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The REAL Cosmic Couple
Chapter I- Persephone Sulks and the Fates Predict
"Many years ago, before Hercules was born," Macaria began, "A goddess sat in her room, arguing with her mother."
"Dear gods, mom…" whined Persephone, and kicked away the pink flower petal headdress her mother was trying to put on her.
"Persephone. Is that anyway for a grown goddess to behave?" scolded Persephone's mother, Demeter, goddess of agriculture. Demeter picked up the glaringly pink headdress and brushed off the dust on it with her green glowing hands.
Persephone just rolled her eyes.
"If you want a suitable god to marry you, you'll have to behave yourself." Demeter placed the headdress on Persephone and beamed.
"Maybe I don't want a god to marry me," snapped Persephone, "I don't want to get married." She threw the headdress across the room, and stood up. She went over to the window.
"Persephone!" cried Demeter. She knew how much her daughter wanted to stay single, but gods from all over the world had been pestering her to marry Persephone off. It was easy to see why—with her violet eyes, light pink skin, and shoulder-length blond hair, Persephone was quite a vision.
Persephone traced her hand along the panels of the window. "I don't want to marry anyone, Mother," she said firmly, her voice soft.
"Oh, Persephone, darling, you'll have to marry someone someday…" said Demeter. She went over to her.
"No-one is right for me," protested Persephone, "I don't want to marry someone I don't like. I'll be stuck with them forever - y'know, immortality? And divorce is not an option…not here in Greece, anyway." She sighed, and said, "Can't I just follow Artemis and Athena and Hestia? Can't I become the fourth virgin goddess?"
Demeter smiled, delighted. Her plans had always been to either have Persephone marry a nice civil god, or become a virgin goddess. "If that's what you want, then that's what we'll do." One detail'll stand in the way of that, thought Demeter, and then quickly pushed the thought aside.
Persephone merely shrugged. Honestly... she would've loved to settle down and get married. There just wasn't anyone she would even consider marrying. However, becoming a virgin goddess was completely out of the question; she had simply blurted it out without thinking.
"Now, Persephone, would you please put this on?" Demeter handed her the headdress. Persephone jammed it on her head with a scowl.
"Happy now?"
"Very nice, Sephy," Demeter smiled, but then frowned again. "Here...your chiton's wrinkled...and there's a breeze outside...maybe you should bring your shawl..."
"Mother," she hissed between clenched teeth, "Can you please stop fussing over me already?"
Demeter sighed. "Sephy, I just do this because I love you."
Persephone scowled. "Love me a little less, please."
Demeter sighed again. "As Goddess of Spring, you need to be responsible, and sensible, and you need to let me fuss over you and do what's right, because as your mother, I know what's best for you….."
Persephone rolled her eyes, marking on the wall behind her another tally mark. XXVII times her mother had recited this speech. She resisted the urge to mouth the words along with her.
"Mom. I'm fine. Nothing will happen. I can take care of myself," Persephone said, "And don't call me Sephy."
"I just worry, Sephy... er, Persephone," said Demeter, "Now come along, we've got to get to this family reunion. Zeus expects us to be there, and he expects us to be there now."
Persephone gave an aggravated sigh, and followed her mother out to the chariot. She wasn't psychic, but she could sense that this family reunion was going to suck. Badly.
Meanwhile, from the Underworld, a stream of extremely rude curses rang out. Hades was mad. And Pain and Panic found it best to hide.
Immediately.
"Um…boss…what's wrong?" asked Pain tentatively, from his spot behind Hades' throne.
"This…this is what's wrong!" snapped Hades, and he waved a little scroll at the imps.
Panic managed to read it from his spot under Hades' giant chessboard. "'You are cordially invited to a family reunion on Mt. Olympus…' Hmm…blah blah blah…date…time…um…'by order of Zeus...'"
Hades exploded. "See, now I HAVE to go to this stupid thing…" he growled.
"It can't be that bad," said Pain.
"Oh no? Everyone fusses over everyone, and totally ignores me. So I'm left standing in a corner for the entire time…and then Zeus'll come over and be all annoying, hugging me, being all 'friendly'…ugh…"
"Won't Aphrodite be there?" said Pain.
"Yeah! You can harass her the whole time!" said Panic.
Hades rolled his eyes. "I'm not going..."
"I thought you just said you had-"
"I don't care. I'm not going," Hades concluded sulkily. He sank into his throne with a scowl.
"Oh, yes you are." said Lachesis. All three Fates were standing in front of Hades in a flash.
The god of the Underworld nearly jumped out of his skin.
"Wha—?" he choked out, then anger crossed his face, "Oh. It's you three. Well…..what exciting prophecy do you have for me today?"
The three Fates looked at each other. Lachesis nudged her sisters and all three moved to the front of the room.
Hades slumped back in his throne, knowing full well that he wasn't going to like what they had to say.
"You must go to this family reunion," began Atropos, taking the eye from Clotho, and popping it in her socket.
"And just why, pray tell, is it so important to attend this particular family reunion?" said Hades, drumming his fingers on the armrest of his throne.
"If you stop interrupting us, we'll tell you," snapped Clotho, and Hades shut up.
"You will meet someone," said Lachesis, and she popped the eye in her socket
Hades had an urge to say something very rude and very sarcastic, but instead stayed silent and listened to what they had to say.
"A girl," said Atropos.
"I've already met Hecate, babe, and trust me, she isn't my type," said Hades with a smirk.
All three glared at him.
He slumped back in his throne.
"You will meet a girl at this party. And you will—" said Clotho, but Atropos and Lachesis clapped hands over her mouth.
Hades sat up again. "What? 'I will' what?" They shook their heads. "So, you're just gonna—gonna leave me at a dead end like that?"
Clotho looked down guiltily, and gave the eye to Lachesis. "We can't tell you," said Lachesis, "Go to the reunion—and you'll find out."
Hades stared at them, beginning to turn orange. "You're cruel," he growled.
"True that," said Atropos cheerfully.
"Have fun at the reunion!" chimed in Lachesis and they vanished.
Hades sat back with a huge, angry sigh as Pain and Panic blinked nervously. "Well," he said to them, "Looks like I'm going to this exciting family reunion. Wheee…"
