Yeah!
I get the hang of this balancing pole thing,
and then Cheiron makes me do it blindfolded
and he says, get this, he says:
"All you see is not all there is."
What, you guys know that?
Hello.
What... wha, no, no, I didn't mean to scare you.
You're the son of Zeus.
Hey!
Hey, where'd she go?
Where'd who go?
Yeah, I don't see anyone.
She...
she had these dark, deep eyes, y'know?
She knew all about me.
You got that all in a second, huh?
Well, not just that.
It... it's, uh...
she was beautiful.
Oh.
Well, you are in trouble now.
Hey, listen.
You think if I went after her, she'd talk to me?
I wouldn't do that.
No matter how special you think she is.
Why not?
Well, she ran away.
Is that too subtle for you?
Well, I never let that stop me.
You've got nothing to show for it.
Deep dark eyes, huh?
Sure you weren't dreaming?
I don't know...
All right, wake up.
Come on.
Maybe she has an invisible friend for lolaus.
I can work with invisible.
You usually do.
Well, what about Louise?
I think this dart needs new feathers.
Feathers; I don't need feathers.
As a matter of fact, I can beat you blindfolded.
If we had one.
Oh.
Hm, what have we here?
Okay, let's see what you're made of, tough guy.
I may be the Prince of Corinth,
but I'm the King of Darts.
Go!
Oh.
Bullseye.
No, you missed.
What?
Give me back my handkerchief.
Aw.
Oh yeah, his game's off today,
but it's not because of the feathers.
See?
Oh?
Ah.
What a dump.
Hey!
Bring us some food.
Make it fast.
Yeah, we haven't got all day.
We're hungry now!
Imagine if my arrow bagged the beast, huh,
instead of just nicking it!
Hey, uh, is that gold?
Ooh!
Tuft of fur from a golden Hind.
I'll get a thousand dinars just for this piece.
Golden Hind?
Where?
In the woods, by the river.
Whoever bags the Golden Hind is gonna be famous!
Hey, I wonder what an animal made of gold is worth?
Yeah...
Hey, uh, even Zeus would be proud of a trophy like that,
huh?
Um...
Let's go.
I'm just gonna...
In an age of light and darkness,
Zeus, king of the gods,
ruled the universe.
He had a son.
Young Hercules.
Half-god, half-man,
young Hercules longs to find
his place in the world,
the father he's never known,
and what it means to be a hero.
Before the man became legend,
before the legend became myth,
came the greatest adventure of all.
Then it's settled.
We'll get the supplies from the academy
and be out hunting by noon.
Oh.
You're not really going after the Golden Hind, are you?
What, you don't think we're good enough to get it?
You're good enough.
That's what's bothering me.
Why?
Hunting should be about feeding your family,
not showing off.
No, no.
It's not showing off.
Look, on my honor as a future king,
I'm gonna bag that Hind myself.
Not if I bag it first.
Ooh!
Hercules!
Please don't go.
Why?
Hunting for sport is wrong.
Everybody's so excited.
This is the most exciting thing we've had here in years.
What's really going on?
Nothing.
Go.
I've got to clean up this mess.
Okay.
Thanks.
We should get extra bows.
Yeah, I'll go to the kitchen,
get some food, make our backpacks.
Yeah, I'll tell Cheiron we're gonna miss lunch.
Okay.
Hey!
Hey, wait!
There she is again!
Listen, we... we're not going to hurt you.
Wait a second.
It was that girl!
Do you remember that girl I was talking about?
I swear she was there.
I looked her right in the eye!
Right.
So, did she tell you anything useful this time?
Like, her name?
Her address?
You don't believe me, do you?
Fine.
I'll tell you something.
She was there, and she was so...
perfect.
So what?
We've got a Hind to hunt.
You are pathetic.
Yeah, uh, okay.
I'll catch up with you guys later, okay?
Hey, wait!
I'm not going to hurt you!
I just wanna talk to you.
Okay!
Watch where you're shooting your arrows!
Not again!
How does she do that?
Wait a second.
I know these feathers.
Don't move!
Okay!
I don't wanna hurt you.
Well, that makes two of us!
I'm only going to tell you once.
You or your friends go after the Hind,
you won't live until sundown.
Hercules should've caught up by now.
Hmm.
Well, maybe Miss Deep Dark Eyes
did want to speak to him.
Get real.
Although, Hercules may want to bag the Hind for himself.
You know how much he wants to impress Zeus.
You don't think he'd keep the money too, though?
Nah, he wouldn't do that.
Look, you and I are gonna make a pact.
We are gonna bag this Hind, and we are gonna be famous.
Oh, uh, what about the money?
We'll split that three ways.
And the glory?
Two ways!
Deal.
Yes.
You, Jason, are learning from the master.
So... so, you're gonna shoot my friends
if they go after the Hind?
I don't have a choice.
You might wanna work on your "deep scary voice" thing.
I'm serious about not hunting the Hind.
Why are you so against hunting all of a sudden?
I mean, that's how you feed your customers, isn't it?
Too hard to explain.
I'll show you.
This place is awesome.
The goddess of the hunt has certain places
and certain creatures that are special to her.
How did you find this place?
You know that I pledged to serve the goddess Artemis?
This is one of her sacred groves.
It's hard to find if you don't know how to look for it.
Okay, listen, here's my question.
Why is the Goddess of the Hunt
trying to stop us from hunting?
Look.
You out for a hunt, boys?
Us?
Now you're not thinking of going after the Hind
yourselves, are you?
Uh, what if we were?
This isn't any old hunt, son.
Hunting Hind is a job for professionals.
Not schoolboys.
I'd stay out of the forest today if I were you.
Hm, well, I'm glad you're not me
so I wouldn't have to wear that hat, heh.
Uh, you shouldn't make fun of his hat.
Hey!
Why don't you ask your teacher
if you can go hunting at recess, huh?
Wussy schoolboys!
Ah, no, no, no, no, don't, don't.
Listen!
Hey!
Forget them!
We're going to bag this Hind, okay?
Because we're better hunters than they are, right?
Let's go get our bows.
Come on.
I've never seen anything...
Or anyone...
So incredible in my life.
Can she talk?
If she's not frightened.
Golden Hinds are the gentlest and rarest of creatures.
They're almost extinct.
And they're Artemis' favorites.
Come here.
I won't hurt you.
I promise.
I'm sorry.
Don't take it personally.
They don't like being touched by humans.
That's too bad for us.
No, what's too bad is that people think
they have the right to kill her.
And for what?
To satisfy their vanity and their greed.
Yeah, or to, uh, impress their father.
I'm sorry, but there are real lives at stake here.
And even if they're not human,
no life should be taken casually.
What do you want me to do?
I'll do anything.
I need you to keep the hunters away from the Hind
while I get her somewhere safe.
And please, you must continue to keep
my relationship to Artemis secret.
I will not be able to convince Jason and lolaus
to stop the hunting unless I tell them the truth.
Well, you'd better find some way,
or Artemis might come after them herself,
and, uh, she never misses.
Okay.
Bye.
Hey, where you been?
Oh, uh, I was, um...
I had this...
It was very important.
Ah, sure she was.
What's she like?
What?
Who?
The mystery girl you ditched us for.
Oh, oh, oh.
You know what, I, uh,
I actually forgot all about her.
Oh, that's great.
Grab a bow, let's go.
We've got a Hind to hunt.
Oh, yeah, um,
that's what I need to talk to you about.
Well, what more is there to say?
I mean, aside from all the fun we're going to have,
we've gotta show up those three hunter jerks for good.
This is gonna be the best hunt of our lives!
What about the Hind's life?
You ever think about that?
Don't you think it's wrong to kill something
that you're not gonna eat?
You're kidding, right?
No.
Hunting is to feed people, all right?
It's not for sport.
First Kora and now you?
Look, if you're not up for the challenge just say so,
but don't give us this garbage
that hunting isn't a sport.
Look,
if we don't get the Hind, those Hunters will.
The Hind is a goner whether we hunt it or not.
I wanted this Hind just as bad as you do, all right?
But I'm just asking you to trust me.
Can you do that?
You have been wacko ever since you laid eyes
on Miss Deep Dark Invisible Girl.
Now this is a hunt we're talking about.
We're gonna go with or without you, Hercules.
Hercules.
Oh, it...
You.
Wh...
Look, why do you keep running away?
Wait, hold on a second, where is the Hind?
It's all right.
This is Helene,
she's a devotee of Artemis, like me.
Sounds like you two've met already.
Well, not really.
I just wanted to talk to you.
What happened to your friends?
I will take care of them, I promise.
We're going to the Temple of Artemis in Seneca.
Oh.
Well, I'd love to come with you,
but I don't think that the priestesses
are gonna let me in.
No, men are... are not allowed.
Oh... oh.
Wait, wait, uh, wait!
She's long gone by now, Hercules,
she's as fast as the wind.
Uh, well, uh, we should go after her or something.
No, I'll do that.
You need to make sure no one gets a clear shot at her.
Okay, um, expl...
What just happened here?
When they feel safe, Hinds can take human form.
But a mortal's touch turns them back again.
I knew there was something special about her!
Okay, you get her to the Temple where she'll be safe
and I'll take care of Jason and lolaus and the hunters.
A large animal passed through here.
Could be a stag...
No, the hoof-prints are too small.
Look.
It's the Hind, all right.
And it went that way.
What in Tartarus?
That's my favorite hat!
Oh, not the hat.
Who did that?
Where are they?
I can't see him.
Whoever they are, they're good.
Yeah, they're good.
Uh-huh.
Okay.
Somebody doesn't want us out here.
There's somebody coming from the other direction.
Wait!
Thank Artemis, it's only you.
Listen.
Jason and lolaus are coming from over there.
They're gonna be here any second.
So we're surrounded?
No, uh...
Would you put the bow down please, all right?
I'm not gonna let you you shoot anybody.
And, uh,
I'm not gonna let anybody shoot you either.
I promise.
Then what?
Well, uh...
Do you have a flint?
Okay.
Start a fire please.
Do your horns grow back?
Okay.
I'm gonna need a horn and a tuft of fur.
Wait, no, listen, um...
I'm not gonna hurt ya.
I promise.
Over there!
Come on, over there!
I did it!
I killed the Hind.
Ha, you should have seen it!
It was beautiful!
Except right when I take the horn here
and this tuft of fur for a trophy,
poof, the thing disintegrates into ashes.
You would not believe it.
You mean we've been hunting the Golden Hind
but we couldn't even keep the gold?
Come on, Helene.
You can believe the gods are behind this.
When will I get my due as the rightful son of Zeus?
You're right, kid.
Life just ain't fair.
Hey, at least you didn't waste as much time as we did hunting.
Golden Hinds.
You won't catch us doing that again.
That's right.
Very nice, very nice.
What?
We didn't think you had it in you.
Well, you know, I just decided you guys were right,
you know, I wanted to show my father...
Stop acting.
We don't believe this performance any more
than the one you gave the hunters.
Yeah, come on, fess up, come clean.
Okay.
I can't, all right, I promised.
But, listen, all you two need to do know,
as my friends, is that the right thing
happened here today, okay?
Well, at least we've still got that hair
and the little pointy thing.
Yeah, that should be worth some glory at the academy.
Ah-ah-ah.
Hey, did you ever catch up with Miss Deep Dark Eyes?
Oh, well, it, uh,
turns out she wasn't who I thought she was.
They never are.
Oh, hi.
We're both a lot like that moon up there, aren't we?
What do you mean?
It's caught somewhere between new and full.
Part-there, part-here.
Yeah.
I guess we both kind of have things
that make us different from everybody else, huh?
Gets kinda hard sometimes, don't you think?
Thank you for saving my life.
Oh...
You know, I think that one day
you're going to get your rightful due
from everybody who really matters to you.
Both here on earth
and up there.