Lachesis: We're back!
Clotho: Bloodyrose decided to give us another chance to narrate.
Me: If you guys screw up again your fired and Hades takes the job
Hades: Awww thanks babe.
A new character is introduced!
Fates: We know!
Me: I was talking to the readers not you three.
Rayne's POV
"Oi! You chicka's home?!" I shouted to the Fate's as I entered their lair.
"In here!" the three dread sisters shouted.
I followed their voices and found them hard at work on the Tapestry of Fate.
"Sorry to barge in on you ladies" I said. "I want some information"
"On your father" Lachesis pointed out. "We know child"
"Indeed you do so mind giving me some information about him you know it doesn't involve the future"
"The tale isn't a happy one Rayne" Clotho stated plucking as she put the threading needles down.
"I don't care I never knew my mother and I think I should at least know about my birth father" I replied.
"Oh alright" Lachesis said. "We're only doing this Rayne because it doesn't involve the future and we like you"
"Thanks and I like you three too" I replied with a smirk.
"We know" the Fate's said in unison before Atropos tossed her sister the eye.
The eye began to levitate from her hand and it began to images of a phoenix.
"Your birth father's name is Ignis" Lachesis began. "He was born many millennia ago"
"Those times were dangerous for many supernatural beings due to them being hunted by mankind, for years the dragon and phoenix race were considered enemies but Ignis's true mate took the form of a dragoness" Clotho said taking her turn to explain.
"Your mother" Atropos added. "Her name was Elora and she was an American dragon, she was born in the late 20th century and was told about the feud between the dragons and phoenixes"
"While flying across from Europe to find new territory he saw your mother hunting and became attracted to her, for the next few months Ignis watched Elora from afar until he had the courage to meet her face to face" Lachesis continued. "Upon their first meeting Elora knew that your father was her sworn enemy however when she saw Ignis in his true form she could not bare to kill him, the two began to see each other in secret and after a year of courtship the two"
"Yeah I get it you don't need to tell me that" I interrupted Lachesis. "My parents made love and Mom got pregnant with me"
"Indeed" Clotho agreed. "However your grandfather immediately sensed the child within his daughter along with his fellow dragon companions they hunted down Ignis and turned him into the Phoenix Council"
"What the hell is that?"
"It's a council in your era that is ruled by a group of Phoenixes, they tried your father for being so foolish to mate with a dragon however your father was persistent that he was in love with your mother, the council didn't care and they sentenced Ignis to spend eternity in stone"
That made me angry. That damn council had the guts to do that to my own father!
For god sakes all he did was love my mother and in the end it resulted in my birth.
"Your mother was devastated at this news and she fled her home in Virginia to where her sister and brother-in-law lived in New Hampshire there they took Elora in and prepared the dragoness for your birth, however your mother couldn't live without her true mate and in the end her heart was broken after she gave birth to you Rayne"
I had watched all the images that explained my father's background in the eye and when it returned to Lachesis's hand I was shaking in anger.
"Are you alright child?" Clotho questioned approaching me.
"I will be" I replied. "Thank you ladies"
Underworld
I wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone when I got out of the rowboat since I was really pissed off. For god sakes my father got turned into f**king stone for no f**king reason except for falling in love with my mother!
"OMG THAT'S F***ED UP!" I shrieked as I finally lost my cool.
Despite being in my human form I was surrounded by my phoenix fire and flames shot everywhere. Pain and Panic came around the corner just in time to get scorched.
"Holy crap I'm so sorry guys!" I shouted hurrying over to the boys to make sure they were okay. My fire went out after my little temper tantrum.
"What made you so mad to blast us Rayne?" Pain asked as he and Panic brushed off the soot from their skin. "Did you find out what you wanted to know about your Dad?"
"Yeah I did and I don't want to talk about it" I replied. "What I learned really made me angry"
I winced when I heard the sound of a jackhammer being used to break up concrete.
"What the hell?" I asked as I walked past the imps and headed towards the West Wing of the Underworld.
The boys followed after me to keep me company. My eyes widened when we finally arrived at the West Wing and a lot of dead souls were walking around with construction outfits on.
"What's the deal?" I asked turning to the imps. "Where's the boss?"
"Don't you mean your mate?" Panic teased.
"Shut up Panic" I growled feeling my face turn red.
"Rayne don't feel bad you and Hades are a good match" Pain added.
"Yeah a match too hot to handle"
After a banging sound Pain and Panic nursed the red welts on their heads. Hades suddenly appeared next to me and when he saw the imps he shot me a questioning look.
They were teasing about us being couple I told Hades through our mating bond. I'll explain later
Sounds good babe
Hades replied.
"So what exactly is this construction for?" I asked my mate.
"Oh I managed to scam Ares into starting a war with Athena, since numbers have been low as hell down here, tomorrow there will be new souls from Athens and I'm calling this the "Sack of Athens" Wing"
"You bribed Ares with that fake object right?" I asked with a smirk.
"That I did babe" Hades replied.
Hades then frowned at me and he brought me away from the imps who were still nursing their heads.
"Babe what's wrong? Your really upset about something"
"Remember I said I would see the Fate's about my old man? Well it turns out that my father got screwed over for being mated to my mother"
Hades didn't say anything and I didn't expect him to since he usually doesn't get emotional. But I could tell he felt bad for me and that was enough.
"Come on babe" Hades then took my hand and he transported us to our room. Yes you heard me right I now moved into Hades' room. "Why don't you show me that show you keep talking about"
"You mean Once Upon A Time?" I asked. "Love it's got a good bit of romance in it"
"I'll ignore that babe I'm curious to see this Rumplestiltskin guy you keep talking about"
"Actually I have a better idea" I stated as I conjured my I-Phone.
"What would that be?"
"Oh you'll see" I replied to him as I took a seat on the bed. Hades shrugged before he transported himself right next to me. He pulled me into his lap and I pulled up YouTube. I found some video clips of him in Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II. When he first saw himself he made a grab for my phone and I almost clocked him on the head. After he saw that I wasn't kidding around he gave up his drive to hold my phone while we continued to watch him throughout the cut scenes. Whenever Hades flared up on the screen in anger my mate laughed.
"See I told you it was funny whenever you get all fired up" I teased my beloved.
"I agree with you babe" Hades chuckled. Hades then snapped his fingers and my phone disappeared.
"Where did you?" I began but Hades cut me off with a kiss. Immediately I melted into the lip lock and I felt my anger from before fading away. Even if he wouldn't admit Hades could be a romantic god.
"Bloody hell" I said after we broke apart.
"Did that calm you down?" Hades inquired.
"Yeah it did love" I answered.
At the moment both of our stomachs growled and I blushed.
"Come on babe let's have dinner" Hades suggested as he stood up.
"I'm not eating worms" I stated with disgust.
"Don't worry babe I have something that will satisfy your dragon half" Hades reassured me as he helped me to my feet.
Next Day
"Man this whole stadium is packed with people" I stated as Hades and I arrived at Speedy Pita Park. This morning after Hades and I woke up the "Sack of Athens Wing" didn't have any new arrivals and this pissed my mate off. I then took my phoenix form and flew onto Hades' shoulder as my beloved headed over to talk with Ares. School was canceled today since Prometheus Academy was up against Sparta Military High School. Games like these never interested me and I told Hercules, Cassandra, Icarus, and Alduin I wasn't going to go.
"Psst!" Hades called over to Ares. "Ares?" You got a minute?"
Ares turned and he walked on over to my mate.
"What kind of war god are you? I got construction workers starting on my "Sack of Athens" Wing and your making up with Athena! Hello? What happened to our war?"
"Sorry Hades deal's off" Ares answered.
"WHAT?!" Hades exclaimed as he went all fiery.
It was a good thing I was in my phoenix form or else my beloved would have a gotten a big lecture later.
"Did you get a copy of the decree?" Ares asked pulling out a tone slab and handing it over to Hades.
"Hey no decree is set in stone" Hades stated taking the slab from Ares. He read over the contents and he sighed. "Okay well this is set in stone"
My mate then tossed the slab and Ares caught it again. "Leave it to Zeus to chisel me out of 20,000 souls before breakfast!"
"Games" Ares sighed. "No blood, no bodies, who cares?"
"Some turn out huh? Every living Spartan and Athenian soul must be in here"
Hades' eyes then lit up as though he had an idea.
"Living! Ha! That could change, Rayne babe I gotta see an old friend"
My mate then transported us out of the stadium and we arrived at some home I didn't recognize. Hades rang the gong and the door opened to reveal a Cyclops.
"Hi! Is your mommy home?"
WAIT! YOU BROUGT US TO THE HOME OF THE MOTHER OF All MONSTERS WHAT THE F**K MATE?! I shrieked. YOU DO REALIZE SHE MIGHT FIND ME APPETIZING!
Calm down babe Echidna won't harm you I told her that I had a girlfriend Hades reassured me.
Doesn't help HOTHEAD!
"Mom!" the Cyclops shouted. "The Lord of the Dead is here to see you"
I flew off of Hades shoulder just as Echidna came to the door as he grew larger.
"Oh Hades what a surprise!" the mother of monsters greeted my mate. She then gave him a big bear hug.
"Echidna yeah you look great the horns are polished? Listen I'm sorry to drop in like this but I know how you love to eat and I found this great joint I had to tell you about it right away"
Echidna released my mate and her eyes widened in interest.
"Oh really? Please come in your phoenix can join us"
"I'm talking about a huge spread of bite sized human morsels sort of an all you can eat buffet"
A Few Minutes Later.
Echidna was not that bad as I thought she was. She actually had a perch for me to sit on while she and Hades talked. While she and Hades caught up I preened my feathers. Hey even phoenixes got yucky feathers from time to time.
"So Echidna" Hades began. "And by the way did I tell you, you look positively nauseating today?"
Echidna laughed and she blushed.
"Hades you old smoothie talk to me"
"Okay so I'm kind of in a rush, here's the deal there's a special on sitting ducks at Speedy Pita Park today, I'm thinking you get a nice meal, I get a 100,000 souls and a couple of vacant city states would do you say deal? Huh?"
"I'd love to Hades really but a 100,000? I can't eat like that anymore" Echidna replied.
"Hey big order I know that's why I came to you the Mother of all Monsters, I thought you could hit up some of your relatives"
"Oh family outing what fun!" Echidna stated getting excited. "I'm sure Chimera would go, and my little Cyclops here"
She then turned to her son.
"If you done your homework"
Cyclops blushed and I flew from the perch over to Hades' shoulder. Echidna's stomach suddenly growled and she chuckled.
"Oh by the way Hades I heard you had a new woman in your life"
"Oh that let me show you Rayne babe"
Hades turned to look at me and I flapped off of his shoulder before reverting to my human form.
"Echidna allow me to introduce my love and my lady, Rayne"
"Uh hi" I greeted Echidna with a wave feeling nervous.
"Well this is interesting" Echidna replied. "I can sense you're a hybrid"
"Yeah I'm half phoenix and half dragon" I explained.
"Oh that's cool!" Cyclops shouted standing to his feet. "I'm a huge fan of dragons!"
I winced at his yells and Echidna glared at him.
"Don't make her ears bleed" the Mother of All Monsters scolded.
"Sorry" Cyclops apologized before he turned red. He then grabbed a stone slab and a pen before coming over to me. "Can I have your autograph?"
Back At Speedy Pita Park
"Oh this is gonna be good" Hades said as we watched the games from his spot in the stadium. After gathering her children Echidna agreed to Hades' offer. I was back in my phoenix form so I wouldn't get spotted by the other gods. Then the screams of the crowd got Hades to flare up in excitement as Echidna's children began to rampage into the stadium. The yeti swallowed the officials who had tested Hercules's blood and disqualified him thanks to him being half human and half god.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Hades roared as he flared orange.
Hercules ran over to the field and the yeti ran straight for Herc ready to make him his next meal. Hercules simply punched the yeti's chest and the yeti coughed up the officials he just ate. Hercules grabbed some javelins just as the yeti rampaged towards him ready for another attack. Herc threw the javelin and the yeti got pinned to the stadium wall. The Chimera snarled at Hercules and ran towards him while Landon flapped his way towards the demigod as well.
Hercules jumped into the lair and punched the snake tail on the Chimera until it was unconscious. Using the tail of the Chimera Herc swung it around and Landon got caught in its siblings grasp. They got slammed into a wall as well which got Cyclops attention. Her ran after Hercules but he tripped over one of the obstacles used for the games and fell to the ground. Echidna growled before she opened her wings and took flight entering the stadium.
"YOU GO GIRL!" Hades shouted as Echidna grabbed Hercules into her talons and slammed him into the ground. Suddenly Ares and Athena appeared on the field in their much larger forms. The two of them walked over to Echidna with their hands on their hips in displeasure. Ares picked up Echidna and Hercules fell from her grasp. The God of War placed Echidna on his foot while Athena ran forward and then kicked Echidna like a soccer ball. The Mother of All Monsters went flying. Seeing their mother getting her tail kicked the other monsters high tailed it out the stadium.
"Uh great!" Hades said. "So much for my Sack of Athens Wing! Gah now I gotta fire the contractors! And Oi there's all that brimstone I gotta return, I'll never get my deposit back! Bada-Bing there's goes my credit rating"
Hades then transported us out of Speedy Pita Park back to the Underworld.
Fate's Lair
"Hades never learns does he?" Lachesis asked as the eye returned to her grasp. The three of them had watched the whole thing with Hades trying to get the Mother of All Monsters to get 100,000 souls. Both Clotho and Atropos shrugged. Atropos suddenly snagged the eyeball and it levitated from her hand into the air.
"What are you doing?" Clotho questioned.
"Shh!" Atropos snapped.
An image appeared of what remained of a statue. The statue in question was in England but once was there was now gone.
"HE ESCAPED?!" Lachesis screeched in shock as the eyeball finished its task and Atropos caught it.
"It would appear so" Clotho answered.
A shriek that resembled a bird made the Fate's jump and they turned to see an orb of fire appear before them. A large fiery bird rose out of the flames and it flapped its wings every few seconds. When the orb of fire disappeared in smoke and ash the phoenix before them began to shift. The figure took the form of a man. When he became human the Fate's had their jaws down in shock. The male before them was dressed in 21st century attire. His hair was dark red the same coloring as Rayne's. His eyes were a fierce golden color that resembled a hawk. His hair went passed his shoulders and it was tied up in a pony tail.
"Lachesis, Clotho, and Atropos" the male phoenix shifter greeted.
"How is this possible you were trapped in stone Ignis!?" Lachesis demanded. "We didn't see your awakening!"
"I don't know" Rayne's father replied. "All I knew that my daughter was no longer in the realm she was born in, where is she?"
"She's safe milord" Clotho reassured the phoenix.
"She is also mated" Ignis stated. "I know a mating bond when I sense it"
"That she is" Atropos confirmed. "But it would not be wise to just barge into her life right now"
"I'm well aware of that" Ignis told the youngest Fate. "For now I will find residence in this dimension and keep my distance until I feel the time is right to meet with her"
The three Fate's nodded before Ignis returned to his true form and he took flight out of their lair.
"Holy crap" Lachesis stated.
"You got that from Rayne" Clotho and Atropos stated in unison.
Underworld
Rayne's POV
"Man I wish things would go my way for once!" Hades growled slamming his head against the table making his figurines jump into the air. I didn't say anything to my mate but only comforted him by massaging his shoulders to relieve some of his stress.
You know you could do something else that would cheer him up my phoenix half began.
"Oh don't you start" I told birdbrain as my cheeks turned red.
"Who are you talking to babe?" Hades asked perking his head up.
"My phoenix half is being a pervert" I answered. "Trust me you don't want to know what kind of thoughts she likes to put in my mind"
"What about your dragon half?" Hades inquired.
Though birdbrain's idea is delightful sex is out of the question remember the moon is half light and half dark tonight my dragon explained.
That got me to blush even more. If I wanted to have children I would need to conceive during a half moon where both of my inner halves were at equal balance.
"Rayne you okay sweetheart? You look pale"
I shook my head getting rid of the naughty thoughts my inner beasts were hinting about.
"I'd rather not repeat the conversation" I told my mate.
Hades shrugged before he fingered the turquoise necklace I had on around my neck.
"That matches your dress nicely" he complimented.
"I have a weakness for shiny things" I confessed smirking.
"A dragon thing huh?" Hades teased.
"Correction"
Hades smirked and he pulled me into his lap. His left arm wrapped itself around my waist in a possessive manner. He opened his right hand and something formed in it. Two glass figurines of a phoenix and dragon appeared.
"It's you babe in both forms" Hades explained as he placed the figurines into my hands. "I thought they would cheer you up since you were upset earlier"
"Their beautiful Hades thank you"
The detail in both of the figurines was on the spot with the coloring.
"Thanks Hothead" I then gave Hades a kiss on the cheek.
Hades blushed and I smirked. Placing the figurines on the table I grabbed my mate's robes and pulled him down into a kiss. Immediately Hades' flames lit up in excitement.
Tune the fire down or else you'll burn me I growled.
Sorry babe I can't help it when you kiss me like this Hades replied.
As he pressed his tongue into my mouth I felt my mate slide his hand up my dress. I growled and used my left hand to swat it telling him to knock it off.
Now who's being the pervert? I teased.
Not helping babe! Hades replied through our mate bond.
After our brief French kiss we both broke apart to catch a breather.
Hades pressed his head against his mating mark. His grasp got tighter on me and I bravely touched his flaming hair. It didn't burn my hand in fact it warmed it right up.
"I love you babe"
WHOA?
DID I HEAR THAT RIGHT?!
DID THE LORD OF THE DEAD JUST SAY WHAT I THINK HE SAID?!
"I love you too beloved" I replied. "More than anything"
I then pressed my face against his shoulder where I sensed my mating mark was on him. We remained like that for who knows how long and we didn't care. What mattered to us was that we both belonged together and that I felt safe in my mate's arms.
HA!
Rayne's father is awake!
WHOOHOO!
Fates: We really couldn't see him awakening from his petrified form.
Me: XD
Hades: Oi
Ignis means fire in latin and I thought that was the perfect name for Rayne's father. Also need more shipping suggestions for Rayne and Hades. Thanks ShadowPhoenix34 for your suggestion!