Chapter Six
Authors Note: I'm sorry I have not been updating lately, it is getting close to the end of the school year for me, and of course the teachers are all piling on the big projects and homework. So I will try and update as much as I can. Here are a few authors' notes for this next chapter though. *In all of my mythology books I could never find names for Psyche's parents or sisters so I made some up for my story. Psyche's parents' names are King Aroon and Queen Rasea, and Psyche's sisters names are Malia and Seren.
Chapter Six
"Your husband is who?" Queen Rasea finally asked after staring at her daughter for a few seconds.
"Cupid Mother. My husband is the god of love."
"I thought I heard you right." The Queen said and sighed a she collapsed onto her throne. She just sat there with her mouth open, and was not able to say anything for a very long time.
"Your husband is Cupid." King Aroon said slowly. "How did this happen?"
"I'll tell you Father, but please sit down I don't want you to make yourself sick." Psyche said as walked up the stairs to where her parents sat on their thrones. "Here Mother why don't you hold Pleasure while I talk." The queen snapped out of her daze as Psyche handed Pleasure to her. She wasn't sure if she wanted to hold her granddaughter as first but as Pleasure sat in Queen Rasea's lap, the queen started to feel her love for her only grandchild grow. Even though the little person in her lap was special, the queen knew that she was a part of her family.
"Well I guess we could start at when you last saw me." Psyche said as she seated herself on an ornate wood chair that she had placed in front of her parents. "When you last saw me it was at the end of my "wedding" march up the hill into the mountains. After you left me, I sat on the hill crying for a short time, afraid of what was going to happen to me. I was sitting there feeling miserable for myself when I felt a strong breeze about me. The breeze picked me up and told me that it was Zephyr the west wind and my future husbands servant. He was to take me to my home where I would be taken care of. Zephyr dropped me off at my first home and then I was show in by invisible servants, who fed and bathed me in scented oils in preparation to meet my husband. When he finally came, it was quite dark in the room and he did not allow me to see him. This same thing happened for a few weeks, and then I started to feel lonely so I begged that my sisters be allowed to visit me. Although reluctant, Cupid allowed them to come visit me. I showed them my new life, and I am ashamed to say that Malia and Seren became jealous. They got me to admit that I had never seen my husband and planted the seed of doubt into my head. They convinced me that I should hide a lamp and knife in my room, and during the night kill my husband because he surely was a monster."
"Well I did want they said but when I finally got a look at Cupid I realized I could not kill him. I stood there staring at him and a drop of hot oil fell on his shoulder. He woke up and saw that I knew who he was. He flew off and said to me that he knew that this would happen. After he flew off, I ran after him and the house and servants all disappeared. I decided that I didn't want to let him go, and started the long journey to Aphrodite's temple. When I got to her temple, she gave me a number of tasks to prove I was worthy of Cupid. One of the tasks I had to carry out, was to go to the underworld and get a portion of Queen Persephone's beauty for Aphrodite. When the queen heard my story, she gave me her beauty and sent me on my way. On the way back to Aphrodite's temple, I foolishly decided to use some of the beauty to make myself more desirable to Cupid. But as soon as I opened up the box, a deep sleep fell over me. During all of this Cupid had forgiven me, and came to find me. After he removed the spell form me, he took me up to Olympus and I was given ambrosia the drink of the gods. Once I drank I was made into one of the gods, and we were officially married by Zeus. Ever since then I have lived happily with Cupid and a short while later we had Pleasure."
When Psyche finally finished talking, she realized that not only were her parents listening to her, but the whole court in the hall had moved closer and were listening to her. "Well, I have to say that is an amazing story." King Aroon said sitting back on his throne. Then after a brief pause he looked at Psyche and said, "It is wonderful to have you back with us, but I would like to know one more thing. Why were you chosen to be Cupid's wife?"
"When I was being worshiped and called Aphrodite on earth, the temples dedicated to my mother in-law were being deserted. She sent Cupid down to earth to make me fall in love with a foul man, but he accidentally scratched his own hand with one of his arrows, and fell in love with me. You know what else happened after that." Psyche told him. She knew it was hard for her mother and father to accept what had happened to her, and gave them the chance to process what had happened to her through their heads.
The queen looked down at Pleasure who was contently sitting in her lap, and smiled. It was indeed good to have part of her family back with her. She stood up and walked over to the king and handed Pleasure to him. As she watched her husband cautiously hold his granddaughter, she knew that no longer was there going to be sadness in their family. "May it be known that today our daughter, the Princess Psyche, has come back to us." She suddenly said in a loud voice. Then turning to the court that had gathered a t the foot of the stairs that lead to the king and queens throne, she proclaimed loudly. "Yes she has come back to us. Let the kingdom no longer mourn. Let us now rejoice and sing praises to the gods who have given her a new life and a beautiful daughter to continue our line."
As the queen finished talking, the crowd began to cheer and proclaim their happiness throughout the grand hall. Psyche was watching the merriment in the hall and thought that the moment couldn't get any better when she heard a familiar voice speak up next to her. "Wow looks like its party central here." Psyche turned and saw Cupid leaning against one of the pillars running along the side of the hall. She was about to run over to him when she heard a small voice call out.
"Daddy!" Pleasure exclaimed and flew over to where Cupid was standing.
"Hello sweet pea." Cupid said as he wrapped his arms around her daughter. "So I see that Mommy is letting you use your wings. Have you been a good girl for her?"
"Yes she has been good for me. Hello darling." Psyche answered as she walked over and pecked Cupid on his check. "I told her if she did anything wrong that she would loose her flying privileges for awhile."
"Psyche darling, I'm not sure I approve of you threatening my daughter like that." Cupid stated sternly, but was unable to hide the smile on his face. He knew his daughter loved flying to much to loose that privilege.
Psyche was about to retort back at Cupid when she heard a voice form behind her. "Psyche, is there someone there for us to meet?"
Psyche turned around and saw that both her father and mother were looking at her with quizzical expressions on their faces. "Oh yes!" She exclaimed as she remembered that she still had to introduce her parents to her husband. "Just give me one minute."
"So can I assume that your parents know about everything that has happened to you?" Cupid asked as he looked at his in-laws.
"Yes, I told them everything. So, you can make yourself visible to them. They deserve to know what their son in-law looks like." Psyche turned to watch her parent's faces as Cupid appeared in front of them. Just as the king and queen had stood amazed when Pleasure had first appeared to them, they both stood dumbfounded at the sight of one of the gods standing in front of them. "Mother, Father this is my husband Cupid."
"I am honored to meet you both. It is indeed a privilege to meet the two people who have allowed me to have such a beautiful wife." When Cupid had appeared before them, he saw the astonished looks on both of their faces, and in order to avoid an awkward silence he had spoken up and praised his in-laws hoping to get on their good side.
"Mother, Father please say something." Psyche pleaded as she saw how shocked her parents were to have an actual god in front of them.
King Arron was staring at his son in-law, and only snapped out of his astonishment when he heard Psyche's plea. Trying to act every bit of a king, he then puffed up his chest and cleared his throat. "It is I who is honored to have you here. It is good to meet our daughter's husband, the man who has made our life happy again. Welcome to our home." As he finished a huge smile come over his face and he gave a small bow to his son in-law. "Now as my wife was saying before. Our daughter has come back to us; let us now have a grand celebration and mighty feast." Then he turned from the royal court to Cupid and Psyche, and said "Now let us all go forth and celebrate."
"That sounds grand, but I am afraid I will have to celebrate later." Cupid said reluctantly. "I would love to stay, but I have work to take care of. I will return in a short time to join the party."
"Certainly my son, we will look forward to your return." Queen Rasea said finally speaking up after being silent from the astonishment of meeting Cupid. When she had spoken though, Psyche could tell that Cupid and her mother were going to get along just fine.
"Thank you, Psyche I must be going now, but can I speak to for just a second?"
"Sure. Mother could you please watch over Pleasure for a minute? I will be right back." Then without waiting for an answer, she shimmered out of the hall with Cupid to the fields that ran along the kingdom and finally got to great her husband the way she had originally wanted to. She threw her arms around Cupid's neck and gave him a huge hug as if she had not seen him for a week.
"Well I am very happy to see you too." He laughed as Psyche put her arms around his neck. "I would love to stay and continue this reunion but I really have work to get to. I just wanted to stop and tell you that some of the other gods on Olympus found out what we are doing with Pleasure."
"What! Who found out?" Psyche exclaimed surprised that the news of their plan had spread so quickly.
"Well my mother decided to show up unannounced at home, and found none of us there. When she found one of the servants, she told them she would turn her into a gorgon if she did not tell her where we all were. Well unfortunately when the servant was telling my mother where we had gone to, Artemis and Apollo rode by and overheard the conversation. So now I am expecting there to be trouble up on Olympus and maybe down here."
"Oh boy." Psyche said with a sigh. "Well I guess I should watch over my parents and Pleasure to make sure nobody tries anything."
"That sounds like a good idea. I guess I should get going now, but I will be back in a short while to check on you. I love you."
"I love you too and I will see you soon." She said sadly and then watched as Cupid left in a shower of golden sparks. She turned to look at the castle that was once her home and knew that just when she thought her life couldn't get anymore complicated than it already was, it just had.
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Authors Note: I'm sorry I have not been updating lately, it is getting close to the end of the school year for me, and of course the teachers are all piling on the big projects and homework. So I will try and update as much as I can. Here are a few authors' notes for this next chapter though. *In all of my mythology books I could never find names for Psyche's parents or sisters so I made some up for my story. Psyche's parents' names are King Aroon and Queen Rasea, and Psyche's sisters names are Malia and Seren.
Chapter Six
"Your husband is who?" Queen Rasea finally asked after staring at her daughter for a few seconds.
"Cupid Mother. My husband is the god of love."
"I thought I heard you right." The Queen said and sighed a she collapsed onto her throne. She just sat there with her mouth open, and was not able to say anything for a very long time.
"Your husband is Cupid." King Aroon said slowly. "How did this happen?"
"I'll tell you Father, but please sit down I don't want you to make yourself sick." Psyche said as walked up the stairs to where her parents sat on their thrones. "Here Mother why don't you hold Pleasure while I talk." The queen snapped out of her daze as Psyche handed Pleasure to her. She wasn't sure if she wanted to hold her granddaughter as first but as Pleasure sat in Queen Rasea's lap, the queen started to feel her love for her only grandchild grow. Even though the little person in her lap was special, the queen knew that she was a part of her family.
"Well I guess we could start at when you last saw me." Psyche said as she seated herself on an ornate wood chair that she had placed in front of her parents. "When you last saw me it was at the end of my "wedding" march up the hill into the mountains. After you left me, I sat on the hill crying for a short time, afraid of what was going to happen to me. I was sitting there feeling miserable for myself when I felt a strong breeze about me. The breeze picked me up and told me that it was Zephyr the west wind and my future husbands servant. He was to take me to my home where I would be taken care of. Zephyr dropped me off at my first home and then I was show in by invisible servants, who fed and bathed me in scented oils in preparation to meet my husband. When he finally came, it was quite dark in the room and he did not allow me to see him. This same thing happened for a few weeks, and then I started to feel lonely so I begged that my sisters be allowed to visit me. Although reluctant, Cupid allowed them to come visit me. I showed them my new life, and I am ashamed to say that Malia and Seren became jealous. They got me to admit that I had never seen my husband and planted the seed of doubt into my head. They convinced me that I should hide a lamp and knife in my room, and during the night kill my husband because he surely was a monster."
"Well I did want they said but when I finally got a look at Cupid I realized I could not kill him. I stood there staring at him and a drop of hot oil fell on his shoulder. He woke up and saw that I knew who he was. He flew off and said to me that he knew that this would happen. After he flew off, I ran after him and the house and servants all disappeared. I decided that I didn't want to let him go, and started the long journey to Aphrodite's temple. When I got to her temple, she gave me a number of tasks to prove I was worthy of Cupid. One of the tasks I had to carry out, was to go to the underworld and get a portion of Queen Persephone's beauty for Aphrodite. When the queen heard my story, she gave me her beauty and sent me on my way. On the way back to Aphrodite's temple, I foolishly decided to use some of the beauty to make myself more desirable to Cupid. But as soon as I opened up the box, a deep sleep fell over me. During all of this Cupid had forgiven me, and came to find me. After he removed the spell form me, he took me up to Olympus and I was given ambrosia the drink of the gods. Once I drank I was made into one of the gods, and we were officially married by Zeus. Ever since then I have lived happily with Cupid and a short while later we had Pleasure."
When Psyche finally finished talking, she realized that not only were her parents listening to her, but the whole court in the hall had moved closer and were listening to her. "Well, I have to say that is an amazing story." King Aroon said sitting back on his throne. Then after a brief pause he looked at Psyche and said, "It is wonderful to have you back with us, but I would like to know one more thing. Why were you chosen to be Cupid's wife?"
"When I was being worshiped and called Aphrodite on earth, the temples dedicated to my mother in-law were being deserted. She sent Cupid down to earth to make me fall in love with a foul man, but he accidentally scratched his own hand with one of his arrows, and fell in love with me. You know what else happened after that." Psyche told him. She knew it was hard for her mother and father to accept what had happened to her, and gave them the chance to process what had happened to her through their heads.
The queen looked down at Pleasure who was contently sitting in her lap, and smiled. It was indeed good to have part of her family back with her. She stood up and walked over to the king and handed Pleasure to him. As she watched her husband cautiously hold his granddaughter, she knew that no longer was there going to be sadness in their family. "May it be known that today our daughter, the Princess Psyche, has come back to us." She suddenly said in a loud voice. Then turning to the court that had gathered a t the foot of the stairs that lead to the king and queens throne, she proclaimed loudly. "Yes she has come back to us. Let the kingdom no longer mourn. Let us now rejoice and sing praises to the gods who have given her a new life and a beautiful daughter to continue our line."
As the queen finished talking, the crowd began to cheer and proclaim their happiness throughout the grand hall. Psyche was watching the merriment in the hall and thought that the moment couldn't get any better when she heard a familiar voice speak up next to her. "Wow looks like its party central here." Psyche turned and saw Cupid leaning against one of the pillars running along the side of the hall. She was about to run over to him when she heard a small voice call out.
"Daddy!" Pleasure exclaimed and flew over to where Cupid was standing.
"Hello sweet pea." Cupid said as he wrapped his arms around her daughter. "So I see that Mommy is letting you use your wings. Have you been a good girl for her?"
"Yes she has been good for me. Hello darling." Psyche answered as she walked over and pecked Cupid on his check. "I told her if she did anything wrong that she would loose her flying privileges for awhile."
"Psyche darling, I'm not sure I approve of you threatening my daughter like that." Cupid stated sternly, but was unable to hide the smile on his face. He knew his daughter loved flying to much to loose that privilege.
Psyche was about to retort back at Cupid when she heard a voice form behind her. "Psyche, is there someone there for us to meet?"
Psyche turned around and saw that both her father and mother were looking at her with quizzical expressions on their faces. "Oh yes!" She exclaimed as she remembered that she still had to introduce her parents to her husband. "Just give me one minute."
"So can I assume that your parents know about everything that has happened to you?" Cupid asked as he looked at his in-laws.
"Yes, I told them everything. So, you can make yourself visible to them. They deserve to know what their son in-law looks like." Psyche turned to watch her parent's faces as Cupid appeared in front of them. Just as the king and queen had stood amazed when Pleasure had first appeared to them, they both stood dumbfounded at the sight of one of the gods standing in front of them. "Mother, Father this is my husband Cupid."
"I am honored to meet you both. It is indeed a privilege to meet the two people who have allowed me to have such a beautiful wife." When Cupid had appeared before them, he saw the astonished looks on both of their faces, and in order to avoid an awkward silence he had spoken up and praised his in-laws hoping to get on their good side.
"Mother, Father please say something." Psyche pleaded as she saw how shocked her parents were to have an actual god in front of them.
King Arron was staring at his son in-law, and only snapped out of his astonishment when he heard Psyche's plea. Trying to act every bit of a king, he then puffed up his chest and cleared his throat. "It is I who is honored to have you here. It is good to meet our daughter's husband, the man who has made our life happy again. Welcome to our home." As he finished a huge smile come over his face and he gave a small bow to his son in-law. "Now as my wife was saying before. Our daughter has come back to us; let us now have a grand celebration and mighty feast." Then he turned from the royal court to Cupid and Psyche, and said "Now let us all go forth and celebrate."
"That sounds grand, but I am afraid I will have to celebrate later." Cupid said reluctantly. "I would love to stay, but I have work to take care of. I will return in a short time to join the party."
"Certainly my son, we will look forward to your return." Queen Rasea said finally speaking up after being silent from the astonishment of meeting Cupid. When she had spoken though, Psyche could tell that Cupid and her mother were going to get along just fine.
"Thank you, Psyche I must be going now, but can I speak to for just a second?"
"Sure. Mother could you please watch over Pleasure for a minute? I will be right back." Then without waiting for an answer, she shimmered out of the hall with Cupid to the fields that ran along the kingdom and finally got to great her husband the way she had originally wanted to. She threw her arms around Cupid's neck and gave him a huge hug as if she had not seen him for a week.
"Well I am very happy to see you too." He laughed as Psyche put her arms around his neck. "I would love to stay and continue this reunion but I really have work to get to. I just wanted to stop and tell you that some of the other gods on Olympus found out what we are doing with Pleasure."
"What! Who found out?" Psyche exclaimed surprised that the news of their plan had spread so quickly.
"Well my mother decided to show up unannounced at home, and found none of us there. When she found one of the servants, she told them she would turn her into a gorgon if she did not tell her where we all were. Well unfortunately when the servant was telling my mother where we had gone to, Artemis and Apollo rode by and overheard the conversation. So now I am expecting there to be trouble up on Olympus and maybe down here."
"Oh boy." Psyche said with a sigh. "Well I guess I should watch over my parents and Pleasure to make sure nobody tries anything."
"That sounds like a good idea. I guess I should get going now, but I will be back in a short while to check on you. I love you."
"I love you too and I will see you soon." She said sadly and then watched as Cupid left in a shower of golden sparks. She turned to look at the castle that was once her home and knew that just when she thought her life couldn't get anymore complicated than it already was, it just had.
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