“They’re furious, Apollo. Gaea and Poseidon are gnashing their teeth, fuming with wrath for mankind’s disregard and disrespect. My wind has carried troubling news from the south that Gaea has cooled down her magma and Poseidon has lessened the pressure of rivers and dams. If this persist—
“Insolent fools, these humans are!” Apollo interfered Boreas’ discourse angrily. “After years of dumping wastes in the oceans and clearing the Earth’s forests on a massive scale, this is expected. I, myself, am blamed for warming the globe when, if fact, it is them who burned those fossil fuels. Why should we care? Even your winds, my kind-hearted friend, weren’t left untainted.”
Boreas looked mournfully at Apollo, his eyes filled with tears. “But they are ours to tend and foster.”
“With that… humans better know their place.” Apollo said with a disdainful smirk and a sigh. “For now, blow your winds Boreas. Let them hear your howl of sympathy and feel your gust of kindness. I will try and persuade the two to give mankind yet another chance.”
Word Count: 175
Here is for Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers prompt. This week’s photo prompt is provided by TJ Paris. Thanks PJ for another fun prompt. 
This one is inspired by the recent red alert on PH’s power supply and some other distressing news about climate change, deforestation, and pollution. When will this end? I do not know.
The whole Philippine power grid was placed under red alert on Friday, as the sweltering heat drove electricity demand to a new record high amid thinning supply. –ANC, The World Tonight
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April 21, 2016 at 1:30 pm
Great story! I love it!
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April 22, 2016 at 11:00 am
Thank you, J.A! 🙂
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April 21, 2016 at 5:22 pm
Such a meaningful story! Yes, we humans can be so arrogant in our ways, not bothering about consequences of our own making until it’s too late! Great story!
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April 21, 2016 at 5:47 pm
Sooner or later we were bound to upset the gods with our thoughtless and destructive ways. Great story!
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April 21, 2016 at 7:34 pm
Maria, I LOVE this! What a wonderful story with such a great lesson in it. This story is magnificent!
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April 21, 2016 at 9:40 pm
I’m seeing a lot of Greek Gods and Goddesses in your stories lately Maria, and I love it 😀 I’m on the side of the Gods, honestly. Humans are seriously wrecking the Earth and it doesn’t seem like we’re going to care until there’s nothing left, and then ofc it’ll be too late.
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April 22, 2016 at 10:53 am
You make good points through Apollo and the use of other Greek gods/goddesses. Lucky, we do have another chance each and every day to do better. Unfortunately, not everyone cares about the future and taking care of Mother Earth well.
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April 22, 2016 at 5:34 pm
When will it end? When ALL humans use that unique gift called their brains! Too many people give a damn about their sole living home as compared to the people who do.
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April 23, 2016 at 12:20 am
Unexpected take on the image! We recently studied Greek mythology – I love the tie-in…so many ideas to inspire my writers 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
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April 25, 2016 at 4:49 pm
A lovely outing of legend!!
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