Chapter Seven: Krokotopia

"I can't believe that he's coming with us." Saffron said for the umpteenth time as she, Sabrina, Rowan, and Nolan walked out of the World Gate before stopping so that they can talk to the orange lizard in Egyptian clothing. "Just ignore him," Sabrina said as the lizard introduced himself as Tinu Bahk'Mal and started telling them about mummies called 'Tuts' coming back to life with the help of Malistaire. "Or else I'm gonna hit you with a Snow Serpent." Saffron immediately gulped because she knew about her sister's short temper like her own. (AN: For those that are confused, I explained them in my Destiny Drake story.)

Once they were done speaking with Tinu Bahk'Mal, they walked to the huge door which opened by themselves... and they were bombarded with slightly bearable heat. "What is this place, the sun?" Nolan shouted as they walked around to find shade until Sabrina got fed up and summoned four small clouds immediately started snow. The other three wizards thanked her and decided that it would be better to separate and meet at the pond if they found something important.

With Sabrina

"Krokosphinx huh?" The blue haired girl said to herself as she got on the boat and saw the crocodile-headed monument slowly get closer. "This is gonna take a while..." She looked around boredly until something caught her eye. It was glowing chains that were the perfect size for a wizard, and the charm on it revealed of what school that wizard belonged to. "Oh Bartleby!" She whispered as she backed away from the chains before bumping into a crate which immediately roared.

She looked around to find out that she was back at the Oasis, meaning that she took a lot of time examining the chains. She hesitated a bit before grabbing the crate she bumped into and ran off the boat. "I wonder what's in here..."

With Saffron

"Whoa-a-a!" The black haired girl said as she watched the wizards in front of her go through the swirling portal in the Krok's head before it disappeared back into the quicksand. "Now that leads to the Tomb of Storms." She looked at the pillars before looking at the swirling quicksand and hesitated a bit. "I'll need someone to help me get through it." She looked through her deck as she leaned on one of the pillars, and never noticed the person coming her way.

Just as she put her deck away, she felt something off about the atmosphere before she was pushed. "Whoa!" She shouted as she grabbed the edge of the bowl and struggled to not touch the quicksand. For some reason, the person stayed to watch her demise before they shook their head as if to free them from a charm. "Oh Bartleby! Saffron!" They shouted before getting on their knees and reaching out their hand to her. She grabbed it immediately and helped them pull her out of the bowl and onto solid ground.

"You okay?" They asked as she remained silent before grabbing her Staff of the Graveyard and immediately glared at them. "I'm gonna hurt you!" She shouted before she chased the person around the small shopping area. "Wolf! Hold still!"

With Nolan and Rowan

"Why did you decide to follow me to the library?" The pink haired girl asked as they looked through the huge library. "I can look through it by myself." "I just didn't want to go into the pyramid," Nolan said as he picked up a random book off of the floor. "I think that's where Malistare attacked first and I don't want to go through it alone." She just looked at him curiously before shaking her head and stared at the cauldron that Zan'ne said that they could use.

"I said that I was sorry!" A voice sounded through the walls, causing the two wizards to look at each other before leaving the library... to see Saffron chasing a wizard while swinging her Staff of the Graveyard. "YOU NEVER SAID THAT YOU WERE SORRY!" Saffron shouted furiously. The wizard was the boy that looked through the Wizard City library with Rowan, and he had a petrified look on his face as he dodged her hits. "Saffron what are you doing?!" Rowan asked as she and Nolan ran after them towards the pond where Sabrina was waiting.

And boy did she look shocked before setting the crate she was holding down and glared at her sister. "SAFFRON!" She shouted, which immediately made the younger wizard suddenly stop in fear causing the two wizards behind her to crash into her. "Get off of me!" She shouted as they scrambled to get off of her before she stood up and glared at the silver haired wizard hiding behind her sister.

"I was going to go to the Tomb of Storms but decided that it would be easier with another wizard because of my secondary school before I noticed a change in the atmosphere and someone decided to push me into the quicksand!" Saffron shouted as she continued glaring at the silver haired wizard. "WHAT?!" Sabrina shouted before she glared at him too.

"But I freed myself from the charm and helped her out of the bowl," He said as he shrank under their glares. "But I guess that I deserved being hit." Then Saffron hit him with her Staff of the Graveyard on the head as hard as she could, nearly causing him to black out. "That was for pushing me in Wolf." She said as he rubbed his head and landed on the crate which roared and caused him to jump.

"What's in there?!" He shouted before Sabrina used his Reaper's Rod, much to his displeasure, to pry it open and look inside... to see four baby pets. "I already have two, I am not getting any more." Rowan said as her hat shook which freaked the other three wizards, except Nolan, before Shadow stuck his head out and blinked at the harsh light. "How...?" Sabrina asked before shaking her head and reached into the crate to pull out a Frost Cat. It blinked at her in confusion before jumping out of her hands and sat at Wolf's feet. "Guess it chose me." He said as he picked it up and scratched it under it's chin.

She reached into the crate again to pull out a Blood Bat. "I've always wanted one," Saffron said as her sister looked at her. "But the other wizards said that a Death student should never have a Myth pet." After that, the Blood Bat flew out of Sabrina's hands and landed onto her Staff of the Graveyard. "O-kay." She said uneasily as her sister pulled out a Fennec Fox. "It has its' own scarf!" Rowan cooed before the Fox barked at Sabrina and licked her hands.

She set it on the ground before reaching into the crate for the final time. "So that means that Nolan gets..." And what was in her hands shocked them to their cores. It looked similar to a dragon, but it had no feet to stand on. "Holy shit that's a Fabled Quetzal!" Rowan said as Sabrina put the dragonling in Nolan's hands. He was so surprised that he nearly dropped it if it didn't use it's wings to balance itself and stretched itself across his shoulders. "Is it-" He stopped himself as little snores were heard from it and from Rowan's hat. "It fell asleep!"

"So... where are we going?" Wolf asked curiously and he received glares in return. "You can go back to Wizard City or go back to whatever hellhole you came out of!" Saffron shouted at him with pain in her eyes which instantly broke his heart. "Saffron!" Sabrina gasped as she and the others stared at her sister in shock at how she answered Wolf's question. "How can you-" "You know that I couldn't control it!" Wolf interrupted as he stared at Saffron with pleading eyes. "I know that you are easily seduced my anything, so why would you expect me to believe you?" Saffron said before she shook her head and started walking away from him.

And that was the last straw for him.

"MY MOTHER TOLD ME TO DO IT!" He shouted, which made all four of them freeze before turning to him with surprise and confusion. "My Mother made a deal with Malistaire, if he could get his revenge against Ambrose he could help Mom take over the Spiral." He explained before pulling his hood over his head to hide his face with looked like he was in pain. "Your mother?" Rowan asked as she took a step forward. "No female wizard was mentioned by Malistaire except for..."

And Wolf just took a couple steps backwards before running out of the pyramid.

His mother was Morganthe.