Heya! This is a thing we did in school and seeing as how I basically wrote it, I wanted to share it with you! Quick cap: we are studying greek myths in school (mainly literacy) and we were given the project to write a myth of our own. We had read Narcissus and Echo, Daedalus and Icarus, and Perseus. Yah. Have fun.
The Cursed Shadow
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Cast:
Zilla: Amelia
Savage (the pug): Riley
Zeus: Gavin
Narrator: Ainsley
Artemis: Amanda
Narrator: Zilla is a arrogant hunter. Her home country and Greece are at war. She has snuck past the defence and went to Artemis' temple. Under the cloak of night she sneaks to the temple. She has come to disrespect the gods. She started with Artemis. As she snuck into the temple, left unguarded, she got the feeling of her sins crawling on her back. She continued anyway and got to the center of the temple.
Zilla: (sarcastically) Hah! Hear me "great god"! I will always be a better guardian of the night and keeper of the moon! Your abilities are no match to mine!
Narrator: Artemis was infuriated by this. With this, this outsider that came and had no respect to her and her people. This despicable little mortal must be punished. With a crack of lightning she came down to Zilla. Her voice booming with rage.
Artemis: You have threatened me and you will pay for your crimes! You will wish for death as from now on you will forever be a shadow! No one will even acknowledge your existence ever again!
Zilla: (regretfully) Please great goddess... Artemis please spare me I don't want to be a shadow; please I take it back please I will do anything you want.
Narrator: Artemis dismissed the small mortal's cried and proceeded to chant the cure that would turn Zilla into a shadow.
Artemis: You will now forever be a shadow! (quietly) Unless you find how to break the curse on your own.
Zilla: NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Narrator: With her heart now bitter, Zilla returns to where she came and tried to speak to her father about what had happened. When she got no reply she tried reaching out to the others in her village. Several civilians rushed around preparing for battle, completely ignoring Zilla. Some even ran straight through her.
Zilla: Why is this happening...? Am I really a shadow?
Savage: Zilla!? ZILLA!? Where are you?
Zilla: I'm right here please can you see me? I'm right here! Save me save me savage.
Narrator: Zilla's pained cries caught the attention of her beloved companion. He looked at her and asked:
Savage: Zilla? Is that you?
Zilla: Yes, yes! It's me! I'm here!
Narrator: With Savage seeing her, Zilla reached out her hand. As soon as she touched him, he started to turn into a shadow.
Savage: Zilla! What's happening!? Why am I turning into a shadow!? Help me!!!(pug noise)(another pug noise)
Zilla: I don't know! I just touched you! I-I don't know how to help you!
Narrator: As Savage turned into a shadow Zilla realized that she could turn other people into shadows with one touch. Anywhere with any amount of fingers. This fascinated her... how many people could she turn into shadows? Would they follow her? Would they worship her?
Zilla: Savage, we can turn other people into shadows with just one touch we could make an army of them.
Savage: You're right we could rise up against whoever did this to you.
Zilla: But the person who did this to me was Artemis so how would we rise up against her; she's a god?
Savage: But we are now shadows maybe we can touch them and turn them into shadows ourselves
Zilla: But how will we get enough to overthrow GODS?
Savage: We go to Sparta and turn lots of people from there into shadows.
Zilla: But we'd need all of Greece!
Narrator: Then an idea came to Zilla's head. They wouldn't need just normal people... they'd need soldiers.
Zilla: What if we get all of the soldiers from Greece and turn them into shadows and then we would have an army of powerful soldiers.
Savage: That could work! We could train them and we could get revenge!
Narrator: Another idea had come into Zilla's head.
Zilla: What if we had more than just turning people into shadows what if we could kill gods.
Narrator: Then they set off, building their army and training them. They spent several days, maybe even weeks, recruiting shadows. The process was long, halving to hide from the sun everyday, but I wasn't impossible. Soon enough they were standing in front of Mount Olympus, fully armed, and ready for battle. The moon shone brightly, illuminating their shadowed forms.
Zilla: (yelling) Gods! We are here to claim our revenge! You are the reason we are like this and we will be the cause of your demise!
Zeus: Why are you here!? We were having some peace and quiet.
Zilla: We want war on the gods for what Artemis did to me and let me spread the shadow virus! We want you to pay for what you have done to us. If you accept this act of war, we will begin Immediately.
Narrator: Zeus thought for a second. Was is wise to fight a arms made solely of shadows? Would they even win? Of course! They are gods! Sorely they could beat a few measly shadows.
Zeus: Alright, we accept your accusation of war. It's not like you'll win anyway.
Narrator: They begin the battle as the shadows advanced towards them, the gods position themselves, and begins to attack. The most peculiar thing happened for the shadows: they were able to kill the gods with their bear hands. As weapons were thrown and blood was spilled, the battle ground soon turned to a red and black landscape, seeming as hell itself has landed on earth.(I can't believe I was allowed to get away with that XD) Armor was slashed through and Gods fell, one by one. In the middle of the battle, Artemis and Zilla clashed. Their own determination almost enough to overpower one another, but never reaching that point. Gods and shadows fell, each serving their own leaders with great respect. After a long and spiteful battle the shadows rained victorious. Zilla, feeling accomplished in herself gave a long, content sigh. She climbed onto a tall rock and rose above her people.
Zilla: (yelling) We have won!
Narrator: At this, the army roared with accomplishment.
Zilla: Be calm! We have overthrown Zeus himself! We can now truly RULE the world!
Narrator: With the gods out of the way, the shadows were able to overpower all defences, with their nightmare like appearances and deadly touches, the world was infected. I guess Zilla did truly get what she wanted, ultimate power.
