Thursday, 26 January 2012

BOOK PREQUEL 1

Have you heard of the myth of how Sirius came to be? The bright, shining star located in the very north corner of our heavens? The star praised for its beauty and never dying helpfulness to many lost at sea or land, it can always be relied on to show hope.
Assuming on the times we're in, with ancient wisdom falling on deaf ears of the young, it seems that the story had been lost in time or changed so drastically it could not possibly be recognized anymore.
It starts with a young boy, Aeschylus, born to the noblest of men in all of Athens, a politician and his beautiful wife who was loved dearly but not nearly as often as required by her husband. With such intimate marital knowledge being widespread, the boy's roots were in question by everyone but the Husband, who should've been the least at ease, especially as the boy grew taller and wider than he ever was. Aeschylus, at 16 was already the size and the build of a bull, with a brain to match. Such a boy was a great commodity at the time, and had a very promising future, despite his un-resemblance to his father being whispered across the halls and the markets all over town, he had gained the prosperity and with it the high level of education any parents could hope for. It is here, where our story takes an impromptu, but perhaps an expected turn. A girl. Of the same age but of different upbringing, Athanasia was possibly the least beautiful daughter a god could hope for. Apollo, her father, was so deeply upset by his daughter's shortcomings that he decided to hide her away in an orphanage, in a village no one would ever look in. The girl, grew beautiful (not as beautiful as she should have been due to godly heritage, but amongst humans she shone all the same), and had an unparalleled creativity and imagination. It was this that turned her to sculpt, a hobby that was highly unorthodox for a girl at those times, but she had such a way with her materials that no one had the heart to protest. This is how our two heroes met. Athanasia, comissioned to sculpt the most beautiful boy in all the land, meets Aeschylus, and the two fall in love, due to the long and strenuous hours together, where they could not move or touch each other, but could talk. Aeschylus had never met such a creature, she was inquisitive and inspiring, unlike other girls who were just interested in children and wifery. After three days together, he had decided he wanted this girl for himself, forever.