Intro: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/915776998 Chapter two: coming soon ~Apollo: The Glowing Frog in My Science Classroom~ Remember how I told you no magic frogs? Yeah, well….I lied. Leave it to the Gods to turn a normal day into a disaster. I was just minding my own business on the way to 5th period biology when I got a note in my locker: Hermes postal delivery service, best wishes from Olympus, To whom it may concern, Dear Juliet Valeria, your presence is requested immediately. The fate of the world is at stake, again. Use this message as your appointment ticket. Also if you could bring some of those cheese snacks your dining hall has that would be most appreciated. See you soon. No one calls me Juliet, well except for one person. Did I immediately rush to Olympus you ask? Think again buddy, I ignored it. I grabbed my binder, shoved the note into my pocket, and walked to Mr. Galanis’ classroom. When I opened to door an awful smell came wafting out “Valeria, close the door if you don’t mind” Mr. G was crying again, probably because he just had to watch four other classes dissect frogs “the classrooms next door keep complaining about the smell” I shut the door and took my seat next to my friend Jamie, or Jam as our friends call him “What’s shaking bacon?” The desk had a mysterious goop on it, probably frog juice. “We have to dissect frogs today,” he shuddered at the thought “Yuck!” I smiled and took my seat, we spent the first thirty minutes of class going over the proper procedures and then another thirty minutes while Mr. G did a “super quick” demonstration. It would have gone faster but he kept crying and it took forever. Then we got to do it ourselves, except mine looked different from the others. Not different like a slightly darker shade of green or yellow, or spots in different places. I mean different like it was glowing, and I swore I saw it move, but no one seemed to notice and Mr. G was too busy crying, so I decided that I was probably imagining something. “Psst” someone said “Did you hear that?” I asked Jamie He gave me a weird look “hear what?” Weird, I went back to the frog “Hey!, Jupiter” the same voice hissed “What the..” I looked around “You good?” Jamie asked “Yeah, I’m just hearing someone call my name” “Maybe you should go to the nurse?” he suggested “I’m fine” “If you say so” He turned back to his normal, not glowing, frog ‘This day can’t get any stranger’ I thought as I picked up the scalpel, wrong choice, as soon as I got close to the frog it leapt up and started hopping around the room. Now what if the most reasonable reaction for a room full of mortal teenagers when a glowing frog that is supposed to be dead starts hopping around a lab? I will tell you readers: scream, jump, and run. The room was in mass chaos, girls were screaming on top of tables, guys ran around like madmen, some people were even crying under the lab counters. The only people who weren’t freaking out were me and Mr. G, did I mention he’s a Pane? “Jackson toss me that vase, no not that one, the one with the lid” He called to a boy standing near the storage shelf “and for goodness sake stop screaming Olivia!” After a bit of chasing, Mr. Galanis finally caught the resurrected frog. He took one look at it and shoved the jar into my hands “Wha…” I started to say “Take it to the nature office” he told me, it looked like he was annoyed at me but for what I didn’t know “But we don’t…” I was super confused “Just go, it will make sense later” he whispered As The door shut behind me, I hadn't even taken two steps before the frog lept out of the jar and ran down the hall “Hey! Get back here” I chased the frog down the hallway You’d expect everyone in the hall to be staring at me but they paid no attention, one teacher even said hello, like this happened everyday. The frog turned a corner but when I did it was gone. I slowed down and walked to the end, there was only one place this hallway lead, the track, why a glowing frog would go there who knows. As I opened the door a cool breeze blew past me and with my luck the sun was shining directly right in my face
Second part)) “Seriously Apollo” I mumbled, raising my hand over my eyes, I did not intend for anyone to hear me “What? You don’t like the sun?” I could barely make out a boy that looked a bit older than 15. He grinned at me and snapped his fingers, almost instantly a cloud blocked the sun, letting me get a better look. Before me stood who I recognized almost instantly as, surprise surprise, Apollo. Today he wore a pair of 70’s jeans, a bright yellow shirt with the words “The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow” written in orangey lemon kind of color with a black outline, probably in greek. His golden hair was pulled back in a short ponytail. “If you think you’re blending in with that look you might want to check the year” I pointed at his shirt “The sun will come out tomorrow? Seriously?” “Is that any way to talk to the handsome and amazing god that got you out of that horrid class” he crossed his arms and smiled “Humble as always Apollo” I glared at him “What are you doing here?” “You ignored my father’s note” He held up the piece of paper that was in my locker I reached into my pocket, empty “you turned into a glowing frog and caused my entire class to freak out just to get me to come?” “Well I TRIED to get your attention but YOU ignored me” he huffed “who ignores me!” I raised my eyebrow “really?” “Do you at least have cheese snacks?” “The god of music, poetry, and archery wants the cheez it’z they give us in the cafeteria?” it was official, Apollo was the god of weirdness. “I got Zeus to put it on the note” he said like it would change anything “I’m not the only one who likes them” “Right…” I pulled out a packet from my bag and threw it at him “those are the only ones I have” “I accept your offering, kind mortal” he opened the bag “now…how do I get back to Olympus?”
