Halcyon, Sterling and Amaranthine

This was meant to be a form of folklore or myth. Just for an experiment.

 

In a day long before the time of man, far beyond the first creature to walk on dry-land, even before the world itself, there was a race of elusive creatures who roamed the realm of the stars. The first of the three creatures was a dragon, scaled with golden skin that illuminated the days, and bared talons as sharp as daggers. The dragon walked around the realm, bringing light to all the darkness and life to the small planets that flew in the night sky.

The second of the creatures was a phoenix, feathered with silver feathers and a tail longer than the longest day. The phoenix flew around the realm, keeping a watchful eye on the dormant planets in the night skies.

 The final creature was a serpent, marked with purple scales, and bore fangs with the sharpest points in all of time itself. The serpent’s job was to eat the planets that were no longer needed. But as he grew steadily older, the serpent began to loath the taste of planets, and craved something new. So one day, when the mighty golden dragon fell asleep on a bed of stars, the serpent decided to eat the dragon. The creature slid his coils around the golden body and began to squeeze as hard as he could. The dragon awoke as the serpent’s grip grew tighter, but he did not move a muscle or fight back. He instead came up with a plan. The dragon decided to fool the serpent into thinking he was dead. The golden one urged his heart beat to slow and breathed less frequently. The serpent realized the dragon was dieing and released his grip, begging to eat the dragon. Unaware of the trick pulled on him, the dragon threw off the serpent and summoned his brother the phoenix. Together the phoenix and dragon admonished the serpent and said, “Purple one, you have betrayed us and must be punished. We shall cast a spell on you, so you can never eat another soul again.”

With a flick of the dragon’s tongue and a flap of the phoenix’s wing, the serpent was turned into a living planet. The core of the rock was his heart, still filled with life. The dragon covered some of the planet with water, and the tides rose with the serpent’s heart beat. The phoenix spread seeds of life across the landscape, and blew on them to give them motion, turning them into beasts and foliage. The golden one and the silver one left the serpent, only to return several billion years later. The dragon laughed at the serpent and said, “You are not a creature anymore purple one, but a planet. And we shall call you Earth.” The phoenix bestowed one final beast onto the lonely planet; small, hairless animals that walked upright.

            So from that day forward the serpent was known as Earth. And as time went by, and the hairless animals called humans began to grow, the phoenix’s and the dragon’s visits grew more and more frequent until they came every day bringing us our night and our day.

It is said that every time the earth shakes, it is the serpent’s stomach aching for food, forever destined to starve and unable to alleviate his hunger. Some even say that if they look at the moon just right, they can see the blithe phoenix’s tail feathers flying through the night skies. And on the rarest of occasion, a golden scale is found lying on the earth, after the dragon molts and grows a new illuminating body.

 

Author's Note

ignore grammar problems

Reviews

[Richard]

Not a bad story. I wouldn't say it has grammar problems. There are a few places where I would have added a comma or perhaps left one out, but I think this is down to personal preferance.

There was just one line that did not seem to make sense. "The final creature was a serpent, marked with purple scales, and bore fangs with the sharpest points in all of time itself." The first half of the sentence seems to be in present tense ('was' a serpent), while the second is in past tense ('bore' fangs).

[Britt Foster]

This is a nice, lighthearted piece. It made me smile.
I like it a lot -- its written beautifully and it flows well. Very creative.
Cool to think about how we're living on a purple serpent.
^_^

Haha~

[Hans von Lieven]

LOL Not a bad little tale. Maybe you should submit this as an alternative to evolution theory or intelligent design. It makes just as much sense.

Good luck, I liked this.

Hans von Lieven