Alright, here's my attempt at a Greek Mythology AU, with Hades and Persephone being the story!
For those who know the myth, here's the best way to summarize the story: Adrien, God of the Underworld, falls in love with Marinette, Goddess of Spring at first sight. Wanting her to be his queen, he takes her down to the underworld, causing Marinette's parents, Sabine and Tom, to panic because their daughter's missing!
Oh, and here's a brief cast list just in case you guys wanna know who's who.
Marinette: Persephone
Adrien: Hades
Sabine and Tom: Both share the role of Demeter
Master Fu: Zeus
Alya: Artemis
Nino: Dionysus
Others
Luka: Apollo
Chloé: Aphrodite
Kim: Ares (don't worry, nothing between him and Chloé, okay?)
Kagami: Athena
Rose: Eros (Couldn't think of anyone else)
Lila: Hecate/Apate
Up on the mountain of French Olympus, the French pantheon of the Gods were assembled to have a party.
"Alright, everyone," Master Fu, an older Chinese man who wore green robes and had a crown on his head said as he held a goblet of wine. "We've all worked hard on our duties, so let's have a little fun and relax a bit today. Cheers!"
"Cheers!" Everyone shouted as they held up their beverages. They all started to mingle with each other and talk about nothing in particular.
"This was a wonderful idea, Master Fu," Tom, one of the two Gods of the Harvest. "We've been so busy lately that we haven't had any time to truly relax."
"It's important for everyone to take a sabbatical in order to keep your batteries going," Master Fu replied. "And I thank you and your wife, Sabine, for providing all the delicious food."
"It's no problem at all, Master," Sabine explained. "Marinette deserves some credit, too."
"Speaking of your daughter, she's certainly garnering some attention from our young God of Music, Luka." Master Fu pointed out as he directed his line of sight to Marinette, Goddess of Spring.
She was a young girl in her late teens, with black hair in pigtails, blue eyes, and fair skin. She was wearing a pink silk gown with ladybug pattering on it. She was sitting next to a boy about a year or two older than her, with olive skin, black hair with blue tips, teal eyes, and was wearing blue-black robes with sea-green snakes patterned into the cloak. He was playing a lyre and looking at Marinette with an affectionate smile. She seemed to be returning the sentiment.
"And she doesn't seem to be averse to it, either." Tom laughed.
"Luka is definitely someone I can see matching our daughter with if she wanted to." Sabine commented.
"I agree." Tom agreed with his wife.
"Marinette! Hey girl!" A voice said, and Marinette's attention turned to her best friend, Alya, Goddess of the Hunt.
She was wearing orange hunting clothing with a bow and quiver of arrows on her back, a hunter's skirt and boots. Her clothes had a fox motif to them. Speaking of foxes, she almost always had a red fox at her side.
"Alya!" Marinette said as she stood up and hugged her bestie. "Great to see you!"
"Great to see you too, girl," Alya said as she brought Marinette away from Luka. "So, I see you and Luka are getting cozy, huh?"
"Oh, Alya!" Marinette giggled with a blush. "I like him, yes. But what about you? You and Nino over there seem to be getting pretty close too."
"He's cute, yes, but I'm not interested in finding a man any time soon," Alya commented. "And besides, Nino's all about partying and getting hammered."
"Come on, you're all about working hard on the hunt. You could use someone like Nino to balance you out." Marinette laughed.
"Whatever," Alya said with a roll of her eyes. "Speaking of Nino... Look, he's getting up on the DJ stand."
"Luka's there, too," Marinette commented as she saw him join Nino. "Those two are great with music."
"I know." Alya agreed.
Luka started playing a rock riff on his lyre while Nino started scratching the records. The rest of the gods started dancing with each other.
Marinette was swaying the music while looking at Luka with a smitten gaze. He also looked back at her and winked at her, causing her to blush.
"Marinette," Sabine said as she approached her daughter. "You've had a long day and you've worked so hard. Why don't you go and pick flowers?"
"Thanks, mom. I'll be in the nearby meadow!" Marinette said before leaving the party to go into nature to relax.
Meanwhile, the sound of the music Luka and Nino were playing got louder and louder. It was almost loud enough to wake the dead...
Deep down in the reaches beneath the surface of the earth lived a young Adonis, who was physically in his late teens to early twenties, but had been alive for millennia. A youth with hair like gold and skin like he had a healthy tan. Adrien. He was the King of the Underworld, the ruler over the realm where people who've passed on are laid to rest in the appropriate places. One wouldn't believe this was his occupation if it weren't for the fact that he wore black and that he could destroy what he touched if he so desired.
He was sleeping in his black king-sized bed when all the noise and rumbling from above woke him up. He grumbled and sat up, his sheets falling over to reveal he had a distinct six-pack and his arm muscles were noticeable. He ran his hand through his hair, and he blearily opened his eyes to reveal that they were the color of wheatgrass.
"Ugh, what's going on up there?" He muttered. "Sounds like Nino's turned up the music..."
Slipping out of his bed, he snapped his fingers to don his usual black robes. The young man opened a very ornately-decorated door, which led to the world above.
The young man was soon on the grassy grounds of the Earth. He let the warmth of the sun bathe and sooth him, he stretched his arms and let out a moan.
"Man, that sun feels great." Adrien said as he started walking around and checking out the nature and the beauty of the earth.
He looked at the flora growing wild around him. He saw a wild red rose and plucked it.
After holding it in his hand and gazing at it for a few minutes, he sighed sadly as he murmured, "Beauty is fleeting... The only reason it captivates people is because natural beauty is temporary. When it dies... Well, it's gone."
A singing voice was heard. It reminded him of birds chirping in the trees. Captivated by the beautiful sound, Adrien started following the voice to its source. There, sitting by a small lake and playing with some of the ladybugs in the flowers was a dark-haired young maiden with the most stunning blue eyes he'd ever seen in his unending life.
He took his magic ring out and slipped it on to his right hand, rendering him invisible. He took a step forward to get a better look at this beautiful girl without being noticed. Her raven hair reminded him of some of the beautiful onyx gemstones he'd seen in the underworld. Her eyes of the oceans, her skin like porcelain and her voice like milk and honey. The way the ladybugs flitted around her made her seem like she was a beautiful flower herself.
She touched the grass in front of her and several flowers of many varieties sprung up out of nowhere. The ladybugs flew into the flowers, and she giggled.
A few birds flew around the girl and chirped happily before flying away.
The whole world fell away, and Adrien's eyes were focused solely on the girl. Her voice like Luka's music, her beauty rivaling that of Chloé, and her way with nature as similar to Alya's... She was perfect. Adrien's heart started racing faster than the chariots that Kim commanded.
'Oh mes dieux! Be still my heart!' Adrien thought, a tender, loving expression and smile growing on his face and his cheeks tinting red. He reached to take the ring off so he could go approach the girl.
"Marinette!" A voice shouted and Sabine and Tom appeared. Adrien fell back and hid behind a tree.
"Oh, mom, dad," Marinette said as she stood up. "Done at the party already?"
"Yes, we ran out of food, so we're going to be heading back to the temple," Sabine explained. "We asked Alya if you two could hang out before you come home for the evening."
"I can do that!" Marinette said with a smile as her parents left her in the field.
'So THAT'S her name... Marinette...' Adrien thought, his mind repeating her name like a song on repeat.
"Marinette!" Alya shouted as she and her fox friend came over and started chatting things up with Marinette.
"Have fun, Alya?" Marinette asked.
"Yeah. The music was amazing! I don't think I've ever danced like that in my life!" Alya confirmed before the girls started talking to each other.
Adrien once again reached for his ring, but he hesitated. He wanted to reveal himself so he could go over and properly talk to Marinette. But with Alya there, it'd get awkward. How could he win over a girl if her best friend was watching right? Especially if he came out of nowhere.
He looked at his feet and he saw all the flora within three feet of him had died, or otherwise got wrecked somehow. Even the rose in his hand shriveled up and wilted. The petals were falling off.
'Damn. Must've been so blind to everything else that I let my powers loose by mistake,' Adrien thought. 'Can't give her this rose now.'
Deciding to retreat, Adrien quickly went back down to the underworld to think of a game plan for wooing Marinette. And he knew just the person to ask for help...
A few hours later, Adrien was looking through his walk-in bathroom and adjacent closet to try and find a few things.
He went back into his bedroom and laid a few things on the bed and organized the accessories and outfits he'd gathered up. He also looked into the mirror and saw that his hair was a complete mess. He combed it, grumbling in embarrassment.
"Okay... 'Hello, Marinette, I'm Adrien, God of the Underworld. Do you believe in love at first sight, or should I walk by again?' Alright, that could work... Now to choose some new clothes." Adrien muttered, practicing in front of the mirror.
Nino zapped himself into Adrien's room. He was carrying a jug of wine and a mixtape.
"Yo, Adrien!" Nino said with a laugh. "How's it been, dude? Didn't see you at the party earlier."
"Sorry, I had to catch up on sleep. Being ruler of the underworld keeps me busy," Adrien admitted as the two of them shared a fist bump. "Not much time for a break."
"Sorry, dude," Nino apologized, anxious. "So, you said you needed my help?"
"Yeah," Adrien confirmed with a nod. "I could really use some advice. The servants aren't willing to offer any guidance, and asking advice from the mortals' spirits won't help either."
"Then why ask me?" Nino inquired, confused.
"You're my best friend," Adrien stated. "I know I can count on you to help me."
"Thanks, bro," Nino said as the two of them shared a secret handshake. "So what's the problem?"
"Any ideas which combinations of these clothes here will make me seem less intimidating?" Adrien asked, gesturing to the bed. "What about the colognes or the accessories?"
"You called me down here for fashion advice?" Nino deadpanned. "You should've asked Chloé if you needed help with that."
"As if she'd be helpful once she found out why I needed it," Adrien complained. "I really gotta make myself seem more approachable, gregarious... You know, more friendly."
"What brought this on, dude?" Nino questioned. "Anyone who knows you knows you're one of the nicest gods ever."
"Well, no one can really be anything other than scared of death, can they?" Adrien questioned back.
"Good point," Nino commented. "By why the sudden interest in an image change?"
"Nino... You're in love with Alya, Goddess of the Hunt, right?" Adrien asked. "How'd you win her over?"
"Dude, Alya and I aren't like that... At least, not yet," Nino began. "She's one of the virgin goddesses. Wooing that hot vixen huntress isn't easy."
"Okay, but my point is: how do you go about wooing a woman?" Adrien asked outright.
"Well, that's a tough one... But wait, why do you wanna know, dude?" Nino asked.
Adrien blushed and sat on the bed. His elbow resting on his knee and his hand on his cheek, a smile came on his face and said, "'Cause... There's this girl..."
"DUDE?!" Nino asked, a smile growing on his face and he jumped. "You're in love?! Who's the lucky lady?!"
"The sweetest, loveliest girl I've ever seen in my immortal life," Adrien stated with a wistful sigh. "Eyes of sapphires, hair of raven's feathers, and a voice as smooth and sweet as honey. Seeing her playing in the flowers with the birds and the ladybugs was like watching a play - artwork in motion. And listening to her laugh made my heart soar higher than ever. Honestly, Chloé isn't even in the same arena as her."
"Sounds like you've got it bad for her, dude." Nino laughed.
"Yeah," Adrien laughed in agreement. "Marinette's the most beautiful creature I've ever laid my eyes on. Someone as lovely, kind, and sweet as her is just what I need. It gets lonely down here, and she'd be perfect to be my love and wife. She'll make a wonderful queen of the underworld, don't you think, Nino?"
"I totally-" Nino began before realizing what name came out of his best friend's mouth. "Dude?! Did you just say Marinette? Tom and Sabine's daughter?"
"Yep," Adrien said, popping the 'p.' "Marinette."
"Dude, forget about it!" Nino insisted. "Normally I'd be on your side, but you and Marinette?! No way!"
"Excuse me?" Adrien icily asked. The room's temperature dropped about twenty degrees and the atmosphere was charged with tension and annoyance. "You're telling me to give up on the woman of my dreams?! When I haven't even tried yet?!"
"Dude, dude, don't get me wrong, you're awesome, but she's... Kinda outta your league, man." Nino commented.
"Out of my league?! I'm the ruler of the underworld, for Fu's sake!" Adrien ranted.
"That's the point! You're the God of the underworld and destruction! You're capable of destroying anything you want with a single touch, and sometimes you do it by accident! She's the Goddess of spring and creation. You're her polar opposite!" Nino stated.
"Ever heard of the concept of yin and yang?" Adrien asked. "She'll balance me out. If I destroy something by accident, she can fix it. And her warmth and love is just what I need around here to make me a better ruler. Besides, I wouldn't do anything to make her unhappy. She'd never be anything but loved by me, and she won't want for anything."
"W-Well... I see your point, but her parents are nothing if not overprotective," Nino commented. "They'd never let her go down to the underworld. In fact, they're pretty picky about who they let near Marinette. Alya and their group of gal-pals are given a free pass. And I've overheard them talking about setting her up with Luka... And I don't think she'd protest to that, either."
"Luka?!" Adrien hissed, causing the room to start shaking.
Adrien was never really fond of Luka for whatever reason. Sure, Luka was amazing musician, Adrien gave him that much. But the blue-eyed god's easygoing nature and natural charm was definitely enviable. And to hear that the parents of the love of his life would potentially let the lyre-player marry her made Adrien angrier than a cat that'd just gotten caught in the rain.
"O-Okay dude! Calm down, please!" Nino shouted.
Adrien took a deep breath and the tremors stopped.
"Sorry, Nino," Adrien murmured. "But how am I going to woo and marry Marinette without her folks getting in the way?"
"Don't ask me, dude," Nino said, trying to avoid pissing his friend off even more. "I'm not Master Fu."
"That's it! Master Fu! You're a genius, Nino!" Adrien said as he stood up from his bed and ran out. "Come on!"
Nino shuddered.
"Marinette, we're going to be going out for a little bit to work," Sabine said while Marinette was at the window of their temple. "Come with us, okay?"
"We're going out again?" Marinette asked, putting her project down. She was working on some clothes that she was making.
"We need to keep working on the harvest, so more food can grow for the mortals so they can continue to leave offerings for the gods," Tom explained as he conjured up some more wheat in his hands. "Come on."
"Coming." Marinette relented, as she left the temple with her parents.
They started walking down the pathway of their temple, their tracks sprouting plants in their wake. Marinette sighed a bit.
Up in the sky, a black chariot carrying Adrien and Nino was being pulled by black horses with red manes and eyes was making its way to the summit of French Olympus.
On the mountain, Master Fu was working on some documents regarding the movements and numbers of the mortals. He also had some tea brewing in the kettle on the stove. The old man had a tray with three teacups on it, too.
There was a knock on the door.
"It's open," Master Fu said, and then the two young gods came in to his chamber. He poured the tea into the cups. "Hello, Nino... Ah, Adrien. I haven't seen you in ages. How've you been?"
"I've been fine, Master," Adrien said as he took the offered tea. "I... I've come to you for some counsel."
"What's on your mind, Adrien?" Master Fu asked as the group sat at the table.
Adrien blushed and his eyes went askance as his mind wandered to Marinette. Nino spoke up and said, "The poor guy's in love: he wants to get married."
"I see," Master Fu said, a smile growing on his face with a slight hint of mischief to it. "And can I assume the reason you've come to me is because she's otherwise unapproachable?"
"Yeah," Adrien confirmed with a nod. "Marinette..."
"Ah, the young goddess of spring. I can see why courting her would be difficult," Master Fu responded. "Her parents are protective of her, and they care about her so much. In fact, the only young god I've seen them let near her has been..."
"Don't say it!" Nino whispered in warning. Adrien's powers were being loosed and the carpet was unraveling and fraying where he sat. Some of the structures were starting to crumble a bit, too.
"Anyway, you're here for advice because you're in love with Marinette, and yet can't get near her because of her parents. And Alya doesn't make things any easier." Master Fu summarized.
Adrien gave a nod in confirmation and said, "Basically."
"While I understand the concerns that Tom and Sabine would have about marrying their daughter off to the ruler of the underworld, she's at that age where she can make her own life choices. That said, the only way I can see the two of you getting to know each other, and her falling in love with you, is finding a way to get near Marinette without her parents knowing." Master Fu stated.
"Basically, courting her behind their backs?" Nino asked in summary.
"Exactly," Fu confirmed. "I don't know how Tom and Sabine will react to their daughter being married to the king of the underworld... But please make sure you go about this ethically."
"Don't worry about that," Adrien stated. "I promise."
"Good," Master Fu said. "Now, be off with you. I have a meeting with Kagami regarding the rising tension amongst the mortals. I'm afraid it could break into war."
"Thank you, Master. Let's go, Nino." Adrien stated as he and Nino left the elder god to his own devices.
Master Fu watched Adrien leave, only hoping that everything would work out. He'd been wrong before, so he could only hope that he wasn't wrong in his advice this time...
Weeks passed. Adrien took every opportunity he could to go and watch his beloved Marinette frolicking in the flowers and in nature, helping her parents grow plants, playing with Alya and some of the animals of the woods... And remaining unseen to her all the while.
There was one moment when he caught Marinette in a more barren area. With one footstep, she caused flowers of many varieties to bloom. Immediately after, insects, birds, and other fauna flocked to her side and started making themselves at home in the plants.
"Marinette, take a look at this." Alya said as she pointed out a flower field that didn't seem very healthy. The number of honeybees around the flowers were minimal at best, and even then they didn't seem to be acting right.
"Oh my..." Marinette muttered. "Looks like those mortals are messing around with those horrible pesticides here. What are they thinking?!"
"Trying to keep certain insects other than bees and ladybugs from messing with their harvest?" Alya spoke rhetorically. "They're hurting my animals too, poisoning the food chain like this. Think you can help?"
"Count on me." Marinette said as she stomped her foot on the ground.
Instantly, fruit plants and their flowers, untainted by chemicals burst forth from the ground, and the bees immediately frolicked to the fruit-bearing plants. Berry plants of many varieties, a few watermelon plants, etc.
"That should help," Marinette stated. "Now I'm sure your animals will have healthy, unspoiled produce to eat."
"Thanks, Marinette!" Alya thanked, hugging her. "I'm sure your parents will be proud of you for this!"
"My parents, huh..." Marinette muttered.
The God of the Underworld heaved a loving sigh, feeling the passion and love he felt for Marinette course through his veins. The more he watched her in action, the harder he fell for her. He had to have her as his wife, he just had to!
He started imagining what he'd do to woo and marry her. This including giving her some of the most precious gemstones he had at his disposal, ravishing her with his love and kisses, and treating her like the princess he saw her as.
And then the day to put his plan into motion came...
"Dude, are you sure about this?" Nino asked as he and Adrien were going over their plan in Adrien's bedchambers. "This seems a bit drastic."
"Yes, I'm sure," Adrien said as he changed into a bathrobe. "I couldn't think of any other ideas. Not like my beloved Princess..."
"Stop the cheese-fest right there, please," Nino complained. "You can't just do this and expect her to fall head-over-heels in love with you. In fact, I'd be surprised if she didn't try to fight you off, escape, or even call you a creep for this."
"Don't worry, Nino, I'm respecting her boundaries," Adrien assured as he walked over to the bathroom doors. "Now I need to freshen up. Can't stink of death when meeting my lady. You know your part of the plan, right?"
"Yeah, yeah, I know, dude. Keep Alya occupied." Nino said, shaking his head as Adrien went to into the bathroom.
Nino had a bad feeling about the entire plan. He was also hoping that this would go better than some other incidents involving gods and romance. In particular, that one time Alya caught someone peeping on her while she was bathing in the steam, and turned the guy into a stag. Nino counted himself lucky that he wasn't that sorry sap.
'Speaking of Alya...' Nino thought as images of his foxy crush bloomed in his mind.
"Nino, go find Alya and keep her at bay, please? I'll let you know when I'm finished on my part." Adrien shouted from the bathroom.
"Got it, dude!" Nino spoke before zapping back up to the mortal world to find Alya.
Up in the meadows, Marinette was sitting on a small hill while her parents were working on the trees, using their powers to make them bear fruit. Pears, apples, peaches, and so many more fruits grew faster than the blink of an eye and they fell into the baskets that Tom and Sabine carried.
They were also making grains such as wheat, barely, and rice sprout from the grounds in large plantations, too. With every step they took, plants and grasses of many types sprouted, and they were all lush and vibrant with life and color.
Marinette watched with yearning as she saw how her parents interacted with each other. They were so happy in their relationship, that Marinette was envious of it. The only real companionship she'd ever have were the flora and fauna of the world, not to mention Alya and their fellow Goddesses. But Marinette felt something was missing in her life.
"Oh Marinette, aren't these wheat bundles beautiful?" Tom asked as he showed his daughter a huge haul of wheat he cut and harvested. "They'll make great flour for the best bakers amongst the mortals!"
"That's nice, dad," Marinette said before heaving a sigh. "Dad, I really am jealous."
"What's there to be jealous of, Marinette?" Tom laughed.
"It's just... I want the kind of love story that you and mom have," Marinette admitted as she remembered all the times the two of them would be romantic with each other. "The one time I wish Rose would actually shoot me with her arrow."
"Marinette, honey, your father and I were actually thinking about that," Sabine admitted. "All we want is for you to be happy, but we can't have you in a romance with just any God. We were actually discussing setting you up with Luka."
"Oh... Luka, huh?" Marinette said, blushing in surprise. "That... That'd be nice."
"Wonderful!" Tom began. "We'll set up a date between the two of you once we're done with the harvest for a while. In the meantime, stay close to us, Marinette."
"Okay, dad!" Marinette said, satisfied with the new development.
As her parents went off to another part of the fields to continue creating crops for the mortals, Marinette turned and laid on her stomach on the hill while propping her face on her cheeks. She looked up at the sky and smiled, blushing.
'Me and Luka. We'd be a perfect match...' Marinette thought as her mind wandered to the handsome lyre-player.
Her eyes saw a pair of birds flying around while staying close to each other. Marinette could only imagine herself and Luka together in those birds. She sighed as she anticipated the day she and Luka would be married. And as she sat up, flowers bloomed around her and she started picking them to make some flower chains for her friends.
Adrien was hiding underneath a small cliff nearby, where he put his plan in motion. He took out an illusion spell that Lila had given him. He recited the incantation and a small patch of flowers that were nothing short of unique appeared at the top of the cliff. And they were in just the right spot in the sunlight to give them a halo effect.
"Perfect." Adrien whispered. He took out some peppermint leaves that he'd picked and started chewing on them before going back into his hiding spot.
Marinette saw the flower patch.
"Wow! So pretty!" Marinette said, standing up. She started running towards it. "These flowers will make a great addition to these flower crowns!"
As she approached the flowers, she squatted down and took a closer look at them.
"I've never seen flowers like these," Marinette commented, her mind starting to raise alarms. "They're a shade of purple that I've never seen before, and the stems and leaves are silver..."
As she touched the blooms, they vanished in a puff of smoke.
"Oh no!" Marinette spoke, realizing it was a trap. The ground started to crumble beneath her, and she screamed, "MOM! DAD! ALYA! HELP!"
However, she stared falling and screaming. She looked down and saw the ground open up. She tried to use her powers to conjure up a vine to land on, but before she could focus, a black chariot drawn by black horses with red manes shot out of the ground.
She felt her arm get snagged by something, and the next thing she knew, she was dangling from outside the chariot, looking down to the gaping hole in the earth, which was getting smaller in her eyes.
"Hold on, I've got you." A voice said as someone pulled Marinette up into the chariot.
"Thank you," Marinette said before laying eyes on her rescuer. He was certainly handsome, with his blonde hair and green eyes gazing at her. "Can you put me back down on the ground, please?"
"Sorry, m'lady, but I'm afraid I can't do that." Adrien said as he gently wrapped his arms around her waist and put his arms on the small of her back.
"Wait, what?!" Marinette asked as he pulled her closer and flashed her with a seductive smile.
Marinette blanched and started shaking in fear.
"Please! Put me down!" Marinette begged as she tried to push him away and escape. "Where are you taking me?!"
"I'm just bringing you to my home, mon amour." Adrien stated sweetly.
"HELP! ALYA! DAD! MOM! SOMEONE! PLEASE HELP ME!" Marinette screamed again as she tried pushing and pounding her fists against his chest. But he held hard and fast.
The chariot started racing to the hole in the ground, and Marinette kept resisting and fighting his hold. She shouted, "Please! Let me go!"
"I beg your forgiveness, mon cher..." Adrien sadly pleaded as he took out another mint leaf - this one laced with more of Lila's magic - and chewed on it for a few seconds before spitting it out.
He started leaning in closer to Marinette's face, his lips pursed.
"What are you doing?!" Marinette asked, creeped out.
With a smile, her captor captured her lips with his own. His minty-fresh breath was no small comfort, especially when the magic hit Marinette like a ton of bricks. Her eyelids started to grow heavy and she was struggling to stay awake.
His sandalwood and musk cologne was gently wafting around her, causing her to blush and relax.
"My love..." Adrien whispered huskily as he pulled his lips away and gave her a loving gaze. The young maiden went limp as a doll in his arms.
"No... Leave me alone..." Marinette muttered.
Adrien held the reigns of his horses while carrying Marinette like his (hopefully) soon-to-bride, and he gave another kiss to her cheek. The horses brought the chariot into the ground, and the earth swallowed the two of them up, vanishing without a trace.
As the dusk came upon the world, Tom and Sabine were running around, yelling out for Marinette.
"Marinette!" Tom shouted. "Marinette!"
"Marinette! Answer us, please!" Sabine begged.
"Tom! Sabine!" Alya shouted as she rode down to them on her own personal chariot. She jumped out of the vehicle and landed on both feet in front of the harvest gods. "I heard Marinette yelling for help! I would've come sooner, but Nino kept bugging me. What happened?!"
"We haven't the slightest idea!" Sabine cried. Her tears and emotions were draining the life out of the area around them.
The grasses turned brown, the trees lost their leaves and fruits, and the air grew cold.
"Marinette... Oh, our poor baby!" Tom moaned, his own grief exacerbating the effect on the woods. Alya looked around in worry.
"Marinette, girl... Please be okay!" Alya called out.
Okay, first chapter of this one is up and running! Hope you guys liked it! And don't worry, Adrien's going to be treating Marinette with nothing less than love and respect.
Now, the more reviews I get for this story, the better, okay?
Coming up, while Adrien tries in near-vain to win Marinette's heart, trouble is stirring up on Earth. Tom and Sabine's grief and worry over their missing daughter is causing the world to become a wasteland!