Creative Writing - Apollo's Story

One day the God Apollo went out for a stoll in Zeus’s magical land above this Earth. He was just walking along when all of a sudden he got drawn into by a certain mystical light. He was memerized by it as it brought strength, energy, and heat as well as the strong light. But all of a sudden he was blinded. The light was too strong for his sensitive little eyes. Even though he is a god, he does have human-like features. Being said, his eyes were not ready for the light. He couldn’t help himself though and got drawn into the light and eventually got absorbed by it. No one can see his face anymore because humans can’t look up at the sun without it making their eyes hurt or tear up.

All of Apollo’s friends and family went looking for him, for he went missing (being absorbed by the sun). His beloved Trojan princess Cassandra looked for him for hours, days, nights, even months. After about two years of looking she decided that he was long gone and nowhere to be found. This made Apollo extremely sad, for he now thought that his closest people that he loved had forgotten about him. He would sit in the middle of the sun and cry for hours upon hours. Finally he came up with a solution that would help Cassandra see him and know he is still alive. He craftily came up with many designs, but one suited his fancy really well. It was something that went over human eyes, to help them look into the sun without their eyes hurting. It had shields for both eyes, and went back behind their ears. After finishing and perfecting his design, he sent them to Cassandra with a note saying to look up at the light. It was at that moment when she realized he had been there the whole time.

This may be why he’s called the god of sunlight, but it’s also the real reason why sunglasses were made.