PROLOGUE
Apollo was so freaking bored. Come on! He was supposed to be a god. They should be able to make random cool stuff appear out of thin air, but nooo Zeus had to make it illegal. So what if he controlled the air and no one else could! Well Aeolus does, but he's a bit insane… and he's only the lord of the air, not the god. If Apollo heard Zeus complaining one more time about how Aeolus wanted a promotion, he would personally make sure the sun burst and it was an early doomsday, to save Gaea some trouble.
Apollo is bored,
But he will always be hot,
Haikus are no fun
Now, what else could a bored god do….? He jumped up! Search Hermesnet for random poems of course! Tap- tap-tap went his recently manicured (and shiny) fingers. Seriously, it was taking forever for the sites to poop, he meant pop up. Even though he was the god of awesomeness, he still found chatspeak confusing. A tiny voice which suspiciously sounded like Athena's, whispered in his mind "It's not chatspeak, its internet linguistics." At last, a list of websites came up and Apollo's scorching gaze scanned them. Then a word caught his attention, "Ac- acr- acro- acros- acrostics."
Heh, what did that mean? He could barely even pronounce it. The sun god sadly lamented, that his mom hadn't sent him to a better preschool. Well, who cared, but he was the god of poetry. You think, he'd have known what it meant. Curious, he clicked the link. Another website boomed into existence.
"Welcome to the World of Acrostics! Hosted by your very own- Deranged Cookie!"
So this Deranged Cookie person had the nerve to create a new type of poetry without his permission! Huh, mortals these days… He scrolled down and read the word- "History".
"In 1599, the English poet Sir John Davies wrote an acrostic poem honoring Queen Elizabeth," he read aloud.
Okay, so well this mortal didn't invent this 'acrostic'. It seemed to be a hot, new trend though. And how could Apollo ignore a new trend? Or at least he would make it one. Now what was this thing anyway?
"A poem or series of lines in which certain letters, usually the first in each line, form a name, motto, or message when read in sequence. It's derived from the Greek word 'akrostikhis'," he mused.
Well that was good to know! Either way, haikus were soo last second ago! Officially, acrostics were in! He checked out a few sample acrostics, and soon he felt his poetical vibes ebb and flow…no that was blood right? Maybe he had to use the restroom…? He grabbed a pen and ran to the little boy's room on Olympus. Just as he relieved himself he grabbed some toilet paper and started writing.
"A- Awesome, awesome, awesome,
P- Perfect, perfect, perfect,
O- Omnipotent, omnipotent, omnipotent, (yes he knows that word),
L- Lord, lord, lord,
L- Lucky, lucky, lucky,
O- Ossome with an 'O'!"
Satisfied, he stretched his arms and relaxed, even though he was still in the bathroom. He went outside, reveling in his glorious new find. Now, to help it catch on. Haikus were a dud… he needed to enforce acrostics. All across humankind.
Summoning his most manly, curse voice he boomed,
"All of you must write at least one acrostic,
I don't care even if you are dyslexic!"
Leto would be so proud, he smirked.
Disclaimer: I DON't OWN PJO! Well… I wish I did but still…. Anyway, you get the idea don't you little cookies?
Author's Note: Hello world/ fanfiction cookies/people. Please review, thank you. Bye.