"So, which one of you is the strongest?" I ask.
"I have no idea but it's not me" says Tia.
"Not me" agrees Daniel.
"I'M THE STRONGEST BOOII!!! Actually, Jeremy is probably stronger but it's up to you!" Says Xander.
"Well, do you think you could carry all of us?" I ask gesturing to me, Jeremy, Daniel, Lachlan, Cogsworth, Rob, Xanala and Tia.
"Excuse me, have we met? IM A GOD! I do stuff like this before breakfast!" Says Xander.
"What?" I say confused. Xander replies,
"Oh nothing, I was just trying to come up with something cool to say but I failed-"
"Can you carry us all or not?" I interrupt.
"Yes!" He says.

"Okay so you're going to hold onto the door frame" I say. Xander places his hands on the door frame.
"Who's next strongest?" I ask.
"Me!" Says Jeremy.
"Alright, Jeremy, you hold onto Xander's ankles!" I say. Jeremy kneels down and holds onto Xander's ankles.
"Okay, which one of you is stronger?" I ask Tia and Daniel.
"Meh! Probably even!" I say to myself.
"Tia, hold onto Jeremy's ankles, Daniel hold onto Tia's ankles" I say. Tia reluctantly grabs hold on Jeremy's ankles and gags. Daniel then holds onto Tia's ankles and I hold onto Daniel's ankles.

"Are you all ready?" I ask. Xander, Jeremy, Daniel and Tia nod.
"Alright! Everyone hold on tight! I'm jumping in!" I exclaim before jumping through the door and being pulled in by the vacuum of space. Daniel flies out after me. Then Tia, then Jeremy and finally Xander who holds onto the door frame for dear life.

"Lachlan!" I yell.
"Louis!" He exclaims in relief.
"Take my hand!" I say. Lachlan grabs my hand. Xanala grabs his other hand. Xanala grabs Cogsworth's metal hoof with her other hand and Rob holds onto Cogsworth's tail with her mouth.
"Alright! We've got everyone! Xander! You can pull us back in now!" I yell. Xander grunts and grinds his teeth and uses his big muscles to pull us all back into the hall of infinite doors.

"Xander! You did it!" We all cheer.
"I couldn't have done it without all of you guys!" Says Xander. After congratulating everyone, I say,
"Alright everyone! We all remember why we're here! We're here to recruit Bayard Ironback!" So without any further ado, we go through the door which leads to the graveyard. It is a cold grave yard. In the grave yard, there is an army of fluorescent blue glowing dwarves. They are ghost dwarves. One of the ghost dwarves looks like a king. He must be Bayard Ironback. We all walk up to him thinking in our heads, WE'RE FINALLY HERE! AFTER EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN THROUGH! WE'RE ACTUALLY HERE!

Bayard sits emotionlessly on a grave stone. He takes no notice of his surroundings. He looks isolated. Crowded yet alone. I look back at my friends and then turn back to Bayard. I take a deep breath and then say,
"Excuse me, are you Bayard Ironback?" I ask. His ghostly neck creaks to face me and his lifeless eyes wander in my direction.
"I used to be" he says before slumping back into a cold ghostly gaze.
"Are you still here?" He asks coldly not bothering to turn his head.
"Yes" I say.
"Why do you linger in the shadows? Why do you ponder about where you do not belong?" He asks still not turning his head.

"How do you know I'm not dead?" I ask. Bayard takes a moment to think about the question before replying,
"Intuition"
"What is it you seek from me?" He asks.
"We need your help! Cassyon Underfoot sent us on a mission to reunite the order of the griffin!" I say. Bayard creaks his head back to face me and says,
"Cassyon... Underfoot?"
"Yes! He sent us to fetch you!" I say.
"Cassyon, my dear friend. Where is he? Is he okay?" He asks feeling a bit more alive.
"He is fine! He's at the realm of dragons!" I say happily and reassuringly.
"The realm of dragons! I've never even heard of the realm of dragons!" Says Bayard.
"That's because it's in the forbidden land!" I say. Bayard is taken aback,
"Who are you?"
"I am Louis Caruana. I am Cassyon Underfoot's Grandson!" I say.

"Why did he send you to fetch me?" Asks Bayard.
"The realm of dragons is under attack and it needs your help!" I say.
"My help..." he says to himself before saying.
"Even if I wanted to, how would you get me to the land of the living?" Asks Bayard.
"With this!" Says Jeremy and Tia at the same time holding up the map of the spirit realm.
"I skimmed across this thing and found a place called gates to the living" says Tia.
"This map shows us exactly how to get there!" Says Jeremy.
"Please! Come with us! Do it for Cassyon! Do it for my Grand Father!" I say.

Bayard turns his head to me and nods. Then he turns to the rest of the ghost dwarves and says,
"My brothers! Today, we end our miserable lives of mourning and despair and we fight for something worth fighting for! Come with me...
And live!" Says Bayard. His army of ghost dwarves cheer! He turns back to me and my friends and says,
"Lead the way!" Tia points to a tall mansion in the distance.
"That way!" She says, but just before they can take one step closer to the mansion, the king of the dead appears before them. He roars and makes an ear shattering scream before throwing his bladed club straight toward Jeremy. Jeremy prepares to die, but Lachlan jumps in front of him, the bladed club piercing straight through his chest.

"Lachlan?!" Exclaims Jeremy.
"Oh no! This can't be happening!" Mourns Jeremy but suddenly, the club heals out of his body.
"What?!" Gasps Jeremy in surprise.
"We can't die in the Spirit Realm, cause we're practically already dead" says Lachlan.
"You were always big with words TECH DADDY!" Laughs Jeremy shedding a tear.
"You sacrificed yourself for me" says Jeremy.
"I can't believe it any more than you, now come on! Let's go! We may not be able to die in the Spirit Realm but I still don't want to stick around to find out what Skull face over here wants to do to us. RUN!" Yells Lachlan. We all run toward the mansion. The king of the dead screams like a monster!

Eventually, we get inside the mansion. There are lots and lots of stair cases!
"Everyone! Split up!" I yell. There are ten stair cases at the bottom which split into more stairs at the top.
The first stair case has a stone gargoyle next to it.
The second stair case is blanketed by a red carpet.
The third stair case has railings made of solid gold.
The fourth stair case is made of elder wood.
The fifth stair case is made out of marble tiles.
The sixth stair case is covered in bones.
The seventh stair case has a man at the top.
The eighth staircase has a woman at the top.
The ninth staircase has a sign which says CAUTION! SLIPPERY FLOOR!
And the tenth stair case is covered in enormous spiderwebs!
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