The Princess Quest

Chapter 19: Rescuing Arawn

It was pitch black. 

"Where are we?"

"I don't know"

"AHHH, WHAT WAS THAT!?"

"It was my leg, calm down"

Suddenly an orange light flooded the space. Andrel and Calypso turned toward Roya who had lit a fireball in her hand. "I ask again," she said. "Where are we?" 

They all looked around at their surroundings. Bumpy, but smooth, tan rock was all around them. 

"It appears to be a cave" said Andrel. "Look." 

Roya and Calypso turned to where he was pointing. They stared into the mouth of a huge, dark tunnel.

"Oh great. Another dark, creepy tunnel for us to risk our lives with," said Calypso.

Roya stepped forward, raising her hand in front of her to light the way. She turned and beckoned for Andrel and Calypso to follow her.   

"Uh, yeah no." Said Calypso. 

"The sign said 913 Myrkur Road was this way," said Andrel. "And there's no way out of here but this way."

"Oh, there's a way out," said Calypso. "Roya can blast through the ground with fire, and I can create a giant wave and we can just float on up to the top. Easy peasy."

"That explains how we can get out," said Andrel. 

Calypso glanced around. "Yes, that's kind of the whole point."

"No it's not. The point is to get to 913 Myrkur road and find Arawn."

Calypso stared at him for a second, and then sighed in submission. "Fine. Move it," she said.

"Any time guys," Roya said. 

And so they began walking down the tunnel. As they walked, they saw dandelion looking plants growing out of the cracks in the rock. As Roya passed them, they shrank down, and turned away.

"What are these?" Calypso asked.

"Puff spores." Said Andrel. "They like to grow in dark, moist places. That's why they're shying away from the light."

"Puff spores!?" Roya exclaimed.

"Yes. They're harmless though. Why are you upset?" Andrel looked at her in confusion. 

"I'm allergic to p-puff s-spores...ACHOO!" Roya sneezed, and a blast of fire shot our of her hand, and lit Andrel's hair on fire. Andrel started screaming like a banshee.

"EEK PUT IT OUT, PUT IT OUT, MY HAIR!!" he screamed. The sound echoed throughout the tunnel, amplifying the volume.

Calypso rolled her eyes, and blasted Andrel in the face with a jet of water. 

Andrel glared. "You didn't need to do that," he said, annoyed. Calypso smirked.

"Oof!" Roya said.

Calypso and Andrel looked down at Roya who had apparently tripped over something, and was now on the floor. 

"Why are you suddenly on the ground?" Asked Andrel.

"I fell," Roya said.

"Why?"

"I didn't do it on purpose!" She said standing up. "Look, I tripped on a step. These are stairs."

"HELL YEAH!" Calypso said, pushing them all out of the way." "I'm outta here!"

Roya and Andrel looked at each other, shrugged, and followed her. At the top of the stairs was a door, and Calypso cautiously pushed it open. They crawled out of the door, and into a dark room.

Calypso gasped, and when Andrel and Roya emerged they did too. In the middle of the room was a giant black orb, spewing black spots all over the place, and up into the sky.

"This is the source of the infection," Roya whispered.

"R-Roya?" A groggy voice said in the corner.

"Arawn?" Roya asked.

"Roya? Roya!" Arawn exclaimed.

Calypso rushed to a light switch and flipped it on.

Roya cried with tears of joy, ran over to Arawn, and burned his chains off. He jumped up, took her in his arms and kissed her. They broke away laughing, and kissed again. Calypso came charging over, shoved Roya out of the way, and wrapped her arms around a Arawn in a big hug. Andrel stood off to the side awkwardly, and gave Arawn a small wave.

"Come on, we have to get out of here," Roya said, as she made her way back to the trapdoor on the floor, where they had came from.

"Well this is a touching reunion," said a voice from the doorway. Damien took a step forward, and with a flick of his wrist the infection orb lit up with black and purple light, and three zombies  spawned in the air. Roya and Calypso burned and drowned them, but every one they killed, two more would appear. Damien grinned and laughed maniacally, his hair fading black, his voice getting more deep all the while the orb was getting smaller, it's power absorbing into Damien as the four watched in horror.

"ROYA!" Calypso yelled. "BLOW THE ROOF OUT"

Roya lit a ginormous fireball in hand, and in one try, exploded the ceiling. Calypso placed her hands on the floor, and raised water from the ground up. Arawn grabbed Roya, and the four of them floating to the top. When they got out, Calypso let the water drain. 

"Look," Andrel said. He was pointing to a mountain in the distance, through the forest. On the side of the mountain, the silhouette off the Temple of the Moon could be seen. They looked at each other, smiled and ran like the wind toward the Temple. This journey was almost over