Claxton 2: The Curse of Poseidon

Chapter Twenty-Five: The Mincing

        Makenna Delling felt the same great disturbance as Merlin and Gina. Ash did too, but he refused to admit it. He had to keep blending in.

"Do ya still feel something unsettling right now, Makenn?" he asked.

Makenna removed her hands from the waterfall they had been under and answered, "Oh, Ash, I'm scared." She reached for her head, "I feel nauseous, like something terrible just happened. We have to find that Wizard Fairy right now."

"But he first said to search for that so-called scroll."

"I know, but I can't leave Tracey alone for much longer! He's going to be dead before I know it!"

"Makenna." With Silvey's feelers wrapped around his leg, Ash took a step closer to her, "Breathe. Calm down. Listen to me. Do ya think it's wise to throw yourself into the fray right now even though you have not seen the Wizard Fairy yet?"

"No." Makenna shook her head.

"I think so too," continued Ash, "You need to learn to be patient. Why don't we work together to quickly, but not too quickly, find the scroll and our way to the Wizard Fairy? Ya have me with ya, Makenn. I'll make sure ya don't miss him. After all, he and I are best friends."

"I just don't want to be too late."

"It's not. It's never too late. That's what my friend would say." After Ash said that, for a second, Makenna looked up and stared at him. Their blue eyes met, and another gust of wind blew the wingless fairy's sideburns.

Finally, Makenna shook her head and asked, "If this is where the scroll is supposed to be, then how do we pinpoint it?"

Ash turned mute again for a bit. Reaching back, he grabbed the hilt of Crusader and pulled her out. The young man pointed her tip down and offered her to Makenna.

"A sword?" she asked, "Do you need a sword?" Her fairy instincts told her she and Ash were heading down the right path. This was strange though. How did Ash have an idea of what to do? Sure he knew his friend pretty well, but still. The young Metamorphic Fairy shakily reached forward and took Crusader off his hands. She gestured for Ash to wait for her and next followed her fairy instincts to the sculpture. Makenna brushed her hand across it and thought for a moment. Ash couldn't wait for her, and before long, he and Silvey stood next to her again.

Noticing them, Makenna let out a frustrated sigh, "I've got this, Ash, okay?" Did she though? Makenna knew she needed the fountain and a sword, but what the heck was she supposed to do from there? She spent about five minutes trying to think of something.

        Ash finally made a wild guess and pointed at the concrete flowers the fairy leaned against, "Did ya try the flowers?"

        Makenna gave him a funny look. She then glanced in the direction in which he was pointing and noticed something quite interesting. The sculpture's fairy actually was leaning really far forward in order to reach the flowers. Her arms created a huge hole a sword could fit through.

"Oh! I get it!" Makenna suddenly called out. She dragged Ash's heavy sword to the fountain and glanced back at it. The young fairy tried to lift it and slip it through the hole the fairy's arms created, but it was difficult.

"Do ya want me to help?" questioned Ash.

Makenna shook her head no. It was her fault Tracey had run away, so she had to do this herself. The sword was way too heavy for her to lift though.

Eventually, Ash had to slip in and help. He grabbed one side of Crusader's hilt with both hands and gently pushed Makenna to the other side. Silvey took a few steps back and sat down in front of one of the waterfalls. When Makenna noticed Ash had slipped in, she glared at him, but he simply gave her the You can't do this without me expression, and she was given no choice. Together, the two fairies tightened their grips on Crusader's hilt and lifted her. Ash nodded at Makenna, and she nodded back. Then, BAM! They dropped Crusader through the fairy's open arms and stabbed the concrete below. As tough as it was, the sword didn't break. With their hands continuing to grip the hilt tightly, Ash and Makenna watched as it glowed up a bright, blue color. Ash was forced to close his eyes against it because the light hurt his head. Behind the statue in the direction of the wall behind the two, the ground gave way and revealed a secret staircase. Makenna, Silvey, and Ash's eyes landed on it. "Now that is spooky." Ash admitted. Makenna thought the exact opposite. That wasn't spooky. That was amazing!