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cHAPTER 23

cHAPTER 23

GUYS THIS CHAPTER IS REALLY LONG. JUST A WARNING.

Ivy Tempest

The impact was a lot harder than I thought it would be.

We came rocketing down, and the wind stung my cheek. We hit the ground with a crash, but thanks to B, I only felt a slight bump. Clearly, the ground was not as lucky. Cracks ran from the ground all the way up to the ceiling, and they were growing by the second.

"Run!" I screamed. We sprinted out, running all the way to the edge of the corridor when we heard a loud crash. I dropped to the floor and covered my head. I realized that if Annabeth and the other people were above the ground, then they would fall to their death. I began crawling back.

"Where are you going?" Damion screamed.

"The people. If they're standing above us, they're going to fall." I yelled at them. I heard more rocks crumbling, and I started to run. They were falling everywhere when I got back to the cavern, but I summoned some vines and used them to shelter me. I made a staircase and ran up it so I could get a good vantage point and not have pancake people. I made a sheet of vines to cover the bottom so that the people who fell wouldn't be badly injured. Beads of sweat dripped down my head. I had never used this much magic before. That's when the whole top of the cavern fell. I used my vines to crush the rocks falling into tiny pieces, and I saw 4 people falling. I used the last of my energy and screamed.

Vines came shooting from the walls and wrapped around the people and they slowly fell and landed softly. I held my magic and saw black spots. I tried to walk down, but as soon as I took a step, the staircase I had made unraveled, and I fell.

I was weightless until I felt someone catch me. A man with curly hair and horns was looking at me in awe. I looked at myself quickly and realized I was glowing. "Ivy!" I heard a scream. I looked at the former entrance to the cave and saw Mariah, B, Damion, and Hunter standing on the other side. They had frozen.

I looked around again and saw 3 figures and the one holding me. One boy had black hair, another girl had blonde, and a girl had black hair. That's when I heard the person holding me whisper. "The heir to Pan." My eyes closed.

***

When my eyes opened again, I was in the corner of the cavern. Rock debris was everywhere. There was a huge hole in the ground, and I was wondering how nobody had noticed yet. I looked around and saw that the two groups had joined together. "What happened?" I whisper because I can't raise my voice any higher.

"Magic fatigue." I heard a voice say. I looked around the room and saw a man kneeling next to me.

"Who are you?" I say. My mouth is dry and my lips feel cracked.

"My name is Pan." He says. "I am not alive, just a figment of your imagination."

"Pan?" I say a little louder.

"Hold on, young one. Don't be afraid of the challenges that face you." He says and brushes a curl out of my face.

"Wait." I say a little louder, and this gets the attention of the group. They all turn around.

"Oh, thank the gods your up." Mariah rushed to me. She hugged me tightly. "Please don't do that again."

"Sorry." I wheezed.

"Ivy?" I looked up and saw the curly haired guy towering over me. He had goat legs, and they looked very furry. He was a satyr. "What are you doing?"

"What?" I ask. I look at myself. I was glowing gold, and my head began to clear. I found myself able to stand up and not feel any pain. "Woah."

"Blessing of Pan." The satyr says. "I'm Grover, by the way."