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Queen of the Underworld Ch. 01

By: dirtymermaid



I knew from the time I saw Hades that I, daughter of Demeter, would be his queen.

This may be an odd notion to have, as a child of Spring, but I knew that was my destiny. I knew that I was meant to be with him; that I was the only one who could bring light to his sad eyes. That I could bring Spring to his Underworld, and that I would rule beside him. 

I never told anyone this, naturally. I would never tell anyone that as a child I would have such feelings; such thoughts. No one would take me seriously anyway. I was only the daughter of the over-protective goddess of the Harvest. I was teased by all the other demi-gods in Mount Olympus for it; that, and for the state of my cloudy, thick curls and nutty-brown skin. My mother is always the color of fresh soil; and I inherited her complexion. Compared to the alabaster gods of Olympus, I felt like an outcast. 

Lord Hades made me feel beautiful.

Lord Hades was always beautiful to me; as a child, he would always bring me small almond flowers, which has the meaning "hope." He has always been the color of chalk; the pure, cold whiteness of his skin made him look like one of his citizens in the Underworld. His hair, including on his chest, face and arms; was the odd black of the night. His chest was broad and muscular- with all the power that a god should have. I remember my eyes linger on his chest that day I saw him in Olympus.

Lord Zeus had thrown me a celebration for my twentieth birthday. While he was my uncle (and in some rumors my father), he treasured on me as he did with many of his children. Many of the gods had come for the lavish party, and I was given the seat of honor sitting at Lord Zeus's feet. My mother beamed with pride as gods from all over Greece came to pay homage to me. I heard everything from ravings of about my beauty, to people singing praises for me and my gift of bringing Spring to the world. I smiled and acted like the gracious girl I was supposed to play, but I couldn't help but gasp when Lord Hades entered the hall.

Everyone was shocked by his presence, Lord Zeus included. The Wealthy one rarely left his kingdom, and his arora took up the entire room with his silence. Lord Zeus tried to bring the room back to gaiety by calling out to him. "Brother! You finally came for a visit! Come! Join us! We are celebrating the young Persephone's birthday!"

Lord Hades said nothing, but I felt his eyes on me. His eyes are like no color I had ever known; there are the color of a star dying in the sky. They hold a strange mixture of light, of darkness, and of everything in between. They stared into my soul, and I was held captive in his gaze. 

"What's that behind your back, brother?"

The entire room held its breath as they watched him. From behind his back he revealed a brilliant red tulip, kept alive in a little clay pot. Many of the other gods began to chuckle when they saw this humble gift. Some even made snide comments that the richest of gods was becoming cheap. However, this was no cheap gift by any means. Red tulips, in the language of flowers, is a declaration of love.

In front of all of Mount Olympus, he quietly declared his love for me. 

I rose from my seat, taking what seemed like the longest steps of my life to him. I took the potted flower from him, my eyes fluttering as I looked towards the ground. "Lord Hades is too kind..."

"Dear Persephone," his voice was low, like the purr of a lion. "It pales in comparison to how you radiate today."

He left soon afterward, not even staying long enough to speak with his brothers or sisters. My mother, the only other person who could know the meaning of the flower, was furious.

"Who does he think he is?!" She bellowed once we were alone in our quarters on Olympus. I sat timidly on my bed, never once removing my eyes from the beautiful flower. "How dare he give my daughter, my daughter, such a flower! He mocks me, that's what! Mocks me! I will bring this to Zeus and..."

I couldn't stop thinking about Lord Hades. My whole life, I had admired him, if perhaps I even loved him. This was a new love, however; it filled my chest with a fire that had never been there before, but consumed me with an incredible warmth that forced my body to shiver. 

I needed to go to him.

"Persephone!" My mother roared. She rarely became angry, but she was truly furious this night. "Swear to me that you avoid Hades at all costs! Swear to me!"

I swore to her; I told her I loved her and that I would be her good girl, and that I would stay away from Lord Hades.

That was the first time I ever lied to my mother.

I gave Iris a flower to bring to Lord Hades; an ambrosia. I knew while the messenger would be diligent, she would never know that I was returning his love. I told my mother that I was going to the field to dance (something I had done as a child and knew that would ease her mind), and my way down to the Earth. My heart was racing, but I knew that the field was near the border of the Underworld. He would have to see me there, he would have to meet me there. 

I only needed to take a few steps on the ground before I saw him. He towered over me, I could see his chest panting as his heart raced. As soon as I was close enough, he pulled me tightly into his arms. I breathed in his scent, my body gave into shuddering. I looked up at him, his eyes swirled like the cosmos. "You realize what we're doing is madness, don't you?"

"Madness be damned, my lord." My breath began to quiver as he brought his lips towards mine. "I am meant to be yours..."

He crushed me with his kiss, and all the while I felt the world slip from under my feet. I knew that I was being taken to the Underworld, but I couldn't care less. All I could care about was the feel of his lips on my own, his tongue penetrating my mouth as it explored each inch. I moaned; a lewd noise I had never made before. It only encouraged him, as he tangled his large fingers into my hair. I felt his manhood pressing into me, and I whimpered from the sensation. As a maiden, I had no experience with such things. I realized that this would be my first time...

"My lord," Our moment of passion was interrupted by a servant. I could not tell if they were living or not, as he was a man hunched with age. He smiled kindly, and his face seemed quite elderly. "Would you like me to prepare a room for our guest?"

"She is no guest, Anaxagoras. She is your queen." Lord Hades drew me up in his arms, I let out a small noise of surprise. The elderly servant seemed as surprised as I did. "Excuse me."

Lord Hades carried me throughout the palace, walking pass servants and piles of his treasures. I could only hear the sound of my own breath, and the pounding of my heart. He kicked open the door of his bed chamber with a force that would knock down a tree. He placed me gingerly on the bed, turning only to close the door behind us. As I lied on the bed, I watched him remove his robes; the way they slid down his taut, muscular form. I sucked in my breath, being exposed to his full manhood and feeling a tightness in my chest. He came onto the bed on all fours, crawling like an animal on top of me. I felt his hands work the fasteners of my tunic, pulling them away and pushing the cloth off my body. My breasts with my rosey pink nipples became exposed, and I felt them stiffen with the cool air. 

He began to squeeze them and my body rose to his touch. He took one nipple into his mouth, sucking on it rolling the bud in his mouth. I began to moan again, my body giving into quakes and shivers of delight. He pushed the robe out further, bringing the rest of my naked body to the cool air. His hands roamed down me, bringing them down to my virgin flower. He parted it with his fingers, rubbing the sensitive bud. My throat cracked with a cry of pleasure, and he silenced it by kissing me again. He prepped me by pressing his finger into me, working and moving deep inside me. My nails dug into his shoulders as I made lewd, incomparable noises into his mouth. He groaned in response. He removed his fingers and positioned himself on top of me. He broke the kiss, and I could feel my body going insane with need. "There's no going back now."

"Take me, my lord."

I felt him enter me, pressing and parting my flower. I sucked in air, whimpering and shaking as it penetrated my virgin walls. I could feel him tremor on top of me, his face becoming twisted in pleasure. He held himself for a moment, his voice cracking as he spoke. "F-Forgive me..."

He pulled back and slammed into me with full force. I let out a scream which he silenced with kisses again. He held me by the back of my head, violently kissing me as he took me. At first, it was painful. I felt my nether regions tighten as he made love to me. Then, as though as I had been hit suddenly with consciousness for the first time, the pain turned to insane pleasure. My hands dug into his hair, pulling him as close to me as possible and crying out wildly into his mouth. He grunted in response, bringing my knees over his shoulders. The effect of this allowed him to penetrate me deeper, and my eyes rolled to the back of my head in an inexplicable feeling of euphoria. My body began to tense, and I felt as if as though I were to explode. He tense as well, and he began to moan and cry declarations of undying love into me. I relished each one, and suddenly my body released; I climaxed for the first time in my life, and my lord filled me as I did. The sensation was indescribable, and I cried in a joy I had never felt before. 

I had never been so happy.

We remained entwined together for hours, his manhood still twitched and held in me. He kissed me all over; my face, neck, chest and hair. He kept telling me he would always love me, and that I would be his queen for as long as I would have him. I stroked his face and hair as he did, suddenly realizing I would never be free of the Underworld and its lord.

And I never wanted to return to the overworld.

Queen of the Underworld Ch. 02



Thank you everyone for the kind words for the first chapter! I'm sorry for the delay, but I had a summer class for college that got in the way. 

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My first days in the Underworld were the happiest of my life. My lord Hades gave me anything my heart desired; jems, robes, perfumes; and at night he would take me into bed and make love late into the night. Anaxagoras, the gentle elderly servant from the night of my arrival, was kind enough to accommodate me with anything I could need. I was able to even to have fresh carnation flowers to decorate my hair as my crown. I was happy, madly in love, and thought that nothing could stop this happiness.

What I had not known, was that my mother had torn apart the world in search of me. She had ravaged the earth of its harvests, its warmth, and its life. Humans and animals suffered for it, and the world was forced to mourn with her. 

"M-My lord, please..." I was in my marriage bed; my legs straddled the waist of my love, and Lord Hades looked at me with his mysterious dark eyes and a small smile on his lips. He had held me by the waist to gently grind me across his hard manhood- never letting me penetrate, merely teasing me in my need. I had become addicted to him; to his physical prowess, his passion, his strength. He played my body as Apollo could play the lyre, only my mouth made the melody of desire. He leaned up, kissing me along my neck and jawline. He spoke heatedly into my neck "Tell me what you want, my queen..."

I flushed, biting onto my lip in frustration and wanting. I dragged my nails down his back, a trick I knew would make him groan in delight. "I want you to take me!"

Grinning, he lifted me slightly and reached between my legs. He took hold of his manhood, taking time to drag it across my lower lips. I whimpered, my body feeling hot with need. He then pressed the tip into my entrance, I let a hiss of pleasure out as I slowly sunk down onto him. His fingers gripped tightly into my hips as I did. We held for only a moment before moving, the delicious grind between us was enough to make my head spin. Guiding my body, I rode on top of him. He moved his hands to play with my breasts, to pinch and twist the sensitive nipples which caused me to squirm and shake. He moved a hand to the back of my neck, holding it firm so he could kiss me. His tongue made a familiar motion in my mouth and I could feel his breath became heavier. I cried into his mouth, and my hips became more frantic in moving on top of him. He responded by lifting his own off the bed, pounding into me with such a force I choked on my own breath. He gripped onto my buttocks so tight I could feel his nails driving into my skin. I loved the mix of pleasure and pain, and I could feel my body tightening as it was ready to release. I threw back my head and screamed as I came, followed by the sensation of him filling me with his seed. We collapsed in each other's embrace, kissing and stroking each other as we did. Once we could breathe normally again, I whispered to him over and over "I love you" and he returned each once.

"Well, that was quite a performance." 

Lord Zeus had appeared in the bedchamber, quietly sitting near the entrance to the door. I gasped, taking a sheet to cover my body as quickly as I could, moving behind Lord Hades. My husband remained calm as he addressed his brother. "My brother, it is a surprise that you join me in my kingdom. Had I known you were coming, we would have made ourselves a little more decent."

"Oh, you never need to make such a fuss for me," dismissed the King of the gods, "However, we must talk about this... Arrangement, you seem to have with Persephone."

There was a subtle flicker in Hades's eyes, but he never let it show on his face. "She is my wife now, and you can see we are quite happy."

"I do not doubt your happiness nor hers, Hades, however there is the issue of our sister."

My voice cracked as I spoke. "H-How did she find out?"

Lord Zeus turned to him, there was a spark in his eyes which were the color of clear skies after a storm. "Helios was in his chariot when he saw you. He had said that it appeared as Lord Hades had kidnapped you. Now that I've seen you, I doubt that is the case."

My face turned crimson. My stomach turned into knots as I listened to Lord Zeus describe how Mother would not let anything grow while I was missing, and now she held the earth hostage until I was returned. His main concern was not in punishing his brother, but ensuring that the earth be allowed to bloom again so that the creatures of the earth would not suffer any longer. "I am sorry, Persephone, but you will have to return to her."

"No!" I cried out. I stood on the bed, holding the sheet tightly to my body in order to cover myself. "I will not! I am Lord Hades's wife and his queen! I do not wish to return to the over world! Forgive me, Lord Zeus, but there must be a way for me to stay!"

Perhaps shocked at my passion, Lord Zeus looked at me for a very long time. I knelt back on the bed, and Lord Hades took me into his arms and kissed my forehead. After a period of silence, Lord Zeus spoke: "Then we have no choice but to trick your mother."

I dried my eyes, my brows furrowing. "My lord?"

"Demeter thinks that Hades has kidnapped you, and it is better if she does. If she had known you left her so willingly, she may continue to punish the earth for it." He leaned back into the chair, stroking his thick white beard. "However, if you were taken, then you are blameless. Made a wife 'against your will...' She would accept that more."

"But would she not then try to keep my husband away from me by keeping me above?"

"That's the trick; we need to be able to convince her that you must return to the Underworld, even if it is for only a short while." Lord Zeus smiled, in the way I had seen his mischievous son Hermes smile. "She would have to comply to that."

Lord Hades had been quiet, but his eyes swirled with what I knew was constant thought. I could feel his body tense and released as he let out a sigh. "I have a way."

I was then presented with the food of the Underworld in the shape of a beautiful pomegranate. My husband instructed me very carefully, telling to eat as many seeds as I could before I reached the surface of the earth. Lord Zeus was to escort me back to my mother, where he would tell her I would have to stay a month for every seed I consumed.

I cried as we said goodbye, and my love kissed me over and over. He told me that he would wait for me, and that we would not be parted for long. I tried to dry my eyes as best I could, plucking as many of the ruby-like seeds as I could and swallowing them whole. 

Mother sobbed as she took me into her arms. She held me so tightly I could barely breathe. I pretended that I was so relieved to see her, but in that moment I was so angry I could have burst. I feigned my ignorance perfectly when I was told about the seeds, and watched as my mother flew into rage when she realized I would have to go back to the Underworld. I could only count the moments until I would be allowed to return to my husband, and relinquishing being the Maiden for being the Queen.

After waiting six months, I was finally allowed to return. Hermes, who often guided dying souls to the land of the dead, escorted me on my journey. He did not fail to mention how "unfortunate" it was for him that I was now married to the King of the Underworld, when not only he but his half-brother Apollo had both put in a bid to marry me (but were both completely rejected by my mother). I said nothing to this, as my thoughts were all consumed with seeing my husband again. 

We stood at the edge of the entrance of the Underworld, my breath felt caught in my throat. "I must leave you here, cousin. I will return in six months time to bring you back to Olympus."

As we bid goodbye, my heart began to race. I began to make the long walk towards the River Styx. After being greeted by Ceberus and allowed to pass, I went across the River Styx, Charon graciously bringing me as "The Queen's presence has been deeply missed."

"My lady!" Anaxagoas greeted me heartily. He helped me off the boat, bringing me to the entrance of the palace. "Welcome home! Lord Hades is in the courtyard waiting for you."

I ran through the palace. The only thing I missed about the surface was the feeling of flowers springing under my feet as I went, but in this moment I couldn't care. With each step my heart beat harder, my breath became faster, and my eyes began to water. I began to pant, but I could see the open door. The smell of wet earth and the zinnia filled my nostrils. I jerked to a stop once I reached the courtyard, my heart had reached my throat. "M-My love?!"

Hades stared at me, holding a yellow zinnia in his hand. The steps he took towards me felt like they took forever, and my body began to quiver. The flower fell, and I felt swept into his arms again. I let out a cry of joy, tears coming down my face. He buried his face in the nape of my neck. I only peered over him to see he had filled the courtyard with hundreds of yellow zinnia.

"Daily remembrance."

He pulled my head back by my hair, kissing me fiercely. My legs pulled up on their own, wrapping around his waist as we dropped to the ground. I felt my robe slide down my thigh, and I felt his manhood pressing against me. His hands shook as he reached between us, pulling himself out and pressing into me. I gasped, the familiar sensation I had missed filling my entire body. He groaned, pressing himself into me and kissing all along my face and neck. My nails dug into his back, whimpering and pleading with him to continue. He began to move, taking me harder than he ever had. I felt every inch of him taking me and I began to cry in pleasure. He held me by my face, kissing me and telling me how much he missed me every day. I tried to speak, but I felt my breath flutter and grow shorter as I became closer to coming. I felt him tense, and we came together; his seed flooding into me as my womanhood squeezed around him. We held each other, and for the first time in six months, I was whole. 

I then swore to myself I would find a way to remain here forever.