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Syagros Short Story

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Syagros found himself in an unfamiliar place, he was facing a beast that was unlike anything he had seen before. It was an 8 meter tall cyclops. The cyclops charged at Syagros. Syagros wanted to run, but his body moved on its own and charged back. Right as they were about to hit each other Syagros jolted awake. It was just a bad dream he was still in his room. Syagros got up, got dressed for the day and went downstairs to be greeted by his brother, Kyros, and his mother, Daphne. While they were eating breakfast Syagros couldn’t stop thinking about that dream. Syagros family wished him a good day as he was leaving for work. As he opened the door on the way to the soldier training grounds, a fresh breeze of Athens air blew in his face. Syagros forgot that he lived in Athens because of the crazy dream he had. When he got to the training camp most of his colleagues were already there. Most of them were his age about 15 or 16 years old. …show more content…

Then he remembered that Tenes was in the forest. As Syagros was going to find his friend he felt powerful presence behind him. He turned around and saw a man who looked to be in his 50’s and very wise. Syagros asked the man who he was and the man simply answered that he was Zeus. Syagros wondered if it was Zeus that helped him in the fight. He asked Zeus and Zeus said he did because he was impressed with the bravery that Syagros showed, and his drive to protect his friend. Zeus told Syagros that the reason Posiden traped them on the island was to test Syagros. Zeus went on to tell him that Syagrus was Zeus’s son. That's why Syagros was able withstand the lightning bolt. Syagros had so many questions, but zeus had to go, so Syagros thanked Zeus as he left and went to find Tenes. When he got to Tenes, he was perfectly fine not remembering any of what just happened. After this they returned to their ship to help fix it and continue their

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