Prologue

'Tell me Cerberus, what do you think earth is like?'

The dog turned his head to look at the figure sitting at the desk, with their feet up on it.

'I mean, we have been on earth but that was more than a thousand years ago! The more human souls that come here, the more they speak of this place like it is better than Mount Olympus!'

'My lady!" Shouted a voice from behind.

Hades took her feet of her desk and turned around in her chair to where the voice was coming from. She saw one of her demons walked towards her.

'Amon, to what do I owe this pleasure?' She smirked at him.

'My lady, I just wanted to inform you that the new punishments you came up with have been highly successful in Tartarus. The human souls are being tortured in a way us demons have never seen before,' Amon said with a small smile.

'Good. Add them to the books and let the others know they have my permission to use them from now on,' Hades told him.

'Right away, my lady,' Amon bowed and was about to leave when the next question made him pause.

'Amon, have you ever been on earth?' Hades turned towards her desk and put her feet up again, looking into the far distance.

'If you have, I do not remember. Why'd you ask, my lady?'

'Just the amount of stories these human souls have nowadays. I mean, what in Zeus's name is an iPhone? Or these other species that help the humans - what do they call them? I forgot the word for it…' Hades snapped her fingers.

'Superheroes, my lady?'

'Yes, superheroes! Can it get crazier than that?'

'With humans you never know, my lady.'

'Aren't you even a bit curious about how this earth works with their iPhones and superheroes?'

Amon looked at Hades, his eyes slightly widened.

'My lady, you cannot be serious! Do not tell me you are even entertaining the idea of going to earth?'

'Why not? Why is that so bad?'

"Because we need you, here in the underworld! You are the god of the underworld, your home is with us,' Amon tried to explain.

'Nobody needs anybody anywhere. Besides, I was thinking of making you lord in my absence. I trust you can see to it the humans don't destroy anything we built so hard to maintain after all these years?'

It was like the dog could sense the emotions of Amon. Cerberus started to whine. Hades crouched down so that her face was at the same height.

'Come on, boy. I trust you more than anybody else here. I need you to guard the gates like you always have."

Cerberus blinked and whined once more. Hades chuckled.

'Don't worry, boy. I can protect myself just fine. I need you here and keep an eye on the others.'

The dog glanced over to Amon, then looked back at Hades.

'If I am in trouble or anything like that, I will be right back. I promise.'

Cerberus wagged his tail a little bit and like Hades's face. Hades laughed an patted him on the head.

"So that settles it. Earth here I come," Hades looked at Amon and walked away with a big smirk.