Sad ending.
*SNAP!*
The point of the arrow broke off as Pan jumped up to greet Echo.
"No!" Psyche shouted as she threw Cupid's sunglasses to the ground, "It's useless! Every time that I try to do something for someone it blows up in my face! Why do I even try anymore?" Psyche burst into sobs and sunk to the forest floor, smashing the sunglasses beyond repair.
Echo and Pan had hurriedly moved away from the raving Psyche. About that time, Cupid entered the area. "What's all the commotion? Did it. What did you do to my glasses?!?! How can I work if I'm stumbling around blind?" he shouted.
"Excuse me, Mr. High-and-Mighty! As if you've never made a mistake before! This whole situation is your fault, you and your stupid arrows! You don't appreciate me and you never listen to me! How about this? I'm never going to see you again!" Psyche ran out of the clearing and into the depths of the forest. After shooting a vicious look in the direction of the retreating Psyche, Cupid knelt to pick up the broken shards while muttering about insanity.
When he looked up, he noticed the somewhat shell-shocked Pan and Echo. "I'm sorry, but I have work to do." He turned and strode in the opposite direction Psyche had taken.
And so it was.
Whenever love would pierce a mortal's heart, rational thought would flee his mind. Pan, Echo, and Narcissus continued to sit around the pool, Pan staring at Echo, Echo at Narcissus, and Narcissus at himself. Without Pan to guard the forests, humans chopped down large sections at will. Buildings reached towards the sky where once there were peaceful groves. Eventually, even the pool into which Narcissus stared was made into a bank lobby. Narcissus simply stared into his reflection on the cold marble floors.
And the world was changed.
*SNAP!*
The point of the arrow broke off as Pan jumped up to greet Echo.
"No!" Psyche shouted as she threw Cupid's sunglasses to the ground, "It's useless! Every time that I try to do something for someone it blows up in my face! Why do I even try anymore?" Psyche burst into sobs and sunk to the forest floor, smashing the sunglasses beyond repair.
Echo and Pan had hurriedly moved away from the raving Psyche. About that time, Cupid entered the area. "What's all the commotion? Did it. What did you do to my glasses?!?! How can I work if I'm stumbling around blind?" he shouted.
"Excuse me, Mr. High-and-Mighty! As if you've never made a mistake before! This whole situation is your fault, you and your stupid arrows! You don't appreciate me and you never listen to me! How about this? I'm never going to see you again!" Psyche ran out of the clearing and into the depths of the forest. After shooting a vicious look in the direction of the retreating Psyche, Cupid knelt to pick up the broken shards while muttering about insanity.
When he looked up, he noticed the somewhat shell-shocked Pan and Echo. "I'm sorry, but I have work to do." He turned and strode in the opposite direction Psyche had taken.
And so it was.
Whenever love would pierce a mortal's heart, rational thought would flee his mind. Pan, Echo, and Narcissus continued to sit around the pool, Pan staring at Echo, Echo at Narcissus, and Narcissus at himself. Without Pan to guard the forests, humans chopped down large sections at will. Buildings reached towards the sky where once there were peaceful groves. Eventually, even the pool into which Narcissus stared was made into a bank lobby. Narcissus simply stared into his reflection on the cold marble floors.
And the world was changed.