Matt Hegelson grew up a normal kid, he had two older sisters. Jane being the oldest was three years older and Meagan was a year older. He was raised by both parents until he was fourteen when his father died in a plane crash while on a business trip. His mother Melanie had taken the lost of his father very hard and Jane at the age of seventeen had to take responsibility for him and Meagan.
About three months after his fathers death a insurance agent representing the Airline showed up with a check for one million dollars. They quickly added it to the life insurance policy of five hundred thousand that their father had taken out. This came as a great financial relief for the family as his mother was a stay at home mom. Melanie eventually went to work at a clothing store to help with the day to day expenses. She had made sure to use the insurance money to pay off the house their cars and put aside for the kids college tuition.
Matt's father for his thirteenth birthday took him to see Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. Matt loved the movie beginning his joy of Greek Mythology if there was a movie about it he watched it, books he read them. The whole idea of everything being controlled by feuding gods completely got his interest, although all the incest in the stories made him uncomfortable. During his senior year his English teacher had them learn about Greek mythology which he was all to happy about unlike many of his classmates.
Being from Philadelphia and only forty miles from the Museum of Monsters Myth and Legends his class took a field trip to learn more. It wasn't his first visit but was happy to go anyways. His excitement was palpable as he was told many times to keep up with the rest of the class. When they came to the Greek Mythology exhibit he was lost in his own little world, eventually being left behind. What intrigued him the most was a new sculpture of the Goddess Pietho the Goddess of persuasion and charmed tongue. He was drawn to it like a moth to a flame, unable to break away from its beauty. Completely unaware of his actions he leaned over the security rope and kissed the sculpture on the lips. His ears where immediately filled with a voice of great pleasure.
"Matt Hegelson I am Pietho the goddess of persuasion and seduction. I would like to thank you for noticing my beauty as many over time have forgotten me. Much like Zeus and his brothers and sisters I too am born from Titans but due to their victory over Kronos and the other Titans I was relegated to the status of a minor Goddess meant to serve his daughter Aphrodite the Goddess of love and lust. I bid no ill will to Zeus but mine and her powers are mostly the same. Though she is still greatly remembered and I have almost completely been forgotten. I will appear again to you on your eighteenth birthday to bestow a gift to you. Until then I will watch over and protect you."
As suddenly as the voice came it faded away, eventually Matt was found unconscious on the floor.
When Matt came to he was laying in his bed. "How did I get home?" he wondered aloud. He leaned over looking at his alarm clock seeing it was 2:00 am. "What the hell?" he said startling his mother who was asleep beside his bed.
"Matt baby your awake!" she yelled extremely excited.
"Yeah mom, god how did I get home?" he asked. "The last thing I remembered I was at the museum looking at the new sculpture of the Goddess Pietho."
"Oh baby you came home in a daze and went straight to bed. You haven't woken since. I was so worried." she replied tears running down her face.
"Jezz mom calm down its not like I've been asleep for days." he said while wiping away her tears.
"That's just it you have been asleep for days, its Monday morning. I called Dr. Bivens over from across the street yesterday to check on you." she said starting to sob.
"Ok mom I'm sorry, everything is ok now." Matt said in a soft voice while holding her.
"I'm going to let your sisters know that your awake and ok, they've been so worried about you too especially Jane." his mother said standing to leave. "Are you hungry son?"
Smiling Matt said. "I'm Famished I think I could eat a horse."
"After I tell Your sisters I'll cook you some breakfast ok." she replied smiling. Matt could see that she was starting to feel better.
Naturally that day Matt was bombarded by his sisters and mothers attention. He was taken in to see Dr. Bivens again getting a clean bill of health. Eventually things went back to normal, Matt went back to school as did his sisters and his mother went back to work. All was good over the next few months, Matt was even having these fantastic wet dreams about the beautiful Goddess Pietho.
"Well little bro let me know tomorrow morning what you want for your birthday so I can get it." Jane said as she got up from the couch.
"I don't need anything Jane." came Matts reply.
