Gregor woke with a start. Where was he? Gregor clicked and "saw" that he was inside of the palace in a small room with Lizzie and they were sharing a bed. Then Gregor managed to recall what had happened when they had entered the palace.
After first entering the palace, Gregor and Lizzie had a meal while Luxa and the others told Gregor of the current prophecy. Sandwich ramble, Gregor thought to himself. Gregor had very little confidence in the original Underlander at the moment. He had predicted Gregor's death on his last trip to the Underland. And yet here was Gregor, still alive and kicking.
They had found the prophecy in the Gnawers land, that's why they had never known of it. Sandwich had been captured he died and he made a prophecy while in the custody of the rats, but it was addressed to humans. It was titled The Prophecy of Loss.
When your greatest of allies leave
And your greatest of enemies come to aid,
Will you go to retrieve
Your warriors light, or shall you let it fade?
To save to warriors light
You must travel out of sight.
Take your people underground.
And if you wish to not be found,
You must give up your city without a fight.
If you save the light of the Warrior from death
Many of your people will lose their breath.
But if you have the Warrior to fight,
You may return the city to its owners of right.
But not before the warrior loses his light.
Gregor hadn't really had a chance to think about the prophecy last night because he was so wiped out from getting no sleep the previous night that he went straight to bed after the meal. But now that he was rested, he saw the Sandwich had once again predicted his death, great.
Lizzie knew nothing of the newest prophecy, and Gregor was determined to keep it that way. She had fallen asleep before Luxa and Vickus decided to tell him. Gregor decided to begin deciphering the prophecy since he didn't want to get out of bed.
Okay, so the first two lines were easy, the humans' greatest allies were the bats, and they had left. The enemies were the rats, and now they were coming to aid the Regalians.
But the next two lines made no sense at all! In the Underland, the word light and the world life could be used interchangeably. But how do you retrieve somebody's light? Gregor would have to ask Vickus about that later.
The next stanza basically stated that all of Regalia had to go underground to save Gregor's light, and they would have to give up the whole city with out a fight. Gregor couldn't imagine how this made Luxa feel, this was her city, her people, and Sandwich told her that she had to do it. The worst part was that Gregor knew that Luxa would do it.
So this last part was some big stuff with lots of death. If they saved Gregor's light, a lot of Regalians and their allies would die. But if Gregor fought, Regalia would once again belong to the humans. But Gregor was supposedly going to be dead before the latter happened.
Oh Sandwich, don't you wish that I would die. Gregor thought. But I'm above your stupid little ramblings, you don't tell me what to do! I am Gregor the Overlander, and I don't take orders from anyone!
"Gregor, can you come here please?" Luxa whispered through the doorway.
Well at least not from Sandwich.