The Child Of the Moon: The Battle of the Labyrinth

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Chapter 6: Just tell me already

Once the last bits of our boat were through the barrier it closed behind us sealing us inside. Luckily, we had made it in one piece. I mean we were all battered, tired and bruised, but at least we were alive and all in one piece. Luckily however that same pain, and tiredness was soon replaced by awe. The sights before us, to me just couldn't be real, it was only something you could ever hear about in a fairytale. And honestly this paradise was bigger then what I had originally pictured or had dreamt about, then again in my dreams I never really had a full exact view of everything.

In front of us floating above the Celtic sea was an island, it was in a crescent shape, with waterfalls coming down the sides of the giant floating rock, with other islands surrounding it along with a smaller one in the center of the crescent main island. The main island had a large forest full of thriving wildlife. On the island was a large castle, and just like in my dream made of pure gold, behind the actual castle was a large beam of light constantly changing in color. The castle was large and gigantic and was centered in the area of small towns, which were glowing with lights as the night had made all the lights stand out, even with my abilities to see in the night. The castle walls had flags hanging from the top like banners, on the tips of the castle towers were flags all holding the same symbol that was in my mindscape and on Lawrence's armor. The castle had a total of five different towers. Surprisingly the island was not as low tech as I had imagined it would be. Around the whole island were some energy railings with energy powered trains moving at high speeds, going from place to place, I guessed not all dragons preferred to just fly. The energy coming off looked to be the same as the glowing beam behind the castle, as it was constantly changing colors to match the beam. To my shock there were no cars at all. None were sitting on the streets it was completely bare. In fact, the only lights on the roads besides the glowing of the houses were small street lamp posts on each corner of the roads. Which I guess made sense, why drive around when you're a dragon that could just fly. The small island in the center of the crescent had a small-scale castle which was surrounded by four stone dragons. Each one holding a different symbol in their mouths, the small island itself was connected to the main island due to some sort of high energy chains.

Connecting to the main island were chains which held all other islands that were surrounding it. Each Island that was connected to the main island seemed to have a biome all of their own, apart from the small island that had the mini castle on it.

One island that was connected had a desert. The desert from what I could tell was calm and silent apart of course from the constant shifting of the sand that seemed to blow up in wisps. I could also see small amounts of movement as well it was very intriguing.

Another Island had a forest the forest was a bit lively with sounds of crickets, luckily I was able to hear the noises with my enhanced hearing because without it I would not had been able to hear the dragon noises from the forest. There was chittering, roaring, many different noises. Some however just sounded off and weird, but I assumed it was a different way of communicating then I was ever used to. There were also normal noises from the forest as well, such as wolf howling, elk calls, bear growls, and so much more it was incredible. The forest also made me yearn to want to be in it. The forest just kept calling me, almost enticing. The place was truly wild, a place I knew Grover and the other satyr's and nymphs would love. I wondered if there were actually in the forest but knowing how secretive I doubted it.

In addition to the many islands there was also a volcanic island. In the center of the island there was a large volcano which was spewing endless amounts of magma. There were also flaming rocks rocketing out of the volcano, but it seemed natural as the land scape would just magically fix itself it the rock left a crater. The land scape seemed to have no life, but I knew that was a lie. There were bound to be lava and all other fiery dragons on the land covered in flames.

The Next Island was mainly just a large lake with what I could assume was fresh water, that was constantly dumping into the sea below, but the water never seemed to dip, it was endless. On parts of the large lake were small islands with trees and other vegetation. It really looked amazing especially with the moon that was reflecting off the water, especially when fish would just randomly jump out and dive back down.

The next island was one full of snow, with pine trees and mountains that were just covered in sleets of snow. There were even mountains made of actual ice. Above the mountains were clouds that just continued to rain down snow, but the snow never seemed to grow it just stayed at a constant amount. But it was an amazing site to see. I knew if a normal human were to walk in there they would easily gain hypothermia with in minutes even if they wore the warmest clothes they could. But interestingly enough with my nature abilities with sensing auras I could tell wildlife thrived in the forest. I had no clue how with how cold it must've been, but they were thriving.

The next island that had caught my attention seemed to have a rainforest kind of vibe. The trees obviously had the same as the ones you would find in the Amazon. Only these, these were thriving, these proved what a rainforest was supposed to look like, especially because it had not a single shred of evidence that any human intervention was there. The whole rainforest was thriving living in harmony. There were jaguars jumping from tree to tree. monkeys hollering, and so many other animals. Dragons of course were also within the dense jungle, but none I could really make out since we were so far and constantly moving in the floating boat, but it really was incredible. And amazingly just like the Island of ice it had rain clouds above the rainforest constantly raining, it would sometimes stop, but then would pick up again. It never looked to be flooding, since the only water that came out was from the small river that ran down the middle of the Island.

And all of these islands seemed to go on forever. They all seemed endless. It truly was a paradise, a place that made me kind never want to leave. To stay, this showed how things could thrive if humans had not intervened. Being the Son of Artemis really made me understand nature. I was connected, perhaps not as deeply as Grover or other nature spirits, but I could feel it. It was a living thing, and here it thrived and lived peacefully.

What was even more surprising was the fact there were even more islands. Those were just a few. There were islands fit for all dragons. It was a place all dragons could live and thriving. Just simply incredible, and it was all out here in the middle of nowhere floating above the Celtic sea. And no one had any clue it was here. This massive place full of so many wonders and islands would stick out like a sore thumb, but that barrier seemed to act like the one at camp, it probably controlled the weathers that were on each island and everything, making sure no mortals had any clue this place was here, but that was just a guess. Maybe even protecting this place from the gods as well.

Looking beneath the boat I saw fins and ridges of dragons swimming beneath us in the depths below. I also noticed dragons flying, roaring around each individual island and some even heading towards the mainland. The place had dragons everywhere. The book had said dragons were hunted to almost extinction. This place showed that the book was limited in its knowledge, it shows that its previous owner must've not really been able to build up on its content. Not to mention the dragons Ginarth had in his control. The mad dragon most likely had hundreds if not thousands in his own command. This place was thriving. But also made me very confused.

"My prince you seem confused?" Lawrence asked seeing my puzzled expression.

"How are so many dragons here?" I asked gesturing to the dragons below and above.

Akasha whom was looking at the main island in glee now turned my direction. Want to join in on the conversation curious as to why I was confused.

"The only ones that are capable of getting in are the royal line, however in cases of emergency, such as what had happened a century ago with Ginarth and the Greek gods, the queen and king before they went in their comas, were able to help others escape from their wrath. What you see before you is the tenacity and love the King and Queen have for their people. However, the only ones actually allowed access to the castle itself are the royal line and their royal guards. Where the King and Queen were recovering in the castle was a place of great secrecy." Lawrence said.

"Wow that's incredible." I said feeling a weird tug in the pit of my stomach, a sort of sense of familiarity it was slightly comforting."But if they had not gone into a coma after the Ginarth incident, how did they?" I asked.

Lawrence gained a thinking pose, however Akasha answered.

"No one knows unfortunately, one day they were ruling then, they had gone into privacy and when some guards had gone to check on them they found them unconscious in their rooms. The only reason they have not died due to malnutrition has been because of the soul and medical dragons we have in the castle." Akasha said.

"That's odd." I said scratching my head still slightly puzzled.

"You will know when you talk to your mother." Lawrence said.

I nodded my head accepting Lawrence's answer and continued to take in the sights. The place was just breathtaking. The thoughts of my friends continued to filter in my head. And honestly, I missed them. I missed Percy's goofiness, Grover's constant worrying, Annabeth's constant knowledge about the gods and her constant nagging to read my book, and Ember's constant care and love. I missed them all. And I could not wait to get back to them, this place may be a paradise, but my main objective was to train and let them know not just about Ginarth, but also about Kronos and their plans. And hopefully gain their support in the coming fight.

Finally, we reached the mainland and our boat stopped at what seemed to be a small dock and were greeted with the sight of fifty royal guards, and five nurses were present among the guards. I could tell them apart from their very apparent dress differences. As the guards had armor of that of a warrior, while the nurses seemed to have a different lighter weighted armor, with red crosses on the sides of their shoulder plates.

When we all exited the boat, the nurses were about to come to me first, but I just stopped them and pointed to the two unconscious dragons in the boat and explained the situation to them. And when I had mentioned Ginarth they all seemed to stiffen, and gain looks of worry, but it soon passed as I had continued on with explaining our two captives.

The nurses nodded at me as two made their way to the unconscious two in the boat, two nurses made their way to both Lawrence and Akasha, and one staying with me to check on me. Each one had a med kit in hand and tended to all our wounds. But for the most part it was just a bunch of bandages and explaining to each of us that we will be needing rest once the meeting with the queen was over with, as we were all obviously worn out. Once we were all checked out, and two guards grabbed the ones in the boat, hefting the two like two sacks of potatoes, then we all made our way to the castle. The Guards all surround myself, Lawrence and Akasha, while two separate guards took the unconscious dragons with them to the infirmary along with all the medical guards to make sure they were not still under Ginarth's control.

Each Guard seemed to have their own armor, made of different material, but all had the exact same symbol, the one on Lawrence's own armor except they also had one other symbol on the shoulders, each symbol representing an element, which was most likely the unique element each knight wielded. All of them did not speak a single word. Each one had a helmet on their heads, only allowing their eyes to be seen, they had what seemed to be different weapons, most likely all of them trained in a different type of weapon, since I noticed some had spears, others had swords, some even just having daggers. The weaponry was especially odd as the metal was all made with some weird metal, something I had never seen before, and each different from the rest, each unique to its wielder.

The guards surrounding us then lead myself, Lawrence and Akasha towards the castle. And luckily it was the middle of night, so we gained little to no attention. The only attention in which we gained were the sight from the dragons above, which seemed to hover up above and seemed to bow their heads then would head back up above the clouds, roaring and would give out shrieks of joy. Flames, lightning, and so many other elements seemed to shroud the clouds in an amazing light show.

"Wow." I said in amazement.

Akasha giggled next to me. "You think this is a lot of dragons wait till day time, this is nothing."

"Really? Do they do the light show all the time too?" I asked.

"No." Akasha said with a small sad smile. "But this is a special occasion, we are getting our prince back. Honestly It's…it's been too many years since we have had our prince back home where he belongs."

I smiled sadly at her. "I know, and I'm sorry for everyone's lose. I know the two princes meant a lot to the kingdom."

"You have no idea." She said sadly. "But I suppose that's in the past now, nothing we can do, all we can do is be glad you are here, happy you are safe and alive, or else chaos knows what we would do." Akasha smiled sadly.

I nodded my head, and we all continued to walk in silence up the pathway towards the castle anxious for the meeting with the queen.

As we came closer to the castle I could make out the finer details of the castle, and the outside looked exactly like my dream I had when we were after the fleece, however due to my limited viewing of the castle I wasn't able to see the full scope, but now that I was, it was incredible. The castle was made of pure gold. Large pillars stood with large columns which connected with various parts of the whole castle. There were gothic windows on the front above a large double which looked to be made of marble. The outside also consisted of a dragon marble fountain, the dragon was in the center wrapped around a small mountain with a crown atop of its head and from its mouth was spewing out what seemed to be both gold and silver, like literal gold and silver. It was insane. Around the fountain was the pathway leading to the staircase, and to the large double doors. On the outside of the path were marble pillars leading up and around the castle going along the edge of all the paths around the courtyard of the castle, and the many gardens that the castle seemed to have.

When we finally reached the beginning of the staircase leading to the large double doors, the guards seemed to form to large lines their shield pointed ends hitting the ground, each knight pulled out their swords and pointed up in an arc, creating a single pathway towards the doors, one way forward and one way back. I looked at Akasha and Lawrence.

"It seems my prince this is where we must part ways." Lawrence said.

I felt myself sadden slightly but was pulled into a tight hug by Akasha.

"We will talk again, I promise. We aren't going anywhere." Akasha said with a small smile.

I pulled away from Akasha wiping the small tears from my face that I totally blamed the wind for, then turned to Lawrence.

Lawrence was about to give a salute, but I stopped him before he could and grasped the inside of his forearm.

"Thank you, the both of you. Without the two of you I would've never had been able to make it here. So, thank you both really." I said with a smile.

Lawrence gave a small smile from his usually stoic façade. "It was a great duty and honor, my prince. Now I do believe someone is waiting."

I smiled and released his arm and took in a deep breath and with one last look at the two new friends I made, I made my way to the double doors, and was greeted with the greatest sight I had seen in the past few days.

Standing in front of me was my adoptive mother, May. Tears in her eyes and both hands held to her chest and the happiest smile gracing her face. Upon seeing her I lunged forward almost toppling us to the ground and hugged her tightly.

"Thought I had lost you for a second time." I mumbled into her stomach.

I then felt small feminine hands run through my hair. "No, my sweet boy. You haven't lost me nor will you ever. It's a promise of a lifetime."

"Thank the gods." I mumbled.

She then pulled me away with a small smile and kissed my forehead. "I believe we have someone to meet." My mom said with a smile, but I could tell it was fake, she was sad about something, but I really couldn't tell what.

"Wait, I have so many questions. Like why the heck are you here? I thought we were meeting my grandparents?" I said confusedly.

"Sweet heart, there's a lot of things that need to be answered and I promise you will get those answers. Just hold out just a bit longer, please sweet heart. I know it's hard not knowing but believe me it is easier to hear from the one in this castle I promise. She Is quite a nice woman, once you get to know her anyway." My mom said gently, still showing that same fake smile.

I groaned more waiting. I wanted answers damnit. I earned them, I had gone through this wild goose chase for the past few days, I at least earned some answers, but seeing the sincerity in my mother's eyes weakened my resolve and caused me to sigh.

"Alright mom. But I expect some answers from the both of you, whatever the heck is going on I deserve to know." I said.

She nodded. "I promise. Just when we answer your questions just promise me you will be sitting…. it's going to be a lot to take in." She said nervously.

"Oooookay." I said skeptically.

She then gripped my hand tightly, and then pushed one of the large double doors open to a crack and the two of us walked through.

Once inside I was greeted by the sight of the queen of dragons pacing in front of two unpreoccupied thrones, her crown adoring her head, the woman not looking a day over twenty-five at most. Her emerald reptilian slited eyes seemed to be distracted as she was in full of thought. Her armor was completely golden with a glowing orb in the center of her chest with it constantly changing in color with lines running throughout her armor all connected to her orb. She also had the same symbol engraved on the orb that was on all the knights armor. Laced in the armor were what runes that looked to be a mix of languages some Greek others completely flew over my head. It was odd, but it eluded a power that made even the most powerful things look like a toy. She also wore golden armor that covered each leg and led to greaves that connected to her golden armor boots, with lines that met up to the breastplate as if the whole thing was just one massive piece of armor. To add to the armor instead of gauntlets she had white gloves that reached up to her elbows, with glowing orbs on the back of each of her hands, and much like the glowing orb in the center of her chest it too was glowing different colors. Her crown sat atop her head, the gems in each center of the tips of the crown, continued glowed different colors just like her armor. And in the sheath on her right hip was a blade made of the same metal as all the other knights, the swords shape resembled that of a scabbard, but it too like her armor seemed to elude a power unimaginable.

'mother.' I heard Asura mutter in my mind.

'You okay A?' I asked.

'Yea kid, just been a while is all.' Asura said and finished by cutting the connection, and I didn't stop him. He deserved privacy. Seeing and witnessing all of this just through my eyes and not actually being here must be tough. I mean the guy died as a kid. I felt bad for him. Life could honestly be cruel sometimes. But I suppose that's why you surround yourself with loved ones to fill the void and make yourself happy.

My mom next to me then let out a small cough as she gently pushed me forward causing me to get out of my stupor and caused me to let out a small yelp, as I had almost lost balance and almost fell. And in the process had caught the attention of the woman pacing around her throne. She then looked up at me with a deer caught in headlights look, and seemed to gain a look of nervousness, however that only last a second as all of a sudden, her eyes gained a ghostly veil over them and a rush of power came her way.

Expecting the worst, I shoved my mom behind me and summoned my orbs to me, two orbs covering our sides and the other two forming swords in my hands. I then gained a defensive position in case anything was to happen.

"Blake." My mothers voice said gently, as she laid a hand on my shoulder.

"What?" I asked getting my eyes off the queen and looked at my adoptive mother.

My mom just gave a sad smile and gestured gently with her hand for me to look at dragon queen's eyes once again. And as soon as I did I instantly felt a large well of guilt for even thinking about attacking the woman that was in front of me, as the woman in front of me started crying large tears, her aura exuded a changing color never staying as one single color, but it did seem to flash a more yellowish brightness to it. I couldn't tell what she was feeling or her intentions, but I felt a large amount of guilt for her sadness, and I had no clue why.

"You really are him." Jewel finally spoke her voice melodic, and happy, and with a slight British accent mixed in as well.

"Ummmm, who?" I asked feeling kind of stupid, as I made my orbs go back into my pockets.

"You're my Asura." Jewel said gently her tears still flowing.

"I mean I wouldn't say that. My name is Blake actually, not Asura. Nice to meet you though." I said nervously, and awkwardly as I rubbed the back of my head with my right hand.

Jewel wiped her tears off her face, with the right side of her hand, and gained a bright smile even I could tell this was most likely the first smile she has had in a long, long time.

And within a blur I felt myself grasped tightly in a tight hug. I looked to see I was now where she stood in front of the throne. I was no where near my adoptive mother anymore, whom had started making her way towards us.

"Umm, as much as you seemed like nice person, your majesty. You-"

"Nononono." Jewel said admonishingly as if chastising a child. Herself betraying her royal visage and spoke as if being slightly childish herself.

"No?" I asked trying to pull out of her grasp, but her grasp seemed to tighten and for one who looked so delicate, she sure as hell had strength.

"You do not call family by such titles. You may call me mother, mom….Jewel, but your majesty will just not do." Jewel said in a way that kind of reminded me of a way May would sometimes chastise me.

I swear I already had two mothers, now she was adding to the list. Damn did I miss my dad.

"Oooookay, well then Jewel if you wouldn't mind could you please allow me to breath." I let out as I was slowly losing oxygen.

"Oh yes, sorry." Jewel said gently brushing her white hair out of her face, and behind her pointed ears, her face was now sporting a small nervous blush, and gently released me but kept me at arm's length. "My apologies, I do tend to get bit carried away. I guess you could say ever since I was kid I always was a bit…hyperactive."

"That's okay, but," I said looking at my adoptive mother who just gave me a supporting look. I then took in a deep breath and continued. "I was promised answers. And I apologize for my forwardness, but I would be very happy to get them now."

"Of course, sweet child. What would you like to know?" Jewel said her green eyes now showing small squares all connected by a single line spinning quickly around her slited pupil.

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