Chapter 3! After long stress and writers block I have finally come back to this story! Please R&R to keep me motivated!

Dante jumped when he saw the crater in the ground ahead of them. "What just happened?"

Josh answered him. "Dee"

There was a laugh from behind them. "That's me!"

They all turned around and saw Dee standing behind them, arms out, muttering something. Something in Dante's backpack glowed.

Nicholas looked over in horror. "He's trying to steal the codex using teleportation. We have to stop him."

Josh and Sophie came over to Nicholas. "We'll hold him off. Dante has to learn the fire magic before he can stop Dee. We'll use our knowledge of the codex."

With that the twins floated forward and pointed at Dee. There was a loud crack and the ground opened beneath him. He fell down but was quickly elevated back up. The surprise was enough to make him lose his concentration which meant he would have to start the whole spell again. Dee looked up to point at Dante and Nicholas again, but they were gone.

Dante and Nicholas ran across the countryside, getting closer to Newgrange all the time. In the distance they could see bright lights, indicating that Sophie and Josh were doing well, and also doing lots of magic. Dante still couldn't get his head around the magic. Suddenly his started to feel dizzy. He stumbled and fell into Nicholas. Then, everything was black. Gradually, Dante began to see something.

Dee pointed at the twins and they screamed. They slowly fizzled out of existence and Dee laughed. There was a flash and two zombies appeared beside him. There was a faint gold glow around one and a faint silver one around the other. They looked up, and their eyes were like plates of gold and silver. Dee sprinted ahead and the two zombies followed.

Dante's vision went black again but quickly came back, and this time he was looking at Nicholas. He remembered his vision clearly and he was pretty sure what had happened.

Dee had turned Sophie and Josh into zombies.

Dante turned and saw the bright lights in the distance. Good, that meant that he hadn't done it yet. But it was only a matter of time. Dante realised that if he was going to stop Dee he wouldn't have time to tell Nicholas about his vision. There was only one thing he could do. He had to connect with the Codex. He closed his eyes and wished that it would appear in his mind. For seconds, nothing happened but then slowly, pages began to appear. Eventually, the whole page was visible and Dante grinned. It had worked! He then willed the book to search for the right spell. The pages turned and there it was. He knew the spell would take great sorcery but he thought he could do it. He stood up and willed, imagined a portal of light in front of him. Then, something amazing happened. The portal appeared. Dante grabbed Nicholas and pulled him through.

They appeared behind Dee as he pointed at the twins. Dante pointed out his hand and a torrent of water blew the magician off his feet. He flew through the air and onto the ground. The twins turned amazed. 'Dante,' said Josh. 'I think you just saved our lives.'

'You're welcome. Now let's get out of here and away from Dee.'

Dante turned and saw Dee on the ground further down the road. Apparently the torrent was stronger than Dante had thought. But a simple fall would not keep Dee away for long. Dante pointed out a finger and sent out a small wave of water. The wave knocked Dee further down the road and when Dante stopped it and reduced the temperature it froze making a slippery path. Sure it was simple but it would keep Dee occupied.

Dante ran after Nicholas and the twins and headed for Newgrange.

They reached Newgrange easily and walked inside. Nicholas clicked his fingers and a small globe light appeared above them, barely shedding any light on the corridor.

'Dammit,' muttered Nicholas. 'I don't have enough power to make it any bigger.'

Josh and Sophie started drifting towards Nicholas, arms extended but he gestured for them to stay away.

'Conserve your energy. We may need it.'

They walked forward through the corridor and reached an inner chamber. Dante could see nothing particularly interesting in the chamber but apparently Nicholas and the twins could as they both walked swiftly forward. Dante followed unsure of what else to do.

Nicholas stopped in front of a wall. As far as Dante could see, the wall was bare. Nicholas obviously noticed Dante starring at the wall confused because he said, 'Don't worry Dante, you'll soon be able to detect magic.'

Nicholas put out a hand and the wall moved. Inside was a smaller chamber. It was covered in a reflective stone and was bright because of something shining on a platform in the middle. Nicholas walked over to the shiny thing and lifted it up, twisting the top one way and the bottom the other way. It opened and Nicholas took a key out of it. He inserted the key in a hole in one of the rocks and glowed brightly. Josh and Sophie floated through and there was a flash. Nicholas saw the wall was still open and flicked his wrist to close it. Just then, Dee walked into the outer chamber. Dante crept slowly to the ley gate even though he knew Dee could not have seen them because Nicholas had closed the door. Dante took one look at Nicholas and stepped in through the gate.

He landed in someone's arms and looked up to thank them. Horror ran through his body and he tried to move but the person held him firmly.

'Hello Dante.' said the man.

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