American Gods

Sky and Starling

  When Sunny and Sea had her, Starling was as bright as Sunny, but as blue as Sea. Starling had only one thing that her parents had: She had stars all over her body. She was born on the bottom of the sea, yet as the minutes passed by, she rose up to the surface and with bang and a flash, she became the night sky, which now included the stars and the Northern Lights.
    Well, anyways, as summer became winter, she got up earlier and came down later. One particularity long day, er, I mean, night, Sky, which appeared at day, became annoyed with her and stomped over to her.
    "You think you're so special because you have stars and that junk, don't you? Well, that doesn't mean you get to stay later into the day than usual. That's my job. So why don't you just go die in a hole! Er, I mean, why don't you retire from this, well, tiring job, and get some sleep?"
   Starling just smiled at Sky.
   "You're Sky, right? Well, it's not my fault that I'm staying later. I was told to stay until exactly 8:37 a.m.. I don't know why, but I must do what I'm told. By the way, you are blocking my light. It has been day for three minutes already, but it's only 8:30 a.m., not 8:37a.m.. And just so you know, you can't cover up that you just told me to go die in a hole, but I don't care! For all I know, a hole is a peaceful place."
     Sky just looked more angry. What was Starling thinking telling him, Sky, about certain times that they have to leave? He had the freedom of choice after all. It was in the Constitution to prove it. And why was Starling always so happy when he came over to take her place? It definitely was not a happy job.
    "Well, whatever. It's 8:35 now. Time for you to leave," stated Sky, glad to get rid of Starling. After Starling left, Sky set to work doing his normal stuff, like blowing clouds at random speeds, letting storms slip through his fingers, and hauling the sun around and eventually down.
   When Sky had finished his shift and Starling was going to do her shift, Sky almost fell over because Starling looked gorgeous today. She had long black hair and her blue skin was glowing brighter than ever. She also had a little dazzle in her eyes. She looked like this because that night was the night that she was born on, so she was kind of being reborn. Instead of going and taking his usual nap, Sky followed Sraling around like a lost puppy. Because of this, that night was brighter than any night ever with the combined light of Sky and Starling.
   Just when it was time for Sky to do his job, he murmured to Starling,"Marry me." Starling just replied with a laugh and said,"You're gonna have to do better than that to convince me to marry you. Also, good morning." And with that, she turned on her heel and left Sky gaping at the place whereas and started  she had just been.
   So, from that point on, Sky tried as hard as he could to catch Starling's attention, but she just ignored him. He was actually slacking at his job trying to get her attention. Rocky got mad and started assigning tons of things to Sky and Starling. Sky was starting to feel hopeless.
    One day, after moping around in his free time, Starling came over. Her face was serious.
    "There is a problem on the other side of the moon. Aliens and humans are finally meeting each other and Rocky got involved. I need your help."
      Sky obeyed and went with Starling. They shrunk themselves and landed on the moon. It turned out that the first Americans had just landed on the moon. And, like Americans, they brought a pistol with them, along with some beer. It was a drunk shooting, which didn't help the situation at all. They saw Rocky standing in a corner, laughing his head off, and a mob of aliens in another corner with weird funnel things.
      Buzz and Armstrong were just cheering and looking at each other like they just one something, and Michael was circling a little closer than he should have been, staring at the strange sight.
     Sky and Starling just stood there watching for awhile, and when he thought it was the right time, Sky stepped up and said," Hey! I am the alien god, Drplrthn, and unless you get back on your ship right this instance, I'll just have to zap you."
     The two astronauts looked at Sky in horror, then called for Michael to pick them up. After that, Sky turned to the alien mob and said in alien,"And you! I am the, er, American god, uh, Alienator, and if you guys don't go back to your planet right now, I'll just have to pop every single one of you like a zit." and with that, the aliens turned and left, too.
     Rocky, who was still in his corner, was fuming. How dare anyone disturb my game?the thought. But he left it and just stormed off, thinking of the horrible things he could have done to Sky.
    "That was amazing! I'm surprised that neither side started shooting at you. You have proven worthy of my love," said Starling, then she batted her eyelashes at Sky.
        Sky fell head over heels for her once again. No, I'm not kidding. He feel head first into America and made the first crash-landing of a supposed rocket.
   After that, Sky and Starling decided not to such a large domain. They stayed in America. That's why America has such pretty sunsets. The Northern lights are made when Sky and Starling decide to stay together in the night. In the next chapter, it tells all about their kid, Flame and yet another goddess, Forestia.
Just so you get your facts straight, Buzz and Armstrong did not bring beers or pistols to the moon and they also did not encounter Aliens either. Please comment. Thanks!