A/N: nThank you KitressKat. I would just like to remind those who forgot that in part one Mary was sixteen and now she's seventeen. just thought I'd get that cleared up. now enjoy Chapter 11.
Chapter 11
Gold of Hyperborea
We sat on the bed in silence for a long time. Then we decided that we had to get moving. We got packed and went to the nearest Target store to by snow supplies. However, they seemed to be out, which makes sense considering it's the middle of summer. As a result, we snuck into the storage area and took a couple coats, hats, gloves, boots, the works.
We packed it in our bags and mounted our pegasi. With multipule breaks for the pegasi, we reached Seattle by sundown . We rested for the night and in the mourning we put all of the snow gear on. We decide that the pegasi needed more rest so we didn't leave until the afternoon.
Finally we got to our location. Right along the Bering Strain, a distance from the city: Nome.
"How do you know it's here?" asked Violet.
"Because, the gold is guarded by a certain creature, so when I saw three of these creatures in the same place I figured that it's here," I said.
We searched for an hour until we found what looked like a Greek temple.
"This is it," I guessed, "Guys we have to be very careful…"
Before I could finish my sentence something grabbed my by its talons and it flew way up high. I looked up and saw one of three griffins bringing me up into the air.
It had head and wings of an eagle and its front legs were of an eagle too. The rest was the body of a lion. It screeched and I looked around to see that Violet and Joseph were being brought up into the air too.
Eventually the griffin brought me so High that if I fell I would be crushed by the impact. So, guess what happened next… it let me go. This is always how griffins kill intruders.
I screamed like a little girl as I fell.
Then out of nowhere one of the pegasi we got here on flew in to save the day. I landed on its back and to be honest it really hurt me. I groaned in pain and I took out my sword.
I saw the other two pegasi come and catch Joseph and Violet as they fell. They gave the same reaction I did but then took out their weapons. Joseph shot water out of his trident, but it turned to ice and fell to the ground.
One of the griffins came up and attacked me. I swung my sword but missed. I had, however, frightened it so it didn't touch us.
The pegasi flew toward the griffins and it became an air battle. One of the griffins used it talons to grab onto Joseph's Pegasus' neck in attempt to tear it off. Joseph then stabbed it with his trident and it screeched in pain. It then let go of the Pegasus' head.
"Violet!" I shouted as I swung my sword to keep the griffin away, "Go get the gold! We'll hold them off!"
She nodded and mentally told the Pegasus the plan. They dove down to get to the gold but a griffin dove right after them. I had my Pegasus go after that griffin as the griffin I had been fighting dove after me.
I had my Pegasus be aligned with the griffin we were chasing. Then I jumped and landed on the griffin's back. It jolted and tried to throw me off. I took my sword and I thrust it into the griffin's back. It devolved into dust and I found myself free falling to the ground. Not one of my greatest plans.
I turned and saw my Pegasus trying to fight off the griffin that was attacking it.
'I'm going to die' I thought calmly. Violet looked up and saw me screaming. She stopped and turned around to help me. As I fell past her she grabbed my hand and I dangled there for a bit, we were still about fifty feet in the air.
I looked up and saw the griffin kill my Pegasus, which then turned to dust. I never thought that a Pegasus would turn to dust too. Violet had a tear in her eye as she looked at the dust fall to the ground.
She pulled me onto her Pegasus and wiped her eyes dry. Joseph was still fighting his griffin and the second griffin was almost at us.
The Pegasus once again dove toward the ground and did a sharp turn when we were at the door.
The room inside was huge and there was a chest of gold in front of us. The griffin flew in behind us and was about to attack.
We landed by the chest which was about a foot tall. I turned and saw the griffin almost at us. I took out Aspis and made a shield around us, the chest and the Pegasus.
The griffin hit the shield like how a bird hits a glass window or door. However unlike birds, it didn't die.
It clawed at the shield until it heard the other griffin cry. Dust hit the snow outside and Joseph flew in, ready to strike the last griffin.
The griffin turned and whacked Joseph off his Pegasus. The Pegasus flew out of the griffin's reach in fear that it would meet the same fate my Pegasus met. The griffin however was only concerned about Joseph.
It stalked toward him as he lay there unconscious. I gave Aspis to Violet a gripped my sword tight. I ran out of the shield boundary and attempted to slice at the griffin's back but it had been expecting that so it used its hind legs to hit me to the ground.
It raised its front talon but then he was hit in the head with Violets shield. I turned to realize she used it as a Frisbee to knock out the griffin and that Aspis' shield as no longer there. The griffin stumbled a bit but the only thing she did was turn its attention to her.
She backed up into the wall as the griffin brought its face to hers. The she swiftly took out her knife and stabbed it between the eyes. It turned to dust and I stood up and ran to her.
Awkwardly we hugged and went to go check on Joseph. As we kneeled down to him he slowly opened his eyes and turned his head to us.
"Are we all dead?" he asked and Violet and I chuckled.
"No," I answered, "Not yet."
"Oh," he replied "Did we at least kill them?"
"Yep," Violet smiled.
He stood up and his Pegasus went up and rubbed it head against his, I guess in attempt to show its feelings about him still being alive.
We walked over to the golden chest and opened it to find billions of drachmas. We each took fifty and closed it. We then dragged it and hooked to the two pegasi's sattels.
Violet and Joseph mounted their Pegasus and I climbed on the back of Violet's. We flew off toward House on a Rock, making double the amount of stops on the way there than we did on the way to Hyperborea.
We entered and dragged the chest through the lobby. I guess people saw something else through the mist since no one tried to steal it. Heaven knows what they saw.
Eurystheus ran up and helped us bring it to his bed room. He opened it and marveled at the riches.
"Yes!" he cried for joy, "Alright! Now I can get my own house! Good job! Ha-ha!"
A/N: Aww, poor pegasus. That really wasn't planed I just came up with it as the battle went on. This and the last labor are (I think) the best of all of them. but you have to wait cause there are two more before the last one. Three left total. Can anyone guess what they'll be? Please Review!