orangebanana: really? you have already read all the percy jackson series?
RL: yeah. which reminds me, i need to start rereading all the 8 books...
orangebanana: eh? there are 8 books?
RL: yup! you dont know?
orangebanana: no... by the way, whats percy jackson books about?
RL: *headlocks orangebanana* dont talk about something like you knew it like the back of your hand and asked what it is about in the end!
CLAIMER: I OWN THE PLOT!
disclaimer: but i dont own anything else... *sobs in the corner*
SpeaK chapter 10
Hmm... This place is surprisingly deep. Teto thought as she swim deeper into the pool under the waterfall. There is a large spring under the waterfall that she had chose and it just kept on getting deeper and deeper.
Teto heard a rumbling noise.
What was that? She heard the rumbling noise again.
Oh. Its just my tummy. She giggled and started ascending. After pulling herself out of the water she sat on a warm rock and took out a French baguette.
The maroon haired girl started to chew on one side of the french bread. She looked up at the sunny blue sky and smiled. The night before was cold and she haven't found anything. Now its about noon and she had already spent hours looking for the thing that she needs to find. So far she still have no clue on what it is. If only I am not Poseidon's blood child I would have already died of hypothermia. Good thing I can stay dry. She thought as she pulled out another loaf of bread.
Teto soon finished her fourth baguette and stretched. She dove back into the waterfall and this time, instead of going in a slow pace and looking around, she dove straight past in hopes of finding the bottom. She slowed down when she can see the sandy bottom of the waterfall. It is really beautiful there, in the bottom of the waterfall, with colorful corals decorating the rocky sides and occasional pearl oysters opening with shimmering pearls as big as a fist inside of them.
Teto looked around in awe. Its so beautiful... Oh! Lets take those pearls! It must worth a lot! She patiently waited for the oysters to open and quickly grabbed the pearl inside. She did the same with the rest and place the fist-sized pearl into her bag [A/N: remember, the kids called their dimensions a 'bag'].
After a while of looking around something glistening caught her eye. She slowly swam towards it and looked carefully. The beautiful corals hid something that reflects the sun's light. She carefully parted the corals and found a circular metal plate. When she looked closer, she can see writings: μερικές φορές, σκεφτούν έξω από το κουτί [A/N: wooh! Google translate rocks!]
Teto recognizes the writing. It is Greek. What? 'think outside the box'? What do it mean by that? Am I supposed to think of something not normal? She placed the corals back to their original places and swum back up. She pulled herself out of the water and sat on the same warm rock she sat on when she ate her breads. She rested her chin on her hands and thought hard.
'think outside the box' is what was written on that metal plate. What is it supposed to mean? She let out a sigh. Okay. Thinking inside the box means you are thinking mainstream. So, I'm supposed to think non-mainstream?
She closed her eyes.
Waterfall. Fall. Down. That's the most mainstream, right? If people think of waterfalls, they will they of falling water. Her eyes fluttered open. Thats it! If most people think of down when it come to waterfalls, I should just look up! Zeus only said from this waterfall. So that still means above the waterfall. Teto stood up and lifted her head so that she can see the source of the waterfall.
Teto ran and dived into the pool. She swam a good distance bellow before she swam as fast as she could up and out of the water. Teto shot out of the water like a canon.
She used her powers to make the water in the waterfall stop and so she could be able to step on the water and pushed herself up. Halfway across the waterfall her foot slipped and she fell into the water. She the maroon haired girl did a somersault so that she would be falling ninety degrees straight into the water with her hands and head first [A/N: it would not hurt you if you fall into water ninety degrees. Even if you are a few meters high. Try slapping the water with your hand. It will hurt, but if you make your hand go into the water like a nail, it wont].
Ugh. One more time.
For the second try, the maroon haired girl swam deep until she reached the bottom before swimming up. This time, instead of swimming normally, she used her powers to boost her speed underwater and shot out almost halfway of the waterfall. Again, she used her powers to stop the fall of the water and stepped on them to push herself up. She reached the top in this attempt. Teto stepped onto the bank of the crystal clear river. Her eyes widened as she stood there in awe.
"wow."
The four kids had reached a huge waterfall. "so, who's gonna use this waterfall?" asked Miku.
"lets draw lots." Len suggested.
Everyone agreed.
Neru took out four pieces of yellow ribbon. She pricked herself and wiped the blood off on one side of a ribbon. She held that side of the ribbon and the other three.
"the one that get the ribbon with my blood on it gets to use this waterfall."
They each took hold of one ribbon and pulled. Meiko pulled out her ribbon and saw the red stain. Everyone saw the red stain on Meiko's ribbon, wished her good luck and left. Meiko smiled at her ribbon an turned to face the gigantic waterfall.
Ready for the second task, Meiko? Zeus's voice rang in her mind.
"Ready."
RL: you know, those stupid line breaks just wont come up, even if i already pressed the shift key and then enter. i guess i just suck at these kind of stuff...
orangebanana: yeah, you do.
RL: SHUT UP! YOU CANT DO IT YOURSELF! anyways, i would like to ask the help of dear readers to help me make those line breaks so that you cant easily read my fanfic and know when i change scenes... thank you...
question for this chapter: i read some other fanfics and saw they did these stuff, and i thought it was pretty cool. so, the question! who do you think will get the next waterfall len, miku and neru will come across?