CHAPTER 14: THE SECRET OF POSEIDON LAKE
It was Sunday morning and all the second years were being divided off into groups for orienteering. Robbie had been right.
“OK” choked coach Setemmer on his apple core “Griffins, you three” he pointed at Tom Emma and Athena “and urr you” he gestured to Liam “and we’ll have Robbie too, where is he? Oi LELAND” he bellowed, Robbie jogged over.
“Yes coach?”
“You’re with them”
“OK” the coach strutted off importantly to sort out more teams “hey Athena”
“Hey” she replied
“Tom, Liam” he nodded his head, Tom tutted a sigh “and you are?”
“Emma Newton” spluttered Emma as she was taken by surprise
“Oh cool, nice meeting you Emma”
“You too” she blushed
“Attention!” called coach Setemmer “you have each been given a map, a compass, a card for check points and a pencil. With these few items, you must navigate as many different checkpoints as possible within the time limit. You may also realise that the checkpoints are each worth different amounts of points. At the end of the two hours the team with the most points, back within the time limit, shall earn themselves thirty team points. Oh, and don’t try to cheat, the staples print a different letter each, so we’ll know. There are twenty checkpoints all located on the map in twenty very different terrains, so be wary. Remember, the checkpoints could be anywhere in the camp, also note that there are teachers positioned near all of the buildings, so don’t even bother trying to cheat. POSITIONS!” Each team faced a different direction and in total there were around two or three of each individual team such as Pegasus. “On my whistle, three, two, ONE!” a shrill ear piercing whistle rang out through the air. Some Pegasus’ headed for the cabins, some Phoenixes into an open field and some Centaurs into the direction of the car park. However, Athena’s troop of Griffins charged into the forest directly ahead.
“Must we run” Emma panted
“You want to get there right?” Tom breathed
“Tom’s right” smiled Liam “I wanna prove the Minotaur’s wrong, and the Centaurs, just because they have strategic plans and natural instincts, they think they’re the icing on the cake.”
“So we’re wasting our energy on them?” said Emma
“I agree with Liam and Tom” Robbie interrupted
“But there’s really no need to” spoke Tom quickly, slowing up to a walk.
“I can’t believe you” whispered Athena in Tom’s ear “he’s really nice, give him a chance”
“He’s been bitten by the jealousy bug” smiled Emma
“No I haven’t! He’s just...”
“Just what?” questioned Athena
“Never mind” Tom retorted
“Which post are we going to first?” Liam asked
“The one with the most points” Tom replied
“That’s such a Pegasus thing to say” Robbie said
“How?”
“Well, we need to think like Minotaurs, we need a strategy”
“Fine, closest first, sorted”
“Tom” Liam moaned
“What? It’s a good plan”
