Chapter 8

The Quest part 2

Sorry I haven't updated in a while. Writer's block and school work have been getting on my nerves lately. But now exams are over and I have the whole weekend to write. I'm a little stuck on my story Snow White Raven so if you have any ideas, feel free to send them to me. And to the person who sent the review in last time, yes the items are from the Greek mythology island on Poptropica. But enough of that, on with the story. Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans or Greek mythology.

As the Titans walked through the dark room, they soon discovered another door.

"Who's going to open it?" Herald asked. Quickly, everyone did 'rock-paper-scissors' to see who would open the door.

Cheshire and Robin had scissors and Herald and Jericho had paper. Again, Jericho and Herald did 'rock-paper-scissors. This time Herald had rock and Jericho had scissors. Jericho rolled his eyes and then opened the door, revealing a large mansion covered with roses. Sitting at the front was a woman, surrounded by twenty beauty mirrors.

"Hello, young mortals," the woman said. "My name is Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty. You have to figure out my puzzle to find the correct mirror."

"Okay," Cheshire said. "How do we do that?"

"Each of you has to pick one mirror each," Aphrodite explained. "Every mirror except my beauty mirror has a curse on it. If you pick a cursed mirror, you get the curse. If you get the correct mirror but the others have chosen cursed mirrors, you need to figure out how to break the curse. You may pick a mirror now."

The Titans looked at the beauty mirrors around them. Robin picked up a silver mirror with rubies on the handle. Herald picked a blue mirror with diamonds along the frame. Cheshire chose a pink mirror with sapphires along the handle and frame.

Jericho looked at the remaining mirrors. Then he noticed a plain mirror with no gems on it. Instead, there was a single red rose that was woven into the frame.

"Have you made your decisions?" Aphrodite asked.

"We have," Cheshire answered.

"Then let me see," Aphrodite said. Cheshire stepped forward and presented her mirror.

"I'm afraid that you have chosen poorly," Aphrodite said. "Take a look at your reflection."

Cheshire looked into the mirror, shocked to see an ugly woman staring back at her. Carefully, Cheshire touched her cheek. The woman in the mirror did the same. Cheshire screamed in horror. The woman was her.

"Who is next?" Aphrodite asked. Bravely, Robin stepped forward and presented his mirror.

"I'm afraid you have chosen poorly," Aphrodite said. "Look at your reflection."

Robin looked at his reflection, trembling. Staring back at him was an old man. Robin frowned. Why did this man look so familiar? Then, he noticed the eye colour; dark blue. His eye colour. Robin looked at his hands. They were pale and wrinkly. Robin had picked the mirror of old age.

Herald and Jericho looked at each other. They were the last two hopes.

"Who is next?" Aphrodite asked. Herald and Jericho looked at each other again. Shaking, Herald stepped forward and presented his mirror.

FLASH! There was a bright light and Herald disappeared, leaving behind the mirror.

"Where's Herald?" Robin croaked out.

"Your friend is trapped within his mirror," Aphrodite said calmly. "You may look."

Jericho quickly picked up Herald's mirror. He could see Herald's face instead of his own reflection.

"Jericho," Aphrodite said. "You are the last one. Please present your mirror."

Jericho bit his lip as he handed his mirror over.

"Jericho," Aphrodite said again. "You have chosen..."

Thank you again to my beautiful beta reader Sliver Rose. I don't know what I would do without her