Persephone

Persephone Penelope Peterson was having a bad day.

The eggs burned, the curlers broke and the dog peed on the cat before she'd even made it out the door to the first day of work at Billy Bob's Pizza Palace. Billy Bob's Pizza Palace should have been called, "Drop Your Annoying Kids Off Here While You Go To A Nice Restaurant."

Persephone hated kids, but Billy Bob's was the only place that offered to hire her and so was the only way to earn money that summer in the small town of Aniana, Alabama. And Persephone Penelope Peterson needed money. She had a very special secret dream, and unfortunately today, very special secret dreams often require funds to give them that "could actually come true" factor.

So Persephone told Billy Bob that she would be the Pizza Princess for the summer, earning minimum wage and telling the kids to stop throwing pepperoni on the Pizza Pony.