"I'll handle this." Said Will, drawing a knife. He struck the stem of the sunflower, but it just made a clanging sound.

"It's no use." Said the suffering king, "Persephone and her mother cursed my entire empire to… to… springtime."

"Is that why the world is getting so hot?" Asked Orion. Hades nodded.

"I have no doubt that she will keep roasting the world until every living soul is dead… She just wants to flood my kingdom with more misfortune." He said.

"We'll convince her to lift the curse." I assured him.

He let out a small chuckle. "Easier said than done- you don't know my wife."

"I'll see if I can pull some strings." Said Will.

"Yes, well, please do. She should be in Antarctica by now. But hurry! I don't know how much longer I can take all this pink." Hades looked like he was on the verge of tears, which didn't really make him look threatening, let alone the flowers and the rabbit suit.

We were walking out the door when I suddenly remembered something I wanted to ask him. "Lord Hades?" I asked.

"What?"

"How did you know my name?"

He paused. "Just go." He hissed. We turned around and ran.

When we got to the River Styx, Mrs. O'Leary and Cerberus were nowhere to be found. We searched around for over an hour before I heard Orion cry out. "Found her!" I ran over to where his voice came from. Cerberus and Mrs. O'Leary were sacked out, snoring so loud it would surely deafen a mortal.

"Do you want to wake her up?" I asked him.

He shook his head. Will came bounding to the mouth of the cave. "I'll do it." He said. He walked up to Mrs. O'Leary and patted her on the nose. "Wake up, girl!" He said. She stood up and shook, which woke up her 3-headed friend. All three of the heads started growling at Will. Mrs. O'Leary let out a whimper, and Cerberus stopped growling. She bounded out of the cave, and we were in Antarctica in no time.

But the thing is, this place was not Antarctica. It was a beautiful, flat field of endless grass with the occasional patch of tulips. The only thing that told me we weren't in the fields of Asphodel was that the dead souls that littered the underworld had been replaced by penguins. Mrs. O'Leary fully enjoyed the feast. There was a beautiful birch table a few meters away from where I was standing with two marvelous women enjoying lunch. One of them was particularly distraught. I walked up to the women. "Lady Persephone?" I asked the sad one.

"What are you doing here, child?" She asked.

"We have come from Camp Half Blood… It has been getting quite hot, you see, and… well… we were kind of suspecting you." I told her. I hoped I hadn't offended her.

"Well, I guess you have some brains at that forsaken camp. Yes, I am heating the earth. Soon all you little mortals will boil at my might, and then the underworld will be flooded!" I didn't think a woman of her exquisiteness could laugh in the evil manner she did at that moment.

"Why, might I ask," started Orion, "Are you doing this?"

"Simple!" She said, "That no-good dirty scoundrel thought, 'Hey! I can cheat on my wife! She won't notice! It's just fine! She won't care at all!' That son of a…"

(Okay, so those weren't her exact words, but the story is rated T, so you will have to do with the summary!)

"Well… is there anything we can do to change your mind?" Asked Will. She looked thoughtful.

"Yes. I want to teach that Hades a lesson. I want to give him a taste of his own medicine. I want Aphrodite to find me the perfect match." She said.

"Deal." The three of us chorused.

I recently recieved a comment about how Persephone was mad in this chapter. (***SPOILER TO PJO BOOKS***) I did it this way because it was the "final straw," if you will. If you remember how she felt about Bianca's mom it will make more sense. =)