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The tale begins inside a dark realm feared by many and known as the Underworld the realm of the dead.
And in the center of this realm, we find ourselves in a dark throne room with a dark blue color scheme where a figure was groaning as they pulled themselves up against a large circular table with a map of the world on it.
"Ugh...my head...what happen last night?" They groaned rubbing their head the figure being a blue-gray humanoid with flaming blue hair, wearing a black robe and a smoky base at the bottom, who possessed sunken yellow eyes and sharp teeth. "Wait..a second." The figure paused and asked themselves a question, "Why do I sound like James Woods?" At that question the man opened his eyes they widen in shock as they looked around their surroundings, "What...the...hell." They muttered looking around the throne room, "Wait...this is." They looked down at their own body with the shock growing, "This is the Underworld!" They put their hands on their body's chest feeling it out and realizing they were quite muscular under these robes.
"AND I'M HADES!"
At his exclamation the man Hades body flared out some flames before the figure calmed down taking a deep breath.
"Okay..okay..relax...this..this..is a dream!" he snapped his fingers as a smirk grew on his face, "Yeah a vivid dream I’m dreaming I’m Hades!" A smile grew wide on his face, "Which is pretty cool, first time I’ve had one of these…at least I think so."
He said talking to himself as he looked around the room. After all he never really had a dream where he was aware before and dreaming, he was one of his favorite Disney villains none other than the Lord of the Dead himself Hades! I mean how cool was this!
"Might as well try to enjoy it while it lasts...but what to do...what to do?" "Hades" said with a wide smile before asking himself what to do though as he asked that question, he heard a groaning from the other end of the table causing him to freeze. "Um..Pain...Panic...that you guys?" He asked with slight nervous tone naming the villains go to imp minions.
Only to hear more groaning and just as he was about to step around the table to take a closer look a form clothed in red robes pulled themselves up from the other end with "Hades" taking a step back in shock as they saw who was standing across from them.
Another Disney villain one while not given as much spotlight as Maleficent, Jafar, or Hades was one he recognized as one of the most ruthless and could certainly act as contender for most evil of Disney, and as he stared at the villain, he whispered their name and title.
"The Horned King." As he stared at the figure in dread hoping this dream wasn't about to become a nightmare.
"Ummm agggg" the figure of the undead king steered in what one could call a yawn (a yawn with an undead mouth) "man what’s...happening ugggg" the figure looked around and "blinked" (or what one could consider blink as he didn’t had eyelids) "ok...am I...dreaming?" he asked looking around "ok...wait what?" he asked in confusion as he rubbed his eyes...only to notice his lack of living skin "what the hell?!!!!" he roared in fright for a moment. "what...how...when?" his eyes fell in the flaming figure of Hades "who?...ok ok...pause" he said taking a deep breath "what’s...going on here?"
"Uhhh." "Hades" found himself pausing as this was certainly not the reaction he was expecting before he realized if he didn't want the situation turn sour, he better take control and quick. "Silence!" He yelled out with flames instinctively flaring out from his body with him noting it down and making a memo to figure out how to control that, "You dare make demands of Hades Lord of the Dead!" He said in the most dramatic yet powerful tone he could make, "I should smite you for such insolence!" He added with a glare while internally going oh yeah nailed it baby! He said with bit of smugness let's see this bag of bones try to attack me now.
“Hehe who's bad? I'm bad!” He thought while keeping his gaze on the Horned King in front of him.
The lich just remained there for a moment… and then he began chuckling
"Hehehe yeah sure...why not...Hades lord of the dead is threating me" deep breath "because why not" deep breath again as his eyes began glowing red and a chilling wind began blowing in the room "well...Hades..." he continued as red smoke began pouring out of him; his voice actually becoming deeper "how about we start with...why am I here in the first place?" arcs of dark magic cracked in the smoke
'Hades" found himself taking a step back before he glared back at the Horned King telling himself that this was his dream! And more than that he was a God for crying out loud! The God of the Underworld which meant that this Lich especially should be giving him respect.
"I should be asking you that!" He found himself snapping back as he clenched his fists, "Because in case you haven't noticed this is my house bud!" Flames once more flared out from his body, "And I sure as hell don't remember Disney giving you a Hercules crossover!" He found himself saying though he doubted the Horned King would understand what he meant.
To his surprise the lich actually blinked.
"no... although not sure if the horned king would fit with Hercules" he said actually thinking it over "think sleeping beauty would fit him more...or snow white...hehehe a lot of potential there...should maybe think on something for sex in the disney kingdom with that mix...I mean my story with Phoebus and Eilonwy got quite a good number of hits"
Hades’ glare fell as he found himself blinking slightly stupefied because this guy was not acting like he remembered from Black Cauldron.
Though his eyes widen as he realized fully what he was saying.
"Hold it..time out!" He said bringing his hands into the universal gesture time out before he pointed at him, "You..you know about Disney?" he questioned in shock before demanding, "How the heck do you know about Disney?"
The horned king turned to him.
"I could ask you the same question" he said "I know Hades is not a fourth-wall breaker even when he can do some comments close to that" he looked around "and the more i talk the more I’m starting to think this is not a dream as I through" he looked at his hands for a moment "ok I need to check this...tell me, the term Isekai means something to you?"
'Hades" blinked at the question getting a very uneasy feeling as he began to think and realize that this...this might not be dream.
"More than familiar buddy." he said crossing his arms, "I know the whole trope finding yourselves in a foreign magical world, or in this case a foreign body." he gestured at himself for examples before raising his hand to rub his chin, "Come to think of it I was actually chatting with an online body of mine called Darkness Rissing about an idea I had using the concept." he said with slight smile before it fell, "But that's actually the last thing I remember." He said before muttering to himself, "I think I went to bed after calling it a night...didn't I?"
the skeletal face actually looked shocked.
"You did...Nightmaster000" he said "just after me I think"
"Wait..Dark...that's you!? Hades question in shock as he realized the figure in front of him was not only not the Disney villain but a poor mook like him who got isekai into their body. Not to mention realizing clearly that this was no dream and he wasn't going to be waking up anytime soon. "Um..wow..nice to meet you in person I guess." He said with a nervous smile as he scratched the back of his neck, "But buddy you've got to take better care of yourself you're practical nothing but skin and bones."
He said joking with a nervous tone and smile trying to lighten things up a bit.
He got a deadpan look
"Oh, ha ha sure, laugh at it" the horned king smirked "at least I can tell who is the more hot headed of the two"
"Ouch...touché." Hades also revealed as Nightmaster000 said as stared across at the form of his online buddy for the past couple of years and took stock of their situation. "Okay..let's think here." he said aloud bringing his hand to his chin, "Last night..or at least hope it was last night." He said while muttering the last bit, "We were doing our usual thing whenever we're able to chat with each other." he gave a shrug, "Role playing as some characters in a lemon scenario while bouncing between that and cowriting a fic." He frowned, "Than we got to talking and I pitched an idea for project I had centered around us doing a fic or something where we were isekai as the main characters in body's fictional characters." He paused trying to remember "And now...now here we are." He frowned as he looked into the eyes of his online friend and suddenly gave a nervous grin, "Okay think I know what happen and it's good news bad news time." He clapped his hands together, "The bad news is we got the R.O.B aka the random omnipotent being treatment." He held up a finger his smile wide and nervous, "But the good news is apparently a higher being liked my idea so much they wanted us to try it in real life..so hehe." He laughed a bit, "Silver linings and all that Dark."
"umm on that is true although you really got the sweetest deal...I mean Hades? god of the underworld...one of the most powerful villains in the Disney rooster...while I" Darkness Rissing flexed his hand "the horned king...one of Disney´s more underrated villains" he hummed "on one hand this could be quite the chance...always thought this character could have potential he is supposed to be on par of maleficent in terms of power but haven’t see much of it so yeah silver linings...at least they are characters we know"
"True." Nightmaster000 in the body of Hades nodded before offering a comforting smile, "But don't sell yourself short while I’ve gotten a good deal." he gestured to himself again, "I mean God of the Underworld here baby!" He said with excited smile before shaking back to focus, "I don't think you've gotten a bad deal either I mean look at you." He gestured to Darkness Rissing, "You my friend look and sound terrifying!" He wrapped his arms around himself, "You really sent a shiver down my spine earlier when I saw that magic and you demanded answers.” Nightmaster000 let out a little laugh, "I actually thought I was screwed God or not Dark~" He said smiling over at his online buddy, "Or..hmm should I call you the Horned King now?" He questioned with arch of his brow while tapping his chin, "And come to think of it should I start calling myself Hades?"
The horned king hummed
"ummm well isekai rules do say is better if we start referring to ourselves as the ones we are now so think we should" he say "although i suppose in private we could call ourselves by our names"
"True those are the rules." Nightmaster000 or rather Hades agreed with a nod, "So I'll call you Horned King, King, or heck Horny." Hades joke with bit of humor, ", While calling you Dark in private." He then pointed at himself “while you can call me Hades or Night in private." A small smirk grew, "I'll also accept Big-H or Lord Hades" Though the small smirk fell at the next words, "Know they're just our pennames but..." He gave a bitter sigh running his right hand through his hair...flames? "It's probably best to rip the bandage off and forget our real...our original names." He gave a bitter chuckle, "Because something tells me those lives are gone and this deal." He gestured to himself and his online buddy turned fellow Isekai, "This deal is for keeps."
"Good point" said dark/horned king "which actually brought me to my next question...what exactly are we doing…" he pointed around them "here?" he blinked "well obviously you are Hades and this is the underworld...and the horned king I suppose is death so no surprise I’m here...but I mean why we are here? you say it had to do with the scenario we were discussing?"
nightmaster000/Hades cupped his chin in thought.
"Well that's my best guess at any rate." He looked over at Dark or rather Horned King, "It'd be too much of a coincidence otherwise don't you think? He asked with arch of his brow while looking around the Underworld the realm of Hades...his realm; small smile crossed his face for a second before the frown came back, "As for why we're here." At this the newfound God shrugged, "Take your pick and guess." He stared at Dark, "After all the usual trope when it comes to R.O.B is anything from entertainment to fate of the world.” He thought about it "Though.." He frowned bringing up a hand and clenching it, "Considering our new bodies seriously doubt we've been entrusted to save the world." At that statement he opened up his fist and by instinct he somehow knew all too well he conjured a small blue ball of fire holding it in his hand as he stared at it.
"umm true" Dark said making arcs of blue magic appear on his hands "if not save him...maybe...have fun with it?" he asked "ummm do we know WHEN we are? i suppose the original horned king has already been defeated to be in the underworld but what about Hades?"
"That's..a good question." Night said clenching a fist around the fire ball putting it out, "We need information because we're flying in blind here!" He scowled, "Hell for all we know while this might be the Disney version of the underworld and we're clearly Disney characters. Once more gesturing toward their new bodies, "We could have been Isekai to a reality that most certainly isn't Disney." the scowl grew as a hint of fear entered his eyes, "And I don't know about you..but." He gave Dark a hard stare right in his glowing eyes, "New power or not I don't fancy our chances if we're in a reality like Warhammer or Dragon Ball."
He crossed his arms scowling at the thought of being dumped into either the former nightmare mess of a universe, or being so outclassed in a reality of planet destroyers it isn't even funny.
"Good point ummm" Dark looked around the room "well…we are in Hades throne room meaning you probably could use this" he pointed at the map in the center of the room "to look up in the outside world and see where are we"
"Well worth a shot." Nightmaster or as he was starting to call himself in his mind Hades said taking a step closer to the table map, "And if this doesn't work suppose we could always take a gamble and see if the Fates are lurking around and willing to share."
He said with a bit of a weak grin referring to the three sister fates who shared a eyeball who appeared in the movie and in some episodes in the series before frowning as he focused on what he felt in his being.
He placed his hands on the table map as he concentrated calling up instincts and control, he somehow knew like the back of his hand.
"Okay baby..show us the world!" He said a dark blue spread from his hands into the maps surface and spread across it like a flaming ripple.
The map seems to disappear into black smoke before a clear window of the outside world was shown.
"ummm" the horned king hummed "that looks like Greece...yeah that look like Thebes from the movie" he managed to identify some characters...the trembling woman, the old man, the burned man with the cat.
'Hades' nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, it does." He said frowning and focusing a bit more had the image zoom out with the frown growing as he noticed what the characters were standing in front of, "And...that." He pointed at the giant statue of none other than Hercules, "Is the statue of wonderboy we saw during the whole zero to hero song." he said bringing his hand to his chin, "So chances are we're probably after the movie...which isn't good." He looked over at Horned King, "Since this means Hades or more precisely me is likely on the Gods shit list right now after a failed coup."
"More likely" Dark said his eyes glowing "I must said I always hated how hades was treated in that movie and the whole Hercules franchise" some smoke poured out of him "and I certainly have some WORDS to said to jerkules and the cloud-for-a-brain of his father"
The former nightmaster000 now Hades smirked in agreement.
"I couldn't agree more my friend." He gave a bitter snort, "Really with the way it was treated was it any wonder he tried to pull a coup on those jerks?" He questioned with an incredulous tone, "Though speaking of wonderboy." His eyes narrowed as he concentrated, "Let's see if we can get a look at what he and Meg are up to, and maybe get a clearer picture where we are timeline wise."
He said as the image began to ripple and warp.
The image changed to a great Greek villa.
"Ok I know he is supposed to be a great hero and all that jazz but that place is overcompensating for something" the lich villain said.
zoom in and there it was...Hercules...playing with wooden swords...with a child?
"Is that...a kid?" Dark couldn’t help but ask.
it was a kid of about 12 years old with long red hair dressed in an orange armored dress and sandals with a blue cape (basically his father outfit but made for a girl)
Nightmaster eyebrows raised in surprise as he watched the scene.
"Looks like it." He watched as Hercules faked defeat and the child climbed giggling onto his chest, "It seems it's been at least over a decade since Hades...well the original Hades."he turned his head over to stare at Horned King, "Ended up getting flushed." He turned his eyes back to the image as a woman walked into the scene a woman he recognized all too well as Meg.
He found himself hungrily eying her body as it seemed even a decade or dozen years and one child later, she was still as sexy as she was in the movie even more so now that she was real and qualified for MILF status.
Hades found himself licking his lips somewhat before trying to focus back on the situation at hand.
"So this at least hopefully gives us some time before Zeusy or others finds out that Hades." He pointed toward himself "Is back.”
"probably they wouldn’t expect him.,.well you to be back" the horned king said "still...what are you thinking? planning to get some revenge in the name of old hades?"
"Hmm..maybe a bit." The new Hades said humming in thought cupping his chin, "After all sooner or later they'll find out about me.." He turned his attention to the new Horned King, "And I doubt they'll be in the mood to listen or hear about the isekai situation." He turned his attention back to the image displayed, "Besides if we're going to be Hades and the Horned King why not have fun with it." A smirk grew as he eyed Meg, "Plus I certainly wouldn't mind meeting and...getting to know Meg." He said letting out a dark chuckle.
The lich hummed also looking at the map...and gazing on the smaller girl.
"You know...you actually have a point" then a thought came to his mind "and maybe we could get rid of Hercules and his dad easily if we bring them down here" his eyes glowed again as a plan formed in his mind.
"Well there's still Zeus and the rest of his Godly suck up to worry about." Hades spoke up but looked at the Horned King curiously, "But...what exactly did you have mind?"
An evil smile appeared in the skeletal face.
"Zeus and those Olympians never liked coming down here" he started "and if you think about it...they did have reasons for that after all here is the water that turned baby herc into mortal, the water of the Lethe that could even erase memories from gods...and the fact they seems to lose power every time they get here" he thought back "I mean wasn’t an episode in the series where Zeus got stuck here because Cerberus used his cloud as chew toy? this is the land of dead...and that seems to affect the gods sans Hades too"
Rubbing his chin 'Hades" began to nod.
"Hey..yeah." He gave the Dark turned Horned King a dark grin, "I think you're right we've got the home field advantage baby!" Though the excited grin fell slightly, "Except one problem." Hades held up his finger, "While this is real life now and not a cartoon so no plot armor for Jerkcules." He gave a chuckle at nickname before giving a serious frown, "He's still pretty strong and tough to beat.” Hades turned his attention back to the image of the little family as a thought spring to mind, "Plus he or even those Olympian's might not be our only problem." he scratched your chin, "I mean you're here so does that mean Black Cauldron happen in this world?" He looked at the Horned King, "And remember that crossover episode with Aladdin?" He arched his bow, "if he exists than that means Wonderboy might have a friend packing a Genie."
"Free genie with weakened powers but you have a point" he looked at the map "you think you could make this look out for Taran and Eilowyn? if I’m here then as you say the events of the cauldron had already but I think we can also use that in our favor"
'Hades" shrugged.
"Worth a shot." He said as he placed his hand back on the map and with a thought and wave of blue flame rippled across it rippling and warping the image before it displayed a group sitting around a campfire.
A group composed of an old man holding a harp, a small gray furred creature, a small pig, a young man wearing a green and yellow tunic who was smiling at the last member of the group who was a young girl about a year or two older that Hercules and Meg's apparent daughter.
A group both of them recognized all too well.
"it seems we were right" Dark said gazing on Disney’s forgotten princess "this looks like the end of the movie...so not long ago…meaning that trio of witches have the cauldron" a dangerous smile came to his face "I think I have a plan" he turned to Night "can you find those witches and take us there?"
Hades blinked raising a brow but felt a smirk cross his face.
"Hey no problem." He raised up and flexed a finger, "It's strange while this body is new to me the longer I’m in it the more it just comes to me you know." He looked over at the Horned King, "Like I know how to use Hades power like the back of my hand." At that statement he pointed a finger at the table and with a zap of energy the map began to ripple again revealing three green crones though not to be confused with the Fates...who were actually better looking than these three.
'Hades" couldn't help but think with a disgusted grimace though his gaze also landed om something that stood behind the witches...the Black Cauldron.
"There they are.." He smirked putting his hand on the Horned King's shoulder, "Ready for a trip?" He asked with a raise of his brow, "Because this is my first time doing this."
At those words and with a burst of concentrated though that focused on the image before them the two disappeared in a large puff of black sulfur smoke.
Though as they left two voices were heard coming into the room.
"I'm telling you I heard something!"
At that voice two imps one plump and pink and one skinny and green entered the room the latter carrying a stressed expression while the former just rolled his eyes annoyed, "It's just your imagination Panic!
The second imp just shook his head denying.
"But I’m telling you Pain I heard him!" He grabbed Pain by his cheeks and brought his face against his fellow imp, "I...heard....HADES!"
"Please don't panic Panic" the fat imo said "we haven't seen even an ember out of him in 13 years…what chances are he is back without flaming us for not helping him out?"
"Yeah...yeah you're right." Panic said in a strained voice, "What are the chance's he's actually back." He said in a nervous giggle with the other Imp giving a nod before he noticed something off behind him, "Um..Panic."
"Yeah Pain." Panic said with a smile with Pain giving a gulp, "Uh..by any chance." He raised his hand pointing over at the map noticing a glow from it, "Did you mess with the table map earlier?"
Panic turned around and saw the same glow as his partner his eyes became pin pricks as a wheezy gasp of air escaped his lung.
"N...n..n..n.n.n." He struggled to answer before Pain roughly pounded his back, "NO!"
Then trading a panic looked with his fellow him the two raced over flying over to the map where they saw the image displaying three ugly witches and some black cauldron.
But more importantly displaying two other figures who had arrived one of whom the Imps recognized all too...well.
The two traded looks and could only say one thing.
"Uh..oh."