They had been walking for hours when they finally reached the "great big rock". It had taked them a shorter time span since they knew where to go this time, but Esmeralda thought it was long enough. She walked up to Tulio, who was looking at the rock.

"Is this it?"

"You're so impatient. I would think that gypsies knew a thing or two about walking for hours." She punched him lightly on the arm.

"It's just through there." he pointed to the waterfall.

"We have to walk through a waterfall. Great." He laughed at her. As they got into the longboat, Esmeralda was ringing water out of her clothes and hair. They came to the end of the cave and there were vines hanging down from the cave like a curtain. As if it couldn't be any more dramatic. The sun was blinding, so she still couldn't see where they were. Suddenly, out of the brightness, she saw a tower. Her jaw dropped when she saw it was made of gold. Tulio turned to her.

"Esmeralda, welcome to El Dorado."

There was a crowd of people around the boat. They were cheering, and they had big (and slightly creepy) smiles on their faces. They started pulling Tulio and Miguel out of the boat. Esmeralda was so confused as Tulio pulled her with him.

"What's going on?" He laughed at her dumbstruck expression.

"We've been here before. They remember us."

Suddenly it hit her.

"When you said you just got back to Spain. Were you here?"

He nodded his head as he picked up a little boy and spun him around. She smiled and shook a few people's hands. Suddenly, through the crowd of people, a very big man with blue and green cloth around his waist walked through.

"My Lords! Welcome back! What a wonderful surprise."

"Chief, please don't call us that. You know we're not gods." Miguel said. Esmeralda looked so confused. She really needed to talk to him later. She cleared her throat to get their attention.

"Oh! Chief, this is Esmeralda, my girl-uh... person. Friend. She's my friend...that's a girl." Esmeralda was looking at him with an amused look. Miguel and the Chief were trying to hold back their laughter.

"Nice to meet you, Esmeralda. Welcome."

"Thank you. This place is amazing." She smiled and shook his huge hand. She had to keep from flinching as he squeezed the life out of her hand.

Tulio was relieved that he was so welcoming. He was looking around at all the people. To be honest, he really missed it. But, he couldn't help but think something was different. Something was wrong.

"Chief, is everything alright? It seems different."

"What do you mean?" He looked like he was hiding something.

"Chief, I know that look. Something is wrong." Miguel was looking at him now.

"Why would you think that?" He was speeding up his words. He was a really bad liar.

"Because you won't stop shaking Esmeralda's hand." He was smiling at her thankful expression. The Chief looked down at their still joined hands and quickly let go. Esmeralda sighed in relief as she took back her hand.

"Ok. I guess I'm caught. But I don't want you to be alarmed."

Suddenly, everything went quiet. For some reason, it seemed like the weather turned on them. Tulio could have sworn he heard thunder.

"Well, well." There was a voice behind them. They turned around and Tulio and Miguel both gasped.

"Look who's back." Tzekle Kan walked out of the shadows.