The Supernatural

Chapter 4 - Aquatic

Alex's stomach churned and twisted around. The blackness around him suddenly faded to the potions room as it finally stopped and he he collapsed on the ground gasping for air.

"What was that?" asked Alex trying to breathe.

"Oh yeah sorry, teleportation feels like your dying when you try it for the first time." replied Otlius, walking to his work station. "Since the first Trail requires you to summon Poseidon, I will give you a potion that will make you be able to breathe underwater. Okay, I need a heart of a puffer fish. Oh I know where to get that." Otlius said walking to the enchanted pond and rolling up his sleeve.

"Water you doing?" asked Alex chuckling. "Get it?"

"What was that?" asked Otlius, moving his hand around the pond.

"That was a pun."

"What's a pun?"

"A really horrible joke."

"Yeah I could easily tell from that." said Otlius as he stopped moving his hand and grabbed a puffer fish. "Sorry Madam Puff." he said bringing the fish to his table and grabbing a knife.

"What kind of name is Madam Puff?" asked Alex.

"I found this puffer fish in the pond and couldn't think of a name." replied Otlius stabbing out its heart and throwing it in the cauldron. He threw in some other materials and started chanting something in Latin. It began bubbling and slowly settled down. He grabbed an empty vial and filled it up with the potion. He handed it to Alex who put it in his pocket. "When you are about to go underwater, drink it. Also I did the nice thing and made sure the potion would keep your clothes dry."

"Thanks," said Alex.

"Do you still use swords these years?" asked Otlius.

"Yeah since our village is poor and we can't afford guns." replied Alex.

"Guns?" questioned Otlius.

"They're kind of like a bow and arrow, only they're smaller, made out of metal, and shoot small pieces of copper that can kill a person." replied Alex.

"Well lets get a sword." said Otlius.

"Wait, if we are going to get a sword we need to call you a name that will not sound 10 centuries old just to lower suspicion." said Alex.

"Okay, what should my new name be?" asked Otlius.

"Um," said Alex thinking hard, "how about, Otis?"

"That sounds good." replied Otlius. "Well, lets get that sword."

He grabbed Alex's arm and they teleported.

They landed near the village and started walking to the blacksmith.

"I'd like your strongest sword." demanded Otis.

"Are you sure? That's gonna be $1 million." responded the blacksmith. Otis handed him five pure golden ingots as the wide-eyed blacksmith examined the gold only to find it was 100% real. "Here you go." offered the blacksmith as he grabbed the gold and ran off.

"How much gold do you have?" asked Alex.

"Enough to buy the world." responded Otis as he handed Alex the sword in a sheath. Alex slung his sword on his back and pulled it out.

"Wow it has almost perfect balance." said Alex as he swung it and accidentally sliced a bird in half. He wiped the blood off and put away his sword.

"Are you experienced with swords?" asked Otis.

"Yes we're all required to own a sword for self-defense." replied Alex.

"Good, you are ready." Otis said as the two walked to the beach. They stopped and Otis reached his hand in his pocket. He pulled out five candles, two stones that looked like marble, a knife, a blue chalk, and a parchment paper with writing on it.

"How did you fit all of that in your pocket?" asked Alex.

"Bigger on the inside spell. I believe a nice man who called himself the Doctor asked me to perform that spell inside his already bigger on the inside police public call box." said Otis. "When you go underwater, there should be ruins of an underwater temple. Use the waterproof chalk to draw a pentagram, put the candles in each point of the pentagram, light the candles with the enchanted stones, draw some blood, and say the Latin phrase on the paper."

"How exactly do I light a candle underwater?" asked Alex.

"The stones will create a waterproof fire." replied Otis.

"Alright," said Alex as Otis chanted a spell in Latin and handed Alex the materials one by one.

"They'll fit in your pocket. Just think of what you want and the object will materialize in your hand." said Otis as Alex put them in his pocket and thought hard until the potion appeared in his hand. He started slowly walking into the water until it reached his chest. He looked back at Otis. "You've got this, I believe in you." said Otis as Alex nodded and opened the vial and drank from it. He felt a little dizzy and put the vial in his pocket. He opened his eyes and headed his way underwater...