Chapter 22

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Okay, sorry for not updating in a while, I'm pretty sure most of you don't remember anything about this story so I put a recap in it. Also, just letting you know, most of these chapters are fillers until 9:51... Wait... Forget I said that. Shh, I didn't say anything. Anyway, this chapter isn't the best so... Yeah.
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Phoebe's POV/recap

9:50 Great Britain
6:00 Simulation woods

   Thunder boomed ahead and lightning struck. Trees were all falling down. Rain was pouring down causing us to be soaking wet. The plan was to have Ron lead us to Union cave but, we quickly found out he couldn't run fast enough. Boys are always so slow. "Are we getting close?" I complained in the rain.
   "Sort of?" He said.
   "Ugh," I said unsatisfied. "How did you even get out the first time?" I asked.
   He blinked. "I don't remember." He said scratching his head.
   I sighed annoyed. Why did we even choose to help Percy? It was his problem, not ours. "Do you even know where the key is?" I asked.
   "Yeah... It's in some maze,"
   I put my hands to the sky irritated. I was cold, wet, tired, weaponless, and hungry. I yawned. "Where's the maze?" I snapped.
   "Umm," he looked around. "Down there," Ron answered and pointed.
   I huffed and looked at where Ron was pointing. It was all the way at the very bottom of the cliff! "How are we going to get down!" I asked. "It wet and-"
   "Exactly," Percy said. "We could just slide down that mud slide. Or we could jump,"
    "What! Why would you jump off the cliff?"
   "It's just a simulation, no biggie,"
   "But still,"
   "Let's just slide down then,"
   "Fine,"
   We walked to the mud slide Percy was talking about and slid down. It's amazing how life just turns our way whenever we're in trouble, like in stories. Not that we're in a story or anything...
   The slide ended up taking us all the way down. We walked up to the maze. The rain has stopped but it was still dark. Inside, the maze was foggy. "This is like the maze that they used in the triwizard tournament." Ron muttered.
   "At least we're all together," Percy said happily which, of course jinxed it.
   As soon as we stepped into the maze, a wall of leaves and thorns appeared dividing us and blocking us from going back. "Oh great," I muttered.
   "Don't panic," Percy said who had been next to me.
   "We're not babies Percy, we're not panicking,"
   "We should all meet in the middle," Thalia said. "That way we'll be together and then we could look for the key,"
   "Okay," we all agreed.
   I heard footsteps signaling that they had started to set out. I looked around wondering what I was about to get myself into and walked into the great unknown.

9:50 Great Britain
6:28 Simulation woods

Ron's POV

I heard footsteps as they left. I gulped and looked at the foggy unknown that was in front of me. I slowly started walking reaching for my wand, quickly remembering I didn't have it. I trudged through the dirt path knotted with leaves and vines. I sighed after a while. It felt as if I was going in circles. The same old leaves, the same old thorns, the same old branches, the same old weird pointy thing. It was useless. If only I had something to trace my steps. But... I didn't. I looked at my watch. The watch read 9:51. As if no time had passed. This is way worse then Narnia, I thought to myself. No Aslan or anything. Got to keep moving, I thought to myself, for Hermione. Otherwise this whole journey will be pointless. Can't give up now. I roamed deeper into the maze. I felt myself get tired. Keep going, I reminded myself, can't fall asleep. My eyes got blurry and the fog seemed to intensify by twenty. I couldn't take it anymore. I blinked and suddenly, I was in a different place. I was on a peninsula looking off towards a small island. Suddenly, I heard singing that reminded me of the imperius curse used on us all the way back in year four. I blinked again and there, on the tiny island was Harry and Hermione along with the rest of my family beckoning for me to come. I slowly started to wade into the water and swim towards them though I slowly started to drown instead. I struggled to remain on the surface but failed as if I was in a suit of metal as if I was in Iron Man's suit. The distance between me and that small island grew bigger. "Hermione!" I called out. "Harry! George-" I completely sank underwater and drowned.

9:50 Great Britain
6:28 Simulation woods

Percy's POV

The dark hazy maze brought back times of being in the labyrinth except, the only thing was that the walls were made out of stone and dirt unlike now. As I progressed deeper into the maze following the twists and turns, it got darker and darker till I couldn't see at all. I knew it would be dumb to shout out hello but that's exactly why I did it. "Hello!" I yelled. "Anyone here? It's me, from the other side!"
"Seaweed brain?!" I heard Annabeth's voice call out from somewhere else.
She couldn't be here... Wasn't she supposed to be in Boston? Finding her cousin? Unless Harry and his minions (no, not those minions) got to her before she got there and she was sent here! "Seaweed brain!" Her voice called out again.
"Annabeth!"
"Percy!"
"Where are you?"
"Try to follow my voice!"
It wasn't hard, I'll admit, but nothing could beat me! Well... Maybe blue cookies or blue brownies or blue anything (shh! Don't tell anyone)! There was a slight light that created shadows from the other side of the wall. "I'm over here, by the light!"
I had a bad feeling about this. There was a grand entrance with wooden doors surrounded by the leaves. I pushed them open and frowned as I saw about 10 giant Cyclopes in front of me. "Welcome Perseus! To the middle!" One of them said in Annabeth's voice which was creepy and also really weird.

9:50 Great Britain
6:28 Simulation woods

Thalia's POV

The thick leaves sort of reminded me of the forest in a way setting off my hunter skills. I sprinted through the maze until I reached a cliff and, don't forget, the cliche lava at the bottom. I would have to jump to the other side. Great, this is Mario now. Got to meet in the middle and hopefully find a key on the way. Or, I could go back... Nah, I thought. I'll take the risky way like how a fictional book character would! Yay. I walked back a couple of feet, took a deep breath, then ran, jumping over the crack and onto the other side and continuing my journey.

9:50 Great Britain
6:38 Simulation woods

Ron's POV

The distance between me and that small island grew bigger. "Hermione!" I called out. "Harry! George-" I completely sank underwater and drowned and the last thing I saw was Hermione's face.
"Ron! Wake up!" Hermione said.
"Hermione? Where'd you come from?"
"It's just an IM," she explained.
I scratched my head. "Instant messaging?"
She sighed. "Iris messaging."
"Why'd you 'IM' me?"
"Because I had an urge," she said as if that explained the whole entire thing.
"Where are you? It's dark there?" I asked.
"I'm in the labyrinth, you're in the maze right?"
"Yeah," I said.
"Good,"
"It's more harder than I remember,"
"Should be..." She muttered.
There was a loud boom in the background. "I got to go..." She said.
I nodded. "Bye,"
"Bye," she quickly said and the connection ended and she was gone.

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