulling the chariot by myself while your son has been interning in a hospital down there for the last decade or so. He’s about to become a resident in internal medicine. Hasn’t Hermes been bringing your letters? I know he’s been writing to you and his mother Leto. He’s such a good boy.”
“Why, yes he is.” Eyes darting back and forth, Zeus quickly tried to move the conversation on to a subject which would not result in Hera berating him around the house for another of his excess progeny outside of the maternal pantheon. “Of course, before you are accepted as full goddesses, you will need to demonstrate—”
Luna’s horn glowed a dark indigo and the moon slid down below the horizon just as smoothly as if it were being pulled on a string. She stuffed her face even firmer into Celestia’s neck and whimpered, “Have mercy, Celly. Make it quick.”
“I’m sorry, Luna. It’s time.” Celestia’s horn glowed gold and the sun rose up in all of its glory with crimson clouds and a distant trumpet fanfare. Rays of brilliant sunlight coruscated across the sky in a shimmering display of heavenly glory which lit Mount Olympus in a majesty it had never seen before. Birds across the mountain burst into ecstatic song, a sparkling rainbow spread across the heavens above, and Zeus could not help but take a deep breath of the fresh morning air and feel several centuries younger.
“I do think the salpinx did a marvelous job with the trumpet fanfare, don’t you Great Zeus?” Celestia stood facing into the sun with her mane blowing behind her in such glorious display that Zeus could swear he heard a number of nature sprites in the garden diving for their paintbrushes and easels.
“Ahh… Yes.” Zeus cleared his throat. There could only be one Allfather Zeus on the mountain, and this horse was treading close to the line. “There is one more problem needing addressed. You see, Olympus has a rather strict immigration policy. Divine humans only. We’ve never had—” Zeus looked over the two divine equines, from pointy horns to hooves “—horses as permanent residents before.”
“Totally understandable,” said Celestia, nodding her head. “But I could not help but notice on our way here how many nymphs and dryads were awakening to begin their cavorting around.”
“Staff,” said Zeus.
“Adorable ones too,” said Celestia. “Cute little rumps and darling little breasts. There must be such a cloth shortage here, because the whole bunch seemed to be sharing one kerchief as an outfit. And they looked chilly.”
Zeus cast a quick glance behind him for Hera. “Other than the nymphs and dryads, we’re a very human organization.”
“And satyrs,” said Celestia.
“Oh, and them,” said Zeus.
“And sprites,” said Celestia.
“Yes,” said Zeus. “All perfectly valid residents.”
“And Pegasus,” said Celestia.
“Of course,” said Zeus.
There was a very long pause.
Celestia smiled and waggled one wing.
First comment reserved for the author. Seven chapters, already written and put out one per day, starting... well, why not now?
I have no idea what originally triggered this story idea, but it dates back to an odd thought/conversation about how much Greek there was in My Little Pony, from pegasi to the tall mountain on which the goddesses made their home, and two totally random brain cells made contact.
What if Olympus and Canterlot are the same thing?
Olympus: lazy gods and goddesses throwing parties and snubbing each other while they look down on the commoners.
Canterlot: Royals, just the same.
I would like to thank my editors (above) for their tireless work at making my dull prose interesting and particularly CherryViolets, who inspired me into actually finishing this after I saw the beautiful picture of Celestia.
The story is tagged 'Sex' mostly for Zeus, who will bang anything that moves and some things that don't. Writing this story gave me new respect for Disney who managed to make the animated Hercules G rated, including Zeus.
I'm not sure why them being horses would bother Zeus at all. I'm sure he's changed into a horse to sleep with *someone*.
7172278 Interestingly, the second largest horse in the world (as of around a year ago) was a Belgian draft horse by the name of Zeus.
When Celestia wants to play chess master, she might set up the board, but thats only because she has already rolled up your character sheet with GM priviledges and stolen all your aces for the after match poker game.
Oh this is very funny Zeus is already sizing up the now arrives right now what a considerate host and right while his wife is in the same room, oh adultery...adultery never changes. This has already showed promise perversion, drunkenness and humanoid and Pony shipping hang in the air oh such a forbidden fruit that taste so sweet. The author sure knows how to entertain me
me think Zeus will be in trouble once Candace, and Twilight get there..... me think Candace and the other goddess of love and such will become quick friends while Twilight nature will most likely have the whole place running like clockwork,
7172223 I normally go by my username on the site ^^; Love the coverart btw.
And so it begins. Everyone, you're in for a treat.
7172406 hey, you helped frost the cupcakes
7172388 Fixed it. And yes, I love that picture. I sent the permission request back in Feb. Hooked me right through the feelz.
7172377 I honestly tried to find a place for those two, because Cadence is obviously Aphrodite and Shining Armor is Adonis, but I couldn't find a spot where they'd fit.
7172330 Zeus in mythology was... hm... aggressively promiscuous much in the same understated way that a politician tends to wander in the direction of a TV camera. Hera, however, is a goddess of virtue and marital responsibility.
7172326 Please. She does not steal your aces. They were never yours to begin with.
7172287 Shhh. He's in disguise, playing tourist. Hide your mares.
7172278 It's not necessarily the species of the new goddesses, but his position he's protecting. He likes to be on top. (snerk)
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Ah, I apologise, I forgot the deck is a lesser ones for lesser players.
That, and Zeus is going to be stalked by cupcakes.
Intresting choice. Stalked by the horse of the man in black, or the so quiet and self effacing.
Hey Loki. Green and Bulky to see you.
7172466 i can see cadnace as her but i see shiny armor as Ares and twilight would be Athena, or they just come in and replace them, or been pretty much doing those 3 jobs while those 3 been play hooky, hell i could see that Zeus being to busy doing the thing not to notice that half of his kids and fellow gods have all left they jobs becuase they sick of them and other have take up the jobs
Well, this is looking fun so far, and I am curious to see which princess Zeus will stick his dick in first and how long it will take to get there.
7172377 It's a very good thing Twilight isn't here. Zeus would lure her off on her own with the promise of a lesson fast enough to leave Rainbow reeling, and I really don't see her holding up well after the inevitable results of that escapade.
7172496 oh i can see it happen but when he try she goes bad shit crazy rage shift that will make Hera cry with pride, i can even picture it he try it she flip and send him flying away back to his him in one hit, while the princess are have tea with Hera and one of the princess make off comment about a bet or something doing with Zeus and Twilight
7172507 Twilight isn't that violent. She will be confused and nervous which will make it very easy for him to take advantage of her, and after he does she will be left feeling awful and uncomfortable so she will try to bottle it up and forget it ever happened. And then she will discover that she is pregnant and everything will get much worse.
7172517 true but i can see her go crazy, she can be scary and will fight back
You really captured the ludicrous nature of Greek myth here. I approve.
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I'm being thrown off by this setting, but then again, it migth just be the kind of silly fun I enjoy to read.
And thus I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt.
Please don't let me down
I love crossovers with the classic Greek pantheon! And one that's from one of my favorite authors too?! That's just a massive strawberry on top of the Ambrosia flavored cake!
Though not gonna lie, when I saw the story's title in my feed, I thought it was a different story with the same title that had come back from the dead lol
7172223 Oh! Just gotta ask one question though, and I will hide it behind spoiler bars just to play it safe... will Poseidon make an appearance to troll his brother Zeus about the new "goddesses" he made, seeing as he is not only the god of the sea, but also the one of earthquakes, creator and god of chariots and (most importantly in relation to Celestia and Luna) horses/equines?
Oh Celestia, you minx XD
7172676 One story? There's four of them in Fimfiction now. (Prak already dropped me a note) And I'm not saying about King Seapony.
7172671 Me? Write a story that's about silly fun? Heaven forbid. Just sit back and count the cameos...
Oh, Georg, no.
7172743 Really? Can you link to them? This is the first one I've seen.
Haha, it has begun. I need to get back to work, it looks like.
Well, this looks like one to follow. My favourite representation of the Greek Gods is Orpheus in the Underworld (not coincidentally my favourite operetta, and not because of the Infernal Galop). This looks to have the Gods in a similar vein.
7172377 Um, the GOD of love is a boy... name of Eros, son of Aphrodite and some unknown other god, to her husband Aephestus's chagrin (although lesser legends suggest that he's adopted). And yes, he'd probably get along with Cadance just fine. It's Aphrodite herself that would be trouble... she's usually depicted as a vain, lustful, aggressive little minx.
Will prometheus be part of your story or the aristocracies gods have committed among the years?
Greek mythology is a very fd concept and contains incest, rape ,kidnapping. But the most interesting fact is that among all the gods Hades has the lowest amount of aristocracies committed. So the god of underworld is the nicest one.
This certainly has a neat set of wordplay, and congrats on a new story that looks to be going places, much to zeus's dismay, and hera's amusement.
Mares? That definitely will not stop Zeus.
Kinda reminds me of "the War of the Gods" by Évariste de Parny.
7173444 True dat!
The only female anything safe from Zeus is Hestia, who tricked him into making a sacred oath to never touch her...
As a Greek myths nerd and a Celestia fanboy, I am hype.
7173369 true, true
Oh, I can tell this will be fun already. Younger Luna feels like your little teen kid sister while Celestia, while not at her Mother of All standards, has such an air of responsibility to her, and she's playing the game. Given time, I'm sure Zeus will find an alicorn stallion form to test out.
But I do love that Celestia had taken over for Apollo and Zeus never knew because he never read the letters
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7173369 Wrong.
"APHRODITE (a-fro-DYE-tee; Roman name Venus) was the goddess of love, beauty and fertility"
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Chuck NorrisCelestia has the greatest Poker-Face of all time.HeShe won the1983World Series of Poker despite holding only a Joker, a "Get Out of Jail Free" Monopoly card, the 2 of clubs, the 7 of spades, and a green #4 card from the game UNO.7172278
I know he's been a bull at one point.
7173459 You forgot the Greek Goddess of Night, Nyx. Of the same generation as Gaea, she is the mother of multiple offspring, including Thanatos, Hypnos, and the Fates, many of whom she conceived without a partner. Zeus is actually scared of her in the myths. The threat of her intervention would get Zeus to behave/forgive one of her children who offended Zeus.
7173858 The Caves of Nyx in the Underworld is where the Titans are locked up too. Zeus doesn't do much for Father's Day, other than dodge paternity suits.
7173675 Yep, that hits the nail right on the head.
7173574 Hermes hasn't exactly been the best of postalgods, and is a little slack on delivery. Don't worry. Watch for the last chapter.
7173567 Ναί!
7173382 Trying to keep things light-hearted. Having that heart torn out every day would not help.
7173369 I can just see Twilight.
Twilight Sparkle stared at her brother with her jaw almost touching the floor. Finally, when she had gotten enough breath to keep from passing out, she sent Spike into the other room and closed the door. She walked up to Shining Armor and poked him in the chest with one hoof while growling, "Tell me the truth this time, mister."
"I'm officially the god of love now, Twily." Shining Armor's grin only grew. "The paperwork just got done the day before yesterday. I would have dropped over to tell you then, but Cadence wanted to celebrate, and it went on a lot longer than I--"
"Stop!" shouted Twilight with her hooves over her ears. "Right now! Stop it! You're my brother, for pony's sake! I don't want to hear it!"
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That face, I can't. I just can't.
7173797 The Greeks had room for more than one love deity. Although their love deities were vastly outnumbered by their war deities.
Bah. Zeus would be shapechanging into a stallion before you'd have time to say "Hyperion's your uncle". I'm just saying...
7173924 he did seem to sleep with anything with a vagina attached.
7173924 Yeah but Loki's the one that banged a horse and had Sleipnir. In fact, Loki was usually the one to have sex with animals...
Technically correct is the best kind of correct.
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Someone who probably wasn't even a horse at the time, Zeus was kind of a freak.
7174653 Loki didn't *bang* a horse; he was *banged* by the horse. If I'm not mistaken, Loki was a mare at the time (part of a practical joke that went out of Loki's control).
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He probably thought they were regarding more paternity suits, and ashcanned them.
Aww, Apollo's a good boy!
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This is correct. The Trickster is, in fact, Sleipnir's Mother.