The Daughter Of Hades

Prologue

"You're making a mistake and you know it"

"I do not wish to do this. But after all, I live for the chaos and destruction"

"No, you don't. This is not the man I agreed to marry. You are not the same man that not only once but countless times before who have shown me mercy in the past"

"I was weak then. I was blinded by you and your words of so-called love. I was a fool! But never again will I make that mistake"

"No, please my love. Hades, I beg of you. Do not do this to me, to us. What about your family?" His wife begged as she cased her eyes to see their daughter, Macaria holding her crying baby sister, Melinoë while their eldest son, Zagreus tried to stand tall, as they all stood crying in a corner.

"They will live out their lives on earth and I will strip them of their powers and abilities. They will be mortal and die a slow mortal's death "

"And what of me? What shall you do with me? I am already mortal, there's nothing you can take from me"

"My queen, you are underestimating me. I may not be able to take away any powers or abilities, but I can take away your one wish"

"And what is that?"

"Your wish of being a mother"

And with that sentence alone, Hades wield his Stygian Blade and with it, striking her down where she stood, impaling her in the heart.

"Don't worry, my queen, our kids will one day meet you again. After all, I am the god of the underworld, I'll have it be so if it's the last thing I do" he spoke as his words dripped with vain and venom.

"You are making a mistake and one day you will rue the day you dare try to kill my kids!"

With her last dying breath, Persephone gather her inner strength pulling the blade out of her chest, throwing it to the ground. Taken by surprise, Hades eyes had pure panic in them, even if he didn't speak a word, seeing the woman before himself made him feel weak.

"I may not get to the chance to be a mom, but you won't get the chance to harm them" She then pulled out a small dagger, shoving it into her husband stomach.

As Hades stumbled back, now wounded, Persephone picked up his blade and took out three pearls from her dress pocket.

"Zagreus, take these" giving him the three pearls and his father's blade. "I want you to take that blade and your sisters to the mortal world and take care of each other"

"But I-"

"Hey, shh it's ok. You are my strong brave man, you can handle this. Achlys and Desdemona will help keep you three safe" she says as two three-headed Cerberus came by his sister's side.

"But mom-"

"Never look back at this place, ok? When the time comes one of you" she says making eye contact with all of them. "Will become the very thing that the gods all fear but don't let them or your father poison your light...I love you all"

"We love you- mom, behind you!!" Macaria yelled seeing her father about to attack their mom.

"Quick think of the mortal world and step on the pearls. Always protect each other no matter what" was her last words before Hades drove the dagger in her back, letting her lifeless body drop to the ground.

"Come here you!" He says trying to grab ahold of his kids, though Zagreus and Macaria both had already stepped on the pearls, escaping their father's wrath.
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"Are we here?" Macaria asked looking around at her surroundings trying to hush her younger sister up from crying.

"I believe so," Zagreus said, dropping his father's blade, watching in astonishment as the cars passed them by and the birds chirped around them.

"What do we do now?" Macaria questioned looking at her sister then at her older brother.

"We will train and learn how to harness our powers and abilities. You heard mother one of us will become what the gods fear the most, so we must fight and train nonstop" he stated, before looking at his baby sister. "But first we must find shelter and hide just in case father sends someone after us"

"Let's go Achlys and Desdemona" Macaria ordered, looking to their Cerberuses, only to be taken back. "Whoa, hey Zagreus come look at this. They disguised themselves as what do the mortals call them? Dogs?"

"How smart of you two," Zagreus says delighted by their appearance. "Seeing as we are in the mortal world we should try and be normal to the very best of our abilities so we don't gather too much attention"

Zagreus then took on the appearance of a young man, looking no more than being in his twenties, being a somewhat smaller version of himself, making sure to make himself considerably shorter than Hades and a head shorter than Persephone. He had gone with a reasonable height for a mortal. He has heterochromia with one of his father's red eyes and one of his mother's green. His hair is jet black like his father's though with his mother's spikier texture. His skin is quite pale, and he is physically strong and muscular. He then next took away his traditional Greek toga trading it with a red ripped shirt and black cargo pants with a silver chain hanging off on the side accessorizing with a silver choker and putting rings on his fingers.

"How do I look?" He asked impressed with his choice of style.

"Like a punk rock band album cover" Macaria insulted looking at her brother. "Were you even trying?"

"What? I like this look. But if you're so good let's see what you can come up with" He said, taking Melinoë from her grasp.

"Watch this"

Macaria is similar to her mother, Persephone in appearance and even though, they have to be undercover she didn't wanna take too much of her mom away from herself. So, she instead made herself a 5"6 young woman, looking to be around her twenties, changing hair from its dark black colour to a nice warm brunette colour as it fell in waves and ringlets down her back to her hips. She then changed her eyes from its fierce blue to violet eyes. Putting herself in flowery yellow sundresses. Keeping things simple, she didn't want to wear jewellery unlike her brother, however she did conjure up a flower-shaped charm with a half-crescent moon on a necklace putting it on, reminding her of both parents.

"I feel as if this is what you look like on the inside" Zagreus joked, looking her up and down. "But it suits you"

"Thank you and what about Melinoë?"

Although Melinoë is nothing more than an infant, she has a frightening appearance. Her left side is black and hardened like a mummy, while her right side is pale and chalky as if she were drained of all her blood. Her eyes are empty black voids.

"Mom only taught us how to change ourselves. When she grows up more, we'll train her to do it herself, and she can change her appearance to whatever she would like" Zagreus tells, looking at Melinoë then to Macaria. "For now we'll just keep her hidden from everyone else"

"Ok"

"But let's go. I have a feeling Zeus is not happy" He says looking to the sky.

"A storm is coming. And I don't just mean with the weather" Macaria spoke, grabbing the blade from the ground, as the two dogs followed after them.