A Story of Friendship

Bakes and fights

In the Land of the Remembered, at the Sánchez home, Carmen was squeezing a icing tube on two layered cake. That was until her grandson, and his family came from the door.

"Well, my goodness." Carmen said surprisingly. "It's very nice that you come to visit."

"Hi Grandma Carmen." Juan Carlos greeted. "We heard Xibalba and Agatha Galido used to be real good friends, and we were hoping you could tell us a bit about her."

Carmen gasped at first. She knew about Aggie since she invited the Sánchez family to her every week party in the Land of the Forgotten. How they already missed her since she left. "Oh, I would love to. I never knew the right time to bring it up. But I'm so glad you came!" Carmen laughed. "Uh, for starters, did you all know that it was Agatha who convinced Lord Xibalba to pursue baking?"

"But did Papi already know how to bake before he and Mami got together and before he met Agatha?" Alastor asked

"Not always. He only knew his mother's recipe, But one day, Agatha brought a lot of ingredients for different kinds of cakes, like cookies n' cream and red velvet cake."

"Cookies n' cream is my favorite cake!" Clara exclaimed. "No wonder Grandpapi know how to make that kind of cake."

"It was also Agatha's favorite cake too. It's one of Lord Xibalba's well-known cakes, and Agatha was with him through it all." Carmen thought of a flashback of Aggie, teaching Xibalba to bake other kinds of cake. "She'd be his taste-tester, help with the decorating, and prep new ingredients. Over many weeks and days, Xibalba knew how to bake, not only cakes, but also cupcakes, and even cake rolls. Agatha did so much for him."

"Emilio and Regina told us that, not only Agatha knew baking, she also knew karate and martial arts." Marigold interrupted.

"Oh, she did." Jorge Sánchez cut in, and joined the conversation. "She was expert on fighting. She was trained to protect her loved ones. She also once challenged the Adelita cousins."

"And she beat us!" The Adelita twins exclaimed, quite a little envious over Aggie's fighting skills, but impressed by it.

"Agatha was a gifted girl, huh?" Camazok smiled.

"Oh, she was, as always." Carmen said. "And she loved to share her talent to her friends, especially Xibalba."

"She taught Papi how to fight, too?" Hugo asked.

"Agatha was more of a mentor to your father than a friend, and she trained him for many weeks, and lets him join the team."

Flashback

When Xibalba and Aggie are in an open field that was only full of ashes on the ground, Aggie positioned herself in front of Xibalba to begin teaching him.

"So, how to start the training of basic moves? Do we have to use weapons?" The tar-made god asked as he brought his two-headed snake staff to life. "Sorry, this is the weapon I got."

Aggie recognized the snake before, but she has to stay focus on mentoring her apprentice. "Actually that's lesson number three. We can't skip the previous lessons."

"So, you're going to teach me how kick butt without weapons? What do you call this one? Hand-to-hand combat?"

"Now that's lesson number two. The first and most important lesson is to be gentle. At the same time, we're being tough." Aggie punched one fist to her other palm.

"How can you be tough and gentle?" Xibalba once again asked confusingly. "It doesn't make any sense. Earlier you were very tough when you fought those woods and rocks.

"I know it does sound a little funny, but the universe is full of opposites, and so are you." She explained. "To be a good fighter, you must bring it all into balance."

Xibalba is still confuse of Aggie's discussion as he glanced at his snake staff, who was also confuse too.

To make her discussion clear for the ruler of the Land of the Forgotten, Aggie made her discussion more easy and basically. "Let's see if this helps; Earth, sky. Day, night. Sound and silence. Dark and light." Now, her lesson was lent into a song.

Aggie: One, alone is not enough
You need both together
Winter, Summer
Moon and Sun
Lesson Number One

She snapped her finger as a bo staff poofed in front of her, and grabbed with both of her fists. Xibalba turned his snake back into a lifeless staff as his own bo staff.

Aggie: Like a Rock, huh huh
You must be hard, huh huh
Like an oak, mmmah
You must be stand firm, huh huh
Cut quick, like my blade
Think fast, huh huh
Unafraid

Now, it was Xibalba's turn, and copied Aggie's every move seconds ago.

Xibalba: Like a Rock, huh huh
I must be hard, huh huh
Like an oak, mmmah
I must be stand firm, huh huh
Cut quick, like my blade
Think fast, huh huh
Unafraid

"Okay, Agatha, I'm ready." Xibalba panted, making a martial art pose.

Aggie doubted that. "Uh-huh, but you're still out of balance, sir. You're only halfway there." She sat on the ground, and crossed her legs, like she was doing yoga. She didn't care she sat on ashes, as long it's still part of training.

Aggie: Like a cloud
You are soft
Like bamboo
You'll bend in the wind
Creeping slow
You're at peace because you know
It's ok to be afraid

Now, Xibalba did the same of what Aggie did.

Xibalba: Like a cloud
I am soft
Like bamboo
I'll bend in the wind
Creeping slow
I'm at peace because I know
It's ok to be afraid

Since Xibalba is still in lesson number one, Aggie thought of making him obstacles all over the Land of the Forgotten to make this lesson advance before going to lesson number two. She made tall wooden poles, placing large rocks on lave lakes, and making enemy dummies, made out of straw, woods and rocks. During the same week, Aggie has been trained Xibalba the same lesson with difficult methods and obstacles as Xibalba tries to be patience with her.

Aggie: One, alone is not enough
Xibalba: (One, alone is not enough)
Aggie: We need both together
Xibalba: (We need both together)
Aggie: Winter, Summer, Moon and Sun
Xibalba: (Winter, Summer, Moon and Sun)
Aggie/Xibalba: Lesson Number One

Xibalba: Like a cloud
Aggie: (Like a Rock, huh huh)
Xibalba: I am soft
Aggie: (You must be hard huh huh)
Xibalba: Like bamboo
Aggie: (Like an oak, mmmah)
Xibalba: I'll bend in the wind
Aggie: (You must be stand firm, huh huh)
You can fly

Xibalba: Creeping slow I'm at peace because you know
Aggie: (Think fast, huh huh, unafraid)
Xibalba: It's okay to be afraid

Aggie: You have began!
Xibalba: (Lesson number one!)

End of Flashback

"Wait, if my little brother and Agatha are very good friend those days, how did their friendship suddenly ruined?" Zipacna asked.

"Yeah, what happened to both of them?" Marigold added.

"Tell us, please!" Kyroc and Algner begged simultaneously.

"We're gonna need one more person or god to tell that story." Luis Sánchez replied, who was listening to the conversation the whole time.