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Short Story Of Erick And The Earthquake

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Erick and the Earthquakes One day, the Lindol family brought home a son to their mansion. They named him Erick and he was very spoiled. He had millions of maids taking care of him, doing everything from cooking, cleaning, to even helping with his homework. He grew up lazy and selfish, but also lonely and unhappy. Whenever he didn’t get what he wanted, he threw a massive tantrum, jumping up and down, making the walls tremble and causing things to fall off the shelves. When he was around 16, he got mad at a maid for spilling a drop of water on his clothes and said that he would lock her in the basement for years without food nor water. He began jumping up and down when suddenly a crack appeared on the floor, and from it a black cloud appeared with tinges of red at its edges. Suddenly the cloud revealed Set, the deity of chaos. The walls of the mansion trembled as Set spoke, “Erick I have felt the earth tremble under your stomping feet for years from my hidden cave, and have heard all your threats.” His hard gaze fixed on Erick and said “Surely you are old enough to …show more content…

But one day when Set caused a massive earthquake, destroying nearly all the cities, and killing thousands of people, Ra had seen enough. He was tired of seeing his people suffer. He sent Nephthys and Osiris to stop Set from causing earthquakes. Once they were able to find the hidden cave, they managed to trick Set into letting them in. Erick had heard that they were coming and grew hopeful and prayed that he could finally go home after 5 years. He heard Set shout “NO!” as he was killed by Nephthys and Osiris. “You need to come with us” Osiris said. Erick followed them up a rope to the surface of the earth and was overjoyed when he saw the sun in the sky. “We need to bring you to Ra” Nephthys said as Erick jumped for joy causing the nearby trees to

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