text: It was a normal day in the Aegean Sea for Poseidon. Or so he thought, little did he know his trident would be stolen from a certain few people. In Poseidon's palace. "WHERE IS IT?!" he thundered. Triton, his godly son, just swam in and asked "What's happening? Why's dad so angry?" Delphin, the dolphin god and one of Poseidon's most trusted advisor said "Big Man's lost his trident, if we don't find it fast, he'll tear up the entire Aegean Sea!" It was true, because since Poseidon was the sea god, the sea usually reflected on his emotions. Since Poseidon was so panicked, the sea was beginning to become very stormy. "Hmmmmmmmm. Who could have stolen a trident?" wondered Triton. "Dunno man, but I think it might be one of the gods playing a trick on Poseidon. Of course, what kind of lunatic would mess with Poseidon out of all the gods? He's literally one the strongest gods in existence!" Triton knew. Only a few gods would dare challenge Poseidon. His siblings were the only ones who would dare play a trick. He doubted it was Hestia, but the others would be likely. Zeus, Hades, Hera and possibly Demeter could have taken Poseidon's trident. But why? "Come on, Delphin. We need to ask the other gods if they know where Poseidon's trident is." They went to Zeus first, who was in the Olympians throne room listening to some boring wind presentation. He was happy for an excuse to have a break, even for 5 minutes. However when the two gods asked about Poseidon's trident, his eyes went into thinking mode. "You know", said Zeus "I don't have Poseidon's trident, but I did sense some godly aura in Spain. Maybe that's where Poseidon's trident is." "Thanks Zeus!" said Triton. "We'll check it out!" At the bottom of Mount Olympus. "Ok, well we know it's not Zeus. But what kind of god would go to Spain out of all places? "I dunno man, but let's check it out." They went to Spain. "I know my father's trident is here." Triton said. "I can feel its aura." "Look!" Delphin shouted from the river. "Over there!" Two hairy dwarfs? or something was carrying the trident over their heads. They leapt over the roofs of houses and headed straight towards one of the moving boats. "Delphin! Quick!" Triton was running now, and Delphin was swimming towards the boat with the hairy dwarfs and Poseidon's trident. Quickly Delphin knocked the boat over, and the hairy dwarfs and the trident went spilling out. Triton lunged for the trident. But the hairy dwarfs regained their balance mid-air, grabbed the trident and disappeared. Triton missed the trident and landed in water. Delphin asked "What happened to those hairy dwarfs?" Triton said "I don't know, I've never seen anything like that." he admitted. Triton annoyingly thought of where the hairy dwarfs would try and go. Let's go ask one of the other gods. Maybe they know who those hairy dwarfs are, and where they're going. "Wait! Look, they left a book." Triton picked it up. It read, Book of Farming. Property of Triptolemus. "Who's Triptolemus?" asked Triton to Delphin. "He's one of the minor farming gods. His home base is in Venice, Italy. "How about this. I'll go visit Triptolemus for information, while you track down the trident and those hairy dwarfs." "Ok!" said Delphin. Then Delphin disappeared into the North Atlantic Ocean, and Triton hoped he'd be able to track down those sneaky little thieves. Triton then went to Venice, Italy. That was the easy part. The hard part was finding where Triptolemus was. He decided to poke around, and hoped he'd have some good luck. Meanwhile with Delphin: Delphin had swam across the North Atlantic Ocean, only stopping for short breaks because he knew his boss needed his trident real bad. A tsunami had already destroyed the coasts of Turkey and Syria, and Delphin wasn't eager for another one. Finally Delphin saw land, and found out he had swam directly into New York City. Then he saw them at last. Those sneaky little dwarves were on top of the Statue of Liberty. Normally he'd have respect for these smart creatures. But since they had boss's trident, he couldn't afford to go easy on them. Only one problem. Delphin may had been good at swimming, but not so good on land. He was clumsy since he had no legs, and he couldn't climb something as high as the Statue of Liberty without something bad happening. Plus those dwarves were fast and sneaky. They'd see him from a mile away. No, the only way he could get to the dwarves is if he lured them close to the water, where he would be much more powerful than the dwarves. He studied the dwarves. After watching them for more than an hour, he concluded something. The dwarves liked, no loved shiny stuff. They had shiny daggers, trophies, gold coins and other stuff. Delphin looked for something shiny. Only problem was, he didn't have any shiny stuff. Suddenly Delphin had an idea. He morphed into a human and shouted "OH NO, MY PRECIOUS GOLD COINS HAVE DROPPED INTO THE SEA!" "HOW WILL I EVER GET THEM?!" The dwarves obviously heard. They practically scrambled down the Statue of Liberty and leapt into the sea. Delphin changed back and chained them to a dock in the pier they were at. "Who are you sneaky little thieves?" Delphin snarled. The dwarves looked at each other. And suddenly burst into tears. "Please don't kill us!" they chanted. "First." Delphin said. "What are your names?" "I'm Passalos and my brother here is Akmon." "Now can we go please! We'll never steal from you again!" "Two more questions", Delphin said "One. Where does Triptolemus live?" "La Casa Nera! Calle Frezzeria!" Now can we leave?" Delphin said "One more question. You had a trident, WHERE IS IT?" The two dwarves looked at each other sand said "Please don't kill us! But we lost it!" The two dwarves burst into tears again. "Fine, fine. But do you know where the trident is?" asked Delphin. "The two dwarves exclaimed "We touched it, then thought, please bring us to land! and it took us here. But we lost it, and the shiny book!" "If you give us the shiny book, we'll help you find the trident!" Delphin narrowed his eyes. The dwarves didn't seem too trustworthy. However Delphin NEEDED that trident. "Fine. I'll go to Venice to find the book. When I have it, I'll tell you and you meet me back here with the trident. Remember, no trident, no trade." The dwarves exclaimed, "Deal!" Delphin sighed. Another long swim through the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea to Italy. He said "Triton, the locations for Triptolemus's base is La Casa Nera, Calle Frezzeria. I'll meet you there and tell you what happened between me and the dwarves." "Ok, on my way to the locations you gave me." See you soon Delphin!" Delphin began his long swim to Italy. Back with Triton: After 4 full days of searching, Triton had no luck finding Triptolemus. Suddenly Delphin sent some locations and a message saying he was swimming back towards Italy. Triton decided to scout the locations Delphin gave him, so that they would be prepared to meet Triptolemus and in case if anything bad happened. The next morning, Delphin finally made it to Italy. After Delphin had a long rest, they knocked on the door where Triptolemus was supposed to be according to the dwarves. Delphin had told Triton everything about what had happened. "But if we don't give Triptolemus the book, how will we bargain for information on the trident's whereabouts? I don't trust the dwarves, and I know you don't either." Delphin said, "This is out best bet." Suddenly Triptolemus answered. "Who is it?" he asked, looking at Triton and Delphin. "Permission to enter please?" asked Triton. "Granted!" said Triptolemus, looking a bit confused. Triton sat down and showed him the book. Triptolemus went from confused, to surprised, to grateful. "Thank you!" said Triptolemus. "How did you get this from those nasty dwarves?" "We bargained for it." lied Delphin. "Ok, so anyway, what can I do for you?" "Do you know where Poseidon's trident is?" asked Triton. "Oh, I know." said Triptolemus. "Those pesky dwarves stole it. I saw it dangling from one of their pouches." "No, the dwarves don't have it anymore." admitted Delphin. "Can you help us locate, please?" asked Triton. "Why, sure!" Triptolemus answered. Then suddenly looked confused. "It's supposed to be right here?" He said confusingly. Then the dwarves busted in, Passalos tossed the trident to Triton, while Akmon snatched the book out of Triptolemus's hands. "GIVE ME MY BOOK!" shouted Triptolemus. "You." he snarled at Triton and Delphin. "You've been working with those nasty dwarves!" Triton and Delphin made a break with the trident, but the Ttiprolemus's chairot blocked the way. Triptolemus himself however, was too busy chasing the dwarves to care about Triton and Delphin anymore. "Your welcome!" shouted Akmon from a distance away. Triton stabbed one of the snakes from the chariot, and the chariot veered away, and Triton and Delphin both jumped into the Mediterranean Sea, and swam away. They reached Poseidon's palace, but it was pure chaos. However, Poseidon was renewed with joy when he saw his trident. He raised it up and said "PEACE TO THE SEAS, FOR I HAVE FOUND JOY, BECAUSE MY TRIDENT HAS BEEN FOUND!" On the steps of Poseidon's palace, Triton and Delphin received one last message from the dwarves. Hey, Passalos and Akmon here! We escaped the wrath of Triptolemus with our new shiny book! But we have one more confession to make, especially to Delphin. We didn't lose the trident, we just hid it on a nearby ship so you wouldn't find it, and so we could get out book back. When we found out you were going to Venice to see Triptolemus, we assumed you already had the book there. So we followed you on the ship we stored the trident with. Thanks for the shiny book, and if you ever need a pair of thieving dwarves, you know who to find! From Passalos and Akmon.