The Myth of Thunder and Lightning
by Neal Hutchinson
In this story, you will understand how thunder and lightning began, and who its god is. Zeus(the lord of heaven and earth) and hades (the god of the underworld) went on a year vacation, and when they came back, they had a child named Raiden. Hades was ashamed of the child because he had no powers at all. Hades then got so tired of it, she left Zeus and Raiden on their own. The next day Zeus took Raiden to Athena(the goddess of wisdom), and Athena said "Raiden is worthless and will never have any powers." Then Zeus banishes Raiden from all the gods and made him, has to live with mortals. Raiden was only three months old and some stranger decided to keep him. But Hephaestus (the god of fire, arts and smiths) didn't pick up Raiden because he was a stray child, the reason he took him was that he felt Raiden great hidden power.
Raiden is now twenty years old and a great smith. But Hephaestus is confused, he still cannot find Raiden's true power. So Hephaestus took his most treasured possession, his magic staff and gave it to Raiden. Raiden was a curious person and wondered why would Hephaestus give him his staff. Hephaestus then told Raiden "Your father is Zeus and your mother is Hades, and they abandoned you because you didn't have godlike powers." Then Raiden asked "If my mother is Hades and my father is Zeus, then what am I doing here?" Hephaestus replied "Your mother left you and your father banished you because you had no powers, But you have a great power, the thing is you must first awaken it, that why you'll need my staff on your quest." Raiden said "A quest for what?" Hephaestus replied "A quest to awaken your power and prove all those gods wrong." Raiden then said "I will not lose, and this is not the last time you will ever see me." Raiden then puts on his gear and leaves.
After two months of wondering around, Raiden found himself in the underworld. Raiden is then confronted by Artemis(the goddess of the hunt and the moon) and Ares(the god of war). Ares told Raiden "Give me the staff!" Raiden refused to give up his staff. Artemis then sentenced Raiden for life in jail, in the underworld. Raiden was in jail for two years and is tired of it. Ares then told Raiden "give up the staff or you will be killed by hundreds of demons." Raiden said "No, I will not give up my staff." The hundreds of demons came running at Raiden, while he was in the corner. Then Raiden felt a funny sensation in his body and then it happened, he awakened the hidden powers. Thousands of lightning bolts came down and killed all the demons, he even killed Ares and Artemis. He couldn't stop himself, he was destroying everything around, then some man yelled the staff. Raiden then remembered the magic staff can control the power of any god, stop it also. Raiden picked up the staff and yelled "Stop!" and the lightning bolts ended.
Raiden freed all the prisoners(bad and good) from the underworld all told them to go home. Then Hades appears in front of Raiden and she said "You will pay." Raiden says "Remember me mother? I'm Raiden." Hades then said "I have no son." Raiden said "At least I could kill you now without having a guilty conscience, for the torture you put all these people through. Hades then shoot a big blue blast at Raiden. Raiden then blocks it with the staff and strikes hades with thunder. Hades gets kill and Raiden is the winner. Raiden is then challenged by all the gods and he kills all of them except one, his father Zeus. Their match will be at Olympus and the whole world will be watching.
One week later, came the day where Raiden had to fight Zeus one on one. Hephaestus came to Raiden and wish him good luck before the fight. The fight is about to begin, Raiden is one corner, and Zeus is in the next. They're in a 50-mile diameter arena made for god battles. Zeus throws lightning bolts all over the place trying to hit Raiden, but Raiden has awakened another power, the ability to move at the speed of light. Raiden then runs behind Zeus and he throws a 500-foot long thunderbolt on Zeus. Zeus is on the floor nearly died and he begs for mercy. Raiden destroys Zeus and Raiden is the new god. Then the five elite gods came down to earth (which they haven't done for fifty million years)and asked Raiden to join, so they can be the elite six. Raiden joined happily and made Hephaestus be the god of everything, since all the gods on earth have been killed by Raiden except for Hephaestus. Then before Raiden left he said "I will visit frequently, and you will recognize me by my lightning and thunder."