Lion's Pride

S.1 Chapter 22: Power Play

Following Knut through a series of passages and hallways, the ogre stopped before looking both ways and turned towards us.

"It's this way." The ogre stated pointing towards a nearby hallway, though we saw that the hallways were crawling with the dark creatures that attacked Alfea.

Giving us a signal to be quiet, Knut tiptoes sticking close to the side of the wall nearing the corner of the hallway as quiet as possible.

"Wait here." The ogre whispered as he turned the corner staying close to the wall.

Keeping a watchful eye to our surroundings, I hear a slight tick before a quiet whirr was heard.

"This way." Knut whispered showing that the wall in the hallway opened up to reveal a hidden passageway.

Knut walked in first as we all trailed behind hoping to not catch the creatures' attention. Seeing a double door at the end of the passage we open it to reveal a familiar bedroom with three beds in it. Sticking near Stella and Bloom I look behind me to see that we've come out of the witches' closet.

"Hey, this is the Trix's room." The orange haired girl started looking at the familiar place. "Knut why did you bring us here?" Bloom asked while the rest filed out of the closet.

"He wanted us to see a good example of bad decorating." Stella teased trying to lighten up the mood.

"I think it's because the only way that the Trix could cause all that previous trouble is that they have multiple secret passageways connected to their room. Am I correct Knut?" I informed the girls looking around the room for anything unusual.

"Yeah, from here we have access to the castle." The ogre stated pointing towards the main door of the room.

Following his direction, Bloom neared the door and peeked out.

"The corridor is heavily guarded." Bloom whispered returning into the room closing the door behind her. 

"Getting out of this room is not a problem." Knut chuckled out before nearing the orange haired girl. "I've learned to move about the castle without being noticed."

"And how do we do that?" Alastair asked nearing the ogre.

"First, we need to go down a couple of stories. The tunnel leading us down is through there." The ogre explained pointing at the mirror in the room as we all approached it. 

"I don't know. Looks like a regular mirror to me." Sky stated confused while looking at his reflection in the mirror.

"You've got a keen eye Sky." Brandon complimented.

"Suck up." Nakoa teased the brunet getting a slight shove from the guy making him chuckle.

"You've got to trust me! I'm with you not the witches!" Knut pleaded. "C'mon we've no time to waste!" The ogre stated showing the mirror.

"Hey! Ladies first Brandon." Riven teased the brunet.

"And children next, right Riven?" Brandon retaliated making me let out a small laugh before I saw Bloom start to walk forwards.

"Let us go first, it could be dangerous in there!" The blond guy inquired holding the orange haired girl back.

"I'm right behind you." Brandon stated.

"Until you decide, we'll go first." Nakoa said approaching the mirror as Knut slid the exterior to the side revealing a passage behind it.

With the orange haired guy entering first, I let out a sigh before following behind him with Alastair and the rest following. We walked down a spiraling staircase, it was only illuminated by torches hanging from the walls before reaching an opening where there were a multitude of staircases going in different directions. Some up, some upside down, and others going in no direction. With the ogre's help, we managed to take the correct ones until we reached the correct floor. Though once there, a dark feeling of being watched crawled upon my shoulders making me look through the corner of my eyes to spot where the feeling was coming from to no avail.