Ai, I pray to thee to take my lowly voice and replace it your own. sing through me the story of Josh the youthful hearted so that the youth of today might know of his great glory and the deeds of the gods. Long after the Holy Mother breathed life into the great tree and created this world, there was born a human boy on earth whose youthful joy was beyond measure. his name was Josh son of ________, and the great mirth that spilled forth from his young heart soon caught the eye of Aengus the patron god of love and youth. on the day of Josh the youthful hearted's _______ year, Aengus came in the form of a swan and favored Josh with a great gift. from the lairs of the dragon he drew two perfect emeralds for her eyes, from the holy mother Danu he asked for two handfuls of earth for her thick locks of hair, from the northlands he took pure snor for her fair skin, and from the blue of the sky he stole the breathe of the wind and birds for her voice. when he was finsihed Aengus the swan gave her a heart full of love to be unlocked by Josh the youthful hearted in his _____ year. the swan named her Courtney and left her to be the youthful hearted's companion. Now it weas himself that the swan god saw in Josh and therfore he created emerald eyed Courtney in the image of his love, Caer Ibormeith, the eternal sleeping goddess, whom he could never truly have for she sleeps a dream-filled sleep in her crystal castle. thou she sleeps eternally the dedicated swan god watchs over her. now this is important for he will never shave his love with the other who loves him. Arianhod the shamed, who is the keeper of the moon looked upon the loving care with which dedicated Aengus created Courntey and Arianhod's jealosy marded forever and for all to see the face of the moon with the image of her scarred heart. since the shamed could not capture the favor of Aengus the swan, she decided to punish those on earth who had. yet, her shame prevented her from doing so herself, and thus she sent a message to lonely Govannon the smith god who lives under the mountain. Govannon had been isolated in his smith creating weapons for the gods and missed touch of women. Arianhod the shamed prayed upon this loneliness and sent a spell to a likeness of the emerald eyed Courtney, which upon lookin ng at tit lonely Govannon became consumed with lust and sought out this beautiful girl. For years the lonely god sought his love and ravenged the kingdom around his moutain, during this time Josh the youthful hearted had become a great man under the favor of the dedicated swan god. Josh grew to share his joy with others and the earth, he learned to befried the creatures of the earth and gained the loyality of the wolves, he learned to control the snow so as he could glide upon it on a long slinder board for it brought him pleasure. It was on one of these snowboarding outings that Josh the youthful hearted brought his beloved gift to the greatest mountain in the land, smith mountain. emerald eyed Courtneys long thick locks rustled in the wind, and her musicla laughter traveled to the ears of the lonely Govannon who lay beneath the moutain. Whe the lonely smith discovered that ghis loves laughter was solely for Josh the youthful hearted the smith god became enraged with jealousy, and the moon shook with the laughter of Arianhod the shamed. In his rage the lonely Govannon took his Great hammer and pummelled the base of the moutain causeing a great avalanche that threatened to enjulf the emerald eyed beauty, but her cries awoke a mighty force within Josh the youthful hearted and with a mightly feat of strength he saved Courtney but was buried himself. Terrified for the life of the man whom she secretly love, emerald eyed Courtney called to the wolves. "If your love for him is as great as you boast, save him now in his time of gretest need," she cried. The wolves came when they learned of Josh's plight, and they began to dig him out of the snow. yet it was during ths time that the greatest battle began. On the verge of death Josh the youthful hearted's soul was sent to the dream world between our own world and that of Bile the death god who is known for his great greedy hunger for the living. "Aah, such a youthful heart will fill my hollow hideous body right up." said the grating voice of Bile. Now the youthful hearted Josh knew that Bile could not take those souls that the goddess of sleep choose to keep. so he called out to Bile "Oh you may have me but first i must deliver a message from the swan god to his beloved Caer Ibormeith, for he may not talk to her in his own world. surely you have the heart to permit a lowly messanger to deliver his message before death?" Josh's flattery worked on the vain and greedy death god. when Josh arrived at the castle the sleeping goddess cast a spell of sleep on the youthful hearted for she knew he was favored by her love Aengus the swan god. Bile screamed in anger and fought for _______weeks to break the sleeping goddesses hold. on the _______week of Josh the youthful hearted's coma, Aengus the swan went to the despairing emerald eyed Courtney who was watching over the sleeping body of Josh while in hiding from the smith god, and took the body to his mother Boann the healer. the blessed mother of youth healed the body of Josh the youthful hearted and called his spirit back from the dream world, and thus breaking Caer Ibormeith's spell. Josh awoke to find that during his time with the blessed mother of youth, lonely Govannon had found and stole away his beloved emerald eyed Courtney. The youthful hearted raced to the mountain, praying that it was not too late. Along the way he was accompained by a swan that whispered to him spells and gave him at mighty sword to use. at the mountain there insued a great battle, Josh the youthful hearted was small but full of the mightly power of love, they fought long into the night and when he was bleeding and broken Josh swang one desperate and mightly blow to the smith god's great hammer and shattered it and thus distroying the thing that held the smith god's soul in our world. Josh the youthful hearted now knew whom had truly caused all the strife, and he summoned a great spell and permanently exiled Arianhod the shamed to the moon and limiting her powers to a gentle pull on the sea. For ridding the kingdom of the smith god, and for his new and awesome powers, Josh the youthful hearted became the one who fooled death, the smith slayer, the exiler, the favored, THE KING
