The Lost Pyramid
At Royal Prep, the latest meeting of a certain group was about to begin.
"I hereby bring this meeting of the Princess Adventure Club to order." Princess Zooey announced. "First, I have an important announcement: At next week's meeting, we will present the Princess Adventure Club's Scroll of Discovery."
"Scroll of Discovery?" Hildegard repeated.
"The scroll of what?" Amber frowned.
"Um... what is that again, Zooey?" Sofia asked.
"It's a list of the amazing things each member of our club have discovered on our adventures." Zooey explained. "And the best part? It'll be displayed in the school trophy case for everyone to see!"
"You mean like when Sofia and I found that ancient idol in the temples of Tangu?" Madeline asked.
"Exactly." Zooey nodded. "That was an amazing discovery."
"And I discovered that new species of rainbow moth." Clio declared.
"And I discovered a star: Amberina Major." Amber pointed out. "Did you get that? 'Amberina' means it was named after me!"
"Yeah, we got it." Zooey shrugged.
"How about you, Hildey?" Sofia asked. "What have you discovered?"
"Oh, uh... it's hard to choose." Hildegard said awkwardly. "So many big things come to mind!"
"So everyone think about what to put under your name in the Scroll of Discovery, and have it ready for next week." Zooey instructed. "Now, the second order of business: our new adventure. Follow me to the map room, and I will tell me all about it."
The club members followed Zooey out of the room, except for Sofia and Madeline, who saw that Hildegard was still in her seat, looking worried.
"What's wrong, Hildey?" Madeline asked.
"Nothing... except everyone else has discovered such incredible things!" Hildegard pouted. "What have I done in this club? Seriously, girls, make me a list!"
"Um... you're always... very well-dressed?" Sofia offered.
"Keep going." Hildegard urged.
"Your hair always looks nice?" Madeline declared.
"Yes, I look fabulous." Hildegard agreed. "But suddenly, that doesn't seem as impressive as say, discovering a star. Face it, girls, I'm mediocre!"
"Oh, Hildey, you are just as good as anyone in the club." Sofia assured her.
"But I'm supposed to be better than everyone in the club." Hildegard frowned.
"You're making too much of this." Madeline declared. "It's just a scroll!"
"Just a scroll?!" Hildegard gasped. "Everyone in the school will look at to see what our accomplishments were. And they'll say that I was... ugh, unmemorable!"
"Well, we have a new adventure coming up." Sofia pointed out.
"Good point, Sof." Madeline agreed. "Who knows? Maybe you'll discover something amazing on this trip that you could put in the scroll."
"That's right." Hildegard smiled. "I've still got to find something. ...The best something anyone has ever found!"
Shortly after, all the members were in the map room.
"For our next Princess Adventure Club, I propose that we explore the Lost Pyraminds of Khaldoun." Zooey suggested.
"Uh... how can the pyramids be 'lost' when you have a map of them?" Amber asked.
"They were lost for ages." Zooey admitted. "An evil wizard named Hisan built them to hide his stolen treasures. But just recently, the famous archeomagicologist Princess Cassandra, who's my hero and my penpal, made headlines by discovering four of them."
"What's an archeomagicologist?" Clio asked.
"Some one who studies ancient magical objects." Zooey answered. "And no-one's better at it than Cassandra. Just look at all these books she's written!" She pointed out the books on her desk.
"And her name is on all of them." Hildegard noted. "Now that is impressive."
"You said she found four of the lost pyramids?" Sofia asked. "How many are there?"
"Five." Zooey revealed. "And the fifth one has the greatest treasure of all."
"How do we find it?" Madeline asked.
"It won't be easy." Zooey admitted. "Legends says the five pyramids are laid out in some kind of pattern, but no-one's ever figured it out."
"Oh, please." Hildegard scoffed. "If this... archeomagic-whoosits, Cassandra, can't find the fifth pyramid, what chance do we have?"
"Hildegard!" Sofia smiled, noticing something.
"I say we forget about this and come up with something easier for me to discover - I mean, us to discover!" Hildegard declared.
Sofia pointed at the map Hildegard's hand was on, and Madeline realized it too.
"Hildegard, look!" Madeline used a quill to draw an outline around Hildegard's hand. "Could the evil wizard have arranged the pyramids in the shape of a hand?"
"Nice detective work, Madeline!" Zooey smiled.
"Sofia spotted it first." Madeline said humbly.
"If that theory is correct, then the fifth pyramid would be right where Hildey's thumb is." Zooey deduced.
"My thumb?" Hildegard asked.
"There's only one way to find out." Sofia declared. "Zooey, let's fire up the hydrofoil."
"Princess Adventure Club, let's find the Lost Pyramid of Khaldoun!" Zooey announced.
"And to think, I'm the one who made this discovery!" Hildegard boasted. "My name is going to be in the books, just like Princess Cassandra. Hi, hip, horray for me!"
"Uh, Hildey?" Zooey frowned. "Sofia and Madeline were actually the ones who figured it out."
"But I put my thumb on it!" Hildegard protested.
"Yeah, but that was just by chance." Zooey pointed out.
"Was it, Zooey?" Hildegard retorted.
"Hildey has a point." Madeline admitted. "We would never have figured it without her hand being there."
"See?" Hildegard smirked.
"Uh... okay." Zooey gave in.
"Thanks for letting me take the credit for this, girls." Hildegard said gratefully.
"It's okay, Hildey." Sofia nodded. "We don't mind sharing the credit."
"Sharing?" Hildegard frowned. "What do you mean?"
"Well, we all played a part in the discovery." Madeline pointed out. "So it was really kind of a team effort."
"What?!" Hildegard gasped. "No-one will be impressed if I was just part of a team effort. You've already done so much, girls. Why can't you give me this one itty-bitty huge discovery to myself?"
"Because it isn't the truth, Hildey." Sofia pointed out.
"Well, if you're being to be sticklers, I'll just have to discover something even more super-important on this trip that I can claim credit for all by myself!" Hildegard pouted.
Soon after, the hydrofoil was carrying the club through the skies.
"So you want me to take you to this empty patch of desert?" The pilot asked Zooey.
"Yeah." Zooey pointed to the map. "Take a left at the pinkie, and head for the thumb."
"Aye, aye, Captain Zooey!" The pilot nodded.
As they moved onwards, Clio saw something up ahead.
"Hey, someone's flying towards us!" She pointed.
It was a griffon, being ridden by a woman in a dark outfit and glasses. They landed on the deck, and the woman approached, using a walking stick.
"The Princess Adventure Club, I presume?" The woman asked.
"Princess Cassandra." Zooey smiled. "I sent her a message." She told the others.
"And when I heard you had possibly discovered the missing fifth pyramid of Khaldoun, I had to see for myself." Cassandra smiled.
"She's gonna be our guide." Zooey announced.
"It's great to meet you all." Cassandra declared. "So... which one of you figured it out?"
"Well, actually, I-" Hildegard started.
"It was a team effort." Madeline interrupted.
"Monumental!" Cassandra beamed. "Every archeomagicologist needs as much help as she can get!" She looked at the griffon. "Sally, dismount."
A brightly colored lemur suddenly leapt off the griffon.
"What is that?!" Amber gaped.
"This is Sally, my guide-lemur." Cassandra announced. "She helps me get around without bumping into things."
"Cassandra are you... blind?" Zooey asked.
"What gave me away?" Cassandra answered. "Are my socks mismatched again?"
"You never mentioned in your letters you couldn't see." Zooey pointed out.
"Well, you never mentioned you could." Cassandra retorted.
"Good point." Zooey admitted.
"Attention, everyone!" The pilot called. "We have arrived!"
"Monumental!" Cassandra smiled. "So what do you say, Princesses? Shall we go meet history?"
The hydrofoil descended near the last of the four pyramids.
"Brace for landing!" The pilot announced, as the craft slid into the sand. "Prepare to disembark!" He released the side steps.
"Watch out, watch out!" Hildegard stepped ahead of the others. "One side, one side, please! I'm going to be the first one to find-" She suddenly gasped.
"Tell me what you see." Cassandra instructed.
"Just sand, sand, sand, and more sand!" Hildegard groaned. "There's no pyramid here! I guess Sofia and Madeline got it wrong."
"I thought you said it was your idea." Zooey pointed out as everyone disembarked from the hydrofoil.
"Well, that's when I thought it was a good idea." Hildegard shrugged.
"It might still be." Cassandra declared. "That wizard Hisan was pretty tricky. This pyramid is probably hidden even better than the others."
"I'll find it." Hildegard announced.
Soon, everyone was searching for clues.
"Hey, I found a rock!" Hildegard declared. "And another rock! And here's a third rock!"
"But no pyramid." Amber frowned. "Ugh! We're never going to find it this way!"
"If only there was some way to clear all this sand away!" Hildegard sighed.
"Sometimes, the answer to a problem is staring you right in the face, and you don't even know it." Cassandra announced.
Zooey was sitting on the hydrofoil, watching a tumbleweed roll by.
"It is staring me in the face!" She realized. "I know how to blow the sand away! Everyone quick, get back on the hydrofoil! I have an idea!"
Once everyone was back on board, the hydrofoil was started up, and used the air cannon to blow away some of the sand, revealing a stone with a picture of a sphinx on it.
"Zooey, you did it!" Madeline smiled.
"Yeah, look at that stone with a picture of a-" Clio started.
"A sphinx!" Hildegard rushed off the hydrofoil. "I see it! And I'm closest! Maybe if I just-"
Hildegard placed her hand on the stone. The whole area started shaking, and the fifth pyramid rose out of the sands.
"Uh... wow!" Sofia gaped, as the other joined Hildegard.
"I did it!" Hildegard cheered. "I found the lost pyramid!"
"You and Zooey." Clio pointed out. "She came up with the idea to blow the sand away."
"Ugh, another team effort?!" Hildegard groaned. "This whole trip is turning out to be a royal bummer!"
"But we've just begun." Cassandra pointed out. "There's a lot more to do than just locate the pyramid. You've got to explore it, and find the treasure! So, who's first!"
"Me, me, me!" Hildegard stepped forward, entering the pyramid first.
Some time later, they were all deep inside the pyramid.
"Hey, it's dark in here." Hildegard declared. "How are we going to see where we're going?"
"The other pyramids were lined with Forever Torches along the walls." Cassandra recalled. "Feel around, and find one."
The adventurers complied, running their hands along the walls.
"Got one!" Madeline announced.
"Now pull on it." Cassandra instructed. "Does it light up?"
Madeline pulled the torch, and it indeed lit up.
"Yes!" Amber cheered.
All the other torches also lit up.
"Amazing!" Sofia gasped.
"Way to go, Cassandra!" Zooey beamed.
They all rushed to the end of the corridor.
"It's a dead end!" Hildegard frowned. "There's no way forward. Just this writing on the wall."
"Hieroglyphics? Monumental!" Cassandra declared.
"A long time ago, people used to write in pictures instead of words." Zooey told the others.
"Should we describe them to you?" Madeline asked Cassandra.
"No need." Cassandra declined. She handed Hildegard her walking stick, and ran her hands over the carvings. "This is how I fell in love with archeomagicology. Since it's carved in stone, I can read it with my fingers." She continued feeling the carvings. "Beautiful! Just as I suspected: it's here."
"What's here?" Clio asked.
"Each of Hisan's pyramids had a magic treasure in it." Cassandra revealed. "This one holds the greatest treasure of all."
"The Oasis Stone!" Zooey realized.
"Exactly, Zooey!" Cassandra nodded. "The whole valley used to be lush, with plants and animals. If we can find the Oasis Stone, we can magically restore it to the way it was."
"We should totally do that!" Clio nodded.
"These symbols say the Oasis Stone rests in the central chamber of the pyramid." Cassandra declared. "But the wizard placed many challenges and traps along the way. If we follow the jackal symbols, they'll lead us to the central chamber. Someone press this symbol, and away we go."
Madeline stepped forward, but Hildegard pushed her aside.
"A magic stone that will restore life to this desert?" She asked. "I'm going to be the first one to find it!"
Hildegard pushed the jackal symbol, and the wall split into two and swing to the sides.
"A secret door?" Clio gasped. "I love this already!"
"I'm first, I'm first!" Hildegard rushed forward. "I'm-Oh!"
Hildegard stopped at the edge of a chasm.
"It's a pit." She declared. "We can't get through."
"That must be the first trap." Sofia surmised.
"There's always a way to get through." Cassandra said boldly. "You just have to look."
"I don't see a way." Clio admitted.
"That's because you're looking with your eyes." Cassandra declared. "Close them, and try reaching out with your other senses." She sniffed the air. "What do you smell?"
The other sniffed.
"Hildey's perfume?" Amber offered. "Oh, it's nice!"
"Thank you, Amber." Hildegard smiled. "It's my own fragrance: Fleur de Freezenburg."
"Anything else?" Cassandra asked.
"I smell... moss." Sofia announced.
"I do too!" Zooey aggreed.
"Good." Cassandra beamed. "Sally, find the moss!"
Sally climbed up the wall, found a vine of moss, and swung down to them with it.
"This is just the trick to get us across the pit." Hildegard grabbed the vine and swung across.
She threw back the vine, with Sally sending down another. Clio and Zooey swung across, followed by the other.
"There you go." Cassandra smiled. "You're starting to see that you don't always have to rely on what you see. Sometimes, your other senses can get you through."
The group continued walking through the pyramid.
Cassandra: You use your eyes to see what's in front of you
They tell you most of what you need to know
But you've got other senses to get you through
To find all the things your eyes can never show
And, yes, I know you just wanna charge ahead
But there may be things that block your way
Instead of looking feel all around instead
And you'll sense what lies ahead from a mile away
When it cloudy and dark
And you can't see much
Reach out with your hearing, your smell, and your touch
If you're feeling fenced in by what you can't see
Break down those fences and come to your senses with me
As they entered one room, it suddenly closed itself off, and it began filling with water.
Cassanda: When you can't see exactly what to do
Close your eyes and try to use your ears
Listen close and hear what's in front of you
And maybe the way out will at last appear
As they rose up to the ceiling, Madeline felt a switch, and pressed it. The roof opened up, allowing them to escape.
"I found a secret door!" She announced.
After they all climbed out, Cassandra detached the roof, so they could slide down on the water.
Cassandra: When it's cloudy and dark
And you can't see much
Reach out with your hearing, your smell, and your touch
If you're feeling fenced in by what you can't see
Break down those fences and come to your senses with me
They ended up in another room that seemed to have no exit. Looking arond, they found plates with symbols that matched a construct on the floor. Collecting all the plates, they placed on the matching spots, which opened a doorway to a nex chamber.
All: We're on an adventure
Seeking for glory
But what we can see doesn't tell the whole story
We're feeling our way
We're listening and smelling
And where it will lead us there's really no telling
When it's cloudy and dark
And we can't see much
We'll reach out with our hearing, our smell, and our touch
When we're feeling fenced in and we can't get through
We'll break down those fences
And come to our senses
With you
We've come to our senses
With you
They all entered the new chamber, and sat down for a moment. Zooey cleared some pebbles out of her shoe.
"Oh, I'm soaked!" Amber groaned.
"I never thought I could get this wet in the desert." Clio frowned.
"You all stay here and dry off." Cassandra instructed. "I'll scout ahead."
"I can come with you." Hildegard followed her.
"Adventures are fun, but they took a toll on your wardrobe." Amber sighed as she leaned against a torch as she shook her boot dry.
"Wait!" Sofia yelled. "Amber, don't touch that!"
The torch clicked downward, it and all the others switching off.
"Oops!" Amber cringed.
"Just push on the torch to make them all light again." Zooey instructed.
"Which torch? I can't find it now!" Amber knocked over several torches. "Oh, now I've knocked them down!"
"What are we gonna do?" Clio asked.
"We're gonna make our way out of here, and catch up to Cassandra and Hildey." Madeline declared.
"But we can't see anything!" Clio protested.
"Remember what Cassandra said: our other senses will get us through." Sofia assured them.
"...I feel a breeze." Clio held up her hand. "It must be coming from the open door at the end of the hall!"
"I'll throw these pebbles in front of us so we can hear what's blocking our path." Zooey picked up the pebbles from her shoe.
She threw one, which clattered across the chamber, striking some stone.
"Watch out, there's a stone to out left." Zooey pointed out as the Princesses started moving.
"We're on our way." Sofia whispered.
Meanwhile, Cassandra and Hildegard were checking the passageway.
"I think we've gone far enough." Cassandra declared. "I'll go back and get the others."
"Right." Hildegard nodded. "I'll, um... stay here, and look around a little."
Hildegard looked around. She moved some moss from the wall, discovering a familiar symbol.
"The jackal!" She gasped. "We're supposed to follow these to get to the Oasis Stone!"
Hildegard pushed the symbol, causing the whole wall to spin around, pushing her to the other side.
Meanwhle, the others were being led back by Cassandra.
"It was dark, but we did it." Clio smiled.
"We used our other sense, like you said." Zooey noted.
"Monumental!" Cassandra grinned.
"Where's Hildey?" Madeline asked.
"I left her right here." Cassandra frowned.
"Well, there's only one door." Clio pointed out. "She must have gone ahead. This way."
"Let's go." Cassandra urged. "We're close. I can feel it."
"And I can smell it." Sofia sniffed.
"Me too." Madeline sniffed. "Fleur de Freezengurg, Hildey's perfume."
"That's it." Sofia nodded. "But it's not coming from the door."
"It's coming from over here." Madeline followed the scent.
As they looked around, Sofia found the jackal symbol.
"A-ha!" She smiled. "A jackal!"
"Hey, guys, wait!" Madeline called. "We found a-!"
As Madeline called, she leaned against the symbol, causing her and Sofia to be sent to the other side of the wall.
They found themselves in a large, well-lit chamber. There was an altar up ahead, a white gem floating above a pedestal, with Hildegard gazing at it.
"That must be it: the Oasis Stone!" Hildegard smiled, stepping forward.
"Hildey, stop!" Sofia called.
"I've found it, girls!" Hildegard beamed. "I've found the Oasis Stone! Now all I have to do is grab it, and I'll have the greatest discovery in the history of the Princess Adventure Club!"
"But this whole pyramid has been filled with traps!" Madeline pointed out. "We should wait for Cassandra and the others!"
"No!" Hildegard refused. "I've got to claim it first! Or they'll show up, and it'll be another 'team effort'!"
"But that's what we are: a team." Sofia declared.
Hildegard ignored them, and rushed up the altar. As she reached for the Oasis Stone, a nearby golden sphinx statue sprang to life.
"Who disturbs my slumber?" The Sphinx prowled over to Hildegard.
"Uh-oh!" Madeline gasped.
"Hildey, run!" Sofia urged.
"But I... need that stone!" Hildegard said stubbornly.
"The Oasis Stone has remained hidden under the sands of Khaldoun for age upon age." The Sphinx hissed. "Who has discovered its location?"
"Hildey, come on!" Madeline hissed.
"It's okay, girls." Hildegard insisted. She approached the sphinx. "I discovered it!"
"Most impressive." The Sphinx admitted.
"Thank you." Hildegard smiled. "I did it all by myself."
"And who found the carving that lifted the pyramid out of the sand?" The Sphinx asked.
"Me! That was me!" Hildegard claimed.
"And did you make it through all my master's traps to get here?" The Sphinx requested.
"Yes, yes, me again!" Hildegard lied.
"Congratulations, Princess Hildegard." The Sphinx smiled. "You have earned a most special reward."
"Hey, girls, did you hear that?" Hildegard bragged, unaware of the Sphinx calling upon magic. "I'm gonna get-"
The floor beneath her opened up, and she fell to a straw-filled area below.
"Hildey!" Sofia gasped.
"Sofia, Madeline, help!" Hildegard yelped.
"Please Mr Sphinx, release our friend!" Madeline pleaded.
"I think not." The Sphinx refused. "My ancient duty is to wait here. And if someone tries to take the Oasis Stone, I am ordered to capture them."
"But we didn't know about your rules!" Sofia protested.
"Now flee." The Sphinx snarled. "Or you two shall join your friend, imprisoned here for all eternity!"
The Sphinx used its magic to make the entrance to the chamber slowly close.
"Don't worry, Hildey." Madeline declared. "We'll figure something out."
"And we'll be back." Sofia added.
"Oh no." Hildegard frowned. "Sofia! Madeline!"
As Sofia and Madeline raced toward the entrance, Cassandra and the others entered the passage outside through the revolving wall.
"There they are!" Zooey pointed.
"Zooey!" Madeline declared.
"Cassandra!" Sofia yelled.
As the door lowered, it was clear that Sofia and Madeline weren't going to make it in time.
"Wedge something in the door, quick!" Cassandra instructed.
The group rolled another a piece of a stone pillar, which stopped the door from completely closing. They then made their way into the chamber.
"Did you find Hildegard?" Cassandra asked Sofia and Madeline.
"I'm here!" Hildegard called. "I'm trapped!"
"Is there a Sphinx?" Cassandra inquired.
"Yes, there is." Madeline nodded.
"I wish you'd waited for us." Cassandra sighed.
"I know, I should have." Hildegard admitted. "I'm sorry for the way I've been acting. You should all escape now, while you can."
"You should know us better than that." Sofia declared.
"We're not going to leave you." Madeline added.
"We're the Princess Adventure Club." Zooey reminded her.
"And we're your friends." Amber added.
"After all I've done?" Hildegard asked.
"Can't you see how they feel about you?" Cassandra urged.
"Can't you see..." Sofia mused, then gasped. "I know just how to get Hildey out of that trap!"
"You do?" Madeline frowned.
Sofia whispered her plan to the others.
"That is a monumental idea!" Cassandra smiled.
"Excuse me, Miss Sphinx? You've made a mistake." Madeline announced.
"You said your job was to capture anyone who tries to take the Oasis Stone." Sofia declared.
"But Hildey didn't try to get it all by herself." Madeline revealed.
"Well, she said she did." The Sphinx pointed out.
"Well, she didn't." Sofia shrugged. "Not alone."
"Sofia and I helped figure out where the pyramid was on the map." Madeline declared.
"And I came up with a way to blow the sand off the stones and get us into this place." Zooey added.
"And I've been reading the hieroglyphics along the way." Cassandra admitted.
"Is this true?" The Sphinx asked Hildegard.
"Well... yes." Hildegard confessed. "Every word."
"So you admit you are all responsible?" The Sphinx frowned. "And you want me to capture you all?"
"Yes." Madeline nodded.
"Very well." The Sphinx nodded. "Prepare to spend eternity in-"
"Amber, now!" Sofia yelled.
Amber grabbed the nearest torch and pulled it down, causing all the torches to go out.
"What is happening?!" The Sphinx yelped. "I cannot see!"
The group moved around the Sphinx, easily avoiding its blind strikes. Cassandra even pulled on its tail.
"Hildey's perfume!" Clio sniffed as she and Zooey crawled toward the trap door. "I smell it!"
"We've got you!" Zooey called as Clio fired down a rope from her carabiner. "Grab on, Hildey!"
Hildegard climbed up the rope, to freedom.
"Now, hurry!" Zooey urged.
"One second." Hildegard declared.
Hildegard crawled over to the Oasis Stone, and grabbed it. Immediately after, the torches all lit up again.
"A-ha!" The Sphinx snarled.
The others started to run. As the Sphinx, Hildegard grabbed its tail.
Meanwhile, all the others slid under the almost-closed door.
"Hildey!" Clio gasped. "Where is she?"
"There!" Zooey pointed back into the room.
Hildegard was still holding onto the Sphinx's tail, desperately avoiding its attacks. When the Sphinx spun around, she lost her grip, and was flung across the room, sliding up to the door.
As the Sphinx lunged forward, the pillar started to crack under the doors weight. Hildegard and the others managed to escape just before the Pillar shattered entirely, the door slamming shut and trapping the Sphinx.
Outside the pyramid, King Nasir and several watched as the group exited.
"Princess Sofia? Princess Madeline?" He asked. "Princess Cassandra!"
"King Nasir?" Madeline smiled. "What are you doing here?"
"It isn't every day the ground rumbles, and an ancient pyramid magically rises from nowhere." King Nasir pointed out. "Is it the fabled fifth pyramid?"
"Yes, your majesty." Cassandra nodded. "These brave, smart, adventurous girls discovered it."
"Oh, wonderous!" King Nasir smiled. "Now please, please tell me you have acquirred the legendary Oasis Stone?"
"Unfortunately, we didn't." Cassandra frowned. "We barely escaped with our-"
"Actually, I got the stone." Hildegard revealed. "I went back and found it in the dark when everything was going crazy." She gave the stone to King Nasir.
"Oh, then you, Princess Hildegard, have made the greatest discovery in the history of Khaldoun!" King Nasir announced.
"Adn you'll have one fantastic entry for the Scroll of Discovery." Sofia smirked.
"You did it, Hildey!" Madeline grinned.
"Cassandra, you were right." Hildegard admitted. "I've discovered something a lot better than this Stone. I've discovered I have great friends." She approached King Hasir. "Thank you, King Nasir, but I didn't find the Stone all by myself. We all did it together."
"Then together, you should all return the Stone to where it belongs: the top of the pyramid." King Hasir urged, giving the asis Stone to Hildegard. "And let the magic transformation begin!"
After taking the Hydrofoil to the top the pyramid, Hildegard placed the Oasis Stone on an altar in its hollow top. The whole pyramid started glowing.
"How does it look?" Cassandra asked.
"Not bad." Sofia smiled.
"Not bad at all." Madeline added.
The light spread all across the valley, causing lush green plants to appear everywhere.