It looms over the bow, powerful and angry. The crew scurry hurriedly around me, focusing on trying to evade the monster from the deep. This is my chance to escape.
I adjust my position against the main mast and pull myself into a squatting position. I look around but nobody’s noticed.
I trust myself enough to stand and my eyes find a young sailor with a dagger sticking carelessly out of his bac...
My eyes flutter open. His face comes into view and my lip curls with disgust. He mimics my action and squats down beside me.
That’s when I realise where I am - on the floor of what looks like a warehouse, bound and gagged. Seems like they got me.
He rips the gag off and laughs menacingly. ‘I guess you regret swindling is of all that cash, don’t you?’
‘If you’re meant to sound scary, it’s not worki...
As I sprint out of the city, a voice pierces my thoughts.
You’ve failed, E, it hisses. You’ve failed.
And I have. I’ve failed to get Z back.
Z was my best friend. We lived on a boat. It was just us, it always had been. The two of us against the rest of the world.
Then we docked in Port Trowmouth, one of the deadliest places in the whole world. We had just finished buying supplies for the next fe...
I regret nothing. He deserved it. Here’s how it happened....
It was my sister Ammi’s hen night and we were out at a night club with 10 of her closest personal friends. We were slightly drunk - I was probably the most sober out of anyone, since I had arranged the night.
“Journey to the next club starts in 2 minutes!” I declare, pointing a finger into the air.
“Yay!” Ammi said drunkenly. “I go...
Evie and her family are stuck inside, with rumours and whispers fluttering around like butterflies. The neighbours know. The town knows. Evie reckons the whole world knows. Knows what happened last summer, when everything went mad. When Evie and her family visited the sunny seaside town of Seashells....
I stare at my reflection in the mirror. I’m invisible. This is great. Absolutely fantastic. Now what do I do? My parents can’t see me like this, no one can. I guess I’ll have to take my clothes off and disappear for the day. I hate Power Hopping.
My room is literally a jungle. I put a hand on my wall and a spray of vines grow in its place. This power would be cool if I was an explorer. But ...
As Poseidon pulls up to Mount Olympus, I feel sick to my stomach. If this goes wrong, what will happen to us? Will we die? Will we be plagued by the Furies forever?
Apollo seems to sense my worries and puts a comforting hand on my shoulder.
‘Don’t worry, Artie,’ he says. ‘We’ll be fine.’
Then we turn to Poseidon, waiting for the game plan. He already looks like a hardened criminal.
‘Ok, so w...
‘He watches from afar. What shall we do about him?’ I ask Apollo.
‘Don’t worry Artie, if he comes I’ll protect you,’ my brother teases.
That makes me laugh. I’m the one with the bow and arrow after all.
Our uncle, Poseidon laughs along with me. We are all out in his little boat The Medusa, bobbing and rolling along the calm sea.
Sometimes Dad let us come down from Mount Olympus to hang out in th...
I can see them. The others are coming towards us. I take my brothers hand and shake it to let him know. But his eyes are already fixed on them.
‘What we gonna do?’ I ask.
‘We’ll just have to wing it.’ He gives me his best reassuring smile, but I’m not stupid. Sooner or later they will catch and kill us for what we did.
Before I can say any more, my brother pulls me out of my seat and down the ...
There was a man stood outside my house. Well, not really a man. The remnants of him. His hair and body were fading away into nothingness. The resonance of his scream rang in my ears. The disintegrated man had left nothing behind - apart from a pair of perfectly pristine white trainers. I shivered at the sight of them and closed my curtains again.
As I dressed I thought to myself why did this...