Shadows And Ice

Chapter One
First of all, my name's Samuel White, but everyone calls me Shadow for my rebellious nature. Want to know why I'm a rebel? Because life sucks. Something crazy is always going on around me, and no one notices. Here's one of my tales.

Okay, I'm 13. I have gray hair (My dad says it's my mother's hair, but he's always told me that she died in childbirth) and icy blue eyes (also courtesy of my mother). I'm also 5 foot 7 inches tall. The adventure of my life started the day after school ended, June 20th. I was hanging out with my best friend Jayden Sharp when a huge poodle came up and started barking at us. Jayden's eyes widened, and I think mine did also, because with each bark, the poodle grew huger, until it was the size of a baby elephant."Stay back," Jayden warned me and he drew a sword that was made of bronze. The giant poodle leaped on me. However, Jayden stabbed it with his sword and it turned to dust. "Come on!" he yelled, and ran away. I chased after him. No one had noticed the commotion. "What was that?!" I yelled after him. "A helhound," he replied. That made no sense. Hellhounds were Greek myths. I wondered what was happening. We ran for about a mile, until we came to the top of a hill. Another thing that made no sense was at the top. A pine tree was there, with a thing that looked like the Golden Fleece hanging from a branch. Under the tree was a Greek dragon. "Hey, Peleus," Jayden said to the dragon. It nodded its head. We rushed down the other side of the hill where a man in a wheelchair was waiting for us. "Hello Jayden. I see you've brought us a new camper," he said. My mind was racing so fast, though, that I fainted.