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Autumn truly enjoyed herself in the party. There was no doubt about it. It was her first time experiencing this type of things. Oh, no that she had never went to any parties before; she did, and had a not-so-good time there.
Well, the only downfall to the party in the Underworld was that everybody kept bowing to her. Yes, she knew that it was a must, but it made her shudder. Her friends used to say that having someone older than you to bow to you will have her life cut short. And really, she had like a hundred years of her life cut short in just that one day.
But anyways, it was truly a good night to welcome her here. That was the reason why they had this celebration in the first place, right?
Autumn looked around after talking to another group of maidens. Where is Hades? I'm sure that he was here somewhere just now... She called out to Melia who came to her immediately. Autumn asked about Hades' whereabouts. She was pointed to the shades in the background.
'I saw the lord there just now, but I'm not sure if he is still there...' Melia said. Autumn told her her thanks and went to the shades.
He was there. 'Hades?'
'Yes, goddess?' He turned in surprise to look at her. But he received a look from Autumn. He blinked, finding out what was wrong. A few seconds later...'Ah. Autumn. What is the matter?'
Then only Autumn smiled and went to him. He was leaning against a tree, looking far away. He had crossed his arms, a frown forever on his face. She went to the front of Hades and saw the questioning look on his face. She smiled at him and smoothed out the frown. 'Come on. Even if you can't smile, at least get rid of that frown. People would think that you don't like me here.' She joked.
Hades let his face relax as he felt Autumn's warm hands on his face. Ah...it had been so long since anybody had willingly touched me...or rather that it had been so long since I had let anybody touch me at all... Hades resisted himself from sighing disappointedly when Autumn stepped away. But the blush that appeared on Autumn's face was worth it.
'So...' Autumn looked away, her hand on her neck, rubbing carelessly. Well this is very awkward...why the hell...I mean heaven did I do that for?! She instantly corrected herself. As she was now in Hell, she probably shouldn't use that type of cursing and stuff...
'Why aren't you with them?' Hades asked, sensing her nervousness and decided to help her. He nodded to the maidens and soldiers and just everybody else. 'This is a celebration for your arrival, after all. Go and have fun.' He gestured her away.
Autumn shook her head. 'No. I'm done with all those bowing and thank you for coming stuff. Here is just nice.' She said, giving him the and-you-can't-do-anything-about-it look. She chuckled to herself when she heard the huff Hades gave.
Hades sighed and kept quiet. He looked to the gardens just behind the palace...thingy. Autumn followed his gaze. The leaves on the trees there were starting to turn yellow. Autumn arched her eyebrows. She turned to Hades. 'Hades?'
'Yes?'
'Why is it... I mean... is there four seasons too in the Underworld?' She gestured to the trees and their wilting leaves. 'I remember them green before, now they are yellow. Did you do something to them?'
Hades nodded. 'Yes, it's a... you can say a gift for your arrival. Since you take power of the season Autumn, I suppose I can handle a few wilting trees here and there.' He said, feeling a blush coming to his face so he hid it by turning away. He mentally reprimanded himself. What is the matter with you, acting like some human teenager in love...wait a minute. LOVE?! He shook his head slightly as f to get rid of that idea. No, definitely not. I cannot afford to...
'So you can change the seasons here?!' Autumn asked, interrupting Hades' train of thoughts.
'Yes. This is my realm, after all.' Hades said in-the-matter-of-factly. 'In my realm I can do whatever I want.'
'That's so cool!' Autumn said in awe. 'So you can, like, change anything that you don't like into something nicer?'
'Yes, but usually I leave them alone. There is no reason for me to alter too much. I don't come out very often anyway...' He smiled slightly and said.
'Hmm...' Autumn didn't say anything about it. They had a comfortable silence until the celebration was over. Hades took her home (since when did she started thinking the palace as her home?) and she thanked Hades for a good time. After a bid of good night, she went back to her room.
Autumn paced around her room. Will I do it, or will I not? I can't decide! Damn Persephone! Forcing me into a hard situation! She thought as she paced. She turned to the blank paper and the empty envelope on the table and scratched her head. Bloody hell...heaven!
She sat on the chair and stared at the paper, willing it mentally to just disappear. And, well, the word Olympus and Zeus on the envelope didn't help. Damn it!
Actually, Autumn had a mission given by Zeus via Persephone. In the first place, Persephone was asked to go to the Underworld to be near Hades. It was said that Hades wanted to attack Zeus and get the throne of...whatever Zeus is. So she had to make sure either it is true and tell Zeus, or make sure that it isn't true and tell Zeus. Generally, she had to report anything and everything that had happen to Zeus.
Persephone refused to do that. And adding the fact that she didn't want to go to the Underworld in the first place, she decided to find a replacement for the whole thing. The goddess had found her.
Unfortunately, the cunning goddess told her only about coming to Hell. She didn't say anything about spying on Hades until she was sent to the gates of Hell. Autumn was horrified to be forced to do such unmoral things but the deal was done. She had agreed to it and it can't be taken back.
So now here she was, staring at the paper, and she didn't know what to do. It all comes back to the same question. Should I, or shouldn't I?
She thought back on how Hades treated her all the time she was under his care. Except of the hostility he had shown to her on the first day and the breakfast today, she was kindly taken care of. Hades was very kind and nice and handsome...
She slapped herself literally. What the hell am I thinking?! Pervert!
Anyways, back to the topic. She really shouldn't send any information to Zeus. That is betraying Hades' trust. And after Hades' stories about his family, Autumn didn't want to hurt him again. He had suffered enough from his family.
(The back of her mind told her off. You just want to play safe, just in case Hades found out and hate you. Then he will start to kill you. Autumn shook her head. No, it's not like that at all...no...Not particularly...)
Autumn finally decided to tear the envelope and the paper into pieces. She summoned the autumn wind to blow them all away to the unknown. Hopefully they won't be discovered by Hades and instead sent to somewhere like the Tartarus.
Mentally crossing her fingers, Autumn finally went to her bed and lied down. Moments later she fell asleep.
Autumn felt herself leaving her body and found herself in a garden. A beautiful one, considering whose garden it was. She could feel the presence of the owner near her, thanks to her powers. She turned around upon hearing the wind and found herself looking at someone who she knew and was expecting.
'Persephone.' Autumn called. The woman, or rather the goddess nodded and gestured to the tables and chairs which had materialized suddenly. Autumn followed Persephone to the seats and sat down. She looked at the goddess, waiting for her to speak.
She did, finally, after a few moments of silence. 'You don't seem surprised by this sudden visit.' She stated nonchalantly, but Autumn knew she was very curious.
'I expected a visit and stuff from you to check me out. But it was a surprise that it took you so long. I thought you will come yesterday.' Autumn said, sipping in tea from a cup that also had a sudden appearance on the table.
'Well, I've been...busy, as you can say.' Persephone shrugged.
'Doing what? Lazing around, I bet. Since you don't have your mother pestering around you and stuff.' Autumn rolled her eyes. 'Busy...' She muttered under her breath. 'Like heaven...'
'Anyways,' Persephone waved as if she wanted to shoo something away and changed the topic. 'How is Hades really like? I mean, I have never seen him before as mother won't allow me to, but I have heard rumors...' She sounded genuinely curious as she bent towards Autumn like two little girls sharing secrets even though Autumn knew that nobody would be able to come here without Persephone's permission.
'What kind of rumors?' Autumn asked, deciding to play with Persephone in her game and bent down with her so their heads were just some inches between them.
'Like he's all somber and sad and scary and has a bad-temper. He is cruel and hateful and stuff.' Persephone answered.
Autumn cringed at all those adjective. 'Totally wrong.' She said and sat back at her seat, a frown forming on her face. 'Well, except for the scary part, because he is scary when he's angry. But the others are all false. He is a very kind god that still accepts me even though he knew I was a fake...'
'Wait he knew you are a fake?!' Persephone yelled and her voice boomed into Autumn's ears.
'Yes, yes. You don't need to be so loud!' Autumn covered her ears but the damage was done. She could still feel her eardrums vibrating. 'Seriously, it's not like you are not loud enough...'
Persephone was now out of her chair and pacing around, her hand rubbing on her chin. 'This is so strange! I thought that... Everybody knows that Hades hated being lied to!'
'Yes, and you still do that to him anyways...' Autumn muttered.
But before Persephone could ask more, she cocked her head to the side as she listened to something. 'Oh, Autumn, you are about to be awake. We shall talk later.' She told her. Autumn stood up and nodded.
'Then I'll see you soon?' Autumn asked.
'Of course. How can I leave you here alone when I'm the one who asked you to be here?' Persephone winked at Autumn and waved her away. 'We shall talk next time.' She repeated. 'Now you should wake up. Good luck to you dear Autumn.'
'Yes. Good day to you too, dear Persephone.' Autumn said before the view slowly lost its colour and disintegrated. She felt herself being thrown back to her own body and woke up.
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Thanks to the others that liked my story. Just a warning though, but I think you all knew this already - I update my stories really irregularly. Like, if I want to type it, then I will. then if it's done, then and only then shall I go and post it up. Hope you don't mind! But of course I'm not telepathic or something so I won't knew unless you leave some clues...(OMG is that the first request for reviews?!) ^v^
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