"She's gone! My darling is gone!" Demeter screamed crossing the room to throw herself at my feet. "Please, You must find her!"
I knelt down to take Demeter's chin in my hand, forcing her to look at me. Persephone? Where could she be? She always had someone watching her, this damn mother of hers believed she should stay as pure as the maidens in her temple. I groaned.
"When was the last time you saw her?" My instinct was nipping at my brain, but for the moment I chose to ignore whatever it was trying to say.
"Apollo, he was watching her in her garden." Demeter blubbered, it wasn't often that I'd seen her anything but smiling. It was rather unfamiliar territory, I looked to Hera. The witch shrugged, no help there. "Your majesty she must have dissappeared early this morning, she's always in her room when I come back, but this time I can't find her anywhere. Apollo is searching right now, but I think someone took her!" Her tears rolled down her cheeks, dampening my hand.
A cold knot formed in the pit of my stomach and I had to look away to keep from revealing my thoughts. It wasn't possible, he was so cold uncaring, and he'd never been so damn thoughtless! What in the name of the Kings was he doing? Looking away from Demeter however, I saw outside.
It wasn't the fluffy clouds of my rain, no there were massive strokes of clouds. I stood, pulling Hera with me. Outside small white flakes were dripping onto the mortal ground, I reached out to grab one and it was ice. Small flakes of ice were covering Greece, Hera's eyes widened. Her face was set in a cold shock, as she turned to me. Her hands gripping my arms, unsure of what we could do.
"It's her." she whispered. We watched as Demeter cried harder, the ice fell harder.
He couldn't possibly had been that damn stupid! Then the chamber doors opened and Aphrodite pranced in. Her big blue eyes looked from Demeter to me, and she cringed. I smiled, "Demeter, go calm down and I'll search right away. It may have to wait until morning, because she might still show up."
"But she's always came home!" Demeter whined.
"Hera, take Demeter to her room. I believe my daughter and I should have a little chat." Aphrodite smiled at Hera as if she wasn't going to receive her own bit of godly fury, and Hera walked the weeping goddess out. "Just tell me you didn't do what I keep thinking." She shrugged.