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Chapter 9: I die Again
My first impression of the place I was in: cold and dark. Then my senses came around and I found myself lying on a black beach, staring at a sky with no stars. I got up and looked around. I was standing at a river, but not just a normal river. It had ripped up diplomas, a decapitated bride wedding cake topper, a teddy bear with one eye, and I even saw a turtle. It was pretty depressing, watching all the dreams that never came true. I knew where I was now: the Underworld. This was the river Styx. I saw Charon with his rowboat, switching forms from a skeleton with black robes to big bough dude with an Australian accent. "You got a coi- wait, haven't I seen ya here before, mate?" he asked with a puzzled expression on his face. "Yes, but the Fates sent me back up I guess. Like they might now." I replied, glancing up instinctively. "Aye, I guess they can." he asked. I barely heard it because just then I saw a golden flash and I blacked out again.
"OH YES, YOUR POWER IS CERTAIN NOW, PUNY DEMIGOD!" boomed a loud voice. I groaned. This guy had a stalker problem. "Why can you not stay out of my life for once?" I moaned. Kronos laughed an evil sound that sent shivers down my spine. "You are very stubborn, mortal! It would serve us good if you joined us!" "I don't think so. If we let YOU rule, everything would be chaos! You would destroy everything that man has worked on for millions of years! Can't you see that what you're doing will only cause everyone pain, just for the sake of YOUR happiness?" I demanded. The voice was silent for a while, then I realized why. I could start to see light, and my heart started beating. That's when I realized that it hadn't been for the last 5 minutes.
"TJ! TJ!" someone was shaking me. I said something very intelligent: "Ung?" I know, incredible vocal skills, right? "She's alive!" I recognized Jade's voice. "That's impossible! Her heart wasn't beating for 5 minutes!" I didn't know that voice. It was definitely male. "Nothing is impossible, the world itself says I'm impossible, but I'm here with you now, aren't I?" I asked, blinking open my eyes. I saw Lucas, Jade, and two other people I didn't know. The girl of the two strangers chuckled. "Well said, TJ, well said." strange, she had a British accent to. I sat up and turned towards Jade and Lucas. "Do they know?" they both nodded at the same time. "I think they believe us," Jade said, glancing at the two. "Teag, this is Sadie and Carter Kane. Sadie, Carter, this is Teagan Janel, but don't call her that unless you want your head ripped off in the morning." Jade warmed cheerfully. I shook their hands. "Weren't you two about to tell us YOUR real identity?" Lucas asked. Their eyes darkened. "Yes, but not here, not now." Carter said, his voice low. Sadie was looking over my shoulder. I turned. The trees were falling down far off, but getting closer every minute. "We should go." Sadie suggested. All of us agreed and we followed Sadie. She led us to an ancient statue (I can't recall the name). She closed her eyes for a second, got a bit of an annoyed look on her face for a few seconds, and then a swirling portal of sand opened up. Me and my partners were surprised, but we just jumped in. Hey, demigods learn not to question strange things. It's just life. Anyway, if you're wondering what it felt like; imagine that feeling when you're falling from a roller coaster, then times that feeling by 24. Now imagine that you're on a tire swing and someone spins you so you feel like you're going to throw up. Times that feeling by 43, then add that to the free fall sensation, and you should be estimably close to what it felt like to go through the portal. Then, we tumbled out on the roof of a mansion, sand pouring out along with us. I stood and brushed myself off. The rest did the same. I looked around. The mansion was overlooking a huge city. Wait a second... was that the Empire State Building? Ok then. We're back in New York. Fantastic. I looked over to the other side of the roof. I gasped. There was a little hut type thing and a nest of straw. And inside was... a Gryphon. But it was any gryphon. It had wings that looked more like a hummingbird's than an eagle's. "FREEAAAK!" it screamed at us. "Yeah, we're home. TJ, Jade, Lucas, meet Freak, our pet gryphon." Carter introduced. Jade gulped. "Is "Freak"... tame?" she asked nervously. "Good question," Carter tilted his head. "I suppose I never really knew. He seems to be in control-" "Mostly." Sadie broke in, rolling her eyes. "And sometimes we and attack something to his back and he can carry it for us," Carter continued, ignoring Sadie. "So, in answer to your question, I'd say yes, he IS tame." he finished. Jade didn't look very reassured. "Brother dear, do stop boring them. We owe them an explanation, don't we?" Sadie suggested, looking innocent. Carter glared at Sadie. "All right..." Carter finally grumbled after a silent eye war with Sadie. "Ok, that's all settled! Let's go inside and discus this over a cup of tea, shall we?" Sadie said cheerfully, taking me and Jade by the hand and leading us inside, Carter and Lucas right behind us
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Ok, I'm guessing you're all wanting chapter 10! well, I haven't finished it, and now that i have a review limit update thing, I have all the time in the world since NOBODY REVIEWS MY BOOK! T.T Hint: For chapter 10, Khufu's coming it and "accidentally" drops a basketball on Lucas's head!