Family bonding

Twilight, per usual since the. . .eventful family reunion of Celestia and Luna's family, was in the royal library, trying to find out what she could on said family members. Most of what she found was all positive for most of the family, praising them and the deeds they did. For Hades, though, it was different.

There were only a few records of him, all negative, saying he was a god of the dead-which was true enough, considering he lived in Tartarus-as well as that he would abduct a young mare to be his bride once every century. Those were the least negative ones. Yes, Twilight could have taken her grandmother's advice and ask, but, really, she didn't think it would work, as she couldn't think of what to ask first.

She had been at this for the better part of a week, and those legends were all she could find. "You know, I can see why Celestia had to order you to make friends," Hermes, one of the more annoying members of the apparent royal family, said as he appeared next to Twilight. Like the others, his form was of his own choosing, and he had opted to be a cloud white pegasus with dark blue hair and brown eyes wearing a track shirt and pants. Made sense, he was the god of just anypony who used roads and was known to be a fast flier. "You love your books way too much."

Twilight sighed. "I'm doing this so I can find out more about you all," she replied as she looked at the god-in-disguise.

"Then why not ask?"

"Because she's afraid that if she asks the wrong questions, you all will vaporize her," the librarian said, well aware of how anxious the princess could be. "Believe me, she's had worse freak outs over getting an assignment in late." Twilight blushed in embarrassment as Hermes laughed.

"Oh, that is rich," he said between laughs. "Seriously, though, that was when we were still well known. At worst, you just need to worry about us getting slightly offended, not vaporizing you."

"Oh," Twilight said. "Well, um, what about Hades?" she asked.

"Oh, him?" Hermes asked. "Yeah, it's a good thing you asked me, seeing as how most of the others haven't seen him in years," he said. "After all, I ma the messenger f the gods, and even Hades has mail. So, what do you want to know?"

"Well, honestly, I've been trying to find out about why he was sentenced to Tartarus beyond the stories saying he raised an army of the dead," Twilight said.

"Ah, that," he said. "Yeah, you see, his old wife kind of spoke out against most of us. That kind of angered them, and, as a result, they had her executed. Hades wanted to get revenge and bring her back. So, he raised that army to get said revenge, as well as get his bride back, even though he was quickly defeated, and his wife's soul was sentenced to wander the planet forever, and he wasn't allowed to use his abilities to see who was her most recent incarnation."

"Sounds like the story tellers of then were biased."

"Well, it was either biased toward the gods in a good way and alive, or impartial and dead in those days," Hermes said. "That old saying of 'history is written by the victors' definitely held true then, as well as now." He then lowered his voice to a whisper. "Twilight, what I'm about to say, you can't tell anypony."

"What?" she asked, curiosity in her voice.

"Once Celestia, Luna, Sombra, and Chrysalis get back, the others plan on putting Hades back in Tartarus and say that he imprisoned us, and instituted a reign of terror. Believe me, they're ego maniacs. Celestia and Luna in Tartarus allows them to get some lime light, and putting Hades back there will put even more lime light." He then shrugged. "Honestly, I could care less. After all, as God of Thieves, I kind of have to avoid that stuff." He then chuckled. "If you want more on Hades, ask Hades. Some stuff, only he'll tell you. And believe me, if you do so for learning purposes, he'll probably oblige. He's a scholar, believe it or not. Even met his wife at a library."

Twilight thought it over for a few seconds. "Yeah, I think I'll go do that," she said.