A/N: Hi again!! This is my sequel to Hades and Persephone: The Truth. I hope you enjoy it! It's about Demeter's attempted revenge on Hades. Lol. Thanks to everyone who read my story before!! You guys were awesome!

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Sorry this took so long! I'm running around looking for an apartment at the moment and not getting much time to write. I'll try to get the next chapter up soon, but I make no promises! ;)

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Hello dear readers. I am once again going to share with you a story that I am quite sure has never been truthfully told before.

Demeter looked around her, her eyes probing the darkness as she entered the forest surrounding her gardens. Her feet were light and no sound was made. She was one with nature and nature was one with her. She would never be contested when it came to nature and weather. She paused in front of a large tree and tapped on it thrice. A young nymph emerged from the bark of the tree, her form shimmering as it left the tree and became corporeal. Demeter smiled at her, calculating and said,

"Hello, Menthe."

Persephone made her way from her bed chamber to where her husband, the King of the Underworld sat, judging souls on the bank of the river Styx. As soon as he saw her, his eyes brightened where they had previously been bored, filled with the love that they shared. She grinned at him and made her way to the throne to his left. He had moved the thrones closer to each other so that he had access to her at all times. She settled herself into the plush comfort of her throne. Unlike his, a hard throne made of black marble with only a single seat cushion, her throne was covered in cushions all over.

She leaned down to kiss his cheek, but he turned his face so that his lips captured hers. She smiled at his possessive behaviour and took her seat as he held her hand. The souls that had been watching them closely looked confused at the behaviour of their representation of Death. On earth, not everyone had heard of the recent marriage of Hades to Persephone, garnering her the title of Queen of the Underworld. She smiled at the souls as they made their way slowly towards Hades to be judged. It was a tedious task and Seph had only recently started to join her husband while he judged.

His fairness and sympathy for the mortals astounded her. He was the most feared of the Gods, but he was also the most compassionate. Having seen the fickleness of the Gods of Olympus, she was taken aback by the devotion that Hades had for his kingdom. She stroked the hands that held hers so gently and he turned a sweet smile on her. He grinned wolfishly at her and she blushed as she remembered how he woke her up that morning.

He kissed the hand he held lightly, in the centre of her palm, closing her fingers around it, before returning his attention to the soul that had made its way to the front of the line. He pondered the souls' deeds for a few seconds and the deeds also flashed through Seph's mind. He sighed and said,

"You are to go to the fields of Asphodel where you shall be reincarnated."

The soul smiled winningly, thanked Hades profusely, with what seemed to Seph to be an excessive amount of bowing, before making his way to the fields of Asphodel. This process continued until Seph noticed a slight noise coming from where the entrance to the Underworld was. She tried to look over the souls to see what the commotion was, but Hades at once rose to his feel and held a hand out in front of him. He made a pulling motion towards himself and a mortal man suddenly appeared in front of him, holding a lyre. Hades glared at the intruder and boomed,

"What are you doing, trespassing in my realm, human?"

Fascinated, Seph watched as her husband spoke to the human angrily. She had never seen him angry before. He had been upset, but never angry. The human fell to his knees and began sobbing. Stunned, Hades said,

"Your tears will not sway me, human. You shall be punished for your audacity."

The human lifted his tear stained face to look at Hades.

"My Lord, please forgive me. I am Orpheus, the musician and I have lost my wife. My Eurydice. Please, my Lord, I beg of you. Return her unto me and you can have whatever you desire of me."

Hades seemed flabbergasted for a second. Then, regaining his composure, he said,

"Why should I return her to you, human? It is obvious that it is not fated for her to live if she is gone."

This seemed to be the breaking point for Orpheus. He fell to his knees and gave such heart wrenching sobs, that Seph sat up and said,

"If you are a musician, Orpheus, tell us what happened in song."

He looked up at her, tears flowing feely down his cheeks and said,

"Yes, my Lady."

At once, he strummed his lyre, creating such magic with that single note that Seph felt her heart tug towards it. She held Hades' hand as Orpheus began singing the tale of his love for his wife. His voice was as clear and as pure as a bird's, flowing from his heart to their ears. He sang of how he wooed her from the forest into his arms and how they had been wed on a mountainside under the stars. Not two days after their marriage, she had found the urge to return to the forest.

As she entered the forest, as if to reclaim her, a tree snake had bitten her foot and she had died a few minutes later. Orpheus had searched for his bride far and wide and when he found her, he had been so heartbroken that he had made his way into the Underworld, lulling Cerberus with his lyre and bringing with him two gold pieces for Charon's boat.

As his song ended, Hades looked over at Seph, her hand clutching his as she began crying for the love that Orpheus had for his wife. She looked at Hades, her tears flowing from her periwinkle blue eyes as she whispered,

"Can we not help him, love?"

Hades sighed and said,

"What would you have me do, dearest? I cannot return a soul without a price."

She hugged him, her face nestled against his chest as she whispered,

"I know you can find a way, Hades. I have faith in you."

His heart twisted at her words where they had been previously unaffected by Orpheus' song. For Seph, he would do anything. He looked over at Orpheus, who looked on with hope in his eyes. Hades nodded to him.

"Your wife's soul shall be returned to you."

Orpheus looked so dazed by the statement, at first he did not move. A few moments later, he once again fell to his knees and the tears once again began flowing. This time, however, they were tears of joy.

"Thank you, my Lord... Thank you."

He whispered, unable to speak louder against the emotions filling him. Hades shook his head and warned,

"It is not so simple, Orpheus. She shall be returned to you, but you must lead her out of the Underworld. You must walk before her so that she can follow in your shadows. There is one stipulation. You cannot look at her soul once you are leaving. Never gaze upon her or you shall lose her again."

Orpheus nodded, eager to be reunited with his wife. The task sounded easy enough to him. Hades nodded again and closed his eyes for a moment, searching for her soul within the vast amount of souls inhabiting the Underworld. When he finally located her essence, in Asphodel waiting to be reborn as a nymph in the forest, Hades flicked his wrist in a quick motion and she appeared in front of him, next to Orpheus. Orpheus' eyes filled with love and joy as he rushed to embrace a confused looking Eurydice. When she realised he was real, she laughed, joyously and embraced him as well. She kissed him and whispered,

"I did not think I would see you again, love..."

He smiled and kissed her again before saying,

"My Lord, Hades, has given us a chance to leave, my love."

She looked at Hades, disbelievingly.

"Truly, my Lord?"

"Yes. However, he must look upon you and you must not speak to him as you leave. You cannot give any indication that you are still with him. He must have faith in the bond you share to keep you with him. This is the only way I can see some kind of sacrifice being made."

She smiled, brightly at him and said,

"You are truly the most benevolent of all the Gods, sire. If you wish anything of us, please ask it."

Hades shook his head.

"The other souls will be jealous and will try to whisper things to you, Orpheus. Ignore them. Do not believe the things they say. She will be behind you. Believe in the love you share. Ignore all else."

Orpheus could not see why Hades was being so insistent in his warnings. How difficult could it truly be? He grinned at his bride and nodded at Hades.

"As you wish, my lord."

Realising that Orpheus was not taking the warnings seriously, but unable to do anything about it, he sighed and gestured towards the river where Charon stood, waiting for them to cross over.

"Thank you, my Lord!"

They said, simultaneously. Hades hugged his queen to him and flicked his wrist so that a large orb appeared before them, displaying the progress of the couple, as they held hands in the boat, staring into each other's eyes. Seph smiled, happily at them, a small tear of joy falling down her face.

"They're reunited, Hades. This is wonderful."

Hades looked down at her and whispered,

"They're not reunited yet. She does not receive her mortality until she leaves the cave. The roaming ghosts will be jealous. You cannot conceive of the things they would do to return her here, Seph."

Seph smiled and said,

"They love each other. It shall overcome everything, Hades."

Hades smiled gently at her naiveté and kissed her softly, just as Orpheus and his bride reached the other side of the river. They returned to their scrutiny of the orb and Hades whispered,

"This is where you let her stay behind you, Orpheus. Do not look at her or you shall lose her."

His whispered voice was somehow magnified till it was heard by Orpheus. He nodded and released his bride, passing Cerberus as he did so. The silly animal tilted his head in a doggy goodbye and woofed happily.

Orpheus took a deep breath before entering the cave that would lead to earth. He looked around, wondering what it was that Hades had warned him about. He searched the dark crevices of the cave walls, but found nothing. Confused, he walked further into the cave. Relieved that he had felt nothing, he walked further with more confidence. Maybe his love for Eurydice was so great that he would not be troubled. His Eurydice. Her beauty was beyond anything he knew. Suddenly, he felt a strong urge to see her beauty once more. He almost turned to look at her before catching himself and continuing on his path, shaking off the odd feeling.

As he trod the path, he began feeling a strong doubt that she was behind him. The urge to turn to her was so great, he had to stop, taking several deep breaths before continuing forward. He felt as though the air he was travelling through was thicker than honey, his body trying to pull him to look behind to ensure that Eurydice still followed. He grunted with the effort to continue forward. All of a sudden, he began thinking things he knew he could not come up with on his own. His own voice whispered in his mind,

"Hades did not allow her to follow. He wants your wife for himself. He is selfish. He wants all the beauties for himself. He is unsatisfied with his wife and wishes to have mine as well."

He shook his head, fighting the compulsion to turn to Eurydice. He forced himself further through the cave and al of a sudden, he saw a light. He knew he was nearing the end. He dragged himself further, ignoring the voices whispering horrifying things in his mind of what Hades would do to his bride. Of how he was such a fool to believe the Lord of Death. Of his wife laughing at his stupidity while in the arms of the King of the Underworld. Why would she want a mere musician when she could have a King?

Tears filled his eyes, leaking down his cheeks as he fought endlessly against the compulsion to turn. He fell to his knees many times. Suddenly, the air thinned and he was able to drag air into his empty lungs. He pulled himself up, finally able to walk freely. He almost laughed with joy, seeing the cave entrance looming a few feet up ahead. He quickened his steps as the voices disappeared from his mind. As he reached the lip of the cave, his wife's blood curdling scream of pain rose from behind him. He whipped around in time to see his wife's horrified face.

"No! We were almost-!"

She was not allowed to complete the sentence as her soul was ripped back into the cave, moving further and further away from him. He cried out, hoarsely, reaching out towards her. He sobbed and fell to his knees. He had been so close. He had not fallen for any of the other tricks, but he could not hear his wife in pain. It was his one trigger. Somehow, the jealous souls had figured out the one thing that would make him turn to her and used it against him. He lay there on the stone floor and willed himself to die, to pas unto the other side. Soon, he realised he could not stay there any longer for fear of retaliation from Hades, and returned to his house, his heart shattered once more.

Seph cried out,

"No!"

Her arm outstretched towards the orb as Orpheus turned around. She sobbed as Eurydice's soul was dragged back into the Underworld. Hades held her to him and flicked his fingers so that Eurydice's soul was transported to the Elysian Fields. After what she had just had to endure, watching the love of her life being tortured in front of her eyes that was the least he could do.

Seph shook her head against his chest, her voice thick with tears.

"There must be something you can do, Hades. He was almost out! Isn't there anything?"

Hades shook his head.

"I am sorry, love. I did what I could. He failed the task. I cannot change the terms now. I am sorry."

She nodded, understanding against his chest for a few minutes while he rubbed her back and arms, soothingly, before whispering,

"Hades?"

"Yes, love?"

He whispered back, kissing the top of her head, inhaling her sweet scent.

"Will our love pass tests like that one?"

He smiled and said,

"Our love transcends what a mere mortal can feel, my darling. Our emotions are celestial. As pure as a babe."

She shook her head and whispered,

"So was theirs' Hades! I felt it!"

He lifted her chin to look into her eyes which had darkened while she cried, and whispered,

"We shall pass all the tests, sweetheart. Our love shall overcome it all."

She smiled at him, reassured and kissed him.

They were as of yet unaware that their love was indeed to be tested in the time to come.

E/N: I hope you enjoyed the chapter! If you have any comments, good or bad please review and tell me! Your input, no matter what it is, is much appreciated and loved! U guys are awesome, so hearing from u is awesome 2! Thanks again for reading!!