Forgive me if my geography is wrong.
*Chapter 3*
Our Trip Goes to Extremes
With my new sword by my side, and a companion at hand, we started our trip to Greece. Samuel had it easy climbing up huge rocks with his goat hooves. "Hurry up" said Samuel.
"I wish I could!" I said. I had made me a sword belt to attach my sword to so I didn't have to hold it all the time. A mountain stood before us.
"Do I really have to walk up that?" I asked.
"Course not. You can crawl" said Samuel.
"Not much better" I whispered.
We walked up the mountain. About half way, Samuel said, "Let me see your ξίφος"
"What is a ξίφος?" I asked.
"I forgot the English name…sword!" he said with eximent.
I handed him my blade.
"Κόψτε το χορτάρι. Κάντε τρόπο. Πρέπει να πάρετε Hunter στην Ελλάδα" said Samuel slicing down some tall grass in front of them.
"Please, dude. Stop talking in Alien" I said.
"'Shona ba ni-ne' is Alien. Κόψτε το χορτάρι. Κάντε τρόπο. Πρέπει να πάρετε Hunter στην Ελλάδα is Greek" said Samuel.
"What are you even saying?" I asked.
"Telling the Nymphs to let us through" said Samuel. The grass disappeared and we walked through smoothly.
"How much longer till Greece?" I asked.
"We are on the Rocky Mountains" said Samuel.
"Gosh" I said.
The mountain continued on forever! We hit a peak and from there on was easy because, we were going DOWNHILL! We hit the state of New York and paid for a hotel (Samuel is rich!). We awoke the next morning to catch a cab to the nearest harbor.
"Trip to Greece" said Samuel paying the man. We loaded the boat and we took off.
"Samuel?" I asked.
"Yes?" he responded.
"Who is my Father?" I asked.
"You'll know when we get to Mount Olympus" said Samuel.
"Gosh" I whispered.
I laid back down to get a tan. Wait! I don't like tans. Why am I doing this then?
Ever since I joined the world of Greek mythology, I have been doing crazy things. A bump hit the bottom of the boat. Another. Another. I jumped up to see a huge tentacle attached to the boat.
"I think we angered a kraken!" roared Samuel.
"Isn't that from Roman mythology?" I asked. "I thought only Greek was real!"
"No. All of them are real" said Samuel.
The kraken picked up our ship and threw it back towards New York. I saw from the distance it had knocked over the Empire State Building. Mortals fell into the water. Me and Samuel fell but landed on a floor of fire. Neither of us burned. I held out my hand. What happened next nearly gave me a heart attack: Fire came out of them. The kraken was pelted with fire. Burned marks appear everywhere.
"I'm going in" I told Samuel. Before he could respond, I jumped for the kraken's left eye. It swats at me with one of it's tentacles but I sliced it off. My blade drove through its eye. The monster roared and slapped me across the face with his tentacle. I flew back to the Ground of Fire and prepared to attack again.
"Dude! Stop it! You're just angering it!" said Samuel.
"Don't tell me how to fight my fights" I said jumping for the kraken's left side. I chopped off all the tentacles on that side with one quick slice of my sword. Purple blood poured everywhere. From his left side to his left eye. The kraken gave one last roar and sunk to the bottom of the ocean for the last time. I rolled back to the Ground of Fire. Samuel sat amazed.
"Let us continue" I said making the Ground of Fire move us long.
"Have you ever taken lessons on fighting with a sword?" he asked.
"No. I just beat up the god of war myself" I said as we continued along the sea.
"I-I just realized who your Father is" said Samuel.
"Who?" I asked anxiously.
"I am not allowed. Your Father must claim you" said Samuel.
"Apollo since all this fire?" I asked.
"Apollo is not the god of fire" said Samuel.
"Then who?" I asked.
"Your Father is the god of forges" said Samuel.
"Hey! I don't now much about all this" I said.
"Well I do. So you better study up" said Samuel.
He gave me a book and I started to read it. Such boring 1095 pages! I stopped around page, 2 and threw it in the water.
"You realize that told you who your Father is" said Samuel. I jumped into the water. Samuel jerked me back up before I could grab it. Steam came from every point of my body.
"I want it" I said.
"We're almost there" he assured me.
We landed in Greece to see a huge gate. Statues of people stood everywhere. Aphrodite was one and Ares was another but what about the other ten statues?
I stopped by one of an ugly man. The inscription read: Hephaestus: god of fire.
"I-is that my Father?" I asked.
"Yes, my son. That is me" said a man from behind me. I turned to see a man resembling the statue. I hugged my Father. This is so cool. I finally had met my Dad.
"Why didn't you come and take care of me!" I roared in anger.
"I couldn't. I had…" started Hephaestus.
"Other women to be with!" I roared.
"It's not like…" started my Father again.
"Yes it is" I said. He slapped me.
"LISTEN TO ME! Your Mother was the best mortal I had ever met. I haven't even thought about another but her" said Hephaestus.
I still hated him, but I stopped yelling at him.
Greece was amazing. Golden statues. Temples. Herc's Hero Hut. Don't know. Don't care. Samuel talked to his satyr friends.
"Hello" said a girls voice.
I turned to see her. Hailey. Daughter of Aphrodite. She was beautiful.
"He-hello" I stumbled.
"Another boy that stumbles when he talks to me?" she asked.
"I-I'm sorry. You're just so…perfect looking" I said.
"Thank you" she said blowing me a kiss and walking away. I was hypnotized. I didn't know her daughters could be beutifuler than her. Samuel grabbed my shoulder.
"We better continue" he said dragging me towards Mount Olympus.
