Sadie Jackson And The Gods Of Olympus (A Novel By Happy)

Sadie Jackson And The Gods Of Olympus                                                                     By: Happy871

Chapter 1: Umbrellas Have Nothing In Common With Good Luck.  Or Do They?

I stared at my toast and frowned.  It wasn’t exactly a good piece of toast anyways.  It was burnt.  I hate burnt toast.  ”Sadie!  It’s time to leave for school!” my mom called from the living room.  ”Kay, bye mom!” I called back.  I didn’t want her to know I was in a bad mood.  If she knew she’d keep me home for an hour and give me a “Mother Daughter Talk”.  Then I’d be late for school.

As I walked outside I sighed.  It was a gloomy day.  In fact, it kind of seemed like my mood.  Its like the earth was also feeling my sadness.  ”Well, would it actually be considered sadness?” I asked myself out loud.  I sighed.  It was actually more of being annoyed rather than being sad.  I had to go to a new school today, how annoying.  This was my first time at a new school.  It probably wouldn’t be any different than my last school.  I had no friends there and that’s probably how it’ll be at this one.

As the sky grew cloudier I felt a couple of drops of rain fall on my face.  ”Ah, great,” I said to myself as I ran under the nearest tree.  ”Now I’ll be late for school…”.  I sighed as I kicked a rock.  Wait… why the heck did I kick the rock skyward!?  That makes no sense.  Nobody does that!

“Hey!” a voice said.  ”Huh?” I said.  Then, a girl popped out in front of my face.  She was hanging upside down from the tree. “GAH!” I said.  I fell backwards and hit my head on the tree.

“Hey…” the girl said.  ”You do know you aren’t supposed to kick rocks upwards right?”.  ”Yeah, I know that…” I said.  ”Hey wait a minute…”  she said.  ”You don’t have an umbrella!”.  ”You think I don’t know that?”  I replied.  I felt a bit mean…  But then again i wasn’t exactly in the best mood anyways.

“Even though your being rude right now, I’ll lend you my umbrella,” she said while shoving a frilly pink umbrella in my hands.  ”Don’t you need this?” I asked.  ”Nah, not really.  It’s not like I have school today anyways.”  ”Er… Okay?” I said.  ”Tha-” I began saying.  Before I could finish my sentence she was nowhere to be seen.

At school I was pretty lonely.  Well, I was used to that.  But I wasn’t used to what was about to happen.  ”Hey!” a girl said while slipping into the seat beside me.  ”I haven’t seen you before, are you new?”  I stared at her blankly for a minute, I couldn’t believe she was talking to me.  Much less, SMILING at me.  ”Er…  Y-yeah…” I said.  I wasn’t what you’d call talkative or friendly…  Well, I can be friendly.  When I feel like it.

“So, whats your name?” the girl asked.  ”Er, its Sadie…”  I replied quietly.  ”Oh, that’s a cool name!” she said.  ”Mine’s Iris.  Nice to meet you, and welcome to Sakura High!”  ”Sakura High…?”  I asked.  ”I can’t believe I didn’t even know the name of my new school…”  I said.  I felt really stupid at that moment.  ”Eh, that’s fine” Iris said.  ”I was the same way”.  ”Hey, isn’t Sakura some Japanese word?”  I asked.  ”Yeah!” she said.  ”It means Cherry Blossom.  It’s cool that you know that, not many people do!”  ”Yeah…” I replied.  ”I’m kind of an Otaku”.  ”That’s cool!” Iris said happily.  Suddenly, the bell rang and the teacher walked in.

“Hi everyone~!” she said cheerfully while taking a bag of candy out of her purse.  ”Candy for everyone!”  she said while passing out about 50 pieces of candy to everyone.  ”We’ll be watching a movie while eating candy for the whole class period!”  she said while laying out some candy for herself.  ”Er…” I piped up while raising my hand slowly.  ”Aren’t we actually supposed to learn something during class?”  ”We are learning something!”  she replied cheerfully.  ”We are learning that candy is super healthy for you!”  ”Uhh…  okay?” I said.  I sighed.  Candy is enjoyable, but it isn’t the best thing to eat… you could get cavities by eating too much.  Now I think I’m starting to sound like my mom.

Two hours later the bell rang and everyone ran to their classes while I stared at a map of the school trying to figure out where my next class was.  ”Hey, get out of my way!” a girl’s voice said.  Before I could reply, the girl who the voice apparently belonged to pushed me aside and kept on walking with three two other girls as if nothing had happened.  ”Hey!”  I said.  ”I never said you could-” I was cut off by someone tapping me lightly on the shoulder.  As I spun around I couldn’t believe who was behind me.

Chapter 2:  An Unexpected Encounter

“Al!”  I said happily.  I hugged my brother and stared at him questioningly.  ”Hey, Al…  why are you here?” I asked.  ”Oh, well you see…”  he began.  ”I just got home from college and we have a vacation.”  he finished.  ”That doesn’t exactly answer my question…” I replied.  ”Oh yeah!” he said while pulling a bunny rabbit bento box out of his backpack.  ”You forgot your lunch” he said, handing me the box.

“Oh, thanks!” I said while happily taking the bento box.  ”Yeah, no problem…” Al said.  ”I’ll be leaving now.” Al said while walking towards the exit.  I waved and turned around.  ”Hey, who was that?” Iris asked.  “My brother” I replied.  ”Oh, I see…”she said.  ”Whats his name?”  ”Alphonse” I replied.  ”But everyone just calls him Al”.

“Oh, you mean like Al from FullMetal Alchemist?” she asked.  ”Yeah!” I said happily.  I didn’t know she also watched anime.  All of a sudden, the fire alarm started blaring.  Er, actually it was the school bell.  You know, the one for classes.  Yeah.  ”EVACUATE!” the principal was screaming.  ”EVACUATE THE BUILDING IN A CALM AND ORDERLY FASHION!” he screamed as he ran out of the school while flailing his arms.

Iris and I sighed, the principal was new and had never actually been in a school before.  Wait… that means he never went to school.  Then… how did he get this job!?  If that doesn’t scare you then nothing will.  Well, nothing school related.  I’m scared of lots of things.  Like snakes, centipedes, spiders, horror movies… Wait, horror movies don’t scare me!  Hah, I am scared of nothing!  Except what was in my list… Not including the horror movies!  Not really anyways…

Then, Al came running in.  ”S-Sadie…” he said while gasping for air.  ”I forgot to give you… you…” he sat down on a nearby bench and handed my bunny rabbit chopsticks.  ”Your chopsticks…” he said.  Then, the principal appeared out of nowhere and stared at him.  ”GET TO CLASS!” he screamed at Al.  ”Er, I’m not a student here” Al said sheepishly.  ”Then GET OUT!” the principal screamed.  ”Oh, I’m sorry but I was just giving my little sister her lunch…” he pointed to the bento box and chopsticks in my hands.  ”I’ll be leaving now I guess…” he said while slowly walking away, still breathing quickly.

“So…” Iris said while walking.  ”What songs do you have on your MP3?”  ”Well…” I said.  ”I mainly just have Vocaloid songs…” I smiled sheepishly (is this the word of the day or something?  Or is it just something that we do in my family…?  Eh, whatever!).  ”Oh, I see…” Iris said sadly.  I guess she was looking forward to listening to Girls Generation or something.  I plugged in my headphones and sang along.  ”You know I know, my nickname, somebody call me Kimchi-loid or Kongloid…”.  ”Hey, I know that song!” Iris said.  ”It’s by SeeU isn’t it?”  ”Yeah!” I said.  It was pretty hard to find someone who really knew their Japanese and Korean stuff.

I looked over at the sidewalk on the other side of the road and saw an ice cream stand. “Ooh!” I said.  ”Hey Iris, lets go get some ice cream!”  I suggested.  ”Sure, I don’t have to be home for another hour.” she said.  ”I’ve got time to spare!”

As we crossed the road we couldn’t help it.  We started making duck noises.  We felt like little ducklings anyways…  When we reached the stand we stood in line.  Right when it was our turn the three girls from school stepped in front of us and started to order.  ”Hey!” I said.  ”You can’t cut in line!”  ”Oh?” the “lead girl” said.  ”Well, we assumed it was alright since the same thing happened at school” she smirked.  ”I never let you pass through at school!” I objected.  ”I would have, but somebody was too LAZY to ask!”

After about five minutes of arguing, I noticed the man in charge of the ice cream stand was eating a bag of popcorn while watching the intense argument.  Even the passerbys stopped to watch.  ”Oh cmon people, it really isn’t that interesting!” I yelled at the crowd.  ”Don’t you people have anything better to do!?”  I sighed.  ”Lets go Iris…” I said.  As we continued walking Iris suddenly stopped.  ”This is where I have to leave…” she said.  ”Oh, alright” I said.  We said our goodbyes and kept on walking.

When I got home I realized my mom was watching TV.  She was watching a documentary on plants.  Well, she is a botanist after all… of course she’d want to learn more to help her with her job.  As I entered my room I realized my room looked different.  Aha!  It had been painted… Blue?  I had always wanted for it to be blue and I always complained to my brother about it.  Maybe- “Welcome home!” Al said.  He had paint on his face and in his hair…

“No way!” I said.  ”You did this?”.  He nodded.  ”Thank you so much!” I said.  ”No problem!” he said.  ”Anyways, aren’t you gonna go finish your homework?” he patted my head.  ”I’m not done painting yet, so go work in the kitchen or something” he said.  ”Alright!” I said with a huge smile on my face.  Aside from the encounters with little miss bossy, today had turned out to be one really good day.

Chapter 3: Olympus?  Really!?

I woke up to the smell of wet paint.  I guess the paint didn’t finish drying.  I rolled over and looked up at the ceiling.  Er, well… where I thought the ceiling was, because that is certainly not what I saw.

“W-who are you and what are you doing in my room!?” I practically screamed.  ”Relax, I’m just a dryad…” the girl said.  ”A dryad?” I asked.  ”Yeah!” she said happily.  ”My name is Heather and Sir Zeus sent me from Olympus to deliver a message to you” she said.  ”Olympus?” I asked.  ”Isn’t that the place from Greek mythology?” “Exactly!” she replied.  ”Sir Zeus is actually just Zeus, but he prefers to be called by the title of Sir.  Or else he gets pretty mad…”  I stared blankly at her.  There was no way this could be true.  It was mythology.  They were all myths and stories, hence the name mythology.

“Anyways…” Heather continued.  ”Your going to Olympus!”  ”WHAT!?” I screamed.  I fell off my bed and hit my head against my desk.  ”But, what about my friends?  Er, well… FRIEND.  And what about my family?  And classmates?  Everyone will notice I’m gone and-”

“There’s no need to worry, we have made a clone that acts exactly like you!” Heather said.  ”A clone?” I asked.  ”I don’t know about you, but I just think that’s plain creepy.”  ”Well, do you want to go or not?” she asked me.  ”Wait, for a minute I forgot that you don’t even actually have a choice!” she laughed.  ”Lets go, Sir Zeus expects you tomorrow morning” she snapped her fingers and I instantly fell asleep.

When I woke up the next morning, I wasn’t in my room and I had completely forgotten about the encounter with Heather last night.  I tried climbing out of bed but that is when I realized there was a 50 foot drop from the bed to the floor.  ”What the…” I began.  ”WHAT THE HECK!?” I crawled back into the bed and sighed.  Then, I saw a button on the bed, alongside with a note.

I read the note and decided to push the button.  After all, Heather did say to.  In note form…  Anyways, I pushed the button and I grew to normal size.  ”Well THAT wasn’t weird at all!” I said sarcastically.  It was then that I realized I was in Olympus.

I don’t know if you care or not, but I just want you to have more of a visual of my choice of clothes!  And food.  Oh, whatever.  Anyways, I went and took a shower.  After that I saw three outfits on a chair.  One was super girly, the other one was a toga (No way!), and the third outfit was a black tank top with cargo pants, brown boots, and a leather jacket.  Which one did I pick?  Obviously the third one…

Well, I decided to pack some food.  I got some shrimp tempura, sushi, okay now I don’t even care.  That is just sad.  Am I boring?  I hope not…  Well, anyways… After I packed everything I ran outside and saw three kids standing in a line.  I assumed that I should stand in the line too.  As I went to my place in the line I noticed that one of the girls was the umbrella girl!

“Hey-” I began to say but then there was a loud booming voice.  ”Everyone!” the voice called.  I looked up and saw this giant dude holding a lightning bolt.  I figured that was Zeus.  Er, SIR Zeus.  Wow, that’s annoying… “So, you have all been called to take part in a mission!” Sir Zeus said.  ”You’ll all be like super spys~” he said with a giant smile on his face.  Soon after, that smile turned into a frown.

“Anyways, the quest…” he continued.  ”Hermes has been kidnapped by Hades!” he frowned even more.  ”Apparently, Hades was mad about something so he decide to hold Hermes captive.  Then he let him go!” he finished.  ”Um” a girl piped up.  ”Then whats the quest?” “You didn’t let me finish child!” Sir Zeus snapped.  ”The mission is to find Hades and see what he is mad about.  The first team to come to me with an answer gets a prize!” he said.  ”Sadie is with Lysander, and Amy is with Samantha” Sir Zeus said happily.  I guess he felt smart?  Or powerful?  Well, he’s the king of the gods… he always feels powerful.  I think.”Now, goodbye you young whippersnappers!” he said.  ”LE POOFIE!”  he yelled.  Then once again, everything grew black.  Yes, I fell asleep…

Chapter 4: Hello To The Sleepy Sheep

As I awoke I realized the guy identified as Lysander was still asleep.  I couldn’t miss this chance!  I picked up a nearby stick and started poking him with it.  My hobby is poking things with sticks.  I looked at the sky and thought of the shapes of the clouds.  ”Hey, that one looks like Nyan Cat…” I said to myself.  All of a sudden, I heard a cracking noise.  When I looked back in front of me I realized Lysander had broken the stick.  He looked annoyed too…

“You do know its rude to poke people with sticks, right?” he said while rubbing his head.  Oops, I guess I poked him too hard…  ”Um, sorry…” I apologized.  ”Yeah, whatever…” he said.  I could tell this wasn’t going to be so easy… he seemed so hard to get along with!  What if he turns out to be my rival and- oh no…  If he does turn out to be my rival, this isn’t going to be a good trip.

“Lets go…” Lysander said while sighing.  ”Huh?  Where?” I asked.  ”We have a quest to complete, dummy” “Rude much?” I sighed.  As we were walking I was confused.  Did he know where we were supposed to go?  Lysander is a really serious guy…  Unlike me!  I like rubber duckies!  They’re so cute!  He probably doesn’t…  Well, he probably doesn’t like stuffed animals either.  Well, most guys don’t…

As we continued walking I started looking at the sky.  Then, I bumped into Lysander.  ”Huh?” I said.  ”Why’d you stop walking?” I asked.  He motioned in front of him and there were about twenty sheep.  He tried walking around them, but they stepped in front of him.  ”Let me handle this” I said.  I stepped in front of him and took a deep breath.  ”Hello!” I said.  ”Hello!” all the sheep said in unison.  ”Can we please pass by?” I asked the sheep.  ”Not unless you pass our test” the sheep said in unison one again.  Wait… HOW COULD THE SHEEP TALK!?  Something’s fishy…  Well, SHEEPY!  Get it?  Oh, whatever…

“I’ll take care of this…” Lysander said.  He pushed me aside and stared angrily at the sheep.  ”Move” he said.  ”Nope!” the sheep said.  ”What kind of test are you talking about?” I asked the sheep.  ”A quiz” they said.  ”We’ll do it” I said.  ”Are you crazy!?” Lysander said.  ”We don’t need to take a quiz, we can just push the sheep!”  he snapped.  ”First question” said the sheep.  ”What is white and fluffy and can make you fall asleep instantly?”

“Hah, so easy!” I said.  ”Clouds!” I nearly yelled.  ”Wrong” the sheep said.  I felt tired…  ”The answer is…” the sheep said.  ”Sleepy sheep” the sheep finished as I fell asleep.  Seriously, what is up with me falling asleep in this book!?

I woke up to the vision of a stick.  On my face.  I was getting poked with it.  Wait… WHAT!?  ”HEY!” I screamed at Lysander who was still holding the stick.  ”Only I can  poke people with sticks!”  Lysander laughed a bit.  Hey, he laughed!  That’s unusual…

I smacked the stick out of his hands and he frowned.  He seemed a bit nicer… Or was that just my imagination?  ”Ahem” he coughed.  ”Lets continue, it seems that the Sleepy Sheep are gone”.  He stood up and started walking.  He turned around.  ”You coming or what?” he asked impatiently.  ”Or maybe I should just leave you behind?” he smirked.  ”Hey!” I said while running towards him.  ”We’re supposed to complete the quest as a GROUP remember?”  I said.  ”Or else you wont get the mystery prize” I finished.  ”I already know what it is” he said.  ”Really!?” I asked.  ”Just kidding” he said.  I glared at him and he smiled.  ”I have an idea though” he said.  ”I think its a lifetime supply of ice cream” he said happily.  ”I hope so” I said.  He grinned and we continued walking.

Chapter 5: I Accidentally Lose Our Map…

“AHA!” I yelled happily.  I had finally found it… A MAP!  ”Aha what?” Lysander asked.  ”Aha I found a MAP” I said proudly.  I bet he didn’t even know there was a map!  ”How do you know its the right map?” Lysander asked.  Seriously, this guy asks so many questions!  Everything doesn’t have to be perfect…  ”Ummm…” I said.  ”I just do!  I’m that awesome…!” I said along with a little evil laughter.  I AM awesome.  I know it too.  I know how to spell antidisestablishmentarianism!  Then again, Lysander probably does too…  ”Alright…” Lysander sighed.  He was back to his old tsundere self…

“Why don’t we leave now?” I asked.  ”Don’t you want that lifetime supply of ice cream?”  ”Well…” he said.  ”It depends on the flavor” he concluded.  ”I don’t care what flavor it is as long as its ice cream!” I said.  He sighed.  He probably thought I was weird.  Well, I am weird… I always was and I always will be!  But I can be pretty serious… Continuing with the wonderful story I am telling you…

Lysander stood up.  Your right, lets go… he walked over to me.  ”The map please?” he said while holding out his hand.  ”Hold on, just a min- Uh oh” I said.  ”Uh oh what?” Lysander asked.  ”Ummm…” I backed away a bit.  ”I may have lost the map…”  ”You WHAT!?” Lysander yelled angrily.  ”Uh, no worries!” I said.  ”It’s not like it got ripped to shreds by a vulture…”  I laughed uneasily.  ”Okay!  I completely trust you.  I know nothing happened to the map” Lysander said sarcastically.  ”But, it didn’t get taken by a vulture right?” he asked.  ”Uhh…” I said while preparing for a lecture.  He sighed.  ”It’s fine…” he said.  ”Really?” I asked.  ”This time ONLY though” he said as he turned around and started walking.  ”I already know how to get there…”

I was amazed.  How did he know that?  ”I know a shortcut but its kind of dangerous so prepare yourself” Lysander said.  ”If you really need help, then I’ll help you.  I’ll just instruct you on how to do the things that I already know you can do on your own” he finished.  ”Alright, thanks!” I said.  Lysander is weird… sometimes hes nice, but he’s really just tsundere.

After what seemed to be forever we finally reached a place with a bridge.  However, we were unable to cross the bridge because it was broken… “This way” Lysander said while walking over to the left.  I saw him jump on a really thin pathway bridge thing.  It was kind of like a wall.  ”You really don’t expect me to walk across on THAT do you?” I asked.  ”Yes” Lysander said.  ”Yes I do expect you to walk across on this thing”  I just stood there.  He couldn’t be serious.

“Hurry up, we don’t have all day” Lysander said.  He was already halfway across.  But then I couldn’t believe my eyes.  He was RUNNING on the little wall thing.  I stepped on it and tried to balance.  ”GAH!” I screamed as I fell off the edge.  ”Huh?” I said.  I realized I was sitting.  On thin air.  ”WHAT THE!?” I yelled as I stepped back onto the little road.  Lysander laughed.  ”I didn’t tell you there was glass there?” he snickered.  ”No!” I said.  ”You never said that!” he kept on laughing as I ran across and sighed.  Nope, this wasn’t going to be easy.

Chapter 6: Medusa’s Mansion

“Hmm…” I thought.  “Hmm what?” Lysander asked.  “If you MUST know, Hmm, I wonder if we could encounter any Greek monsters,” I said.  “Probably,” he said as he continued what he likes to call “Adventuring”.  “Look, a mansion!” I said.  “Lets go inside!” I said.  “Wait-” Lysander began.  But before he could stop me, I was already inside.  “Woah, Lysander, look at the cool statues!” I said while walking up to each statue and poking it.  “I don’t have such a good feeling about this place…” Lysander said.  “Or you just don’t appreciate fine art!” I scoffed.  “Sadie, we’re going,” Lysander said quickly.  He grabbed my arm and started dragging me to the door.  “But I didn’t finish looking at all the pretty statues…” I complained.  “What the-” Lysander said.  “Huh?” I asked.  I looked over at the door.  He was trying to open it, but it was locked.

“Okay, now I think we shouldn’t have come in here!” I said.  “Why’d you make us come in here huh Lysander?” I joked.  “Wha- Very funny Sadie,” he said.  “C’mon, lets go look at the pretty statues!”  I said while running up to the statues.  I accidently dropped my stick, but then it turned into stone.  I started to inspect it, not even noticing that Lysander was trying to break the door with a… chainsaw?  Where the heck did that come from!?

“This is no ordinary mansion,” he said.  “I think that this is Medusa’s mansion… just a hunch since your little stick there turned into stone,” he said nonchalantly.  “So, we just find our way to the other exit and we’ll be fine,” he said.  “Kind of like the labrynth?” I asked.  “No, not exactly,” he began saying.  “You see, the labrynth is a large maze.  This is more of an obstacle course with lots of trap doors and stuff,” he continued.  “So really, this is more dangerous than the minotaur’s labrynth,” he concluded.  “As you can see…” he knocked on the wall and the wall spun around to another side.  “That is what would have been a trap, but as you can see, I knew about it so it didn’t exactly do it’s purpose,” he explained.  “Oh,” I said.  How does he know all this stuff anyways?  It’s just plain old confusing, this guy probably studied 24/7 before coming on this quest.  I don’t really like studying, but I study if I need to.  You know, for a test or something.

“Come on, lets go… just follow me,” Lysander said.  I followed him through narrow passageways, trap doors, stairs, gaps, mazes, illusions, whatever you can think of.  “Ooh, heres the door!” I said, nearly opening a large door.  “No!” Lysander said.  He stopped me just in time.  “Thats the door that leads to Medusa.  All those statues in the hallway are the statues of travelers who made the mistake by opening that door.  I don’t think you want to be a slab of stone, do you?” he said.  “Oh,” I said, slowly drawing my hand away from the door.  “The door we need to get to is that one,” Lysander pointed toward the ceiling.  “Um, and how exactly do you expect us to do THAT?” I asked.  I’m starting to think that he’s crazy.  “Um, by the stairs,” he said.  “Isn’t it obvious?” he said as he began to climb an invisible staircase.  I followed him.  I hope he doesn’t make a wrong step and fall, because that is a really long drop.

When we reached the top, he opened the door and we found ourself in a labrynth.  “The minotaur’s labrynth, haven’t been here in a while,” Lysander said as he continued walking.  “Haven’t been here in a while?” I asked.  “Oh, thats right!  This is your first quest,” he said.  “You see, I’ve been picked for a quest before, and I’ve been to many places that are mythology related,” he explained.  “Next time there’s a quest, the two of us will still be partners,” he explained.  “But sometimes, it won’t always be Greek,” he continued.  “So that is why you need to do a lot of studying,” he finished.  “Er, okay?” I said.  “Honestly, I don’t really like studying…”  He sighed.  “Whatever, now since I already know my way around this place, lets get out of here.  The faster the better,” Lysander said.  About ten minutes later, we were back at the entrance of the mansion.  “What was the point of that anyways?” I asked.  “It just led us back to the start,” I sighed, we could have died in there if Lysander hadn’t been there before.  “Who knows?” Lysander said.

MORE COMING SOON!