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I present: Άδη και της Περσεφόνης with Ameisra

Hadassah-Israel

Lucille-Monaco

Rajesh-India

Maja-Greenland

In the land of the gods, there were three brothers: Matthew, Diego, and Alfred. Together, the three brothers defeated the titans and devided the world up for the brothers to rule over.

Diego brought out a pair of dice. "Highest number gets the heavens, middle number gets the seas, loser gets the dead."

They all agreed and rolled the die. It took a few times because the dice either fell off the table and they had to role again or they all rolled the same number and they had to start over.

Eventually, after several swearing competitions in various languages, Matthew got the heavens and became King of everything. Diego got the seas and was fine with that as long as he had a pina colada, and Alfred got the dead.

At first, Alfred thought that it was awesome that he could control the dead and everything under the earth. That made him the richest and most powerful man in the world but it came at a price.

Everyone feared him more than they already did and he spent many days and nights alone. If one were fortunate enought to see the entrence to the Underworld, they would see a sad man longing for a friend.

The god of Love, Francis saw this and showed the lonely god to his daughter Lucille and asked her to find him someone to love.

There was also another god, the god of agriculture named Arthur who had a lovely daughter who was one of many children. Her name was Hadassah and she seemed to be at the same time both his favorite and his greatest disapointment.

While the other children of Arthur delighted in the growth of the plants and trees, Hadassah was intrigued by their deaths and the rebirths after a cold season.

One day, while walking in no direction in particular, Hadassah felt a pulling towards a cave. It was a dark cave full of death and it was then she realized that this was not ordinary cave. This was the entrance to the Underworld.

Alfred felt that someone had entered his realm and was very confused. It was powerful and he hadn't heard of any wars from the resent deceased so it must have been a lost minor god.

He was very confused as to why a very pretty and living girl was just relaxed as she conversed with his ferryman Felicks.

"Hello?"

"Hello. I'm Hadassah. Is this really the Underworld? WOW this is amazing! I always wanted to see it!" She was excited about seeing the Underworld? And she was not scared of him.

Alfred looked at Felicks who seemed just as puzzled as him.

Here was a pretty girl, who must have been a minor immortal, who was excited about death. What were the odds?

"If you want, I could show you around." he offered.

Her shy smile brought some warmth into the frozen halls. "I'd like that."

They had a fun time. Alfred showed her the Fields of Asphodel and Elysium. He let her dish out some punishments and watch as she turned from a sweet woman to a terrifying force of nature. Hadassah quickly gained the admiration of his furies Toris, Eduard, and Raivis. His three headed dog Libby bonded with her and to his amazement, Hadassah didn't flinch in fear of Libby.

As Alfred watched her, he fell in love.

"Well, I better go. My father might be worried." She looked sad.

"Who is your father?"

"Arthur. God of the harvest." she mumbled.

"Eyebrows? You don't look like his daughter."

"Adoptive actually."

They were quiet. Alfred was known for bouts of spontaneity. This was one of those times.

"Do you want to be Queen of the Underworld? I don't know how you feel in the sun, but you seemed happy among the dead. And if you were Queen, you would not want for nothing. I will do anything for you and never will I stray. You would be the only one I yield too. Please?"

Alfred put his happiness on the line. He placed his heart within her hands and it was hers to crush as she pleased.

And he would let her.

"I-"

"Even if you choose to stay with the living, I would only yield to you and I will long for the day that you will become my Queen. I'd court you as long as necessary." He told her, his eyes like Libby's puppy eyes.

"I would love too."

They lived as husband and wife, King and Queen, very happily and things were less depressing in the Underworld.

However, Arthur lost his prized child and that was not something to be taken lightly. Arthur went to Matthew and demanded that Hadassah be returned to him or the world will die.

Matthew wanting his brother to be happy with his wife but also didn't want the world to go to shit. He tried to reason with Arthur but it was Hadassah's return or the Earth is destroyed.

Matthew sent Kumajiro to the Underworld to warn Alfred and Hadassah of this.

When the bear messenger reached the throne room where the King and his Queen sat, out of breath and gasped, "Arthur had demanded that the Queen return to the living or all the mortals will be destroyed."

"Why? If all the mortals die, then our kingdom expands and then we become the more powerful gods." Alfred thought out loud.

"I agree."

"Well," Kumajiro began, "if you do not, then Matthew will come down here himself and take her back."

"Hadassah will return but may I please talk to my wife before I never see her again?"

Kumajiro agreed and let the two converse privately.

Before Hadassah could ask what Alfred was up too, he pulled out a pomegranate and gave it to her. "Please eat this. If you want any chance to stay in the Underworld and not be forcefully taken away and I will not let that happen, you need to eat this. It's the fruit of the Underworld and you will be bound to the Underworld as long as you live."

"I want to stay with you." Hadassah took the fruit and was able to eat 6 seeds before Kumajiro interrupted them.

"It's time to leave now."

Alfred could only watch with sad eyes as Hadassah left the Underworld.

Meanwhile, Matthew and Arthur stood at the entrance to the Underworld waiting their arrival. Arthur put on false joy at seeing Hadassah but felt glee when he saw how sad Alfred looked on from the shadows.

Matthew didn't want to separate Alfred and Hadassah, but he couldn't let the mortals pay for this either. The only way was to appease Arthur by giving Hadassah back.

Wait...there was something different about his adoptive sister. She seemed...less alive and more dark. Did she?

"Have you eaten the fruit of the Underworld during your stay?" Matthew asked.

"There is no way that she would have eaten any food that that your git of a brother would offer her! She is one of the smarter children that I have and she would not do such a dumb thing like throwing her life away to live in the Underworld."

Matthew just noticed that she held a pomegranate and ate a few seeds at a time.

"Did Alfred give you that?"

"Yes he did."

Arthur turned red in anger. Matthew and Hadassah watched the vein on his forehead to see if it would burst.

"WHY WOULD YOU DO SUCH A STUPID THING? HAVE I NOT TAUGHT YOU ANYTHING? DID I NOT TEACH YOU TO NEVER TAKE FOOD FROM STRANGERS OR MORONS? HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME? AT LEAST RAJESH HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING AS STUPID AS THIS!" He screamed at her.

"Didn't he fast until he was able to get out from under your control?" Hadassah asked calmly.

"AAROGFSFAJSLKFJSLKJ!"

"I didn't think it was possible to make that sound." Matthew commented.

By this time, Arthur was now curled up into a ball sulking.

"Well, technically, since you have eaten the fruit of the Underworld, I cannot force you to stay in the world of the Living, and you do not have to leave unless my brother starts to treat you wrong. Then you tell me and I'll kick his ass for you." Matthew told her.

"Thank you Matthew. Give Maja my regards."

And with that, the two gods went their separate ways.

Alfred and Hadassah lived very happily as King and Queen of the Dead.

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