Adalaid looked up at the clock and shook her head. Her long black tresses poured in front of her face. Would noon never come? From the kitchen she could hear her grandmother and mother arguing, again.
"Persephone, why don't you just leave the girl with me? I realize that you have to go down there." The words have to were stressed by Adalaid's grandmother, Demeter.
Adalaid could hear her mother sigh. This discussion occurred every fall. "I told you mother, Hades and I decided that Adalaid should go to a mortal school this year." This Adalaid had not known. She turned so that it would be easier to hear what her mother said. "She will me given a title next summer and we want her to have some real world experience before that happens. Now Hades will be here soon. Try to be nice." With these words Demeter stormed into the living room. The goddess of hearth was neither tall nor short. She had green eyes and wore a dark plum dress to accent them. Her hair was a light brown with hints of grey. Unlike most of the gods she liked the image of ageing. Persephone fallowed her mother. The younger goddess was taller than her mother but had the same color hair. Her skin was fair but held a glow from the sun. She was wearing a yellow dress covered in daisies. The spring goddess's eyes glinted with joy at seeing her husband later that day. "Mother he is your brother. Please, please be nice."
Adalaid was growing tired of her mother's pleading and was also curios about her earlier comment. She stood up and brushed off her white shirt. "Mother what did you mean by having me go to a mortal school?" This split up the two arguing goddesses.
Persephone turned to face her daughter. "Well I wasn't going to tell you until you father arrived," She paused for a moment but was interrupted by a voice from the door behind Adalaid.
"Then it would appear to be time to tell her." Hades was a tall god. Of the original six he was the tallest. His coal black hair was shoulder length. The eyes the looked out at his realm were a shining silver, the same as his daughter's. He wore black today, as he did on most days when his wife was not with him in the underworld. "Adalaid your mother and I both think that before you decide on a title you need to spend some time in the real world. We have arranged for you to attend a school by the name of The Delphian School. It is in Oregon of the United States. You should do fine there."
What were her parents thinking? They wanted to send her to boarding school for a year. She was a goddess. She was the only child of Hades, she could trace her lineage to Zeus. "Dad my only chance to see you is over the winter. This ruins that." Maybe her parents just wanted some time alone.
Hades nodded. "I realize that we don't get as much time together as we would like. You will come ad visit though for a period in winter and in early spring so we will see each other. Then once you choose your title you can choose where you live. No one is going to force you to stay anywhere." At his last comment Hades glanced past his daughter to his sister. If she had not made such a fuss Persephone would live with him twelve months of the year not six.
It hadn't taken long to travel to Oregon. All of her bags had already been packed for going back to the underworld. Adalaid sat in the backseat as her father drove the sleek black mustang up to the school. She had to admit the school was pretty, surrounded by trees and all. That didn't change her mind she did not want top be here and here parents would pay for this.