"ARES' WAR" -- BY WYNTON COOLEY

Dedication

My hero story is dedicated to my grandfather, who I called Papa. When I was a very young boy he taught me many rights from wrongs and many other lessons. I spent a lot of time with him and my grandmother, while my parents were at work.

He allowed me to do various jobs around his house like gardening and using the lawnmower. He would allow me to go on the roof when he would be cleaning the leaves off. He would advise me to always be a hard worker; I gained his trust and respect by trying my best at everything. This is characteristic of a true hero!

He was a Pacific 10 Conference football official. He would officiate many USC and UCLA football games and their daily practices. I got to see a lot of those practices, meet the coaches and players like Reggie Bush and Matt Leinart. He would take me on road trips to various universities; I went to Seattle, Las Vegas, and Hawaii.

When Papa passed away in December 2005, my family was filled with emptiness and sorrow. He will always be with me. I will remember the times we had and he will always be my hero!

Ares’ War

It was a very joyous day in Olympus in the Garden of Love. All of the Olympians were there to see their brother and sister, Ares’ and Aphrodite, getting married. This was the joining of Ares’ destructive and Aphrodite’s blissful forces. Hera was the minister who was attempting to marry them. Zeus was very happy for his second strongest son and his most beautiful daughter. Then a rumbling happened, resembling an earthquake, and it wasn’t Poseidon.

It was Matalos, the robot, which Ares’ defeated once. With one single blast from his omega laser eye, he blasted the wedding rings and flew away to his island called Matala. Zeus shot a thunder bolt at him, but it didn’t help; it was like a feather to a stone. Ares’ signaled his flying vulture, Difia to assist him. Ares’ then grabbed his sword and shield to swing at Matalos. It didn’t even make a scratch, because of his armor. Matalos shot a rocket at Ares’ and it exploded. Ares’ then fell to Earth, but Difia caught him just before he smashed into Areopagus, a hill named after Ares’ by the Greeks.

Ares’ had Difia fly to Hephaestos, the god of craftsmanship, and asked him to make armor worthy of his stature, so he could defeat Matalos. When his armor was finished, he went back to the wedding and saw Matalos stealing Aphrodite. With all his might, he swung his sword at Matalos hand which was holding Aphrodite. Matalos let go of Aphrodite and punched Ares’ so hard that he was airborne for four whole minutes. Ares’ fell to the ground like a meteorite. Matalos wanted to kill Ares’ with his strongest weapon so he shot Ares’ with his omega laser eye.

Ares’ picked up his sword and reflected Matalos laser back at him. Matalos started malfunctioning. Ares’ picked up his sword with all of his might and anger, he cut Matalos core out and stuck it on his sword. By throwing his core to the sun, this made the first solar eclipse. Ares’ brought Aphrodite back to Olympus in the Garden of Love. The gods lit Ares’ symbol, a torch, to honor him. Ares’ kissed Aphrodite in the darkness and they spent eternity together.

-- Wynton Cooley

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