Story Theme: living dangerously

BE BRAVE!!

Long time ago in Greece, there lived a young boy named

Naucticus,he always wanted to be a great soldier, and he was a very brave
boy, he tamed the wolfs in the valley, called an eagle at the edge of the
cliff by his voice(can you imagine that?!).

People said Naucticus lived the farm and all by himself, they said that
all of the pedestrian used to be lived in there, however, because the witch
had attacked the farm, some people had died and some of them were
committed suicide because of the desperation.

Naucticus was so hesitated, nevertheless, he didn’t never

give up, he thought and thought, three days and three night, he talked
alone in the night “I can’t give up like this…, my families and my friends were killed by the
witch, I need to do something. I get a plan!!!”

Because the wheat fields were ready to harvest , he

took some sulphur from the volcano, fifty arrows, a very

long rope, and a hundred liters of oils. The witch saw

everything that Naucticus did from her glass

ball,”hihihihihi…. What are you doing little boy? Huahahaha…

are you depressed already? I’m so curious for all of the

things you do…. I will come to you tomorrow! Hahahaha!”

 Meanwhile Naucticus was preparing the trap in the

wheat field, he made many hooks arrows to snap and hook

the witch .finally, night had come, he prepared the traps

and camouflaged to be a scarecrow.

”3… 2… 1… phew….” The arrow caught the witch, and he

pulled the witch down, he turned on the torch and threw it

to the field,”kaboom… kaboom… kabooom….” there was so

much explosion because of the sulphur, he thought that he

already killed the witch by burning the wheat fields,

however, the witch was still alive, suddenly he met the witch

face to face .the witch attacked him, Naucticus told her” is

there any last word?”, The Witch screamed” take this curse

naughty boy!!!” a thunder came out from the wand to

Naucticus body. Finally… Naucticus cursed by the witch, so

the time of naucticus live 75% decreased by the curse.

He lived like ordinary people do, such as farming,

sending a letter by dove, feeding cows, chicken, goose,

horse, and all animals in the farm. Naucticus felt his life

were so worthless, in the middle of the work, he pondered

about his life and plan for future,”I have so much sickness
in my twenty… and maybe, three days later will be my end! I

don’t want my life like this, I will go to the town!!”

In that night Naucticus went to the Athena by horse,

leaving the farm and sold all of the livestock he had, it took

8 hour to get there. Finally Naucticus was there…, after

selling out his livestock, he found a soldier, he was so

scared, so Naucticus told him” who are you? why are you so

afraid?”, “ my name is Os, I’m scared of war. I’m worried

that I will be dead…” Naucticus told him “Os, do you want a

barter??” Os was confused “what do you mean?”,Naucticus

started to explain “yeah, I will be a soldier, you will be a

farmer, just go to the south, deal?”, with happiness, Os

answered “of course I do!! Deal!”

Naucticus succeeded to take the armor of the soldier,

meanwhile Os took the horse and the wagon from

Naucticus(maybe it looks like more worthless than be a

farmer, but this is not the end, this is just the beginning).

Next day, in the morning, Naucticus and all of the soldiers

gathered in the battlefield, to defend the Athena from the

Romanians.
 Naucticus was sent into the war as a frontline

soldier(more specific, the first row), finally, Naucticus knew

why Os was so scared to die as a soldier, the war just like a

suicide for Os, because there were three hundred of

soldiers, and the Romanians had a thousand of soldiers.(do

you get it, it’s absolutely not balance!!)

But there was no fear in Naucticus’s eyes, the only

thing he knew in his head just” finally! I can be a soldier, my

life will never be worthless, this is what I dream for! If I

die tomorrow, my soul will life today! No vain, no regrets,

just a life soul in the dying body!”

Unfortunately, or maybe, fortunately the curse

corrupted his body, so that he looked like a zombie than a

human. Finally, the war horns were just blew, all soldiers

started to go to the equilibrium of the war. Although, even

Naucticus was badly sick, he was the fastest soldier in the

battle, the movement was the same as drunker. It was

undirected, neverthless it was unknown, furthermore it was

hard for the archers to aim Naucticus, the arrows which

had just shoot by every archers missed, when the armies

came to attack Naucticus, every hits just missed, because

the movement of Naucticus hard to count, meanwhile all of

the hits that Naucticus’s gave were a critical one (or one hit

one kill).

Naucticus said to one of his friend” ugh… I can’t hold

on anymore my friend, where is the admiral my friend? So

that I can end this war in peace” he knew his time was not

long anymore, furthermore he came to the admiral for

ending the battle. That duel were so hard to believe, hit by

hit, guard and guard, and finally war was just ended. The

soldiers who survive were just Naucticus and his friend,

admiral Remus. Remus told Naucticus”thanks for saving me,

I was so impressed by your duty, I will tell your tale to my

legacy to legacy.”

Remus told his father, his father is a king, he told him

about the bravery of Naucticus in that battlefield, “who is

the name of that soldier, so that I can give him my respect,

because he had just saved my beloved son and our land!” the

king was so curious, Remus asked his father to seek

Naucticus.
 Finally he found Naucticus, guess… where is the place

to find a hero? A palace? A cave? Of course not… or… in a

cheap house, the answer for all of my question is nope…,

Remus and his father found him in the small road, full of

rats, dirty, and dishonoured for as a hero in the

battlefield(o… my… god… can you believe that? How pity his

life…)

“For the almighty Athena, how can you be here my

dear?” said king to Naucticus, “I do not have any house or

shelter, cough… cough… by the way, my time will come to an

end, can you bury me as a hero?” said Naucticus to the king,

“better than it my son! My son has told me that you have a

curse, we can heal you from that curse my son! And from

now, you will remember as a hero than a hobo!” said the king

to Naucticus.

In that time the king found greatest physician in the

kingdom to healed Naucticus, it did not take a long time to

cure Naucticus, “aw… you have already healed my dear,

tomorrow will be your special day, because we have found a

greatest soldier and your life will change from tomorrow”

said the king.

It’s the same as the king said, his life changed 180

degrees in that day, “I’am, king Tidus, swear in front of my

beloved people, swear to Athena, Naucticus start from

today, you will be remembered as a hero, and your name will

change. You will be called as a Leonardus!” the king lifted up

Naucticus in front of his people in the town hall of Athena.

Finally Naucticus had married with the sister of Remus.

People said that she was the one of the demigod from

Aphrodite (the goddess of love), she was so beautiful. He

had a child named Arca, he had a big, a big, and very big

house. Naucticus life was so statisfied, there was no starve

or less in his life, because he had everything, family, food,

and then he lived happy.

Wait!

But… that was not the end, Naucticus or called

Leonardus by all of the people, got the task from his friend

who had been elected to be a king, Remus. King Remus said

to Naucticus who was still playing whit his children” dear my

friend, we have a bad news.” Naucticus lifted down his child

and saying” what happened my friend?”, Remus explaining

the situation ” Romanians had attacked the half of the

Greece, moreover I need your help again, because of that…

we need you to be back in the battlefield with me right

now…”, Naucticus was so shocked “what? why now?!”, Remus

felt suspicious to Naucticus” of course… what happened

with you? There is a stranger inside of you?”, Naucticus try

to pretend be something that Remus liked it ”just kidding, I

mean why not?”

The next morning, when all of the soldiers were

gathered,(do you remember? Where is Naucticus? He was in

the frontline, same as the old time) but… He was different

from an old Naucticus, he started to be scared. In his mine

he said” why me? Why now? What about my family? I do not

want to die!!”

And then the war horn started to blow, Naucticus

didn’t fight with the admiral because he was so scared,

moreover the war was not ended fastly, “it was too hard for

me!!” screamed Naucticus in the war. He always got a hit by

archers and soldiers, and finally, the soldiers from Athena

were died, Naucticus, his friend, Remus, and all soldiers

were died.

The moral value is, you cannot be scared in some

problem. You cannot run or hide, it just make the condition

worst. The only way to do is face it and just do it brave!!..

Name : Abraham Wibowo

School : SMA Negeri 2 Salatiga