A bitter cool wind swept through the leaf covered courtyard sending the autumn foliage dancing up and about in the air. The skipped past each other in a near musical way as if they knew of a secret that no one else knew and could barely contain it. A large harvest moon hung lazily in the eastern sky while its lover -- the sun-- hung in the western sky saying its farewells to the day. Sounds of merriment being made trickled from the great hall praising the feast that was now fully underway. Jesters of the court pranced and skittered about while all sorts of Fae danced, ate and drank to the new union of the King and his bride.<br/><br/>At the head of the room on a raised dais sat the king and queen of this court. Long ebony hair was drawn back into complex braids that fell down his back to his waist allowing all to see clearly his pale skin and enchanting blue eyes. An inkling of a smile played at the corners of his lips while he watched his countrymen enjoy themselves in his honor. After all that was what a wedding feast was for. He knew soon they would serve the sweet wine and the cake for their desert before the queen's chair would be hoisted up with her in it and carried off to their chambers to begin the completion of their vows.<br/><br/>He wondered if she would smile like she had when he kissed her earlier that day after their hand tying ceremony. It had dazzled him like the sun often does when one steps from a dark room into the days embrace. Hades' wasn't a soft of heart sort of man. He didn't surprise easily and he didn't often become amused or drawn to something. As a king he ruled justly and honestly. As a Fae he was heartless to many and passionate about what he desired. At the moment he desired her.<br/><br/>Her long coppery hair caught the candle light and made him muse about the sun for a moment more. She ate pomegranate seeds as she smiled out at the court that accepted her as their queen. In her previous home she would have never seen the throne from the place she sits now. There were those that screamed to keep her safe from the villainous man that Hades was at heart, those cries were from those of the light court and mostly from the girl's mother.<br/><br/>Icy blue eyes lingered over to stare at her once more. His sunflower. She beamed and flourished in the black soils of his much colder realm, "Kore~," He whispered her name ever so softly as he leaned in to lick a stray drop of pomegranate juice from the corner of her lips while holding her chin still in his grasp.