Persephone's Abduction

Persephone walked through the forest; she always liked those walks. The smell of the trees, the light that shone through the leaves, they were so relaxing. It'd be more relaxing, if she were alone. Behind her, not too close, but not far enough were flower nymphs. Her servants and bodyguards, even if they didn't look like they could fight. It wasn't like she disliked the nymphs, she just wanted a moment to herself for once.

As she walked, she saw an open field. It was simply full of grass… she should probably fix that.

"I'm going to that field," Persephone turned towards the nymphs, they simply bowed understanding her wishes.

She went into the large field, grass was fine, but she liked nature to have a little more color. With a wave of her hand, wild flower began to bloom. Mixtures of pink, blue, and yellow, creating a carpet of flowers. She noticed a lone tree, it would look nicer with some jasmine. With another flick of her wrist, vines grew over trunk of the tree, before sprouting small blooms.

She noticed a large rock, possibly twice her size. She smiled as she immediately thought of the next thing to grow. A different set of vines grew over the rock, as they grew larger they became more wooded, like trees. Then the wisteria flowers grew. They didn't have much of a scent, but they were beautiful, they made her think of grapes.

She then decided to grow another tree. Her favorite kind of tree. She held out her hand and a sproutl popped out of the ground. It grew into a sapling, then it grew larger and larger. The wood frosted white, the limbs branched out in all directions, before producing her the buds. Small, delicate, pink cherry blossom's bloomed on the tree.

Persephone couldn't help but admire her creation. This was her favorite type of tree to make, not just because the flowers matched her hair. There was something so pure about cherry blossoms. Something that made it more alluring than roses or lilies. This was her favorite part of spring.

The wind swept through the field, stirring up the flower petals and the flowers scent. The tree provided cool shade. Persephone placed her hand on the tree, before resting her forehead against it and closed her eyes. She could feel the life she gave pulsing, like a heartbeat.

Everything felt so peaceful, maybe she could take a small nap here? Well, she could try, whenever she went to grow flowers the nymphs would chatter among themselves. Maybe she could try and block them…

Persephone's eyes opened with realization. She couldn't hear the nymphs. She pulled away from the tree to look around, they were never that quiet. As she looked around she realized that her nymphs were nowhere to be seen.

Yes, nymphs liked to play pranks… on mortals. Never would they test the patience of a goddess, even Persephone. Where were they? They were under Demeter's orders to never leave her alone outside the temple.

Persephone

Was that wind? Persephone felt a chill run up her spine. Like someone was watching, someone who wasn't meant to guard her. She didn't like it, she wanted to go home.

The whinny of a horse shattered the silence. Persephone turned her head towards the other side of the field. Their, attached to four black horses, was a chariot as black as night. The horses weren't moving, their master had not commanded it. The rider that stood atop the black chariot, was hidden under a cloak, the hood hiding the upper part of his face; but Persephone could feel it. His gaze, his eyes were transfixed on her.

Who was he? How did he get so close without her hearing him? He couldn't possibly be mortal. Persephone felt tense, she felt like a deer staring at a mountain. Whoever, this was, he was there for her, and he wasn't leaving without her.

She saw his grip on the reigns tighten. She glanced at the edge of the forest. The trees were small and close together, no way could he fit his chariot. She was also closer, but he had four horses pulling his chariot. No way could she make it, even if she sprinted.

She swallowed the lump that formed in her throat. He wasn't moving yet, maybe, if she took small steps first. Really small and slow steps, she could inch her way towards the forest. It probably wouldn't help, but any distance was better than nothing.

She took in a deep breath, gathered all her courage, as slowly slid her foot towards the forest. At that moment, he cracked the reigns, and the horses charged forward with several whinnies. Persephone turned and sprinted full speed towards the forest.

Her eyes kept going to the forest and back towards the speeding chariot. Her legs were going to slow, he was going to reach her. As the chariot sped closer, a thought surfaced in her distressed mind. Without time to think it through, she went along with it, he was almost there.

Just as the chariot approached her, her arm shot towards the ground the chariot was in front of. A large Oak tree erupted from the ground, becoming a barrier between her and her attacker. The black steeds immediately turned to avoid crashing. The chariot's course changed speeding away from Persephone. While he didn't crash like she wanted, it gave her time to run.

She was just about to vanish into the forest when a wall black flames erupted in front of her; completely blocking her escape. She dared to look back towards the hooded man. From under his hood, she saw a pair of glowing red eyes. Did he do this? She didn't have time to think it through, he turned his chariot around to charge at her again. Persephone panicked, what could she do? Her only exit was blocked by flames. She backed into the tree she had grown. That was when a new idea came to her. If she couldn't go to the forest she'd bring the forest to her.

She summoned up all the power she had and slammed her hands onto the ground. Tree's erupted around her, spreading through the field and around the chariot. The horses were forced to stop. The trees were too narrow for the chariot to go through. Persephone started to run in a different direction, hoping the trees could hide her.

She started to call for her nymphs, for help, but none of the appeared. Did he make them disappear?

She ran as fast as she could. She didn't know where she was going, she just knew she had to get away from him. Why was he attacking her, what did he want? Her heart was wracking in her chest, galloping a mile a minute. Then she heard actual galloping.

She glanced over her shoulder to see the hooded man was now on top of one of his black steeds. Quickly catching up to her. She looked forward to find a place to hide, she couldn't outrun the beast. She just needed to get out of his sight for a few seconds, just a few.

With another wave of her hand another tree grew instantly, between Persephone and her pursuer. He steered his horse effortlessly around the tree, and then pulled it to a halt. Persephone was no longer in his sight.

He dismounted the horse and started to stalk through the forest, "Persephone?"

Persephone flinched, the first word he'd actually spoken was her name. Persephone glanced down, she was high on a sturdy tree branch, turned away from her pursuer.

"Persephone come out."

The goddess placed her hands on her mouth, she didn't trust herself to keep perfectly quiet.

"Come on, Persephone, there's nothing to be afraid of," he coaxed, "I'm not going to hurt you. In fact, I just want to take care of you."

No thanks. Her thoughts snapped. She didn't know what he meant by that, and she didn't want to know what he meant.

"You're only making this harder," he said.

Good. Her thoughts bit bitterly.

"Don't you want to be free of your mother's protection?"

What?

"I know you want to be free. To go anywhere without your mother's nymphs following you. I understand. I know a place where you can be free to explore, to be yourself. I just want to take you."

That did sound nice, but if he wanted to help her have personal freedom, why was he taking her by force? She couldn't trust whoever this was. She needed to get away. She slowly got up and started to creep down the branch. She saw the next tree over.

She started to get ready to jump, when a voice whispered next to her ear, "Do you really think you can make that jump?"

Persephone turned around, the last thing she saw was a pair of red eyes, then oblivion.

Sakura gasped as her eyes opened, she could see the dim light of dawn filtering through her window. She glanced at her alarm clock, 7:34. She had another two hours before her first class. She'd like to spend at least one of them sleeping. As she began to turn into a comfortable position, she felt something slid on her stomach. She looked, to see it was a book. She picked it up and used the dawn's light to glance over the cover.

Greek Mythology

Well, that explained the dream. She closed the book and placed it on her nightstand, before curling back into a comfortable position.

Her fading conscience lingered on the memories of her dream, Poor Persephone, I wonder if that's how she really felt?

Persephone gasped, as his fingers trailed down her body. She clutched the sheets tightly, when she felt his lips press into her neck.

His fingers found her entrance, and they had entered her. He was driving her mad, just bringing her close to completion, only to pull out, leaving her incomplete.

"Please…" she finally broke.

She felt him smirk against her skin, "Please what?" He gave her right nipple a flick, just to make it worse.

"Please…"

"You need to be specific, Pet," he whispered in her ear before licking it, and then continued his ministration, "Tell me what you want."

Persephone knew he was going to keep tormenting her until she begged. At the moment, she didn't care, her body was felt incomplete because of him. She needed to be whole, she needed him.

"I want you, Hades…"

She heard him chuckle before bringing her into a deep kiss, when he pulled away, she could see his red eyes, the only light in their dark room, "If that's what my Queen wishes."

She released a pleasure filled gasp, when she felt him enter her; not his fingers, his manhood. As he began his steady thrust, his arms pulled her closer. As his pace quickened, she tried to match him but couldn't, all she could do was hold on for dear life as he brought her higher and higher into pleasure. He started to shower her neck with kisses, finding her sensitive spot, he bit down.

"More… please…" she was almost there… just a few more thrusts.

BEEP BEEP BEEP

Sakura shot up in bed, her face was beet red. Really, she had to have that kind of dream in the morning?

Sakura left her house and went to her campus classes. She had only a few that day, so they were that stressful. After they were done, she went to the library, to work on her thesis. She loved the library, it was always so quiet, a nice place to just sit and read or work.

Soon she finally finished her thesis. She'd look over one last time tomorrow, then it'd be ready to turn in next week. She closed her laptop and textbooks. Put them in her red backpack and stood up.

Persephone…

Sakura froze; that sounded like the voice from her dream. The fear she felt in her dream began to spread in her chest; before she closed her eyes, took in a deep breath and forced herself to calm down. Then for good measure she whispered to herself, "Nice try nerves. You almost got me there."

She started walking towards the exit. That's all it was, nerves. Her thesis was a large portion of her grade and she wanted it to be good. She was just under stress because of that.

She was so busy reassuring herself she didn't notice the eyes that was following her.

Sakura walked through the campus, her mind drifted to her dream… Poor Persephone. Sakura always felt sorry for that goddess. Being forced to marry your kidnapper. It must had been so hard.

Sakura had a love for mythology. She would read those stories as a child. She still had some of her old books. Whenever, she felt stressed, she would read the stories of the Greek gods and goddesses, the monsters and heroes. Of course there were some stories she didn't like; such as Persephone and Hades.

The sound of something ripping, and things clattering caught Sakura's attention, along with the fact her back suddenly felt much lighter. She looked on the ground behind her, to her dismay all her things were on the ground. Her backpack had ripped and dropped her things.

"Aw man," she said annoyed. She squatted on the ground, quickly gathering up the loose papers, it would be a nightmare if the wind suddenly kicked up and carried her homework away. She noticed from the corner of her eye someone had squatted next to her and started to pick up her text books.

"Thank you," Sakura, didn't look up she had to make sure she got all her papers. After securing them safely in her binder, a hand reached out to her. Sakura took it, "Thank you…"

When she finally looked up to see who it was who helped her, she couldn't help but blush. He was handsome, sharp angles in his face. Black slicked back hair, and onyx eyes that stared directly into her jade ones.

She didn't know why, but he seemed familiar. Sakura doubted she'd ever seen him before, she was certain she'd remember meeting someone so handsome. She was pulled out of her daze when she felt his hand tighten around her. Not enough to hurt, but enough for her to realize she had been staring at him and holding his hand for, longer than it was appropriate.

"Um…" Slightly flustered she pulled her hand back and tucked a strand of pink hair behind her ear, "I'm sorry, um thank you…. I'm Sakura."

He didn't seemed fazed by her awkwardness, but Sakura was still mentally kicking herself for looking like a blathering idiot.

"Hn. Sasuke," He introduced.

"Um… thank you again," Sakura said. She realized he was holding the heavier of her possessions in his right arm, "I can't believe my backpack broke like that. Well, I'm going to the campus store now. Their backpacks are cheap, but they should suffice until I get home, so I'll be taking…"

"I'll carry them," Sasuke suddenly said.

Sakura looked concerned, "Are you sure, you don't have to, I…"

"You can't carry all this by yourself," Sasuke simply said.

"Well, let's go then."

After a ten minute walk through the campus, they arrived at the store. Sakura bought the first backpack she saw and relieved Sasuke of her issues. They stood in front of the store, "Again, thank you, you didn't have too."

"Hn."

Sakura couldn't help but be curious of the stranger, he didn't speak much. Still Sakura couldn't help but feel drawn towards this handsome stranger. Maybe…

"Do you want some coffee?" Sakura asked meekly.

Sasuke just looked at her.

"It would be rude of me to not offer you something after you carried my heavy textbooks and laptop all the way here. I know a great coffee shop… It'll be my treat?"

For a few seconds, Sakura just felt awkward, until Sasuke finally, "Okay."

Sakura mentally cheered. So, she lead him to a coffee shop. They sat down and talked. Well, she mostly talked. Sasuke just seemed to listen. Sakura finally asked him some questions.

"So, are you a student here?"

"No," he glanced out the window, there was a large view of the University hospital, "I'm here on business."

"Do you live far away then?"

"I wouldn't say far," Sasuke said taking a sip from his coffee, "Normally these trips are dull," he looked at her as he sipped, "This one… not so much."

Sakura's heart skipped a beat. The way he looked at her… Focus, focus, focus, don't be easy!

"So," Sakura quickly changed the subject, "I'm studying to be a doctor."

"You want to cheat death?"

"To postpone it, to give people more time," Sakura said, "We never have as much time as we think we do. People should try live, to make fulfil their dreams, do right by their love ones, fix any regrets. Don't you have any regrets?"

Something flashed in his eyes, "Just one."

Before Sakura could ask, Sasuke pulled out his ringing phone and scowled. Sakura got a glimpse at the caller ID: Old Bat. Yikes, she hoped that wasn't his mother.

"Of course she calls me now," he muttered under his breath.

"Problem?"

"I need to take this," Sasuke said.

"Ok, it was nice meeting you," Sakura said getting her backpack.

"Do you want to meet here again tomorrow, the same time?" The sudden question caused Sakura to look up in surprise. He wanted to meet her again? She was under the impression he was bored. Maybe she did catch his interest.

"Well, I can't tomorrow, my class schedule is busy," Sakura said, "What about the day after tomorrow?"

"That's fine," Sasuke said.

"Alright," Sakura slightly blushed, "See you Thursday then."

"See ya." Sasuke watched her walk away. Her long pink hair swaying back and forth. His fingers itched to run through those locks, again.

His phone rang again, same caller. He sighed in annoyance before answering, "What?"

"Well?" The woman's voice asked.

"Well, what?" He asked knowing full well, it would irritate her.

"Did you find her or not!" She screamed at the other end. His eyes went back towards the door Sakura just walked through.

"Not yet."

"Then hurry up."

"Don't try and push it," Sasuke warned.

"You're the one who lost her!"

"You smothered her," Sasuke's eyes narrowed, "Did you honestly think she didn't want to get away from you too?"

He heard her take a breath, "Let's not fight. We agreed to pull our resources to find her, we both lost her."

"I know, even if I do find her, I can't just take her like last time. This time I'll try something… different."

Persephone could hear wheels turning and horses neighing. She felt the settle sway of a vehicle moving, and she felt the embrace of a warm body against her own. She actually felt very comfortable.

The motion stopped. And she felt herself being moved, she felt warm and secure, until it reached in her mind, that she wasn't in her bed. Her eyes shot open. She saw the black hooded man's chest, and the fact that he was carrying her away.

In an instant she began to kick and thrash. Her sudden movement caused her to fall to the ground she scrambled up, before she could run the man grabbed her again.

She began to pound her chest, screaming, "Let me go!"

In her struggle his hood finally came off; she stilled, her eyes widened at the face of her abductor, "H… Hades?"

Sakura jolted forward in bed. Her mind replaying her dream. Hades' face was different than she'd thought it be, in fact it looked exactly like, "Sasuke?"

I have a question about the genre selection in Fanfiction. What's the difference between Fantasy and Supernatural?