The Rise of the Earth by Jeanette and Myrna (good books to read for teens txt) 📖

our old time before the giants killed them. I guess that’s how she got herself frozen.’ Lux finished her fish, took another gulp of water, she offered Ryan some and he took it.
‘Do me a favour Ryan? I have to pack everything up so we can move on but can you bring this bag to Acario? She’s going to need it if she’s looking for more food. Thanks.’ Lux walked off and started to pack down the very small tents down and put out what was left of the fire.
‘What strange people.’ Ryan thought as he ran after Caliga.
He ran for ages, but he just couldn’t seem to find anyone, and it seemed to him like he was just walking in circles and circles. When he finally stopped and made a mark on a tree, he walked around for another five – ten minutes, but somehow he ended up next to the same tree.
‘Wait a second...’ Ryan started to say when he heard laughing in a tree above him.
‘Took you long enough you idiot!’ It was Caliga, ‘I put this trap up to catch dinner, but it seems I’ve caught someone rather annoying instead.’ She raised her hand and the ground started to shift underneath Ryan and it started to climb up the tree and when it got up to the branch that Caliga was sitting in, the mud moulded into a set of stairs that she walked down.
‘Damn, you can control the earth as well.’ Ryan was intrigued by this odd girl.
Some of the Demigods started to giggle at this comment and someone wolf whistled. Ryan just glared at them and it all quieted down quite fast.
‘Now, now. Let’s not forget about fire and wind as well.’ Caliga’s hands lit on fire and she created a fireball and started to juggle it between her hands. The wind picked up a little bit as the earth moved back to its original shape.
‘I really shouldn’t ever get on your death list should I?’ Ryan moved back a bit, that fireball was a bit too close to his face for comfort.
Just as Caliga was about to say something when she quickly extinguished her fireball and stood up straight, looking extremely stiff.
‘What are you doing?’ Ryan asked,
‘Shut up!’ Caliga hissed.
Everything was quite for a few seconds but then Caliga started to run.
‘If you value your life you wouldn’t follow me!’ she shouted behind her.
‘Ha! And miss all of this fun?’ Ryan laughed and ran after her, why was she so interesting?
They didn’t stop running for a good fifteen minutes and by that time Ryan was completely tired out.
‘How the hell can you run this fast?’
Caliga looked extremely pissed off that he was still there. ‘I thought that I told you to go away. Oh shit, too late.’
A heavy wind started to blow; it was so strong all the leaves started to blow in a circular pattern around the two. Then some of the leave all flew in front of Caliga and formed into a girl, Gaia.
‘Look who tried to run away again.’ Gaia stroked the side of Caliga’s face before slapping her. ‘Bitch tried it again didn’t she? You should learn you can never hid from me, tried it before, never works, never works. Oh, what’s this? There’s someone else here isn’t there? I can smell him; you’re hiding something from me aren’t you?’ Gaia walked around in the circle of leaves trying to find Ryan. It was just then when Ryan realised that there was something barely visible surrounding him, a protective shield.
‘Remind me Ryan why almost every time there is a fight that it’s Caliga saving your sorry ass?’ Thalia asked.
‘Shhh, just listen to the book for at least a full minute without anyone interrupting please!’ Ryan pleaded.
‘Well, I don’t care I you hid him. The more energy you use putting up that dumb protective field, the weaker you get. And you’ve already spent too much energy last night.’ Gaia started to smile and walked back towards Caliga. ‘Awww, does my little slave hate me?’
Ryan slipped his hand into his pocket and felt Slashbolt. As if Caliga had read his mind she kept her eyes on Gaia but shouted, ‘Don’t you dare move you asshole!’
Gaia’s eyes looked like a hungry bear searching for its meal. ‘So there is someone here. I wonder where it is?’
The small rumble of thunder was heard just as Ryan grabbed his Slashbolt and drew the sword, but by doing so he broke Caliga’s concentration and the protection shield disappeared.
‘Found him.’ Gaia giggled like she was a little girl who had just found her favourite toy.
‘Ryan stay back, she isn’t someone you can fight.’ Caliga warned.
Gaia run up to Caliga slapped her again and screamed for her to shut up. When this happened Ryan charged without thinking, but it turned out to be a good thing because he managed to stab Gaia on her side.

‘Took you long enough to man up!’ Annabeth laughed. Ryan just glared at her but she insisted that it had already been a minute, so technically she could talk already.

‘You!’ She screamed, but when she reached out for Ryan, she suddenly stopped and disappeared.
‘Damn she pissed me off.’ Ryan said casually as he put Slashbolt back into his pocket. ‘And now a thank you is usually said around now, don’t you think?’
‘Really, cause I don’t.’ Caliga was really annoyed now.
‘Okay then maybe I won’t save you again...’
‘Fine by me, as long as you go away I’ll be MUCH happier.’ Caliga stomped off back in the direction of her camp and Lux.
‘Wait!’ Ryan called.
‘What you annoying boy?’ Caliga complained.
‘I’m sure your sister will be very worried about you if she hears about what just happened. I think she might freak out, you know?’ Ryan said smugly
‘Tell my sister what happened here and I swear to Mars I will slit your throat in the night.’ Caliga turned around and walked back to where Ryan was standing.
‘Well, you never know. It might just slip out of my mouth by accident, I can’t help it.’ He shrugged while Caliga just glared at him, ‘Unless..’
‘You little bastard!’
‘Now, now be nice. As I was saying, it might slip, UNLESS, you help me with something. Then I’ll be out of your hair and we shall never see each other again, deal?’
‘Hmmm, are you sure you’ll take you and your annoying self and leave me and Lux alone for good?’ Caliga grumbled yes while Ryan cheered himself on his accomplishment. ‘Oh Ryan, one last thing...’
‘What?’
It was just then when 3 large fireballs were launched at his head, he dodged them all, but not without giving him a huge shudder down his spine when he saw her face. She was actually enjoying his pain. The only smart thing he had done that day what not bring up what had happened with Gaia.

Ryan explained the whole situation to while they walked, and they walked for a good while. Finally they arrived at the Triangle Hotel.
‘You couldn’t have guessed that this place was fishy just from the name? You really are one of the dumbest people I know!’ Caliga complained
‘It’s not my fault! I have Dyslexia, it makes me unable to read anything but ancient Greek.’
‘Sorry I don’t speak idiot, English or Latin please.’ Caliga retorted, ‘So what’s your plan to get them out?’
Ryan answered in earnest, ‘Honestly, I have no idea.’
‘So basically, you blackmail me to come here, talk all the way, and still you have NO idea about how to get them out?’ There was an ice cold wind that hit Ryan just then as Caliga glared at him. ‘Excuse me for thinking you were able to use your brain.’
‘HEY!’ Ryan pouted.
‘Never mind brainless dope, I’ve thought of something.’ Caliga moved in closer to whisper in his ear.
Caliga then moved up to the side of the very old and broken down hotel. She sighs and shook her head on why she had to help this idiot save his friends. But she just moved her right hand up and the ground from underneath her rose up to the open window above her. When she was up and through the window she motioned for Ryan to come up as well.
When both were inside the hotel it was very dark. Most of the windows had been blocked up so they didn’t let barely any sunlight in. All they could really see was a bunch of metal doors.
‘Sure, and if it wasn’t just from the name, to the look of this place, and you all still didn’t think it was suspicious at all?’
‘We were too tired to be picky about where we stayed. Anyway, the girls are staying on that side of the hotel. And no need to know which door their behind. My sister is in there so there will be the very loud sound of snoring. Oh but once you get in there, I should tell you to wake up the blonde first, Annabeth. DON’T under any circumstances wake up my sister, you’ll probably be electrocuted or punched.’
A lightning bolt just flew over Ryan’s head when those few comments were made.
Caliga and Ryan separated ways to go get the rest of the group. Caliga lit one of her fingers to have some light to see where she was going. She walked around the hotel for a while looking for the door, but in the end she gave up and just sent some wind into all the rooms and see which room had the least vibrations. Finally after passing at least ten or fifteen doors, there was one room which sounded like it was much fuller than the other ones. Caliga walked up to the door, took some dirt out of her pocket and flicked her left hand. The dirt started to mould into the shape of a key which fitted perfectly into the lock. Inside was everyone, but they were all asleep, unaware about what place they were staying in. Caliga looked around the whole room, but she couldn’t find anyone that was blonde. ‘That stupid idiot Ryan.’ She mumbled underneath her breath. After going around the room about 3 times Caliga just woke up the first girl that was next to her, which of course, was Thalia. And she wasn’t too happy about being woken up in the middle of the night. She fired two punches, and the first one hit Caliga straight in the jaw.
‘Piss off and let me sleep!’ Thalia complained, but she got up very quickly when she smelled smoke. Her bedding was on fire. The fire woke everyone up and they were all very bewildered to see some random girl in their room, hands lit on fire, and Thalia preparing to throw a lightning bolt at her.
It was at least five minutes before all the girls and boys meet up at the open window.
Ryan looked at the red mark across her cheek. ‘What happened?’ He asked and then he looked at his sister who had a very annoyed look on her face.
‘Oh.’ He said.
‘What do you mean, ‘oh’?’ Caliga asked.
‘I’m guessing that you completely ignored what I said about waking Thalia.’ He said.
‘Well, I couldn’t find the girl that you said for me to wake up so I woke the first person I saw.’ She said.
‘How could you not find a girl with blonde hair?’ He asked.
‘Well seeing as her head was hidden underneath the covers...’ She thought but seeing as the girl was standing in the hallway, she decided to pass it over and Ryan was being really annoying