An Emotional Connection

The Labyrinth

Luz POV

Luz groaned as she put her hand to her forehead. The smell of stone and limestone filled her nostrils as she opened her eyes to a dimly lit room. There were four walls made of stone and half burned torches on the walls. The wall infront of them had an archway etched into it.

Luz looked down at her clothing an saw instead of her normal clothing she had a white  greek chitōn and  himátion and a gold cord was tied around her waist. She looked to her side an saw a green head of hair, Amity was wearing a similar dress with the same golden cord tied around the waist.

"Hey, Ames wake up." Luz said as she gently shook the witches shoulder. "Hmm, What did you call me?" The witchling groggly said as she woke up. "Its just a nickname I came up for you Ames." She said as she  helped Amity to her feet.

"Uggg, Luz where are we?" Amity asked, before Luz had a chance to answer a voice called out in front of them.  "Im so glad you asked, Welcome to my escape run." Both girls turned to see a hispanic man with tousled black hair and what looks like a mix between human and witch ears. he was wearing a dark trenchcoat a black tee and dark blue jeans. He also had red eyes.

"So I guess you have a few questions. First things firsts let me get your names." He turned to Amity before calling out her name. He than turned to Luz before freezing. "Noceda, Luz Noceda.Do you happen to be related to Camila and James Noceda?" 

"Umm, Y-yes, why." She said nervousy as the man nodded. "Well I should have guessed, your the spitting image of Azura Noceda."

"WAIT WHAT!" bothe girls said in unison as the bothe felt eachothers curiosity and shock. "Woah woah woah, Im related to THE AZURA?" She asked as she felt her hands shake. "Yup, I never forget a face, or a bloodline, albeit its been a couple hundred years since she last ran this course. I guess its your turns now kiddos."

"what do you mean a couple hundred years?" she asked as the man checked some kind of watch."I would answer that but we need to get you guys started so quiet down and let me explain some things."

"So this is kind of like a human escape room, There are three levels, The first is the greek labryrinth. you move to the next level after you complete the one you are on. You finish a level after you find the key and unlock the final room. the room is a resting point. there wil be food, drink and rest and you will be safe. since its your first time using one of these I will give you an hour before anything dangerous is released."

"Good talk ok bye." the being said as he dissovled into smoke. A grinding sound was heard as part of he front wall lowered to clear the archway. Luz and amity looked at each other and nodded before walking into the labyrinth together.

[AFTER ALMOST FALLING INTO A PIT TRAP AND GETTING LOST IMMEDIATELY]

Luz let out a breath as she slapped the dust off her toga. She looked up and saw Amitys scared face. She turned to look behind her to see the pit behind her that was filled with spikes. "Well that was a close one." 

"YOU THINK!" Amity yelled in response. "Next time let me use my magic to mind traps instead of your life." She said as she spun her finger but unlike normal no glowing circle appeared. "What the?" She said as she bagan to spin her finger multiple times as she tried to cast any spell to no avail.

"That dude must have done something to my magic. It seems were taking the long way Luz" Amity said as Luz finished dustng herself off and tuned to look at the pit trap. "Well Amity I hate to say it but theres no way around this, the spikes could be an illusion but..." She trailed off as she kicked a rock into the pit.

The rock fell for a bit before suddenly turning to dust and scattering. "And there goes dwayne." Luz said as amity gave her a puzzled look. "Oh its a human thing." She said as she turned away from the pit. "I guess we go left Amity."