The Olympian Games 2: Musical Madness

The Olympian Games 2: Musical Madness

Xaro Leitz

I awoke to one of the most horrible sounds ever to be created by mankind: Michael Jackson's "Thriller". I flicked my hand and the alarm clock smashed against the far wall of my room. The alarm clock came with the room and it didn't matter how many times I destroyed it. Every time I came back to my room it would be on my night stand again and I couldn't change it.

"Hades has horrible taste in music." I thought as I rolled out of bed. As soon as my feet hit the floor the fireplace ignited, illuminating the room. My room was set up like many of the other competitor's rooms. It had a king sized bed with black and gold sheets, a fireplace with a flat screen TV above it, and a small bathroom with a golden bathtub and a platinum toilet. One wall was lined with ancient scrolls, and spell books, most of which I had finished reading.

I walked into the bathroom to get ready for the day. I showered, dressed and ordered room service. While I ate the TV turned on by its self. Zeus appeared dressed in his usual pinstriped suit.

"Heroes! Champions!" He boomed. "Today will be your challenge! Report to the throne room in one hour to receive your quest. That is all." The screen clicked off and I finished my breakfast. I snapped my fingers and my armor flew out of my closet. I donned my black leather and Stygian Iron breast plate and strapped on my greaves and arm guards. I stretched feeling the extra weight usually I didn't wear armor, relying on my reflexes and force fields. However I had no idea what I was walking into so I needed extra protection.

I extended my hand and Hades' staff materialized in front of me. It floated into my hand and I felt the familiar dark energy flowing into me. I exhaled and the shadows around me quivered. Over the past few days I had gotten better at controlling the staff's powers and using it as an actual weapon. I still had my Celestial bronze chain but I had left my swords at home.

I tapped the ground with the staff and instantly shadow traveled into the throne room. The room was empty for a few seconds then demigods started pouring into the room. I chatted with a few of them until a blinding light consumed the room and the gods appeared seated on their thrones. A small table also appeared with scrolls laid on it.

Zeus rose from his throne and the room fell silent. "Heroes! Welcome to your first Challenge!" Everyone began cheering and clapping until Zeus raised his hand for silence. "Today your challenge will be to find a certain item that one of us has left in a maze for you to locate. When your name is called please select a scroll with the item you are to locate."

"Simple enough." I thought to myself.

A list appeared in Zeus's hand and he called out my name. All the competitors turned and stared at me as I walked to the table and bowed to Lord Zeus. I scanned the table, holding my hand over each of the scrolls seeing if I could feel a connection to one. Nothing happened so I selected one at random.

As soon as I picked up the scroll I was blinded by a bright light. When my vision cleared I was standing in a long hallway with the clear sky above me. The walls were made of red bricks and were about twelve feet tall. I looked around and saw the corridor split ahead of me and a dead end behind me.

"Okay drop me off right in the middle of a labyrinth. Thanks." I said aloud. I unrolled the scroll and saw a picture of an IPod Shuffle. Under the picture was a small caption: Apollo's IPod. Well now I knew what I was looking for, now I just needed to figure out where the heck it was.

I looked up at the sky. "Why should I wander through a maze when I can fly?" I jumped into the air and just before my head reached the top of the wall I slammed into an invisible force field. "Ouch." I moaned as rubbed the top of my head. I pressed my hand against the force field testing it's strength. I sent a surge of energy of into the force field and it stayed solid.

"So much for that idea." I thought as I touched back down. I started walking down the corridor until I came to the 'T'.

WIP