Over the next few weeks, I grew very attached to little Kryt. Whenever his mother had to go to the market or cook, I would be the one to watch over him. I was enjoying my time with Deanne, but whenever I saw her care for Kryt, my heart longed for my mother. How long would it be before I would be able to go back home and see my mother again? Would I always be hiding from Hades? Surely he must fall out of love with me!
Whenever I found myself alone, I wondered whether I should just give myself up to Hades. But, I couldn't bring myself to do it. I couldn't put out of my mind that I would be the Queen of the Underworld. People would not worship me; they would hate me. I would only rarely get to see the gods and goddesses on Olympus. Nothing about my life would be the same. Oh how I wished that I had never stepped foot onto the Earth!
"Kore?" Deanne called, breaking me from my thoughts. I responded quickly. "Dear, would you mind watching Kryt for a little while. I have to lie down. I have a terrible headache."
"Of course." I hurriedly stood up from where I had been sitting and walked over to where Kryt was playing with his statue of Poseidon. "Hey Kryt! Can I play with you?" I asked even though I knew the answer.
"No, I only have one statue." This was the same response that he gave whenever I asked him to play, I wasn't sure why, but I thought that it might have something to do with the fact that his father had given it to him. So, I sat down next to him and watched him play. I longed to tell him what Olympus really was like, but I knew that I couldn't. People couldn't know that I was a goddess, or at least the daughter of one.
I got back into thinking about what a mistake I had made when I stepped outdoors and I slowly slipped into sleep, When I woke up, it took a few moments to figure out where I was and what I was doing. When I remembered that I was babysitting Kryt, I quickly sat up and looked around the small living area. He was no where to be seen. Where had he gone?
I walked around the entire hut, searching for some clue of where he might have gone, but I couldn't find anything. Then, I heard a little boy scream outside. "Help! Please someone help!" Without thinking I ran outside. Kryt was cowering in front of a huge wolf.
"Leave!" I screamed as I threw stones at the wolf. I also used some of the power that I contained to make him leave. When he had finally left, I ran over to Kryt who was crying and threw my arms around him. "It's okay, Kryt. It's going to be fine." I saw a pretty little flower that was next to him and plucked it.
That was when I realized that I had made a mistake. The Earth underneath me opened up and Hades appeared in front of me.