Hades leaned back in his car as he drove through the streets of the Underworld. Minthe wasnt at the place where they were supposed to meet up for Zeus' stupid party. The Underworld's dark and depressing look matched his own mood. The sun never shined down here, which was by Hades' own request. He didnt the stupid sun gods down here in his domain. Hades slowed down, and pulled out his phone. Minthe hadn't called or texted him yet.

'Where are you?' Hades' thumb pressed on the send button. Hopefully she wasn't being a bitch and decided to respond. The small box he had in one of his pockets suddenly felt heavier. Hades turned at the intersection and sighed. She wasn't going to answer. Still, he couldn't show up to Zeus' party all alone. His younger brother always got mad whenever he missed the Panathenaea, and demanded that he show up this year since they were receiving guests from the Egyptian Pantheon. Why it was so important, Hades didn't particularly care. He tended to keep his dealings away from them, only speaking to Osirus and Anubis on a few occasions for work.

Their animal-like heads rubbed him the wrong way, especially when Anubis started drinking his beer like a dog. Shaking his head slightly, Hades pressed the call button and placed the phone by his ear.

"Hey!" Minthe silky voice said. Was that the sound of water running? Seriously! Why would she take a bath right now?

"You're late…" Hades said dryly. Of course she was going to do this. "Where are you?" He tightened his grip on the steering wheel.

"Did you get me that purse that I wanted?" The red river nymph said softly. Hades glanced at his backseat, with said purse staring back at him.

"Um, yeah. I did, but-"

"Oh great!" Hades could hear Minthe smiling as she cut him off. Great, now she was trying to avoid the question.

"You're coming to the Panathenaea with me, right?" Hades grip on his phone tightened on his phone as well. He took a slow and deep breath.

Minthe went silent for a few seconds, and then she started to hum.

"Hmmm...I don't think so." Minthe said casually with a splash of water. Water started dripping onto his car. Of course it was going to start raining now.

"What do you mean?" Hades replied, barely being able to conceal his anger. This was far from the first time she had done this, and it certainly wasn't going to be the last. Yet, Hades couldn't stop himself from being drawn to her.

"What I mean is I don't particularly feel like being seen in public with you today." Hades felt his eyes flash a dark shade of red and had to restrain himself from shouting.

"Real classy, Minthe. Come on stop messing around. I can't go to my brother's party all by myself." The tabloids were going to eat it up and he didn't want to deal with Hera's pity.

"I don't feel like being seen with you in general." Minthe sighed and she ended the call, leaving Hades alone with the silence. Letting his phone drop onto the seat next to him, he stared out the car's window blankly and leaned his head against his hand on the steering wheel.

Hades, all of the fine suits in the world won't change the fact that you smell of death.

LK LK LK LK LK LK

The party was in full roar by the time Hades arrived. Dressed in one of his finest suits with a dark shade of blue that was so dark it was basically black, he was sure that he cut an intimidating figure.

Walking up the marble stairs, Hades felt the gaze of many gods, goddesses, and nymphs stare at him in fear, disgust, or even a mixture of both. Hopefully his reputation as King of the Underworld would keep many of them away from him.

"Hey."

Most were scared to even be near Hades due to his appearance. It has been a few centuries since the last stranger that walked up to him.

"Hey."

Hades was sure that some of them were already whispering about him showing up alone. The pitiful and single older brother to Zeus and Poseidon.

"Hey!"

Hades was thrown out of his thoughts by a very familiar voice. Hera had walked up to him wearing a beautiful off-shoulder dress that helped to accentuate her many curves. A matching crown sat upon her golden head, which made her light blue eyes pop out even more. She looked gorgeous like always.

"Where's your date, Blue-boy?" Hera said with a smirk on her face and a drink in her hand, most likely one of many to come.

"Gone." Hades grumbled with a grimace on his face. It softened a few seconds later. "I need a drink…"

There was that face that Hera always made whenever she felt bad for him.

"Well I am for one am grateful!" She formed a lazy grin as she took a sip. "I don't have to spend the evening with that nymph trash." Minthe and Hera didn't exactly see eye to eye. Hades sighed as he rubbed his forehead.

"Did Poesidon bring his wife?" Amphrite wouldnt have showed up if he had another affair. For some reason, Hades' younger brothers couldn't seem to keep their juniors in their pants.

Hera's grin disappeared and her face fell. "Yes…"

"Great! So I'm the only one alone?" Hades mumbled. Hopefully Anubis wasn't the Egyptian that was coming. He was going to never shut up about it.

"Relax, no one will notice." Hera said with a reassuring smile. The party was raging around them, but there was still no sight of the Egyptian's yet. That was a good thing he supposed.

"You did." Hades said dryly. Hera flashed him a knowing grin. Rubbing the back of his neck, Hades sighed. "Do you know which Egyptian it is?"

Hera took a small sip from her glass, and poked her forehead. "Hmmm, I remember Zeus bringing it up once. I think it started with a K-"

"HERA!" Her light voice was cut off by his younger brother. With long purple hair that matched his complexion, Zeus grabbed his wife into a romantic embrace.

"Hera, I've been looking everywhere for you! You look so beautiful tonight!" Zeus said as he caressed her cheek. Hades scoffed internally. He was talking like they weren't already married and lived in the same mansion. Ahh, that's why. Hades spotted a few paparazzi out of the corner of his eye.

"Oh stop, you're embarrassing me!" Hera giggled as she was swept off her feet. They never acted like this in private, a side effect of Zeus with his many affairs.

"How 'bout we get out of here?" Zeus growled with a husky voice. Hades was tempted to tear out his own ears as he stood off to the side.

"Silly! You can't leave your own party." Hera said, playing the ever faithful wife. She must've spotted the cameras as well. Hades wished he could have been literally anywhere else but here.

They started giggling with kisses when Hades interrupted them by coughing into his fist softly.

"Hey Hades! I didn't see you there." Zeus looked at the empty space next to him. "Where's your date?"

Hera groaned and softly slapped Zeus' shoulder. "I wish you knew when to shut up."

Any further argument was cut off with the sound of excited whispers. All three of their heads turned to the entrance.

Slowly walking in, was the Egyptian entourage. Damn, Anubis was here as he took the lead of the group. His jackal head had a large grin formed on his face as he looked around the party. To his left was Thoth with the head of an ibis, who kept his gaze forward as he ignored the scantily dressed goddesses and gods that gave him several winks.

The one who stood out the most was the one on Anubis' right since Hades didn't recognize her. She was tall, easily taller than Hera, and wearing a simple white dress that was extremely modest when compared to the others around them. Still, she stood out even more by wearing a mask that was reminiscent of an insect. It seemed she was one of the more normal looking Egyptians if she was wearing a mask instead of having an animal's head. With a head full of curly hair that matched her glowing grey complexion, the Egyptian entourage walked up to them.

The crowd parted to allow them through, yet their whispers managed to be louder than the music that was being played.

"Your Majesties." Anubis bowed his head slightly with a shit eating. Hades sighed internally as they bowed in return. "My liege Osiris sends his greetings and wishes of fortune."

Zeus grinned. "Of course! Tell the old man we need to meet up one of these days." They had met when Zeus decided to join him on one of his business trips. He spent the rest of the trip making love to Hathor.

Anubis nodded with a smile and gave his female companion a nervous look. "Allow me to introduce my companions." He motioned a hand to Thoth. Hades had heard many stories about him from his business trips and had seen him from a distance.

"This is Thoth, god of wisdom, writing, hieroglyphs, science, magic, art, judgment, and the dead. He's one of my co-workers." Thoth nodded seriously and bowed his head respectfully. Anubis motioned to the goddess next to him.

"This is Khepri, goddess of creation, the renewal of life, and of the morning sun." Khepri bowed her head slightly.

"My king Amun-Ra sends his greetings." Her voice was cold and she sounded bored.

They continued their greetings, and eventually the Egyptian's wandered off to the food bar. Hera eventually left when Poesidon arrived, leaving the three brothers alone.

"Well, they seemed nice." Poesidon said with a grin. You weren't even here when they introduced themselves!

"Don't sleep with our guest." Hades said after he took a sip of alcohol. Zeus gave him a sheepish grin and shook his head.

"Who me? I would never! She's a bit too skinny for my taste anyways." Yeah right. Zeus would poke his dick in anyone.

Hades rolled his eyes, when caught sight of a pink glowing form.

She's...beautiful.

A/N

Well, I know most of this chapter was taken directly from the first chapter, but future chapters will begin to diverge.

Fair warning, mentions of sexual assault and rape will occur. These topics will be dealt with seriously and will not be joked about.

If reception to this story is positive, I'll start updating this instead of DYFD?

Here's another warning. I will be aging Persophone to 190 instead of 19. Her naive self will be explained as her spending all of her time in the Mortal Realm.