Billy's RockPile

By Darren Ramon

Billy never wanted to go with his family on a picnic to RockPile. Reluctantly, he is forced to go but after hearing his grandfather relate the story of a lost native American tribe, a mystery. He decides that exploring RockPile might provide some answers to the questions he now has. In the mean time his quest takes him into the heart of RockPile where he has to climb huge boulders, crawl into mysterious caves and walk over dangerous ravines. In his adventure, there is no turning back even when it seems that all is lost something wonderful happens. Go with Billy in his travel of discovery to answer the mystery of RockPile and how he overcomes something he didn't expect to face, Fear!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Darren Ramon
• Release date: Nov 25, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311970671

Darren Ramon

Retired and ready to share wonderful experiences regarding events that shape our future. More is coming. Educated at RCC and OUP in business, accounting and Computer science. Originally from West Texas with ancestry in both European and native american heritage. Living in the beautiful city of Portland Oregon.

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BILLY’S ROCK-PILE

BY

DARREN RAMON

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Sleepy head

Chapter 2: Battle

Chapter 3: Grandpa

Chapter 4: Broken Rocks and Lost Tribe

Chapter 5: Billy

Chapter 6: Fear

Chapter 7: Stuck

Chapter 8: Climber

Chapter 9: Cave of Freedom

Chapter 1

SLEEPY HEAD

This day was supposed to be another great Saturday but instead I heard my parent’s alarm clock at 6:00 am and already my day was ruined. All I could do was sink deeper into the bed and try to hide myself under the covers. I am Billy, an adventurous 12 year old and I love to day dream, about anything. I guess it's because I collect all sorts of fantastic comic books since I was 5 from my grandma's store. I am also shy and quite and my dad is usually the same but today he was different. When the sun crested over the horizon and the birds cheered in the few trees still alive in the dusty town of Pecos, my family turned into busy little bees, except for me. I am not a morning person but today was not an 'ordinary day for my family but why should they affect me or change who I am? Why do I have to go anywhere? What’s the point of going to this silly place called Rock-Pile?

As I struggled to open my eyes at the crazy sounds of my parents as they prepared to go on an adventure to some park in the middle of the Davis mountains of West Texas, I was more determine to end their quest. So I pretended to be more of a sleepy head then imaginable. They would never find me in my hideout located under the covers of my bed. I told them that I did not want to go yesterday and it had not changed today! They just didn’t understand. I wasn't even interested in riding the best bike in the world, (V-RROOM). The park was not a mystery to me. It was located near the McDonald's observatory, a large and powerful telescope. The place was very desolate and lonely, truly, nothing out there. One thing that there would be plenty of, would be all the stupid stories as told by my family that I had already heard millions of times.

Unfortunately for me, my family would not take no for an answer. They would never compromise. Though I am not very excited about going, even with my feeble attempts to hide my head with the pillow, pretending to be part of the furniture; Tiger, my pet dog, couldn’t be fooled. Wagging its tail, Tiger proceeded to bathe my face with his tongue, forcing me to give in. Tiger get out of here! Those words were whispered as loudly as possible without revealing that I was not asleep. My dog, Tiger just wanted me to play before we left to the park. Somehow he knew that the family was going somewhere and he wasn’t going. The truth was that things weren't turning out as planned. My world was about to get real exciting and I didn't even know it the moment I opened my