AUTHOR'S NOTE: I think some will be slightly confused in the first chapter as to why Haphaestus sends and invitation to the gods. Well, in my story, Haphaestus has been long planning his little revenge and has already set a date when he knew how often Aphrodite and Ares does 'it'.

Anyways, I'd also like to apologize because my first few chapters will be a bit short. It'll be long maybe in the upcoming chapters, specially when Hades and Persephone has already met.

ENJOY.


Two years have passed and Hades' ritual of constantly watching Persephone and her oceanid friends play on the waters and fields have not changed. He was not doing any action concerning Persephone, not even developing idea on how he plans to make her fall in love with him, for surely, he is very much in love with her.

One fateful day, Hades decides to visit her on an afternoon, an hour away before the sunset, just to see what they would do, what women's habits were on that certain time. He put his helmet of invisibility on and strolled in the fields. When he heard soft laughter and shushing, he went to find were the voices came from and found them. Yes, what he did was stalking but their conversation was just so enthralling to him.

"What topic shall we discuss about today?" asked Persephone, with an eager tone.

The oceanids looked at each other, as if waiting for each other to speak, when finally, one said…

"the… umm.. male species?"

After two seconds of glances,

"why, that is excellent! I've never really talked about boys that much, especially not with my mother around." Persephone told them. "tell me, tell me, my dear friends, for you are more knowledgeable than I am. What are they like?"


Hades stayed there for what seems like more than two hours. The conversation was about to end, when one oceanid asked Persephone an intriguing question.

"what about you, our dear Persephone? what do you think true love feels like?"

Persephone looked at all of them with a blank face. She was thinking of an answer to their questions and her answer seemed so interesting to them.

"I… I don't think I will ever have the chance to experience the vanity of love."

"love? A vanity?" one nymph asked in a surprising manner.

"well, maybe it is already implied in my mind that when one experiences love, she is a very blessed person indeed. Not all experience such a rare feeling, especially for me! Oh, what would my mother say when I tell her one day that I am in love…" she bows her head. "you foolish child, she'd say… then she will take me farther from civilization until no one knows that I existed."

"oh, our dear Kore, please do not say that about your mother. She's just… just… very fond of you."

"my beloved friend, it is true that I am still a maiden in all forms, but I do not want the same treatment people give to maidens. It's like when I approach them, they avoid me. I am not a pure, perfect being after all." She smiles at them. "and, fondness, you say? Oh, ho-ho, I think it's more of possessiveness."

Persephone sighs a deep, deep sigh signaling many things. "I don't think I will ever experience such a vanity. I doubt I will ever meet men worth my time."

It is in that very moment that Hades' heart suddenly fell. What would he do now that the woman of his dreams has already said that she will not experience love?


He could not think of any other method, except for one, which he hoped he did not have to use… but it seems that he has no choice in the matter. His heart is already too attached to her that it comes to the point wherein he will do absolutely anything for her, to have her in his arms.