What do you do with power when you get it? Daniel X 2 Druids and demons.

          More in touch with his extra-terrestial  roots, Daniel begins to start understanding how his powers occur and that he is not alone to the extent of a whole planet of others like him. He becomes better at tapping into his memories and abilities  because he can form a carbon copy of his father to train him in the ways on their people. Now he is closing in on the top 3 three aliens, he is not the same person he was when his parents were killed all those years ago and as a child. he is now a battle tested warrior who expects everything and nothing and has no reservations on killing evil aliens. He learns real or not his friends are all he has and they mean more than a win.
           In my life experience  when your at your highest point  and your not careful all you can go, is down and that spiral is not a smooth one, almost like falling out of a tree. Millions of handholds but none for you. When finally stop falling and dust your self off and begin the slow accent back to the top is not pleasant . Scraped knees, torn cloths muffled hair. When you get back you come out a different person unrecognizable to anyone who knew you and a clean slate is formed. A new more humble you emerges thankful for anything left. From eagle to pigeon, wolf to chiuauah, man to mouse.
 So a word to the wise... Be careful

(A Counter to my previous post) Do you ever feel Unstoppable

                 In Daniel X 1 they explain the complicated history of the most powerful child on earth. At the age of two, Daniels parents were brutally slaughtered before his eyes. He only managed to survive by using his power. He can control and bend reality, and shape shift. He transformed into a parasite and stealthily got away from his burning home. From there on he vowed to realize his true powers and heritage and to eliminate every alien on earth one by one until he finds number one, the Prae.
                 Every day that I wake up I plan in advance. In some ways i bend my own destiny and reality. ever since sixth grade I made my own vow to not just let life happen but to curve it in my direction. Many bad things occurred in my first year at ms 51 and i never want that to happen again. In my new opinion bad things only happen if you let them so my foresight comes in handy. Even recently  I had  the idea to have my pocket flash light on me when a writing assignment was given a badly lit room. Or when I was returning home from the deli  across the street from my house my neighbor brought out her two huge rottweilers and they were eying me down. I thought to buy a beef jerky in the  deli even though I did not particularly want on e but when I passed the I threw it down a booked it back to my house. As I learned it is good to be over prepared rather than under prepared.

Do you ever Feel powerless? By Andwele Pizarro

       In the Black Dragon  Codex, A black hatch-ling  named Septimis found the object that would grow his horde to a size that would gain him the approval of his mother . As the prize was a bout to be his it was stolen by a real human. Enraged by the dishonor and the time it took to plan to this very moment he burst out of his human disguise and ruined the auction house. When he returned to his mother she was locked in intense battle and in the end she lost and was captured and to evade capture Septimis was turned into a human. Now motherless and no longer having the power to fight back.
         As a normal American child it is normal for me to feel powerless sometimes. Compared to how it was maybe, 40 or so years ago I might as well be the president. where children supposed to be seen and not heard. Talk only when spoken to by an  adult. Where  certain pieces of furniture were only for adults to sit on  and all of the kids visiting or who lived there had to cram onto a single uncomfortable chair, and where even you could not whistle inside the house and girls could not wear pants. And every adult was either a sir or ma'am regardless or relation to you.  Comparing my liberties and restrictions to those just a generation before me I feel ridiculous for whining about not getting this and  that when the previous generation could barely move!  When i start complaining about not getting something my way next time i will think about what people went through on a short time ago.

Happy Face, Do we all wear one?

In the book happy face  a happy face is a shield and a hiding place. The main character, Happy Face is using his smile as a shield before he became Happy face his life was very traumatic and he decided to shed his shell and grow a smile. When the pressure began to pile on , The iconic Happy face shield began to crack revealing  The characters old self.  When he began accepting it  and stopped trying to mend the mask then he truly healed.

At some point in everybody's life  they have experienced something they would rather not say and tried to turn their backs on that experience and deal with it in their own ways.; Many people try to ditch the self that had problems and  become a different person. I my case my views changed. In fourth grade my best friend began being teased for acting "different" and having abnormal mannerisms if you catch my drift. But i stayed a  friend  to him and throughout his gauntlet to only end up fighting one on one and never speaking again. From then on my shell was snapped open and my mask was born. The masks duty was to protect and repel people that back stab when the are within range.  Like all other things the mask has worn away leaving bits and shreds here and there having finished its task.

Then again what i am really asking is...

 Do you have a mask, A Happy Face?
If you do, what unleashed it?
Do you regret having it?
Does it help you cope?
Does it affect those close to you?
 When you feel ready to cloister up Think about these questions, and then decide if its a good decision.

The Red Pyramid By Rick Riordan ( could spoil book if thought about too much!!!)

           The book discusses the long story  of Carter and Sadie Kane, how they were separated at a very young age due to the mysterious actions of their parents. When their parents left that night their mother died and unleashed a trapped Egyptian god, Bast the god of Felines, who swore loyalty to Sadie Kane to keep her self from further exile and took on the form of a house cat named muffin. When their father finally reunited the two siblings he tried to unleash another Egyptian god and it backfired. He summoned the Egyptian god of chaos, Set, who the imprisoned and banished him. Leaving the siblings to find him and defeat his captor.

            I can relate because growing up I had two cousins very close in age to me, Adam and Bryan. We were the Three Musketeers as many of our aunts fondly called us because we were inseparable. The blue ice pop tongues  the football, baseball, swimming. At some point they all moved away to different parts of the country , one to Colorado, one the capitol, Washington D.C., and our conversations became few and years  apart. Not just because of the distance because of our new and changing interest. Bryan became and avid hockey player while me and Adam pursued music. We have been trying to gather up for years never deciding on a place. Almost as if we were all imprisoned  and could not escape but like moths to flame we keep trying. 

          Carter and Sadie  Also pursue their father not caring about the dangers that may befall them because even though neither has a very close relationship with their father the world rests on his freedom.  Through the journey the realize their powers and their relationships to the Egyptian gods and their heritage of Pharaohs and other hosts of gods throughout time. They get to a point where they connect in way they could not before because they only saw each other a limited amount of times a year. They become an effective team as warriors and brother and sister.

Demonatta by Darren shan

Like I stated in my previous post The Demonatta series prefers to switch from character to character fromm book to book, always leaving a "bridge" behind that catches the interest of the reader such a excerpt from the next book.In Demonatta eight showed a transition/acception in the characters personality and outer appearance through his actions a dialouge. Grubbs Was originally squeamish when it came to killing, but after his "change" his thoughts became a bit gruesome actually, enjoying the feel of a kill, immersing himself in the instincts of his new form.

Demonatta 9 how ever began where two stories diverged in Demonatta 8. It began with Kernel realizing his "change" made him different also. he was able to see new lights ,or portals, that affected his decisions . When disobeying their silent wishes they caused him to seize up and suffer knowing knowledge that may affect the entire world and all those close to you and not being able to share it.this book show the journey that kernel undergoes to realize his destiny. As he progresses he realizes the important choice he has to make stay and live or leave and die.

The Lost Hero By Rick Riordan (Spoiler alert do Not Read)

       This book takes a different perspective to it predecessor the Percy Jackson series, mainly deriving the gods names and appearances from the roman culture. It take a look at some of the less mentioned gods like Hera, and Aphrodite and other powerful figures I cannot mention without giving up too many secrets. The new main Characters entered the story as ordinary kids in a supped up juvie called The "Wilderness Camp" to rot out their punishments their  parents preset and to "grow as a person" and give up their ways ( did i mention they were all thieves or vandals). Secretly camp Half Blood is recruiting new demigods  and their counselor is a hot headed Saytar ( a half man half goat that seeks out and protects the gods children) with a Napoleon complex that attacks before he has a plan.
      The new characters Jason the roman son of Jupiter , Leo the hyper-active flamethrower son of Hephaestus, and Piper the effervescent, persuasive daughter Aphrodite all take different internal journeys that manky people can relate to. Losing a loved one,or the feeling of abandonment, or losing a important part of your life and possibly not wanting it back.Through out my life i have seen the elders of my family fall one by one and it was emotionally detrimental but i found consolation in the good memories of them, the warm reception at visits,the jokes the laughs, and the meals we all cooked together.
       As with all demi-gods their godly parents leave them with their mortal parents but watch over them as they grow. When the eldest members of my family passed i felt abandoned, and at such a young age i was left with nothing but a sad face and weeping eyes.At this point in my life 13 yrs old I learned to cope with such tragedies with less chance of freaking out  into a downward spiral. The main character Jason is suffering from painful amnesia that results in many awkward and dangerous situations as bits and peices slowly come back to him.. Certain passing's are very painful and I bury them into an amnesic state to dull the sadness but evry noe and the some thing comes up and causes me to remember which is not all that bad but makes me long for those memories to once again become reality.

The Demonata Wolf Island By Darren Shan( spoiler alert)

   This book is a very subtle yet bold showing of how interesting a partial horror/fantasy book can be. The the macabre humor extenuates the idea of how the character changes through out the book. Following the loss of innocence arch-type mostly, From a sort of innocent character to a completely physically different character but not a totally evil character.
   I feel that   like in many of Darren Shan's other books a character starts out normal and as the story progresses they become their real selves or what the need or want to be in Wolf island for example. Grubbs was half human and part demon/werewolf and   at the end became a blend of all three and seemed to be very pleased with that . I cirque du freak The main character was an average kid then was turned in to a vampire, which he began to accept and like  an even embrace.
   Every character also has a purpose in  Darren Shan's books whether it is to die early a give the character drive or to torture them. Juni Took over Bill-e's body and tormented Grubbs and other sub characters with the vague resemblance to a lost one ( Wolf Island) .  Steve reappeared as an enemy after the unfortunate turning of Darren to torture him and kill him. Some characters also  become the main character when the book goes through a different characters perspective.Like at the end  a book they give you an adage of the next book usually going to the next part of the story until the stories meet, for example Wolf island went from Grubbs to Bernaberus.

    Darren Shan's macabre touch to writing has intrigued  me since 6th grade and still does.