Please review this time fans. By the way, I want to say thank you sandra for reviewing the second chapter of this fanfic.

Chapter 5: Meeting The King

As Miguel continues to run in dark cave under the waterfall, he sees daylight right ahead of him and the others. "Hurry up, guys", said Miguel, "We're getting close." Then, after Miguel gets out of the dark cave, he finally sees the city, but turns his head on the right side after hearing what the clicking noise came from to see only twenty men preparing to fire their arrows at him. "Why you stop, Miguel?", asked Tulio as he and the others caught up with him, but they froze after seeing the men preparing to fire their arrows at them as well as Miguel. "Maybe this wasn't such a good idea", said Chel. Alvito neighs loudly and the armadillo hid behind Miguel. "State your business strangers or we will shoot you", said one of the men. Then, two men suddenly appeared. The first person wears light-blue clothing and is a high priest while the other one is the king himself. Then, Miguel couldn't believe his eyes. He is looking at the king of Nahuatl!

"Excuse me", said Miguel, "We've come to this town to see the king and I believe he's right over there." "Miguel, what are you doing?", asked Tulio sternly, "Didn't you just see what those men are about to do?" "Relax, Tulio", said Miguel, "I'll handle it." Miguel then walks to the priest and the king, but is shocked when they stare at him sternly. "Uh, hello", said Miguel, "We... we..." "Why have you come to our city, stranger?", asked the king. "I want to know... who you are", said Miguel. "I am King Peratu", introduced Peratu, "and this is my assistant, Fevgra. This city is-" "Yes, I know, your majesty", said Miguel, "Nahuatl. I've read the same name of the map I've found." "What map?", asked King Peratu. Miguel then shows King Peratu the same map he found in the forest and the king becomes satisfied. "You've found the map we sent him to look for", said King Peratu.

"Who, your majesty?", asked Miguel, confused. "Vaneza", said King Peratu, "We've sent him to find that map, but he never came back. Where is he now?" "You mean, the skeleton", said Miguel. "He is... dead?", asked King Peratu. Miguel nods his head and King Peratu weighs down his head in great sorrow. "Look, I am sorry. I didn't know", said Miguel. "You do not have to be sorry", said King Peratu shamefully, "It was my fault. He was... a friend to me. Now that he is dead, I will always remember him in my memories." "Would you, um... meet my friends, you majesty?", asked Miguel. "Yes, of course", said King Peratu, "What is you name?" "I'm Miguel", introduced Miguel and he shows him to his friends, "These are my friends", said Miguel, "Chel, the most beautifully attractive female from another city, Altivo, a horse that belongs to ours and this armadillo that kind of followed us during our journey. Then, this is my friend and in training partner, Tulio."

King Peratu looks at Tulio strangely and then smiles at him. "It is my pleasure to see you, friends of Miguel", said King Peratu, "Welcome to Nahuatl. Fevgra, would you take these people their rooms in the palace?" "Anything you say, my lord", said Fevgra and walked towards our heroes. "Oh, uh", said Tulio. "Do not be nervous", said Fevgra, "I will take you all to your rooms." Our heroes walked with Fevgra to the steps of Peratu's palace that has over a hundred. "You have got to be kidding me", groaned Tulio. "This will take a while to get to the top", said Fevgra, "Come." Later, we see Fevgra walking to the top and the others have also reached the top as well, but are tired. "Do you have... any water?", asked the exhausted Tulio. "There is", said Fevgra and shows our heroes a pool of water in the palace. "Oh, thank heaven", said Miguel and he and Tulio jumped on the water and drinks it. "It's so fresh", said Tulio.

"Once you are done with the water, I will show you the markings of our tribe", said Fevgra. "What kind of markings?", asked Chel. "Nahuatl markings, my dear", said Fevgra and Miguel and Tulio got out of the pool and decided that they are interested. "We like to have a little tour with the markings", said Tulio, "Besides, we're most grateful." Then, Fevgra takes them to the markings. "These are the times when our culture were protected by the gods themselves", explained Fevgra, "They made a deal with our ancestors that they would give them treasure that could make them immortal for the rest of their lives. A few years later, however, they hid the treasure in this palace so that no one would find them." "Where did they hide it in the palace, exactly?", asked Tulio. "It is in a sacred passageway to the treasure", said Fevgra, "and I will show you, but before I do that, I have something to tell you all." "We're listening", said Miguel.

"Do not and I mean do not reveal the secrets to anybody", said Fevgra, "Understand?" Our heroes not their heads and Fevgra opens the passageway to the treasure. Then, he opens the treasure to reveal the shining gold light that shines all of the palace and our heroes could not believe their own eyes upon looking at the familiar treasure. It was. They are looking at the gold and is the same structure from El Dorado. "I recognize these before", said Miguel, "These are the same gold from El Dorado." "Precisely, dear friend", said Fevgra, "The people from El Dorado came to our tribe and offered half of thousands of their gold. We protected them for over a century." Then, as Fevgra turns his head around, he could not believe his eyes. He saw the gods that looked exactly like Miguel and Tulio. "It cannot be", whispered Fevgra. "What is it?", asked Tulio.

"You are the gods that the people from El Dorado have searched for", said Fevgra and bends down on his knees, "What can I do for you, my lords?" Tulio and Miguel looked at each other for a while and Miguel spoke. "Would you excuse us for a moment?", asked Miguel and he and Tulio and have a little conversation. "Is it me or is that guy trying to act like a servant to us?", asked Tulio. "Tulio", said Chel, "he said "You're the gods". "Yes, bu first the people of El Dorado believed we were the gods. Especially Chief Tanni and Tzekel Khan", said Miguel, "I'm starting to think that there are people in Nahuatl. They're going to believe that we're the gods like last time back at El Dorado. What do we do?" "We're just gonna have to tell the king that we are not the gods", said Tulio, "That's the plan. Agreed?" Chel and Miguel nod their heads in agreement and walked to Fevgra.

"Fevgra", said Tulio, "can you take us to his majesty himself, please?" "By all means", said Fevgra and we cut to later where our heroes see that King Peratu and the citizens of Nahuatl are having a celebration for them once they arrive. Then, King Peratu turns and see them. "They are here", said King Peratu, "Citizens of Nahuatl, I give you Miguel and his other fellow travelers." "Me and Tulio are from Spain", said Miguel, "Thank you." "Oh, I did not know that", said King Peratu. "That's alright, your majesty", said Miguel. "Now, let the celebration begin for you dear travelers will be treated with dinner", said King Peratu and we cut to later where we see our heroes sitting in their separate stone chairs. "Crabs and Lobsters for our mighty gods", said Fevgra after he arrives with the sea food. "Oh, uh... thank you", said Chel. Tulio and Miguel ate the sea food as did Chel. "It's great", said Miguel, "We are most grateful." "You are most welcome", said Fevgra.

Later, we see Tulio and Chel watching Miguel playing with the beautiful banjo he was given from King Peratu himself and he plays a few notes while the song "16th Century Man" plays on the background in the process.

Oh it's great to see our homeland
Breathe the Iberian atmosphere
Just because we are Hispanic
Doesn't mean we're oceanic
Quite frankly we've had water up to here

We've made waves to last a lifetime
We've been saturated, almost drowned
We are Spanish, not Caribbean
We are human, not amphibian
We'll seek our fortunes on Spain's solid ground

There's no future in the new world
Only fools believe the tales
Of the gold of El Dorado
Only suckers set their sails
We habe seen the way the tide is turning
Cortez is a charlatan
We are on the ball, discerning
We're anti-diluvian
Two very fine examples of
Sixteenth century man
Two very modern samples of
Sixteenth, sixteenth century man

The instrumental background plays as we see Miguel dancing with the other ladies of Nahuatl while Tulio dances with Chel. "What do you think, Tulio?", asked Chel, "Isn't this exciting or what?" "Absolutely", said Tulio, "In fact, this is gonna be the greatest night ever!" Then, the song continues.

There are women who are lining
Every avenue in every port
Now at last we'll get to grips with
The things they never equip ships with
We habe sailed into our last resort

There's no gold mine in the new world
It's a trick to get recruits
On the boat to El Dorado
We're returning to our roots
We're going back to land locked ladies
Cortez never lets them board
All in all the point we've made is
We don't want to go abroad
Two very fine examples of
Sixteenth century man
Two terra firma samples of
Sixteenth, sixteenth century man

Two very fine examples of
Two terra firma samples of
Sixteenth century man

(Repeat End Verse X2)

16th Century man

The song ends and we see Tulio walking to King Peratu while the party continues. "Um, your majesty", said Tulio. "Yes", said King Peratu. "May I speak with you? Just for a moment or two?", asked Tulio. "By all means... Tulio", said King Peratu and he and Tulio have a little conversation. "Do you guys really think that me and Miguel are the gods?", asked Tulio. "Why, Yes", said King Peratu, "It is foretold that the gods themselves will save us and the whole city from crumbling to pieces. Now, why do you ask that?" "Because", said Tulio, "We... we're not the gods." King Peratu's mood changes from satisfied to confused. "I do not understand", said King Peratu. "You see", said Tulio, "The people of El Dorado thought that we were the gods, but... I just don't know where to put it." "We have seen the people of El Dorado before, Tulio", said King Peratu. "Yes, I know that, Fevgra told me", said Tulio. "IF what you are saying is true, then I believe you", said King Peratu.

"You think so?", asked Tulio. "Absolutely", said King Peratu. Before the party lasted about thiry minutes later, we see a disguised person in a cheetah suite running over to a temple where we see his boss himself. When he turns around, he has a cheetah tattoo on the left side of his face. "Delgar", said the disguised cheetah, "The gods from El Dorado are here in Nahuatl." Delgar walks towards his henchman and spoke. "Excellent", said Delgar, "I have something in store for them." Then, he chuckles evilly and menacing as possible.

Uh oh! This is not good! What is Delgar planning? Will Tulio, Miguel, Chel, Altivo, and the armadillo discover what he is planning? Find out in the later chapters! Hold on, dear fans!