The Chronicles of Olympus, Book 1, The Goddess's Fury

Trouble(Yeah, there was trouble. A lot of it.)

I clutched on Moon, my pegasi.
"Ahhhhhh!!!!" I screamed.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!" Natalie shouted. The wind whooshed past my ears as we went

Down,

Down,

Down.

This is it. I thought. I was going to die. This quest would remain uncompleted. My mother would live in hiding forever, Hera after her. Tears came to my eyes. I closed them. Tears ran down my cheek. At that moment I forgot that I was immortal.

We crashed on a sandy beach with a thud! I could hear Moon neighing in pain. I groaned and opened my eyes.  I tried to move, then almost screamed in pain. There was a sharp penetrating pain in my leg. I looked at my leg. There was a huge red wound.

"Ow!" I cried. I must have broken my leg or something. The all of a sudden, I thought: Natalie! Was she okay? I looked at my friend. She was lying on the ground and looked unconscious. Her Pegasus, Thunder, was not unconscious, but lying on the ground. Scarlet red blood trickled down my foot. I cried in despair. What had happened......

The Pegasi had been a gift from Artemis. I had suspected that she would be some help during our travels. We had traveled peacefully for a day. But our luck didn't last long.

While me and Natalie were traveling, all of a sudden, a golden apple had come down from the sky and hit our Pegasi. Our Pegasi had cried out in surprise, and fell:

Down

And down

And down.

This was Hera's doing. I knew it. The golden apple was definitely from her garden.

I took a deep breath. Complaining won't help. I thought of what to do. I needed to heal my pegasi and Natalie's. I also had to heal Natalie herself! I needed a way.........

Just then, I had an idea. The bag that Zeus had given us! He had said that there was a healing potion inside! I looked up and scanned my surroundings for the bag. I quickly spotted it near Moon. I slowly crawled to it, wincing with each step, trying my hardest not to scream. I had opened the bag only a few times, to check the map, get food, and another time to change into the clothes Zeus had given us. They sure were more comfortable them chitons.

Me and Natalie had each gotten a long sleeved T-Shirt and a pair of jeans, and a brown belt. We wore this with our coat.

I slowly made my way to the bag. Finally, after what seemed like eons, I reached the bag. I opened it and looked inside.

Inside was me and Natalie's old chitons, the magical bottle of nectar, a bag of fruits, some bread, 50 drachmas, and......

The healing potion!

I grabbed it. The potion was in a small silver canteen. I looked inside.

The healing potion was a swirl of silver, brown, and green. I took a small sip.

To say that the potion tasted good was like saying that Aphrodite was pretty and Natalie's smoothies were ok.

The healing potion immediately quenched my thirst. It was sweet, and after taking a bit of the potion, I felt as if I had a good meal. My leg started to heal, and the pain eased, but my leg didn't seem to have been completely mended. I wondered if I should take another sip. I decided to, but only a small bit more. I knew that there could be serious side effects if I took too much. After taking another sip, I could feel my leg immediately healing. The pain in my foot became bearable. I sighed in relief.

Then I got up to my feet and walked over to Natalie. But I was rudely interrupted by a loud roar.