Greek Myths

Why Grass Is Green

A/N this story belongs to my best friend Katie (NOT MINE) i hpoe you like it!😄😄

The morning was very odd, it did not have the sound of birds singing or even have
a single croke from a toad at a river. I tried to find out and I saw, my field of grass
plains was dead, withered, and grey, why does the grass have no color? Why do the
toads and birds stay silent?, I must have answers now. I must go to Zeus himself to
see what the problem is, I cant work with knowing my work is being sabotaged
somehow, I will get my grass back.

It took 4 nights to get to mount Olympus, but I finally made it, I can now find out
why my grass does not have color, and why it dies at my touch. I climbed up the
mountain in which it took almost 2 nights to climb because it was the tallest
mountain on earth, only Zeus wanted the best view over the humans, he had the
largest ego if I'm not mistaken, Anyways, I got to the top of mount Olympus and I
saw Zeus next to my mother Demeter, with that Persephone, were they having
troubles with their job also?

I walked up to my mother and she gave me a questionable look as if she didn't
want me there, oddly suspicious and unnormal to have two great gods in front of
Zeus with such anger on their faces, Zeus stood up and stared at me with a worried
look.

"Bargios, god of the gardens, why are you here before me?"
"Zeus my grass is dying! It withers when I touch it and my gardens are dying every
day now, I need answers now!" I yelled.
My mother looked at Zeus and slammed her fist into his table
"Even my son's grass and gardens will not grow!"
Zeus sunk in his chair, when my mother yells at him Zeus could never win when
he's out numbered.

"Zeus you must give me permission to go and retrieve him and he must go back to
the underworld." Persephone stared at Zeus.
"You cant go to the underworld with him yet, the warm season is not over yet for
another 2 months though!" Zeus yelled, it was the middle of the summer, so
Persephone cant go yet, that would just make it worst for me because my blue
grass would be dead, but it cant be that..

"Zeus if what I hear is right, is hades walking on earth?" I said trying to bottle my
anger, how stupid could Zeus be to let him walk the earth! I cannot tolerate that
hades is the reason my blue grass die.
"That is correct bargios, I let him walk on earth since I owe him a favor"
"Favors or no favors, it is not worth the grass dying and the earth as well, mortals
wont be able to survive and then we wont have a purpose to even do our jobs if all
of the living animals and such die off!" I was filled with rage.
Zeus sighed and looked at us all

"Fine! I will send hades back, as for your grass bargios I cannot bring the color back
but I can send you to Ariana the Godess of colors but be warned, she will not listen
to your request of color, she will choose by her liking"
Persephone went away to get hades while my mother stomped away, she never
seems content unless something is done right,
"Zeus, where is Ariana?"
"She will be at a place in Rome called the Pantheon"
I nodded and started my journey, I will finally get my grass back.
Now that hades has taken my gardens and grasses' color, I will do anything to get it
back, it took about 2 and a half days but I made it, the building was beautiful and
there was art everywhere, the walls had all of us gods on it, it was amazing.
"You finally came Bargios, I almost thought you weren't going to come."
I jumped a little, the woman has golden hair that went to her hips and she wears
what most women would wear, a white toga, but hers was golden as her hair.
"What do you mean I finally came? Did you know I was coming?"
"Why of course, Zeus tells me a lot of things before hand"
"Then you must know that I'm here, a color for my grass"
I remarked that last sentence and she gave me a look of attitude.
"Ah yes, i had a color planned for your grass, but I must tell you something"
"And what is that?"
She smacked the side of my head with a paint brush, at least it was dry.
"You must take care of your grass more carefully, for Its color will change quicker
than a rabbit running in a race"
I nodded and she handed me seeds in a cloth bag.
"The new color of the grass that grows in the fields, under out feet and that
supports our livestock will be green, when the grass turns yellow that means you
are not worthy of your title god of the gardens, do you understand, Bargios?"
She looked at me with her hazel eyes and I bowed my head
"Yes Ariana"
"Now go, plant the new seeds of the fields"
I nodded and as I took the journey I planted a seed in every field I crossed
As soon as I got back to my home I planted my last seed in my favorite field
Nothing happened.
But it started to rain, and I saw the grass spread vastly over my gardens and all I
could see was beautiful green grass and flowers, I missed my blue grass but this
was better, I smiled as I breathed it in.
"My grass is back, and my gardens, thank you Zeus and Ariana, and mother, for the
rain"
I know they can hear me, now life will go on in this green world.