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Chapter 14 - We rush the castle

Following the footprints the four of us got closer and closer to the castle.

The two in orange shirts conversed in another language whilst me and Jules

stayed silent. We arrived at the castle four or five hours later. When we got to the

Castle there was a moat of water full of piranhas who strangely weren't snapping

at us, after the salty one, Julia made a couple strange sounds which she got

replies to from the fish and the fish made a little bridge for us to step across. She

Went first followed by Windmal followed by Jules then finally me. When I stepped

Off the last one they made a couple more blubbing sounds lost their shape and

scattered. "Uh oh" Julia muttered "we need to hurry, guards are coming." she

commanded and without a thought I nodded, she seemed to know what she

Was doing. Julia said something in another language to the one called Windmal

And she started going inside quietly looked around and motioned for us to follow

Her into the fortress. The tall Ebony castle gave off a shadowy feeling that made

Me feel like I was being watched. I glanced around but saw noneone. We kept

Walking for an unsettling five minutes before I saw about thirty guards standing

by a staircase down into what seemed to be a dungeon. Julia pulled a pen out

Of her pocket and I looked away. The next second she was holding a three foot

Bronze ancient looking sword that looked like it was from the greek era. Me and

Jules stared in awe when elsa decided to use a move of his own. He took off his

Glove and a couple of his fingers looked like they were made of pure ice, just

Looking at his hand made me shiver. A couple seconds later his icy hand turned

into a claw made out of dry ice. He ran his palm down one of their arms making

Their blood freeze. At the sight of that at least half of them ran. Julia held her

Sword by the tip with her arm that had a long sleeve and leather glove to bonk a

Couple of their heads to knock them out. I pulled out my bow and Jules her

Sword. She copied Julia and bonked them too so I decided to try it with an arrow.

It didn't work and the arrow snapped. The two newcomers snuck forward in

perfect harmony, it looked like they'd been doing it for years as me and Jules

Clumsily followed. We got to the staircase in no time revealing a maze of cells.

I tried to slow my breath down as I started panicking not wanting to go into a

maze ever again. Jules saw what was happening and took my hand and

squeezed it. It was a couple minutes before I had my breathing under control

Then me and Jules followed them down. The dungeon was dimly lit with wooden

torches that made it look like we were living in the medieval era. The stone was

Dark and cold to the touch, the area was shadowy and it was so dark it looked

Shadowy and sad just like my old prison, the labyrinth. I tried to focus on what

Was going on, the cold stone, the light being given off by the torches. Once we got deeper in the tunnels we started to see people in cells. I pulled out an arrow

And picked the lock freeing a man in his late 30s. He thanked me and I handed

Him the arrow asking him to free the others. He nodded then ran off deeper into

The tunnels to free some of the others. I looked around wondering how long

these people had been down in this horrid place. The stone walls felt confining

And sad. We kept walking until I saw leo! "Theres one of them!!" I

Exclaimed and tried to pick the lock with an arrow again and it didn't work.

"Uh oh" I said the one that smelt like salt put her hands on the lock and it opened!

Water dripped from the lock after that strangely. I shot Jules a confused look

And we ran inside the cell to see leo tied up with gags in his

Mouth. Jules and I got to work freeing them while our interesting acquaintances

watched. Once we got the gag out leo said "the others are further down in the

Dungeon" I muttered a word I better not repeat here under my breath

"How far down?" I asked "I don't exactly know" he replied "we should go find

Them then" Julia said and we all nodded and kept looking eventually freeing the

others.