A/N: I'm SO sorry for the long wait on this chapter! It's been really crazy, since I'm getting ready to go on vacation soon today. I promised myself that I'd get this chapter up before I left, though. I wouldn't let you guys go through another week without an update, now would I?

Disclaimer: See chapter 1

Chapter 6 – "The Moesko Caves: Part I"

Once out of Majestic's castle, Marlin was outside with the black sand and glowing light, which was starting to give him a headache. He was surprised to see that the sun had already gone down. He looked at his rock again and read the next item on the list: The Powder Root of Moesko Caves.

Remembering how he had gotten to this place, Marlin now knew what to do. Gritting his teeth and bracing himself, Marlin touch the words, and once again everything around him swirled, and he was frozen in place.

A few minutes later, everything went back to normal. That wasn't half as bad as the last trip… Marlin thought bitterly.

He looked around to his new surroundings. Where he was, there was nothing below him. As a matter of fact, there wasn't any bottom as far as he could see. He was in open water. He was vaguely reminded of his nightmare the previous night, but at least everything wasn't black. It still looked like the ocean, anyhow.

Now where do I go? Marlin mentally asked. But then he thought of how the last time he was teleported, it had taken him right outside where he needed to go. So he figured that where ever Moesko Caves was, was nearby. But the problem was, that there was nothing around for miles. So, thinking for a minute, Marlin decided to try swimming down to see where it leads.

Marlin started down, feeling nervous. Once all the light was gone and he could see nothing, he was more alert for predators. He didn't want a reenactment of the anglerfish incident… and who knew what else was lurking down there in the dark? Marlin really didn't want to find out. All he wanted was to see if he was going in the right direction, or not.

At long last, Marlin felt himself run into the bottom. He groaned in pain, for the ground consisted of sharp rocks. He squinted in the darkness, but he was still unable to anything.

Just great, he thought. How am I going to know if this is the right way if I can't see a darn thing?!

Suddenly, a luminous light came from Marlin's bag. He opened it up to find that it was his rock that was glowing. When he took it out of the bag, the light spilled over everything within ten feet of him. He shook his head, trying hard as to come used to these weird impossible things happening.

So he looked in one direction and saw nothing. Looking in the opposite direction, he still saw nothing. But when he turned a little to the left, Marlin saw the wall of the cliff, along with a giant hole in it – a cave.

"That must be it," Marlin whispered to himself.

Slowly, Marlin made his way over to the huge opening and looked inside. From where he was, nothing could be seen, so he went in further until he came to something. There were five different passages along the wall, all obviously leading different ways. Marlin let out a frustrated sigh, but then he remembered something.

Looking at the rock, he asked, "Which way to I go?"

For a second, nothing happened, but then the bright light of the rock went out, and Marlin was left in darkness again. Then, just as expected, shining golden letters appeared on the rock.

Center

Then the words disappeared again, and the light came back, lighting up the cave. Marlin paused for a minute, and then swam down the center passage, as instructed. 

A/N:  Oh my God, I'm SOOOOOOO sorry this is so short! I started writing this about 4hours ago, went to do something else and completely forgot about it! And now I've got about 15 minutes until I leave for vacation, so that's why I couldn't finish it! I'm sorry!