She looked confused but just ran away. "What language is that?" I asked to the soldier who was talking to the crowd. "It's the holy language" he said. "They said we'll have to change and put away our weapons".
"Fine but keep your small weapons in case we're attacked" I said. We gave our weapons to the rest of the soldiers. We came back and kept roaming the place. We could find out things about Apollo and find his land since this was apparently a holy land. There were signs with words that I couldn't understand so I had the other guy, whose name I'd learnt to be Achilles, what they said. We found the library went in. Some of the books where in the language I knew but most of those where language books however, one caught my eye.
I took it out of the shelves and went to the counter. "Can I keep this forever, I'll pay you". The receptionist nodded and took the book. "This village seems peaceful, maybe I could trade with it later" I said. We left and got our weapons but I realised that Achilles hadn't taken a single weapon. I entered the carriage and opened the book named, "Holy land". I flicked through the credits which had weird names. "Holy ands are islands made from Gods which started appearing about five hundred years ago". That meant that the basket island and the underground kingdom were technically a holy land. "Zeus, Hades, Hera and Poseidon were the first but Aphrodite and Demeter have recently made one but their locations are all unknown". It didn't mention Apollo and Artemis so I put it down for now.
A week went by and we located a wall. There were guards which reminded me of Ithaca which was basically the only place with a proper entrance. I got off and entered the city. The buildings all had golden rimming and there was a long river flowing river which curved along the walls. The people where also dressed in long white robes with a painting of a horse in front of a sun. This time they didn't talk to us at all and just ignored us.
I looked around and found a temple. I entered and there were statues like in Trozoe. They had labels under them with their names, "Hades, Zeus, Poseidon and, Persephone" but above all was, Apollo who had a full body instead of just a head. It was difficult to believe what the shy boy was originally. He was ripped with muscle and looked like Theseus but Theseus was human. I looked at his statue for any clues about where his kingdom where he went. I rested my arm on him and felt a button push. Suddenly, a box fell onto a conveniently on the ground. I squashed myself in and waited. I was about to get out but the box was suddenly pushed up through the roof and in the sky. I covered my head to make sure I didn't hit it but saw the scene beyond the glass. It was a beautiful world and I was going through the clouds. I'd told Achilles that if I didn't return within a week, I was dead and maybe my time was now. I closed my eyes but instead of falling, the box stopped. I opened my eyes and got out and beyond me was, a golden city.
I stared in awe but walked in. The rumours about the city in the sky were true. It reminded me of the story El dorado but in the sky instead. The clouds were gold and they felt like cotton candy. The city however was far better. The people where small and skinny but had no wings. They looked at me and suddenly I blanked out. I awoke inside a dark building lit up by a small torch. "Are you from Gaia's holy land?" asked a deep voice.
"What's that?" I asked. I knew I'd been kidnapped but I was from Earth, not a holy land.
"`Answer me now!" shouted the voice.
"No, I'm from Earth" I said. It was better to answer since these weren't secrets and I needed to survive. "So you are, why are you here?" asked the voice.
"I was sent by someone" I said.
"By who, don't lie because I have the ability to tell the truth from lie!" yelled the voice. Since they were siblings then if I said Artemis then they'd probably let me live. "I was sent here by Artemis who said Apollo was her brother" I said.
"Artemis, why!".
"Because Apollo went missing after their memories returned" I said. Suddenly, a door slid open and light beamed through. Two men with a sun on their mask entered the room and untied me. What a good welcome that was.