Why am I so terrible at keeping up on my stories, you may ask. The answer: I don't know. This was supposed to be The Krokosphinx edited, but I started adding so much I felt like this deserved its own chapter XD Krokosphinx will be edited tomorrow.
P.S
Remember what I said about only editing chapters above Wizard City that truly needed it? Screw that. I'm doing all them xD
(My writing even back in Marleybone was terrible now that I look at it. If your a new-comer to my story and haven't seen it before the 'Big Edit', be glad XD)

P.P.S

I'm just gonna give you a little thing that tells you the history of Balance in my series. You can skip over it, but you could also read it just to get a better understanding of Alhazred and what he's doing lolygagin' around and not teaching students Balance magic xD

The History of Balance Magic

Long ago, after losing 1 school, there were 8. These schools of magic together lived in perfect harmony for a long time. But unfortunately, this era of semi-peace didn't last forever. It was the nature of wizards to compare each other and feel like one was better than the other. This was the case with Balance. A Sorcerer named Dimitri SummerDust started a civil war between the wizards. He told the Sorcerers they were better than the other wizards. 'We have every magic in the Spiral coarsing through our veins! We are every magic, the others are just one! We deserve to rule!'

The school of Balance was led into battle by Dimitri. The Sorcerers fought hard, but what Dimitri had told them were lies. Bartleby had created every magic equally. The Balance wizards were defeated in a matter of 3 days. Their magic forgotten, their school lost to the sands of time, Balance was gone...

Until recently, when the Marleybonians discovered ancient tablets of Balance magic, Ravenwood has decided to let Balance back into their school, with Arthur WeathersField as their teacher. Their school, however, has not been found. It may never be...

Okay, that's done. Now for the real chapter! :D

Haley's P.O.V

The only way to get to the Krokosphinx was to travel by boat. But, we were wizards of course, so that meant a flying boat. Everything was so much more fun when it flew!
I suppose we could have all teleported over to the island, but, eh. That's Wizard Logic for you!

Unfortunately, the boat was just a bit too small to fit our group of eight, so the kind Mander Sailor had to make two trips for all of us to get to the other side.

When we finally got there, I stared in awe at the Krokosphinx.

It was enormous! I had noticed that Krokotopia seemed very similer to Egypt (which was back on Earth. Just because I'm a wizard now doesn't mean I don't remember my whole 'Earthling Days'!).

We were about to head inside when Aaron noticed something. Well, rather fell into something. "AH!" he shrieked. His hand grabbed onto the ledge, desperate not to fall. "Help me!"

We rushed to help, but couldn't pull him up in time. He fell into the hole, covering his eyes and yelling "NOOOOOO! I DON'T WANT TO DIE!"

Morgan kneeled down and poked him on the shoulder. He had fallen five feet.

Flint snickered.

Aaron's eyes widened. "Um. I was just kidding! Haha, the look on you guys' faces! Heh-heh-yeah."

"Suuuuuuuuuure." said Morgan.

David sighed. "I have a feeling we need to go down their.

I sighed as well. "I have a feeling there's gonna be monsters.

We hopped down into the dark, and started walking down the tunnel, two by two. Every once in a while, a scarab scurried by us. Torches on the walls gave off a dim light.
I generally tried to look on the bright side of things, but all I could think right there was "This is creepy."

Flint and Aaron, who were at the front of the group, stopped dead in their tracks.
"Whats the hold up?" Gabriel asked, his voice full of boredom.

"Don't you guys feel that?" Flint asked. "Something bad is going to happen. I feel it in my gut."

I shifted. "Well, now that you mention it-"

Before I could even finish my sentence, the floor opened up, and we all fell down another couple levels.

Morgan's P.O.V

"HOLY BARTLEBY!" I yelled the moment I hit the floor. The worst thing, hands down, about trying to save the world were those split second jump-scares. You just never see them coming.

"Is everyone alright?" a voice, whom I recognized as Aaron's, asked.

Ashley groaned. "I don't know about me. My ankle hurts."

Haley ran up to Ashley and checked her ankle immediately. "It's a little swollen, but other than that it's okay. This potion should help."

Haley handed her a sickly green looking potion. Ashley grimaced at it, but chugged it down anyway. "Thanks, Haley." she said.

My sister smiled. "No problem!"

Haley checked everyone else, and they were thankfully all fine. Before we could come up with a plan to get back up, I noticed a floating torch walking towards us.

"What is that?" I asked, pointing.

I clenched my wand tightly in my fist.

A face appeared in the darkness. A scaley, gray one. I realized it was a Krock. A whole body came along with it.

"Who are you?" Flint asked.

"A name is a valuable thing." a raspy voice responded. "It holds great power. Why should I give mine to you?"

Gabriel looked at his face. "Hmm. Then I suppose we will not give ours away either."

"A wise decision." said the Krock.

"Hmph." muttered Flint. "We are here to find the Order of the Fang. Do you know of them?"

The white and golden robed Krock's brows tightened. "I may. What do you want of them?" he asked.

"We need to find them to get the Krokonomicon." Flint pressed his lips together.

"And do you suppose the Order of the Fang has it?" he asked.

Flint nodded uneasily.

"Well then, you are wrong." the Krock began walking away.

"Wait!" Madison said.

He stopped.

"We need it to save the world from Malistaire. And to put the krocks back to sleep. Please, if you know something - anything! - help us!"

The Krock was silent for a minute. Then he turned and looked at us. The magic of Balance tells me the girl is honest, that your cause is worthy. I am Alhazred, leader of the Order of the Fang."