note: Luz and Amity will not appear in this chapter
Chapter 17: The Great Escape
Eda and the rebellion were looking at a giant maze behind the Gravesfield Town Hall. "How did this get here," questioned Eda.
"Luz must have set this up in case we try to escape," answered King.
"That human is pretty good," said Belos. "But she's not clever enough. We can just use magic to flee." Belos cast a spell to give them the path to the exit only for it to backfire right at him. He jumped out of the way just in time before who knows what the spell would do to him. "Ok," he continued. "Maybe she is good."
"Looks like we are gonna have to do things the old fashioned way," said Eda.
Suddenly, Camilla spoke, "What happened to my daughter?"
"That's not your daughter anymore," answered Belos. "She's now a titan."
"A Titan," Camilla questioned in shock. "She never told be anything about this."
"That's because she didn't know until it was too late," answered Belos. "We'll explain what happened as we try to escape this impossible maze." Belos cast a spell that would give him a snack.
This gave Eda an idea. She questioned, "Can you summon more snacks? We can use them as a trail to find out where we've been already. Plus it would give us something to eat along the way." Belos agreed to the idea because he thought it was clever. He did just that. He summoned about 30 packs. Everyone took a couple bags and split up to find the exit. "Wait," said Eda. "How will we know where the exit is when someone collides with someone's path?"
"Each person has a colored package," answered Belos. "There will be different colors on the ground. Once someone finds the exit, send up a flare. It will then activate the right color to follow to the exit. This maze may keep us from using magic but that's only in the maze itself. When there is magic done outside it, the magic will flow through the maze because it was done outside."
"So as long as there is a link in the maze with magic done outside it, then magic is useful," questioned Willow. Belos nodded to answer. "Wow, you found a loophole," Willow continued. The rebellion started to go through the maze dropping crumbs as they went. What they didn't know is that there were traps. One trap was set off causing the victim to get pulled into the wall. Others were warning shots and some summoned demons.
"Man this is hard," said Eda.
"Sure is," exclaimed Belos. He decided to go with Eda and Camilla because they couldn't use magic. They were at the center point of the maze. They didn't know how much more to go. "We haven't had any dead ends yet," said Belos. "We might be along the right path." Just then he set off a trap. This caused the ground in front of them to collapse.
"That was close," said Eda. "Now how are we gonna get to the exit?"
"We'll have to find another way," said Belos. But Eda saw something written in the wall next to her.
"Wait," said Eda. "I found something here. It looks like a puzzle. It says, 'The path you seek is not far ahead for the answer you need is in a bed'. Hmm. Is in a bed. What does that mean?" Both Camilla and Belos looked around.
Belos answered Eda with, "I found it. The bed is a flower bed. Where I see one right in front of us. There must be some kind of lever." Eda walked up to the flower bed and reached inside. To her surprise, Belos was right. She grabbed the hidden lever and pulled. The ground in front of them opened reappeared and made a path again.
"This has to be the right way," said Eda. "Come on. Oh and let's put something over the trap so no one falls for the same thing we did." Camilla had a cloth with her and wrote don't step her on the cloth. She then carefully placed the cloth on the trigger spot of the trap. After a couple of minutes, they found the exit. Eda took out her flare and activated it. This caused there colored crumbs to glow showing they found the right path. Now they waited for the rest to get out.
Willow, Gus and King were going through the maze together. They were pretty beat up from the traps too. "Are we sure this is the right way," questioned King.
"No," answered Gus. "This is a maze. Anything can be right." Willow looked up and saw the flare Eda fired.
"Look," shouted Willow. "The flare. The exit has been found. Follow the arrows below us to the right path." They did just that. Turns out they ran into a couple of dead ends. They were also very far from Eda, Belos and Camilla's path. It took them awhile but they made it out and were the last to as well.
"Looks like that's everyone," said Eda. "Let's go back to the Owl House and think of a plan B.
"Maybe I might be able to help," said unknown voice.
"Who are you," questioned Belos pointing his staff at the figure.
"It's ok," said Camilla. "I know her."
What will be plan B? Will Luz know the rebellion escaped? Who is this figure Camilla knows and how will they be able to help? Find out in the next chapter.
TO BE CONTINUED
