The Secret of Stone Mountain is an urban fantasy novel which follows five teenage friends: Amy, Brian, Richard, Christina, and Mary, who live in the apparently normal, yet mythical town of Stonehook, Connecticut. The small yet vibrant town has been characterized by the presence of the weather change for thousands of years. The weather change is a constant shift of temperature, change in seasons, shifting in colors of the sky, trees, and the entire nature of the town. Though not visibly damaging, the weather change can affect the moods of its citizens for the worst. Amy also is the only person who envisions all that is happening as a direct source of Stone Mountain: The colossal and majestic mountain covered in millions of sharp edged and shiny multicolored stones. Not that others didn't, but no one thought that a creature controlled the weather change while Amy was stubborn enough not to follow the flow and to stick to intuition. In the town of stones it is known that the mountain was inhabited by a beast known as Bearl Marmount, a taunting, unforgiving and despicable half chimera, who most agree passed away along with all his ancestors. Hence, according to the town, the mountain is now lifeless.
On a rather cold day in June, after the town is struck by the most destructive form of weather change and three children are abducted, many will start to point fingers at the Stonehook detective department for the truth and others begin to admit in Stone Mountain's connection. When the five teens are brought in for testing, they begin to wonder if everyone around them has lied to them their whole lives and if they are somehow destined to discover The Secret of Stone Mountain.
Chapter I
The town of Stones
The sudden appearance of cold unbearable weather accompanied by gusty winds, snow, ice, rain, dust, and at times split seconds of sunlight shining through grey clouds, suggested that Stonehook, Connecticut, was going through a violent and mixed seasonal storm in the middle of June. Not that this was new to anyone. Unexplainable and ridiculous things happened frequently in that town and just like the weather changed, people's moods and energy changed also. It could be any time of the year and the seasons would alternate: fall would become spring, spring turned into summer, summer into winter, and at times a constant cold and damp air stayed present throughout parts of the year. The length of time in which the phenomenon had deeply affected Stonehook's society was also a time in which hundreds of meteorologists and scientists had tried to study the different aspects of it by revising ancient books and ruins. Over time coming to the realization that the basis of all came from the mountain helped many realize that it wasn't something that was easily controllable. The weather change was simply a part of everyone's life and every time it came around it caused a catastrophe: Parents shouted at their children, children shouted back, at times to the point where they rebelled and left their home. One of the most frightening aspects of this grave condition was the movement of the wind. Depending on what direction it blew, people would experience a change in eye color, while a cold air rose in their chest making them shiver. As time went by the weather change became more of a tradition or an event to embrace rather than a malady, or at least that is what some preferred to believe. The oldest and wisest would say" When the winds blow down onto the lands of the stones, a future hero or heroes are in the making; a child or children as pure and virtuous as a child can be, but overly mature by reason."
A car skirted down the road at about 90 miles per hour. The person wasn't allowed to drive so fast but who knew what he or she was actually thinking. The roads of Stonehook were narrow and not made for race cars, but the one that passed by had this special yellow strip on it's right side and white lights on the top of the roof. The windows were tinted on all sides. The tires made a screeching sound and then the car was out of sight.
