Aries Sealed Thanatos: A Narrative Fiction

“Finally he’s sealed” thought Ares. Thanatos, the Ruler of Death, was sealed into a jar after batting Ares. Aries sealed Thanatos along with other sprits, feeling nothing for them not knowing that he had accidentally sealed the spirit of hope Elpis burying the jar deep into the ground under a big oak tree. Five thousands years had past and a young boy was on his way to a tree that was near his house. Now that young boy was Aries who would open the jar later on in the story but I have to tell u what happened before. Aries was a strong lad for a 10 year old but he wasn’t as strong as his father Zeus but he was close. Aries had always loved playing around the tree with his friends but today was different. All of Aries friends were either busy …show more content…
Instead of running to his home and get yelled at for tracking mud in the house, he decided just to train until the rain had stopped. Three hours had past and Aries was done with his training. He was wondering if his father would stop the rain just enough to get home and so he would not have to wait out in the cold rain. When Aries had enough with waiting and had just liked the idea of running home and getting yelled at, he saw that one patch of dirt was drier then the rest. Aries knew not to go anywhere NEAR that area but his curiosity got the best of him. Getting a stone, he dug up the dirt that was covering the jar. Revealing the jar, Aries yelped out in pain due to the jar being extremely hot. Picking up the jar with two sticks was a hard job but he did it. When he submerge the jar in a nearby river, the water boiled a little bit but soon cooled enough for him to pick it up. Ares was watching his stepbrother Aries for about twenty minutes when he saw that he had found the jar containing all of the evil …show more content…
“Aries whatever you do don’t open that jar” said Aries. “Why? Does it belong to you?” asked the curious lad. Aries thought of what to say. Should he lie or should he tell the truth? Ares was pretty good at detecting lies and telling them. Might as well lie to him thought Aries, what could go wrong? “ It contains something very important and I don’t want you to look in it” Aries said. Ares looked deep into his older brothers eyes. Was he lying or was he telling the truth? For a 10 year old, Aries was pretty good at detecting lies. Ares didn’t look like he was telling a lie. “ Okay, I won’t look” Ares promised his stepbrother. “Good. Now bury it back before someone sees,” responded Aries. With that Aries walked back to his chariot and rode back to MT Olympus. Ares sighed. After reburying the jar in its original place, he thought, “I wanted to see what he was hiding but I promised. “ Ares decided to quit thinking about it and just head home before night came. Ares was laying in his bed that night with his mortal parents asleep. That jar was in his mind again. Should he retrieve it or leave it there? His mind settled on the jar. When Ares was half way to the tree something in his mind told him to leave the jar. He ignored it and race