Cupid and Psyche: Chapter Three
Authors Note: In one of the reviews I got, I was questioned on why I named Cupid and Psyche's daughter Pleasure. I have numerous mythology books that all have the myth of Cupid and Psyche in it. But believe it or not, only one of the books mentions Cupid and Psyche having a child. For some reason I thought the daughters name was Hope, but the only name I found was Pleasure. I thought for a little bit I might actually use Hope as the daughters name, but I kept thinking of Zena: Warrior Princess and Gabrielle's daughter. So I thought I would go with the myth book.
Chapter Three
Psyche woke up the next morning and heard the birds of Olympus chirping outside of her and Cupid's bedroom window. She sank back into the covers of the bed and then realized that Cupid was not lying next to her. She sat up again and looked around to see if by chance he had left a piece of parchment explaining why he had left early. Psyche was leaning over to look on her bedside table when she heard the familiar sound of wings. She looked up to the doorway and smiled as Cupid walked into the room. "Oh darling, I did not expect you to be up this early!" Cupid stated when he saw that Psyche was awake.
"Good Morning. I think I woke up early because I am a little anxious about today." Psyche responded with a heavy sigh.
"I know what you are saying." Cupid responded as he walked over to the bed. "I woke up not knowing what was going to exactly happen today. I tried to go back to sleep and finally just got up and went for a flight around Olympus. I ran into Demeter and she mentioned the warning she heard Apollo give you."
"She knows what's going on?!" Psyche said with a gasp. "I wonder who else knows about what happened."
"Apparently all of Olympus is talking about what happened and is divided on what Zeus should do about Pleasure. Half want us to be able to take care of her, and the other half want her gone as soon as possible." Cupid replied sadly. "I did get some support from Demeter though. I guess being a mother herself, she understands what it would be like for us to loose Pleasure."
"She has to understand with her daughter having to leave her to go down to Hades for half of the year. I guess it is good to have some people on our side." Psyche sat for a moment and thought of what a fiasco their problem had become. She was about to ask what they should do now, but didn't get the chance because of one of the servants knocking on the door. "Yes, who is it?" She asked the person on the other side of the door.
"It's me Madam. Kalia."
"Oh good morning Kalia, please come in." Psyche greeted Pleasure's nanny. Kalia had been taking care of Pleasure ever since she had been born. She was a great help to Psyche, who quite often remarked how she could not have found a better person to take care of Pleasure. Psyche loved being with her daughter, but when her duties as a goddess were needed; Psyche knew she was leaving Pleasure in good hands. "How are you this morning?"
"Just fine Madam. But when I got up I went into the young mistress's room to check on her and found her already up and ready to start her day." Kalia replied as she handed Pleasure to Psyche.
"Thank you Kalia. Good morning sweetheart, are you behaving today?" She asked as she tickled Pleasure's toes.
"Kalia, I believe you most likely have heard about the problem we had with Apollo yesterday." Cupid spoke p wanting to get right down to business.
"Yes I am afraid I did Master." Kalia responded sheepishly.
"It's all right. Pretty much everyone on Olympus knows about what happened yesterday." Cupid assured her. "Psyche and I were discussing what we should do about our problem. So we have decided that Psyche is going to visit her family with Pleasure. She will stay there for a couple of weeks, and hopefully Apollo's anger will calm down. The problem is, we do not want any of the other god's interfering with Psyche's visit, and need none of them to know where Psyche and Pleasure have gone. So we would like you to stay indoors for awhile so that the other servants do not notice that Pleasure is not with you. Do you understand?"
"Yes master. I do not want to see Pleasure taken away anymore than you or Madam. I will do as you say."
"Thank you Kalia. I know we can trust you." Psyche spoke up. "You may go attend to your other chores."
"Yes Madam," Kalia said as she bowed and left the room.
Psyche turned to Cupid then and said, "I guess I should get going now. I do not want to waste time and chicken out." She said with a small smile.
Cupid just walked over to where Psyche was standing with Pleasure and put his arms around his family. He held them both close, and wished there was somewhere that the three of them could escape too. But knowing that there was no where they could hide from the other gods he put his wish out of his head. He kissed the to of Pleasure's head and said to Psyche, "I will come and she you in a few days. Don't worry everything will be all right."
"All right I will see you soon." Was all Psyche could say without crying. Then kissing Cupid quickly on his lips, she turned around and walked out the door. Concentrating on her hometown as she did. Psyche knew that when you were a god and concentrated on somewhere hard enough you would be in that place instantly. She took one last look at her home that she had grown to love so dearly, and started her journey to her old life.
*Well I finally have updated. Like I have said in other postings, I have started school back up again so I will not be able to update as frequently. Also I am working on an X-men movie story right know while I work on the mythology story. That probably is not a good idea but I am going to rotate back and forth adding chapters between the two stories. So please be patient and keep reviewing. It will give me the boost to add more chapters!(
Authors Note: In one of the reviews I got, I was questioned on why I named Cupid and Psyche's daughter Pleasure. I have numerous mythology books that all have the myth of Cupid and Psyche in it. But believe it or not, only one of the books mentions Cupid and Psyche having a child. For some reason I thought the daughters name was Hope, but the only name I found was Pleasure. I thought for a little bit I might actually use Hope as the daughters name, but I kept thinking of Zena: Warrior Princess and Gabrielle's daughter. So I thought I would go with the myth book.
Chapter Three
Psyche woke up the next morning and heard the birds of Olympus chirping outside of her and Cupid's bedroom window. She sank back into the covers of the bed and then realized that Cupid was not lying next to her. She sat up again and looked around to see if by chance he had left a piece of parchment explaining why he had left early. Psyche was leaning over to look on her bedside table when she heard the familiar sound of wings. She looked up to the doorway and smiled as Cupid walked into the room. "Oh darling, I did not expect you to be up this early!" Cupid stated when he saw that Psyche was awake.
"Good Morning. I think I woke up early because I am a little anxious about today." Psyche responded with a heavy sigh.
"I know what you are saying." Cupid responded as he walked over to the bed. "I woke up not knowing what was going to exactly happen today. I tried to go back to sleep and finally just got up and went for a flight around Olympus. I ran into Demeter and she mentioned the warning she heard Apollo give you."
"She knows what's going on?!" Psyche said with a gasp. "I wonder who else knows about what happened."
"Apparently all of Olympus is talking about what happened and is divided on what Zeus should do about Pleasure. Half want us to be able to take care of her, and the other half want her gone as soon as possible." Cupid replied sadly. "I did get some support from Demeter though. I guess being a mother herself, she understands what it would be like for us to loose Pleasure."
"She has to understand with her daughter having to leave her to go down to Hades for half of the year. I guess it is good to have some people on our side." Psyche sat for a moment and thought of what a fiasco their problem had become. She was about to ask what they should do now, but didn't get the chance because of one of the servants knocking on the door. "Yes, who is it?" She asked the person on the other side of the door.
"It's me Madam. Kalia."
"Oh good morning Kalia, please come in." Psyche greeted Pleasure's nanny. Kalia had been taking care of Pleasure ever since she had been born. She was a great help to Psyche, who quite often remarked how she could not have found a better person to take care of Pleasure. Psyche loved being with her daughter, but when her duties as a goddess were needed; Psyche knew she was leaving Pleasure in good hands. "How are you this morning?"
"Just fine Madam. But when I got up I went into the young mistress's room to check on her and found her already up and ready to start her day." Kalia replied as she handed Pleasure to Psyche.
"Thank you Kalia. Good morning sweetheart, are you behaving today?" She asked as she tickled Pleasure's toes.
"Kalia, I believe you most likely have heard about the problem we had with Apollo yesterday." Cupid spoke p wanting to get right down to business.
"Yes I am afraid I did Master." Kalia responded sheepishly.
"It's all right. Pretty much everyone on Olympus knows about what happened yesterday." Cupid assured her. "Psyche and I were discussing what we should do about our problem. So we have decided that Psyche is going to visit her family with Pleasure. She will stay there for a couple of weeks, and hopefully Apollo's anger will calm down. The problem is, we do not want any of the other god's interfering with Psyche's visit, and need none of them to know where Psyche and Pleasure have gone. So we would like you to stay indoors for awhile so that the other servants do not notice that Pleasure is not with you. Do you understand?"
"Yes master. I do not want to see Pleasure taken away anymore than you or Madam. I will do as you say."
"Thank you Kalia. I know we can trust you." Psyche spoke up. "You may go attend to your other chores."
"Yes Madam," Kalia said as she bowed and left the room.
Psyche turned to Cupid then and said, "I guess I should get going now. I do not want to waste time and chicken out." She said with a small smile.
Cupid just walked over to where Psyche was standing with Pleasure and put his arms around his family. He held them both close, and wished there was somewhere that the three of them could escape too. But knowing that there was no where they could hide from the other gods he put his wish out of his head. He kissed the to of Pleasure's head and said to Psyche, "I will come and she you in a few days. Don't worry everything will be all right."
"All right I will see you soon." Was all Psyche could say without crying. Then kissing Cupid quickly on his lips, she turned around and walked out the door. Concentrating on her hometown as she did. Psyche knew that when you were a god and concentrated on somewhere hard enough you would be in that place instantly. She took one last look at her home that she had grown to love so dearly, and started her journey to her old life.
*Well I finally have updated. Like I have said in other postings, I have started school back up again so I will not be able to update as frequently. Also I am working on an X-men movie story right know while I work on the mythology story. That probably is not a good idea but I am going to rotate back and forth adding chapters between the two stories. So please be patient and keep reviewing. It will give me the boost to add more chapters!(