A Hero's Journey

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Once upon a time there was a valley by the name of The Snow Capital. In that valley lived 12 year old Elizabeth Swan. On that snowy day of September 16, a Tuesday Elizabeth was sound asleep in her cottage. She knew there be would be no school since it was snowing. There for, the day would be all for herself. She would be able to play in the snow and form snowmen and snow angels. While in her cozy bed Elizabeth continued dreaming. She was dreaming about the adventure she would have. Yet, she didn’t know how tremendous the adventure would honestly be. Until that precise morning.
At exactly 7:00 am in the the morning Elizabeth woke up . She yawned and rubbed her tiresome eyes. Then she moved her blankets aside and got out of bed. …show more content…
It seemed as if they were gracefully and happily dancing all around. Then she spotted a pile of nice looking snow.
While walking to a big pile of snow, she tripped on something. She reached down a picked up a bottle of pink dust. Elizabeth read the label “pixie dust” it said, she shrugged and put it in her teal jacket. Once she reached the pile of snow she started forming a snowman. After 30 minutes or so she finally completed it. All of a sudden something felt warm in her jacket. She put her hand in her pocket and pulled out the bottle. This time it was glowing. In alarm she threw up the bottle and in the air it spilled and landed on the snowman. The snowman came to life!
“ Hello there!” the snowman said. She just stared and pulled a loose strand of her blond hair out of her face and blinked her baby blue eyes several times.
When she found her voice all she said was “ AAAA!”. Elizabeth couldn't believe a snowman was talking to her. Still she tried to believe it . “ Well my name is Max the snowman,” Max said and reached out his stick hand. Max gave her a pebble smile, which she thought was friendly looking. To her surprise she shook his hand . “ So your name is ?” asked Max
“Elizabeth,” She answered
“ Great name, ready for your adventure?” Max …show more content…
The snow queen guards it in her ice palace but somehow an enemy of her’s stolen it. The valley will start to fade away to nothing. Now you were specially chosen to come to the rescue. You must travel to the location of the crystal snow diamond and retrieve it. There will be great obstacles but you must save the valley. You will also have companions.”
It was a lot to take in but she heard him. She decided to believe him. Since she has heard a legend about the crystal snow diamond. She nodded but asked “ What about my parents they will know I was gone,”
“ Oh they won't it will only be as if you were gone a couple minutes to them,” Max assured her.
“ Well then a little change of plans but lets do it!” She said with more enthusiasm than she wanted.
“ Wonderfully lets go!” and the snowman started walking away into the woods. Elizabeth followed. Once she caught up to him she asked “ where are these companions of
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