Hades' smile was proportional to Mal's fear. Rashid felt no fear, but he certainly didn't want to stay any longer than necessary. It seemed that everything there existed to take life and frighten.
As Hades anchored the boat, Rashid kept his eyes on the shadow he'd seen earlier.
"I don't like this place."
Mal whispered to Rashid.
"Nobody likes Hades." He responded. "Do you see a huge shadow move?"
Mal didn't have time to signal a response, because the shadow came at them at a frightening speed.
"Hi Cerberus." Mal and Rashid stared dumbfounded. A huge three-headed dog that looked like a monster ran and went to Hades who opened his arms to welcome the animal. "I missed you too, buddy."
"You're seeing the same thing I am, right?"
Rashid asked in disbelief that what he saw was real.
"If you're seeing a three-headed dog playing with my dad, then, yes, we're seeing the same thing."
"You called him dad?" He faced the girl with emotion. "If I wasn't in that situation, I'd say 'awww'."
"Get lost, Rashid. Hades, I don't want to interrupt your reunion, but we have more important matters."
"Yeah, sure." He recomposed himself. "See you later, kid."
It had been years since Hades had smiled in such a genuine way. His joy was genuine and his eyes were shining as he saw every spot in that vast place.
"Do you know where the arrow is? Tell me you know."
Rashid questioned tired from a short walk.
"Moros said it was in the temple, but he doesn't have one. Watch your step." He warned, as Mal was about to step into a pool of lava. "The Underworld wasn't created to receive guests. Anyway, the temple he says can only be to his daughters."
"Daughters?" Rashid asked. "Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos?"
"Or, the Moirai. Moros loves those things enough to leave one of the arrows with them."
"And where are they?"
Mal asked.
"If we're lucky we won't see those shrews."
"What?"
"We don't have a very happy past."
"Hades, please make sense."
"They're not welcome here."
"So, what are we doing here?"
Mal asked already thinking that this was all a big deception.
"The Moirai left the arrow here, they hid it in that cave." He pointed to the cave a few meters away. "You just need to go in and get it."
"That's it?"
"Yeah, I can't go in there, let alone the stranger."
"The name is Rashid." Mal looked at them and walked over. "Why all the blah, blah, blah to say the arrow was there?"
"It's cooler."
"Hades, son of Kronos and Rhea."
Three voices said.
"I don't have the slightest bit of luck."
He complained looking at the ground.
"What is the former king of the Underworld doing here?"
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Once Upon a Dream
Fanfiction"I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream. I know you the look in your eyes is so familiar, a gleam and I know it's true that visions are seldom all they seem." Ben and Mal's love was one that was being written about for several years. When t...
