A New Goddess

Chapter 5

The next day, Zeus planned three events that tested the Gods skills; Hades and Hera stepped forward and got ready. The first challenge was to see who could make the prettiest garden for Amerosa because she was born in one. Hades made a garden with all the plants from the Underworld that had no leaves or flowers bloomed; Hera made a garden that had all the flowers, plants and trees and more from her enchanted garden where Amerosa had been born. Zeus then asked for Amerosa to choose which she liked best; Amerosa chose Hera's because it brought back great memories of the day she was born. The score was one to zero with Hera winning.

The second challenge was a riddle made by the to twin God and Goddess Cile and Ciel (these two twins were born from a cherry tree and were the children of Pan). Ciel was the Goddess of myths and was born blind in her right eye and deaf in her left ear. Cile was the God puzzles and was blind and deaf in the opposite eye and ear. They made a riddle that went like this: what walks on four legs in the morning, two in the evening and three in the night; Hades quickly got this one. A man crawls on all fours when a child, two when a man and three when elderly because they walk with a cane. This was the life of a human and it was his job to learn if the human was good in life and deserved to go into the afterlife.

Now the score was tied one to one; the final challenge was to see who could offer Amerosa the nicest thing; Hades offered Amerosa a crown made from all the dead soul's jewels. Hades knew Amerosa could not resist a jewel and knew he had her. When it was Hera's turn, she remembered the necklace that Amerosa loved and decided to give it to her; first she sucked the love potion out of the necklace and back into the arrow, then offered it to Amerosa. Recognizing the necklace she made, she ran to her mother and took the necklace; Amerosa had made her decision.

Hades in a fit of outrage seized Persephone and began to run to his carriage that led to the underworld; Hera realizing that his plan all along was to be able to have Persephone forever by ignoring his first deal, shot the love arrow at Hades as Amerosa grabbed Persephone. Hades fell in love with a dead soul and was never heard from again.

In the end Amerosa, Persephone and all the other Gods and Goddess lived happily forever on Mount Olympus.

The End!