Story Revised

A woman trembles in fear, and closes her eyes to protect herself from that horror, her impending doom. She shields herself using her arms, in a futile attempt to protect herself. A skeleton figure in a back cloak approaches her. What she didn’t see, however, was the reflection of a different figure in the mirror he passed. A man with a sad expression.

The skeletal figure passes the woman, and disappears through the wall, onto the other side of the house. Hades has the power to reflect everyone’s fears, instead of truly reflecting himself. It’s not something he has control over, and by now, he has already gotten used to the looks of fear and terror. He looks back sadly at the house, feeling regret for the panic he caused. The woman’s house sits on a hill, overlooking a forest with a stream running through. Hades turns to face the forest, and catches himself surprised.

Persephone walks by the forest, each step she takes, flowers booming along the way. She finds a spot, and sits down, admiring the flowers she created.

Hades was immediately struck with Cupid’s arrow, and fell in love. He watches her, as she conjures a flower, and smells it. He gets the idea to give her a flower. He tries to mimic her, but instead of creating a flower, he makes a pomegranate. Hades decides he wants to hand it to her anyhow.

He approaches, and when Persephone notices a shadow over her, she looks up, not to see Hades, but another monster. She backs away in horror, and turns away, trembling. His heart breaks, for he had hoped that she could look past his exterior and see him for how he truly is. He stands there, paralyzed and dejected.

Persephone opens her eyes, still turned away, and looks at their reflections in the stream. She sees that there is no monster, and turns to Hades. She stands up and approaches him, and as she studies him closer, sees him for who he truly is. Feeling regretful for her actions, she accepts the pomegranate, and takes it from him. He looks up, and catches her smile. He smiles back at her.