Hello my Lovely People! I am so sorry for the much delayed chapter! I suffered from a severe writer's block. Basically I knew what I wanted to write but I didn't know how to write it. And then, get this, When I was ready to write it (which was last weekend) I LOST MY FLASH DRIVE THAT HAD EVERYTHING ON IT! I panicked so much! But, thank the Gods, I found it!

So this chapter is another rising action chapter leading up to another climax of some sort. I hope it meets y'all's approval. And one more thing. Since this chapter took so long to write I will try (no promises) to get another chapter out by the end of this week.

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Early in the next morning two of the shades approached the surface of the world. Hades had assigned them to gather the fruits of the upper world for Persephone when she was close to running out. She now had only a few more days of food supply, and they knew that they better get a move on if they didn't want any trouble from Hades. However, when they got to the top of the tunnel and up onto the surface, they were found in shock. The whole land, as far as the eye can see, was covered in ice and snow. Trees had no leaves and all the sky had a cloud over it, blocking out Helios's sunlight. No animals were to be seen.

They looked at each other not knowing what to do. The blonde, Chloe, spoke first. "Alexia? What is all this? What are we going to do?"

The raven haired girl replied, "I have no clue. What happened here?"

From behind them a voice spoke. "I'll tell you what happened." Startled, they both turned around gasping. The thin young man smiled. "Forgive me for scaring you my ladies." They nodded. "Ever since Demeter's beloved daughter, Persephone, went missing, she has refused to give us her harvest. It has been like this for quite some time. Everyone is dying fast. It started out slow but then all growth just stopped." He looked around at the land and shook his head. "You won't find any food here; soon you won't find any life either." He looked very grim. "Everyone has kind of lost hope. We are now all waiting to finally get to come face to face with the dark lord himself."

The two shades looked at each other, both having the same thoughts in their heads. Alexia spoke, "Well, thank you kind sir. I do hope things somehow turn out well for everyone." He nodded in reply.

Chloe whispered to Alexia, "Hades is not going to take kindly to this. What do you think will happen when Persephone runs out of food? She can eat from the underworld, but then she can never leave. And we can't let her grow weak, Hades won't allow it."

"I don't know. We'll need to bring this up with him immediately." Turning to the young man Alexia said her farewell. "Goodbye sir." He nodded as they went back into the underworld. Little did they know, he had heard every word they had said.

Persephone awoke to a sensation that she had always loved. Still wrapped up in Hades's arms, she felt him stroking her soft hair. "Good morning, my Queen." Hades purred into her ear.

She smiled and snuggled up closer to him. "Good morning, my King."

"How did you sleep?"

"Amazingly well."

"That is magnificent to hear." He thought and then spoke again. "As much as I love being right here with you, I do believe that we should get ready for the day ahead." Persephone groaned. "I do think that we should bathe before going out and about."

Persephone looked up at him mischievously. "As in we, do you mean together, at the same time?"

"I think we can do that." He gave her a sly smile which she returned.

"Alright." She whispered sleepily, rubbing her eyes. "Go ahead and start the warm water, I don't want to be cold."

Hades chuckled and kissed her head, "Okay, my sweet." And with that Hades rolled out of bed and walked naked to the bathroom. Persephone's eyes widened at the sight. She had nearly forgotten that they were both still naked. Of course the moment she thought this she felt stupid considering that it was the day after their wedding night. What else were they to be clothed in but the skins they were born with?

A few minutes later he returned to her bedside, still naked. "Persephone," He whispered stroking her hair, "The bath is ready." She opened her eyes and almost jumped at the sight of him leaning over her. "Okay." She purred stretching.

He held out his hand to her and waited for her to take it. She paused in her stretching and looked at his hand thinking about their state of dress. You know what Persephone? She thought to herself. He is your husband and you are his wife, and he has already seen and touched places of yours that you barely even knew existed. So just get out of bed, take his hand, and bathe with your incredibly handsome husband.

She threw back the covers and took his hand to stand up. His eyes bulged at the sight of her, and once again, so did his man hood. She didn't look down at his member and he was thankful, but oddly disappointed. She walked slightly ahead of him, her hips swinging from side to side making him want her even more. Oh she knows she's doing this now. Hades thought. I'll show her a thing or two. And with that, he leaned forward and slightly spanked her butt. Persephone gasped while turning around to face him. "Hades!" She jokingly scolded. "How dare you, you should be ashamed!" Hades would have apologized at her remark, but when he saw her face turn red, he just smirked. "You are right." Hades started, pulling her close. "I should be ashamed. But, I'm not." And with that her took both of his hands and grabbed her butt lifting her off the ground. Her mouth opened in delighted shock. She wrapped her legs around him and pressed herself up against him.

Hades continued to carry her to the streaming hot bath and gently lowered her in. He heard her sigh relief at the hot water and then he lowered himself in. As he closed his eyes to relax in the water, he felt her move one of her legs to his side and then turn and mount him. He opened his eyes to see his beautiful queen starring into his eyes. "My oh my." Hades purred, "Well, what do we have here?" He snaked his arms around her waist. Even though she was trying to be sexy for him, he saw the red spread on her cheeks, neck, and chest. And with that he chuckled. "Persephone, you don't have to do anything you are not comfortable with."

"I am comfortable with you." With that she pressed herself up against him and kissed him deeply. He let out a deep moan, feeling her body up against him. Persephone took some pleasure in getting such a reaction out of him. She then adjusted herself to where he entered her with ease, since she was still stretched out from the night before. She bit her lip and slowly began to rock her hips on top of his. Hades let out another moan, "Oh, Persephone."

Lord Hades sat in his throne room judging soul, after soul, after soul. Why in the world are there so many dead people? There must be a war that I haven't heard of yet. I'll have to look into it. "Next!" Hades called. To his surprise, two of his servants, Chloe and Alexia, entered. "What are you two doing here?"

They looked up to him fearfully. Chloe nudged Alexia, the braver one, forward. "My lord, Chloe and I went up to the surface to collect our queen's food, but…" She stopped nervously. "There was no food up there."

Hades sat up straighter. "What?"

"The earth was covered in ice and snow. A cloud covered the whole sky, blocking out Helios's rays of sun. All the trees were bare, and not an animal was in sight. We met a young mortal boy. He said that this was Demeter's doing. Ever since her daughter went missing she has neglected her duties all together. All the mortals are dying and have given up hope. They are just waiting to die."

Hades swallowed. "Well, I suppose this explains why my work has been overflowing lately."

"My lord," Chloe stepped forward, "What are you going to do about our queen? She can eat the food of the underworld, but only if she stays here forever. She only has a few days left of the food from up there."

"Yes." Hades sighed. "That'll be a discussion we'll have very soon. Thank you, girls. You are dismissed." They bowed and quickly left the grand room.

Hades sighed rubbing his temples to keep the oncoming head ache he was starting to receive away. "Next!" He called to the doors.

Persephone sat at her vanity brushing out her now dry gold hair. She thought of nothing but the ways Hades had touched her in the last day. She saw herself turn red as she remembered herself trying to be sexy for him, but he saw right through her. It's amazing how much he knew her. He knew when she was nervous or sad, Lying or happy, how she ate and brushed her hair, how she felt like nothing to knock her down as she made pomegranate signifying their love, and when she is not herself.

A soft knock came to the door. "Come in Ariel!" Persephone called.

Ariel came bouncing in as her usual peppy self. Persephone, of course, knew exactly what they were going to talk about.

Before Persephone could get a word in Ariel rapidly exclaimed, "Oh my goodness! Persephone! How was last night? How do you feel? Tell me everything!" Ariel paused and turned red. "No wait, don't tell me everything. Just, tell me… Tell me something!" Ariel bounced up and down. Persephone laughed and stood up to hug her.

"Oh Ariel, you never fail to make me happy."

Ariel opened her mouth in shock but then it turned into a devious smile. "Well aren't you in a very good mood this morning."

Persephone laughed and turned red at what she was getting at. "Yes I am. And apparently, so are you." Persephone led her over to the couch and we sat down in front of the fire Hades had started for me before he left to do his duties. "Last night was amazing Ariel! So much better than I ever thought something could feel."

Ariel beamed. "Well I am so happy for you!"

For about an hour Persephone and Ariel had talked about their loves, each of them sharing wonderful moments that they had went through, whether they were sad, happy, embarrassing, funny, or romantic. At the end of it all, Ariel sighed.

"Ariel? What's wrong?" Persephone asked, sensing that Ariel was thinking about something difficult.

Ariel took a deep breath. "I've decided that I am going to tell Daniel."

"Oh." Persephone was speechless. "W-When did you decide this?"

"Last night at your wedding. The way you and Hades look at each other was spectacular, and Daniel was looking at me the same way. From what I could tell that was the look of being completely in love with someone and having no secrets between them. I couldn't look at Daniel that way and I felt awful for it. So last night after the wedding when he walked me to my room I told him that I wanted to talk to him tonight. He asked why I couldn't just tell him what I wanted to talk about last night, and I said I needed time to think it through. He just nodded and bid me a good night."

"I see. Do you know how you are going to explain all that to him?"

"No. that's why I wanted a day to figure it all out. What should I say?" Ariel looked at Persephone with pleading eyes.

"I don't know Ariel. You should just tell the truth. I wouldn't beat around the bush with this topic. I would just say it and explain."

Ariel nodded. "I guess you are right. I should just spit it out, and just tell him exactly what it is." Ariel paused. "I'm really nervous Persephone. No, more than that, I'm scared. What will he think of me when he knows what happened to me?"

"Oh, Ariel. I don't know. But, if he loves you like you say he does then there is no doubt in my mind that he will still accept you and love you. This might even make him love you more, because this new feelings of protectiveness will wash over him. You might never see another male again!" Persephone joked.

Ariel laughed, grateful for the lighter feeling in the room. "You are so right. Thank you Persephone!"

"You're welcome."

Ariel stood up and went for the door. "Well I better get on with my duties. I'll stop by later today, if not then I will see you tomorrow morning."

"Alright. Goodbye Ariel."

"Goodbye, my queen."

"Ariel." She warned.

Ariel smiled. "Goodbye Persephone."

Back on the upper world the young man was walking very quickly through the snow to Demeter's temple. He was nearly blue by the time he had arrived. He stepped inside and shut the wooden doors. Thankfully, as he scanned the room, he was alone. But, only for the time being.

"Demeter! I need to speak with you immediately!" He yelled as loud as he could. No response. "Demeter I know you can hear me! Please answer me!" Again, no response.

He mustered up all the strength he had and called out as loud as he could.

"I know where Persephone is!"

Yeah! All done! That ending though! The next chapter is gonna be fun. I promise!

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