Thank you so much iheart18 and CallYouByYourName for the reviews and thanks to anyone who subscribed! Yeah.. I thought Max was pretty gypped throughout the series, but I think he's actually a pretty witty kid!
I'm trying to update a chapter a day so far.. I wonder how long I can keep that up LOL But Ima post this really quick in between responding to emails!
Chapter Four:
"I'm going with you, too!" Natalia smiled at Max, and started to walk up the path. "See that cavern over there? I can't get through it, it's sealed. That's as far as any of us from Somna can go."
"Alright, let's do this!" said Max, pumped. They reached the cavern. There was a slab of rock covering the entrance, and etched onto it were symbols that he did not recognize. "Whatzit say?"
"It reads, this door opens for one who is pure and fearless."
"Open sesame!" shouted Max. Nothing happened.
"Is that an incantation?" asked Natalia, bemused.
"An incawhat?" Max kicked the slab, but that didn't work either.
"Hmm. I was hoping that would work," admitted his companion.
"Me too," agreed Max. He faced the slab, and announced loudly, "I am Max Russo and I command you to open!"
The slab shook, and lifted up, permitting a space for them to enter.
"Wow! You really are the hero!" exclaimed Natalia, impressed.
"Heheh, that was nothing." Max felt a little flushed, and ran in, Natalia tailing behind him. The inside of the cave was full of crystals as well, lining the sides of the wall and protruding from the floor of the cavern.
"Man someone can die on these things!" stated Max, barely touching the edge of a crystal to see how sharp it was.
"Yep!" agreed Natalia cheerfully.
Max made a mental note to watch out for Natalia. There was another slab of rock ahead, which blocked their path. Directly in front of it were four large crystal columns. One was white, one was red, one was blue, and one was green. There was a symmetrical cross drawn on the floor, with squares near the top, bottom, left, and right big enough for the bottom of a column. The slab had more writing etched onto it.
"It says, icy winds blow in the north, the desert heat to the east, vast oceans to the west, bountiful land to the south.
"Icy wind, huh…This kind of looks like a compass down here. If icy wind is to the north, then this white column should go on top right?"
"That seems sound," agreed Natalia.
"Alright!" Max pushed the white column to the spot on top. It was rather heavy, but they heard a "click" when he put it onto the northern square.
"Okay, so desert heat to the east, vast oceans to the west, bountiful land to the south."
"Heat.. heat's like fire, fire's red! And oceans are blue.. land is green!" Max moved the remaining columns to correspond to the engraving. After the last click, the slab opened.
"That was easy!" Max ran through the opening. He felt like he was in a video game; this was shaping up to be pretty fun!