Note: This was written by me,
Hanson Phreek, and Draco Malfoy is my love slave as an English project last
year, I felt like putting it up…Sorry Draco Malfoy is my love slave. I should
have told you first. I give you full permission to beat me now.
Aphrodite sighed as she
watched Iris play on the hillside. Her daughter was only fifteen and she was
the most beautiful girl in the land. Aphrodite scowled when she saw Iris’
mortal father, Theron. Now that was her biggest mistake, he would never tell Iris
that she was the daughter of a goddess… or would he? Aphrodite had a plan; all
she had to do was talk to the big guy, Zeus.
When
she got to Mount Olympus, she went straight to Zeus’ temple. “Your problem is
solved,” Aphrodite said sitting down in a chair.
“What
problem?” Zeus asked, a bit upset because he had been sleeping when Aphrodite
disturbed him.
“The
bare spot in the sky. Theron, the greatest painter in the land. You yourself
said that the Muses are on his side,” Aphrodite responded.
“Fine.
Send Pegasus.”
“
He’ll want to bring his daughter.”
“Let
him. Now leave so I can sleep,” Zeus boomed as Aphrodite headed to the royal
stable. She sent Pegasus to Theron’s cottage. Theron read the message that was
attached to Pegasus’ mane and sighed; he knew that he had to tell Iris about
Aphrodite being her mother, but he didn’t want to because Iris would want to go
live on Mount Olympus instead of staying in Greece with him.
“Dad,
why is there a weird horse in our stable?” Iris asked when she saw Pegasus.
“We
have to make a trip tomorrow, to Mount Olympus. Zeus wants to see me for some
reason, something about painting something,” he said as Iris looked at him
strangely. “Go to bed, we’ve got to leave early in the morning.”
“Ok.
Night Dad,” Iris said going to bed.
“Aphrodite
is going to tell her, I know she will,” Theron said to himself.
The
next morning, Theron woke up Iris and they got on to Pegasus. He immediately
took them to Zeus’ temple.
“Welcome
to Mount Olympus,” Zeus said as Theron and Iris walked in.
“Thank
you for having us. What is your wish?” Theron asked Zeus.
“There
is something I need painted. Come with me.”
“Stay
here,” he told Iris as he followed Zeus out to the balcony. Zeus showed him the
bare patch of sky. “What color do you want it painted?
“I’m
not sure,” Zeus said as Aphrodite and the Muses appeared.
“I
think that it should be painted red and pink,” she said.
“Well
I think that it should match the sky. Paint it blue,” stated Zeus.
“No,
you should be able to notice it,” one of the Muses said as Iris entered the
room unnoticed.
“Let’s
ask Iris,” Zeus suggested.
“She’ll
want it red and pink too, after all she is my daughter,” Aphrodite said.
“What?”
Iris yelled from the doorway.
“Oops,”
Aphrodite said when she realized her mistake.
“Why didn’t you
tell me?” Iris asked her dad.
“
I didn’t want you to leave me. I didn’t want you to find out you were a
demi-goddess; I wanted you to have a normal life,” Theron explained softly.
“I
had a right to know,” Iris said running out to the balcony and starting to cry.
Later on that night, Zeus showed her to the room she would be staying in that
night. After everyone had stopped arguing and gone to bed, Iris quietly snuck
to the balcony and looked at the bare sky. Then she had an idea.
She
took some paints and headed out to the stable and got on Pegasus’ back. He took
her to the bare patch in the sky. She started painting, making sure to use
every color she had. First came red, then orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo,
and finally violet. Then she went back to bed.
The
next morning when Zeus saw what had been painted he was somewhat upset. “Who
did this?” he boomed so loudly that everything shook.
“I
did,” Iris spoke up.
“What
is it called? It’s kind of nice. I like it,” one of the Muses inquired.
“It
doesn’t have a name yet,” Iris said.
“It
is bow shaped,” noted Aphrodite.
“Yeah
and it has started to rain,” stated Theron.
“
I’ve got the perfect name for it. Rainbow. That’s it. It’s just right,” Zeus
said. “From now on you will be Iris, goddess of the Rainbow.”
By:
Hanson Phreek
&
Draco Malfoy is my love slave