After the events of the Young Hercules movie, Ares & Strife plot to destroy Hercules Strife goes 'undercover' at the academy, as a cadet named Nysus, and tells Hercules of a chalice that Zeus gave to Hera on their wedding day. Strife tells Hercules that the chalice just sits in a cave. Hercules decides he will take the chalice from the cave and return it to Zeus. Hercules sneaks out of the academy, only to be caught by Jason and Iolaus. When asked where he is going, Hercules simply says to a cave to retrieve a chalice. He never mentions it is Hera's chalice.