So the song "Shatter Me" belongs to Lindsey Sterling and is actually sung by Amy Lee and Lzzy Hale. Amy Lee and Lindsey performed over the summer and the way she sings the song is beautiful. So enjoy guys! Rayne told Hades who Amy Lee is so he knows who she is since Rayne adores Evanevence.
Rayne's POV
"So this a map of the world huh?" I asked Hercules eying his project.
"Yep" he replied. "What sort of project did you do?"
I nodded at my sculpture of Mount Olympus. It was constructed out of clay amongst other things. I spent a good week making it and I had to keep it away from the imps and Hades.
"Nice that looks real close to the actual Mount Olympus" Hercules complimented and I smirked. Icarus came on over to chat and he had no idea what Herc's project was supposed to be. Adonis entered the room with his volcano model and I swore. Things were about to get messy and I made sure to get my project out of the way.
"Hey move your project because asshole there is about to do something" I warned Herc and Icarus pointing at the Prince of Thrace. Trusting my word the boys did as I suggested and one of Adonis's servants poured something into the volcano model and it immediately came to life. Adonis then moved his project and the room began to get filled with fake lava and ash.
To avoid getting my turquoise dress ruined I bailed out of the classroom. In the end result most of everybody's projects got ruined except for mine, Herc's, and Icarus's. Hercules still got embarrassed due to him getting covered with ash. Icarus and I cleaned him off and after class let's just say Adonis nursed a red welt on his head.
"Thanks for saving my project Rayne" Hercules thanked me as I walked him up to Zeus's temple. Alongside him, Icarus, and I got Alpha plus. "Seeing Adonis get beat up was funny too"
"As I said again he's a jerk anyway I would love to say hello to Zeus, but I gotta jet"
"Alright see you later then"
He and I parted ways and my made my usual journey to the Underworld. I found Hades eying a model of the Underworld, the earth above us, and Olympus.
"Hey babe" Hades greeted me as I came up to his side.
"New model?" I asked my fiancée while eying the model.
"Yep" Hades answered. "Okay bottom line, we're stuck way down here"
The Lord of the Dead pointed at the Underworld part of the model.
"Cold, dark, damp, lots of" Hades did a mock shiver before continuing. "Dead people and Zeus on the other hand is the way up there"
Hades then pointed at the Mount Olympus part of his model.
"At the all you can eat Ambrosia Buffet"
"Objective reverse positions" I interjected.
"Bingo babe" Hades said proudly just as Cerberus snagged the Olympus model.
"Hey!" Hades protested.
The three headed dog was still a pup and wanted to play. I laughed as Hades chased after Cerberus.
"Lousy mutt" Hades muttered and tried to make another grab for the Olympus model. "We're living in Bones R Us and he's gotta use my stuff for a chew toy!"
Hades managed to grab hold of the model finally and a game of tug of war started between him and Cerberus.
"Hey,Hey,Hey! Listen up! Me master you obedient pup got it?"
The tug of war game continued until Cerberus released the model and Hades went flying backwards. He crashed against the wall and fell onto his face. Immediately my mate turned orange and Cerberus began to lick Hades all over. Sighing I went over to Cerberus and got his attention. I made a gesture with my hand and the three headed dog sat on his haunches obediently.
"I wish he would listen to me like he does with you" Hades growled while wiping off dog drool. He then proceeded to pick up his Olympus model.
"Pain! Panic!" Hades called out to the imps.
"Present and accounted for!" Panic said coming into the chamber with Pain. Upon seeing the imps Cerberus got back to his feet and came over to them. Pain and Panic began to freak out while Hades went back over to his other models and placed the Olympus one back where it belonged.
"Nice doggies!" Pain said to Cerberus nervously.
"While you two were whining about getting a puppy, what did I say? You have to walk it, you have to feed it, did I not?" Hades asked looking to the imps.
"I guess I'm really more of a cat person" Panic admitted.
Cerberus was about to snag them but I blocked his path. The three headed dog whined and lowered his ears before sitting down.
"We owe you one Rayne!" Pain said from his hiding spot which was behind my legs. He and Panic were still shaking in fright and I remained myself to scold my mate later.
"Go on boy" I told Cerberus.
Cerberus barked happily and licked my face before grabbing the Olympus model once more. Hades face palmed and watched as Cerberus walked away. Hades sighed and muttered a nice three headed goldfish would be better.
Pain and Panic then bailed in case Hades decided to torment them any further.
"Love I don't mind you tormenting the imps most of the time" I began. Then my phoenix fire surrounded me. Hades gulped and backed away nervously as I came over to him. "But for the love of gods don't use Cerberus!"
"Okay babe, memo to me don't use the mutt on the imps"
Sensing his honesty through the mate bond my flames went out.
"You're pretty scary when you flare up like that" Hades said.
"Well behave yourself and I will mate" I scolded the Lord of the Dead placing a finger to his forehead. Hades then smirked and he suddenly drew towards him thanks to his arms turning smoke like the next thing I knew my fiancée had me dipped beneath him with his signature smirk.
"Babe I think you haven't been behaving yourself lately if you know what I mean" he purred seductively. Knowing exactly what he was referring to I slapped his shoulder.
"Oh please Hades, the last time you and I were intimate my entire neck area had your fang marks"
"My back was all clawed up as was my neck area covered in marks from your own fangs my Firebird, besides your dragon half was very dominate"
This was a given fact. When it came to intimacy of any kind my dragon half would sometimes take over so her own desires were met. My phoenix side didn't care of how I made love with my mate as long as she was happy afterwards.
"When do you want to ya know tie the knot?" I asked suddenly.
"A year would seem to make sense I'm pretty sure you want to pass your twentieth birthday" Hades answered honestly.
My nineteenth birthday was a few months ago and I also had another question.
"Do I need to be a goddess to marry you?" I asked.
"Technically no" Hades replied. "Sometimes a god can marry a mortal it just depends what's happening between the couple, though I think you were pretty damn sexy as the Goddess of Resurrection"
"Ha! That was before we got together and you had Hera as a wife!" I exclaimed.
"To be honest Rayne I preferred it you were my wife in that alternate reality with the Tapestry of Fate" Hades confessed.
"Uh huh right mate" I answered.
"You doubt me babe?" Hades teased.
"Back then I would, now not so much"
"Good because I would never lie to you babe"
I smirked at his statement and I pulled his face down so I could kiss him.
"Ha-Shi-Baba" Hades said after the kiss finished.
The Following Evening.
"Hades a little help here!" I shouted to my mate as Cerberus dragged me behind him. Hades though it would be a good idea for me to walk Cerberus since he tended to listen to me. At first walking him was easy but something excited the dog and I was paying for it.
"I'm right behind you babe!" Hades shouted. No doubt he was running like hell behind me. Eventually Cerberus came to a stop and I let go of the leash. One of Cerberus's heads snagged something and to my horror it was the Fates eyeball.
"Bad puppy put the down!" Hades shouted at Cerberus.
Cerberus ignored him and played with the eyeball.,
"Hades!" Clotho shouted in annoyance. Hades and I turned to see her and her sisters approaching. "Have you no control of that flea bag of yours!"
"Ah ladies forgive me I'm sorry he's a bit how should I say it?"
"Rambunctious?" I suggested.
"Indeed babe" Hades agreed before turning to Cerberus. "Drop it already! What is it? C'mere!"
Cerberus spat the eyeball out and he sat down while Hades retrieved the eyeball. Cerberus whined and I stroked him while the eyeball suddenly lit up and showed a human Zeus with Hermes. I tuned out the conversation since I've seen this episode so many times.
I watched as my other half got excited about the revelation Zeus was temporally mortal and vulnerable. He then gave the Fates each a kiss and I rolled my eyes. I watched as the Lord of the Dead hurriedly walk away and Cerberus followed after him.
"Did you guys put the time limit on the Tapestry?" I asked.
"Of course" Lachesis answered immediately.
"We just didn't want to tell Hades" Atropos added with smirk.
"Oh man you guys are good" I complimented with a grin.
"Rayne there's something we almost forgot to tell you" Clotho said all of the sudden. "It's your father"
"Is he okay?" I asked with concern.
"He's fine child" Lachesis reassured. "He just wants to meet you finally, and he knows you're mate bound to Hades"
"Oh crap"
"He wasn't thrilled at the idea of you being together with Hades, but once we reassured him the Lord of the Dead truly loved you he came to terms with it, he understands the bond you have with Hades, he still misses your mother" Clotho added.
"Thank you for making him understand that and when you see him again tell him I look forward to finally meet him"
"Will do" the three sisters said together and they did their disappearing act.
Next Day.
"Man seeing Adonis getting his butt kicked was hilarious" Alduin said. Thanks to Zeus the Prince of Thrace got humiliated yesterday during gym.
"Yeah it was" Hercules agreed. "This new guy is pretty cool"
Nearby Icarus stood with Zack and Hercules and I went to join him with Alduin and Cassandra following. Hercules introduced us to him and Zeus aka Zack first kissed Cassandra's hand and then did the same with mine. I blushed slightly and I hoped Hades wasn't having a flaming tantrum.
Throughout the day Adonis humiliated Zeus and it was making me mad.
"Hey Adonis come here for a second" I called to the idiot prince.
"Hello Rayne what can I help you with my dear?" he asked flirtatiously.
The next thing that happened Adonis began to scream like a girl and a few minutes later his head was full of welts thanks to me kicking his ass. Adonis began to flee and smoke came out of my nose before I walked off.
Suddenly the ground shook and I scented Cerberus was nearby. Making sure no one was looking I took my phoenix form and flew after the three headed dog. Instead of finding Cerberus I found Hades lounging on his side on a wall looking at the human Zeus. I landed nearby my mate.
"Hades" Zeus growled.
"Hmmmm Zack" Hades then got to his feet with a laugh. "You know it's hard not to gloat here, so I'm just gonna go with it okay? Zeus is going to get eaten, I'm taking over"
My fiancée then mocked his brother which was funny. He then grew larger a few seconds later while Cerberus found Zeus. Hades encouraged for Cerberus to chomp on Zeus and the three headed dog was about to but was interrupted by Hercules pulling Cerberus away from Zeus. Hades swore before appearing in front of Hercules and I flew down to my mate's shoulder.
"This is so great on so many levels"
"Hades! When my father finds about you're meddling in mortal affairs" Herc began but Hades interrupted him.
"Well I got news for you junior! Daddy is standing right next to you, and when it comes to mortal affairs he's right in the thick of things, isn't that right? Zeus?"
Zeus came over and Hercules shot him a questioning look. Zeus nodded and Hades continued.
"Like father, like son, like chow"
Hades transported me and himself away from Zeus and Hercules and went to lounge from another wall. Cerberus growled and Hercules quickly broke a column and Cerberus bit into it. Hercules told his father to change back and Hades shouted.
"He can't! He actually made himself mortal ya get it?"
After a change of dialogue Hercules threw the column and Cerberus barked happily chasing after its and once retrieving it did the three headed dog return to Hercules dropping the pillar. Hercules threw it again and Cerberus chased after it while Herc and Zeus tried to run but Cerberus blocked their path again dropping the pillar ready for another fetching round.
I got off of my mate's shoulder so he could transport himself in front of Cerberus after Herc threw the column again. Cerberus understood what he was supposed to do and eventually chased after Hercules and Zeus. They first hid behind a vegetable wagon but Cerberus was able to dispose of it. Herc then threw more vegetable stands and Cerberus ate them all.
The chase then went up hill and Cerberus was getting tired. He eventually came upon Zeus and Hercules and I winced when Zeus began to sing. Hercules joined in and Cerberus yawned before he was out like a light. Hercules and Zeus shared a hug while Hades and I appeared next to the sleeping Cerberus. I was back on my mate's shoulder.
"He's actually kind of cute" Hades gave Cerberus a pat on the nose before making his way over to Zeus and Hercules. "Hey remember me? Little Lord of the Underworld? Where is which incidentally where your headed Zeus"
Zeus gasped but Hercules got in front of him.
"You and Fireblade have to fry me first Hades"
"I can deal with that" Hades replied.
"Out of the way son this is between me and my gloom from the tomb brother" Zeus said pushing Hercules away.
"Ya know I hate to see families in conflict so I'll tell you what I'm kind of a softie, I'll torch you both at once how about that? How's that? Going down!"
Hades then threw sent flames which hit Hercules and Zeus. They both went flying backwards and thanks to Hercules's strength an archway was destroyed and it covered the boys. Hermes then came out of nowhere and a second later Zeus was back to his godlike self.
Hades widened his eyes as Zeus got bigger.
"Okay great somebody could have mentioned a tid bit of information about a time limit!"
Realizing he was in trouble Hades made a lame explanation before high tailing us over to Cerberus. Cerberus woke up and began to run for it. Zeus used a lightning bolt and the ground beneath Cerberus opened and Hades protested as we fell into the chasm.
"Have a nice fall" Zeus shouted before the earth above us closed.
"Oi" Hades muttered.
Later.
"So you knew about the time limit?" Hades asked me. At the moment we were in our bedroom.
"Hey if the Fates didn't have it in the Tapestry I would have told you something love" I told Hades with reassurance.
"Sometimes fate is a pain in the butt" Hades mumbled before sitting next to me on our bed.
Deciding to cheer him up I decided to sing since Hades liked it. It was a song called "Shatter Me" that was created by a skilled violinist named Lindsey Sterling in my world. A singer by the name of Lzzy Hale sung the lyrics.
I pirouette in the dark
I see the stars disappear
Tiny mechanical heart
Beats till the song disappears
Somebody shine a light
I'm frozen by the fear in me
Somebody make me feel alive
And shatter me
So, cut me from the line
Dizzy, spinning endlessly
Somebody make me feel alive
And shatter me
Shatter me
Somebody make me feel alive
And shatter me
If only the clock could speak
I wouldn't be so alone
We burn every magnet and spring
And spiral into the unknown
Somebody shine a light
I'm frozen by the fear in me
Somebody make me feel alive
And shatter me
So cut me from the line
Dizzy, spinning endlessly
Somebody make me feel alive
And shatter me!
Shatter me
Somebody make me feel alive
And shatter me
If I break the glass, then I'll have to fly
There's no one to catch me if I dive
I'm scared of changing, the days stay the same
The world is spinning but only in gray
I repeated this verse a second time before going on with the song.
Somebody shine a light
I'm frozen by the fear in me
Somebody make me feel alive
And shatter me
So cut me from the line
Dizzy, spinning endlessly
Somebody make me feel alive and shatter me
Shatter me
Somebody make me feel alive
And shatter me
"Damn babe that's was good" Hades praised as I finished singing. "Is that by Amy Lee from Evanescence"
"No its by a violinist and another singer sung the song, I can see Amy Lee singing it though"
Hades then drew me into his lap and smirked.
"You make me feel alive babe"
I smirked realizing I made him feel better.
I then growled when I felt my back was sore.
"Okay babe on your stomach" Hades commanded.
Sighing I obeyed and lay on my stomach and with a snap of his fingers my dress was gone. Hades then placed a sheet covering my lower body and he began to massage my sore back.
"Damn that feels wonderful" I said.
"Enjoying this huh?" Hades asked.
"Hell's yeah now shut it and keep massaging Hothead" I demanded.
"Anything for you babe" Hades replied before going continuing on with the massage.