Heres Chapter 4

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DISCLAIMER: I obviously do not own Greek Mythology :P Harvey Brown is RedFluffyBanana's character (i do have her permission to use him)

Harvey gazed at her in shock. What did she mean? Didn't she recognise him? If she didn't remember him, would she remember her promise not to harm him?? Harvey started to panic slightly. Then suddenly Demeter burst out laughing.

"Fooled you!" she cried, tears of laughter rolling down her cheeks "You should have seen your face!"

Harvey was now thoroughly confused. Demeter's personality had almost completely changed. She had gone from being quite serious to being extremely outgoing, confident and playful.

"Um . . . what's going on Demeter?" Harvey had to ask

"What do you mean?" Demeter asked

"Well, you were telling me about Perseph . . . um . . . I mean Kore" Harvey said "It is autumn now after all so you must be quite upset about her being in the underworld right now"

"Are you kidding? I'm glad she's down there. And call her Persephone, not Kore; she's the queen of the underworld after all."

"But you just told me to call her Kore, and I thought . . . "

"No I didn't" Demeter cut in "oh, I see. The other me must have told you that. The Demeter that gets all moody and depressed when Persephone goes away and stops things from growing"

"Other Demeter" Harvey was confused for a moment, and then it suddenly hit him. Demeter had MPD; Multiple Personality Disorder. Thinking about it, this was bound to happen eventually. Her father being her uncle and her grandfather also being her uncle, mixed with growing up in a stomach, fighting a war against the titans, having a daughter with her brother and having that daughter abducted by another of her brothers probably all lead to her creating another personality to deal with it all. Harvey rapidly made more notes.

Personality 1 –

- Calm, stern and commanding Demeter. Level-headed personality combining aspects such as maturity and wisdom that is most likely gained from having to grow up quickly due to events in childhood – for example, struggling to survive childhood in terrible conditions (stomach), fighting a war and having a child at a fairly young age.

- This personality loves her daughter Kore and is very protective and controlling - maybe trying to protect Kore from experiencing a traumatic childhood like the one Demeter had to endure. They share a tight bond.

- Becomes very distressed when Kore is taken to underworld and behaves rashly – refusing to let plants grow and thus causing autumn and winter. But because this is only 1 personality, and only half of the whole Demeter, this curse upon the land only affects half the world.

Personality 2 –

- Carefree, playful, energetic Demeter. Personality created to escape pressures of life:

- Traumatic childhood – abused by father and eventually having to kill father; no love from father growing up; no father figure in life.

- Family issues – father is also uncle, grandfather is also uncle

- This personality has negative attitude towards daughter Persephone, may blame her for problems such as disruption between siblings:

- If Persephone was not born then Demeter would not have to deal with having a child with her brother

- If Persephone was not born then Demeter would not have grown feelings of hostility towards brothers Hades and Zeus for abducting/not preventing abduction of her daughter

- This personality becomes relieved when Persephone returns to the underworld as she no longer has to deal with the responsibility of a daughter to look after and can be as carefree as she likes. When Persephone is in the underworld, this personality becomes relieved and can once again concentrate on allowing things to grow and creates Spring and Summer.

Conclusion –

When Persephone is in the underworld:

- personality 1 becomes depressed and creates autumn and winter in half the world

- personality 2 becomes relieved and carefree and creates spring and summer in the other half of the world

When Persephone is back with Demeter:

- personality 1 becomes happy and joyful and allows things to grow again, creating spring and summer in half the world

- personality 2 becomes stressed with the responsibility of looking after a daughter and cannot concentrate on growing things, the more stressed she gets, the less plants can grow, so autumn and winter is created in the other half of the world.

Harvey finished scribbling his notes down and looked at Demeter, who was sitting slouched in her chair, looking quite bored. She had a completely different posture and aura to the Demeter that had first entered his office.

"Um . . . Demeter?" Harvey said cautiously

"Call me Ceres" she said "It'll stop you getting confused with the 'other me'"

"All right then, Ceres, why do you have such a negative attitude to your daughter Persephone?" Harvey asked

"She's an annoying little brat really" Ceres said "and she gets on my nerves. I mean, why should I have to look after her when she comes back up from the underworld? Why can't she just go off by herself?"

"So you're frustrated that Persephone relies on you so much?" Harvey inquired

"No, it's not that. It's Demeter, you know, my other side. Whenever Persephone comes home, Demeter always becomes super protective and won't let Persephone out of her sight. That means whenever I come out, Persephone is always there and I never get any free time to myself!"

"So you are in conflict with your other personality" Harvey noted "But if you blame Demeter, then why do you dislike Persephone?"

"Well, Demeter's really possessive and such, and I don't think Persephone really likes it, but the annoying thing is that Persephone won't tell Demeter to back off and give her some space! I mean, she's the queen of the underworld for goodness sake! She doesn't need her mother there constantly! It's just frustrating!"

- Conflicted thoughts may have led to MPD; on one hand, she wants to be protective of her daughter; on the other hand, she wants her own free time

"And another thing," Ceres carried on as if she didn't notice Harvey making notes, "It's Persephone's fault that all this happened in the first place really. If she wasn't off on her own that day then she wouldn't have gotten captured, and what about self defence? It was kind of obvious that Hades was going to kidnap her, and he may be a god, but a kick to the nuts would still hurt, and then she could've escaped or run to get help! And another thing . . ." Ceres' head drooped mid-rant, and Harvey felt the goddess's aura change once more. Demeter had returned.