Chapter Seventeen

The three friends slid down the tunnel until they hit the very bottom of the long and seemingly endless tunnel.

Lily sat up and looked around them slowly. The chamber they were now in was cold, damp, and dark. Bones were scattered everywhere around them.

"Looks like there has been nothing living down here in a while." John said as he stood up.

Lily stood up too. "That's because there hasn't been anything living down here in a while." She rolled her eyes and walked over to Erica, who was standing by the entrance into another chamber.

Erica and Lily started to walk through when they came to a wall of rocks. Most of them had been moved and a space was cleared on the side.

"Wait for me!" John shouted as he ran to catch up with them. He stopped at the wall and stared at it. "How do we get through?"

Lily turned to him, hardly able to see how dim witted he was. She pointed to the small opening then started through it with Erica right behind her.

"Right, I knew that." John answered as e crawled through the opening too. He stood straight and saw that they were in front of a large door decorated with snakes.

Lily stared at it. She closed her eyes and whispered open. She opened her eyes and saw the door opening slowly. Erica was looking at her now. "What?"

Erica shrugged. "It's just a bit strange, that's all." She smiled then let John in behind Lily into the next chamber. John could hear Erica's footsteps following behind them.

This chamber was long and had snake heads on each side. Lily looked all around them. The ceiling was dripping with water and the smell of mildew and mold surrounded them.

"Wow it smells." John said as they continued to the front of the chamber. Each step echoed throughout the room and tunnels on each side.

They stopped at the front and looked around. Lily walked over to the wall. She pressed onto a part of it. The siding opened to reveal a large, dark room. John ran over to her.

"How did you find that? I didn't even see it." John asked excitedly.

"I don't know it just stuck out more than the rest." She turned around to look at John. Then she noticed something. "John, where's Erica?"

John looked behind him. Erica was no where to be seen. "I…I thought she was right behind us." She stood straight and started to search around.

Lily stood up from her knee but stopped when she heard a voice. Thegirl is here in this chamber. Find him soon or never see him again.

The voice stopped and Lily ran to John with wide eyes. "Did you hear it?" She asked frantically.

John looked at her strangely. "No, I didn't hear anything." She held Lily's shoulders. "What'd you hear?"

Lily looked up at her. "Someone is down here with us and can speak parseltounge. They have Erica."

John's eyes showed in fear. "What do we do?" Lily shook her head and started down the first tunnal on her right.

Sorry it's so short. Next chapter to come soon.