Daughter of Hades

Chapter 22

"Where are we going?" Sandra asked.

"Just follow me," Jay replied.

Sandra huffed in annoyance, but followed him. They had walked away from Auradon Prep and were now walking through the woods on a path. After a while, they came to a small cliff with a bridge that connected their side to a second cliff. Jay started across the bridge.

"What are you doing?" Sandra asked.

"I'm going to the other side. You coming?"

"Are you sure this thing is safe?"

"Promise." Sandra sighed and slowly walked to where Jay was standing. "See?"

"I see. Now can we keep going?"

"What? And miss out on a chance to goof around up here?"

"Yes! One of us could fall off."

"It'll be fine, Sandra. Trust me."

"You're crazy."

Jay simply smiled in response. He took hold of the ropes and started to sway the bridge. Sandra glared at him, holding onto the sides of the bridge. Jay let go of the ropes.

"Check this out," he said.

He didn't move for a moment, but then suddenly did a backflip. When he landed, he misplaced his footing since the bridge was still rocking slightly. He fell to the side and over the rope.

"Jay!" Sandra cried as Jay fell.

She leaned over the bridge side, searching for him. She was almost ready to jump off herself when something suddenly came flying up from below and floated slightly above her. It was Jay and he was on a flying carpet.

"You do actually care," Jay said with a smirk.

"Oh, shut up. I didn't want to have to retrieve your soul from my dad."

He laughed and reached out his hand to her. She looked at him, unsure.

"Come on. This is our ride." Sandra didn't move. "It's safe."

"You said that about this bridge and fell off."

"Carpet won't let us fall. If we do, he'll catch us. Sandra took Jay's hand and sat next to him. "We're all set, Carpet. Let's get going."

The carpet took off into the air. Sandra squealed slightly, making Jay laugh.

~

When the magic carpet landed, Sandra found herself standing on top of a house in the desert. There were many other houses around them, along with a palace in the distance. Sandra glanced over the edge of the roof and saw people walking in the streets.

"Um, Jay?" she said. "Where are we?"

"Allow me to answer that," a voice said.

Sandra turned around to see a blue man standing next to Jay, who was smiling.

"Sandra, this is Genie," he introduced. "He's Jordan's dad."

"So that means we're in-"

"Agrabah!" Genie interrupted. "Home of Sultan Aladdin and Jasmine, parents of Prince Aziz. Anyway, let's get things started, shall we? You two ready?"

"For what?" Sandra asked, raising an eyebrow at the genie.

Genie suddenly turned into a blue parrot.

"For whatever comes!" he laughed. "Follow me!"

He started to fly away. Sandra looked at Jay.

"Come on!" he said. "It'll be like running over the rooftops back on the Isle."