Eclipse

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When they got down the cliff to the treehouse it was on the verge of nightfall and the group was exhausted. They decided they would stay the night and leave for the portal to the Underworld the next day.

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Walking up to the sign that marked the entrance to the Underworld they noticed a chill in the air. Sierra brought out his staff with the skull on top, tapped it on the ground five times and stepped through the portal. It wasn't necessary for mortals to do the thing with the staff but when Sierra did it it opened up on the other side at the Temple of Hades. Six hours later Sierra stepped out through the portal with a large tray of gorgeous looking foods, compliments of his father. The sat down to a delightful meal that tasted even better being as how they hadn't eaten in three days. The group said thanks to Sierra and fell straight to sleep.

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The next morning, when Lavender woke up, she noticed the leftovers were gone. The group was at the bottom of the hill talking about where they should go next. She heard the names 'Mt. Olympus' and 'Endless Sea' repeated a few times in violent voices. Lavender broke in saying that she thought that they should go to the Ancient Library to research when the next eclipse was and then they should go to Atlantis to wait for it to come. The rest of the group was adamant at first but they finally came around. They left for the Ancient Library.

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When they got to the Ancient Library they found out that the eclipse was in five days and that they couldn't get to Mt. Olympus on their own, that they had to get the help of Triton, Mandyes brother, for he was the only one that was allowed to go to Mt. Olympus and come back without a magical escort. It was fortunate that they had already planned to go to Atlantis in the first place.

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On the fourth day coming up to the eclipse the group arrived at Tritons Ring, a large rock ascending out of the Atlantic Ocean. When they got down to Atlantis they found out that Triton was killed in a massacre attack that was sent by the spirit god Mamrakoo to destroy Triton. All that was left were his remains and his unbreakable trident. Mandye broke down in agony for his younger brother and decided that he was going to have a proper funeral for him after they had finished their journey to Mt. Olympus. There was one other thing that Mandye took with him on the journey after that and that was Tritons Trident. He figured that the only thing his brother loved more than his family was his trident. He loved it like the son he never got to have. And it was that fact that made him think that Triton would have put his will to enter Mt. Olympus in his trident.

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It would take three days exactly to reach Mt. Olympus and scale it but the group didn't mind that because freeing the mountain from that sort of tyranny was going to be very relieving. It meant that they could live in peace with the rest of the community and that they could live without the fear that they were going to be invaded by undead spirits. The group was walking up Olympians-Road when they encountered a man. This man was not like any others they had ever seen. He had a large bump on the side of his head and he had one eye. When the group reached the man they made a most shocking discovery, he had a knife piercing his chest. They attacked him and left him for dead because his spirit could not take two blows. Further up the road they encountered a large, wooden wall with barbed wire at the bottom. Mandye made a bridge out of water and then froze it so that they could cross it. But it didn't end up being very safe because Lavender almost fell to her death over the side. Luckily Mandye was right behind her to catch her if she fell. At the other side of the bridge they gathered themselves up and moved on. After an hours walk they came to a giant stone arch. The arch had very peculiar markings down the sides and no one could figure out what they meant. Lavender was the first on to find out because as she tried to walk through she was stopped by a magical barrier. Then Sierra tried it and he couldn't get through either. The Mandye tried it and he fell through to the other side. He figured out that it was the trident that was allowing him to pass. He handed Lavender the trident and she stepped through. She handed it to Sierra who handed it to Artema who handed it to Apola. Apola handed the trident back to Mandye. After all of them were thorugh they sat down to the rest of the food from the Underworld.