Nyx the Mysterious by Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams

Author:Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin

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Fitful Night, Thunderous Morning

SOON NYX HAD DONNED HER starry cape and was riding high in her purple and gold chariot, bringing rest to the weary as shadows lengthened and night took over the sky. Alone with her thoughts and the stars, she felt the loss of Thanatos keenly. Not even the squeaky little bats that usually gave her such joy could lighten her mood tonight. Despite her enjoyment of the new experiences she’d been having, she couldn’t help thinking that coming to Mount Olympus had been a tragic mistake.

When it was finally time for night to end and she was on her way back to MOA, she glimpsed Eos in the distance. To Nyx’s surprise, the goddess of the dawn waved her over. Directing Erebus closer, Nyx saw that Eos held a notescroll tied with a multicolored ribbon in all the colors of the dawn. As the two girls neared each other, Eos tossed the notescroll high.

It fell inside the chariot, landing at Nyx’s feet. Huh? What could Eos have to say to her? She picked up the notescroll and was about to unroll it when Erebus made a sharp turn to the right to get her chariot back on course. The turn caught Nyx totally off guard, jerking her so hard she almost fell. She fumbled with the notescroll, accidentally dropping it over the side of the chariot.

“Oh no!” she cried out. Though she scanned for it from above, she couldn’t see it on the forested ground below. She was dying to know what Eos could’ve written. They’d never even traded greetings before!

Even if she’d had the energy to go looking for the scroll, which she didn’t, she would never find it in the trees. Night was over. Already the yellows, oranges, and pinks of dawn were taking over the sky and Eos was far away, with no clue her message had not been read. Leaving the scroll to lie wherever it had fallen, Nyx made for the Academy. Her chariot landed beside the stables and she hopped down from it. After a kiss to Erebus’s nose and a fond stroke along his mane, she snapped him and the chariot away.

With Pheme spreading the word, it seemed likely to Nyx that most MOA students would have heard about her parakeet’s disappearance by now. Not wanting to face their questions about what happened or their pity, she lingered near the stables to pet Pegasus in his stall.

Only when she heard the herald ping his lyrebell and announce the start of first-period classes did Nyx hurry inside and up to Artemis’s room. She was surprised not to hear the dogs at the door when she twisted the knob, but then she remembered the note Artemis had left. It was probably best that the dogs were with Apollo. Still, Nyx kind of missed their enthusiastic greetings. With the dogs and her birds gone, the room was deathly quiet. Ordinarily, anything that could be described as deathly, was A-OK with her. But not

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