Story: Scarlet and Flynn

It's August in Los Angeles and the heat is unbearable, not to mention it's the first day of school today. One person in particular who has been dreading this day ever since she moved to LA in the beginning of the summer is Scarlet. She rolled over and hit the snooze button for the fifth time on her alarm clock. It was her senior year at a new school where she knew no one. Scarlet is shy around new people, so she is especially nervous for a walking into a school where she knows no one. Her mom always told her that she got her looks from the Greek Gods and not from her parents. But do looks really matter if no one wants to be your friend?

A few streets down a boy named Flynn was getting ready to leave for his first day at a new school too. There were so many thoughts going through his head as he walked out the door to meet his sudden fate at a place where he knew nobody. He wants to make friends, but it's so hard considering it is senior year. He has always been told that he was a beautiful child, but that didn't seem important because Flynn was lonely all the time.

Scarlet walked up to the front doors of the school and pushed them open. Everyone turned and looked at the new, exotically beautiful girl. Her wavy red hair draped all the way down to her lower back. She had no makeup on; her mom always told her that her natural beauty was enough. Scarlet walked through the hallway with everyone's eyes on her, but then all of their eyes shifted back to the front door. Out walks Flynn, a long, chiseled face hidden behind curly brown hair. The girls couldn't keep their eyes off him, and the boys couldn't keep their eyes off Scarlet.

The first bell of the day rang and everyone bolted to class. Scarlet and Flynn bump into each other as they both try to make it inside the classroom before they are counted late. Scarlet dropped her books and Flynn quickly bends down and picks them up in one fell swoop. They sat at desks next to each each other in the back of the room, but neither of them spoke a word the entire hour. As they walked out the door to go to their next classes, Flynn calls to Scarlet. "Hey, I'm Flynn by the way." He walked away and little did they know that would be the start of these soulmates' story together. 

This picture of a statue of Psyche and Cupid represents the love that they share and the love that Scarlet and Flynn share.

"Psyche Revived By Cupid's Kiss" by Antonio Canova.

Author's Note: I based this story loosely on the story of Cupid and Psyche. Psyche was the most beautiful girl to ever set foot on earth, yet no one wanted to marry her. It wasn't until Cupid came along and shot himself with his arrow that Psyche met the love of her life. Scarlet and Flynn represent Psyche and Cupid and although their story is much more modernized, it still is a romance story about two young lovers.


Apuleius's Cupid and Psyche; http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/05/myth-folklore-unit-apuleiuss-cupid-and.html

Reading Notes: Apuleius's Cupid and Psyche Part B

I love the power that Venus carries with her. She is the goddess of love and she doesn't think that Cupid should be with someone like Psyche. Venus is incredibly protective of Cupid and that is kind of why I chose to use this picture. Psyche's character is the most interesting to me because she is strangely beautiful, yet the only man to ever fall in love with her is Cupid. The series of events that happen because of Cupid and Psyche's romance are nothing less of unfortunate. Venus does everything in her power to set things back to the way they were and to get Cupid back. In this week's story, I also really want to focus on the imagery and descriptions like the author does in the original story.


"Venus Chides Cupid" by Giordano.
https://www.uni-erfurt.de/fileadmin/user-docs/spz-latein/materialien/apuleius/psyche-giordano.pdf

Apuleius's Cupid and Psyche; http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/05/myth-folklore-unit-apuleiuss-cupid-and.html