You may all know me as Hecate, goddess of the crossroads, witches, ghosts, darkness, and moon. But before earning these titles, I was betrothed to Hades. I know you're asking yourselves how could an old and heartless crone like me be engaged with Hades. First reminder, I'm not old, I just look old because of the cloak I wear. Second, I wore heavy makeup to look like I'm thirty or something. And third, I did have emotions, I was just upset the fact that Hades couldn't stay with me because of her.

Here's what happened:

I woke up and saw my parents in my room. I noticed that they had a huge smile plastered on their faces. I wonder if they'll have another child. This is getting weird. "Mother, Father, am I having another sibling?" I asked. Yes, I was pretty naive back then. "No, even better," my mom, Asteria said. "Let me guess, it has to do with marriage. Right?" I cannot believe I asked this.

I know that smile on mother's face when it has to do with marriage and children.I remembered when my aunt Leto told mother that she will have twins. I just shook my head on thought about marriage. "Well daughter, I suppose that you shall a fine wife for lord Hades." My jaw just dropped when my father blurted that out. "Wait what!" My eyes widened. Arghhh! Why do my parents have to make me go through this. "Look Perses, our daughter is so excited that she's speechless!" mother said excitedly.

Can't they even read my facial expression? I was shocked, in a bad way! Duh! "Hecate, Hades wants you read this," my dad said as he gave me the letter. I read it. It said in the letter that Hades is excited to see me. He also wrote a poem. I liked the letter, but the problem was the poem. It was too romantic. Gross! Who knew a guy from the Underworld was romantic and sweet.

Wait, did I just call him sweet?

My cheeks started burning after I read the poem again. I read the poem more than ten times. "Looks like you loved the letter," my mom giggled. "Don't worry you'll meet him today." Huh? That was funny, I thought she said I'll meet Hades today. I just laughed like a retard. "What's so funny?" father asked quietly. "The funny thing was, I thought mom said that I'll meet Hades today." "You will meet him today." After my father said that, my face paled. 'I DO NOT WANNA GET MARRIED!' I screamed in my head.

"Oh! My baby is growing up!" mother said cheerfully. Not again. Well I do have two choices and its: Run away, never be engaged, and disappoint my parents or agree with the betrothal and make my parents happy. Why does life have such tough choices. It's like trying to decide if you want a sapphire or a ruby. Maybe I should pick choice number two. After all, my parents did this because they know what's best for me. "I think I should allow the engagement," I declared. I cannot believe I just said that. At least my parents are happy. "We should leave now, if your really willing to be engaged," my mother said.

The Underworld was beautiful, it was really captivating. I thought it would look rotten. I noticed that the plants here had diamonds on were tiny diamonds everywhere. I never knew the Underworld was amazing, it was more gorgeous than Olympus.

My parents and I went to Hades' palace. It was dark in his palace, but it wasn't sinister darkness. It was the type of darkness that was lonely and peaceful. It was pretty. Judging the looks of his castle, it looked like he was the type of guy who needed a special someone to stay with him, to laugh with him, and to love him. I know that being engaged to the king of the Underworld means taking huge responsibilities. Being engaged to him also meant driving away his loneliness. After knowing this, I kinda felt sorry for Hades.

I'm starting to wonder if I should be the one. I shouldn't worry at all, I know I'll do this well. I tried to calm my self by roaming around the palace. His palace was so huge. I think I'm lost. Just great! I ran into many areas I don't know. I ran into a huge door. I don't know if I should open it or not. If I open this door, something bad might come out or maybe its just another room. I heard whispers from the wind. I was really frightened right now, so I just opened the door.

The door led to the gardens. Of course, I did go out. I got so tired from all that running that I sat on the marble bench under that tree that bore small diamonds. I was in deep thought. I was wondering what Hades is like. I wondered what he looked like, I wondered if he was nice or not, I wondered how his voice sounded like. I kept on asking myself what he was like. I don't know if I'm nervous or excited or both. My stomach felt like it was twisting. While I was so worried about the whole thing I put myself through, I heard footsteps from behind. I turned my head, shaking so hard.

"Are you lost?" The man asked. "Of course not," I replied with pride. He sat beside me and smiled. "You're not from here, I have never seen you," the man said "Why are you here anyway?" "I came here because I'm engaged to Hades," I said. The man just smiled. He was handsome with his deep purple eyes, pale skin like mine, tall stature, nice body, and black hair tinted purple. "I must say, you really are such a gorgeous creature, prettier than I have ever expected," he said. "Since I don't know you, I'll introduce myself. I'm Hecate, daughter of the titans Perses and Asteria," I replied. "Well then," the man said, "I'm Hades, king of the Underworld and god of the dead." Did he just say his name was Hades? "I'm glad got to see you," Hades brushed his bangs aside. He seemed kinda embarrassed when he said that. I was pretty adorable. Did I just say that out loud?

Hades reached out for my hand and led me to his throne room. My parents were there waiting for us. "You already met our daughter," mom seemed surprised to see our hands intertwined. You should know it's very big deal if I held hands with a guy. It would take me a lot of convincing to hold hands with a guy. "How did you meet Hecate?" my father asked. "I saw her sitting by herself in the gardens, she seemed like she was in a deep thought. I decided to speak to her, since she looked approachable," Hades replied.

"Is it alright if Hecate could stay with me?" He asked sincerely. "I would want to get to know your daughter even more." In my opinion, this was way too sudden. "You are permitted to stay with our Hecate," my mom said seriously, "but, you should promise us that our daughter will be alright." "I promise to you that she'll be fine as long as she's with me," Hades said. "Very well then," my father approved. Is it me or was it inconsiderate of them to allow me to stay here without asking me?

After my parents left, Hades led me to the balcony. "I thought you wouldn't want to stay here, I was afraid you might leave," he sounds anxious when he said that. "Well, I did stay here to make my parents happy," I said. He looked disappointed when I said that. "So, you didn't stay here because of me." Was he giving me the puppy dog eyes look? "You were the other reason why I stayed here. You seemed so lonely, I thought that you could use someone to talk to," his smile brightened after I said that.

"Are you tired?" he asked. "Kind of," I replied. He held my hand and led me to my room. His hand was warm. I noticed the blush on his face. Was this his first time to stay with a girl? This moment felt like it will never end.

Before Hades left my room, he kissed my hand and said good night. I had never felt this before, but I know I'll grow to love everything in the Underworld. I laid my head on my pillow and looked at the hand that Hades kissed. "Were we fated to be by each other's side?" I asked myself.

I know have to go through many things if I stay here...

BTW the old version of this story is in my wattpad account :D