Yeah! First chapter done! Hope Y'all enjoy it.
Macaria
Walking swiftly through the halls, my violet dress flowing around me, I carried paperwork to my father's office. Because I was the goddess of blessed death, I was able to partake in some of my father's duties. Most of them being me going into the upper world and collecting data of mortals who were going to die soon, whether it be from old age, sickness, or something else, I can always tell.
At first, my father was reluctant to let me go into the upper world. He said that I was too young to go up there alone. But, after I promised that I would call out to him if anything goes wrong, or use my necromancy to protect myself, he let me go.
The first couple of times that I went up there he had sent Thanatos, the god of death and my lovely male counterpart, to watch over me and make sure I didn't get into trouble. I didn't know this at the time, but my mother had told me. Needless to say, I was upset with Hades for having someone spy on me when I thought that I was alone, but I was also pleased to know that he cared enough about me to make sure I had more protection if the need be.
I picked up my speed to slow jog, now realizing that I was running late to give the papers to my father. On the way back to the underworld I had come across a little boy who was crying because his mother had died yesterday. I remembered writing about this woman, and I felt that I should at least tell the boy that everything was going to be okay. It turned out to be a ten minute discussion with him about his mother and how she lived a good and blessed life. She was easily one of the best soles I've ever read, so I told him that I "bet" she was spending the rest of eternity in the Elysian Fields.
Because of my faster pace, my papers were slipping out of their bondage and started to fall out of my arms. I looked down for a moment to readjust them, not slowing down, and before I knew it, I collided with a force and I was on the floor.
Thanatos
Emerging from my room, I thought about what laborious things Hades would want me to do today. He had been working really hard lately to try to get as many souls in and out of his court room as quickly as he could. Why? I have no idea. But, what I do know is that when Hades wants to work harder and faster, that meant we all had to.
As I was lost in thought of my complaining, I was nearly knocked off balance, and papers went everywhere. I heard a curse being muttered, but I couldn't see who spewed it yet. I knelt down to help pick some of the papers up, finding that it was all data for souls that were to die soon. I gathered an abundance of them and straightened them as I stood up. I finished quickly and looked down to see… Well speak of the devil's daughter.
She looked up at me with her huge blue doll like eyes. She looked down quickly and finished gathering the rest of them.
When she stood, I handed her the rest of her data. She smiled shyly, "Thank you."
I nodded.
"Hi, Thanatos."
"Hello Macaria."
She looked around awkwardly and continued. "So how are you doing?"
"I'm doing well, thank you. What about yourself?"
She nodded. "Good. My father just wanted me to drop off these papers."
"Yeah. Do you know why he wants us working more than usual lately?"
She shook her head. "He hasn't said why. I just know when hades says something, I better do it."
I chuckled a little bit. "Yeah, he can be a little demanding." I looked away from her, about to ask how her progress was in her soul data, but she gasped.
"Oh no, now I'm really running late now. I'm sorry Thanatos, but I have to run!" She held on tightly to her papers and ran off in the direction of Hades's office.
Nice job Hades. You now have your daughter running around the place, being very stressed out.
Macaria
When I opened the door to Hades's office, I was really out of breath. I was blasted with the familiar smell of Pomegranates as I stepped into the darkly lit room.
"Where have you been?" Hades asked as soon as I walked into the room.
"I'm sorry dad, I was detained."
His head snapped up from his paperwork. "Detained?" I heard the protectiveness in his voice that mother and I always hear if we say something wrong. I love that he is so protective, but it does get a little annoying to have to explain exactly what I mean all the time.
"Relax dad. It was just a little mortal boy. He was crying because his mother died and I comforted him. Then all my papers fell out of my hands when I was a couple hallways away and I had to collect them all back up."
He relaxed at my words. "Okay, well thank you for getting them."
"You're welcome." I started to leave, but stopped remembering the question Thanatos had asked me. "Why are you working harder than usual lately? You've been really pushing at your work which is causing Thanatos and I to work harder and faster." And a little stressed.
He looked up from the papers and sighed. "Athena and Ares have been fighting recently about armies of he mortals. What's worse is that everyone else is taking sides and fighting against each other. I've tried my best to calm every one down, but no one will listen. I'm preparing for the war that is soon to come. Hundreds of innocents and possibly thousands of warriors will die because of this. I'm trying to get as many souls through as possible before this happens."
I nodded. "Alright then." I glanced at the door. "Well, I'll leave you to your work."
"I'll see you at dinner Macaria." He called out as I left the room.
Melinoe
Macaria plopped herself down on my bed as I read my book. "Someone's tired." I teased without looking up.
She groaned. "Dad is being very stressful lately. He's making Thanatos and I work really hard because a massive war between the mortals is about to break out."
"Poor baby." I cooed.
She laughed. "Out of the two of us, which one is younger?"
It was my turn to laugh. I closed my book and set it on the bedside table. "So how are the mortals lately? Any interesting cases?"
She shook her head. "No, not really. There was this little boy who was crying because his mother died yesterday. I comforted him and told him that she was fine. That caused me to be late to drop off the data for Dad and then I ran into Thanatos, which made me even more late."
I giggled. "Oh, what did you two talk about?" I loved to tease her about how she and Thanatos were so perfect together.
"No, I literally ran into him. The papers went everywhere."
"Nicely done sister!" I exclaimed.
"Oh you hush up!"
"So… how did it feel to run into such a man?" I teased.
She sat up quickly and stared at me. "Melinoe! Bite your tongue! Thanatos is only my friend."
"Aw, only your friend? Don't you like him?"
"Of course I like him."
"No. I mean like like him. The way his jet black hair falls on his sturdy shoulders and the way he walks down the hallways." I stared at her. "You can't tell me you haven't noticed him."
She turned a little red and looked down. "I've noticed." She said barely above a whisper.
"Ooh! You do like him!" I prodded.
"No! It's not like that!" She looked back up at me, her eyes glaring.
"Then you just like the way he looks." I said, not backing down. "It's understandable. He is very handsome, and Liking someone always starts somewhere."
She rose from the bed and walked quickly to the door. "I'm done! I'm going out for a walk."
I reached for my book. "Fine by me. If you see Thanatos, give him my regards." I teased. Just as she reached the door I continued. "Macaria," She paused with her hand on the knob, "You know I'm only teasing you for the most part, right? You're my sister and I love you. I'm only making fun with you. If I'm actually hurting your feelings, I'm sorry. It's just so fun to mess with you when you get worked up, especially about Thanatos."
She nodded, and gave me a smile that didn't reach her eyes. "I know."
"Just promise me that if you ever really want to talk about liking someone, or just certain people in general, you'll come to me."
She smiled. "Well it's you, Zagreus, mom, dad, Thanatos, Hypnos, Ariel, or Daniel. Out of all those people, you're the one I most relate to at the moment. Or you're just the one who won't run away, feel awkward, or kill someone."
I laughed. "Fair enough! Now go on your walk." I said opening my book.
"See you at dinner."
"Until then."
Yes! Chapter one is done! I've decided to type it in first person and in different people's point of view. All of the point of views will be surrounding our star couple in this story though. Chapter two might come out more quickly, but I'm not sure yet. So please remember to Follow, Favorite, and Review! Like I've said many times before it encourages me.
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