Celebration

A while after Persephone had finally recovered from her fatigue and had already fed Macaria with milk from her breast, two celebrations were planned to celebrate her daughter's birth; one at the palace of Mount Olympus and the other one at the palace of the Underworld. The former took place first during the day, and it was marked as special for because she was the new princess of the Underworld.

Throughout the celebration, all the deities of Mount Olympus celebrated the birth of the new Underworld princess, who was being carried in her mother's arms. Many of them sang songs of beautiful and mesmerizing tune and melody for her, said their congratulations to her parents and blessed her, and even give beautiful gifts to her.

Speaking of gifts, some of the Olympians presented gifts that they had made themselves to Macaria.

Demeter was the first, having the honor as the new princess' grandmother. She bestowed a kiss upon her new granddaughter's forehead before placing a crown that was decorated out of beautiful and colorful sweet-smelling flowers that were immortal; she had put in a lot of her power and sprinkled it with ambrosia to ensure that they will never wilt, even if they were in the Underworld. She even decorated the crown with shimmery silk ribbons and some tiny gems, adding beauty to it.

Hestia came next, gifting her a blanket that she had sewed herself. The blanket of iridescent silk had beautiful embroidery of many shimmery and colorful threads, creating a pattern of flowers, trees, birds, butterflies and the sun and the moon. Macaria seemed to like the gift, for she continued to clutch it in her hand throughout the day.

Apollo and Artemis were next, and their gift was a very beautiful one. With help from Hephaestus, they had made a marble music box that, when activated with a wave of a hand, will start to play a beautiful and enchanting hymn that had music which was composed, played and magically recorded by Apollo and a song that was sung by Artemis. The music box also emanated a gold and silver glow, which were actually essences of sunlight and moonlight. Persephone assisted Macaria in waving her hand near the music box and giggled and smiled with her when music and song started playing.

Athena gave her a gift fit for a child her age. Using her skills of crafts, she created a set of dolls in the shape of animals and human figures, with even one wooden model of a palace. There were even three small dolls that were made in the images of Macaria, Hades and Persephone.

Aphrodite gifted Macaria with a small handheld mirror that was crafted out of gold and decorated with bits of jewels that formed a pattern of flowers. When Hades inquired his foster sister about the present, she gave the reply, "A beautiful princess of the Underworld should have a mirror so that she could admire her pretty little face."

But even with these beautiful gifts, many knew that Macaria was sure to have anything she wanted as she grows up, since her father was the God of Riches.

In the middle of the celebration, Persephone made an announcement of her decision to name Demeter as Macaria's guardian and Artemis as Macaria's godmother. No godfather was named, but nobody took heed of that. Artemis was completely shocked by the news that she was chosen as a godmother, but she accepted the decision with welcome.

The hours of celebration passed by and it was finally time for Apollo to bring down the sun and Artemis to bring up the moon, causing the transitioning of day to night. Since her six months above were up, Persephone returned with Hades to the Underworld, with Macaria in her arms.

They continued celebrating in the palace, though the celebration wasn't so much as grand as the one on Mount Olympus. It just simply consisted of a feast with music. But nonetheless, it was an important celebration as all the Underworld deities made an appearance to welcome their new princess. The bestowal of gifts continued, and Hades and Persephone announced that Hecate will be Macaria's second godmother and Thanatos has been chosen as the only godfather. Hecate seemed flattered and embraced her new title and duty, whereas Thanatos remained remote but agreed willingly and dutifully.

When it was finally time for Hypnos to cast his spell of sleep on everyone, the King and Queen made their way to their level of the palace, heading straight into their chambers to get ready for bed.

Standing just a few feet ahead of their bed was a crib made out of cream-colored wood and decorated with intricate designs and carvings. Hades had insisted at first that Macaria had her own bedchambers, but Persephone requested that she slept in their room first until she had reached the right age to sleep in her own chambers. Without hesitation, Hades agreed to the arrangement.

Quietly, they tucked Macaria, who was already fast asleep, into the crib. Persephone made sure that the pillow was adjusted properly under her daughter's head and that the silk blankets were covering her comfortably. When everything was proper, she leaned in to plant a kiss on her daughter's forehead and breathed, "I love you, precious one."

When she pulled away, Hades did the same. Persephone watched as Hades whispered of his love and affection for their daughter and smiled at the sight of him, the powerful God-King of the Underworld, being a very loving father.

As they watched Macaria sleep so peacefully, they grasped each other's hands and whispered of their love for each other before they kissed sweetly.


End of PART 1: Macaria


Author's Note:

Alright! I am finally done with the 'Macaria' arc! Yay! Everybody's seems to absolutely LOVE the new Underworld princess! To be honest with you guys, I totally wished I had Apollo and Artemis' gift... (T.T)

Anyway! Now, I can finally get on with the next arc, which (since some of you do not seem to know who is the next child) is the 'Melinoe' arc! So please do come back in two days to check out part 1!

See you!

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