Chapter 1- When Hades Freezes Over.

"Hnnn..."

A young woman sits at her throne in the mortal world. As her head rests in her hands, she stares into a shallow bowl filled with crystalline water.

"Who's this?"

A picture of a shadowy blue/grey-skinned god surfaces in the pool. The god shouts at two imps; minions, apparently. With a look of terror the imps run off to see to their master's will, while the god himself flops into a large stone throne. Putting his flaming head in his hand, he sighs.

"His name is Hades, mistress," states the woman's ward. A wolf of enormous size and agility drops his head in the woman's lap.

"He looks… annoyed," the woman says calmly.

"I am sure he is," the wolf says. "My sources say that he had recently tried to take over Mount Olympus. Unfortunately for him, Hades' nephew helped Olympus' ruler, Zeus: Hades' brother. The Lord of the Dead was, once again, soundly beaten."

"Does this happen often?" asks the woman, astonished at the god's tenacity.

"Quite frequently, actually," the great wolf ponders for a moment, "In fact I think Zeus is looking for someone to keep an eye on his 'little brother'. It seems he just causes too much trouble for them to keep up with."

"Well." The woman starts to smirk to her wolf companion. "He looks like he could use some cheering up!"

Cheerily the girl starts gathering items and shoving them into a small sachel. "Prepare the rest of the pack will you, Dark Heart? I feel like going to see Uncle Zeus."

"Of course, little sister," states Dark Heart, smirking. "Let's go have some fun with the immortals.

Hades slams back into his throne.

"Why the hell are these yutzes callin' me up to Olympus again? I mean haven't they had enough o' me yet! And even better Mr. High and Mighty Mr. Zeus is forcing me up there!" Flames morph from blue to bright orange in a matter of seconds. He sighs, "Well better get this shmeal out of the way before they waste any more of my time."

Hades looks at the number of dead coming in, "One soul…. Oy vey.."

The same young woman from the mortal world stand at the gates of Olympus looking slightly perturbed.

"Um… Dark Heart… Do you think I should try to knock or…?"

"Perhaps calling for Hermes would do, sister." says Dark Heart, chuckling at her shy anxiousness.

"Ah! That might work! Beseeching Hermes!" calls the now excited girl.

"Hey, what's goin' on babe!" calls an exuberant Hermes as he opens the gates. "You know I never thought I'd see the day when you would get as pretty as your mother but holy cow! Alright kitten, are you ready to go see the big man?"

"Thanks, Hermes," the girl chuckles. "Yep, I'm good to go!"

"I'll stay out here with our brothers. Just so they don't get into too much trouble," says Dark Heart.

The young lady was led to wait in a round room with many thrones positioned in a horse shoe shape.

"ROSE!" A large god waltzed into the room wrapping the girl in a back-breaking hug. "It's so good to see you after all these years! And look how much you've grown! You look just like your mother, Lily.

"Thanks, Uncle Zeus, that means a lot," Rose says smiling. "Olympus is looking good, as usual."

"Thank you, thank you. Even after recent, ehh, problems she's still holding up. How are your adopted brothers? You're not here to see if Artemis will see to them, are you? She left some time ago to hunt with an Amazon friend of hers."

"No, actually I came to speak with you, Uncle Zeus," Rose said.

"Man, I really wish big brother Dark Heart had come with me….," She thought nervously.

"Rose?"

"Ah! I'm sorry… Um, Uncle Zeus?" She asks.

"Yes, my dear?" Zeus asked kindly.

"Um, I heard that you and your younger brother are having problems." She said quickly, "And I was wondering if I could help by watching him for you."

Hades had started to walk into the throne room of Olympus until he heard a voice he really didn't want to hear.

"You can't watch Hades! I'm going to be keeping an eye on him!"

Hecate.

"Why in the name of Tartarus is that witch here!" he thought.

Suddenly his eyes widened.

"And why is she talking about keeping an eye on me?" His mind scrambled for an answer.

Finally it clicked.

"No way in Tartarus am I having a babysitter!" His hair was flaring to new heights and getting redder by the minute.

"Now Hades, control yourself!" shouted Zeus. Obviously he won. "The person that would be living with you would only be checking up on you."

"Living wi… ARE YOU INSANE! There is no way living or dead that I am having someone live in my house! Especially not Hecate! She's tried to take over my realm at least…" Hades starts ticking the times off his fingers to make a point.

"You're right, Hades. Which is why Hecate will not be the one watching you," agreed the King of Olympus. "Instead, you with be working with Rose here."

"Rose? Who's Rose?" And then the funniest thing happened. Hades jaw dropped.

Out from behind the back of the King of Olympians came the most beautiful girl in the cosmos. Or at least this neck of the woods. As Hades stared at this new addition to the room, he deftly nodded to the still chattering King of the Gods.

"I- chee- wowa! This babe could give Aphrodite a run for her money!" Hades thought, mind blown.

As his eyes traveled up Rose's body, he stared at the legs that seemed to stretch for miles, her gorgeous thin waste, and up her torso to a face like Ophelia's. Green eyes stared out at him from a frame of thick flame-colored red hair. Her beautiful pale skin looked soft and glowed in the golden hue that beamed off of Zeus.

A soft sigh escaped Hades' lips.

"What a babe…" he thought, thoroughly stunned.

"Hades?"

No answer.

"Hades?"

No answer.

"Hades!"

"Hmm! What?" Hades said, irritated by his brother's inability to see he was in thought.

"Are you willing to go through with this?" Zeus asked.

"Huh? Uh yeah sure, sure, what-ever," Hades replied, already slipping back into fantasy world.

"Then it's settled! Rose will be living with you from this day forth!" Zeus proclaimed.

"Uh-huh, sure… Wait WHAT!"

And so the first of many temper tantrums began.

Rose sits on the side line watching Hades' flare up at the mention of the deal he just signed.

"*Giggle* This is gonna be great!"

Hey people!

This is my first fic so I Hope everyone enjoys.

My Spell check is acting funny so any selling errors are my computers fault.

This is really just to see if anyone likes this idea.

So I'm gonna be really annoying and ask that you review so that I can see if I should continue this story.

Thanks bunches!

Roselia-chan :D