*hades appears*
Hades: Hey folks how ya doing, name's Hades, lord of the dead
Me: Hades we get the picture.
Hades: Weren't the Fate's supposed to be here?
Me: Not this time the tend to blurt spoilers.
Fate: WE HEARD THAT!
Me: Anyway my fellow readers! Enjoy this chapter!
Hades: Hey the last chapter made me happy! *flares up in excitement*

Rayne's POV

"Oh Rayne?"

I swore when I heard Adonis calling me. What did the Prince of Thrace want now?

"What is it Adonis? I'm busy studying?" I asked him as he strode over to me.

"I was wondering if you would help me study for the finals"

"Not a chance in hell" I growled. "Go get Helen to help you since you're too damn lazy to study yourself"

"But Rayne!" Adonis whined.

"Do you want me to tell her that you tried to ask me out that one time with the Orpheus tickets?" I questioned. Adonis's eyes went wide and I smirked knowing I had just put him in his pathetic place. Adonis muttered something under his breath before he turned around and left me alone.

"What did Adonis want?" Alduin asked as he took a seat next to me under the tree where I chose to study at.

"A study partner" I answered.

"Yeah right" Alduin agreed. "Anyway how's the studying going for you?"

"I've started last week" I confessed. "You know I like to be prepared"

"Lucky you" Alduin growled. "I didn't start studying till Saturday"

"Because you and Cassie were out on a date" I teased my best friend poking him in the ribs.

"Oh shut up" Alduin growled at me in a playful manner.

Icarus and Hercules suddenly shot past us in a hurry.

"Wonder what their up to" Alduin stated. "Maybe they're going to try and beseech Morpheus to lay off for a few days"

"Actually I think that's who they plan to see" I said gathering my study scrolls and placing them into my bag.

"Well I'm coming with it's not every day you meet a god"

"Oh please I'm sure you've met other gods" I teased Alduin. "You once told me you beseeched Aphrodite to tell her you liked her"

"I still do like her but I'm not going to get my ass kicked by Hephaestus" Alduin protested as we followed after Hercules and Icarus.

Alduin knew where Morpheus's home was so I followed him and along the way I felt my eyes get droopy. Inside my mind my dragon half was already curled up sound asleep while my phoenix half wasn't. Outside of Morpheus's temple Hercules and Icarus fell upon the door which caused it to open.

"Oi wake up!" I shouted.

My yells got Herc and Icarus to jump and they turned to us.

"Rayne? Alduin? What are you doing here?" Hercules asked.

"Bonehead here wanted to meet a god" I answered giving a thumb pointing gesture to Alduin who growled.

"Oh my" a voice got all of us to turn and sitting in his chair was the God of Sleep. "You know I never get visitors before you would have to be a demigod or at least be abnormally energetic to get here, I have some coffee but it's been around for awhile, its Pre-Columbian"

"Oh uh no thanks we kind of need a small favor" Hercules explained to Morpheus. Icarus shook his head trying to stay awake. Alduin's eyes flashed and I sensed his dragon side desired sleep. I elbowed him hard in the side and it woke him up.

"A favor you would like to ask of me?" Morpheus asked.

"You know how certain things in life creep up on you?"

"Yeah like birthdays"

"Finals Week" Alduin added.

"Yeah there I was spending the year being the hero"

I had to shake my own head because I was starting to feel sleepy myself. Normally mortals never made it to Morpheus's temple but I was half immortal so I guess that's why I wasn't asleep.

"We just want you to lay off the sleep routine" Alduin told Morpheus since Hercules and Icarus were beating around the bush.

"I'm afraid I can't but thanks for stopping by though"

"WHAT?!" the boys exclaimed.

"I'm sorry boys but I just can't do that I have all of Greece and parts of Persia to put to rest"

The boys went to begging and I face palmed. I then whistled and the boys jumped.

"Guys he said no so stop" I scolded my friends.

"Thank you young lady" Morpheus said. He then went back to his chair. "Can you guys shut the door I'm cold"

"Sure Icarus you shut the door and I'll get a blanket"

As Icarus went to the door Hercules grabbed a blue blanket that Morpheus had above him.

"No, no, not that blanket"

But it was too late Herc put the blanket on Morpheus and he fell asleep.

"Dude that was his sleep blanket!" Alduin shouted and he smacked Hercules on the head.

"Oops I should wake him up" Hercules said.

"Wait don't!" Icarus shouted pulling Herc's hand away from the blanket. "If he's asleep we can spend our time studying!"

"Bad idea boys" I warned.

"Hey whose side are you on?" Alduin asked.

"Uh you guys can figure out the rest I need to jet"

"Well see ya later Rayne" Icarus shouted.

I flashed Icarus a smirk before I hurriedly got out of the temple. I made sure the boys were still talking amongst themselves before I set my bag down and I shifted to my phoenix form since my dragon half was sound asleep. I took the bag into my claws and took flight heading in the direction in the Underworld.

Next Day.

Hades and the imps were busy so I didn't get a chance to say good morning to them before I left for school. All across campus students seemed sleep deprived or really energetic. I didn't get much sleep last night thanks to Morpheus snoozing.

"Hey" Alduin said as I sat behind him.

"Yo" I replied groggily.

"Okay students"

Our teacher said getting our attention.

"If you are ready" he then yawned. "For the rest, I mean test"

He then gave each of us our tests and when I was given mine I went to work. I was glad I studied last week because all the questions were easy as hell. The teacher told us to keep our eyes on our own paper. While I worked on my final the other students yawned and I tuned them out. Alduin swore under his breath because he was on a question he didn't know. After I finished my final I stood up along with the other students who were done with their finals too. I got out of the way as the students stampeded past me placing their papers on the desk.

"I'm done sir" I told the teacher.

"Very well Rayne have a good day" the teacher yawned again before I left.

"You guys need to wake Morpheus up!" Alduin snapped at Hercules and Icarus. "I happen to like my sleep and last night I didn't get much shut eye!"

"Don't be a sour puss Alduin we only need a few more"

"I NEED MY DAMN SLEEP IS WHAT I NEED!" Alduin snapped before he grabbed his scrolls and stormed off.

"Wow he's not in a good mood" Hercules stated the obvious.

"He's just tired like most of us are"

Underworld

The rest of the day passed like a blur. I took two more finals before school let out for the day. Cerberus barked at me as I approached him.

"Hey boy" I greeted the three headed dog.

Cerberus barked before stomping over to me and his three heads licked my face. Unlike Hades I didn't mind when Cerberus did that. I smirked before drawing out a bone and the three headed dog barked in excitement.

"Sit boy"

Cerberus obeyed and he sat on his haunches before I tossed the bone at him. I gave him one last pat on all three noses before heading to the rowboat.

"The boss is in a good mood" Charon explained as I got into the boat. "Whatever is going up there on the surface we've been getting a lot of dead people"

"I wouldn't be surprised" I told him as he rowed away from the dock. During the boat ride my phoenix half finally had enough and she fell asleep. My eyes got heavy and I closed them.

"Rayne wake up" Charon said. I opened my eyes to see that we were at the other side of the River Styx.

"Thanks Charon" I then tossed the ferryman a copy of the newspaper he liked to read.

"Oh boy!" Charon exclaimed as he got excited. I chuckled as he rowed away while starting to read the paper.

I heard Hades talking to himself.

"I feel so alive! Hot-cha-cha-cha! Who bets today's numbers will be even better than yesterdays! What day is it?"

"Its Tuesday mate" I greeted Hades.

"Oh hey babe didn't see you come in" Hades said. "Even the graveyard shift is booming!"

Pain and Panic suddenly landed on top of me and this made my bag go flying sending my scrolls everywhere.

"Oops sorry Rayne!" the imps replied as they got off of me. Panic went to retrieve my stuff while Hades helped me up.

"Babe you look beat"

"No s**t" I growled. "Sorry but I am tired"

"I wonder why that is" Pain asked.

"Why should I listen to you two since it's been obvious you haven't slept" Hades told Pain and Panic. Hades then sniffed and he waved his hand in front of his face. "Oi you haven't brushed your fangs in days, yeah you two are just being paranoid"

"We're not being paranoid!" Pain and Panic shouted in unison. The two of them had a vial of breath spray and they sprayed each other's mouths.

"We think this increase in customers"

"Is part of a faulty god conspiracy" Panic said hoping onto Hades' face.

"Oi less heresy more breath spray" Hades said pushing Panic off of him.

"We're worried about you boss!"

"Your being set up for a big fall"

"Gah damn it" I growled before leaving my mate to bicker with the imps. I was so tired I was about to fall asleep flat on my face. I slammed the door to my room and dropped my bag before throwing myself into bed. Sleep claimed me and this pleased both beasts within me. It was fine until Hades decided to wake me up.

"Rayne babe"

"What is it?" I asked opening an eye.

"I need your help with something babe"

"Alright"

I got to my feet and because I was still groggy I lost my footing. Hades thankfully caught me before I fell on my face. My mate then scooped me into his arms much to my displeasure before he transported himself out of my room and into the Temple of Morpheus.

"Bada-Bing! Hades here, how ya doing? Morpheus babe I love what you've done with the sleep thing come on, let's schmooze babe let's talk long term"

"Hades look" I said pointing at Morpheus who was snoring away.

"Well will you look at this" Hades said as he put me down onto my feet. "The God of Sleep is"

"Under his own blanket" Pain interrupted.

"If that is him, if that's his blanket"

"Using the gods own blanket's powers against him almost nothing can undo that it's evil genius, what didn't I think of this"

"Why indeed? Unless you're really not Hades!" Panic shouted as he leapt off of Morpheus and he leapt at Hades' face. "Take off the mask"

"Panic that's the boss" I reassured him plucking the green imp off of my mate.

"Alright I gotta get back to work you think you three can handle watching Morpheus without freaking out?"

"I'll keep them in line" I told Hades.

"Okay boss" Panic uttered.

"Good" Hades then gave me a quick peck on my forehead before he disappeared. The door suddenly opened and it hit the imps. I quickly found a place to hide while Hercules went over to Morpheus.

"Morpheus awake!" the demigod shouted taking the blanket off of the God of Sleep. Morpheus only snagged the blanket back and I hurriedly shifted to my phoenix form.

"Hercules?!" Pain shouted.

"What do you think you're doing?!" Panic added.

"Stop!"

Hercules turned to see the imps and myself flying over to them.

"Pain, Panic, Fireblade, what have you done?!"

"What have you done?" Panic demanded accusingly at Herc.

"What have I done? Wait what have I done? Oh shoot darn it I knew I came in here for something just give me a second"

Hercules then tried to pull the blanket away but he sighed as Morpheus continued to sleep.

"Oh it's not use he's a god and I'm a demigod"

"He didn't wake up" Panic said.

"Hades was right nothing can wake this dude up" Pain said as he and Panic jumped onto the bed. First they threw cold water on Morpheus following playing of musical instruments. The imps then turned into monkeys and jumped on the bed and Morpheus still slept.

"See nothing"

"Well there's got to be something!" Hercules shouted before he hurried out of the temple.

"Well will you look at him go"

I shifted back to my human form.

"Hey he's going to find a way to wake up Morpheus you dolts!" I shouted.

"And Hades will blame us!" the imps then yelled.

"Then go follow him!" I suggested. "I'll watch Morpheus"

"Okay Rayne we owe you one sister!"

Pain and Panic then shifted into two birds and they flew out of the temple while I watched Morpheus. My eyes got heavy again and I shook my head trying to stay awake but it was no use because the next thing I knew I was out like a light. I then yelped as I woke back up and saw that it was nighttime.

"Haven't I suffered enough?! Could someone spare me a shred of dignity!" an angry voice snapped.

I quickly shifted back into phoenix form and I flew over to Morpheus's chair landing on top of it to use as a perch. The door to the temple opened and in came Hercules carrying a bag.

"Look I'm sorry I just need you to crow and wake up Morpheus" Hercules said to a talking rooster. I let out a squawk because the rooster was Alectryon he got turned into a rooster for falling asleep during watch and he woke anything up with his crowing. Alectryon gasped before he high tailed it over to Morpheus.

"Let me at him! If it wasn't for him and his stupid blanket I would still be human!" he yelled pecking Morpheus's face.

Hercules hurried over and snagged Alectryon away from the God of Sleep.

"You mean Morpheus is the reason you fell asleep on watch?"

"That and the nine course meal I just ate"

"Look you may have a grudge against Morpheus but if you don't crow here the whole world is going to suffer" Hercules said to the rooster firmly.

"You put him to sleep with his own blanket?" Alectryon asked as he walked over to the blanket and held it in his feathers. "Why didn't I think of that?"

"It was an accident at first I needed more time to study and so I let the blanket on him" Hercules explained. "I was selfish and foolish"

"And lazy?" Alectryon suggested.

"And lazy kind of like you were the night you fell asleep on watch"

"Meh touché" Alectryon agreed.

"See we all make mistakes will you crow?"

Hades used that chance to appear behind his nephew.

"Forget it Jercules! Hello!"

Hades then strode over to Alectryon pushing Hercules out of the way.

"Hades Lord of the Dead, deal closer, How ya doing? Let's talk"

Hades then shook hands with Alectryon.

"Hades stay out of this!" Hercules snapped at uncle coming over to him.

"Yeah right" Hades replied before smacking Herc out of the way again. "Look rooster you got yourself in deep cocka-a-doodle-doo here babe, you need mwah, I can make you human again!"

Hades flared up and he sent his flames everywhere. One hit my tail feathers and I shrieked in annoyance.

"And in return all you need to do is let Morpheus continue the big sleep huh?"

Hades then did a thumbs up gesture and his flames lit up over his thumbs.

"Don't listen to him you don't want to be human again, your famous as a rooster"

Herc had pushed his uncle away but Hades pushed him away from Alectryon once again holding a contract.

"Okay peck your name right here"

"Everyone learns about you in school" Hercules continued and Hades flared up. "Alectryon crows at dawn"
Hercules then realized something and he looked to his sundial watch.

"I just remembered the time" Herc then went over to the curtains and opened them.

"The dawn!" Alextron exclaimed. "Must fight idiot rooster instinct"

He covered his beak but it was no use he crowed a second later. Afterwards he started to weep and Morpheus yawned before he woke up.

"Yes your awake!" Herc shouted.

Morpheus turned to see the blast in the wall that Hades made.

"Do you what's its going to cost me to fix that hole?"

"Morpheus do you feel well rested or what?"

I put a wing to my face in a face palm as Hades started his smooth talking again.

"I bet you could use a nice nap more often like now, see that way you get more rest, and I'm making more customers what do you say?"

"What do you mean more customers?" Morpheus asked.

"Ah a few incidents and accidents don't worry about it come on relax" Hades replied before he turned around and walked away.

"Hey, Hades I will need those people back"

Hades' hair turned orange when Morpheus said that.

"Uh say what?

"They just look like death warmed over they need sleep that's all" Morpheus explained getting out of his bed. "I think you jumped the gun on this one you know"

"NO THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!" Hade ranted turning orange. "Maybe feel like a cup of coffee, Fireblade babe let's go!"

I flew off of Morpheus's chair and flew towards Hades and the two of us disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

Later.

Underworld

When we got back to the Underworld I told Hades to let me sleep for a bit since I was still tired as hell. Hades actually carried me to my room so I wouldn't hurt myself. When I woke I felt much better and my stomach growled.

Go find something meat related those stupid offerings don't suffice for my appetite my dragon half growled.

"Alright I hear you dragon" I replied before I stood up. I wasn't in the mood to go hunting so the kitchen was my main stop. In the fridge I found a medium sized already cooked rabbit and I greedily took it out. I got out of the kitchen and moved to a larger place in the Underworld so I could shift. I chose the spot that overlooked the outside of the throne room. I took my dragon form and ripped into the rabbit's cooked flesh. The meat tasted delicious and I swallowed my prey in a few gulps. I spat out fur before licking my lips with my serpent like tongue and returned to my human form.
I want to see our mate my dragon demanded next.

"Shut up I'm already on it" I growled. I found my mate in his throne room reading something.

"What are you reading?" I asked him.

"Meh nothing interesting babe" Hades answered as he tossed the scroll aside. "You look well rested"

"Yeah thanks for the rabbit I just devoured it"

Hades smirked when I mentioned that.

"I know how your dragon half gets babe from time to time, when she desires meat she shall receive it"

"You just don't want to deal with her wrath" I added.

"That too" Hades agreed.

Hades then made a come here gesture and I blushed.

"Get over here babe" Hades teased.

I walked over to him and he pulled me into his lap. My face went even redder because this was a more intimate moment with him.

"Babe you know I'm not going to do anything to you without your consent" my mate reassured me. "I don't stoop to that low"

"I know you don't and thank Ra for that"

"Who's Ra?" Hades asked.

"Oh he's the Egyptian Sun God of Egypt"

"Oi just how many gods are out there?" Hades asked rhetorically.

"A lot more than you think" I answered.

I then pulled Hades' down so his face was leveled with mine before I kissed him. It was my turn to show this god that I was his equal. Hades wrapped arms around my waist and he allowed me to continue my fun with him. His lips were soft and they felt right against mine. Making the next move I licked his lip with my tongue wanting more. My mate complied and my tongue met with his. As our tongued danced Hades became submissive and my beasts were pleased with that.

Do more to pleasure him my phoenix commanded.

Smirking I finished the kiss before allowing my fangs to elongate and gently pressed them into Hades' throat.

"Careful babe" Hades warned.

I smirked before letting go of his throat and I gave him a quick lick with my tongue in the same spot.

"It's my turn" Hades said.

"Then so be it" I encouraged.

"Careful what you ask for babe"

Hades then kissed me on the lips again and he pushed his tongue into my mouth. I could feel his dominance sparking to life and it was my turn to be submissive. One of his fangs cut my lip and I growled. Hades smirked and he licked away the blood before pulling away from my lips. He then bent my head back and began to plant kisses on the left side of my throat.

"Damn it Hades watch your fangs!" I growled.

Hades had bitten into my skin and no doubt that would leave a mark later.

"Sorry babe I didn't mean to do that" Hades said as he examined the bite. "It'll heal in a day or so"

"It better we don't need people asking where I got the hickey from"

"Is that a crime Sparks?" Hades teased.

"No love it's not" I answered.

"Babe what exactly happens when you claim me?"

"Well I need to bite you where my mark appears on your flesh which will be on your left shoulder, once your blood is mixed with mine the mate bond will open between us, the bond is unique because you and I can communicate through the mind, as can we sense our emotions and if we are in trouble"

"Sounds complicated" Hades began. "But I like it"

"As I said before when you feel you are ready let me know"

I then gave my mate another mind blowing kiss which caught him off guard.

"Ha-Shi-Baba" Hades stated after I finished kissing him.

Hades: Ha-Shi-Baba that girl can leave a god speechless.
Me: Well she was created to be paired with you Hades so enjoy it.
Hades: Oh I will! *grins evilly*
Me: Ya know I always wanted to do this *gives Hades a quick kiss*
Rayne: ^^
Hades: Damn bloodyrose! *blushes like an idiot*
Me: *Smirks*