Olympians Prevail! Book 1: The Cursed Blade!

Chapter 1: I Destroy My School

I woke up to my alarm blaring. I shut it off and lay in bed.

March 1st! My birthday!

I got dressed into a plain navy blue t-shirt, a pair of black jogging pants, and a black leather jacket.

I charged downstairs, grabbed my backpack off the table and was about to run out the door when my mom called me!

"Cole Drake! How dare you forget your birthday breakfast? Or even comb your hair?"

I brushed my hand through my jet black hair. I turned to my mom smiling she smiled back.

My mom's name is Julie. Her hair is blond and she has brown eyes. She is short so I caught up to her easy, but thats also because I'm tall for my age.

Today, she was wearing a lime green long sleeve shirt and a pair of light blue jeans.

I wolfed down my chocolate chip pancakes. My mom chuckled and looked into my bright, sky blue eyes.

I smiled and finished up before put on my backpack and green skateboard shoes.

I ran out the front door of our two story base paneled house and jogged down the driveway.

At the bottom I hopped on my skateboard, which I had grabbed from the garage, and pushed off.

I met my friend George at the bus stop. He smiled at me and wave as I approached.

"Hey man!" I said to him. We fist bumped and did high fives.

George has brown spiky hair which he always wears a red Nike baseball cap on top of. He has big brown puppy do eyes and always wears clothes that stand out.

Today, he was wearing a blue, green, yellow and purple tie-dyed t-shirt and a pair of baggy green pants. He had a pair of loose white sneakers, like always, that were untied, and he never tied them up.

We bumped each other and laughed and chatted until the new, yellow bus pulled up. Along the side of the bus was written "Chander School! You'd best behave!"

Chander School was the school that me and George attended! It was a school for children that had trouble behaving.

Like me.

Almost every school that my mom had sent me to I had managed to somehow get myself expelled.

Take St. Franks for instance. I was in class, feeling very bored, when a lightning bolt came out of my hand and struck my teacher!

But I was determined this time to not get expelled this time. And it would be easy because my Uncle Bran ran the school.

Boy, was I wrong!

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On the bus, me and George talked. "I can't believe we're going to the Empire State Building!" I almost yelled.

"I don't want to do this, Cole..." George mumbled. I put my hand on is shoulder.

"I know your afraid of heights, man! But you'll be fine!" I said.

I then turned around and rode the rest of the way in silence, staring out the window!

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When we arrived at the school, the principal was waiting outside. I was the first off the bus and I walked up to Uncle Bran.

He smiled as I approached. Uncle Bran has brown hair and brown eyes. He has a serious face and he always wears suits at his job. His only disadvantage is that he is stuck in a wheelchair.

"I heard you caused some trouble at your earlier schools," he started. "But I trust you won't be doing anything to mess up here, now will you?"

"I promise!" I replied. He patted me on the back as I entered the school. One of the other kids that was on the bus came up and pushed me.

"That your daddy?" she taunted. The girl had short, blond hair and green eyes. Her face was mean looking with thick eyebrows and a snarl that could kill a snake.

She was wearing a pink shirt with a white skull and crossbones. She had blue jeans with the knees tore up. She had a black sweater unzipped over her shirt.

I began walking away, trying to control my anger. "What's wrong? Chicken!" She said.

I kept going, and she laughed. Her friend said "Just leave him alone, Sherry!"

"Why?" Sherry asked. "He a chicken?" She laughed again. "Come on chicken!" She called! "Let's sort this out!"

"Leave me alone." I said simply. I kept walking until I got to a corner where another girl grabbed me. I swear the girl was Sherry's twin!

The girl looked exactly the same as Sherry and had the same snarl! Sherry laughed! "Bring 'im over here, Cherry!" she called.

Cherry smiled, and began pushing me towards Sherry.

Sherry began walking towards one of the empty classrooms and when Sherry's friend tried to follow her, Sherry pushed her and kept walking.

Cherry pushed me into the empty classroom. I fell down inside and the twins closed the door. They locked it and began walking towards me.

I stood up and started backing away. The doorknob behind the twins twisted a couple times, before a camouflage colored pocket knife slid under the door.

I eyed it but decided not because it wasn't a bad situation yet. I turned to the twins. "Let me go." I said.

They both laughed at the same time but their voices were turning gravely and deep. "We will destroy you, Cole Drake!" They said in a deep and scratchy voice.

Their eyes turned yellow an they held hands. They started laughing before they started morphing together.

They became one blob before forming into a monster twice as tall as me with wings, two horns and yellow eyes.

The creature was bald and completely black, save for the red legs and head and black inch-long claws extending from the fingertips. When it spoke, it's forked green tongue flicked in and out.

It laughed as I eyed the pocket knife again. "Ok," I thought. "Now I need it!" I dived under the claws of the monster and grabbed the pocket knife.

I flipped open the knife part and the pocket knife instantly changed into a sword in my hand.

I looked at it in shock, before looking at the creature again. "Son of Zeus, you will die today!" It screeched.

"Not today!" I yelled as I charged the creature. I dropped to the floor and slid in between the legs, thrusting my sword up into the creature's body.

It screamed out in pain and stared at me evilly. I held up my sword, ad it screamed again. I charged again and stuck my sword into it's chest.

It screamed, looked down at my sword stuck in it's chest, and dissolved into dust which disappeared.

I pushed on the sword and it transformed into the pocket knife again.

Suddenly, a key scratched in the doorknob and the door opened. There was Uncle Bran, staring at me with disapproval.

"Uncle Bran! It's not what you think...." I started before he interrupted.

"I've been looking for that everywhere!" He exclaimed, taking the pocket knife. "How did you get that?"

"I..." I began but he interrupted again saying "Never mind! Get back to class please Cole." He left with my mouth hanging open in shock.

I went to leave, before the sound of whispering stopped me. I turned to where the dust had been to see a spirit rising up.

I stumbled back and raised my hands. The last thing I saw before I blacked out was lightning bolts shooting at the spirit and the spirit bursting into flames, before exploding and sending flames every where!