Chapter 7
Saoirse narrates, "Our travelers are quickly moving up the mountain but they have a long ways to go. They are still in the trees but are dealing with more and more rocks. They are taking turns carrying Aoife."
Benny is leading the group. William is carrying Aoife. Dean and Charlie are at the back of the group. The rest are somewhere in the middle with the stronger helping the weaker. Charlie is scanning the river and the forest below.
Charlie grabs Dean's arm and says, "They finished making the boats from the trees with magic. They're heading across."
Dean yells to Benny, "Man, they're crossing the river."
"Good to know. We're almost to the first Triple Goddess Gate." Benny yells back.
The group is moving little faster soon they're at the first gate. The Goddess at the gate looks like Mary Winchester. Sam and Dean move to the front of the group. They're facing their mom.
Mary gently touches their faces and smiles, "My boys have grownup to be handsome men. I have a question for you two to answer."
The two with tears in their eyes and smiles on their faces they nod.
"It'll be two questions on the same topic. The first question is what does a Buruburu cause?" Mary asks.
"I know. Ghost sickness, I had it." Dean answers.
"Correct. How do you cure it?" Mary asks.
"You can burn the remains or scare the ghost." Sam answer.
"Very good, you all can pass." Mary says.
Mary opens the gates. The travelers lead by Benny pass through. They continue on the narrowing path it continues to ascend. They come to a clearing and take lunch. Dean sits down next to Benny. Benny is eating a juicy red fruit.
"What are you eating?" Dean asks.
"It's a blood apple," Benny answers. "It's a good replacement for human blood."
"Is there seeds?" Dean asks.
"Yes, but it can only be grown here." Benny answers.
They continue to eat. Kevin eats quickly and starts setting up more magical booby traps.
A few minutes later the group is moving again. In no time the travelers move out of the tree line. They come to a part of the path that is on an edge of a cliff. Benny stops them.
"Aoife will have to walk here. It's too dangerous for anyone to carry her." Benny insists.
Sam puts Aoife down between Dean and himself. The group slowly continues on the path. Charlie looks back to see where the Abbadon and her army are at. They're at the first gate. Charlie gets overly nervous. She almost slips down the cliff. Dean grabs her and pulls her back on the path.
"Calm down, tell me what's wrong when we get away from the cliff," Dean says.
"Okay," Charlie replies.
A few minutes later they are away from the cliff. Charlie looks back and sees some of the booby traps going off.
"Abbadon and her army are at the booby traps!" Charlie exclaims.
"Then we better hurry to the next gate," Benny replies.
Dean picks up Aoife and puts her on his shoulders. They quickly get to the next gate. The Goddess at the gate is Gertrude Middleton, Charlie's mom. Charlie moves up to the gate.
"Mom, I'm sorry," Charlie starts to apologize.
"There's nothing to be sorry for. My question for you is what is in my pocket?" Gertrude asks.
Charlie smiles, "My precious, the ring from the Hobbit."
"Correct, you may proceed." Gertrude replies and lets through her gate.
The travelers continue on as quickly as they can through the rough terrain. They're starting to descend the mountain on the other side. Several rocks over the travelers hitting rocks above them, causing a rock slide. Kevin and Jesse repel the falling rock from their group. They move faster. Soon they are at the final gate. The Goddess at the gate is Mrs. Tran. Kevin moves to the front of the group.
"Mom…" Kevin begins.
"Kevin, my prophet son, it's good to see you. I have a question for you that need to answer under five seconds." Mrs. Trans informs.
"I'm ready," Kevin replies.
"What is the first ten prime numbers?" Mrs. Tran asks.
"2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29," Kevin answers.
"Perfect, that's my boy," Mrs. Tran says. "You may continue."
Mrs. Tran let them pass through her gate. The path is wider and easier to move down so the travelers are moving faster.