Someone needs an heir!!!

Alexander was worried, Hephaistion slept all day for three days in a row! He asked his mother about it, and she insisted it was normal, and on the fourth day he would wake up with immense hunger. Olympias came and visited her son in his room where he was laying besides Hephaistion.
“Mother I hope you are right.”
“Of course I am right my son, when have I never been?”
He sighed and looked down at his lover. Olympias crossed the room and sat besides Hephaistion, who was covered up to his neck with a blanket.
“Should I call his doctor Glaulcos?”
She swayed her head, “No, the doctor will be dumbfounded, “ she said and brought the blanket down. Hephaistion’s breasts grew larger by the day. Olympias then proceeded to touch, squeeze, and feel the breasts. Alexander looked at her with curiosity.
“They are growing just fine Alexander, beautifully. This is truly a blessing.”
She then took the snake coiled around her arm and placed it on Hephaistion’s belly. It began to slither up and down his belly and chest and finally rested on his stomach diagonally, which made Olympias smile.
“What is it mother?”
She picked up the snake and coiled it back on her arm, “He is with child my son! And it is a boy! The heir to your throne my son, an heir to your kingdom!”
Alexander looked down at the peacefully sleeping Hephaistion.
“What is it my son? Aren’t you happy?”
“Yes, I am happy for my kingdom, but is still don’t know how he will react to this. And how large will his breasts grow? They are already pretty large.”
“I do not know my son, it is up to Dionysus. The extent of the adjustments are dependent upon him.”
“What if they never stop growing?”
“Remember they only grow during his pregnancy, and if they never stop growing during his pregnancy this it is Dionysus’ will. Remember to have food ready for him tomorrow, he will be immensely hungry.”
“Yes mother.”
“Alexander, what will you say to him once he wakes and realizes these changes?”
“I will tell him that we made love 4 nights ago, and when I woke up the next morn I realized the changes. I will tell him that I consulted you, and that you told me that it was a blessing from Dionysus.”
“No, don’t say that. Call me when he wakes and reacts to the changes, I will talk to him then. Pretend like you didn’t notice the changes, that you left him to sleep because he drank too much.”
“Yes mother.”
Olympias got up from the bed and walked out of the room. Alexander then went to the kitchens and brought a bowl full of fresh food; he put it at the table besides Hephaistion, and then fell asleep besides his him.


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The next morning Alexander woke to a startled yell. When he got up he realized Hephaistion was no longer in bed anymore, and the bowl of fresh food was emptied out. There was a trail of crumbs leading from the bed to the bathroom, where a very large mirror stood encased inside the wall. Alexander leapt from the bed and ran to the source of the sound. When he entered the bathroom he saw Hephaistion standing rigidly before the mirror.

“What is the matter love?”
No answer.
“Hephaistion?”

Hephaistion then started to cry, Alexander closed the distance between him and placed an arm on his lover’s shoulder. Hephaistion moved to break the contact.

“Love?”
“No! Don’t touch me, you won’t like what you will see.”
“I love you immensely, now please tell me what is wrong?”

Hephaistion then slowly turned and face Alexander, head hanged in shame. Alexander gasped. The last time he checked up on his love, his breasts weren’t that big! They’ve nearly doubled in size.

Hephaistion heard the gasp and proceeded to in wail in shame.

“I don’t know what happened Alexander, I don’t know what happened. The last thing I remembered was dinner and all the wine I drank. I’ve been drunk before Alexander, and the last time I remembered this was not a side effect of it! Now you don’t love me anymore!”
Alexander tried to close the distance between him and his lover, but Hephaistion kept backing away. This fed Alexander up, and he managed to take a hold of his lover’s arm and forcefully brought the distance to an end. He held Hephaistion tight, close to his chest, whispered words of endearment and kissed him on the forehead. Feeling Hephaistion’s breasts pressed up against his chest was an alien feeling, but nonetheless it was welcomed. He liked the feeling of it.
“I love you Hephaistion, this changes nothing.”
After quite some time, when Hephaistion finally managed to calm down, and when his tears were dry, Alexander led him back to the mirror and stood him in front of it Hephaistion had his arms covering his chest. Alexander sighed and grabbed a hold of his arms behind his back. Hephaistion looked away from the mirror.
“Hephaistion, look at yourself.”
“No.”
“Hephaistion, am I not your king?”
“Yes, you are my king.”
“And are you to obey my direct orders?”
“Yes, my king.”
“Then look at yourself, accept it, because for some odd reason it has become reality.”

Hephaistion slowly moved his head and looked at himself in the mirror.
“I actually have breasts.”
“Yes you do, “ Alexander said, releasing his lover’s arms.

Hephaistion slowly moved a hand to his breast and cupped it.
“They are real.”
“Yes, they are.”
“How long was I asleep for?”
“After we made love, 4 days.”
“And this just happened now?”
“I suppose.”
Hephaistion then took his other hand and cupped the other breast.
“They are so big,” he squeezed them, “Am I still beautiful in your eyes Alexander?”
Alexander embraced Hephaistion from behind and kissed his naked shoulders, “of course.”
He stared at himself in the mirror even more and noticed his hips were wider than before, and his waist a bit narrower than he remembered. ‘I have the figure of a woman, ‘ he thought, ‘ the only thing that still makes me a man are my male organs, but they weren’t this small the last time I recalled.’

“Maybe I should call for my mother, maybe she will have an answer for this.”
“Maybe,” Hephaistion sighed

Alexander left the room and when in search for his mother. He barged into her room.
“Mother!”
“Yes my son?”
She came out of the balcony with snakes wrapped all around her.
“He is awake.”
She started to take the snakes off of her, and put them in their containers save for her most precious pet, “Did I not say that he would awaken on the 4th day?”
“Yes you did mother, now come talk to him. He is in hysteria.”


Once back in his rooms Alexander found Hephaistion still standing in front of the mirror.
“Hephaistion, come, my mother is here.”
“I need a robe.”
“What? Nonsense, she needs to see this! Now come.”
He wouldn’t move, so then Alexander grabbed him by the arm and forced him out.

Olympias gasped when she saw him. His breasts had grown so beautifully! Hephaistion let his hair cover his face and avoided the stare of Olympias.
“Hephaistion, look at me and get your hair out of your face.”
He complied. Olympias then proceeded to walk around him, inspecting him from head to toe. “Lay down Hephaistion, I want to run a little test.”
Hephaistion complied and lay down on the bed.
Olympias then uncoiled her snake from her arm, she saw his eyes widen in fear.
“Do not worry, this snake will not harm you. Be still.”
She then placed the snake on his stomach, and it did the same thing like the night before. Again Olympias smiled.
“What is it Olympias?”
“This is truly a blessing to our line. Dionysus gifted you with the ability to bear children! You are with Alexander’s child! In your stomach you are carrying the heir to this throne!”
“What? No! This can’t be true! Why me?”
“Why do you act like this is a curse Hephaistion? You are having a child with the one you love!” She pointed at Alexander.
“Because I do not want to become a woman! I do not want to be kept away from battles, away from Alexander. I want to fight by his side!”
Alexander moved to say something but was halted by his mother’s voice.
She held Hephaistion’s hand, “What is the point in conquering such lands when no heir will keep it from falling to ruin! Dionysus saw this and gifted you with such a thing! You will fight by his side, but not at this moment, you will not become a female, they are shrunken but not gone. They will go back to their normal size once you give birth!”
“What about these,” he said while cupping a breast and bouncing it up and down.
Olympias put her hand over his breast and squeezed it, making Hephaistion squint in pain. “These will not fully go away. They will reduce in size, but they will not fully go away. In fact, I am not sure how big they will grow and how small they will get after you give birth. It seems Dionysus likes seeing you with heavy breasts.”
Hephaistion frowned. Olympias slapped one of his breasts making it bounce, “Oh stop your frowning. I swear you are just like Alexander,” she slapped the other breast twice, “ you should be lucky you are in a gods favor.”
“Do I need to call my doctor?”
She laughed and slapped the other breast three times, “No, the only time you will need your doctor is when you are giving birth. For safety reasons that is.”
Hephaistion then turned his head to Alexander.
“What will I tell my troops? What will you tell your generals? Were we not supposed to invade that land with those horrid elephants?”
“I will have a talk with them Hephaistion. However, I assure you that battle won’t be happening so soon. In fact, I will do that right now. Stay here with my mother. She will take good care of you,” Alexander said before placing a deep kiss on Hephaistion’s lips, “I will be back in due time,” he hugged his mother before he left.

Olympias then turned to Hephaistion with a smile, “Come Hephaistion, I will prepare a hot soothing bath for you to relax in. Having too much stress is not good for the baby,” she exclaimed while poking Hephaistion’s breast. She then got up from the bed and went to the bathroom to prepare his bath. ‘I wish she would stop touching my breasts so much, ‘ he thought, ‘I don’t like this at all.’

Olympias took a vile out of her robe and opened the top of it. She placed it under her nose and inhaled the scent of the potion she made. ‘This, she thought, ‘ this will ease his muscles, soften his skin and facial features and make his hair grow longer.’ She then poured it into the bath, also with some honey and dried up flowers.

“Come Hephaistion, your bath is ready.”
After a few moments Hephaistion walked into bathroom with slightly larger breasts than Olympias last recalled, ‘oh Dionysus, how large will you let them be,” she questioned to herself.
Every step Hephaistion took his breasts bounced up and down.
“What is in there,” he questioned.
“Jasmine, honey, dried flowers, now come, get in. I’ll wash your hair for you.”
Hephaistion complied and got in the tub.
“This smells wonderful my queen.”
“Yes, it does. Please call me by my name now Hephaistion, we are family now,” Olympias then placed a hand on Hephaistion’s head and motioned for him to submerge himself in the water. Once his upper body got out of the water, she began rubbing jasmine oil into his hair, working a lather up. Out of the corner of his eye he saw that snake again, and was a bit startled. Olympias chuckled.
“Forgive me, I am not used to being around a snake.”
“Alexander was the same way when he was a child, however he got used to it. Though he never had a pet snake of his own. You know what I’m thinking Hephaistion, “ she questioned while motioning for Hephaistion to once again submerge himself in the water. When he resurfaced he replied, “No, what?”
Olympias then reached for a bar of soap and began washing Hephaistion’s back and neck, “That you should have a snake of your own.” She was now working on his arms.
“My own,” he questioned while Olympias brought Hephaistion’s arm up and began washing his ribs and armpit.
“Yes your own, one to protect you when you are further along in your pregnancy,” she said as she lifted his other arm up and began washing.
“Protect me, “ he questioned.
Olympias then began washing his chest, “Yes, how do you think I have managed to survive for so long with so little guards.”
“Oh, well I am not too fond of snakes, but if you think it is for the best…”
She laughed and then washed the rest of his body, “Yes I do think it is for the best. After your bath we will go to my chambers and one will choose you.”
“What do you mean?”
She went and grabbed for a towel and sat at the edge of the tub, “You will put your hand in my snake vase, and one will crawl up your hand and begin coiling itself around your hand. It chose you.”
“Oh, I understand now.”
Olympias then stretched the towel out and motioned for Hephaistion to get out of the tub. He complied and stood in front of Olympias who dried him with the towel. She then grabbed a jar of oil, rubbed it on her hands and rubbed it all over Hephaistion’s body.
“What is this for, “ he asked.
“The fragrance will ease your mind, the oil will nourish your muscles.”
Olympias then went to a nearby chair and gave Hephaistion his short robe, which didn’t really cover himself fully, leaving cleaving showing.
“Oh, that doesn’t seem to fit you anymore Hephaistion. Wait here, I will give you one of my long robes to wear.”
Olympias returned shortly with robe in hand. Hephaistion put it on and looked at himself in the mirror. He sighed.
“Oh come on Hephaistion, accept this already, “ Olympias stated coolly.
“How can I? I just woke up to this today, and my breasts seem to be getting larger by the second!”
“Oh how I envy you Hephaistion, Dionysus clearly took a liking to you. Be glad!”
“I suppose.”
“Now come, let us get your snake.”

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Meanwhile, Alexander was in a conference room with his generals. They’ve been sitting amongst themselves, drinking, talking about the future battle with India.
“Crateros, how long till we are fully prepared,” Alexander questioned the general.
“In a month’s time, our laborers are almost complete in making those spike balls Sir.”
“A month’s time? So soon?”
Antigonus replied, “Yes my king, our workers have been working extra hard. By the way, where is Hephaistion?”
Alexander inhaled a great amount of air, “He will not be present in any further councils for a long time.”
“Why? Is he ill?”
“No Antigonus, he is not ill. You all know Hephaistion and I are lovers no?”
The men replied with a yes.
“Something strange happened to him. He was visited by the god Dionysus, and he now carriers my heir.”
The men in the room laughed.
“Oh Alexander what a jest, now tell us, where is he,” Crateros replied.
“This is no jest Crateros. He is in my chambers now with my mother, full breasted and with child. My child, a son,” Alexander replied while looking at him with unmoving eyes.
“This is no lie, “ Crateros said, “Then what of his troops? What of his men? You wouldn’t surely risk his life in the battle.”
“Hephaistion would be saddened with my order, but yes, he will not go. I will split his troops equally among you all.”

Everyone nodded their head in agreement.

“We are all brothers here, so no one have any ill will towards Hephaistion. If I find out anyone is harming him with stares and looks, or even with ill contempt words. I will strip you of your title and kill you. Do we agree?”
“Yes King Alexander.”

After all was said and done on Hephaistion’s behalf, the council started talking about strategies to win the up coming war.

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“Come Hephaistion, place your hand in this jar,” Olympias said. She briefly studied Hephaistion as he place his hand in the jar, his hair was a bit longer than before, his features were softened, he didn’t have such a strong jaw line anymore, and she could notice the softness of his skin.
“Remove your hand once you feel the snake on your wrist.”
After some time, Hephaistion removed his hand from the jar and was greeted with a jade green snake that slithered its way up to his forearm.
“This one will protect you no matter what. Trust its instincts Hephaistion. It can sense danger.”
He nodded his head in agreement. Olympias then took Hephaistion’s hand and led him to the balcony, where they sat together on a bench.
“Would you like to know more about the god that gifted you so, “ Olympias asked.
Hephaistion nodded his head with approval.


Alexander entered his bedroom hoping to find his mother and lover, but was greeted with no one. He then concluded that they must have gone to her quarters, and he quickly left for his mothers’ room.

When he entered the room he called out for his mother.
“I am here Alexander, so he Hephaistion.”
He followed the voice of his mother and found his mother and lover sitting on a bench, with the noon high sun shining brightly on them. When he glanced at Hephaistion he noticed a change in him, he looked to his mother and she smiled. ‘What did she do now,’ he thought. He also noticed a snake coiled around his lover’s arm.
“I see my mother has convinced you to take protection with the snake.”
Hephaistion smiled, “Yes she has.”
Alexander’s heart fluttered at his smile, “Has she been treating you well?”
“Yes she has, she spoiled me in everyway possible.”
“That does sound like my mother.”
“How did the meeting go,” Olympias questioned.
“Yes, tell me Alexander what did they say,” Hephaistion said.
“They are happy for you Alexander, as well as for me. They are glad to hear that there will be an heir to hold up this kingdom. No ill words were exchanged. In fact, I have sent word for a messenger to announce this wonderful news to all of Macedonia. Dionysus blessed us.”
Hephaistion shifted his gaze to the floor.
Alexander kneeled before Hephaistion, “Love, when will you accept this? You shouldn’t be ashamed.”
“I will grow week Alexander, and I won’t be able to fight in the war with you.”
“Speaking of the war, I have some bad news. The war will happen next month, and you will not be participating in it.”
Hephaistion turned his head up and looked at Alexander with ill eyes, “What do you mean I won’t go? Of course I am going to go. I have troops to lead!”
“No Hephaistion, you will not go. And as for your troops, they’ve all been given new leaders, they will be taken care of.”
“No, I will not stay here, I will not be confined to this palace like a woman,” Hephaistion said as he got up.
“You will follow my orders Hephaistion. You will NOT go. You WILL stay here with my mother. I’ll even go as far as to chain you to our bed! You will NOT risk the life of my child. I will not risk losing two lives,” he yelled at Hephaistion. Alexander grew red with rage. He hated when people spoke against him.
“Then this is what I am to be? Confined to your bed, giving you heirs,” Hephaistion questioned silently
Alexander was about to respond but Olympias spoke first, “Stop it, the both of you. This is not good for the baby. Hephaistion, Alexander loves you too much for you to risk yourself. He almost lost you the last time you face that foe. He is not going to risk the life of your unborn child. Don’t you get it Hephaistion? You are a mother now. You must think of the child that grows within you. There are sacrifices that are to be made. You will be remember for all the ages not only for the child you gave Alexander, but you will also be remembered for the battles you fought besides him. Missing one war will not change this. Now stop living in such denial and accept this, for the love of Dionysus, accept this!”
Hephaistion then sat back down on the bench, “Fine, I accept it.”
Olympias put her hand on his back and rubbed soothing circles on it.
After a moment of silence, Alexander spoke, “Are you wearing my mother’s robe?”
They all broke out in soft laughter.
“My short robe didn’t fit me properly, so yes, this is her robe.”


Tbc
Woop woop, kinda went crazy there.