Somewhere on Olympus came 2 instruments playing in sync along with a spectacle of light and 2 figures playing music.
This was Darius and Apollo.
The Two gods played both their instruments generating a captivating melody that spread out though all of Olympus with the sound of apollos harp along with Darius's Kithara(a ancient Greek stringed instrument similar to harp I can't just have then play the same instrument).
The sounds that spread out through Olympus did not go unnoticed it had gathered the attention of several gods which let them to start heading towards the source of the music thinking that the nine muses had started playing along side Apollo to their confusion the nine muses had all started heading towards the source of the 2 different melody's to find the source of the music.
A little while later.
Several gods started gathering towards a singular spot on Olympus filled with magnificent figures made of light along with the beautiful music that came from the 2 figures with in. The two figures both had Golden hair one with skin of bronze the other with light colored skin.
The performance of these Two gods had started becoming more intense as if competing with each other.
"So he can keep up well not for long!" thought Apollo as he started playing his harp faster and better within every second he plays.
But to his surprise Darius didn't even flinch and kept up with Apollos every move and sound without even making a single mistake seeing as the latter wasn't giving up Apollo kept playing his hardest trying to out match Darius. but in the end his doing the opposite of what Apollo wants instead his grinning in Joy seeing Darius"s smile he also felt something like a rush this was rivalry!
Darius pov
"This is fun" Thought Darius with a grin. As the humans in his cult couldn't keep up with him when he plays music but now he can finally play without restraint with someone who can play on the same level with him without caring about a thing.
They continued to play until they started to sweat and then the captivating music came to a end with the two of them tired with playing their hardest but what was strange was even while tired Darius was still grinning.
During this moment Apollo vowed in his mind to beat Darius in music as how could he the god of music be defeated in his own game.
With the end of the music the gathered gods cheered a little before slowly leaving.
a month later.
Darius pov
During this period Darius and Apollo became friends they would play with each other once in awhile they even played together with the Muses bring about one of best shows in Olympus.
Darius had found out Apollo was his nephew during the times they would hangout together sometimes even Dionysus would join them bring some amazing drinks sometimes there hangouts would even turn into a party with Dionysus around Hephaestus also joins once in a while. Him and Apollo seem to be on ok terms seeing as Hephaestus had forged his bow for him. Apollo had also brought Darius with him and let him rode on the back of his sun chariot which Darius enjoyed.
After talking with them for awhile I went to my room to sleep
Meanwhile Cult pov.
During the period Darius has been away, his cult had grew a large margin as his religion had became quite popular among the people as it has a reputation of it's healing arts along with it's music hunting and farming skills several nobles kings and cities had also began worshipping Darius in hopes of bringing fertile land and crops along with a long and healthy life and Healing just as other people have.
With the large number of believers the cult had started erecting large and amazing temples to honour Darius as their god. With the arrival of churches there people began to seek for a cure a good life and healing along with fertile soil and good fruit and just like that Darius had become a well known god with in Greece He had became well-known as the god of nature the Nature the wild healing animals Seasons and Summertime as when it was winter during his time with his cult he had noticed how the cold effected the people crops plants and the animals which caused him to use his power to make it summer bringing fort warmth and light to all the people plants and animals giving him the image of the god of summertime just as Persephone is the god of springtime.
Meanwhile somewhere in Sparta there was several people having a argument but one person stood out from all of this he was king of Sparta king Menelaus.
While the people were arguing a sudden banging noise came towards from the king's direction.
"Enough!!!" the king had hit his hand on the table creating a loud bang.
"I have offered hospitality to Paris of troy and this is how he repays me! How dare he Abduct my wife Helen of Sparta!! Send a message to my brother King agememnon of Mycenae Request permission to take war on the grounds of troy.
"We are going to war!" said King menelaus furiously.
Want to learn what happens next check the next chapter.