Aphrodite wants to go to the immortal marketplace with her friends. Athena agrees to go along since she needs new knitting supplies.
*** Mythology Point #1 *** Athena is known for her weaving skills.
Persephone doesn't feel like going but agrees since she doesn't want to upset her friends. They put on their winged sandals and leave.
*** Mythology Point #2 *** Hermes wears winged sandals to help him travel faster.
They head immediately for the beauty store where Aphrodite requests makeovers for them. Athena declines. Persephone was about to decline as well but Aphrodite already pulled out a stool for her so she feels she now has to do the makeover. She leaves the store feeling miserable and with a ton of beauty supplies she doesn't want. Next, Athena spots Arachne's Sewing Supplies.
*** Mythology Point #3 *** Arachne is a weaver whose skills rival Athena's. Athena turns her into a spider for her disrespect for the gods.
Athena and Aphrodite tall about making dresses for the upcoming dance. Persephone tries to pretend she is excited but in reality she knows her mother will never let her go.
*** Mythology Point #4 *** Demeter is incredibly possessive of Persephone.
Persephone wishes to go to her mother's store, but knows her friends do not care for gardening so she doesn't suggest it. Athena picks out stuff for Persephone to buy, insisting she needs to take up knitting. Persephone feels like a phony. Her friends return to school while Persephone heads home. On the way she drops the ball of yarn and chases it down to earth, finding herself in a cemetery. Persephone finds the cemetery peaceful and fascinating. Seeing some drooping lilies she revives them.
*** Mythology Point #5 *** Persephone is a nature goddess as well as a goddess of the dead.
Suddenly the ground splits open and Hades appears, riding a horse.
*** Mythology Point #6 *** That is exactly how Hades abducted Persephone, only he was in a carriage.
Persephone and Hades talk for a bit. Persephone doesn't see why everyone is convinced that Hades is bad news and personally thinks he is very nice. Demeter shows up and drags Persephone away, making a scene, much to Persephone's embarrassment. In the class the next day Persephone keeps thinking of Hades. Mr Cyclops tells the class his sandals are missing and offers two homework passes to whoever finds them. Pheme says she heard they are in the river Styx.
*** Mythology Point #7 *** Pheme is the goddess of gossip.
Persephone goes off with her friends to look. While searching the river Styx Hades arrives.
*** Mythology Point #8 *** Styx is the river that separates the world of the living from the world of the dead.
Hades hints to Persephone that he knows where one of the sandals are, however Persephone's friends see Hades and immediately separate Persephone from him, feeling that Hades is a bad person. The next day at school Persephone keeps seeing Hades but goes out of her way to avoid him. At lunch her friends ask her to go shopping with them but she realizes they are trying to keep an eye on her and keep her away from Hades. Upset and hurt, Persephone tells them she has other plans and leaves them.
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