Chapter 5 The Elysian Fields
Time had no meaning in the underworld and Alexander had no idea how long it had been since he last saw Hephaistion.
He had tried asking Hades for another night but Hades always refused and said not without a payment but Alexander didn't have anything to offer.
He had tried seeing Hephaistion/Alexios after he had danced but he always went back to sit next to Hades and Alexander had to watch as he did things that Hephaistion wouldn't dream of doing in public.
He was walking around in a dazes trying to get the images out of his head when suddenly he looked up and found himself in a field.
Compared to the rest of the underworld it was very beautiful there was lush trees and green grass there were flowers and water falls, this was the Elysian Fields and he got the feeling that he was not supposed to be here. He was about to turn back when suddenly he heard the sound of horses approaching.
Two of the most magnificence beast that Alexander did ever see came in to view. They had purple plumes on the head and a saddle cloths of royal purple around there legs and in their tails and manes were ribbon of the same colour. Their rider wore golden armour and helmets with a deep red plume.
They stopped next to Alexander and one of them dismounted. The first rider took off his helmet and shook his long brown hair the other rider stayed on his horse.
He stepped forward holding out his hand in a friendly way.
"Greetings Alexander son of Phillip."
"You know me?" Alexander asked dumbfounded
"Yes I know you so do many of the people who live in here." said the rider
"Who are you?" he asked
"A friend who knows that you are having some trouble," the rider said "Come with us."
The rider put on his helmet and pulled Alexander up behind him on the horse, Alexander held tightly to the rider as they set off at full gallop towards a stone building.
In one of the rooms Alexios was asleep he always needed rest after he danced and Hades love making.
He dreamed not of a battle, one where someone was holding him and kissing him. He liked the way it felt, he felt safe and loved but he knew that what they were doing was wrong that he shouldn't be doing this with the prince in someone's private study His dream self tried to sit up causing the blonde to look up from where he had being licking.
"What if Aristotle (Who was Aristotle he thought) comes in?" he heard himself say
"Don't worry Hephaistion he won't I made sure of that" the blonde one said as he began licking his nipples and rubbing bhis hand up and down his leg once more causing him to whimper.
Suddenly the door open and the blonde one was grabbed from behind and pulled off him.
Alexois woke with a start
"Bad dream my pet." said Hades
Alexios nodded and Hades got out of the bed and went over to a table that had been made out of skulls.
Alexios was trying to understand the dream. The scene he had just witness he had seen before a long ago he knew what was going to happen next the blonde would shout Father and someone one start yelling.
A goblet was trusted under his nose, it had a silver base and Alexios could see that the details were that of souls in agony.
"Here," Hades Said "Drink and it will all be better."
Alexios took the goblet between two shaking hands and looked inside.
The liquid was a deep red; Alexios put the black rim to his lips and drank.
There was a strange feeling washed over him he know that he had a dream but he forgot what is was about. He looked at Hades
"I had a dream again." he said
Hades eyebrows arched in mock surprise "Oh, he said "can you remember what it was about."
Alexios tried hard to remember there had been someone there, someone blonde and he had called him a name then it was all a blank.
"No," he said
Hades smiled "Good," he reached up and thumbed away a little tiny drop of his special wine away from the coroner of Alexios mouth. He smiled to himself he hadn't counting on Alexander coming to him so soon he hadn't yet gotten bored of his lover and Alexios was starting to remember who he truly was. But as long as he continues to drink the wine then Hades had nothing to worry about. He spread himself on top of Alexios with the goblet in his hand. He bent down and kissed Hephaistion.
"Oh Hephaistion," he said "Alexander misses you so much."
Alexios eyes went wide as he remembers his true self and he remember Alexander for a second. There was a brief struggle before Hades covered his mouth with his and he could taste the bittersweet taste of the deep red wine going down his throat then nothing Hephaistion was gone and all that was left was Alexios Hades' whore.
Alexander shakily got down from the house and the rider followed.
They were stood outside a wooden hut next to a very large white stone building.
Through one of the window Alexander could see that there was some sort of party going on.
"This way." the rider said as he open the door to the wooden hut and went them both went inside Alexander followed.
The both riders removed their helmets. The other rider was a youngest man with short blonde hair.
"Please sit." the older brown haired man said
Alexander sat down and so did the riders.
"Tell me what's going on!" Alexander demanded
The two riders looked at each other then the first rider began to talk.
"We know that Hades has your Hephaistion and you want to get him back."
"You know Hephaistion," Alexander said "But Hades said that the ferry man refused him is Alexios Hephaistion." he asked his eye darting from one rider to the other.
The riders looked at him sadly
"Hades was not lying when he told you that Hephaistion got refused by the Ferryman that whole golden branch thing only work some of the time." said the first rider
"But I saw Hephaistion." Alexander said
"Yes you did see him Hades did lie to you, you see Hades likes to go over to the other side and find himself a mate a plaything wither it be man, woman or child he like to pick them out from the needed those that will do anything to get in, then he makes then sign an agreement that they belong to him then he has them branded.
"Hephaistion won't go with him willing he would never do that." Alexander snapped
"No he won't go willing with Hades but he might have gone willing if he thought that the person was you." said the rider
Oh Gods Alexander thought Hephaistion had been tricked into selling himself to Hades thinking it was him.
"How come he doesn't remember me, or doing any of what you speak of?" he asked
The second rider spoke "It's the wine he calls it his special wine … it contains a small amount of water from the River Styx not enough to kill but enough to make the drinker forget who the really are so that Hades can shape them into any thing he wants.
Finally Alexander understood why Hephaistion was doing all of the stuff he had seen him doing.
"How do I get him back?" he asked looking at both riders
The blonde rider stood up and went over to a huge wooden chest and lifted the lid. Inside were rubies, emeralds, diamonds, sapphires, gold, sliver and other gems.
"Hades is greedy," said the first rider "Ask him again for a night with your beloved and give him one of these any one as payment."
He pulled out a glass vial that contained a thick silvery white liquid "Gave this to Hephaistion and tell him to put this in Hades Drink it works the same as Hades but it will a god sleep like a baby."
Alexander looked down at the chest it was to big to carry back with him. The rider saw the look on his face and knew what he was thinking.
"Don't worry," he said "just speak what it is that you need and it will be there."
"Also," the second rider added "Tell Hephaistion not to drink the wine and he will start to remember things."
"We must go now." The first rider said as once more he put on his helmet and stepped outside
They took him to where the first found him and helped him down.
"Why are you helping me?" he asked "Who are you."
The riders turned their horse around
"Let's just say that Patroclus and I thank you and Hephaistion from the bottom of our hearts for the offerings you made." Said the first rider
And with that they were gone leaving Alexander very dumbstruck.
