Chapter Three- Journey from the Castle

Notes- So I am having a lot of fun with this story, adding real life actions to the game but I'll get bored with it soon enough I just know it, I always get bored with my stories sooner or later.

Warnings- AU, Not been beta, An OC etc.

As the mausoleum came back into view they found Walter and Jasper looking at them from where they had reappeared.

"Well? Do you… Do you feel any different?" Walter asked uncertain.

"I don't know" Logan replied with a slight shrug of his shoulders.

"Try casting a spell. That's supposed to be our only way of getting out of here"

"You might have mentioned that earlier" Jasper replied hoping that it worked and they wouldn't have to face down all the guards.

"And spoil the surprise?" Walter chuckled at the three of them.

Rose looked to her gauntlet that now rested on her right hand. She flexed her fingers slightly watching the light from the seal shifted slightly. She had been itching to try it out since she placed it on her arm on the Road to Rule. However surreal it might have felt it was still an interesting weapon.

Logan watched his sister out of the corner of his eye. He didn't feel any different and what if he wasn't the hero his mother thought him to be. He knew Rose would be able to cast the spell no problem. Growing up with her he saw her at her moments of complete anger or joy. The air would become filled with sparking energy, much like it did in her bedroom when they were tossed in by the guards. In her moments of joy the air would become lighter and filled with a certain glow. You couldn't see it but you could feel it. But Logan never remembered himself producing such effect around him.

Rose turned and saw the emotions quickly crossing her brother's face. She knew what the problem was, he didn't believe in himself. She knew he always had that problem growing up, stuck between the brother who would become king and the sister who was the most sought after princess. He was Just Logan, he would never be king and he wasn't the youngest. He felt like he didn't have meaning in life.

"Logan" Rose whispered quietly to him.

Logan's head turned to the side and looked into his sister's eyes. He saw something in her eyes that he hadn't seen since his mother passed away. It was the look of proudness and love that Sparrow would often give her children. Logan smiled to her and lifted up his gauntlet covered hand and Rose smiled back to him doing the same.

Rose and Logan turned back and faced forward, each taking a deep breath before raising their hands, concentrating on the spell. When they both slammed their hands on to the ground they were greeted with the flames moving outward from their hands and the heat rising up into their faces. They had did, they casted the spell.

"You did it, you really are Heroes" Walter praised them lifting his hand upward.

The tombs of their mother and father slowly started to slide to the sides revealing a staircase.

"I never doubted it for a minute" Jasper added to the praise of Walter.

"Well, of course, neither did I. Still though… It bloody worked!" Walter proclaimed as if he couldn't get over it.

Rose turned and faced Logan again as she raised her hand to rest it softly on his shoulder.

"See you are the hero mother expected you were" Rose noted to him softly.

"Thank you Rose for believing in me." He replied "You gave me the same look mother use to give us. It meant a lot to me" he uttered under his breath.

Logan lifted his right hand up and placed it upon his sister's. It was an unspoken agreement between them that whatever happened from this moment on they were in it together; as the prince and princess, as Heroes, and as brother and sister.

"Come on, let go before Walter and Jasper start thinking we went back to the comfort of the castle" Rose joking said.

Logan dropped his hand as did Rose and they turned to head down the stairs to start the unknown path before them.

"Somewhat narrow, isn't it? Dark too" Walter claimed.

They both knew Walter had a fear of closed off spaces but the reason why neither one of them knew. Walter was their father figure but everyone had secrets and the reason of his fear was not one he spoke of.

"You never did care for confine spaces, did you, Sir Walter?" Jasper mentioned behind them.

"I never did care for being poked in the eye or getting my head chopped off. What of it?" Walter snapped back.

"Oh dear, I seem to have struck a nerve" Jasper observed.

"How about if a strike a butler on the bounce?" Walter questioned.

Rose couldn't help but laugh softly at the two of them bickering at each other. While listening to the two of them she hadn't noticed that Logan had fallen behind. She looked behind her and noticed she couldn't see him. She spun on her heels and walked back up the route they took. She found Logan lighting a brazier on the path. He seemed to still be in wonderment of the ability he now possessed.

"Come on oh great wizard, we have no idea how much longer we have to travel. Best not to tire yourself out yet" Rose giggled while holding out her hand.

Logan grinned back and walked forward to take her hand. His gauntlet was warm from his recent fireballs but it wasn't uncomfortable. It reminded Rose of a cup of tea on a cold day, a warm reassurance in an unknown journey.

"Ahh that's more like it" Walter shouted as they exited the narrow tunnel "Grand, spacious, a plentiful supply of oxygen. Just the way a castle's escape route should be.

They stopped to look over the edge into the expansive cavern. The shape of the landmasses was breath taking and the reflection of the water made it seem like it went on forever. There were streams of light coming in from somewhere and what caused it there were not sure but it was the perfect escape route. A moment of beauty while running for their lives.

"I hesitate to ask but what is our plan?" Jasper questioned "other than leaving the castle far behind us which I wholly approve of obviously"

"Simple we have to stop Anthony" Walter stated as if it was evident.

"How are we supposed to do that? Even if we are Heroes. We're just two people" Rose expressed in fear.

"Exactly, that is why we need to find allies, and lots of them. Once you prove what you are people will follow you and many of them would be willing to fight." Walter explained.

During Walter's little speech Rose had wondered away from the group down a dead end, for some reason she had and urge to take a look. At the end she looked down and noticed a bit of silver shining in the light. Rose squatted down and brushed the dirt away revealing a silver key. Picking it up and examining it in the light she noticed an elegant design on it top, much like the keys to the castle the head house keeper kept pinned to herself at all times. She placed the key inside of her gauntlet and stood up brushing herself off and returning to the group.

"But they need leaders, someone to believe in. Albion needs nothing less than a revolution." Walter finished.

Rose walked back up to the group and returned to Logan's side.

"Sorry fell a bit behind" Rose mumbled in apology.

Logan merely nodded his head slightly and they walked in silence down the curvy and rocky path.

"Bats! Take Cover!" Jasper shrieked

"Well young heroes, this is your chance to show us what you got" Walter proclaimed

Rose and Logan smiled to each other before quickly getting to work taking care of the bat that had plagued them during their journey. They stood with their back to each other and pressed up against each other. Jasper stood back trying to fight the bats off of him. Walter's pistol shots rang out among the open area as the two of them casted quick fire balls to the moving bats. Soon the screeching sounds of bats died down and the heroes grinned.

"Excellent. Did you see that Jasper, Did you see it?" Walter questioned the butler.

"Indeed I did. Your mother would have been proud, Your Highnesses" Jasper complemented.

"As am I" Walter reassured "Am I proud of you too old friend. I've never seen a man cower with such grace"

"It is merely a matter of hygiene. Bats are filthy creatures" Jasper muttered

Rose, Logan, and Walter let out a laugh at Jasper's comment of the filthy bats.

"Anyway, I think we've just seen the proof of what you two are capable of. You are the heroes that can lead this land in a revolution. Bats are just the beginning." Walter proclaimed.

The four of them started their travels again down the path, travelling in relative silence for a while. Logan nudged Rose's shoulder for her attention and nodded over to an elegantly designed gold door that was at the end of a different path. Rose shrugged her shoulders not know what was behind the door nor knowing how to open it. They would have to return later when they knew what it was.

"More bats! Get ready for some magic"

The two royals were roused from their thoughts from Walter's warning. They made quick work of getting rid of the pesky creatures that were plaguing their travels.

"To think this morning my job consisted of laying clothes out for royalty. Now I'm a midnight snack for bats" Jasper murmured in exasperation.

"You'll get you to it" Walter insisted.

They climbed down a set of stairs and into a puddle of water of water before reaching dry land again however there was more water in front of them.

"You might want to cover your noses from here on it. It's the Bowerstone sewers" Walter instructed.

"I'm all for adventuring but does it really have to be through the sludge of Bowerstone?" Rose insisted

"We didn't build the escape route" Walter pointed out with a slight laugh "And you might want to cover your eyes jasper. More bats"

Once again fireball went flying as the heroes disposed of the bats once again. It was over rather quickly.

"Well it seems you've gotten the hang of that spell" Walter said to them.

"Ugh! What an unusual stench. I daresay we must be somewhere under Bowerstone Industrial" Jasper estimated.

"Very Likely. Not the safest place for us at the moment but we should be able to find a way out of the city once we reach the surface" Walter insisted

They made their way through the muck of the sewers. The smell was nauseating but it was soon ignorable. In silence the traveled until Logan notice a hole that was from the wall. It seems the bricks were taken out for a reason. Logan took Rose's hand and dragged her through the entryway. It was a small grotto before it opened up into a spacious cavern. It was far too beautiful to be created for part of the sewers. They were standing on a platform that was surrounded by a body of water. Weeping willows and bushes of different kinds were planted around the edge as carefully place segments of stone and iron fence were place in the water. Elegantly crafted pillars reached to the top of the ceiling and candles surround the railing of the platform.

"It appears to be a dead end" Jasper observed.

"Not quite" Walter muttered

"What's that" Logan asked

"I'm pretty sure it's a Cullis Gate" Walter started "Sort of like a magical transportation system for Heroes" He explained.

"I was under the impression that the Cullis Gates were all gone" Jasper stated

"Well it looks like there is one left at least. Your mother must have placed it down here in case she ever had to use it" Walter guessed.

"It's the same symbol that we saw by the tomb" Jasper observed "Do you suppose it's activated the same way?" he questioned.

"Well there's only one way to find out. You two know what to do"

Logan and Rose walked up the platform had held the Cullis Gate. They casted a spell in the same manner as they did by the tombs. A white light rose up from the gate and they were covered in a blue light before they all vanished, leaving no sign that any of them were ever there.

"What do you mean they are gone?" Anthony shouted at the guards.

Anthony had a rough morning when he was woken up to be informed that his brother, sister, Sir Walter Beck, and the old nosey butler were missing from the castle grounds.

"Mi'lord they are just gone. No one saw them leaving the castle last night. It's like they just disappeared" the head guard stuttered.

"I should have you killed for this. They are all TRAITORS!" Anthony screamed as he ran his arm along the top of his desk causing everything to be thrown to the ground.

"I will not allow anything to happen. Find my siblings and bring them back here" Anthony barked at the guards who quickly bowed and ran out of the war room before any of them were killed.

"Nothing will stand in my way of my birthright" Anthony growled under his breath.

I just realize I've been ignoring writing in the dogs. The dog is pretty quiet throughout this whole ordeal. I never notice him until we reach the Dweller Camp. For all the times I play the game I always think "I left him in the castle" until he pops into the picture of a moment.

This chapter isn't as long as the other and there really isn't much dialogue during the travels. I hope I did a good job of writing in the finding of the silver keys because really, no one in Albion notices floating silver keys around the land? Next chapter is when the extra scenes start coming in.