I stood outside of the castle's front gate as I waited for everyone to arrive. When I was sure everyone was there I called them all together. "Okay," I pulled a map out of the pouch I was holding. "We're here, in the central kingdom," I pointed to a place on the map. "Now, Artemis is sealed here, in the south. In the forest of death." I heard a few gasps from the people around me.
"The forest of Death?" I looked up to see that Zoey's face had paled.
I nodded, "And it means that quite litterally. That is where Death lives, and has stored the souls of the people who have died. Though his powers are nothing compared to Artemis'"
"What about Athena? Where is she sealed?" Hanna looked over my shoulder at the map.
"Here," I pointed to a region in the north. "The spring of life. The water is said to even be able to bring back the dead. Though of course to do that you'd have to free the souls from death."
"I say we free Athena first," Sahiro spoke up.
I nodded, "Yes. If we can get Athena to help us, it will be easy to convince Artemis. Artemis is the kind of person who would die before she helped us. But it would be a different story if we had Athena on our side. She absolutely adores her sister and would do anything for her."
Emiko nodded, "And it seems like it will be easier for us to get to her than her sister."
I sighed, "Do you really believe that? Think, this spring is said to be able to bring a person back to life. It will not be guarded lightly, especially since Athena was sealed there."
"Oh," I didn't think of that," a girl I hadn't seen before said. Lilith hasn't seen Kei yet I don't think.
"Whatever, we still need to get her first. So what are we waiting for?" Xexilia shrugged.
I shook my head, "Nothing. If everyone's ready we can be on our way."
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Yes, I know I haven't posted in aaaaages. I'm really sorry! But in two weeks I have exams and the teachers are making us study like crazy, so I'm banned from my laptop until they're finished TT^TT
