A dragon! It's a baby dragon!

"Aww," I said, moving closer.

Are you sure he's a dragon? The little voice and (I have no idea how) Cerberus said at the same time.

I checked. Of course, it wasn't a dragon.

"Is that a hydra?" Hades asked, coming closer to examine it.

"Yup," I replied. The cutie was ivory (just like his egg). But what was missing was the radial designs. In their places were emerald green pineapples. He had three heads. The left head's eyes were soft and brown. The right head's eyes were a striking grey. The middle head though, the right eye was brown and the left eye grey. The right head was drooling, the left head drooling, and the middle head-bless his heart-was sneezing sparks of fire.

"Awww," I said again. I looked at Hades.

"I suppose he's cute," he said nonchalantly. I rolled my eyes and turned back to the hydra, where the middle head was staring wide-eyed at me.

"Hey there," I cooed, bending down.

He kept staring and sneezing fire puffs. I chuckled. "What should I name you?" I wondered out loud.

"I don't think you should name him anything." Hades interrupted. "After all, you're not getting attached to him."

I glared at him.

"You can't tell me what to do." I shot back.

"I may be able to do that, but I don't have a choice. We can't let the hydra stay with you. What are you going to do with it? Keep it as a pet?" he looked incredulous.

"First of all, don't refer to him as 'it'. Second of all, I would, in fact, keep him as a pet. And I think I will." I retorted, then went back to the hydra. I thought for a moment.

"Hmm... I think I'll name you Princeton." Hades snorted.

"Princeton? If you were going to name him, at least pick something that sounds alright!"

"Princeton is a wonderful name! It can mean 'prince'-obviously-as well as first to seize, which is fitting, as a prince is usually first to seize the throne after his father dies."

"Fine, then," he said, ending the argument.

Princeton sneezed again.

"Aww," I cooed one more time. He sneezed again, this time the flame a little stronger.

"Watch out, Persephone," Hades said.

"I'll be fine." I retorted. "Worrywart," I muttered under my breath. Princeton sneezed again, only this time almost searing my face. I jumped back slightly in surprise.

"See," I barely heard Hades say. I rolled my eyes and said to Princeton,

"Aren't you getting big. Your last sneeze had so much more flame then the others. Soon, you'll be able to roar fire whenever you want." I gushed like a proud mother.

He sneezed again. And again. And again. Then, he sneezed so hard that a full-blown blast of fire came out and in the process burned my face half off.

"Ow!" I shrieked and fell over. "Ow! Ow!"

"Persephone!" Hades rushed over to me. "Are you okay?"

I had just enough strength to yell, "Do I look okay?!" before blacking out.

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