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THE TIME I ACCIDENTALLY TOOK A TRIP TO ANCIENT GREECE

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It was a typical, sunny summer morning in London. The date was Wednesday, November 7th, 2043 - just five days away from Jeniffer’s 13th birthday. Jeniffer took part in a field trip at the British Museum, but she was in no way excited. She had been here so many times, she couldn't even think of counting them.

Jeniffer's class was in the Ancient Greek section, about which she knew absolutely everything. She was playing with her pet echidna, Phillip. Jeniffer brought him because she knew she would be extra bored. He could easily be brought with her wherever she went because he was very quiet and extremely well-mannered. Jeniffer was always wondering why he was so good since most pets could only shut up when they're sleeping.

Jeniffer sat with her two best and only friends, Nicole and Kendal. Nicole was pretty bored too because Jeniffer had told her everything there was to know about Ancient Greece. Kendal, however, was fascinated by all the statues and artifacts, having paid no attention when Jeniffer gave her endless rants of course. He had to have Jeniffer explain what they all were because he couldn't stand to listen to their teacher, Mr.Bennett.

When Kendal finally got bored, he suggested that they go explore the knew section that no one's seen or been allowed into. As they walked into the new museum area, Jeniffer noticed something unbelievable. She walked straight towards what she knew must be a time machine. It was mostly a yellow-ish gold, but it had a few red accents. Jeniffer was dying to look at the mechanics.

As she was looking through the wires she noticed something very odd. One of the wires was cut. So she "borrowed" Kendal's duct-tape, jump started the wire, and completely covered it with the duct-tape. The time machine started buzzing and Jeniffer started messing with the controls. Suddenly the time machine started shaking like crazy and the controls got stuck on 1603 BC and to Ancient Greece.

Randomly, everything turned black all at once and the machine started spinning so Jeniffer, Nicole, and Kendal all grabbed on to the first thing that they could reach. Which, of course, happened to be the time machine. They started spinning out of control and it felt as if they were being lifted off of the ground. Then suddenly the time machine stopped spinning and everything started turning light again. They stared out into the open air of Ancient Greece.

They saw huge 30 foot pillars supporting giant white buildings, and plentiful armies walking along the cobble stone streets. Most of the soldiers carried long, pointy spears and huge shields. Although some of them had sharp swords at their belts. One of the soldiers with a sword started coming over to them. He had a blue horse hair plume on his head and didn't look very happy.

When he got to them he demanded to know exactly who they were and where the heck they had come from. He hadn't used those exact words but they weren't sure what he had actually said. So they told him immediately, of course. The soldier wasn't sure wether to believe that they had come in a time machine from the year 2043 and that they had such weird names as Jeniffer, Nicole, and Kendal. So he decided just to tell them to get out and stay out. But they didn't.

Now don't get them wrong; they really did try, but the time machine just wouldn't start. The soldier, who then yelled at them that he was a general, started to get really mad when he found out that they were stuck there. All of a sudden, Jeniffer remembered it. She checked the wires on the bottom of the time machine. Yep, just as she had thought. The duct-tape had been burnt straight through.

"You don't possibly have any duct-tape. Do you?" Jeniffer timidly asked the general. And very much to her surprise he said yes. The general was stunned to see their looks of disbelief. And then the catch came.

"But, our duct-tape is the sacred tape of Apollo, so each of you must complete one of Hercules 12 impossible task to prove you are worthy to use it.

Jeniffer knew the 12 impossible tasks that Hercules was forced to do by heart so she started listing them: 1. The Nemean Lion. 2. The Lernean Hydra. She shuddered to think of that one. . 3. The Hind of Ceryneia. . 4. The Erymanthean Boar. 5. The Augean Stables. 6.The Stymphalian Birds. 7. The Cretan Bull. 8. The Horses of Diomedes. 9. The Belt of Hippolyte. 10. Geryon's Cattle. 11. The Apples of Hesperides. And finally number 12. Cerberus.

Nicole beckoned for them to huddle, so they did. Kendal asked Jeniffer what the general meant by "impossible tasks", so she and Nicole explained about Hercules and the 12 tasks he was forced to accomplish. They were all thinking that they would most likely fail, but then Nicole reminded them that Jeniffer and herself knew the stories by heart and exactly how to do them. So if anyone could do these tasks they could. After that Kendal and Nicole were determined to face their tasks, but Jeniffer wasn't.

She then explained to her friends how she had been deeply afraid of the Lernean Hydra ever since her mother had told her the story when she was little. The idea of Hercules having to cut off each of the heads and then burn the stump had highly disturbed her. Somehow Jeniffer knew that she would be chosen to defeat the Hydra, and she knew she wouldn't be able to defeat it. It was her worst nightmare. She would fail her friends.

Nicole and Kendal knew that they had to convince her that she could defeat any of the challenges, so they tried to reason with her. They reminded her that if she didn't at least try to complete her task, they would be stuck there forever. They also told her that if they didn't the challenges, they would most likely be killed by the Greek armies. That seemed to shock her back into reality. It also made her finally realize that she had no choice but to face the task.

They told the general that they accepted to do the challenges, so he took them to the biggest building in Ancient Greece- the palace. Once they were inside, the general ordered a servant to take them to the weapon chamber. The servant was a young boy, who looked about the age of 11 years old. He had curly, chocolate brown hair and bright blue eyes. He reminded Jeniffer of exactly how she had pictured Perseus, son of Zeus. When they arrived at the weapon chamber the servant quickly slammed the door behind them. Then he smiled at Jeniffer and Nicole's confused looks while Kendal checked out all of what he would describe as the huge, spiky balls of deathness and pain. After Nicole "brought" kendal back over to them the servant told them his name. And it actually was Perseus. Jeniffer wondered if he was the one from all the legends. But he couldn't be, he was just a servant. Plus, Perseus was a pretty common name in Ancient Greece.

Perseus then told them that no one, so far, had completed or survived their task. So, he offered to help them. He explained how he had always been there when the others had tried to do the tasks, and knew what challenges they would get because they always did it in a certain order. He told them that one would get the Nemean Lion, one would get the apples of Hesperides, and the other would get the Lernean Hydra. Jeniffer knew the Hydra would be in there. Now she just desperately hoped that she wouldn't get it.

Then they had to choose weapons. Perseus told them that they were allowed to pick three and to make sure not to pick the biggest, most deadly looking ones. Kendal was absolutely stunned to hear that. After seeing Kedal's look of complete disbelief Perseus explained how the people that judged them had tampered with all the ones people would most likely choose. Kendal was very sad now because he had really wanted to try out the spiky balls of deathness and pain.

Perseus then told them that he had overhead the general talking with a soldier about who was doing what task. Perseus told them that Nicole would get the Apples of Hesperides, Kendal would get the Nemean Lion, and Jeniffer would get the Lernean Hydra. Yep, Jeniffer was right. She knew she would get the Hydra. Now all she had to do was face her worst fear ever. No problem.

Perseus then told Kendal that the Nemean Lion wasn't actually the real Nemean Lion. So he could stab it or whatever pretty easily, unlike the real Nemean Lion. It's fur made it impossible to pierce it. Thankfully, Jeniffer had come back to reality in time to hear that, so she explained how a bow and arrows was Kendal's best bet to defeat the lion. He would be able to kill it from a distance so he wouldn't be killed in the process. Nicole knew how to do her task without Jeniffer having to explain anything. So she chose a mini harp to try to calm Ladon, the hundred headed dragon. She also chose a sword, just in case. Then she remembered she could get a third thing. So she got a sleeping gas bomb for if the harp didn't work.

Jeniffer was still a little out of it from finding out she was getting the Hydra, so Kendal started shaking her very violently. That shocked her back to Earth. It was very easy to choose her weapons. There was only one way known to defeat a Hydra. She got a sword to cut the heads of and a torch to burn the stump so the heads wouldn't grow back.

When they finished picking weapons, Perseus guided them out of the palace and into a gigantic coliseum. Jeniffer wondered if it was the same coliseum were they originally did the olympics. There were what looked like millions of people seated all around the coliseum. Then the general silenced them all with a wave of his hand. Suddenly he pointed at Nicole and told the audience that she would be getting the Apples of Hesperides.

Then, out of nowhere, someone blindfolded Nicole. She was being lifted on to some device that took her to the garden where the gold apples were being guarded by the great dragon, Ladon. As soon as the blindfold was lifted from Nicole's head, she saw him. Him and his hundred, horrifying heads. The thing that brought her here was already gone. She was all alone.

She started to remember how Hercules had gotten one of the apples. But surely she couldn't fool Atlas, the titan who held up the sky, to get one for her. He would probably recall how Hercules had tricked him into getting it. So she decided completely knocking Ladon out was the only way she could achieve to get the apple.

She started slowly moving towards the dragon. Then she pulled the harp out. She was very glad that they have been playing harps in her creative music class lately. Nicole started playing a slow, peaceful tune. It was starting to work.

Almost instantly Ladon started to drift off. Nicole ran up to grab an apple from the tree. Then, out of nowhere, an enormous, spiky tail came swinging at her head. She was very surprised that she managed to dodge it because she was always the first one to get out when they played dodgeball in PE. Ladon woke up when Nicole stopped playing the harp.

Now she was extremely happy that she had also gotten that sleeping gas bomb. She threw it towards Ladon with all her might and it nailed him, painfully, in one of his necks. The green gas seeped out and instantly knocked the dragon out cold. Nicole had to cover her mouth and nose so that she wouldn't get knocked out herself. Then she remembered to grab the apple.

In the distance she heard a horn sounding. Suddenly she was lifted into the air and instantly transported back to the coliseum. When she got back Jeniffer and Kendal bombarded her with congratulations. Then Kendal was blindfolded and lifted to where his task would take place. When he took his blindfold off, he was standing in a large, open field with some ruins about 150 feet away.

Then out of nowhere a gigantic lion came pelting at him. Kendal barely managed to dodge it. Then he pulled out his bow. He set an arrow in it, hoping that he would hit the lion seeing as it was so big. He let the arrow fly just as the lion was coming at him again. The arrow got it right in the eye.

As soon as the arrow pierced the lion, it started to fumble. It literally landed an inch and a half away from Kendal. Then Kendal remembered that the general had told him he had to bring back the lion's coat. The general had told him this while Nicole was doing her task. Right when Kendal touched the fur, the coat fell off of the lion. Then Kendal carefully picked it up.

Then another horn blasted through the quiet air and another one of those transport things carried Kendal back to the coliseum. When he got back, Jeniffer and Nicole were very surprised to see that the only damage to him was that his hair had been ruffled a bit. Then Kendal passed out right there murmuring something about the lion's hugeness. Then Jeniffer was lifted into the air to be carried away. But strangely, They hadn't blindfolded her.

When she arrived at the place she was to do her task, she saw it was a dark damp cave. She was picking up her torch, which had fallen to the ground from the transport thing, when she felt something in her pocket. It was her pet echidna, Phillip. Jeniffer had accidentally brought him with her. Great, now she had another thing to worry about.

There were two tunnels. One was very quiet and peaceful. In the other, Jeniffer heard some growling, some squealing, and then a big CRUNCH!!! And of course, she had to take the noisy one. She walked slowly down the tunnel observing the enormous scales on the walls. When she got to the end of the tunnel, everything turned black.

Then she lit her torch. She saw the Hydra about three inches from her. At first she was completely frozen. Then she remembered to get her sword. She stuck a shaking hand into her belt and pulled it out. Suddenly, one of the nine heads knocked her down and the sword fell out her hand and skid across the floor. Jeniffer knew that she was about to die. That she was going to fail her friends. The Hydra was about to strike, when Phillip quickly crawled out of Jeniffer's pocket and bit the Hydra's foot. The Hydra started to fumble while letting out an earsplitting screech. Jeniffer couldn't believe her eyes. She jumped up and grabbed her sword. She started swinging it all around. She cut off three heads, then five, then eight, and finally nine. Then she remembered that they would grow back soon. She held the torch as far in front of her as she could and burnt each of the nine stumps.

Then she grabbed Phillip and ran down the tunnel as fast as she could. When she got to the opening to the cave, she saw the transport thing right above her. It lifted her in the air and carried her back to the coliseum in a flash. As soon as she got back Nicole and Kendal ran up to her and told them how very glad they were that she was alive. Then Jeniffer turned to the general.

"OK. We completed your tasks. Now give us the duct-tape." She said in a very angry voice. He replied by pulling the tape out of his pocket. He was very reluctant to give it to them because he was convinced that they had cheated seeing as they were the first people to ever stay alive in their challenge. Then Kendal grabbed the duct-tape out of his hand and ran for it. Jeniffer and Nicole closely followed him. They ran for about two blocks before they spotted the time machine. As they hopped in Jeniffer noticed the general and about two dozen soldiers with him.

Jeniffer wrapped the split wire with the duct-tape. Then Nicole set the controls back to London, November seventh, 2043. Just as the time machine started spinning, the general grabbed on to the side of the machine. Then Jeniffer took the duct-tape from Kendal, tore off a piece, stuck it on the general's hand, and quickly ripped it from his hand. He screamed in pain and let go of the time machine. Then he fell into complete darkness. Instantly they were transported back to the British Museum. They walked back to where their class, now knowing that they could do anything if they set their mind to it.

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