Kinard Mythology Anthology Volume III

by Kinard Middle School

  The Floating Island.

  Sophia Jacqueline de Dunn

  One day in the delightful  forest of Delphi, there was a isolated Minatare named Szxtile and his best friend was Jack the Jack Rabbit.

  On a stroll in the forest, Jack was thinking about how no one wanted to be his friend because he was with a frightening minatare.  In the middle of the amble, Jack saw another Jack Rabbit that he wanted to be friends with so he would get more recognition, so he chased the rabbit down his rabbit hole.  However, Szxtile couldn’t fit in the hole, so his only option was to find another friend.  Though this sounds easy, it wasn’t easy for an alarming Minatare to do, but the only thing he could do was to try to ascertain a friend.

  Though there were many animals in the forest of Delhi, all the animals in the forest were too scared of him.  The animals all ran and hid from Szxtile.  When Szxtile was done searching through the forest, he decided that they would look in the towns to find a friend.  So, the first town he looked in was the town of Aris a town named after Ares the god of war.  The townsfolk didn't admire the Minatare, so they made him depart the town.  The Minatare went to several other towns, but the same thing happened to him, he wasn’t excepted for who he was, so he went back home.

  Later that day Jack saw Szxtile crying in the forest, but what Jack did was worse than what he did in the beginning.  Jack called up all the animals in the forest, and told him how Szxtile was crying for attention, and that if anyone took the smallest glance at him, they would make fun of how he doesn't have any friends.  But the real reason that he did this was because he didn’t want anyone to notice he didn’t have friends.

  “Ha ha! You don’t have any friends,” said the squirrels.

  “Look it’s Mr. Lonesome Pants,” said the deer.

  The animals of the forest started talking trash to him making fun of how he doesn't have any friends.  So, when the goddess Gaia, goddess of earth and nature saw the minotaur crying, she decided to send him a friend.  So later that day, another minotaur saw him.  That miniature’s name was Tykle.  Tykle stood up to Jack, and reviled what Jack had done to Szxtile.  The animals felt apologetic for what Jack did to Szxtile, so they banished Jack from the forest.

  The next morning when Szxtile to a deep breath of the crisp pine scented air.  He looked around at the blanch blue sky, and knew that that day would be great.  So, the joyfully jumped out of bed to meet his new friend Tykle by the ocean, and you won't believe what he saw, he saw new island filled with his own kind.  Tykle was there to meet him there with the scent of the salty air that Szxtile adored so much.

  All the Minotaur’s were rejoiced to see Tykle, and they threw a celebration.  Know that whenever you visit a ocean, you might see a big island out in the middle of the sea.  

  Goddess of Hate

  Cal Hunsinger

  In Ancient Greece a long time ago the goddess known as Aphrodite wasn't always goddess of love. At one point she was the goddess of hate. She was very rude . In fact she had many servants that she treated very mean and they did not appreciate this so they got into a group and went to see Zeus and told him how she was treating them. He did not appreciate this so he went to talk to her. The two met and it didn't go well. Aphrodite denied everything Zeus said, but he knew everything he got told was true so he said,

  “Do you think that it is easy to be your servant?”

  She mumbled, “Yeah, a monkey can do it.”

  “Fine then see what they see with you.”

  With a dash of his hands he had turned her into a servant of her own. This meant she would see her version of herself as a servant. Servant Aphrodite walked into her hall and asked what she had wanted something. She had said that she wants her gone in the rudest possible way. Servant Aphrodite walked off holding a grip on her tears. She dragged herself into the place were the servants sleep a small space with old ripped up blankets. The next morning she had formulated a plan to get herself to like her. She thought about her favorite thing in the world. What she got was going to get a carnations a whole bouquet of them. She got them all and dashed over to her castle. She put on in her hair feeling better about herself. She walked eagerly in the haul and asked if she had required anything and she had said no. “But i like that flower in your hair.”

  “Thanks she said do you want a bouquet of them.” Sure she replied. I`ll fetch and get them.”

  She thought to herself wow if i can be very nice. She had brought the bouquet to her and she was amazed. What is your name she had asked she studders to say something so she just said,’’Can i tell you something? Zeus had punished me and turned me into a servant of I am you just in different form.”

  “Wait so zeus has punished you i mean us like this, asking confused.”

  “Yes he has and you need to start acting nicer to all the servants or he will have  me I mean us vanished.”

  When she had heard the word vanished she was paranoid about it. She had to go to Zeus right away. When she had arrived she had looked at Zeus and said i'm changing who i am i am going to be the goddess of love!”

  Zeus was surprised at what he had just her and said that could use some help so with his hand he waved it over her head and he said Agapios (love). She went back to her haul and said to every single servant she loved them and she would treat them better. After that everyone was happy with there job and everyone was happy with everything.

  How Zeus Was Dethroned

  By: Kaiden Ilg

  Once upon a time, four gods lived atop Mount Olympus: Zeus, Ares, Athena, and Dionysus. Every god and goddess did their part with their own special abilities to either benefit people or make them live normal lives.

  Well of course, every god did their part every day, but Zeus felt his part getting a little too repetitive and he wasn’t allowed to switch positions with anyone so, he announced to everyone, “I’ve hidden a map somewhere on Mount Olympus.”

  The next day Zeus was nowhere to be found… Every god and goddess heard him say that he had hidden a map somewhere on Mount Olympus, which lead them to believe that the map must lead to where Zeus is. Everyone started carefully searching without a trace of the map. Dionysus, god of wine, obviously was pretending to inspect around in the wine cabinet when he felt something unlike a wine glass. As soon as he nervously touched the thing with a shaky hand, which looked like a scroll, he was slammed against the wall without his own force. Something mysteriously pushed him toward the wall. At the same time, an ear piercing  screech came from the scroll like souls being raised from the dead. While Dionysus was on the ground with his ears still ringing and also in agony, the scroll mysteriously started floating with nothing under it. The scroll slowly opened up as Dionysus started to get up. It looked like a map of some kind. Every god and goddess rushed into the room where they heard the screech. There Dionysus was studying the map. All the gods and goddesses crowded around the still floating, map. Everyone looked amazed.

  Athena came forth without hesitation saying, ”This must be the map Zeus left us to find him.”

  All the gods and goddesses realized the map lead to Egypt. Athena acted quickly, and with a snap of her fingers Athena, Ares, and Dionysus warped to Egypt only to find mass destruction all around them. Almost everywhere they looked was sand and small destroyed buildings. The smell in the air, to everyone was like a bonfire made out of plastic. Athena happened to look at the exact point where Zeus was. Zeus was right in front of them so, Ares reacted for him and Zeus backed away and started talking.

  Zeus said, “There’s a twist to getting me back to the mountain. You all have to go through 3 different stages alone testing your individual abilities to the max.”

  They all turned around and seen three gigantic obstacles one for each god and goddess. Ares started first. Three giant cyclopes appeared and were ready to fight.

  “On the count of 3” Zeus said, “1...2...3!” He exclaimed extending the three. The 3 cyclops started charging toward Ares. Once the first one got to
him, he turned around and backflipped on top of him and stabbed his neck leaving the cyclopes without a head. The second one picked Ares up and he sliced directly through the cyclops's hand and was free. Ares made the final move on the second cyclopes and sliced him in half in rapid yet fluent motion. The third cyclopes actually got a hit on Ares which made him fly across the arena. Ares got up and put his sword down. Ares sprinted full speed toward the cyclopes and headbutted him, which made his brain fall out the back of his head with Ares as the winner of the battle.

  Dionysus was up next. When he got in the arena, there was a table with a bunch of wine on it. The challenge was to beat Zeus in a wine off where whoever drinks the amount set out for them wins.

  “3!” Zeus said immediately, while starting to drink. Dionysus instantly used a trick that no one knew that he could do. He snapped and all the wine was gone. Dionysus was left with his mouth drenched with the taste of wine.

  “It’s all in my stomach.” he said while burping. Dionysus had won.

  Athena was next. In the arena, there was an army and the challenge was to battle, and beat, the army Zeus had laid out. Athena got to work. It was done very fast considering that she was the goddess of battle. Athena won the battle in the first 10 seconds. And from that point, the gods went back to Mount Olympus.

  All of the gods and goddesses went back to their normal jobs. But there was one thing out of place, Zeus wasn’t the ruler of the gods anymore. ‘Then who was’ you might ask. Athena was now ruler of the gods because of being able to think under pressure, her smarts, and her battle strategy.

  The Creations

  By Quinn Kelley

  Once upon a time there was a group of kids that were genetically engineered by a mad scientist, he wanted to have revenge on the humankind for always rejecting him in many situations, like when he went at a board meeting and these men love inventions one of them even came up with the word invention. Like I was going to say the mad scientist was rejected and one of his inventions was the jetpack it worked it just always needed refueling every 5 minutes. But when he showed it to the men they said that they already came up with the invention.He obviously wanted proof and he asked they said that they weren’t ready to show humankind. So he kept asking and the third time he asked he was kicked out.

  That’s when it started and a couple years later he made the creations, they had started a rampage through town tearing up shops, breaking homes, and smashing restaurants. So these kids were criminals obviously, and the signs said these four names Alastor, Kronos, Helios, and finally Hypnos. These were names of gods and they were very powerful like gods. These creations were supposed to take over China(you're probably wondering why the first place is China like, why not Las Vegas well the scientist wanted China because of the Great Wall of China so that's why, it all makes sense now) but when they were made only one creation had the order to take China Alastor. The rest of the creations didn’t listen to Alastor they just wanted break stuff(Like Hulk).So the Creations went to North America instead. When they get to North America they go to the empire state building and claim it as the Scientist’s. Then the creations go to the 7 wonders of the world while the scientist tries to control them. Then the scientist finds 4 people to help him they’re names are Macgyver, Mr.T, Quicksilver, and Wolverine. One of these 4 people(Quicksilver)can’t run fast, but he has his senses increased by 85%. Then these 4 people make a plan to take down the creations the plan is that Quicksilver listens to find the creations then when he finds them the 4 go to them and take them down one by one.

  Macgyver exclaimed  curiously ,” That’s your plan?”

  Wolverine blurted,” Yeah, it’s pretty good huh?

  Macgyver mentioned,” No that’s a horrible plan.”

  Mr.t yelled  madly, ” Will you fools be quiet I’m going to come up with a plan!” Minutes later.

  Mr.t continued,”Alright here is how my plan is going to work, Quicksilver will intensely listen to figure out where the creations are..

  Wolverine interrupts smoking on a cigarette,”I said that in my plan.”

  Mr.t,” To continue, the creations will probably see us so we are going to go under the sewers and then Macgyver and I will make a catapult to launch us in the creations to defeat them, everybody get it?”

  Everybody says,”Yeah we got it.”Time is Money so let's go.”        

                                             A couple of hours later.

  Mr.t exclaimed,”Alright get to work.”Busy as bee’s were they. A couple more hours later

  .Macgyver said,”Finished.”

  Mr.t said,”This is how it works, Quicksilver will go on the circle and he gets a sword to fling at the line to launch him, then we all go and that’s how it works.”

  Macgyver said,” Come on Quicksilver get on.”

  Quicksilver exclaimed,”I’m coming relax. Here I go...!” Mr.t stated,”Let’s go.” They all pile on.

  Wolverine said,” Hit it.” They go into the creations one by one and they take out the circuit board and destroy them. The 4 heroes move to a town somewhere in Miami and start a new career.

  Quicksilver’s new career was investigator and Mr.t’s was well he went into anger management and Wolverine’s was lumberjack he really cut out for it. Last but certainly least Macgyver was a police he really could find the criminals.

  Solar Eclipse

  By: Gillian

  Long ago, in ancient Greece, there were two twins named Apollo and Artemis. These weren’t just any twins, they were the children of Zeus, king of the gods. Apollo was the god of light and the sun, truth and prophecy, music and healing. Artemis was the goddess of the moon, the hunt and the natural world.

  One year, after a particularly bountiful harvest with lots of good hunting, the Greeks constructed a huge edifice in honor of Artemis that was so beautiful, it made all of Apollo’s temples look like shabby little houses. Apollo, of course, was infuriated, so he decided to do something about it.

  Artemis was hunting down a very handsome stag when she heard the news of her new shrine, and after she had caught him, she decided to go check it out. When she arrived, though, there was no temple to check out, just a ton of rubble and a lone raven, the animal of Apollo, circling overhead.

  The raging huntress stormed off to Mount Olympus to speak with her father, Zeus, knocking over two of Apollo’s most beloved temples in her fury. When she arrived, Zeus told her to scold Apollo herself, anxious to see how the twins would settle this. Obeying his command, she marched off in search of her prey. Being a skilled huntress, she quickly found him swinging on a hammock, playing his lyre while basking in the sunlight of the bright summer day.

  “I’d guess we’re even,” he said with a grin, “huh, sis.”

  She walked up to his hammock and sat down, “Yeah, two for the price of one quite seems the way to do it.”

  His smile faded, “What have you done now?”

  “Oh, nothing,” she giggled slyly, “just repaid a favor.”

  “Oh no you didn’t.”

  “Oh, yes I did, dear brother.”

  With that, Apollo transformed himself into a raven and flew into the sky. He flew and searched until he found it: where two magnificent monuments once stood, worthless, collapsed pieces of junk now lay. In his anger, he sent a terrible plague of  hornworms to all the surrounding fields and burst into the sky like a comet.

  Artemis, now laying on her brother’s deserted hammock, witnessed his outburst and thought to herself, Whoa, he needs to cool down, then smiled at her unintended joke.

  Over the next few days, several dozen temples were wiped off the face of the Earth by both sides, until Apollo had had enough.

  “This isn’t working anymore!” he paced outside his most recently devastated temple, trying to think through his dilemma, when he finally decided to take the fight directly to his sister.

  Apollo rounded up all the Greeks that worshiped him, while Art
emis, who had heard news of his plan, did the same. The next day, they met at the battleground that Demeter, goddess of harvest, had prepared for them out of an unused field.

  Apollo was dressed in his best armor for the occasion. He wielded a towering sword and a golden shield embedded with the sun that glowed like the symbol it beared. Artemis, also wearing her best armor, had painted her face for camouflage and, as her weapon, held a mighty bow carved with the faces of the moon.

  It was a tense moment. Some of the Greeks dropped their weapons and fled in fright. The pure sound of a horn echoed throughout the field. Apollo and Artemis stood, glaring at each other for what seemed like an eternity, but was only a few moments. They charged. Apollo raised his sword. Artemis raised her bow. Just as they were about to clash, they stopped dead in their tracks.

  An elderly woman dressed in rags and an olive tree pendant stood directly between the two opposing forces.

  “Now why would you two possibly be fighting? Great gods like yourself, I wouldn’t have expected you going to war over some little thing.”

  “Yes,” Apollo cleared his throat, “Great gods like us shouldn’t…”

  “Knock down each other’s temples,” Artemis scowled angrily at her brother, “So, why exactly did you obliterate my newest one?” All eyes turned to Apollo, even the trees swaying in the wind seemed to lean closer to listen to how this all started.

  “Well, err…,” Apollo ran his fingers through his hair as he searched for the right words, “After the harvest and the hunt were done, which  turned out twice as bountiful as last year, the Greeks built you a, well, a pretty impressive temple, and I guess I was a little bit…” his words trailed off.

  “A little bit what?” Artemis demanded.

  “Jealous.”

  “Jealous? Of me? You’ve always gotten everything you wanted and more. Why would you be jealous of me?”

  “Well, your temple outshined all of mine a thousand to one, and all the Greeks were focused on you, so I kinda just wanted to make it even.”

  “Well, what are you fighting for now?” the old woman asked.

  The twins exchanged a glance then shrugged.

  “It seems my work here is done.” She gave a satisfied nod, then transformed herself into a snowy owl, then flew off toward Mount Olympus.

  “Thanks, Athena.”

  The very next day, the twins woke to see a new temple towering over Greece. It was a temple of both Artemis and Apollo. The two siblings in their delight soared up, higher than even Mount Olympus, and on that day, the moon passed in front of the sun, creating a beautiful harmony, night and day together, the solar eclipse.

  The Gods: A Great Civil War

  By: Cooper M

  Long ago, in  ancient times, there lived the powerful gods of Olympus. They were ruled by the great god of the sky, Zeus. Zeus had two brothers, Poseidon and Hades. Hades dwelled in the underworld like a bear during hibernation, so he was never seen, but Poseidon was different. He was the god of the sea, water, and earthquakes. He wanted power, and enjoyed teasing Zeus. One day, Poseidon was sick of all the power that Zeus had and decided to make a move.

  “Well hello brother, done anything special today?” smirked Poseidon.

  “No brother, just ruling the land and the skies,” replied the ruler.

  “ That’s enough! I am sick of you ruling us like creatures and not allowing us to do anything,” yelled Poseidon.

  “I do not, besides I am stronger, braver, tougher than-” but that was all Zeus could say before he was punched by the angry sea god. And with that action, the gods cleared out of Olympus, taking sides. Poseidon, Athena, Apollo, Hades, Aphrodite, Hestia, Artemis, and Demeter all took sides. While Zeus, Hephaestus, Hera, Persephone, Hermes, Demeter, and Hebe on the other. Poseidon’s army took cover in the fields of Greece, while Zeus’ army hid in the mountains.

  Without any hesitation, Poseidon's army charged the mountains with one goal, kill Zeus. The battle broke out, with punches thrown, swords clanging, arrows being shot. Poseidon ran to the mountain, dodging every sword, punch, and arrow. When Ares saw Poseidon, he charged with his spear in hand. Poseidon simply moved his hand where a wave of water took Ares.

  “It’s time that you give me the throne, or I kill you, brother,” screamed Poseidon. “ Give me everything you got,” replied Zeus.

  With two swift movements, there was a huge flash of blue and green. Zeus  summoned a bolt of lightning and Poseidon threw a wave. Zeus was knocked off his feet, while Poseidon remained. Poseidon had the chance to kill his brother, but as he picked up his sword, Zeus was gone, he had picked up by a big eagle, his animal representing him. The battle was over, but the war was not.

  Poseidon sent Athena undercover to check on the camp, Athena was quiet, smart, and experienced . Athena learned that  Zeus’ troops would never stop fighting, neither would Poseidon.

  The next day, Zeus had an idea, but it would require the knowledge of Hephaestus. Zeus quickly wanted a weapon that would symbolize his power and have strength. The two men decided that a lightning bolt would be perfect, having the ability to kill any mortal or god in a split second. It took Hephaestus four days of nonstop work, but he finally completed his job. Zeus was pleased with Hephaestus’ worked and was ready to test his new weapon, on Poseidon. Zeus gathered his tiny army and told them that he needed a one-on-one opportunity with Poseidon.

  Down on the hot plains, Poseidon and his troops decided that the war was over, and Olympus should be theirs. As the eight gods began their short trek, they heard a faint noise in the distance. Apollo, next to Poseidon, turned to see the other gods running at them, it was time for battle.

  The battle started with the gods staring each other down.

  It began when Artemis shot her bow, yelling, “For the throne!” The fighting was brutal, blood spilling,loud,  the smell of war, but they fought on. Poseidon ran back to camp to refill on arrows for Apollo, he did not see Zeus follow him. When Poseidon saw his brother, he knew he was trapped. Zeus slowly walked up and kicked Poseidon right in the gut. Zeus quickly grabbed his bolt and pointed it at his wounded brother, he would have to kill him.

  “Kill me brother, just do it now, the world is better without me,” cried Poseidon

  “I- I- can do this- I can’t do this, I can’t kill my brother,” whimpered the god of the sky.

  “But you must swear on the River Styx that you will never try to overthrow me again,” yelled Zeus.

  “I swear on the River Styx I will not try to overthrow you, brother,” replied Poseidon. The bloody civil war was over, and it was time for the others to know.

  Back in Olympus, all the gods were given their same duties, In truth, the gods will always remember this war, the selfishness of Poseidon and the courage of Zeus. Deep down inside,the gods knew there would still be times like this, but for now, let there be peace in Olympus.   

  The Day Olympus Fell

  By: Bennett P. Rison

  Thunder boomed, I looked everywhere but there was nothing to be found. Mt. Olympus was on the ground, the gods in cages, ashes of a once great civilization, and the titans were cackling at them. Finally the table had turned and Kronos was victorious. It all started when Dan Pludmort, influenced by Y’nzot, was trying to lead an army of almost six hundred thousand troops across the world to take over Earth. Clair Y. Hilltonn, however, did not want a tyrant as a leader, was able to gather an army of anyone else in the world that would follow, a good three hundred thousand. The world was preparing for war. There was even trouble afoot in Mt. Olympus, as all of the gods took a vote.

  Y’nzot had something to say, “Those silly mortals are useless, we help them and they start wars.

  Why, again Zeus should we have them here?”

  Immediately after, Poseidon spoke in agreement, “I second that!”

  “If you are quite serious about this, we, the council shall have a vote.” grumbled Zeus. The gods were split straight down the middle, Dionysus, Hera, eve
n Ares were against the humans. There were those that voted for them, such as Aphrodite, Apollo, and Demeter. Eventually, the final vote had to be put in, half of the gods were for the humans and the other half against.

  Zeus’ voice boomed throughout the halls. “On this day, I agree, the humans shall stay, the vote goes to the mortals.”

  Y’nzot looked straight at Zeus, “You idiot.” All of the gods were in amazement, no one had ever insulted Zeus the way that the god of hatred just had. Zeus showed no expression, but the next moment was even crazier, Y’nzot ran into Zeus flailing his arms in an attempt to attack Zeus, and in the next moment, Zeus stood over the poor god, who now lay on the ground on front of him, knocked back from impact.

  Zeus’ voice could have been heard by Hades, and the words he spoke were even nastier,  “Y’nzot, you are banished to the lowest depths of Tartarus for insulting and attacking another god.” Y’nzot, frozen with fear, faded away, most likely never to be seen by mankind again, but what he had started that day had created a war between the entire council of gods. Nearby in the small town of Avadale, a beautiful place free of war, striving, and containing as much natural life as possible, the Avadalyns watched speech of ClairY. Hilltonn as she attempted to gather troops for a resistance against the despicable Dan Pludmort, and his gigantic army of six hundred thousand troops.The world was preparing for war.

  Deep under the realm of Hades, trouble was stirring. Poseidon and Ares, influenced by the goddess of hypnotism, Citirius, had travelled to the depths of Tartarus and released Y’nzot just soon enough, for Y’nzot was dying in that cruel place. Once returned to Earth Y’nzot felt better. The four travelled to a forsaken planet in Apollo’s stolen chariot and found the Titans led by Kronos, father of the gods and goddesses. Together, the gods along with four Titans and their leader Kronos, prepared for a siege that they would lay on the Earth.

 

  By the time the gods and titans reached Earth the war had started. On Dan Pludmort’s awful side there were goblins, orcs, and even cyclops (and humans of course). But Clair was not going down without a fight. She had dwarves, humans, and even elves on her side. The gods, still arguing, did not notice the abundance of COMPLETE AND UTTER DESTRUCTION! The titans and gods were rampaging and destroying anything that got in their way. The other humans seeing these nine wicked creatures ran in tears along with everyone else on Earth.

  Eventually the gods and goddesses noticed but it was too late.

  In the words of a survivor, “I ran screaming through the other people. Thunder boomed, I looked everywhere but there was nothing to be found. Mt. Olympus was on the ground, the gods in cages, and the titans were cackling at them, finally, the table had turned, and Kronos was winning.”

  Zeus would not have it. He used all of the power that he could and every last lightning bolt that he had, all striking the ground. All of the gods broke out and were ready to fight. The gods threw the crates at Citirius and Y’nzot and they were knocked out. Ares and Poseidon were back and ready to fight. There was only one god missing, Zeus. He had given his life to save the others. The gods and goddesses realized what had happened, and, they were not happy, and most know that, anger usually is pretty powerful in a fight. The titans were sent to the bottom of the sea and the gods and goddess both were sent to Tartarus, never to be heard of again.The gods were very sad about the death of their dear friend, but not only Zeus had been lost. Dragons, half bloods, Artemis’ team, everyone on Earth was gone, and the gods knew that it was their fault. The gods began to feel worse and worse. All of the bodies under rain, were buried and lost, only stones of their fossilized belongings to remember them by near their bodies. The three fates then floated out of the shadows and made a decree, that all who died in the war should be brought back and that even included Zeus.

  With the world whole again, the gods made an agreement for the day had been been so grave that whenever someone perished, their bodies would be buried and then came the new idea of graves. Without the god of hate, the world was once again happy and peaceful.

  Why the Sky is Blue

  By Jacob

  Once upon a time on Mount Olympus, Poseidon, the god of water, and Zeus, the king of gods, were supervising the mortals that worshiped them. Suddenly, Poseidon couldn’t stop coughing.

  He admitted, “Sorry Zeus, but I think I have to take a sick day.”

  After dark, his followers were puzzled why Poseidon didn’t help them. He almost always had given them guidance before, so why would he stop now? The next morning, Poseidon was relieved of his sickness - since gods’ immunities are stronger than mortals - so he could concentrate on his followers. He offered them gifts, but they for some reason didn’t acknowledge them. Poseidon thought that maybe they didn’t realize he felt better. The next day, Poseidon gave the mortals a better gift, one they couldn’t reject. But they didn’t accept them either. Just then, he saw Zeus leading Poseidon’s followers, completely ignoring the gifts.

 

  Poseidon pulled his hair out. He wanted revenge on Zeus, his brother who always gets what he wants. He knew he couldn’t hurt Zeus because he was immortal, but he could hurt his followers, therefore hurting Zeus emotionally. He started considering ways to get revenge.

  A little while later, the mortals screamed frantically as the endless supply of water started closing in on them. Poseidon felt a little bad for the people, but he didn’t care. All he wanted was them to be his people, but Zeus took them from him.

  The wall of water was so terrifying, Zeus almost hid from it. But then he realized what he had to do.

  He shouted to his followers, “Don’t worry, I’ll stop it!” He flew over to the quickly moving water and summoned a force field that stopped the water in its tracks.

 

  “Hooray! We’re safe! But what caused that?” the mortals questioned.

 

  Zeus replied, “I don’t know, but I might have an idea.” He found Poseidon on Mount Olympus, burying his face in his hands. “Why did you want to destroy your followers?”

 

  Poseidon replied, “You took them from me.”

 

  Zeus explained, “I didn’t mean to take them from you, I was just watching them while you were sick.”

 

  Poseidon was embarrassed. “Oh, no. I guess I just wasn’t paying attention. But why didn’t they accept my gifts?”

 

  “They thought you stopped paying attention to them, so they started following me. Don’t worry, I’ll send a messenger telling them about the misunderstanding.”

  An hour later, Poseidon received sacrifices from his followers. He learned to not react until he knew everything about the situation, and the mortals learned that their god wouldn’t just stop helping them for no reason. In conclusion, the sky is blue because water is blue, which is surrounding the sky.

  Long Lost Love

                                                                 By: Baylee

  Long long ago -when talking fruit was a thing of course- there was a lonely pineapple sitting on a beach waiting for love. He had only been there for a few hours since the tide dropped him off earlier that day. He would wait there for hours and hours that day wishing there was someone to share his old stories with.

  One day the tide came up to the beach and the pineapple had high hopes he would be able to catch the tide and find love, but sadly he failed and was stuck on the beach.

  Two weeks later,  the pineapple had woken up and next to him was a pineapple sitting next to him, her beautiful green skin was glistening in the sun. Immediately the pineapple fell in love with her beauty, and her glowing, green skin.

  The next morning the pineapple woke up in hopes to see the watermelon but she was nowhere to be found. The pineapple figured she left that night with the tide, the pineapple just went back to sitting on the beach in sadness hoping one day his lovely watermelon woul
d come back to him. Days passed as he watched couples go by and happy families laughing together as he was just sitting there saddened.  It took two weeks but one day the tide came back and there she was sitting across the beach, his watermelon love. He was so happy to see her, there was just one problem was that he couldn't get to her which was the tide but that would never worked. The pineapple was so happy but so sad. He needed to figure out a way to get him and the pineapple closer together, but how?  When it was time  the tide splashed up throwing the watermelon across the beach like a jet slamming right into the sand next to the pineapple. The watermelon looked at the pineapple, and the pineapple looked at the watermelon, they were so happy no words came out. While they were by each other on the beach they enjoyed each other's company while it lasted.

  As the time went on they kept spreading farther and farther apart.  About a month later the watermelon and pineapple had been moved around quite a bit across the beach by the tide, they eventually got tired of it. They both every once in awhile would glance across the beach at each other and each and everyday they would get smaller and smaller to each other's eyes. One day  they made it to a part of the beach where there were rocks and a nice place to call “home”. Later that afternoon, the tide had carried them to a rocky shelter, they decided to stay there and make that their “home”. Time passed by and after a month or so they had combined and made a fruit salad and lived happily ever after with their fruit salad family.