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SO YEAH WE WERE SUPPOSED TO WRITE OUR FLASH FICTION IN ENGLISH, HOPE YOU GUYS LIKE IT. WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 300 WORDS BUT I MADE IT 700 WORDS.
“THE THIEF”
By: Sean Ethan
King
Long ago in a small village in the land of
Sparta, there was a young, skilled Spartan warrior named “Perseus”,(named after
“Perseus”, son of Zeus). He was very skilled as a warrior, intelligent, was
great at solving problems, master detective, and very loyal to people, which
was his most fatal flaw. He was in love with the princess Urbana. She had a
long black hair, and green eyes. All of Sparta was in love with her and wanted
to be with her. Each had to prove themselves worthy of her, but none of them
prevailed, except for Perseus, Perseus did not. Perseus had what they did not
have, persistence and determination with him, he would do whatever he can do to
make things work, to make things happen. So the princess had to decide on how
he would prove himself worthy, until one night. She was fast asleep with her
guards guarding the entrance, until she heard a noise and when she woke up, the
box that she uses to keep her priceless jewels, and right at that moment she
thought on how Perseus should prove himself worthy. So the princess gave him a
quest or a hunt rather, to find the thief who stole the priceless rubies,
sapphires, gemstones, and so much more kinds of jewellery. He had less than a
week to complete his tasks, and was allowed to bring others along with him in
quest. His best friend Asterion came, the town’s craftsman and master trickster
Hermes (named after the Greek God Hermes) and a few other. He packed his things
like his trusty bronze sword and shield, and left off to start the quest. First
off he went to visit the scene of the crime, and investigated. The first thing
he noticed footprints were left, the bottom of a sandal, which was a staff with
wings attached on the end with two snakes slithering up the staff. There were
hand marks as well, as if the thief who stole had dirty hands or forgot to wash
them, like a blacksmith. He went to another village in search, when Hermes
expected it to be a blacksmith from another village. He had to pass a dozen of
monsters and beast, left to right. The quest was even longer, in search of
village after village checking the bottom people’s sandal, until the last day
would be the next. The princess got worried that they did not find the thief
early so she made the quest open to others and so it was a competition, and
sent out a reward of money which would make you rich, for the return of the
priceless jewels. During the quest he noticed something strange about Hermes,
he always acted funny around jewellery and was amazing in arts and crafts. Due
to his flaw, which is excessive amount of trusting he did not mind it. They all
got tired to the point, that they camped at one deserted area. Hermes left to
do something, an errand and after a while he got back, Perseus and Hermes just
sat down and kept talking and talking for hours, while the rest would go get
some resources, until they were gone for
hours, but Hermes seemed okay and just told him “not to worry, they will
be back soon…” and made Perseus a meal. While Perseus was eating his meal he
noticed that Hermes had the same print on the bottom of his sandal, until he
noticed that the meal was poisoned. Hermes told him the entire story, about
what he did, his plan, what he did to the others and what he will do to him,
how he framed the blacksmith and others
and so much more. After that he left, and left him there to die, and
returned the jewels to the princess. Couple of days later, the princess noticed
the jewels were just a fake, and there was a note hidden in a secret
compartment, which read “ Thanks for the prize…. And the jewels. Love Hermes”,
but it was too late Hermes was long gone and already left Sparta, fooling the
royals, master detective, and so much more.
