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Persephone could hear Zeus yelling in the other room. And soon she saw Athena rushing out. She couldn't see her face well, and was really worried that something happened. But Persephone knew that Athena really wouldn't want to talk, especially since she sped straight towards her room.
"Persephone," she heard Zeus yell, "Get in here, I need to speak with you."
The only thing she could do was deal with whatever he was going to yell about this time. She walked over to the main room, where he was quickly so this could be over with soon. She hated how much her father yelled, and that he was her father. It wasn't like he ever made an effort to be a parent. Not for any of his many children. Her mother was the one who raised her, not Zeus.
"What did you lie about this time?" he immediately yelled.
"Nothing, I didn't say anything." she said. Persephone didn't even know what he was talking about.
"Well someone told Hera I slept with a nymph and it must have been one of you."
"I didn't tell her anything." She didn't even know what happened. She expected it, but she was used to it by now. Zeus cheats, Hera gets mad, and then he tries to blame someone for telling her or just fights with her.
"Then who did."
Somehow he's able to continue yelling this entire time, she thought. "I don't know." was all she said.
"Tell me who did it and stop giving me those few word answers." he yelled.
"I already said, I don't know who told her."
He grabbed her wrist and struck her face. "Now tell me or else this will hurt more."
Persephone froze, he had hit her before, but she didn't know what to say. She truly know what happened. "I...I'm...telling the truth, I don't know what happened," she said but she stumbled over her words. Her and her siblings usually had to keep appearances up around him, but it was so much harder to do that when he got like this.
He finally loosened his grip on her wrist, but only so he could hit her again and push her to the ground. She immediately started to bring thorns around her. She did that too much around him, but she'd rather do that then have to be around him for longer."Get out, useless," he said. "Olympus doesn't need some nature goddess yet you are still here for some reason."
She left as he had said, and was pretty sure that the same thing had happened to Athena.
Persephone didn't come to Olympus as much as she used to, and now she regrets even more. Maybe if you just stayed away this wouldn't have happened, she thought.
She left Olympus, thankfully she could always go to her garden that wasn't on Olympus. She had a spot in a wooded area, her sister Artemis and her Hunters usually were around that area, but they never bothered her.
Thankfully Persephone got there quickly, but for some reason she broke down. She barely even realized she was keeping tears back until she felt safer. She had willow trees around the garden, so whenever something like this happened, she just made the willows shield her from anyone or grew more thorns around her.
She knew Zeus wouldn't be here, so unless someone showed up, the willow trees could just shield her.
Persephone wiped her tears, but then she realized she might have bruised from being hit. Hopefully no one would notice if she did have bruises.
She heard rustling around her garden, but then she saw a silhouette and someone approached. Persephone flinched and covered her face, making more thorns when she flinched.
"Hey, it's only me," she said. Thankfully it was just Artemis.
"Oh...sorry, I didn't know it was you wnd I guess it was just instinct to..."
"It's okay, I get it. I immediately have my bow ready at all times." Artemis said.
Persephone sent the thorns away and Artemis went to go sit near her.
"What happened?" She asked, but the. she noticed Persephone's bruises. "Did someone hurt you?"
Usually Persephone would just try to lie about it, but she trusted Artemis, especially since it happened to her before. Unfortunately it happened with most of Zeus's kids. "Oh, it did bruise, amazing," Persephone said sarcastically.
"Did Zeus start fighting with everyone and anyone again?"
"Yep, like always, he cheated and you know the rest," she said.
"Of course, did anything else happen?"
"I'm worried about Athena. I saw her rushing to her room after Zeus sent her out. And she always keeps up appearances and stuff, unless she is sure she is completely alone." Persephone said. "I'll probably see if I can find her later and check on her."
"Alright, I gotta go back with the hunters. Unless you wanna come with me." Artemis said.
"No thanks, I'll just stay here for now. Just don't bring all your hunters over here."
"Of course. Let me know how Athena's doing later."
"Thanks Artemis," she said.
"No problem Seph. I'll see you later." Artemis went back through the forest to catch up with her hunters, with Persephone by herself in her garden.
Persephone hoped that it would get better soon, that this wouldn't keep happening.