Epic Tale - Prologue

Right. This is it. 
Bare with me. 
This is the first time I've ever done this.

I'm actually uploading parts of Epic tale.
And I want the truth(?)
I mean give me criticism but be constructive about it!

The prologue has always been the hardest part for me, it needs to set the back story up more than anything, because my fairy and your fairy could be very different kinds of fairies all together! So this is sort of supposed to set everything up.
Not overly happy with the poetry but it's meant to be a story within the story (The main character is reading it)

So yes, let me know what you think!




"Once, long ago, there were five Kings, rulers of the land and rulers of the Elements Fire, Wood, Sand, Water and Air.
Now these Kings had ruled their lands well and kept their people in order, but one year decided to seek out the Goddess and ask of her a wish to make them better Kings. 

They travelled on for many thousands of miles before reaching the highest point of a mountain. There they waited for a week and day before she appeared before them.  
"Kings of Land, what wish do you wish?"
"I am King of Fire and I ask for beasts of flame, winged beasts that my people may tame." 
"I am King of Wood and I ask for eyes to see what cannot be seen and ears that are sharp and keen."
"I am King of Sand and I ask for better feet to run upon my land."
"I am King of Water and I ask for an under water ability so that my people may live in the sea."
"I am King of Air and I ask for balance and wing so up in the skies your praises we may sing." 

The Goddess obliged them; she gave the King of Fire his beasts and named them "Dragon." She gave King of Wood his sight and his ears and named him "Elf Kind." For King of Sand she mounted his body upon the body of a horse and named him "Centaur." For King of Water she gave him a promise that underwater he would transform into what she called "Merpeople." And finally for King of Air she gave him strong thick wings and perfect balance with the name "Fair Kind."

The Kings went back to their Lands to share their gifts and all was well for many, many  years. But squabbles began to break out amongst the races. Differences began to appear and Land was being taken from all around. Wars began to start, battles to the death. The Five Kings were no better and would continually fight with one another, just to prove who had the better gift. 

The Goddess looked on at her World, bodies lay piled up as a Great Battle happened throughout all of the races. The Lands were scorched, the water polluted, woods chopped, sands kicked and the air filled with awful smog. She ceased the fighting and created great boundaries of the lands, The Goddess then told the Kings that their gifts would be taken unless a peace treaty was signed there and then. The Kings accepted this offer gratefully and went back to their lands, separate ways, never to live in peace together ever again. The end."