Rayne's POV
"I was never a big fan of white wedding dresses" I told the Fates as I tried on another dress. The three of them felt decided they wanted to give me the wedding dress so Hades and my father wouldn't find out what it looked like. So I was currently at their home trying multiple dresses on.
"It doesn't go with your hair child" Clotho said after I finished taking off another failed dress. I wore a robe between dresses.
"I think this one might be it" Lachesis interrupted her sister by coming over with a golden dress. It was a strapless dress that had a medium red train with orange and yellow flames embroidered in the fabric.
"I think your right" I agreed with Lachesis taking the dress from her and went into the bathroom to try it on. The fabric felt smooth against my skin and I immediately knew this dress was the one. I came out of the bathroom and the Fate's jaws dropped.
"That's the one" Atropos spoke first.
"Agreed" Lachesis and Clotho said in unison.
"I second that" I joked before returning to the bathroom and carefully pulled off the dress. I changed back into my black dress with the red sash and pulled my black boots back on.
"Rayne!"
Immediately my eyes and the Fate's one eye went wide.
"Hide the dress!" I hissed to the three dread sisters and immediately went to do said task before I left the room. I found Hades next to the Tapestry of Fate.
"Hey babe" my fiancée greeted as I came over to him.
"What are you doing here mate?" I demanded from the Lord of the Dead folding my arms across my chest.
"Well babe I had to leave the Council of the Gods monthly meeting on Olympus early and found a wedding gift for you but you weren't home in the Underworld, so I figured you were here visiting the Fates"
"That she was" Lachesis confirmed reappearing with her sisters.
I now was genuinely curious what Hades had for me in the Underworld so I bid farewell to the three dread sisters before Hades did his transportation thing and we were in the Underworld again.
"Where are the imps?" I asked Hades as he led me the throne room.
"Checking on the Titans in their prison" my mate answered. "Ah here she is"
Hades then picked up something that had been next to his throne. He turned to me and in his grasp was a black wolf pup.
"She's all yours babe" Hades said placing the little she-wolf into my arms. "I found her outside of the Underworld all alone, I think her mother died or something"
"She's precious" I stated as I stroked the wolf pup's fur. She suddenly opened her eyes which were a beautiful gold color and upon seeing me she began to whine. But it was a whine of excitement not of distress.
"She's a Shadow Wolf" Hades explained as he started to pet then tiny wolf's head. "These creatures are endangered and they tend to live close to the Underworld but not technically within it, I couldn't just leave her to die so I figured you would like her"
"Thank you love" I told my fiancée and I pulled him down via his chiton and kissed him right smack on the lips.
"Ha-Shi-Baba" Hades said after the kiss was finished. His blue flames rose in excitement which made me chuckle.
"I'll name her Selene" I informed Hades once he calmed down a bit. "Wolves have a reputation that revolves around the moon back in my world"
"At least her name isn't Hecate" Hades growled.
I rolled my eyes just as Pain and Panic rushed into the throne room out breath.
"You're Flamefulness!" Pain began.
"Do we got news!" Panic added. "Prometheus was freed by Jerkules!"
"Holy crap!" I exclaimed. "What the hell was he thinking?! Zeus chained Prometheus up!"
"Ooh I like" Hades replied with his evil smirk coming to his lips.
"Another one of your schemes?" I asked.
"Correct babe! I'll be right back"
Hades gave me a kiss on the cheek before disappearing.
"Hey who's the cute wolf?" Pain asked noticing Selene in my arms.
"Hades found her, she's a new addition to Team Hades"
"She's also a Shadow Wolf, aww she's cute" Panic squealed. I set Selene onto the floor and she walked over to Pain and Panic. She then began to lick their faces with her tongue and both imps got hearts in the eyes and proceeded to shower the little wolf pup with affection making me chuckle.
Hades POV
"I'm back" I told Zeus and the other gods taking a seat around the circular table. "Sorry had a bit of an emergency"
"Alright now that you're back brother any old business before we proceed?" Zeus said.
"Yeah say a new job for Hades"
I turned my outfit into an orange shirt underneath my chiton and I conjured a hat as well to match.
"Club dead can really basically run itself, what do you say Zeus?"
I disposed of the party outfit including the hat before continuing.
"Throw me a bone babe"
I summoned a bone to prove my point.
"Your Lord of the Dead and you want me to throw you a bone?"
Zeus then laughed and I swore within my mind as I got laughed at.
Zeus being an ass again? Rayne asked through our mate bond.
Yep pretty much babe I replied.
Just ignore him love see you after the meeting love you Hothead
Love you too babe
"Hades?" Zeus interrupted my train of thought.
"Sorry never mind my suggestion"
"Do you have minions over there underneath the table?" Zeus demanded.,
"Not this time" I answered. "But before I came back here from my emergency situation I was informed of something interesting, does the name Prometheus ring a bell?"
At the mention of that Zeus immediately got angry.
"That miserable Titan" he growled.
"Ding dong!" I replied using a bell to prove my point like I did with the bone. "Well it seems, he's free"
"What?!" Zeus yelled getting to his feet. Thunder rumbled outside due to my brother's change of mood. "Who would dare free Prometheus?!"
I approached my brother and answered.
"It just sickens me bro, it would seem you're authority as King of the Gods is nothing"
I then pulled myself away from Zeus because he was what Rayne called very pissed off now. In fact the whole sky was black by storm clouds.
Rayne's POV
"So you're pretending to help Prometheus when you're really scheming to take over Olympus?" I asked Hades as he and went in search for the eagle that supposedly harassed poor Prometheus.
"Bingo babe!" Hades answered.
"That's why I love you Hothead" I told Hades.
Hades chucked and I felt him try to slap my rear but I smacked his arm in warning. Eventually we found said eagle looking defeated but he got annoyed when we blocked his light. He placed his wings at his hips.
"Do you mind? May I clench in peace here?" the eagle asked in annoyance.
"Hey Hades, Lord of the Underworld, how ya doing? You look good" Hades greeted the eagle.
The eagle screamed in fright and even his feathers came off his skin for a second before they returned to the frightened bird of prey.
"I'M DEAD! I'M DEAD!"
The bird of prey stood up and I placed a hand to my mouth to hold back my laugh.
"Whoa sorry no such thing babe" Hades reassured the eagle.
"Well if I'm not dead what are you doing here?" the eagle demanded.
"I am uh reeking the vengeance of Zeus" Hades answered and he used his hair to form a blue flame lightning bolt.
"Oh I see" the eagle continued. "After all the years of service of tormenting that titan, I'm being replaced?! It's not that easy pal!"
The eagle even flapped his wings in frustration to prove his point.
"I'm filing a!"
Hades interrupted the eagle's rant by placing a hand onto his beak to make him be quiet.
"Whoa, whoa, Prometheus and the kid? You saw them leave?"
The eagle nodded.
"Good now lead the way"
Hades then released the eagle and I took my phoenix form.
"Oh my gods" the eagle said getting hearts in eyes when he saw my phoenix state.
"Hey she's taken babe" Hades growled flaring orange and the eagle nodded before taking flight. I flew after him and it wasn't long until night turned to morning. The eagle managed to find Prometheus just as the other gods had the titan cornered. Hercules was with Prometheus too since he freed him.
"Bada-Boom!" Hades said appearing behind Prometheus. "Am I tardy for the party?"
"Hades too?" Hercules asked rhetorically as I landed on my mate's shoulder and the eagle landed in front of Prometheus.
"Back for more you buzzard?" Prometheus growled. The titan then stood up. "Well the chains are off this time back off!"
The titan and the eagle began to have their spat via Prometheus using a pillar to try and hit the eagle. Suddenly Prometheus was zapped by one of Zeus's lightning bolts and the titan was thrown backwards destroying a temple in the process.
"Nice shot bro!" Hades said and his skin turned to orange as did his hair.
"Prometheus!" Hercules shouted worried for the titan.
"Hercules my boy then it was you who found him" Zeus began. "You know son I believe you've become a true hero yet"
"Thanks but I actually freed him" Hercules said.
Zeus's eyes widened and Prometheus face palmed.
The King of the Gods and the titan then argued for a few minutes before Hercules interrupted them. Hades and I tuned out Herc's talk about responsibility bored out of our minds.
"Uh Pardon Moi?" my mate interrupted and he approached Zeus. "Correct me if I'm way off here, but don't I remember something about the king of gods, who doesn't change his mind or was it like some other king of some other gods? I mean because then again correct me if I'm wrong, but these gods heard him, am I right?"
Hades looked to the other present gods who were unsure what to do. Hades blinked before saying.
"Hello? Isn't that what we HEARD? Or was that what we heard?!"
Hades then flashed orange for a second and the other gods agreed with him.
"What are you getting at Hades?" Zeus demanded coming over to him.
"I think this calls for and this is literally off of the top of my head" Hades patted his head for a second before continuing. "A trial by fire!"
Hades then turned orange to prove his point.
"Not involving our Hercules" Hera protested.
"Hey if Zeus is going soft on crime I mean it is still crime to defy you isn't it babe?" Hades asked his brother.
"The boy did had no idea what he was doing" Zeus countered. He then looked to Prometheus. "But Prometheus defied me, if trial by fire will end this once and for all, so be it"
Hades chucked before turning to me. I took flight just as my mate sent more flames at the eagle. My body became surrounded by fire.
"Hey didn't I just get struck by lightning? Doesn't that count or something?"
Prometheus had to duck avoiding being hit by Hades' flames. The eagle then became a phoenix but his physique was different from mine. Prometheus stood up and with transformed eagle we began to flap around Prometheus.
"Come and get it you feather heads!" Prometheus taunted from below getting to his feet. Both my companion and I hissed out flames which scorched Prometheus. The titan fell to the ground and together my partner and I nosedived towards him. Hercules hurried forward ready to defend Prometheus. Using his strength Hercules picked up the scorched titan and ran off with him.
I was quick to change my flight course but my partner had no such luck and he crashed into the ground with a hard thud. He pulled himself out of the hole and shook his head before taking flight once more. Together he and I chased after Hercules and Prometheus. While my partner hissed flames at Hercules, I flew after Prometheus. I shot flames from flapping my wings and Prometheus dodged them. Nearby Hercules was on the ground and my companion hissed out more flames at the Hero-In-Training. Hercules was quick to get up and run for it.
But bird brain smacked into a broken pillar and Pegasus arrived with Phil on his back. Hades used his flames to form a cage around Pegasus and thus trapping him and Phil. I shrieked to my partner and he was in flight once more. We nosedived towards Prometheus once more and unleashed our flames at him. Prometheus was quick to avoid getting burned again and Hercules ran over to the titan.
I gave a squawk as Hercules took off the titan's chiton and thankfully he wore underwear. I extinguished my flames and remained in the air as the fiery phoenix slammed into the chiton and into the ground. He returned to his eagle state and he coughed out smoke.
Zeus praised Hercules while Hades turned orange in anger. Zeus blew onto my mate and Hades changed back to his blue hue and he was also bald. I screeched in anger and flapped over to Zeus. I then proceeded to shriek very loudly in his face making wind blow from my beak. Hades chuckled before whistling to me. I obeyed and flapped my way over to my mate and landed on his shoulder. I then began to rub my head against my fiancée and Hades stroked my feathery head.
Pegasus and Phil became free and after apologizing to Prometheus, Zeus and the titan made up.
Later.
"Another failed scheme up in smoke" Hades growled. My fiancée then turned to me.
"I still appreciate you defending me babe against Zeus"
"Someone has to" I joked.
The two of us were outside of the Underworld looking at the stars. Hades confessed he liked doing this sometimes but he only confessed to me. Selene was fast asleep in my lap and I sat in Hades' lap.
"She really is cute" he stated and he petted her head careful not to wake the sleeping wolf.
"The imps like her and Cerberus seems to have a crush on her"
"Oi I'm glad I got him neutered" Hades muttered.
When we returned home to the Underworld, Cerberus had hearts in his eyes when he saw Selene.
"So babe were you trying out wedding dresses earlier with the Fates?"
"I knew you were trying to sneak a look" I scolded the Lord of the Dead. I placed a finger onto his forehead. "I'm not telling you and neither are the Fates"
"Babe I'm a sneaky god" Hades joked with a laugh.
"Yeah you are" I agreed with him. "But that's one of the many reasons why I fell for you besides your fiery temper tantrums"
"Hey you tend to lose your temper too sweetheart" Hades added. "Hell it even scares me when your angry, and I don't get spooked easily"
"True you don't but in the end I always forgive you"
Hades chuckled darkly before wrapping his arms around my waist. I almost jumped when I felt his cool and soft lips planting kisses where his mating mark was on me. I gave a low growl in pleasure and Hades proceeded to lick my flesh next. He had lowered the strap of my dress which hung at my upper arm. Hades then gently grabbed the back of my head and turned it so his lips could meet with mine.
I closed my eyes and became lost in the thrill of our lip lock. Hades soon had his tongue colliding with mine and I was losing the battle for dominance. Within my mind my phoenix half burst into flames and my dragon half rolled her eyes.
"Holy s**t" I said completely speechless after we finished our kiss. My face was blood red and Hades was still smirking.
"You'll be blushing even more on our wedding night babe"
"Pervert" I growled.
"Only with my queen" Hades purred and he decided to kiss me once more.