Synopsis:
After much effort & trial, Hades finally earns the love of his wife Persephone, & the two become inseparable. Demeter does not like the change in her daughter, & kills her own daughter to separate the couple. Hades eventually grips with the fact that his wife has been lost, but doesn't lose hope, for he knows that one day, the pool of souls will release his wife back into the world, & he will have her again.
In the year of 1888, the world has been afflicted with an eternal winter as Demeter mourns the loss of her child. Humans have evolved by growing their plants & food in green houses. In addition to the never-ending cold, a serial killer known as Jack the Ripper has been terrifying the public. Kore Jameson, Persephone in a new body, is growing more concerned every day; Jack the Ripper seems to favor her, from the mysterious letters she's been finding in her private green house.
"I don't want to return to my mother," Persephone announced softly into her warm pillow. Laying submerged in their sea of covers & pillows, Persephone curled up against her husband, dreading what was to happen the very next day. Thanks to her mother's frustrating meddling, Persephone would have to leave her home with Hades in the Underworld to help bring fertility back to the earth for a whole six months. While she wanted her mother to be happy, she was happy when she was at Hades' side. It took some time, but he'd wooed her with his surprising gentleness & warmth.
Pouting, Persephone wrapped her arms around her sleeping mate & buried her face into his chest. She hoped he would simply spend time with her today, so when tomorrow came, it would be just a bit easier for Persephone to leave him & their home. She wished sometimes that Demeter would understand that Hades wasn't the poison she believed him to be, but her mother was forever resentful to Hades for "stealing" her child, even when Zeus himself gave permission. Now Persephone was bouncing back & forth between her lover & mother, as though they both had some equal claim to her. What would Persephone ever do if she became heavy with child? Would she have to leave both her baby & husband behind, or would she have to separate them every half year?
It was time for action. Sitting up in bed, Persephone left Hades to sleep quietly & went out to the courtyard where the Underworld's produce was kept. Reaching into the many baskets kept there, Persephone grabbed a pomegranate, much like the one her husband had fed her so long ago, & brought it back inside with her. She crept to her traveling pack & hid it at the bottom, deciding she may need this later. If her mother wouldn't become more agreeable, she would just eat more seeds, therefore forcing Zeus' hand in ordering Persephone to stay in the underworld with Hades' for the rest of their immortal lives. Persephone hoped it wouldn't come to that, but she was already mentally preparing herself.
She also considered telling Hades of her plan, but he would probably stop her & insist that her mother deserved some time, & that they had a duty to preserve spring & summer. Persephone honestly believed Demeter needed to grow up, & needed to start taking care of the seasons herself. When Persephone was in the Underworld, Demeter pitched fits & let the world perish in the cold, like it was somehow their fault she was sad.
Persephone closed her travelling pack & snuck back into bed with a mischievous grin when she realized her fingers & toes had grown ice cold from being out of the comfortable covers. Sliding closer to Hades, she placed her icy cold fingers on his cheeks to wake him & smiled down at his sleeping face.
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