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30 AU Challenge:
14 – Hades and Persephone AU
It was very quiet in the underworld, the only thing you could hear was the distance screams of the sinners and the footsteps of two warriors as they made their way through the palace of the lord of the dead.
"This is odd."Said Pirithous in a hushed tone, as he waved his torch around him to aluminate the darkness from around him.
"Pirithous, why did you stop?" Asked Theseus not caring if he was loud or not.
"It's odd." He repeated. "We have been here in the underworld for so long but we haven't met with any danger."
"What do you mean?" Theseus walked to his friend to stand by his side.
"Well…" Began Pirithous. "Don't you remember the stories we learned about the underworld, the souls of the dead, the monsters, even the Ferryman of the Underworld had delivered us through the Styx river without needing to pay him for it, Don't you find this odd?"
"It's because you are destined to have the goddess of spring as your wife." Encouraged Theseus with a grin on his face. " Even the gods think so, that they made our path clear through this quest."
Pirithous grinned at his friend's words his worries slowly forgotten, feeling his desire to take the queen of the underworld to grow every moment that past. Theseus placed his hand on his friend's back and started to push him forward.
"Let's keep moving."He said. "I promised you, that I shall not rest until you have a woman who is as beautiful as my Helen, and who is more equal than Seras daughter of Zeus and Demeter."
As those words left his mouth the entire corridor they were in lit up making them drop their torches and quickly react by pressing each other back together and drawing their swords, protecting the other from any sudden attacks. But none of it came. After standing in their place long enough to make sure no one would attack them they kept moving but came to a halt when they saw it there. At the end of the corridor was a big room that in the middle of it was a table full of food and drinks, a big feast that was fit for heroes, that was made just for them and they could feel it. both of them swallowed unconsciously at the sight alone.
"As you said, our journey…was long." Said Theseus as he started to unwrap his sword from his waist and walk to the table.
"Yes…" Pirithous followed his friend as he too started to unwrap his sword. "And we have come so far, I'm sure we can rest for a few hours before we take away my bride to be."
To their luck, there were two stone chairs that were beside each other in the middle of the table. They were glad that they won't have to be too far from the other one and that the food would be at arms reach. However, their joy was gone the moment they sat on the stone chairs, for when they did snakes erupted from the ground and started to wrap themselves around the two warriors. Theseus and Pirithous tried to pray themselves of the chairs but found themselves unable to, the snakes wrapped themselves tighter around the two making it impossible for them to move and when they stopped slithering they turned to solid stone. The two took this as a chance and started to push and struggle, trying to break free. A loud screech came from above them tearing their attention from what were they in to look up. But both of their eyes grew wide with horror as they realized that what was coming straight for them were…the furies.
Seras looked up from the book that she was reading and stopped her hand from scratching one of Cerberus's head, earning a whine from the three heads for not giving them any more attention. Seras still looked towards the double doors of the room that she was in and furrowed her brows. But before she could get up and inspect what sparked her curiosity, her Husband walked into the room. Her curiosity was forgotten as she stood up to greet her beloved.
"Welcome back." She said sweetly, earning a grin and warm look from Alucard as he walked towards her.
The moment he was before her. he wrapped his arms around her to press her body closer to his own before Seras could return the hug he pressed his lips to her own. Seras let out a pleased moan as she kissed back, she closed her eyes to lose herself under his affection then slowly wrapped her arms around his neck. Sadly before they could go any further her husband broke the kiss and looked down at her with eyes full of love.
"I'm back." he whispered against her lips. They were inches away from another kiss but neither of them made a move yet. Seras looked back at him with an equally loving stare.
"I thought that your important work is going to take longer than that…Not that I'm complaining." She said with a smirk and a heated look, making Alucard chuckle.
"I thought that too." He replayed before leaning in to go for another kiss that Seras was more than ready for before their lips could even brush against the other, a loud scream echoed through the halls, making Seras pull away slightly from her husband but not completely leaving his embrace.
"There it is again." she said confused. "I know we live in the underworld and its normal to hear the souls of the sinners being punished, but doesn't these once seem too close?"
"Don't worry my love." He assured. "I'm sure it was only newcomers."
Seras believed her husband but she still stared at the doors in confusion, missing the look of pure evil that Alucard gave as he stared at the doors. He knew exactly to whom those screams belonged to and he was more than pleased to hear it grow louder. Alucard knew about their plans right after the news broke out about Helen of Troy being kidnapped, being a good brother he helped Zeus track down his daughter's kidnappers to try and return her to her human family, but after he heard of Pirithous's plan to take his Seras as a bride, his blood boiled. He reassured Zeus that his daughter would be back with her family soon, then told him of their intention to steal away his wife. He convinced Zeus to let him punish the two reckless warriors for trying to steal a god's wife. Zeus agreed only if they went along with their plans, and to his delight they did. Making them fall right into his trap.
I know that this isn't how the real story goes, but I wanted to make a few changes of my own.
I hope you guys liked it and please don't forget to check out " Oxford Not Brogues " version of this AU!
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