Note: Okay so thanks Ani for giving me inspiration without even meaning it!

"You told me" Samantha blamed pressing her accusing finger against my chest. "You told me  that you liked him"

"I don't! He, isn't my type" I lied applying a thin layer of blush on my cheeks.

"Not your type! Please, you were begging me to help you with him and now you say 'he's not your type'" Samantha laughed and took another grape from the glass bowl. She lounged in her chair, feet sticking off the arm.

Truth was, I was crazy about him. Not only crazy, but excited to secretly meet him tonight. I fixed my eyelashes with some mascara and closed the bottle tightly.

"What are you even getting ready for?" Samantha questioned chewing the pulp out of the purple fruit.

It is said that one glimpse at the golden stone and you will freeze. Kinda like the thing that happens when you look at Medusa. The only difference is that you don't turn into stone, but into ice. Golden ice. It is said that when you touch the ice with your thumb it will thaw, but the victim of the curse will lay on the wet floor lifeless.  As to say you can't really escape that golden stone. It's just not beatable. 

Hello! I have beed really busy working on this story! Hope you like it! =D
 

Chapter 3

I opened my eyes to see bright lights flashing above me on a white ceiling.

Light, ceiling, light, ceiling. All the way down the hall until we entered a dark room.

I could tell I was on a stretcher and being carried. I could feel the leather straps binding deep into my skin. One around my shoulders and one around my waist and another around my ankles.

Everything was fuzzy, I couldn’t see straight and my hearing was like I was in a big cave and everything was echoing.

A spark tickled in the back of my mind, Max!

Were was he? Where was my brother?

Jessie, Sarah, and Lizzie sat together one evening in the school auditorium watching a play. “Want to go explore the seventh graders’ part of the school?” asked Lizzie, an eleven year old fifth grader.
    “Sure!” Sarah said.
    “Sounds good,” Jessie agreed. “I’ve never been in that part.”
    “I can’t wait to be a seventh grader!” exclaimed Sarah.
    “Me neither!” Lizzie said, almost jumping out of her seat. She glanced to her right and saw a teacher heading their way. “Uh oh! We’re probably being too loud!” she whispered urgently. They sat in their seats, pretending to pay attention to the play until the teacher walked away.

(Hey I said early Febuary)

Chapter Two

Rule Breaking and Surprises

At dinner I was treated like a queen which was probably appropriate because of my mother. No one sat at my table with me, but people kept on coming over and congratulating me on my quest.

I saw movement at the head table and glanced over. Chiron had stood up. He stamped his hoof for attention. Everyone looked over. “For those of you who haven’t already heard. Anne Wall - the daughter of Hera- has been chosen to go on a quest. This quest is to stop the northern cyclopes, from getting to the gods,” he said. Murmuring spread through the crowd of half-bloods. Then Chiron turned towards me. “Anne you need to choose two companions to help you on your journey.”

As Tyler cried Macy and Lilly struggled to keep him quiet. They ran into a nearby safe haven for animals. They all climbed over the gate and ran into the woods. Macy looked around and saw alot of wood from old past fallen trees and started to build a hut as Lilly calmed Tyler down. Nathan woke up to the sound of a old rusty semi and remembered what happend. He started wiggiling and got out of the sack to find himself with a bunch of pigs. He looked at them all, as if he was in a buffet, but he held himself back. He tried opening the back and failed in doing so. He now stood there wondering what to do. Just then he thought of somthing. He stood right in the middle of all the pigs and screamed as loud as he could. The truck driver heard this loud noise and pulled over. Nathan grabbed a tiny baby pig, ran over to the door, and waited. The mean, old, hairy truck driver opened the door to see what had happend.

Nathan quickly raised up his head from looking at the blankets. "RUN!", he screamed.  They all started scrambling to the door. But just then a big truck driver blocked the door and grabbed Nathan. Then the driver grabbed a handy sack that they were selling in the store and put him in it! Nathan screamed a blood curdeling cry then went silent. All you could see were bumps in the sack. Lilly grabbed Tyler's hand and then started running toward the man standing infront of the door. Macy quickly grabbed Lilly's other free hand and joined in the running.  The truck driver struggling to hold the sack quickly moved out of the way. The doors opend automatically letting the rest of the band of children escape.
to be continued....

Chapter 2

          “Are you sure that they just aren’t at the other end of the field?” Thomas asked.

The Horses in the Mountains

By: Dean Olona

Chapter 1