Leila felt like her lungs were on fire, she wanted to stop and rest but knew they shouldn't, not until they made it back to the school anyways. Just when she was about to despair that they were lost, they burst into the clearing that led up to the school. The tall building looming in the not so far away distance. All feeling of dread left her when they were free from the forest, it even seemed to not be quite so dark. What had just happened to them? No longer so afraid, she dropped to the grass, rolling onto her back and looking up at the clouds, turned colours by the setting sun.

She struggled to catch her breath, even the cool air did little to soothe her lungs and she wondered how long they had been running. Perhaps she shouldn't have spent so much time being quite so lazy. "That was..." The words wouldn't come to her, so instead she just closed her eyes, resting on her back in the cool grass wondering what just happened to them.

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Minutes passed but Luke couldn't seem to concentrate on the book in his lap. He had read the same page four times now and felt like he was getting nowhere. He glanced over at Myriam, she was busy with one of the books from his pile, and he wondered if that his problem. He had never invited someone to the library with him, especially not a girl, and so it was hard to focus on just reading. He felt the need to talk to her more, ask her about her life, what it was like to be a Gorgon. It would tell him so much more than a book ever could, yet his face heated at the thought of such a long, intense discussion with her. No, he wasn't sure he was ready for that.

Turning his attention to his book once more he forced himself to focus as he skimmed pages, flicking through quickly to see if anything pertained to medusa or old coins. It was a long shot, but he was hopeful. Maybe they should have started on the Internet, to see what they should look for. Well, if these books proved to be unhelpful, he'd just have to do that.