Son of Heracles

Chapter 6

Naglalakad kami papunta ni Veronica sa library, nilibot ko ang paningin at tinignan ang paligid.

Hanggang ngayon, namamangha pa rin talaga ako sa school na 'to. It looks like a castle outside, brick walls and its white. Paglabas mo ng classroom, makikita mo ang malaking field, dito nag eensayo ang mga estudyante. The gate was actually invisible, in short this school is like Mount Olympus.

Nung pumasok ako rito, sobrang dilim pa dahil sa ulap na nakapaligid sa taas. Idagdag mo pa ang usok sa labas ng school, nakakatakot kasi paglabas mo ay parang gubat na.

Nawala lang 'yon nang matalo namin si Ruby, kagagawan lang pala 'yon ng mga witch.

Tinignan ko ang fountain na malaki nang madaanan, nakaupo pa ang mga estudyante roon habang nag eensayo. Ang babaeng estudyante ay naka focus sa pinapalutang niyang tubig, at ang katabi naman niya ay naka pikit lang at may binubulong. Tinignan ko ang bow nila, they are Elite section.

"Hey, watch out," nasalo ni Veronica ang pana nang muntikan na siyang matamaan.

Gulat at namutla ang babae nang makita si Veronica, dahan dahan siyang lumapit at kinuha 'yon. Pagkatapos ay nag bow siya at nag sorry.

Bumuntong hininga lang si Veronica at nagpatuloy na sa paglalakad.

"Ang bilis mo ha."

Napatingin siya sa akin saglit at umirap. "Matututunan mo rin 'yon."

Napangiti ako at nagpatuloy sa paglalakad, maya maya ay nakarating na rin kami sa library. Nilibot ko ang paningin at tinignan ang mga nakapaligid na libro.

This is an old library, they have second floor and the stairs is actually made by old wooden, it's called old carved spiral staircase. The books are seperated by genre ofcourse, pumunta kami sa pinaka dulo ng library.

Napalingon ako kay Veronica nang binigay niya sa akin ang makapal na libro, kumunot ang noo ko at tinignan siya.

"Page 178."

Magsasalita pa sana ako nang tinalikuran niya ako at nagtingin ng ibang libro, inirapan ko siya at umupo sa hagdan. Binuklat ko ang libro at pumunta sa page 178.

Sumeryoso ang muka ko nang makita ang nilalaman no'n, saktong nagkatinginan kami ni Veronica nang mag angat ako ng tingin. Tumango siya ng kaonti at tinignan ang hawak ko, huminga ako ng malalim nang mapag desisyunan nang basahin 'yon.

"The Labors of Hercules," I whispered.

There are twelve of them and each one was all impossible.. that's the first line in this page. Tinignan ko muna ang kabuuan ng nakasulat, it shows that all of this was hard but luckily.. he survived.

The first was to kill the lion of Nemea, a beast no weapons could wound. The second labor was to go to Lerna and kill a creature with nine heads called the Hydra. At first, it was impossible to kill this creature because one of the heads was immortal. Good thing he was helped by his nephew Lolaus.

The third labor was to bring back alive a stag with horns of gold, he hunted it a whole year before he succeeded. All of this is hard, i honestly didn't know about this. Habang papunta siya sa twelve labor, pahirap naman ng pahirap.

The fourth labor was to capture a great boar which had its lair on Mount Erymanthus. He chased the beast from one place to another until it was exhausted, when he finally got it he trapped it into deep snow. The fifth was to clean the augean stables in a single day. Hercules diverted the courses of two rivers and made them flow through the stables.

The sixth labor was to drive away the stymphalus birds. He was help by Athena to drive them out of their coverts, and as they flew up he shot them. The seventh was to go to crete and fetch from the beautiful savage bull that Poseidon had give Minos. When hercules mastered him, he out him in a boat and brought to Eurystheus.