School Olympus The School for "Gifted Students"

Chapter 7 - Drowning In the school pool?

                                                             Ember

I walked the grand hallways and admired every part of the school. I went to go checkout the lunchroom first: It was a large space with gold pastel colored floor made perfectly of Ambrosia- Trees.  Because of this there was a great tree named Zoodruas named after the greek meaning of life giving. It was taming with apples to pears. Oranges- bananas - passion fruit. Any food you could imagine would pop up from the tree. There was a meat side and a vegetarian side. It had all kinds of options. Most nymphs and nature spirits are vegetarians as you would presume, so this was most effective. The tree was given to us by Demeter, the goddess of agriculture and farming. The school kindly accepted.

Next was the gym. It was designed as the Roman colosseum. (Greek and Roman mythology are very similar so I going to try to influence some roman mythology because of the relations betweens the gods and all) It was a tall standing dome like building which was like a solid gold version of the roman colosseum you see today. Above it was a spread- out thunder cloud which represented Jupiter. There was also some small statutes of winged goddesses made entirely of gold which I presumed were made to honor Nike. ( I know what your thinking. Nike? Shoes? Well no if you don't know this well Nike in greek mythology was the victory goddess so you would presume that she would be in a kind of gladiator kind of setting) In roman she was known as Victoria. The small winged statues rose 7 feet high and had a wing span of about 2 yards. Everything was fantastic here.  

After adventuring a little more I looked at the clock and noticed that I had about 20 more minutes before everyone in their classes would be let out. I decided to see the pool. 

After walking for about 5 minutes I finally found it. It was a gigantic sized pool that looked like a sea. I couldn't believe what was in front of me either. 

" Wow " were the only words that came out of my mouth.

I decided to took the surface. I got a towel and slowly walked up to the pool. I took of my fabulous shoes and laid them next to me; making sure they didn't get wet. I touched the surface of the water and then decided to put both feet in. It felt incredible. It must of been enchanted because soon after, I noticed the large crescent of Poseidon and Hekate. I guess they might of bonded or met somewhere because after all they Hekate is the goddess of crossroads and magic. In the water it also had a crescent and pedestal towards the goddess of violent sea storms and earthquakes. She was the daughter of Poseidon. I guess they had it there so they could honor her for her kindness towards them for no destruction. Her name was Cymopoleia or Kymopoliea. 

I didn't know what time it was before something finally happened. I didn't know how but I fell in the water.  I looked around and no one was there. It was as if I was pushed in! I tried reaching for the surface but there was an invisible shield permitting me to go. I was doomed and cold and lost. My memory started fading and I my conscience grew weak. I felt like I was stuck in the river Lethe. (It was one of the five rivers of the underworld. Also known as the Ameles potamos (river of unmindfulness), the Lethe flowed around the cave of and through the Underworld, where all those who drank from it experienced complete forgetfulness. Lethe was also the name of the Greek spirit of forgetfulness and oblivion, with whom the river was often identified.)

I couldn't remember who I was or who anyone was. I felt the end near. As I started to close my eyes and I noticed a large splash behind me somewhere I and looked behind me. What I saw was a beastly body and I grew afraid. Was it here to kill me quickly?