The priceless treasure

            Sitting atop on my throne with my fellow titans, I look down upon Sparta, a place once used to be gods' battlefield, a place that witnessed the final battle between me and my father, Zeus, a place that witnessed the fall of Olympus at the hands of me, Kratos, the god of war.

            I put my crown off my head which was gifted to me by titans when I was crowned. It was beautiful; the beauty of skies, the charm of oceans, and the colours of nebula was the stuff this crown was crafted from. It shone as brightly as the light of Holy Spirit, it was as dark as black hole, it was as sweet as honey, it was as bitter as poison, it was as good as angels, it was as evil as Lucifer and his fallen angels. It was as if it contained every bit of universe, titans did a remarkable job but to me it was incomplete. I had a feeling of something being left out in the making of this wonder which the titans themselves don't know what.

            I descended upon a place in Sparta miles away from civilization where gems grow on trees, on the ground and sometimes spring out of rocks. I realise this is it that is missing but every gem hold no value to me more than a stone, I pluck out each gem but it couldn't stand my wrath, my love, my affection, my envy and my mercy, it melts and turns into ash. I march on and on and finally on my way i find one which melts with my love but do not turn into ash, its different, the feeling of triumph strikes me again as it once did when I dethroned my father, I feel like on seventh heaven. Still the crown seems to be missing a few more, I start marching on. Days after finding the first one, suddenly one day I saw something deep down on ocean bed, I dived, plunged into water with a splash and propelled towards it. I saw it was the same as the first one but it didn't melt on my love rather it cracked on my wrath but didn't shatter in pieces, another triumph. I stud it in my crown now it seems to be getting complete but still it isn't. I started my quest again this time i searched the skies and far away i saw a distant star, I approached it and to my surprise it was another gem shinning like a star, I tested it too, nothing happened to it except that my envy set it on fire but it didn't perish, ah another success. I engraved it in my crown too now it seems to be almost complete.

            I move on again hoping to find another one expecting it to be the last one to complete my crown. This time I go down the earth deep down until its core is reached, I find nothing. Disappointed, I head for oceans again and they disappoint me too as I find nothing there. I cruise for skies again, I swarm in clouds I searched the galaxies, I searched every nook and corner of universe but I was in vain. This time I was totally disappointed but still deep inside me I had a feeling that I'll find it someday. I do not stop, I move on, I climbed the tallest mountain, I searched every lake, every pond, every drop, I searched the east and the west hoping to find the best then I head for north and turn back empty handed, I go for south and find nothing. Finally I give up, frustration builds inside as I never gave up nor did I ever lose. I come back to the same place I started from and sat down under a tree laden with gems, to me, having worth not more than a stone. I looked at my crown again it was really very beautiful the other three gems reminded me of my struggle and the pain I bore to find them. Finally I decided to depart for Spartan throne with this incomplete beauty. I got up as I wished to depart, my chariot appeared, I was about aboard when suddenly I heard a crackling sound, it seemed something broken and then got fixed up. Again I heard the same crackling sound followed by an unusual voice. I turned back and followed the voice; it came from the same tree under which I saw resting. I moved closer the crackling stopped but the voice was still coming it was as if I was enchanted by the voice. The voice was neither sweet nor was it unpleasant. I never heard such sound I just couldn't stop my feet. When I was just next to the trunk I noticed that the voice was coming from within tree. I started encircling the tree in order to find the source. At last I saw something embedded in the trunk of tree as I moved closer the intensity of the voice lowered as I picked it out the voice stopped. It was a transparent stone, an ordinary one, it was as transparent as glass but i wasn't able to see through, it was foggy inside.

            For an instant it occurred to me that this is the one I am looking for and next moment it occurred that, no, this cannot be. But I tested it thinking of it being the last hope, and to my ultimate surprise my love wasn't powerful enough to melt it, neither was my wrath fearful enough to shatter it nor was my envy hateful enough to set it on fire and turn it into ash, it was different among the different. Finally I found it, so I nailed it in my crown. As I did so my crown shone so brightly that the light of sun, moon and the stars faded in front of it and in split second the light disappeared. I looked at my crown, now it was complete, it was really very beautiful. Now it defined beauty the way my heart did. I jubilantly boarded my chariot and left for my throne when I reached there I saw my fellow titans waiting for me when they saw my crown on my head with such valuables their mouths opened wide in an awe. I saw envy in their eyes while I walked past them with a feeling of satisfaction that now I am complete since my crown is complete.