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I shouldn't have yelled at my dad like I did. Looking back at it, there really was nothing either of us could have done to stop it. And because of it, I hurt him. In reality, gods are all but invincible. They have feelings, which can prove to be fatal killers in themselves.
I didn't see past my actions until I woke up on the roof. I had slept through a shower of rainfall and I was drenched to the bone. I trudged with squelching steps inside the house. The loss of mom was unbearable. I wanted to think she was still alive. But I was not in a situation to mourn. She was dead, and I would hopefully see her again after I move on from this life. But how soon could that be. It could be decades, it could be tomorrow. I looked at what I was about to face, and realized the true perils that awaited me, and the ones I had surpassed. This journey I was on, could easily be one way.
I entered my room, the dry air comforting my damp skin. A change into clean clothes, and I made my way for some breakfast. Ashlynn was watching the news, she saw me and quickly turned it off. They were obviously telling the world about my mother's death. It is funny how my parents, who were your average people with a dark past, having the media suddenly orbit them like satelites, feeding off any scraps they can get.
"Herry, I have bad news-"
"I know." I replied emotionlessly. " I don't want to discuss it."
Accepting my decision, we sat down and ate a colourful bowl of fruit loops each. I remained fairly silent, and Ashlynn stared at me with sympathy and concern. Finally, I got up.
"I'm going to do more research." Silently, I marched downstairs into Odie's room.
Odie's room was scattered with books and each computer had several windows open. Leftover from the day previous. As I sat down, I could not help but think of my mom. How she died. Compared to her past, it seemed so abrupt and unglorious.
...Her past. That was it!
I sprinted upstairs into my room and grabbed a old book with burnt edges and yellowed paper: The Class of the Titans.
Sprinting back downstairs, I opened the book to Act 4: Mans Worst Enemy. Flipping the pages, I found the quote I was looking for:
"The three of us hid silently behind the array of plants. Persephone didn't seem to notice us, obviously her mind was on other things, like what sex position she was going to perform on hades that night or something completely lovey dovey like that. It didn't matter. Theresa's theory was right, for with a wave of her hand, the seasons came to life and parted the stone curtain behind them. It revealed a long, dark passageway carved from the earth. The air around us suddenly felt colder and damper. Made sense, it being underground. As Persephone moved through the tunnel we followed her. Theresa and I moved right past the seasons but Jay, being Mr goody goody, stopped to be polite. They slapped him on the ass seductively. Theresa hid a scowl and Jay's face was as red as a beetroot. We kept a distance behind as we followed her silently through the winding passage. The air suddenly changed. It was crisp, but cool. The light at the end opened out into a pasture of tall cedar trees and animals grazing below. In the distance you could see a green river and a dark red land beyond. We all knew that we were approaching the underworld."
This was just what I needed. An entrance to the underworld to work with. It was within the secret wing of the school, which was IN the city. I opened up an encyclopedia of Greek Mythology and opened up to a chapter on the underworld.
The people of ancient Greece believed that when they died, they , moved on into the underworld. While they beleived that Olympus was a place that existed spiritually, they believed that hades, the underworld was a physical place.
There was one other thing that popped inmy head after reading the two things. Isaac Newton's theory.
"Matter cannot be made or destroyed. It can only be changed."
Days of researching had paid off. I had found an entrance to the underworld. It was right where the gods left it: In the school. Its a part of the underworld and that, being a physical place, they couldn't just get rid of it so they would have just left it there for someone to find it, someone like Ashlyyn and I. I raced upstairs.
"ASHLYNN ASHLYNN. I GOT IT! I GOT IT!"
Scared of my sudden enthousiasm, she jumped out of her skin which was placed comfortably on the couch. I explained to her my theory.
"That is the craziest idea you have ever come up with. You know that?" She said.
"What? You have a better idea?" I asked.
"I think that the gods defy the laws of physics themeslves you know." She commented.
"Or do they?"
"Whatever. So now we have an idea of where it MIGHT be, what now?"
"One thing for it." I said. "It looks like it's time we went back to school."
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