The Legend of the Eclipto: Deity of the Solar Eclipse

A story about the Solar Eclipse. I wrote this story out of sheer randomness. It's a little long, but please take your time reading it! It took a lot of brainstorming.

• Fiction
• Short story
• Fantasy

								
Long ago, before anyone had seen a solar eclipse, two deities would take turns appearing in the Earth’s sky. These two were known as the deity of the Sun and the deity of the Moon. Solar, the deity known as the Sun, would usually be seen in what is known as ‘day’. While in the sky, Solar’s golden, wavy hair illuminates the sky with its radiance. Her hair waves would also emit heat, warming the world with divine radiation.  

Lunar, the deity known as the Moon; however, was usually seen in what we call ‘night’. While orbiting the  Earth, Lunar would be the light in the darkness, enlightening the night sky. With his light, and aid from the children of the galaxy, known as stars to humans, travelers and other nightwalkers could navigate through the darkness of the night more easily. With the combined power of Lunar and Solar,  darkness would never be able to consume the Earth.

That was what they thought at least. You see, one faithful day, the stars had observed something strange happening. The moon was starting to inch closer and closer to covering the sun while in orbit. Lunar began to take notice too. He was often identified as the cautious one of the two deities. Solar, however, did not take any notice in the slightest, for she was known as the carefree and relaxed one of the two.

Given time, Solar eventually realized what was happening too. The two met to discuss how they would prepare for this crisis. “ What do you presume will happen to the Earth when we overlap!”, cried Lunar in a panic, “Will the Earth plummet into darkness forever? Whatever will we do?” Solar put one arm on Lunar’s shoulder and smiled. Lunar could feel the warmth of the Sun beaming on him. “We’ll find a way, I just know it!”, she said confidently. “Ok,”, Lunar murmured and then smiled too, “If you say so!”

	Soon enough, Solar came up with a plan. She was so ecstatic when she came up with it that she began to flare up and humans briefly thought the Sun would explode. When Solar met up with Lunar again, the glee on her face was more visible than her other glimmering features. Lunar was shocked enough that Solar had even thought of something. He had always known her to be a latecomer in these types of things.

	“So… What’s your idea Solar?”, Lunar questioned apprehensively, hoping she wasn’t just joking. “I have the perfect plan…” she started. “So what is it?”, interrupted an impatient Lunar. “Quiet! I was getting there!”, she huffed then continued, “The plan is quite simple. All we need do is make another deity who can control the Solar Eclipse!” 

	There were so many questions, that Lunar didn't know where to start. Ultimately, he decided only to choose two of his numerous questions. “What is a Solar Eclipse?”, asked Lunar curiously. “Well, we can’t call ‘The Event’ forever, can we?” answered Solar. “Fair point. Next question then… do you have an idea on how we’re to make another deity such as ourselves?” Lunar questioned not expecting a valid answer. “Not a clue,” replied Solar as she saw the expression on Lunar’s face sink, “ but I’m sure we can think of something!”

	This time it was Lunar’s turn to get a bright idea. His face lit up as he murmured, “That’s it.” “What is it? Did you get a plan? Tell me!” “Shush, I’m getting to that part.” “Touché.” “I                                                                                                            have a plan but-” he started; however, he could not finish because the night was near. “I think you have to go,”, said Solar stupidly. “Think I know,”, responded Lunar unenthusiastically, then continued, “I'll tell you the plan when we next meet.” “Ok then,”, said Solar disappointed that they could not talk a little more, “farewell Lunar.” 

After saying that, the Sun disappeared into the night sky. The Moon was now visible along with the stars, and they all glimmered in the night sky. ‘Well, can you tell “us” the plan Mr. Lunar?’, Lunar heard. He looked around but all he saw was the stars. He could not find what was talking to him. He assumed he was just hearing things because he was overwhelmed with work. ‘Do you think he’s ignoring us?’ There it was again. “Is it just me or are the stars talking to me?” ‘Yes we are!’, all of them exclaimed.

“Since when can you little ones talk?” Lunar questioned bewildered at the discovery he just made. “Well we usually just talk amongst ourselves,” said one star who was especially vivid, “But our interest peaked in the discussion of the Solar Eclipse and we wanted to know what you were going to do about it”. “Yeah, what are you going to do about it,” asked another who was a little dimmer but still quite bright. One by one all of them started asking and wondering the same thing. Lunar called them to a silence and surprisingly all the stars had their full attention on him.

“I have a plan, but to put it into action I’m going to need one of you.” If one were to think that Lunar was baffled when he heard the stars talk, it would be nothing compared to the discombobulated demeanor of the stars. “You need one of us?”, one asked while screaming. “Why would you need one of us?”, questioned another. “You will see,”, said Lunar as he was being bombarded with questions, “First, I just need one volunteer to help me.”

“Pick me! Pick me!” “No! Pick me!” “Me! Me!” All of them wanted to volunteer; all except one. One stood alone, away from the others who wanted to participate. Lunar noticed this star and did something that none of the others expected. “You there, the one who stands alone. Come. I choose you.” The star was startled. “Why me? I didn’t say I wanted to,” “Well do you want to?” The star did not respond. “I see. You are afraid.” Lunar observed. Without uttering a word, the star motioned a yes. “I thought so,”, Lunar concluded, “Well, mark my words, as long as the Sun and Moon shine brightly in the Earth’s sky, I will never allow anything to harm any of you!” Most of the stars did not know what to say. However the star that Lunar picked did know what to say. “Thank you.”

Soon after, Lunar got to work with the star. Several changes were made to the star like its appearance and its abilities. After one year, Lunar succeeded. He had made half of a deity. He had made a demity(dĕ-mē-tē). Now what Lunar made was not a demigod. This is because what he made was not half-human, just half of a deity.

Lunar called for a meeting with Solar. He invited the stars too since they said they wanted to see what he and the star had done. Finally, the day had come. Before they started, Lunar explained to Solar that the stars could talk. He also explained to the stars that Solar was nice and would not cause them harm. Lunar then presented the demity to all of them.

Many “oohs” and “aahs” came from the stars who saw the new and improved version of their friend. Solar was starstruck. The demity had fair, midnight blue eyes that had quite a radiance. His smooth, glittering, wavy hair had the appearance of a nebula. There were little craters on each palm of his hand, and his skin, though a little bit chalky, was a silky white.

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