Below the Surface

Chapter 4

Janise's p.o.v.

I walked through the big coral doors, and gasped.

The castle was beautiful! The walls constantly changed color with the sunset. At the moment it was a deep blood red. I was in a large chamber, with grand windows on the sides, and squishy couches and desks on the walls. In the center of the room, was a tall muscular man.

He had long floppy black hair, and was wearing a black shirt and jeans. But he was also holding a long gold sword. He was, obviously, the realm leader, Percy.

I quickly knelt down, but was quickly greeted by a gruff voice, "No need to do that Janise,"

I got up awkwardly, and stumbled out, "How do you know my name?"

Percy smiled, and said, "News travels fast through the ocean," he chuckled. "Now, I bet your wondering why your here."

I nodded.

Percy chuckled again. "Alright, so you're here to hopefully solve the realms little problem. You see, realms have started to turn hostile to each other for no apparent reason whatsoever. Now, the prophecy states that a special one will appear in each realm, and that they will attempt to bring the realms back to peace.

"But, when all the special ones are present, the fourth one will appear. The fourth will have powers of all the realms. They say, that the fourth will finally bring the realms to eternal peace."

"So..." I began. "Where do I come into this?"

Percy chuckled. "Eager to know your place, eh?" I felt myself blushing, but I reluctantly nodded.

"Well, you are the special one from the Ocean Realm. You and another will be making the journey to the other realms, and meeting with the other special ones." Percy explained.

"Who is this 'other' " I said, I hope it wasn't Sylvia, she's mean, or possibly-

"I believe she has joined us tonight," wait, what? I looked around hurriedly, searching for anyone. But I saw absolutely no one. I looked back to Percy.

"I don't understand, whe-" then I turned around in a flash as I heard a crash and a scream. One of the stained glass windows lay in shatters on the floor, with a figure laying on top of them. I recognized the brown hair and blue jeans instantly.

"Summer?" I gasped. She looked up sheepishly.

"Hi...." Summer mumbled. She staggered up onto her feet, and I watched her in silence as she picked bits of glass pit of her clothes. Summer looked at Percy, fear in her eyes.

"I'm really sorry, I know I shouldn't be here, but I read the rock note an-" Summer said, but was quickly cut off.

"Wait, YOU READ THE NOTE???" I stammered out. Summer nodded, and I looked back over to Percy. He was smiling.

Summer explained our fight, and how she came to my house looking for me. She saw the note, and headed over to watch.

Percy looked over to me. "Do you understand who is going with you now?"

I nodded.

Percy turned his attention to Summer. "Will you go with her? In case you are the fourth one?" Summer nodded.

"The reason I say this is because only special ones can read the language on the note, or people who could possibly be special." Percy said.

"So," Summer began, pointing to herself. "I could be the fourth one?"

Percy sighed. "A one out of three chance you will be." Summer nearly leapt into the air, or should I say water.

Percy spoke to both of us when he said, "Now time to get training. You will face many challenges on your way to the other realms. Best you be prepared."

I pulled my sword out of it's sheath, and saw Summer holding her special spear.

Well, here we go.

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Training left me exausted.

We started first with simple blocking and dodging, then started stabbing, slashing, and even flipping to try and dodge attacks. Summer and I weren't exactly matched. I was quicker, and I was succeeding in beating her. But Summer was a quick learner, and quickly picked up my strategy. Not to mention she was stronger and had better endurance. So, we were told to quit when Summer was pinning me down, my energy gone.

By the end of training, both of us were exhausted, and told to return every night at seven.

We walked home in silence, both of us sweating buckets. We stopped at my house first, and I waved bye and headed inside. I headed right up to my room, and passed out on my bed instantly.

But I had dreams, when didn't I?