Persephone was sitting lonely, looking at the beautiful flowers lost in her thoughts of goddess of Olympians. Suddenly her eyes fell on a flower. It was so beautiful. She had never seen such a flower before. She smiled looking at it and decided to bring it home with her. She plucked the flower and inhaled its heavenly perfume. Almost immediately she had smelled the flower the ground started to shake. She was scared seeing the entire forest was not affecting cause of the shake but the place she was standing. She was scared but her curiosity overpowered her fear. She kept seated like a statue made of marble. She heard a loud noise. Then she witnessed the earth breaking apart. The small crack on the chest of the earth was growing with every passing moment. Persephone wanted to flee from the place but soon she found out she cannot move from the place. She just kept looking at the newly formed large whole on the earth. Then something appeared out of it. It was a chariot and a man on it. Hades, the lord of underworld. She tried to ran away from him. Alas! Her fragile legs were too weak to save her from the dark lord. A strong hand caught her arm preventing her from running. Then she felt someone pulling her up against the gravity. Barely after a second had she found herself on shoulder of Hades. She screamed. She hit him with her small fists. Hades didn't even flinch. As soon as he reached the chariot; it started to travelled towards underworld. She saw the whole on the earth closed over her head and darkness consumed everything. He kept her in his palace in underworld guarded by Cerberus, a dog with three heads.
Taani closed the book. Story of Persephone and Hades is her favorite. She smiled thinking if there is passion, danger is not far behind. She kept the book in shelf and came out of library. It was midnight. The palace was in deep sleep. She saw a night guard walking in corridor. Seeing her to come the guard moved aside making her place to go.
"Princess!" The guard murmured and bowed down. Not giving him any attention she walked past him.
She was princess of the country. Her father is a brave warrior who never lost any battle. But all say this is cause of her. Her governess told her before seventeen years on a day of fall season when she was born her father went to slay her saying the last daughter of their family brought bad luck with her. But an old wise man stopped him saying wherever she will go she will bring only luck. The king kept her alive but never behaved like a father to her. She sees him only a few times in a year. He visits her before going to any war. Yes. He blindly believes he will lose the war if he doesn't see her face before going. The king kept her like a hostage in the large royal palace never allowing her to go outside. The commoners of the country respect her like a goddess considering she's the reason of their wellbeing but never saw her. They even say the king is winning against the rebellion only cause of her. Leader of the revolt the duke of west will never win till she is with them.
But the girl who brings luck considered herself the unluckiest girl of the world. With a dead mother and a careless father she made her world in the books and stories.
She stopped in the balcony. The cold breeze was caressing her face sending a chill down to her spine. Suddenly she felt someone is hiding in the garden.
"who is there?" She asked. But no reply came. To enquiry the matter she came down to the garden. Wandering a few minutes in the garden she found none. Dismissing the thought as hallucination of tired mind she started to go back to the palace but unexpectedly decided to sit in the garden for a while. This place is the most beautiful place in her small world. She always question to herself if there is any place more beautiful than this outside. Then sighed thinking one day she will be lucky enough to explore the outer world.
Suddenly a beautiful flower came to her site. Taani couldn't remember the name of the flower. She decided to take it with her. She plucked the flower and inhaled its heavenly perfume. Almost immediately she had smelled the flower the bushes started to shake. She was scared seeing the entire garden was not affecting cause of the shake but around the place she was standing. She was scared but her curiosity overpowered her fear. She kept seated like a statue made of marble. After a few seconds something appeared out a bush. It was a man with well built body.
"Who are you?" She asked being afraid.
"you're coming with me." He answered. His eyes glittered in the darkness.
The warning bell started to ring in her head.
"I'm not coming with you." Replying she started to run towards the palace. . Alas! Her fragile legs were too weak to save her from the mysterious man . A strong hand caught her arm preventing her from running. Then she felt someone pulling her up against the gravity. Barely after a second had she found herself on shoulder of the man. She screamed expecting someone will come to her rescue. She hit him with her small fists. He didn't even flinch. Before anyone could reach they landed in a horse dawn carriage and it started to run. She witnesses the palace becoming smaller with each passing moment. Finally it disappeared into darkness.
"who are you?" She managed ask with her shaking voice.
"Reyansh. The duke of west. And you're my prisoner." He gave a short reply chuckling.
Taani gulped realizing she's in a great danger.
-- To Be Continued--
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*Story of Persephone and Hades is from Greek Mythology. If you don't know the story I will advise you to read it. But my story won't be connected with the story. It's just little bit inspired by the story.
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