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Logan's POV

It was Wednesday, me and the guys have been running around town looking for Carlitos' ring. Apparently his is hidden like a treasure hunt, an annoyingly confused one. I exclaimed, "This had better be the right spot, Carlos!" He shrugged, "I think it is." I grabbed his collar and pulled him close, "Think?!" I asked angrily. He gulped, Kendall pulled me away, "Calm down Logie."

I sighed, then looked around. There's apparently supposed to be a 'finger pointing at the sky' where his ring is. James asked, "Could that finger be an obelisk?" he pointed towards an obelisk that I somehow missed. I nodded, "Yep." We ran towards it, at the base of the obelisk there was a bunch of colorful flowers.

The final clue appeared, 'Only the right Flower can show the ring.' I groaned, "More puzzles?!" Carlitos whined. Kendall stepped forward triumphantly, "Let me do this one." I rolled my eyes then stepped aside. He smiles, then asked "What's your favorite color, Carlitos?"

The Latino nodded, "It's red." he goes ahead and picked up a red flower, then hands it to Carlitos. The man tilted his head, "What do I do with this?" Kendall shrugged, I rolled my eyes then said "Well obviously that's not your favorite color, then. Be honest Carlitos, what's your favorite color?"

Carlitos frowned, "Red is my favorite color! Except not this shade. This is too bright, my favorite is darker." I nodded, then took the flower. Using the Chemistry Kit that I bring with me everywhere I go, I crushed it into a paste then poured it into a small tube. I picked up a black flower from nearby, plucked one of the petals, then crushed it into a paste. I added a little bit of the paste into the red one, darkening the color slightly.

Carlitos nodded, "That's the one!" I grinned, Kendall smiled proudly. I gave him the test tube, "What next?" I asked the leader. He looked around, then saw a small pocket in the obelisk. He poured the slightly-dark-red mixture into the small pocket, patterns began to glow on the obelisk. The obelisk glowed brightly, then shot a beam of light towards the sky. James said, "Wow..." as he looked at the beam with awe.

A ball of light slowly descended down, Carlos caught it and it revealed to be a ring. A shiny ruby ring. He quickly slid it on, his previous ring disappeared somewhere in-between. Kendall grinned, "It's my turn tomorrow!" he said excitedly. I sighed, "Let's go home, this whole treasure hunt has taken a lot of my energy." They nodded, Kendall wrapped an arm around my waist as we walked home.

~Next Day...

Kendall's POV

We got to where my ring was supposed to be first thing in the morning the next day. It's Thursday, we're going back to PalmWoods tomorrow. I looked around, "This is where we're supposed to be, right?" James nodded, "My map-reading skills have never failed me, so yes." Logan said, "Please don't tell me we're supposed to go in that cave." He points to the entrance of a dark cave.

I gulped, "I think we are." He whined, I said "Don't worry, I'm here to protect you. I'm not letting anything hurt you." He was taken back by the suddenness of my sentence, but then smiled warmly. "I'd love to have you as my Knight in shining armor." Carlitos and James laughed, I chuckled. He said, "Les' go." enthusiastically.

We entered the cave, the other three had their upgraded rings provide decent light. I was actually quite surprised when their rings started glowing in the dark, it only excited me that much more to get my own. At the end of the cave, there was an altar and on top of the altar my ring floated enveloped in a yellow light. I questioned, "It couldn't be that easy, could it?" Logan shrugged, "Just keep your eyes, and ears, out just in case." I nodded as I walked up the stony stairs.

I stood in front of the altar, nothing happened. I reached out for it, something happened.

The stairs retracted themselves and a barrier formed around me, my armor appeared on my body without me even summoning it. Standing in front of me was one of those shadow creatures, a large one though. I tilted my head, "Am I supposed to battle you?"

A katana appeared in it's hand, I sighed, "Yep." it charged towards me, I blew it away with a Gust arrow. The battle went on for what seemed like hours, James said "Defeat it already Ken!" I got a few cuts from it's katana, nothing crazy though, but for some reason, it wasn't damaged by my arrows. Not even the slightest.

A few more minutes later, the shadow's body tinted red. I didn't know what it was until a few more seconds later, my quiver and bow was cut into two. It was as if the monster had a drastic increase in speed and strength!

I dodged the attacks, even though many of it hit me. Thankfully I had my armor on. After about 10 more minutes, I finally got what my ancestor wants me to do. Sometimes to lose, is to win.

I de-transformed (Is there an official word for that?) My armor disappeared and was replaced by my clothes, I heard Logan yell, "Kendall what the hell are you doing?!" The shadow monster charged at me, I shut my eyes, 'God I hope this is what I'm supposed to do...' I heard fast footsteps approach me, then felt a strong gust of wind near my neck. When I opened my eyes, the katana was only a few inches away from my neck.

I gulped, but then moved quickly. I yelled, 'Holy Arrow!' a glowing bright arrow materialized in one of my hand, I literally just stabbed the shadow monster with it right in the head. The monster exploded into bits and dissipated, I gasped as I tried to control my breathing. That was actually quite scary! I didn't know if the thing would actually kill me or not, I bet it all on my freaking life.

The ring reappeared in-front of me, I quickly grabbed it. My previous ring disappeared as the stairs of the steps re-appeared, I quickly slid it on then ran down the stairs. I hugged Logan tightly, he hugged me and said in a scolding manner, "What were you thinking? You could've died back there!" I smiled, "I'm not leaving you any time soon, love." He blushed and smiled a bit.

Carlitos stated, "Awww, that's cute." causing James to nudge his arm. I sighed, "Thank goodness we've got our upgrades." Logan nodded with a grin, "Let's go. I honestly can't wait to get back home, I miss the pool." I chuckled, "You do know there's a pool near the school, right?"

Logan nodded, "It feels different though." I nodded in agreement. After we got back to the castle, the first thing we did was pack up. Ben chuckled, "Eager to leave?" I shrugged, "No offense, this place is amazing and all, but I miss PalmWoods." He nodded, "I'm gonna miss you goofs. Visit us sometimes, yeah?" I nodded and hugged him, "I'll miss ya' too Ben." I saw from the corner of my eyes that Carlos and Logan talked, then hugged.

I sighed, Ben said "Take good care of Logan, Kendall." I nodded, "I will. You take care of your Carlos too, alright?" He chuckled, "Ditto." I chuckled, after we talked some more, we went to sleep. Logan was fast asleep, snoring adorably in my arms.

~The next morning...

We woke up around 9AM that morning, not really the preferred time to wake up. Kelly woke us up, "Kendall!" she yelled. I said, "Fine, fine. I'm up. Are you guys that excited to go home?!" She rolled her eyes, "I'm not. Honestly, I'd stay here for another week, but Gustavo wants you guys to work on your career."

I heard Logan groan as he got up, "Can we at least shower before we leave?" Kelly nodded, "We're leaving in 2 hours." I sighed, after she left the room, I woke the others up. We quickly took our shower so we'd have more time to spend with the others, and with each other.

By the time the clock strikes 11, we were already ready to leave. Ben said, "Remember to visit us alright? I don't want this to be the last time I see my old best friend." I chuckled, "I'm still your best friend y'know that. And yes, we will visit sometimes, when we get the time to." Logan asked, "Everything and everyone in the circle?"

Carlitos stated, "Yep, everyone's in." I nodded, "See ya later," Ben finished the sentence, "Alligator." I chuckled, then closed my eyes and linked my hands with Logan and James, who were beside me. We chanted the words and a bright light appeared, the same way it did previously. I sighed, "Home sweet home." Gustavo and Kelly picked their bags up and ran upstairs, same with Lucy.

Katie stated, "Welp, I missed my games of bridge, but I'm gonna miss Auradon even more." My mom and her went upstairs, leaving me, Carlos, Logan and James with our bags. I picked mine up, "I missed music a lot, actually, even though we got to perform in front of thousands." Logan nodded, "That was quite the experience." James thought out loud, "I wonder what other magical experience we're gonna go through afterwards?"

I shrugged then started walking, the other three following me, "I just hope it's not anything crazy, though."

I said that, but then if you're a Knight family, crazy things will always happen.

After we unpacked, Kelly sent a text stating 'Gustavo wants you guys in the studio at 1.' Carlos whined, "I wanna take a break today!" I sighed, "Let's just hurry up, there's 40 minutes left before the clock strikes 1." Logan shrugged, "Technically, 38 minutes and 25 seconds, minus the 4 seconds I've used to say this." I chuckled, "I missed your nerdy self actually." He grinned childishly, "Yeah, I missed being nerdy as well."

I chuckled, after we changed our clothes- again- we ran towards the studio. Gustavo crossed his arms, "I'm impressed, for once you're not late and Logan isn't 1 hour too early." I nodded, before I could reply, he yelled, "Now back to the studios, dogs!"

We ran into the studio and immediately started our usual routine.

~4 hours later~

"Alright dogs, since it's your first day after... all that, I'm letting you off early." Gustavo stated. I cheered as I laid on the floor, James extended a hand, "Let's go." I took it and he helped me up. Logan whined, "I completely forgot how relentlessly ruthless practice is when you're with Gustavo." I nodded, then helped him up as James helped Carlos.

Actually, James picked Carlos up in a bridal style and carried him all the way back to the apartment. He commented as he let the Latino man down, "You've gained Carlos, you've gained weight." Carlos gasped, "No way!" he said in disbelief. James nodded, I looked at him, "Yeah, he's right. You look a bit more... chub." Carlos whined.

I said, "I think I'm gonna skip dinner and sleep now, G'night mom." My mom yelled, "G'night Kendall, G'night Logan" as we entered our bedroom. Logan sighed, "I missed my bed." I asked, "You mean our bed?" He chuckled and nodded, "Yeah, our bed. And our privacy."

I quirked an eyebrow and smirked, "Not tonight Kendall, I'm too damn tired." I whined, "Sorry." he said with a frown. I shook my head, "It's alright, I'm too tired as well. Let's go to bed." He chuckled, then started stripping.

As I stripped and watched, I can't believe how much he's grown. He used to be the shy, chubby and nerdy kid I met in kindergarten, now he's like one of the hottest guys I've met and he's my boyfriend, and he's stripping while I'm watching. He wouldn't even let me watch him change back then!

I slid onto the bed after hm, then whispered, "G'night my love." as I turned off the light on the nightstand. He whispered back, "G'night Kendall, love you too." then poked my nose. I chuckled, "You just love doing that, don't you." He nodded with a childish grin before nuzzling his face in my chest, then fell asleep shortly after.

I sighed, kissed his forehead then fell asleep shortly after.