Kimberly Miles Fontanilla 11 Poseidon
THE SUN AND MOON
The Sun and Moon swept over the mountain, enraged by the Wind's betrayal and devastated over the destruction he had done to their people. They took away all of his words and ability to speak, leaving him unable to howl his wordless wrath to the sky for the rest of time, determined to prevent the Wind from ever harming their people again. The Sun and Moon returned to the battlefield strengthened and with a renewed sense of purpose now that they had discovered the source of their people's problems. They flung themselves between the warring tribes, and their voices echoed over the battlefield, stopping the fighters in their tracks. They described what the Wind had done and ordered the fights to stop immediately.
With the Wind quiet, Sun and Moon devised their own strategy to prevent the fight from resuming. "We shall govern together, up in the sky," Moon declared, "so that we may never cease to protect you from harm." "I shall rise for twelve hours and watch over you," Sun said, "and we will call this 'Day.'"
"And when those twelve hours are up," Moon declared, "I'll rise with the stars, and we'll call this 'Night.'" The people consented, laying down their guns and returning to a rich and peaceful state. As a result, the Sun and Moon took to the sky, rising in turn with Night and Day to keep watch over their beloved people in peace and harmony for all eternity.