A Hero's Journey - Mysterion's Story

Chapter 8

                   "Are you out of your mind? We can't trust a troll!" Mosquito yelled. Mysterion ignored him and kept going.

"The deal is, whoever can carry the heaviest thing wins, if we win you have to let us pass, if you win, we won't pass" Mysterion explained.

"Hmph alright then, deal!" Agar said while chuckling.

"Carry that tree," Mysterion said pointing to a pinecone tree.

Agar grabbed the tree out of its roots and carried it for 17 seconds, then he threw the tree and said,

"carry that log," while pointing to a log near the pond, with a smirk, he knew that Mysterion wouldn't be able to handle all that weight.

"Who said I was going to carry it? Craig do it" Mysterion said while smirking mischievously.

Agar was a little shocked, but then he knew that the kid wouldn't be able to handle the weight either.

"Alright, bring it" replied Agar.

Super Craig followed his leader's orders, as long as they won in the end, he didn't mind carrying things.

Super Craig grabbed the log up and held it for 15 seconds.

Agar was dazed, how could such a small body carry that big of a thing. Must be just dumb luck he thought.

"Since both of you were able to carry those things, you'll both carry boulders for as long as you can, whoever holds it up longer wins," Mysterion announced.

Now Agar knew that he would win, maybe the kid was able to hold the log, but a boulder? No way would be able to happen. They both had started carrying the boulders, Agar was wobbling a bit, while Super Craig held his boulder without showing any signs of struggle. At this point, Mosquito and Super Craig knew what Mysterion was planning.

"NOW" Mysterion shouted.

Super Craig threw his boulder at Agars eye, making him drop his boulder on his foot, and Mysterion grabbed the sparkling object in his pocket, and they all ran across the bridge and into the other half of the woods. Agar screamed in fury.

"YOU TRICKSTER'S I'LL MAKE YOU PAY, JUST YOU WAIT!" he yelled.

The three had ran as far as they could, away from the bridge.

"I think we lost him now," Mysterion said while panting.

"Smart plan captain" Mosquito said while snickering.

"Mosquito's actually right for once, good move," Super Craig said floating in the air.

"It was mostly all thanks to the voices," Mysterion replied back, not panting anymore.

"Why can't we hear the voices?" Mosquito said starting to walk.

"Probably because he's special," Super Craig said while laughing.

"Hey that's not fair, I wanna be special too," Mosquito whined.

Mysterion smiled at his laughing friends, and then winced. He also wanted to know why he could hear the voices, but his friends couldn't, he didn't want to know why if it was because of something bad, or then his friends might leave him, and that was the last thing Mysterion wanted. They had finally reached the grassy clearings, but there was no sign of any portals. Then Mysterion grabbed the sparkling object out of his pocket, and realized it was an emerald amulet.

"Is that going to help us find the portal?" Mosquito asked.

"I was wondering why you took that from Agar," joined in Super Craig.

Mysterion looked at the glowing amulet, and then at his friends,

"When I was doing research, I found out that this helps track down portals if it glows to the brightest it means a portal is near," said Mysterion holding the amulet in the light so he could see it better.

"Here pass it to me, I can fly so it will be faster if I try to find it," said Super Craig handing out his palm.

Mysterion handed it to him, Super Craig took it and floated all over the place. Mysterion checked his watch it was 5:37pm. It had been at least 10 minutes and they still couldn't find the portal; Super Craig threw the amulet.

"It's useless, it can't help us," he muttered angrily.

Super Craig floated back down and turned to them.

"Maybe we should call it a day, and search for somewhere to rest for the night," Super Craig suggested.

His friends were silent, they stared at something behind him with wide eyes. Super Craig was confused.

"Don't tell me that Agar is behind me," Super Craig said not daring to turn around.

"No...look" Mosquito said.

Super Craig turned around, and his eyes widened as well. The portal was behind him, it was a purple-galaxy color with ting sparkling dots that glowed like stars. It looked exactly like one of those portals in a cartoon show.

"Well what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Mosquito said grabbing both Mysterion and Super Craig's arms suddenly.

The two were about to say something in protest but then Mosquito jumped in the portal dragging Mysterion and Super Craig with him...to Amaranth.