The True Wrath of a Goddess

Chapter 2

The drive to the hall of the gods is not a long one but it was good to get to sit and talk with Aphrodite the whole way. When we arrive not many Olympians are there yet, but it will not be long before the place is packed. So far, the coast is clear. My parents are nowhere in sight and I don’t even think they would recognize me unless they were right in front of me. I smile knowing that I have exceeded in hiding myself. I will reveal it to them tonight when I’m ready. I’m still kind of scared to do so but I know I will have to when the time is right. Just knowing that I will be free to do what I want until spring arrives has me smiling like an i***t. I start to think about everyone I will see here tonight and a lot of them I was friends with before I just disappeared for four years. Now I’m just back and I don’t know what they will think of me if I just walk up and say hi Aphrodite told me that they don’t hate me for what I did, and they understand everything I’m just hoping I don’t run into Apollo I don’t think I will ever be able to look at him the same because he is the real reason, I left not my parents. 

I don’t think I could ever tell anyone what happened to me, but I knew I needed to tell someone my life has not been the same since that night. I'm brought out of my train of thought when someone clears their throat, I turn around to see Eros and I smile. “So, after four years away you finally come home.” He says and I just look at him “not of my own free will Zeus and Demeter found me sadly.” I say and look up at him “are you mad at me for leaving the way I did?” I ask and he looks at me “no I’m not mad just a little hurt that you didn’t come to tell me bye that’s how we all feel we could never be mad at you Kora.” He says with a big smile on his face. I nod and smile at him I could feel eyes on me and Eros chuckles “looks like someone has an admirer he’s kind of cute too.” he says, and I turn around to see if I can see who it is, but I can’t figure out who is staring at me. I'm trying to look through the small crowd that has started to form and then I see a pair of brilliant blue eyes that I’ve ever seen.

 “Eros who is that?” I asked, “I do believe that is Hades he never really comes up here that often not even if it is for a party.” He says and looks down at me. I look back over at the tall figure still trying to see if I can see more of his face, I am now curious to see what he looks like and what my game plan is on how to get close enough to him. I need to make a plan and I look at Eros “GET ME CLOSE TO HIM! Please.” I say and he just looks at me. I smile up at Eros and he just smiles “what are you planning?” He asks, “I don’t know yet, but I want to try something to show them that I'm my person.” I say and look up at him again. We slowly walk over to where this guy was and then I see him and my face lights up. He is about six foot two with blackish blue hair and brilliant blue eyes. 

“Hello, my name is Hades. You look stunning Persephone.” He says and I blush “thank you don’t look so bad yourself.” I say and look up at him “what is the king of the underworld doing up here though I didn’t think you like to mingle with the Olympians?” I ask and he smiles at me “Well when I heard you returned, I thought I might get my chance to see you again.” He says and then it’s like he let a major secret slip and my mind is trying to figure out what he means, and I go to ask but he has vanished. I try to look for him, but I cannot find him anywhere and I go and look for Aphrodite. I see that she is talking to Hera so I feel comfortable talking to her because I know they will not keep a secret from me. “hey guys are there somewhere we can talk away from everyone?” I ask and they look at me. “what’s going on Persephone. You look a little pale.” Aphrodite says as she turns to look at me.

“I just meet hades for what I thought was the first time, but he said something that doesn’t make sense to me so is there somewhere all three of us can talk away from this crowd?” I ask and Hera nods and we walk into her office. “Is there something that my mother and Zeus are hiding from me?” I ask not wanting to beat around the bush about anything right now. They both look at me and then look to the ground. “your mother had someone wipe your memories of Hades because of your father everyone thinks that he is Zeus’s brother, but he is not his full blooded brother he is adopted we don’t know who his real titian parents are but Cronos too him under his wing your mother didn’t want you to fall for him in any way so this is why you do not remember him.” Hera says and I just look at her confused “who has the ability to do this though and I also thought that we couldn’t use our powers on other gods or goddess.” I say more confused than angry “Mnemosyne is the titan goddess of memory and it is, but your father convinced her to do it after he stayed with her for nine nights and created the nine muses.” Aphrodite says and looks at me. “why didn’t you tell me before?” I ask and she smiles 

“you were still too young to understand the feelings that would have washed over you but after the incident in the mortal realm and your act of wrath down there we were told never to tell you anything about who you truly are.” She says and I just look at her “What act of wrath? I never used my powers except for harvest and spring.” I ask and stare at them like they are crazy and at this point, I can tell that they are both extremally mad and Hera yells for Zeus and my mother. They walk in and just stare at me and then look at Hera and Aphrodite “Why did you call us in here and why is Persephone here?” they ask and then look at my face. “WHAT DID YOU TELL HER!” my mother yells at them “They told me the truth and now I want my memories back. All of them and I want them back NOW!” I yell and I see the look on her face change from hate to anger.

“You don’t know anything we took those memories from you in order to protect you why do you have to be so ungrateful for how we try to help too!” Zeus yells at me I go to say something but all I hear is Hera. “YOU ARE NOT HELPING HER YOU ARE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE SHE DOESN’T HAVE A LIFE OF HER OWN YOU JUST WANT TO CONTROL HER WELL GUESS WHAT THE TWO OF YOU GET TO DO. YOU GET TO LET HER DECIDE HOW TO LIVE HER LIFE AND YOU WILL HAVE MNEMOSYNE RESTORE EVERY MEMORY YOU HAD REMOVED EVEN THE ONES OF HADES BECAUSE GUESS WHAT HE WAS HERE TONIGHT AND HE TOLD HER THEY HAD MET BEFORE SO YOU HAVE ONE OPTION AND IT NEED TO BE DONE BEFORE THE PARTY IS IN FULL SWING BECAUSE IF IT’S NOT THERE WILL BE HELL TO PAY.” She yells and my mother is fuming. “Just because you are the Queen doesn’t mean a thing that is my daughter and what I say goes.” My mother states and I look up at her and with the look on her face, I think my eyes are glowing because I also feel a slight tingling. “I am my own person now Demeter you do not have a say in what happens in my life anymore and if you try to stand in my way of finding the truth you will regret it for eternity,” I say getting closer and closer to her until Hera pulls me back to reality. Suddenly I see the door open and a goddess is standing there “Mnemosyne return all of Kora’s memories to her.” Zeus says and Demeter storms out of the room.

 “Demeter you get back in here you had just as much to do with this as I did you get to watch and see how much she hates you after this!” Zeus yells back to her and she returns. “Kora you’re going to want to sit down for this it might be painful Mnemosyne says and gives me a saddened look. “I never wanted to do this because I knew it was against the rules but Zeus gave me my girls and I couldn’t disobey the king.” She says and I look up at her “this is not on you this is on them.” I say as I point to my parents making sure she knows I’m not mad at her. this is a new low even for my parents but I hope they can deal with what is going to come. Im not sure how this will work but I just hope that nothing is done while im under whatever is going to happen to me while she gives me back every memory, she was told to take from me. I don’t know how many years or months of my childhood that was taken from me and I know when I wake up, I will be fuming mad, and I don’t want them here when I do “Hera make them leave now because I do not want to see them when I wake up from this. You and Aphrodite may stay because I trust you, but they need to leave now.” I say and just look at them with so much hatred they took my life from me and I didn’t even know it. Was I really that bad and was what Aphrodite said true did I hurt people? Im not that kind of person im not but I am a goddess of wrath after all so there probably isn’t much im not capable of doing. I will just have to wait o see what happens. “Persephone are you ready to start?” Mnemosyne asks and I nod here goes everything I thought about myself out the window. This will hopefully make way for me to be a better person.