The university of Rome had found a new type of metal, in the Alps in Austria. A team of students from the university had teamed up with a few demigod students from the local schools, and they set out to go look in the mountains.
Hazel was one of those people, and she was scared - she felt alone in between all the students, who were at least five years older than her. But the school had insisted that she'd come along, because of her powers with the ground.
So she went. With backpacks they walked through the mountains, which weren't very dangerous at first - there was a road after all. They ate lunch in a small place with a gorgeous panorama view. Hazel took a few pictures, to show her friends later.
But after the first day (they had slept in a road hotel. Hazel thought it was pretty neat, seeing as how she wasn't used to luxurious hotels) they went of the road. They had to hike through the forests to find the place were the rader had discovered the metal. Luckily, there was a small stream, that lead to the spot where they needed to be. The captain of the team had chosen to follow the little flow of water for that reason.
They stopped for lunch. There were wild animals around, and they were all warned for those. Most students constantly kept an eye on Hazel. Even though she was powerful, she was still a child and they were scared that even a dedicated squirrel could be dangerous for her. Hazel didn't really notice it. There were a lot of fossils deep under the mountains, and that was where her attention was most of the time.
After a few hours, a lot of students started getting tired. The captain could keep up the tempo they were walking in for another hour, and after that everyone threw their sleeping bags on the ground and most people immediately fell asleep.
Hazel couldn't fall asleep quite so easily. She felt the presence of ghosts all around her, and she felt a lot of valuable jewels under the ground. She sighed, and murmured something. She immediately fell asleep - sleeping spells were always very effective.
The next day, Hazel woke up like normal - but the rest of the group didn't. Hazel shook their shoulders a few times, but it didn't help. She sighed, realising that her sleeping spell had put the others into a coma. She just wanted to wake them up with more magic, when she felt something in the ground, just two-hundred metres away.
Hazel ran over to the place. She breathed deeply, and concentrated on the metal she felt under her feet. A grey, shiny, long, thing appeared at her feet. She picked it up. It was surprisingly light-weight. She laughed, and ran back to camp. 'Hey! I found the metal! Take a look...' Hazel entered the camp, suddenly remembering that everyone was asleep. She woke everyone up, and told them what had happened.
The group collected more of the metal. After the captain had decided that they had found enough, she reformed the group, and they walked down the mountain again.