"How did this happen!" Luxa said in awe.

"I don't know" he said back.

They both stood there staring at the passage way for a full minute. "I think what Nerissa was talking about will be through there." She said pointing to the passage way.

"Is sandwich ever going to give us a break" Gregor thought to himself. Every time he went down there was some new prophecy that says everyone might die! And with a title like that, he would bet the prophecy of death will to, whatever that was. How many of these things were there?

As they progressed down the passage the ground was slowly sloping downward. They walked for almost 15 minutes, then he began to see light up ahead. He guessed Nerissa must have lit an oil lamp. When they came out the other side there was another large cubic stone room but this time with only on part of the wall with writing engraved on it. Torches were lit to either side of the writing and the first line read The Prophecy of Death. The prophecy read…

The Prophecy of Death

What was destroyed shall be brought back

My prized possession broken in half

The gate between us shall crumble and fall

What was imprisoned long ago may bring death to us all

The warrior again shall take up my blade

Will he take light from what was long ago made?

Over and under shall be entwined

To rule land I left behind

Trapped beneath the earth hand in royal hand

The warrior shall never again see the overland

Many shall die

The overland shall fall

What has been know from the beginning

The overland shall fall

"Well isn't that great" Gregor said angrily. Unlike many of his other prophecies this one seemed pretty strait forward. He was going to have to fight something again. But what caught Gregors attention the most was the last 5 lines.

The warrior shall never again see the overland.

Many under shall die

The overland shall fall

What has been know from the beginning

All in the overland shall be destroyed

"That can't be true" he thought. He'd proven sandwiches prophecies wrong before… or had he? The prophecy of claw had said the warrior would die. Everyone in the underland thought he was the warrior and he believed it, after fulfilling all the prophecies about him and also he was a being a rager, which is a natural born killer, which sounder pretty warrior like. He did not die but he broke sandwiches sword, which was at the time his sword and said he would not be the warrior anymore, which was viewed by many as killing the warrior, but he didn't believe that was the case… but was it?

This prophecy was saying he could never go home. That just couldn't happen.

"I have to go home right now!" he yelled at no one in particular. His breath began to shorten and he became lightheaded as he thought about what this prophecy suggested.

Luxa was still standing motionless and silent staring at the prophecy.

"I don't believe that would be wise." She said.

"And why is that!" he yelled back at her.

"Do you not see what was written! It is obvious what sandwich predicted and the reason people are down here in the first place is what this prophecy is says is going to happen, and soon!" she replied.

"Do you really believe all of sandwiches mumbo jumbo!" he exclaimed.

"He has been correct in the past has he not?" she stated.

"But Ripred said…" he trailed off, still not sure If he should revel Ripreds opinion.

Ripred had told Gregor not to tell anyone he didn't believe sandwich's prophecies and he so as to avoid people having an even lower opinion of him than they already had.

But it was true. In some way all of sandwiches prophecies had come true. He was beginning to realize he wasn't meant to physically die in the prophecy of claw. Because this prophecy now says he should still be alive.

Was sandwich really some psychic prophet that predicted all the major events that would happen in the underland?

Gregor was again beginning to believe it. Ripred had convinced him before he killed the Bane that it was mostly all just coincidences and that they came true because people made them. But this was just too coincidental.

But it couldn't be true. The whole overland, destroyed? How could that even happen? Gregor couldn't stand anymore because of the weight of what he just read, so he sat down on the ground and leaned against the wall. This was too much, heed been through enough prophecies for a lifetime. And all of them had caused him a great deal of anguish and peril. It was like sandwich was trying to torture him until he could no longer go on.

"Gregor?" Luxa said with a worried sound to her voice "are you okay?"

"No" he said "I need to go home."

"Although I do not believe you should return, I cannot keep you here if you really wish to go back" Said Luxa, sadly.

"I don't know what to do anymore" mumbled Gregor.

Luxa came and sat down next to him and put her arms around him. Gregor fought back the urge to let the tears building behind his eyes fall down his face. This just couldn't be true. How could it be? Gregor couldn't even imagine how it possibly could. They sat that way for who know how long, when a group of underlanders walked curiously into the room, followed by Vikus.

"Luxa, Gregor!" shouted Vikus as he entered the room. "We have been looking everywhere for you!" He then noticed the prophecy written on the wall above there heads. He stood there for a minute reading the words of the prophecy of death. As he did Luxa stood up and walked over beside him. And his mouth fell open as he read the words. Gregor didn't move.

When Vikus finished reading he looked down at the floor deep in thought for a minute.

"Well this is unexpected" he mumbled to himself. "It has been concealed here for the past seven hundred years, right under our noses."

"I believe Nerissa somehow discovered it" Luxa told Vikus. "The last words she said before she collapsed, unconscious, were the Prophecy of Death is upon us."

"It cannot be coincidence our warrior arrives just as a prophecy that resides around the warrior is brought forth." Vikus announced. We must now decide what our next actions will be."

Gregor couldn't decide what to do. Was the destruction of the overland just another figure of speech like the death of the warrior, or was it really going to happen? Like in the prophecy of gray when he and Henry had both leaped of a cliff. Sandwiches prophecies were just too confusing. You never knew what he meant until everything was over.

If he went home and sandwich really did predict the death of everyone in the overland, his and everyone else's life would be over. If he stayed there was a better chance he could he would make it out alive whether sandwich was right or not. But what about his family? They were still up in the overland. He could never just leave his family up in the overland if it was going to be destroyed. Maybe he could get a message to them and have them come down to stay in the palace until this whole thing was over. But still, everyone else up there. What about them? He couldn't just let them all die.

He decided what to do next. It was the only thing he really could do at the moment.

Gregor lifted up his head "Vikus, can you find some way to get a message to my parents and have them come down to stay here until we get this whole thing sorted out?" He asked, trying to keep himself calm "I really don't know what to think right now, but I just want to be on the safe side." He had learned from past experience and he had been told on many occasions that it's better to be safe than sorry. This way he could pretty much guarantee there safety. He knew they would be well protected from anything in this stone palace.

"I could send a flier to the gateway in your building, and leave a note to have them meet someone to take them back, though there is no guarantee they will receive it in time. Said Vikus."

"Your right, I should just go up really quick and get them" he suggested almost unable to keep the quiver out of his voice..

"You can leave right away" he said "I will have a flier meet you on high hall."

He and the other underlanders headed out into the hallway. Gregor and Luxa stayed behind.

Luxa walked over and helped him up.

"You should probably get to high hall" she said "A flier will be waiting for you."

They both walked out into the hallway and up to high hall in silence. Neither of them were sure what to say at the moment. Gregor was having a hard time keeping from screaming. Screaming at sandwich for putting him through so much. For writing his stupid little prophecies.

When they arrived a large grey bat named Europhelus was waiting for Gregor over near the edge of the roof. "Greetings overlander" the bat purred as they approached.

"Hmph" Gregor grunted back

Europhelus flattened down on the ground in front of them. Luxa embraced Gregor in one last hug before he climbed onto the grey bat. "See you soon" Gregor said to Luxa as they took off. his brain was running in all different directions trying to figure out what was going to happen.

It didn't take long for them to reach the huge stone air shaft below his apartment building. They slowly began to ascend up the shaft as the air currents slowly pushed them upward.

Suddenly, whoosh! Something huge flew downward past them then hit the bottom of the shaft. Gregor felt a rush of adrenaline as it nearly knocked Gregor off Europhelus. They hovered there for a moment to see what had just fallen and suddenly another, smaller object flew past them. "Rocks!" the bat yelled and began to descend back toward the entrance.

Gregors heart was pumping a mile a minute as, slowly, more and more rocks began showering down around them as Europhelus flew back down the shaft as fast as his wings could carry them. Sweat beads flew off his face as they projected downward with increasing speed. They flew out just as a humongous boulder crashed to the bottom, behind them completely blocking the hole.

They hovered in the air for a moment in awe at what just happened, and then Gregor noticed something ahead in the distance crash to he ground. Then something hit the ground just to the right of them hit the ground just barely missing the bats wing. It was like the whole underland was falling down around them.