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Hades' jovial mood did not last long. He quickly had to face the very big problem of finding a way to see the young woman he came to care for in such a small amount of time. Each idea that came to his mind was a bad one. One was too bold while the other was rude. Each plan was worse than the last. Hades was beginning to become desperate. He was on the brink of asking Aphrodite for help, even though he loathed the idea.
"What seems to be troubling you, my Lord?", the fearful boatman, Charon, asked one evening, noticing his master's desperation.
Hades glanced up from his contemplating with a astonished look on his handsome face.
"Don't act so surprised, my Lord, I have known you long enough to tell when you are upset."
"I should have known I could not had anything form you, my friend," Hades said , "It is a small trifle but one I could use advice with."
Charon nodded sagely and waited for his troubled lord to continue.
"I met a beautiful maiden, Charon, but I cannot just burst out of the underworld to speak to her. It would be too noticeable. What do you suggest?"
"Use something subtle, something that only she will notice, my Lord."
Hades sat pondering his newfound advice. He did not know much about the girl he met two days ago. He thought back to what they spoke about. Hades suddenly got a small smile on his face that grew wider and wider. He knew exactly what he was going to do.
A week later Persephone went out to pick flowers with her nymph maidens. She thought often about the dark man she had met. She hoped to see him again but much time had passed. Sighing, she bent to pluck a white daisy from the field. As she rose she noticed the most beautiful bloom she had ever seen near the riverside. Turning around, she saw that her maids had wandered away from her and in their excitement did not even notice. This often happened on such a lovely day. She moved closer to the river to pick the purple delight. Bending over the flower she was startled by a smooth voice.
"Do you like that flower"
Persephone smiled, quickly recognizing the voice, "It is the most beautiful one I have ever seen, Hades. Where did it come from?"
"It is called a narcissus and it is how I will come to you every day, Persephone. Just look for it and I will be near by. This way my coming will not alarm your companions."
Persephone giggled, "It will take quite a lot to alarm them"
Yet again the two spoke until nightfall, Hades about his kingdom and Persephone about her life on Olympus. Hades voiced his disdain for the heavenly home and, surprisingly, Persephone agreed.
"It is too stuffy," she said, "I prefer to be out in the fields, free."
"I can also imagine that Hera gets quite intolerable," Hades joked. "Zeus WHERE are you!", he screeched in a perfect imitation of his sister.
As the sun began to set Hades started to walk back to the Styx.
"Farewell Persephone", he called, "I will be back again tomorrow.
"Good-bye Hades!", Persephone yelled back waving her arm wildly.
The two continued meeting this way for several weeks. Hades would stand behind a large boulder or tree and Persephone would scour the field for the flower that would signal his whereabouts. Persephone would often express a desire to see his home and Hades felt that he was not able to fulfill that wish until one day.
"Persephone", Hades said after she said yet again that she wished to see her home, "If I take you to the underworld there is much to see there. You would have to stay in my home for a few weeks or months even. Are you willing to do that?"
"Yes, of course."
"Well, I could take you there today if you wish."
"Oh yes please", Persephone begged.
Hades summoned his dark horses and chariot from the underworld and opened a deep crevice in the earth so Persephone would not have to walk the long distance to the Styx. Once she was settled in the chariot Hades started to moves the horses forward.
"Oh wait!", Persephone said, "I have to tell my mother where I am going."
" No Persephone you can't.", Hades said worried that Demeter would stop their plans.
But Persephone paid no heed. "Mother, MOTHER!", she yelled as the cavern swallowed them.
At just that moment the sun, Helios, was passing overhead.
