Just My Luck

It was a cloudy afternoon in Delphi, Greece. An Oracle sat in the cave of Python, staring at a crystal ball.

Meanwhile, a teenage girl named Olivia and her brother Jack were in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, trying to steer an out-of-control ship, and battle a fierce storm. "Grab the rigging!"Olivia yelled. "Then head belowdecks!" She and Jack were trying to sail from Connecticut to California before their enemy, Sarah did. "At least one good thing came out of this storm," Olivia thought. "Sarah's behind us."

Just her luck, Sarah showed up right next to Olivia's ship.

"Shoot."Olivia muttered. "Hangin' in there, Sarah?" she yelled.

"FYI, NO!" Sarah went flying off her ship and landed in the crow's nest of Olivia's ship. "Just my luck." they both muttered. Olivia raced up to the top of the crow's nest to help Sarah get untangled. "I don't need your help." she said, squirming. "Yes, you do. Now stay still so I can get you free."

At the time, Jack came from belowdecks and anchored Sarah's ship to touch his. Then he tied the rope to his ship to secure it and went below decks. Sarah and Olivia ran after him too. Sarah shut the door and sank down in relief. "Sarah, are you going to stay on our ship?" Jack asked. "Yeah, I'm going to have to." she said. "Mine is in ruins." "Well, what about your supplies?" He said. If we can get them here, we'll have more than enough!" "Good idea!" Sarah said. "I'll go get them." Jack said. He ran outside, but the storm was at its peak.

The wind was so strong, that Jack went flying off, into the Pacific. "I'm heading to the nearest island, come find me!" he yelled so that the girls would hear. "Okay!" Sarah screamed over the howling wind. Then Jack's head went underwater, with a final bubble.

"Just my luck." he thought.

The girls managed to collect the supplies, bring them downstairs, and eat. They both had a fitful sleep.

The next morning, it was cloudy. They got off the ship and checked out the nearest land. There were cobbled streets, and street vendors selling fish, water, bread, olives, clothes, jewelry, accessories and pictures of the Olympian gods. In the horizon, the could see the sun coming up, lighting up on the dry land.

"Where are we?" Sarah asked, sleepily. "I think Greece, by the look of it." Olivia responded, sounding tired. "Let's get some coffee." Sarah said. "First, we're gonna have to go to an ATM to change the currency. I -luckily- have a waterproof wallet with lots of money." Olivia explained. "Smart move." Sarah said. "Thanks, S" Olivia said. Sarah smiled. So the girls changed currencies, had breakfast, and did some shopping. They got new: clothes, jewelry, hats, sunglasses, shoes, bread, water and olives. Olivia sighed. "I miss Jack. he would've loved this T-Shirt." Well then, you should get it for him now; Olive." Sarah said, lightening up the mood. When they made their final purchases, they bumped into some one. "Oh!" they all exclaimed. Then the person gave them a note, and scampered away.

The note read, "Come to the Second Attic at noon. You'll find Jack". It also had some sort of a riddle.

It was already 11:00!

So the girls found the Second Attic, which turned out to be a hotel/restaurant. They went to Attic 2 and found a person with a hood on, in all-black. "Welcome to the Cave of Python", she said. Then suddenly, the room turned into a cave, dripping with murky brown water. In a corner, there was Jack, locked in a cage. There were three keys on the table.

"One of these keys opens the cage. The other 2 will make it explode. I will give you some riddles to test your knowledge, strength, perseverance, and love", the figure in all-black robes said.

"The first riddle is this: A man, his wife, daughter and son live in a circle house. One day, in the house, the man dies. The police come and check the alibis of the people. The mom said she was cooking in the kitchen. The daughter said she was reading in the living room. The son said he was playing on his tablet in the corner. The police arrested the son. Why?", she asked.

"Give us some time to think this out with each other." Olivia said. "Fine." Olivia and Sarah huddled. "This is easy." Sarah said. "Are all the riddles going to be like this?" I don't know, but the answer is because there are no corners in a circle house." "Yup. Let's tell'er."

"Do you hav your answer? The lady asked impatiently. "I'm waiting."

"The answer is - because there are no corners in a circle house!" The girls jinxed. The lady soundlessly took out 1 key.

"Here is the next riddle." she said calmly. Inside she was furious! How did they do it? None of the Ancient Greeks could! "It is a series of questions. What are the three steps to putting an elephant in the fridge?"

"Open the fridge, put the elephant in the fridge, close the fridge!" Olivia replied before the lady could finish the question.

The lady continued hurriedly, "You have 100 bricks in a plane. One falls out. How many are left?". "99" Sarah quipped.

"There is a party, and all the animals in the world are invited. All go except one. What animal?" was the question. "The elephant" came the reply.

Next, "Sally needs to cross a bridge. If she steps on it, it will break, and she'll fall into a pit full of hungry crocodiles. But she steps on it. The bridge breaks, but she doesn't die. Why?"

"Because the crocodiles were at the party!"

"Finally, most important question. This could mean life of death for you all. Question is... When Sally got to the other side, she died. Why?"

Sarah asked, "Can we discuss?". "Of course, dear", the lady said gleefully as the girls huddled in confusion.

"It could be hypothermia?" Olivia said. "No, we need to be the riddle" Sarah said. She gasped. "I know!" They jinxed. "p pjwwk2xpgc . o b" They whispered.

"Done?" the riddle lady asked. "Yup. She died because the brick fell on her head!" said the girls with confidence.

The mystery woman removed another key.

"How do we know that you're not lying and giving us the exploding key?" Sarah asked. "I swear on my life." the response was.

So Sarah took the remaining key, and unlocked the cage. Olivia rushed into Jack's arms. "Jack!" she cried out happily.

Sarah noticed the woman got away. "Just my luck." She muttered.

In truth, that mysterious woman was an evil witch named Medea. She was wanted, and during her hurried getaway, the police caught her.

Then all was all right in that area of the universe.

"Just my luck" were Medea's final words, when she got captured. "Just my luck."


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