3 The ruler

This is a dream right!? I don't believe this is happening! This is just a dream, a mere dream of mine that I will just slowly forget once I wake up!

I'm just dreaming!

This isn't true!

Maybe I dreamt of this because my Step-mom mentioned him!

"This is just a dream, this is only a dream." These words rang inside my head, trying to calm myself by telling myself that this is only just a dream.

I tried to calm my breathing, my heart, my brain that is panicking and coming up with escape plans but I couldn't calm myself, it's like everything is true, I don't understand anything!

"Look at you," he said in a teasing manner and I thought his facial expression screams that it's fun to tease me. "You look like you've seen a ghost." He laughed while walking around.

"You look afraid, are you that afraid of me?" The tone of his voice immediately changes, if earlier the tone of his voice sounds in a teasing manner but right now he said it with a hint of anger in his voice.

My whole body is shaking, my palm and my forehead are producing bullets of sweat. My knuckles turned white as I clenched my fist to stop it from shaking. I could feel that I will lose consciousness any minute right.

He's still staring at me, not taking away his dark-menacingly eyes at me. I couldn't even answer him, I couldn't even move.

I could only look at the sight of God, the ruler of the underworld. He was terrifying beautiful, in the myths he was often described as a scrawny and man with a beard, a helmet, or and holding a two-pronged pitchfork or staff but no it's not.

He was beautiful but at the same time terrifying, a dark and scary aura surrounds him his entire being but in front of my eyes, he looks like an angel, an angel who fell from grace and has fallen into deep despair.

"W-what do you want?" I got the courage to speak but my voice cracked and because of that, he laughed.

A laugh of amusement.

He looks like he is having fun seeing me this scared in front of him.

"Do you wanna play a game?" He said with a smirk.

"What game?" I asked nervously.

"Who will be the one who can have a grip on their long time wished." He said with a hint of amusement in his voice.

"What do you mean?"

"Ugh! I'm not going to repeat myself," he said with a bored tone and he suddenly vanished which made me panic.

Where is he!?

I looked around to find him or to caught him with my two eyes but I couldn't even see where he is!

Where did he go!?

"Boo!" A voice came to my ear which made me scream in surprise and with that, he laughs like a kid being tickled by his own father.

Why do I feel like I'm just being toyed with by the world? by him! By my dreams!

"I could feel that there is a burning desire within you, a desire to leave, a desire to be happy." He said in a husky tone which made me shiver. "A desire locked upon you, a raging fire will soon flood into your soul."

"A game where you can have the paradise you've longed for, you want that do you?" He teased.

"You're truly the devil!" I spat but I'm still scared from the bottom of my heart, I am genuinely scared.

I don't know if I'm not dreaming or dreaming, I don't know what will happen to me after this, will I wake up normally? or something will happen to me?

"Your dear old Father wanted that for you right?" I froze when he mentioned my Father.

"He always told you as a kid, that both of you will be in paradise, both of you will be happy but sadly he isn't here anymore and you're now all alone." He added which made me bite my lip.

It's true, everything he said is true. Father always mentioned that to me, he mentioned his plans for me and what he wants to do while he is spending his life and he wanted it to be with me in a paradise that he and my Mother have longed for.

I shouldn't be shocked if he knows this because he is the ruler of the underworld! As the ruler of the Underworld, he has absolute control over the souls of the dead and his world! And yet, I'm still shocked because why would he want to know it!?

"D-did you see my f-father?" I nervously asked and he played a playful grin on me.

"Why? Are you curious my dear?"

I could feel the defense that I built up started to wither because of what he called me, I could even feel that my cheeks are starting to turn red.

"You look like a pomegranate right now," he chuckled with amusement in his voice.

"S-stop playing with me!"

He was now laying and floating casually in the air while he uses the smoke as a cushion. He turned into me and put his chin on his hands while grinning playfully at me.

I never knew that the god of the underworld would be playful and loves to toy with people.

"You look troubled," he said curiously.

I sighed in disbelief.

I mean who wouldn't look troubled when a god just suddenly appeared in front of you and started saying things about you! Your father! I don't even know if I am awake or not! And the god of the underworld is literally toying with me!

And what is worst, the God of the underworld is the one who is in front of me! There are so many unexpected events that happened to me right now in just a short time.

Can I just smash my head with a brick?

My step-mom mentioned him a while ago, is this the reason why? What is he gonna do to me?

I looked at him, he wasn't really what I expected to be. I thought the god of the underworld is serious, doesn't smile nor laugh, and doesn't like to mingle with the mortals. Yet he is here, in front of me grinning and teasing me.

"Y-you s-said w-we are going top-play a game, then why it is about m-me?" my nervous response to him.

"It's because I've come for you," he said seriously. "I've come to take you with me." He said which made me froze and I could feel the look of terror pop out into my face because of it.