—The myth of Hades and Persephone—
This is the story of how a God and his Goddess learned that love is like a flower, and with care and time, it can blossom, too.
“This story started when Michael saw her picking flowers on a meadow, not knowing if the warmth he felt was for the sun bathing his skin, or if he already was, without knowing it yet, in love with the Goddess. Maybe it was both, because she was warm as the sun.
Then, Michael kidnapped her, desperate to have that warmth with him forever on the Underworld. Because he was Hades, and he had found Persephone. He was a King without Queen to rule by his side, and he wanted to change that. He wanted to feel the spring blossoming amid the death, like it did on his heart.
She married him. And maybe for her, it wasn't love yet. Michael tricked everyone, even her, making Persephone eat a pomegranate seed before releasing her, creating a bond between them, so she'll have to return to the Underworld with him, every time the summer ends.
So this was how their story began, but their story wasn't over. Because she was already his wife, but she wasn't his Queen yet.
Every time she was with Hades, she learned new things about him, like, he wasn't as cruel or selfish as the people and other Gods said about him. He wasn't perfect, that's for sure, but when all her life she thought about the King of the Underworld, what she imagined was the God people talked about: someone that didn't care about life, that only cared about bringing pain and death to the world. But that wasn't true. She saw how Michael cared about the ones that passed away, how he treated them with tenderness, and tried to make their lives in the Underworld as easy as possible, giving them the peace they couldn't have when they were alive.
But upon of everything, he cared about her; he wanted to make her happy; he wanted to make her feel like the Queen he said she deserved to be. And Persephone started to think, “why was it so bad to want to stay in the Underworld with him, to be his Queen and rule that realm together?”
But she also knew, that her duty in the mortal realm was important too. That she has to bring the warmth and the flowers once again when the winter will be over.
And as the time goes by, she starts to think “why can't winter be eternal? Why can't I stay with Hades a little bit longer?”
Because, what at first was something Persephone wasn't sure she wanted, to spend half of a year with him, now, it was what she yearned the most when she wasn't by his side.
“Don't you want to be my Queen?” asked Michael once again the moment Persephone had to return to the mortal realm.
“Ask me again when the summer is over” Persephone answered, giving a gentle kiss to her husband, making him an unsaid promise.
She was sure of what she wanted now. Because as the time and seasons passed, Persephone was aware of things that she didn't notice before. She noticed that even in the snow and in that cold weather, flowers can survive and blossom too.
Like her love for Hades did, too.
And she thought that if some flowers can survive to the winter, they sure can survive in the Underworld realm.
Because Michael made her realise something, and that was that even if they were surrounded by death, the warmth of spring can give them the spark of life once again. That even in his neverending winter, like love, flowers can blossom forever if you care enough about them.
So, the next time the summer is over and autumn finally comes, Hades will be already waiting for Persephone, this time, to rule the Underworld by her side.
And maybe this time, she never comes back to bring the spring once again to the mortal realm, because what she wants, it's to be the Queen of the Underworld. And Michael is gonna make sure to be loyal to his word and make her feel like the Queen she always deserved to be.
She was after all, his most precious flower.”
A/N: I've been obsessed for days about the concept of Michael as Hades and his lover as Persephone. I really hope you all enjoyed this little story 🖤 (if someone is interested on make their own version of my story, go ahead! But please tag me, I'd love to read it).
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