PERSEPHONE'S POV

For 7 years at the summer solstice I looked for him. Each year I wore the necklace. I don't know why, but I just did. I sometimes thought about not coming but then I remembered pranking everyone and how amazing mount Olympus was, and how I only got to see it now, because as I grew older my mothers overprotective tendencies progressed. I was now 21 years old, almost a full goddess. So every year I went. Every year I looked for him. He never came. Until then.

I wore a blue chiton and tall sandals I could easily move in. I clipped the shell necklace on and ran out to the chariot where my mother was waiting.

"You look beautiful Persephone." She smiles

The chariot takes off and my heart leaps. I've always loved flying. I laugh, filled with energy. The ride is short, and like my first time here I jump off three feet before we hit the ground. Hermes catches me just before I fall and he flies me up to the air bridal style.

"Hey Seph." He says smiling softly, staring into my eyes. I'm lost in his eyes to, that is before I see my mothers disapproving gaze. He sets me down right in the middle of Alexaires, Anicetus, Nike, Iris, Phobos, and Deimos.

"Presenting, the long awaited arrival of Persephone!" Hermes calls out.

"Put me down numbskull!" I yell laughing.

Alexiares steps forward "I don't believe we ever got to thank you for that little seating arrangement, from seven years ago." He sneers.

"Aww wittle lexi's still mad about his wittle date with big scary hades?" I say daring him to continue. Then I see who's chariot lands.

"Hades. Hades is here!" I whisper to Hermes.

"I can see that sephy." He hisses back "Well sorry to leave so soon, but Sephy and I just have to bolt." He shouts as we run off laughing.

(Time lapse-to the dance!)

Hermes walks up to me.

"May I have this dance?"

"You already know the answer." I say looking at him.

"Yes, but I had to be kind and let you have the chance to say yes before I danced with you anyways." He counters, pulling me up by the hand and leading me out to the floor. The twilight closes in and we sway to the music. Deimos steals me away for a bit but then I return to Hermes. The moon was halfway into the sky when I finally found hades, or rather, he found me.

"May I have this dance?" He looks truly handsome. The moon reflects off of his armor and his eyes look like the stars themselves decorated them. I only nod. He takes my hand and we dance again. Finally I find my words.

"You come Now!? After seven years?!" I say. He just smiles and shakes his head "I looked for you, you know." I whisper, staring at our feet. I just barely hear him whisper back "I know." My head snaps back up. "The necklace..." My voice trails off. His grip tightens on my arms, afraid I'll rip it off. I have a good reason to!

"Meet me at the edge of the forest, Persephone." He whispers, desperation showing through his eyes. I nod. The dance ends and I slip away from my mother and my friends. I cross the grounds quickly to the woods. At first I don't see him, but then shadows shift and I'm pressed between a tree and the dark figure of hades. My breath catches in my chest at such close proximity to him. He laughs at my current state. I glare at him and try to wriggle out from the tree and him but he is stronger than me, and I stay where I am. He shifts away so I can breathe again. He slips deeper into the Forrest and I have to follow because I have no idea how to get out again. I wander looking for him until he catches my hand, making me jump.

"Why do you play games with me?" I ask, turning towards him.

He steps closer "Games are fun," his breath warm on my neck. I push away. He smiles and shakes his head again.

"Come with me. To the underworld."