Personal Narrative Essay: An Epic Hero's Journey

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I was so tired, but I was glad. There wrere only two hours left of our six hour plane trip from Chicago. David, my brother, and I were on our way to Iceland. It was July 13th,a Friday and there were very few people on the plane. David and I live in the U.S.A. but we were going to Iceland to visit our grandparents. Our parents decided to let us go on our own because they have to work and they wanted us to visit Iceland, where we are originally from.

When we got to our grandparent´s house, grandma had fresh baked cookies and ready for us. When we had had a bite to eat she showed us our room. Our room was very cozy. It was painted a light blue color and there were two beds, 2 desks and a closet. That night we were very tired after our long trip and decided to go to bed early after a nice fish dinner.

That night I woke up in the middle of the night when I heard a
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Now at least we knew why we had been taken from our grandparents house.

“When should we start this quest” I asked curiously.

“As soon as possible” Elizabeth replied.

“Where is the entrance to the underworld?” David asked.

“Actually it is near where we are now, but you must know the route through the underworld is not safe and first we will go to my lab and get clothes for you two. After that I will show you the entrance.” was Elizabeth’s answer.

We walked through the forest and to another clearing where a small, black car was parked. The same black car but not as creepy this time. We drove to a building that stood all by itself, nothing was near it except a lake.

In Elizabeth’s lab there were a lot of locked cabinets and one big, round table. The lab smelled like damp leaves and bananas mixed together. There were very bright lights and we walked through the labe and into a small room behind it. Inside the small room there were lots of gadgets and jumpsuits. She handed us a ring, that I put on my finger, two jumpsuits, and

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