Author's Note: I am so sorry that it took me this long to update, but I volunteered for Habitats for Humanity on Saturday so I had Sunday to do all my homework, giving me little time to write. So this is a thank you to everyone who is sticking around, hoping for me to update.

Chapter 13: Kendall's Geo

Kendall POV

I didn't trust him; he seemed like a trickster, someone who would stab you in the back without a second thought. He looked shifty, and his actions didn't help him. He kept behind me the entire time, making sure that I was in front of him at all times.

'I've got my eye on you Ashley. Don't think that you can pull one over on me.' I thought while walking through the Raypoint. Thankfully there weren't any beasts, just the occasional, normal, rat. Walking on the uneven ground gave the hall a fun house effect, making me even more nervous. After walking through the seemingly endless hall we found a door, a locked door if you really want to know.

"I got this. Leave it to me." Ashley said dropping to one knee, in order to get a better look at the lock. Adding another point to his shifty factor was the fact that he knew how to lock pick, a common skill of thieves. Within a few minutes of Ashley messing around with the lock, I heard a clang. The lock fell to the ground and the door was open.

The door opened into a large room with a stone pillar in the center, the pillar looked like an eagle, but I couldn't be sure as the pillar had been chipped a lot. However upon closer inspection I noticed that there were four pillars stacked on top of each other, each of a different animal. An eagle, a snake, a lion and a bear. Ashley sighed when he noticed that the door on the opposite wall was shut.

"So what do we have to do here?" I really didn't want to talk to him anymore than I absolutely had to. He explained that we would have to move the different pillars to the correct area, but he didn't remember the order. I tried to think about what Logan would do, and I had a light bulb moment. Look for a sign, or some type of riddle to solve. And wouldn't you know it, right next to the door there was a sign.

'An aerial bird is no match for the strong bear but it captures the snake with ease. A courageous lion cannot catch the bird but it can overpower the bear. The snake could strike the lion but only if the bird hasn't snatched it from the cold earth.'

I read the short paragraph over and over again before something clicked. The order of the pillars was incorrect. Ashley kept trying to force the door open while I went to work on rearranging the pillars. Based on the sign, the eagle could kill the snake, the bear could kill the eagle but it couldn't best the lion, however the lion could be felled by the snake. So with the assumption that these pillars didn't have to be stacked I formed a small circle with them. Lion, Bear, Eagle, Snake, in that order so that all the parts were played. What I did not expect was the statues to move, or attack. But, they didn't attack me, they attacked each other. The snake bit the lion, who slashed at the bear, who then attacked the eagle, who then grabbed the snake in it's talons. I heard the door swing open and Ashley gloat; apparently he didn't see anything I had just done.

After a short walk through the hallway, I was still leading the way, the hall suddenly poured into a large room, where an earth titan waited for us. I didn't know if I could trust Ashley to pull his own weight, but he was the first to run into battle. I followed soon after him, scythe and spiked ball ready. Logan put a spell on the ball to attack the same target as me but it only lasted a few minutes at max. So I threw it and watched while it spun around, hitting the titan in random locations, providing a decoy while Ashley and I hacked and slashed the beast. I dug my scythe into it's back, dragging it down until the handle broke and I fell flat on my back. My eyes went wide when I saw the titan's foot above my head, I shut them quickly, not wanting to see my impending doom. After a few minutes I noticed that I wasn't squashed to a pulp.

"Get up! Fight!" Ashley distracted the beast, saving me from death. Maybe he wasn't all bad, I thought while running toward the beast. I jumped and kicked my scythe further into his back. It let out a deep roar and crumbled into a giant pile of rubble.

Ashley walked toward the back of the room, where a door was. I followed him into the door and I nearly fainted when I saw the beauty of the crystals. In the center of the room floated a brown crystal, the room's only source of light.

'Kendall, all those schemes, plans and ideas were the cause of turmoil for all of your friends. Do you not care about them? Would you wish them to be in a state of constant stress and anger?'

I….caused them pain? But I thought that they were having fun, they laughed and smiled. Was it wrong of me to practically force them to agree with my insane ideas? Logan he gave up his dream of medicine because I made him come to LA. James liked living this life right? Or did he want to be famous in another way? And poor Carlitos, all the embarrassment, and pain I must have caused him.

"I….." I didn't know what to say, but Ashley knew what I needed to hear.

"Kendall, think! Everyone is willingly following you! You didn't force this on anyone!"

"I love my friends and my plans don't cause them any pain or stress! They bring us closer, as a group of friends from Minnesota! Don't you dare say that I don't care about them because they mean more than anything in the world to me!"

After I screamed at the stone, it radiated a brighter light so I took that as a sign that I did everything correctly. I hoped that the others were alright because I wouldn't wish this trial on anyone, not even Camille.

'Hold on guys, I'm on my way.'

A/N: I hope this is enough for you to forgive me for not updating sooner! Have an excellent week, because I will hopefully update this weekend!

~Ray