Chapter V: The Labyrinth zone
Robert ran out at the dock after Garnet showed him the book and was almost late. He had to jump from the dock to the boat in order to make it. On it, he saw Steven, his father (whom he met the previous day), and the pretty blue lady from the prison. "What are you doing here?" Greg asked. "Did you change your mind?" Robert thought about it. "Yeah, I need to get to this point" Robert explained as he opened the book and pointed at the spot he needed to be. Steven, Greg and the lady looked at it. Greg and Steven looked confused. The lady seemed confused that Robert wanted to go there. "We were taking Lapis out to sea, because she may be homesick." Steven explained. Lapis pushed Steven gently in a playful manner. "But seriously, you want to go THERE?" Lapis asked. "The only thing welcome there is the prophecised-...wait, you think YOU are the one?" Lapis snickered. "You haven't done anything except maybe get captured."
Robert got goosebumps as they were heading out. "Cold?" Greg asked. "Nah" Robert said. "I just...feel like something bad's gonna happen." The sky got darker and it started to rain. Robert looked at Greg and saw a carefree expression on his bearded face. Robert thought it would be okay since there weren't too many waves. As Robert was about to dose off, Greg checked his GPS and woke Robert up. "What you wanna see here, I'll never understand." He said as Robert leaped into the ocean. The strange thing was, not only could he breathe down there, but the water dragged him down at twice the elevator speed. Clearly this prophesier was right.
Robert made it down and there was an underwater cave (in an air pocket) with a labyrinth that Robert solved in very little time. At the end was a skeleton barbarian with a large battleax. "Welcome, chosen one! I have been waiting long for your arrival. I was here for several thousand years waiting for you. You are much younger than I thought, but appearances don't matter." The Skeleton explained in it's bony voice. "H-how do you...-"
"Know you're the one?" the skeleton asked "I have made this room to where only the chosen child may solve it. All else will be stuck here for all eternity. Anyway, now you may claim your reward." The skeleton led Robert down a hall and stopped suddenly at a dead end. He took his axe and gave a mighty swing at the the dead end. The wall burst open, and on the other side was a stone with a sword sticking out. Thorned vines covered the sword, and when he came near it, the vines released the sword. There was also a bandana tied around the hilt. Robert wore the bandana around his neck, and raised the sword high. As he did, he learned a melody, or at least part of one.
Take a melody,
Simple as can be...
The sword glowed a bright blue, and a new power flowed through him. "You now have the power of Lightning on your side!" the skeleton praised. Robert tested it on some stalagmites in the room, and it obliterated them. Robert sensed more danger. "I know you wish to go back, but before I send you, please tell Lapis I said hello." The skeleton used his magic to send Robert to the boat since it knew he was feeling uncomfortable.
Once there, Lapis was surprised. "Y-You survived? I thought you would drown" Lapis said in shock.
"I don't know how I survived either, Plot shield maybe?" he shrugged.
"Hey!" A gruff, female voice called.
Robert turned around to spot Jasper's unforgettable, unfriendly face. "You've got away once, but now you're MINE! We can do this the easy way, or the hard way" Jasper threatened. Robert stood his guard. This battle won't be easy, considering it was his first.
To be continued...
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