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Choo’s Group

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IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS ONLY CHAOS. THEN LOVE WAS BORN. FROM LOVE CAME LIGHT AND DAY. ONCE THERE WAS LIGHT AND DAY, GAEA, THE EARTH WAS

BORN.

GAEA ALONE GAVE BIRTH TO URANUS THE HEAVENS. URANUS BECAME GAEA’S MATE COVERING HER ON ALL SIDES. TOGETHER THEY PRODUCED 3 CYCLOPS, 3

HECATONCHEIRES AND 12 TITANS.

SCENE 1

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URANUS WAS A BAD FATHER AND HUSBAND, HE HATED THE HECATONCHEIRES AND IMPRISONED THEM BY PUSHING THEM INTO HIDDEN PLACES OF GAEA’S WOMB. THIS

ANGERED GAEA.

Gaea screams.

GAEA

How could you do this to our children?

They are of our own blood.

Uranus flings his hand angrily in the air.

URANUS

They are not my children.

GAEA

But we created them – You and I.

Uranus WALKS towards Gaea and--

LOOKS into her eyes.

URANUS

They are NOT my children. They are monsters.

Uranus PUSHES his children to the Earth

Gaea SCREAMS and CRIES.

GAEA

NO! NO!!

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SHE PLOTTED AGAINST URANUS.

Gaea goes to a corner and MAKES a sickle, and repeatedly HAMMERS the sickle.

Gaea WALKS towards her children.

GAEA

Your father has gone out of control.

We need to do something about it.

NARRATOR

ALL CHILDREN WERE TOO AFRAID EXCEPT THE YOUNGEST, CRONOS.

SCENE 2

Cronos KNOCKS on Gaea’s chamber, and enters.

CRONOS

Mother, may I have a word with you?

GAEA

Yes, child. What is it?

CRONOS

I agree that father has gone out of hand.

I am willing to take the risk to bring father down.

GAEA

I had a feeling you would say that.

Gaea WALKS towards the table where her sickle is placed.

GAEA

Here, I made this sickle. Use this to castrate

your father, while I bed him.

CRONOS

As you wish, mother.

SCENE 3

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AS URANUS LAYED WITH GAEA, CRONOS GRABBED

HIS FATHER AND CASTRATED HIM WITH THE SICKLE.

Cronos walks in on his parents making love.

Cronos pulls his father aside, and castrates him.

Uranus screams.

CRONOS

I am the new ruler of Mount Olympus.

You shall kneel before me.

Uranus kneels.

CRONOS

I sentence you, father to exile. You are no longer

welcomed at Mount Olympus.

URANUS

This is not the end. You will not see the last of me.

I swear to the Heaven’s to return with vengeance.

SCENE 4

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AFTER BEING CROWNED THE NEW RULER OF OLYMPUS, CRONOS WEDS HIS

SISTER, RHEA. HE RULED FOR MANY AGES. UNDER HIS RULE THE TITANS HAD

A LOT OF OFFSPRINGS. BUT ONE DAY HE RECEIVED A MESSAGE, ABOUT

HIS PROFECY. IT IS SAID THAT HE WOULD BE OVERTHRONE BY A SON.

Cronos BREATHES in heavily.

Cronos walks--

AIMLESSLY

And lets out ANGRY SIGHS.

CRONOS

Me, over-throned by my own son?

MESSENGER

Yes, sire.

What are you

CRONOS

Let it be known that any offspring

of mine that is born shall be eaten,

by me.

MESSENGER

Noted, sire.

SCENE 5

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CRONOS CALLS FOR A FAMILY MEETING,

AND ATE ALL 5 OF HIS OFFSPRINGS.

CRONOS

Children, I’m eating you tonight.

One by one. Alive.

RHEA

Cronos! You are being delirious.

CRONOS

Today, I received news about my prophecy.

It is said that my throne would be

taken over by one of our son.

RHEA

No, Cronos. Don’t do this just for a

stupid throne! They are our children.

We made them.

CRONOS

But now I shall kill them.

Rhea screams, while witnessing Cronos eating the 1st child.

RHEA

Cronos, NO!

Cronos EATS his 5 offsprings. One by one.

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RHEA WAS EXTREMELY UNHAPPY ABOUT CRONOS’

ACTIONS. AS HE WAS EATING HIS 5TH CHILD,

SHE HID HER 6TH CHILD.

Rhea TALKS to her 6th child while Cronos’ back are facing them.

Rhea puts her hand on her 6th child’s shoulder--

And LOOKED into his eyes.

RHEA

Child, hide yourself so that your father won’t eat you.

I will give him a stone instead to trick him.

6TH CHILD (ZEUS)

Yes, mother.

Zeus runs away, without Cronos looking.

RHEA

Here my love, our last child.

Rhea hands over the stone to Cronos.

Cronos looks enlightened, and smiles.

CRONOS

Thank you for understanding, Rhea.

Cronos EATS his last child--

And RUBS his stomach.

CRONOS

Now, no one shall take my throne away!

Rhea LOOKS DOWN in despair.

Cronos PUNCHES his fists in the air, to celebrate his victory.

SCENE 6

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THE CHILD WAS NAMED ZEUS. ZEUS GREW UP OUTSIDE THE KINGDOM AND GREW UP TO BE VERY STRONG AND POWERFUL. WHEN HE WAS IN HIS PRIME, HE WAS READY

TO BATTLE HIS FATHER.

HE WAS GIVEN A DRINK BY METIS TO GIVE CRONOS, WHICH WILL MAKE HIS FATHER VOMIT OUT ALL THE REST OF THE TITANS.

ZEUS RETURNED TO MOUNT OLYMPUS DISGUISED AS A CUP BEARER.

Zeus carried a drink in his hand and walked towards Cronos.

ZEUS

Your drink, sire.

CRONOS

Gone, with you!

Cronos DRINKS the drink.

Cronos felt nauseous. He looks uneasy.

Cronos VOMITS.

CRONOS

What was in the drink?

Zeus removes his disguise.

Zeus INTRODUCES himself.

ZEUS

I am Zeus, your only living child!

I have come here to reclaim my rights as

the heir of Mount Olympus, and free my siblings!

Zeus looks at his siblings, which are lying unconsciously on the floor.

ZEUS

Brothers and sisters, join me and defeat

our selfish father who showed us no love.

POSEIDON

For many years, we have suffered under the ruling

of Cronos, who is no father of ours. Whatever

the outcome, I shall fight by your side,

brother.

HADES

I too shall fight by your side. I am no

longer son of Cronos, or under the bloodline

of the Titans. I am with you. For now,

and forever.

POSEIDON

Mount Olympus shall belong only to the Gods, and

Titans no longer.

Cronos looks angry--

And screams.

CRONOS

Summon atlas and the Titans!

A WAR HAS BEGUN!

SCENE 7

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CRONOS AND HIS TITANS LEAD BY ATLAS ATTACKED THE GODS.

BUT THEY WERE DEFEATED.

Random fight scenes occur.

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The Gods won the war.

Zeus, Hades and Poseidon SIT on their respective thrones.

Cronos and the other Titans KNEEL before Zeus, Hades and Poseidon.

ZEUS

You were no match for the Gods.

HADES

We have won! Mount Olympus is ours.

POSEIDON

You would all be sentenced to the pit of Tartarus.

ZEUS

Except you, Atlas. You will be punished for your

treachery. You shall bear the weight of the

earth on your shoulders.

SCENE 8

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AFTER THE WAR, THE GODS HELD A MEETING TO DECIDE WHO SHALL RULE MOUNT OLYMPUS, THE OCEAN AND THE UNDERWORLD.

ZEUS

Brother, I have come to you with a proposition. As your savior, I would

like to be the ruler of Mount Olympus and I have come to get your

blessings. In return, I would offer you the ocean as your

kingdom to rule.

POSEIDON

I appreciate the offer, but what about our

brother, Hades? It would be unjust if we were to

exclude him from this conversation.

ZEUS

Brother or not, someone has to be the ruler of the underworld,

and I take that you are not fond of the idea

of ruling the dead.

POSEIDON

I shall take the offer, but I’m afraid that Hades

would not be too pleased with our scheme.

ZEUS

Leave him to me.

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POSIDEN AND ZEUS TEAM UP AGAINST HADES TO TRICK HIM AND MAKE HIM THE CONQUEROR OF THE UNDERWORLD. WHILE POSEIDON CONQUERED THE OCEAN AND ZEUS

CONQUERS MOUNT OLYMPUS.

THIS MADE HADES HATE ZEUS AND POSEIDON. HADES DECIDED TO GET HIS REVENGE. HE RELEASED THE TITANS AND TO ATTACK MOUNT OLYMPUS.