Saddle Up!/Dialogues

**You are now experiencing the story in third person view.**

***In a strange room.***

* Marionette (eyes closed): …
* Marionette (eyes open): *Ugh… My head hurts…*

*She looks at her surroundings.*

* Marionette (shocked): *Huh? That doesn’t look like my apartment?! Where am I?!*

*Worried, she takes another look at her surroundings.*

* Marionette (thinking): *This room does look familiar… Where did I see it befo-*

*She hears someone weeping.*

* Marionette (worried): *Who’s here?!*

*She looks above.*

* Micropenis: …
* Marionette (recognizing): *I can recognize that pale little knob from anywhere.*

*She looks further up.*

* Kaleb (weeping): …
* Marionette (shocked): *Kaleb?! What are you doing here?!*
* Kaleb (crying): Oh Yvette, I’m so sorry! Please forgive me!
* Marionette (confused): *Huh?! Did he just call me-*
* Kaleb (wiping his tears): I failed KJ, I failed Graecita but most of all, I FAILED YOU!
* Marionette (thinking): *This sounds… Familiar to me…*
* Kaleb (tearful): If anything happens to KJ I won’t forgive myself! I will make sure they pay with it WITH BLOOD!
* Marionette (shocked): *OH NO!*
* Marionette (panicking): *I have to get out of here, now!*

*Marionette tries to get up, but fails.*

* Marionette (scared): *Why… Why can’t I move?!*
* Kaleb (serious): I promise you, Yvette.... No one will get away for hurting that boy. Do you hear me?
* Marionette (scared): *Get off me! I’m alive, Kaleb. I’M ALIVE!*
* Kaleb (sad): I love you…
* Marionette (panicking): *NOOO!!!*

*Kaleb kisses her…*

* Kaleb and Marionette (kissing): …

*Marionette tries to push him off her, but her limbs were fixed on place.*

* Marionette (sweating): *My arms… I… I can’t move them!*

*Kaleb reaches down her crotch.*

* Kaleb (moaning): …
* Marionette (scared): *Oh no… Is he going to… No no no!*
* Marionette (panicking): *I cannot let this happen to me! I need someone, I need to…'*

*Marionette tries to sleep but her mouth was stuck and her voice box was not working.*

* Marionette (suffocating): …
* Marionette (shocked): *No… I can’t even talk!*
* Kaleb (moaning): …

*Kaleb pulls Marionette’s body so he could penetrate her.*

* Marionette (panicking): AHHHHH!!!

***At Graecita, in the palace’s guest room.***

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*Marionette wakes up from her sleep.*

* Marionette (panicking): AHHHHH!!!
* Shirley (hushing): Take it easy. You’re in good hands, don’t be scared.
* Marionette (shocked): Shirley?! What the hell are you doing here?! And-
* Marionette (confused): How did I get to the palace?!
* Shirley (sympathetic): Norah brought you here to be taken care of after you fell from the dock…
* Marionette (sad): Oh…
* Shirley (sad): Since you’re awake now, I have bad news to deliver to you. Kaleb Jr… Is dead.
* Marionette (holding her head): I see…
* Shirley (curious): Lady Patrick, are you listening to me?!
* Marionette (covering her face): I am! It’s just… I have a lot in my mind right now…
* Marionette (sad): I need some fresh air…

*Marionette opens a window and suddenly gets a chill.*

* Marionette (startled): Ah! It’s cold!
* Shirley (awkward smile): It is November and the island is usually cold around that time.
* Marionette (confused): And does it usually snow too?!
* Shirley (blushing): I guess winter decided to come a little early this year…
* Marionette (thinking): That is odd… Even during winter months, it never snows in the Mediterranean. Something strange is going on here…
* Shirley (sweating): Ummm… Milady…
* Marionette (eye rolling): What is it, Shirley?
* Shirley (awkward smile): I almost forgot to tell you, but someone sent you a package…
* Marionette (crossing her arms): I’m not in the mood to give out handies…
* Shirley (blushing): Oh goodness no! I didn’t mean THAT, I meant an actual package…
* Marionette (covering her face): Just give it to me…
* Shirley (awkward smile): There it is…

*Shirley hands the package to Marionette.*

* Marionette (curious): Hmmm… I wonder who it’s from…
* Marionette (shocked): Oh! Athena Parthenos? Isn’t that… My mom?!
* Marionette (crossing her arms): What a lovely surprise! I wonder why she cares about me all the sudden?
* Marionette (eye rolling): Well, I guess I’ll just open it and see what she sent me…

*Marionette opens the package and she finds a voice recorder.*

* Shirley (confused): What is that thing?
* Marionette (serious; holding the recorder): That’s a voice recorder. Basically it’s a device that records conversations and saves them as a file. But I wonder what exactly would I need that fo-

*Marionette accidently presses a button and the recorder starts playing.*

* Recorder (Eos): Good Morning Olympus. This is your host, Eos speaking. And today we bring to you concerning news about the Queen of the Underworld.
* Recorder (Eos): The goddess, Persephone is missing!
* Marionette (confused): What?!
* Shirley (confused): Who’s Persephone?
* Marionette (thinking): I think I’ve heard about her. She’s the daughter of the goddess of seasons, Demeter and there was this story about her getting kidnapped and how Demeter was…
* Marionette (shocked): Oh my god! That must be why it’s snowing outside! We are experiencing Demeter’s wrath!
* Recorder (Eos): But fear not! The Olympic gods are conducting a meeting at the Olympieion over this problem and in today’s show, we have with us a group of brave warriors who came to help rescue the goddess!
* Recorder (Eos): Say hi to the camera!
* Recorder (Natalie and Madelina): Hiii!
* Marionette (hopeful): That voice- It sounds familiar to me!
* Recorder (Eos): Now I do not believe your name are known here, so would you mind giving us an introduction?

*There was a pause.*

* Recorder (Zachary): My name is Zachary Riley.
* Shirley (shocked): Mr. Riley?! But… Wasn’t he in the ship? The one that disappeared?
* Marionette (confused): Yes, he was…
* Recorder (Zachary): And with me are my friends: Natalie, Ophelia Lincoln, Yoyo Ip, Madelina Alonzo-

*Marionette pauses the recording.*

* Marionette (shocked): Oh my gods… She’s alive!
* Marionette (happy): Did you hear this, Shirley?! Madelina’s alive!
* Shirley (confused): I have, but then… If she and the others are stilly alive, where are they-

*Marionette ignores Shirley and opens the window wide open.*

* Shirley (shocked): Milady! What are you doin-
* Marionette (shouting): THEY’RE ALIIIIIVE!!!

***At the Mediterranean Sea, on the Hamilton Laurent’s Revenge.***

*Madelina is standing on the crow nest with Mehtab.*

* Mehtab (bored): *yowls.*
* Madelina (warm smile): You’re feeling bored, aren’t you?
* Mehtab (eye rolling): *yowls.*
* Madelina (chuckling): Don’t worry, we’re going to disembark very soon and Mary can play with you while I am gone.
* Madelina (serious; clutching on glamor tube): Right now, I need to focus on our route…

*Meanwhile at the deck, Zachary is busy controlling the sails.*

* Zachary (controlling the sails): *grunts.*

*He gets approached by Mia.*

* Mia (serious): Zach.
* Zachary (startled): Ah! Mia?!

*He sucks up his stomach in impulse, giving his abs definition.*

* Zachary (nervous smile): Hey… How are things going?
* Mia (confused): What the hell are you doing?
* Zachary (blushing): Nothing. I… I was just controlling the sails, that’s all… What are YOU doing here?
* Mia (annoyed): I just came to ask you how long are we going to keep on sailing?! It’s been five days since we’ve left Olympus!
* Zachary (shrugging): Uh… I don’t know, guess until Madz tells us to stop.
* Mia (eye rolling): Ugh… Why are we even relying on HER! What does she even know sailing, bearing and all that shit?!
* Zachary (crossing his arms): I get you and Madelina do not see eye to eye, but you should really put some faith on her. Besides, she’s told us that Circe is in Northeast Africa, so it’s not like she’s taking us somewhere she doesn’t know.
* Mia (crossing her arms): That is not good enough. “Northeast Africa” is huge and we can easily get lost in it. And what if she’s wrong and Circe isn’t even there? After all, we all know Madelina isn’t so skilled in witchcraft.
* Zachary (covering his face): *sighs.*
* Zachary (whooping): Hey, Madelina! Are we close yet?
* Madelina (whooping): Very! We should be there in a few minutes!
* Mia (impatient): Ugh… Are you going to at least tell us where we are even going?
* Madelina (shocked): …
* Mia (frowning): Helloooooo?
* Madelina (excited): I see it!
* Zachary (confused): See what?
* Madelina (serious): Our destination? You see the land over there? That’s where we’re going!
* Zachary (serious): You heard her, Mary?
* Mary (serious): Aye! I’ll take you right there!
* Mia (serious): I’ll go tell the others to be ready for the arrival!

***In the ship’s wreck room.***

* April and Maverick (playing video games; April): Ugh! I lost!
* April and Maverick (Maverick; grinning): Welp, a deal’s a deal. Looks like now you have to do whatever I ask you to do and you know what I want more than anything right now?
* April and Maverick (April; eye rolling): If you’re gonna ask for a blowjob, forget it! I may have forgiven you, but I still want to take things slow.
* April and Maverick (Maverick; pouting): Hey! Is that what you think is all I’m thinking about?
* April and Maverick (April; frowning): …
* April and Maverick (Maverick; blushing): Alright… A blowjob would’ve been fine but I was actually asking for a kiss..
* April and Maverick (April; laughing): Ugh… Come here.
* April and Maverick (kissing): …

*Meanwhile, Hasuro is staring at a glass container.*

* Hasuro (holding a container; impatient): Come on, hatch!
* Yoyo (curious): Hey, Hasuro. What are you looking at?
* Hasuro (eye rolling): I’m waiting for Memphis to hatch!
* Ophelia (confused): Memphis? Who is that?
* Hasuro (yawning): It’s my pet caterpillar. I adopted her back when we were at Sarpedon.
* Hasuro (frowning): Right now, she’s in the process of turning into a butterfly but it’s been 10 days and her cocoon hasn’t hatched yet. Hell, I think she might even be dead!
* Yoyo (warm smile): I don’t think we should just to conclusions, a butterfly’s cocoon can take up to two weeks to hatch after all.

*Suddenly Mia goes inside the wreck room.*

* Ophelia (curious): Mia, did you speak to Zach?
* Mia (serious): I did. We’re about to land in a few minutes!
* Yoyo (relieved): About damn time!

***On the coast.***

* Mary (whooping): Land ahoy!
* Zachary (whooping): Alright, is everyone on deck?
* Yoyo (dizzy): Finally! I was really starting to feel seasick!
* Hasuro (curious): Guys, are you sure we are in the right place? Aren’t we supposed to be in Africa, why does everything look Greek here?!
* Zachary (educating): The Greeks used to own many colonies in North Africa, so you might find a plenty of Greek architecture while we are here.
* Zachary (thinking): If I had to make a guess, I believe that we are in Cyrene right now, a city that is now part of modern-day Libya.
* Mia (crossing her arms): Where did Madelina go? She was on the deck just a few minutes ago-
* Madelina (presenting herself): Ta-da! How do you think I look?
* April and Maverick (Maverick; laughing): You look like you’re about to be smacked by either your husband, father or brother for not wearing your headscarf properly!
* Madelina (eye rolling): VERY funny, Maverick.
* Zachary (hands on hips): So this is where we’ll be finding Circe? Huh?
* Madelina (awkward grin): Oh no! Circe isn’t in here!
* Ophelia (confused): If she’s not here then where is she?!
* Madelina (thinking): I can’t tell the exact location but she is somewhere in the Libyan Desert-
* Hasuro (annoyed): The desert?! Oh! You have to be kidding me!
* Mia (pissed): Okay, that’s it! Every back in the ship!
* April and Maverick (April; confused): Already?!
* Zachary (serious): Mia, what do you think you are doing?!
* Mia (angry): Zach, you heard what she just said! She doesn’t know the exact location! The last thing I want is to get stranded in the fucking desert!
* Ophelia (worried): I’m with Mia here, the whole thought of it just sounds… So scary to me.
* Yoyo (worried): And besides how are we even going to wander the desert? We aren’t just going to walk, are we?
* Madelina (laughing): Who said anything about walking?
* Mia (eye rolling): And how else are we supposed to move? In a private jet?
* Madelina (thinking): He should be here at any minute…
* April and Maverick (Maverick; confused): Wait? Who should be here?
* Ophelia (worried): Guys… I see people approaching the ship…
* Madelina (happy): That must be him!
* Madelina (waving her arms): Uncle Mike, I’m over here!

*Madelina starts running toward the strangers.*

* Mia (shocked): What the hell is this girl thinking?!
* Zachary (serious): Come on, we have to go after her!

*The crew run after Madelina.*

* Madelina (excited): Uncle Mike!
* Miguel (happy): Madelina!

*Madelina and the man hug.*

* Miguel and Madelina (hugging): …

*They break away from the hug.*

* Miguel (grinning): Well, well, well, look who’s towering over me now! You’ve gotten bigger than your own old uncle!
* Madelina (chuckling): Haha, I’m happy to see you too, Uncle Mike.
* Zachary (wiping his sweat): Madelina… You know that guy?
* Madelina (smiling): Of course! That’s my Uncle Mike!
* Miguel (smirking): You must be my niece’s friends! My name is Miguel Huizar, but you can call me Mike!
* Miguel (smiling): And those are my other niblings. Jazmin and Buddy, why don’t you come and greet your sister and her friends?
* Jazmin and Buddy (unenthusiastic; Buddy): Sup!
* Madelina (shocked): Oh! I didn’t notice you two were here!
* Jazmin and Buddy (Jazmin; crossing her arms): And I would’ve preferred it that way…
* Madelina (smiling; opening her arms): Well, I am so happy to see you both again! Here, let me give you two a hug-
* Jazmin and Buddy (Jazmin; grossed out): Yeah, no thanks, I’ll pass!
* Madelina (disappointed): Oh…
* Mia (whispering): Damn, even her siblings don’t like her!

***In Cyrene.***

* Madelina (whispering): Psst… Uncle Mike, what are they doing here?
* Miguel (curious): Who? Your siblings?
* Madelina (blushing): Yeah, what are they doing in Libya with you?
* Miguel (scratching his head): It’s kinda funny but you see… Before you called me to meet you here, I was actually them out for a vacation at Cairo…
* Madelina (shocked): Oh no! I am so sorry for ruining the trip!
* Miguel (laughing): It’s fine! We’ll just go next week. Besides we haven’t seen you for almost a year, so we’re glad to see you again, safe and sound.
* Madelina (worried): They don’t seem to be happy to see me again…
* Miguel (warm smile): Believe me, they are. They just… Have a different way of showing it, you know how teenagers are.
* Madelina (hopeful): I hope you are right…
* Miguel (smiling): So, how about we play a little game? I’ll point at a random landmark and I want you to give me its name!
* Jazmin and Buddy (Jazmin; covering her face): Oh please, not that game!
* Miguel (innocent smirk): Does anyone know what that building is called?
* Jazmin and Buddy (Jazmin; shrugging): Some boring, old, white building?
* Zachary (excited): Oh! I know that building! That’s a temple dedicated to Zeus, the Greek god of the heavens!
* Miguel (pointing at Zachary with two hands): And one point goes to…
* Zachary (smiling): Zachary Riley.
* Miguel (grinning): Now what about that building over there? Anyone has an idea what that is?
* Jazmin and Buddy (Jazmin; eye rolling): I don’t know. Another boring, old, white building?
* Miguel (laughing): Come on, Jazmin! Where’s your spirit?
* Zachary (remembering): That would be the Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone!
* Miguel (grinning): Hey, you seem to really know your Ancient history. Maybe you should share some of your knowledge with Madelina, she could really use a lesson or two on history.
* Madelina (laughing): Uncle!

*Mia is glaring at the three of them.*

* Mia (holding her anger): …
* Hasuro (nervous smile): Someone seems to be in a really bad mood…
* Mia (crossing her arms): It looks like Zachary is getting along really well with Madelina’s family…
* April and Maverick (Maverick; shrugging): As he should. It’s his girlfriend’s family after all.
* Yoyo and Ophelia (Ophelia; covering her face): Mia… You really need to just get over Zachary, he’s made it pretty clear he is not interested in you.
* Mia (pissed): I thought you are in my side?!
* Yoyo and Ophelia (Yoyo; sweating): We are, it’s just… We really think you should just let him go at this point…

*Buddy Alonzo spots a pile of snow.*

* Jazmin and Buddy (Buddy; smiling): Hey, look!

*He separates himself from the group and jump on the snow pile.*

* Buddy (excited): Haha!
* Miguel (cross): Buddy! Get back her-
* Miguel (shocked): Holy Moly! Is that… snow?

*Miguel feels the snow.*

* Miguel (amazed): That’s so… unbelievable!
* April and Maverick (Maverick; confused): What? Never seen snow in your life?
* April and Maverick (April; frowning): Maverick!
* Yoyo and Ophelia (Yoyo; concerned): Is it normal for it to snow in Libya?
* Miguel (smiling): In Cyrene? Yes, it’s normal for it to snow here, but… It usually doesn’t happen until early December. For it to happen in early November… It’s such a weird phenomenon!

*Mia looks at Zachary.*

* Mia (concerned): Zach… You know what that means…
* Zachary (serious): Yes… The quicker we find Persephone, the better!

*They continue walking in Cyrene until Mia gets tired.*

* Mia (impatient): Excuse me, Mr. Huizar!
* Miguel (curious): Yes, Miss-
* Mia (serious): Loukas. Mia Loukas.
* Miguel (tipping hat): Nice to meet you, Loukas. Is there something you wish to ask?
* Mia (crossing her arms): Yes, how exactly are we going to explore the desert? I mean… You did prepare a mean of transport for us, right?
* Miguel (smiling): As a matter of fact, I have?
* Mia (relieved): What is it? A car, bus or a caravan?
* Camels: *grunting.*
* Miguel (presenting): Ta-da!
* Mia (shocked): Camels?!

*The whole crew looks at Madelina.*

* Madelina (nervous grin): I mean… Hey! Better than walking, amirite? Hehe…

***In the Libyan desert.***

* Ophelia and Mia (riding a camel; Ophelia; shivering): Brrr… It’s really cold!
* Yoyo and Hasuro(riding a camel; Yoyo; shivering): Yeah! You’d thinking being on the desert would at least give us some warmth!
* April and Maverick (riding a camel; Maverick; relieved): Thank gods I’ve brought my jacket with me!
* Ophelia and Mia (Mia; impatient): Madelina, are we close to Circe?
* Madelina and Zachary (riding a camel; Madelina; serious): Not yet!
* Ophelia and Mia (Mia; pissed): Are you for real?! We’ve literally been riding for nearly an hour! For how long do we have to keep on like that?!
* Madelina and Zachary (Madelina; annoyed): I’ll tell you when we should stop, now please be quiet and let me FOCUS!
* Ophelia and Mia (Mia; holding her anger): *I swear if we end up getting lost…*
* Jazmin and Buddy (riding a camel; bored): …
* Madelina and Zachary (Madelina; nervous): Zach… Could you please ride next to my siblings? I want to talk to them.
* Madelina and Zachary (Zachary; serious): Sure.

*Zachary rides next to Madelina’s siblings.*

* Madelina and Zachary (Madelina; smiling): Hi!
* Jazmin and Buddy (Buddy; disinterested): Hi…?
* Madelina and Zachary (Madelina; curious): How are you two doing?
* Jazmin and Buddy (Jazmin; crossing her arms): We’re good…
* Madelina and Zachary (Madelina; awkward grin): I heard that I… Put a foil into your trip and I just wanted to say I’m really sorry about that…
* Jazmin and Buddy (Jazmin; eye rolling): Whatever.
* Madelina and Zachary (Madelina; curious): So, Buddy… How’s school?
* Jazmin and Buddy (Buddy; eye rolling): It’s fine…
* Madelina and Zachary (Madelina; excited): What about you, Jazmin? I heard that you’re graduating!
* Jazmin and Buddy (Jazmin; serious): I heard that you dropped out.
* Madelina and Zachary (Madelina; awkward smile): What? Noooooo! I did not drop out! I’m just taking a break, that’s all…
* Jazmin and Buddy (Buddy; curious): And when exactly are you returning to college?
* Madelina and Zachary (Madelina; sweating): Well… About that, I… I don’t really know-
* Jazmin and Buddy (Jazmin; eye rolling): So in other words, you dropped out.
* Madelina and Zachary (Madelina; blushing): Uh…
* Madelina and Zachary (Madelina; covering her face): Look, can we have a normal conversation without all this… cattiness? I won’t be staying for long and I really wanna catch up before…
* Jazmin and Buddy (Jazmin; pissed): Before what? You leave for another year?!
* Madelina and Zachary (Madelina; regretful): Jazmin…
* Jazmin and Buddy (Jazmin; angry): What did you think we were going to do? Welcome you with open arms and pretend nothing has happened?!
* Jazmin and Buddy (Jazmin; pissed): Buddy and I see no point in “playing nice” with you if in the end you’ll only ghost us until you need something else from our family!
* Madelina and Zachary (Madelina; sad): You don’t understand… I never wanted to leave you…
* Jazmin and Buddy (Buddy; frowning): Then why would you do it? What was the reason?!
* Madelina and Zachary (Madelina; holding her head): I… I cannot tell you…
* Jazmin and Buddy (Jazmin; eye rolling): Figures…

*Madelina and Zachary go away from them and ride next to Miguel.*

* Miguel (riding a camel; sympathetic): I take it the conversation with your siblings didn’t go as planned…
* Madelina and Zachary (crossing her arms): You can say that again…
* Miguel (sympathetic): They’ll come around eventually, they’re just feeling hurt right now.
* Miguel (curious): Anyway, you did not tell me where exactly you want me to take you?
* Madelina and Zachary (Madelina; blushing): Well… You see, it’s a little complicated, but… But I’ll tell you once we’ll get there!
* Miguel (covering his face): *sighs* Wherever you are taking us, I hope the journey will be quick because I promised to bring the camels back to their owner by sunset…

*They reach a plateaued region.*

* Madelina and Zachary (Madelina; shocked): Stop!
* April and Maverick (Maverick; confused): Huh? What’s up?
* Yoyo and Hasuro (Hasuro; curious): Why are we stopping all the sudden?
* Madelina and Zachary (Madelina; serious): That village! She’s there!
* Ophelia and Mia (Ophelia; hopeful): Are you sure?
* Madelina and Zachary (Madelina; happy): Yeah, that’s our destination!
* Miguel (laughing): Ahahahaha!
* Madelina and Zachary (Madelina; confused): Why are you laughing?
* Miguel (holding back a laugh): Nothing. I just think that’s a very funny coincidence, because that’s where I rented the camels from!
* Madelina and Zachary (Zachary; shocked): So you’ve been here? Is the village face?
* Miguel (awkward grin): I mean… We did get ambushed by them yesterday afternoon, but other than that, the Najwa tribe are quite welcoming people!
* Miguel (smiling): Here, let me introduce you to them!

***In the Bedouin village.***

*The boys are practicing falconry with the village hunters.*

* Hasuro (holding the falcon; worried): So… How do you get it to hunt you?
* Hunter (educating): It’s easy! You just have to point at something then let it hunt it for you!
* Hunter (pointing): For example, you see that jerboa?
* Hasuro (smiling): Awww, it looks so cute!
* Hunter (determined): Let it hunt it for you!
* Hasuro (shocked): What?!
* Hunter (holding the falcon; smirking): There, I’ll show you how it’s done!

*The hunter flies the falcon towards the jerboa.*

* Falcon (fierce): KAK-KAK-KAK!
* Jerboa (scared): *squeaks.*

*The falcon kills the jerboa and brings it to the hunter.*

* Hunter (grinning; holding the falcon): Good boy! Now, do you want to try?
* Hasuro (sweating): No thank you!
* Maverick (excited): Give it to me, I wanna try!

*The girls are having their hands painted with henna.*

* Henna artist (smiling): And there, I’m done painting your hand!
* Ophelia (admiring her hand): Wow! Those parents look so gorgeous-
* Henna artist (warning): Careful! The henna has not dried yet and it’ll be very hard to wash it off if it gets smudged!
* Yoyo (excited): Can you paint my hands too?
* Henna artist (chuckling): Sure! Sit down!
* April (curious; hands painted): How long will it take for the henna to dro of-

*Suddenly a falcon flies over her.*

* Falcon (fierce): Kak-kak-kak!
* April (startled): AH!!!

*April trips from the shock and her henna gets smudged.*

* April (shocked): My henna! It’s- It’s ruined!
* Maverick (nervous grin): Whoops- Sorry!
* April (furious): MAVERICK!

*Meanwhile, Madelina is dancing with the belly dancers.*

* Madelina (dancing): How am I doing? Am I dancing good?
* Belly dancer (explaining): Not like that! You should be dancing with your hips and torso muscles not with your spine!
* Afa’a (smirking): Here, let me show you how to dance!
* Afa’a (belly dancing): …
* Belly dancer (belly dancing): There, try to copy both me and Afa’a.

*Madelina follows the belly dancers’ step and she manages to shake her hips on command.*

* Madelina (shaking her hips; smiling): I’m moving my hips!
* Belly dancer (smiling): Good job! Now next, we should training your torso muscles to be more flexible!
* Madelina (inviting): Come on, Jazmin! Why don’t you come and dance with us?
* Jazmin and Buddy (Jazmin; eating maize): I don’t like dancing…
* Madelina (smirking): Really? What about that cute little dance of yours? Don’t you want to show it to everyone.
* Jazmin and Buddy (Jazmin; eye rolling): No, I don’t.
* Madelina (shrugging): I guess I’m gonna show it myself.
* Jazmin and Buddy (Jazmin; frowning): Don’t.
* Madelina (dancing with her hands): I'll dance, dance, dance. With my hands, hands, hands. Above my head, head, head. Like Jesus sai-
* Jazmin and Buddy (Jazmin; pissed): STOP!

*Jazmin throws her maize at Madelina, which barely misses her.*

* Madelina (laughing): Hey!

*While everyone is enjoying their time, Mia is standing all alone.*

* Mia (bored): Ugh…
* Trader 1 (smiling): Hey, Angelina!
* Mia (confused): Excuse me, you talking to me?
* Trader 1 (grinning): Who else could I be talking to? Has anyone told you, you look very beautiful? You know the American actress, Angelina Jolie? You look just as gorgeous as she is!
* Mia (stumped): Thanks, I guess?
* Trader 1 (showing his jewels): But you know what would make you look even more beautiful? Wearing one of my accessories! My jewels will make your beauty shine ven mor-
* Mia (eye rolling): Sorry, not interested.
* Zachary (awkward grin): Hey, Mia. Aren’t you gonna go have fun with the others?
* Mia (stumped): Fun? Are you forgetting that we are here in a mission?
* Zachary (scratching his head): Doesn’t mean you aren’t allowed to enjoy yourself a bit!
* Mia (crossing her arms): I still think we should focus on finding Circe and get things over with. Of course, assuming she’s actually here…
* Mia (eye rolling): I’ll just go and ask the locals about her.

*Mia explores the village.*

* Trader 2 (shouting): Gemat for sale!
* Mia (serious): Excuse me, ma’am!
* Trader 2 (smiling): Do you want to buy some gemat?
* Mia (blushing): No thank you, I’m not hungry. I am actually wanted to ask a question.
* Mia (curious): Did you happen to see a tall, blonde, blue-eyed lady around this area? One with a beauty mole on the right-side of her jaw?
* Trader 2: Oh! You must be talking about Shaheen!
* Mia (confused): Shaheen? Who’s that?
* Trader 2 (innocent smirk): She’s our leader, Anir Aznag’s betrothed! She crossed paths into our village a couple of months ago and he quickly fell for her beauty, so he decided to make her his wife!
* Mia (thinking): So… She isn’t a member of your tribe…
* Mia (shocked): Is it possible that lady could be Circe in disguis-
* Miguel (panicking): Everyone! Come to the stables!
* Zachary (concerned): Mr. Huizar, what happened?!
* Miguel (shocked): I went to the stables to return the camels, and… There’s a dead body there!
* Jazmin and Buddy (Buddy; excited): A dead body?! That’s so cool!
* Mia (annoyed): Why does this happen wherever we go?!
* Zachary (serious): Guess that’s just our luck. Come on, Mia! Lets see what happened in the stables!

**You are now playing as Mia Loukas.**

## Chapter 1

***Investigate the stables (Victim identified: Bellerophon).***

* Zachary (appeasing): Everyone, this is a crime scene! Please back away!
* Zachary (wiping his sweat): Geez… How are we supposed to investigate with so many people crowding us?
* Miguel (sweating): There’s the body! I checked the man’s pulse and he’s not breathing!
* Zachary (scratching his head): Yeah, it seems like he’s taken a blunt hit to the head…
* Zachary (shocked): But hey! That man doesn’t look like an Arab to me? And judging by his clothes, it doesn’t look like he’s from our time either…
* Zachary (serious): We now that random historical figures from different times have regenerated as a result of The Second Titanomachy and we’ve met and befriended a handful of them. Could this man be an Ancient Greek king or hero?
* Anir and his guards (Anir; serious): Where is the body?
* Zachary (curious): Excuse me sir, who are you?
* Anir and his guards (Anir; crossing his arms): My name is Anir Aznag and I am the leader of the Najwa. I’ve been informed that a murder took place here and came to find the culprit.
* Anir and his guard (Anir; serious): Now let me see the bod-
* Anir and his guard (Anir; shocked): Bellerophon?!
* Zachary (shocked): Wait- What did you just call the victi-
* Anir and his guard (Anir; pissed): Which one of you here stumbled upon the body?
* Miguel (serious): It was I, Sheikh Aznag. I found the body while returning the camels to-
* Anir and his guard (Anir; furious): Guards, arrest him!
* Miguel (shocked): What-

*The guards grab Miguel’s arm.*

* Miguel and guards (being restrained; panicking): Sheikh Aznag, there must be a misunderstanding, I didn’t-
* Anir (pissed): Silence! Save what you have to say for your trial!
* Jazmin and Buddy (both shocked): Uncle Mike!
* Madelina (shocked): What are you doing to our uncle?!
* Anir (serious): My dear lady, I am afraid that your uncle is guilty of manslaughter. We will be taking him into our custody where he’ll be kept until we find him an appropriate punishment for him.
* Madelina (pissed): But that does not make sense! Uncle Mike was with us the whole time, there is no way he committed the murder!
* Anir: Any alibi you have to support him, you can present it on his trial. Now move aside.
* Miguel and guards (Guard 1; pushing Miguel): Move!

*Miguel gets escorted to one of the tents.*

* Madelina (panicking): Uncle Mike!
* Jazmin and Buddy (Buddy; pissed): Great! Look at what you’ve done!
* Madelina (shocked): What I’VE done?!
* Jazmin and Buddy (Jazmin; furious): If you haven’t dragged us into that silly journey of yours, Uncle Mike wouldn’t have ended up in this situation! Now he could die because of you!
* April and Maverick (Maverick; pissed): How about you two little shits get the fuck off and let us adults handle this?!
* Jazmin and Buddy (Jazmin; pissed): Whatever. But if something happens to Uncle Mike, we will never forgive you!

*Jazmin and Buddy fuck off.*

* Yoyo and Ophelia (Yoyo; concerned): Madelina, are you feeling oka-
* Madelina (furious): My uncle is captured! How am I supposed to feel okay?!
* Madelina (begging): Zach, we cannot let them kill Uncle Mike! There must be something we can do!
* Zachary (sympathetic): Do not worry, Madelina. We’re going to speak with the tribe leader and see what we can do.
* Zachary (serious): Meanwhile. Hasuro, could you perform an autopsy on the victim!
* Hasuro (serious): I was just about to get in on it!
* Zachary (hopeful): Good. Mia, lets go talk to the leader. Hopefully we could convince him into letting Mr. Huizar go!

***Convince the tribe leader into setting Miguel free (1 star; Prerequisite: Investigate the stables).***

* Anir (eating dates): If you are here to beg me into pardoning that assassin, I apologize to tell you that I want to hear nothing of it.
* Zachary (confused): But how are you sure that he was responsible behind the murder?
* Anir (crossing his arms): As a leader, I have to take precautions for the safety of my people.
* Anir (pissed): Reporting a crime after committing it, is a common method for criminals to get away from suspicion. So unless the murderer turns themselves in, Mr. Huizar will be deemed guilty for the murder.
* Zachary (frowning): So you’re just going to prosecute him without real proof that he’s committed the murder? Aren’t you at least going to conduct an investigation to find who the real culprit is?
* Zachary (serious): We can even help if it is necessary!
* Anir (crossing his arms): An investigation sounds like too much work, but fine…
* Anir (serious): You have until sunset to prove Mr. Huizar’s innocence, if you fail to do so before the deadline, he will shall be named guilty and will be punished by losing his head! Anything further you wish to discuss?
* Zachary (curious): Yes… We want to ask you more about the victim. Were the two of you close?
* Anir (crossing his arms): I wouldn’t say we were “close”. We have went horse-riding together from time to time, but we didn’t bond enough for me to call him a “friend”.
* Anir (thinking): He had come to my tribe for shelter, told us stories of our adventures and he claims that he’s come to Libya for the purpose of slaying some monster lurking the grounds of Cyrene.
* Zachary (interested): What kind of monster was he talking about?
* Anir (shrugging): No idea, but he claims that he’s slayed the monster before.
* Anir (serious): Now I have important duties to attend to, so I’d rather not be disturbed. But remember what I’ve said: I want Bellerophon’s killer at my tent by midnight or else, Mr. Huizar shall pay the price.

* Zachary (shocked): I knew I’ve heard the name “Bellerophon” before!
* Zachary (serious): In case you don’t know, Mia. Bellerophon is an Ancient Greek hero famously known for slaying the Chimera!
* Zachary (awkward grin): He did with the help of a winged horse by the name of Pegasus, who… Happens to be my half-brother…
* Zachary (shocked): That monster Anir was talking about… This must be the Chimera! It must’ve regenerated along Bellerophon during The Second Titanomachy!
* Zachary (serious): I know it’s not wise to visit an area this monster is wandering, but if it is in Cyrene then Bellerophon must’ve went there to look for it a couple of times, so we should definitely check the area out!

***Investigate Cyrene (Prerequisite: Convince the tribe leader into setting Miguel free).***

* Zachary (relieved): I don’t see any signs of the Chimera, so it seems like we’re on safe grounds…
* Zachary (curious): That being said, what did you find?
* Zachary (thinking): A gold bracelet? The design looks Arabian and there doesn’t seem to be any rusting. Not something you’d expect to find in an abandoned Greek city so could it belong to one of the Bedouins?
* Zachary (serious): To know this, we’ll have to dust the bracelet for fingerprints. Anyway, what else has caught your attention?
* Zachary (curious): You think this torn cloth could be something important? If so, I think we should sew it back together then.

***Examine gold bracelet (1 star; Prerequisite: Investigate Cyrene).***

* Zachary (glad): Now that we’ve got a set of fingerprints, lets identify who is the owner of this bracelet!

***Examine fingerprints (1 star; Prerequisite: Examine gold bracelet).***

* Zachary (thinking): The fingerprints belong to a woman called Af’aa Althueban and she is one of the Najwa’s belly dancers…
* Zachary (confused): But what is a belly dancer doing in an abandoned city? Especially with a monster roaming around?
* Zachary (serious): I think we should ask her this ourselves!

***Ask Af’aa what she was doing in Cyrene (1 star; Prerequisite: Examine fingerprints).***

* Af’aa (belly dancing): As-salamu alaykum, my friends! Have you come to watch me dance?
* Zachary (serious): I am sure you are a great dancer, but no thanks. We have come to talk to you about Bellerophon.
* Af’aa (sad): Oh… This must be about his murder. It’s really sad what happened to him, I did not know him for long but he seemed like a really nice guy.
* Af’aa (innocent smirk): Although he did appear a little crazy sometimes with his talk about that monster which he claimed is lurking Cyrene.
* Zachary (curious): Speaking of Cyrene, we believe this bracelet is yours. What were you doing inside that abandoned city?
* Af’aa (smirking): We are nomads, we move around the desert looking for resources to live by. I often go to that city by horse to scavenge for foods like dates, grapes, tomatoes or olives. You know, something to eat.
* Zachary (thinking): Did you happen to ever cross paths with Bellerophon while you were there?
* Af’aa (innocent smirk): Oh, I have quite a few times! And we did have some small talk whenever we saw each other!
* Af’aa (sad smile): And it was often fun as we had a lot in common like our love for the Ancient Arabic languages. I hope that you find out who killed him and they’ll face the justice that they deserve.

***Examine torn fabric (1 star; Prerequisite: Investigate Cyrene).***

* Zachary (thinking): So the piece of fabric we found are actually a glove…
* Zachary (shocked): The glove belongs to Circe?! So Madelina was right! Circe is around here somewhere!
* Zachary (thinking): But how are we going to find her? We know that she’s in the Najwa’s village, according to Madelina, but where exactly?
* Zachary (curious): You think you know where she is?
* Zachary (confused): Hold up! She’s engaged to the tribe leader?! How and where did you hear that from?! Are you sure if they’re even talking about Circe?
* Zachary (blushing): I guess the only way to find out is by asking the tribe leader if we could see his fiancée…

***Request to talk to “Shaheen” (1 star; Prerequisite: Examine torn fabric).***

* Anir (crossing his arms): I believe I’ve told you not to disturb me…
* Zachary (sweating): We are sorry, Sheikh Aznag. But we did not come here to speak with you, we were wondering if we could... Have a word with your betrothed?
* Anir (confused): Shaheen? Why would you want to speak with her?
* Anir (eye rolling): Actually, I don’t want to hear it, you can find her in the tent next to mine.
* Zachary (nervous grin): Thank you, Sheikh Aznag.
* Zachary (serious): Now that we’re granted permission, lets go grill her!

*Inside Circe’s tent.*

* Circe and her servants (Circe; being fed dates): Mia Loukas… How nice is it to see you again…
* Zachary (serious): So you are Circe?
* Circe (smirking): Yes, that’s me and it looks like my reputation precedes me. What brings you into my chambers?
* Zachary (crossing his arms):I’m sure you’ve heard about Bellerophon’s murder.
* Circe (eye rolling): Yes, how tragic. Now who else will slay the beast dwelling in Cyrene!
* Zachary (serious): Funny that you mention this city, because we found one of your gloves there!
* Circe (dramatic): Oh! I must have dropped it there when the Bedouins found me, lost, after my flee from Clew Bay!
* Zachary (crossing his arms): You know, there is something else we wanted to talk about. It’s about a certain goddess…
* Circe (grinning): Really, and I wonder what this got to do with me but I am interested…
* Zachary (pissed): Where is Persephone?!
* Circe (shocked): Persephone? Did something bad happen to her?
* Zachary (frowning): We know you’re involved in the kidnapping, so just tell us where you’re hiding her and then we will leave!
* Circe (offended): Now oh my! Why would you think I’d do such a thing?
* Circe (checking her nails): I admit in the past, I may have been a bad girl…
* Zachary (crossing his arms): You can put it that way…
* Circe (pouting): And I have done things I am not very proud of…
* Circe (smirking): But I promise you now that I’m a changed women!
* Circe (playing with her hair): I have found love with Anir. He made me see that… Not all men are terrible and good men do exist.
* Circe (grinning): I am not longer the man-eating witch I used to be! I have abandoned sorcery altogether and now all I do is go on horse rides or practice Ancient Arabic with Anir to pass the time.
* Circe (smirking): It’s unfortunate what happened to Persephone, but I assure you I played no part in her kidnapping!

***Autopsy victim’s body (Attribute: The killer rides horses; Attribute: The killer eats dates).***

* Hasuro (innocent smirk): When I was a kid, I used to have a very huge crush on the *Mr. Sparkles’* prince, Asad Al Deen and all I wanted is to be with a hot Arabian guy!
* Hasuro (eye rolling): And I feel tempted to make this dream come true right now, but Maverick says if I made any attempt I’ll end up losing my head!
* Zachary (sweating): This does sound a little offensive, but… Yeah… I’d personally listen to Maverick, I don’t think it’s a good idea to make any moves…
* Zachary (curious): But anyway, did you learn anything from the autopsy?
* Hasuro (serious): I have! I observed the victim’s skull and it appears that it’s been smashed by hooves! Horse hooves to be specific!
* Zachary (confused): So… It was an accident? But wait… How was the victim killed by a horse when there was none at the stables?
* Hasuro (crossing his arms): That’s because the horse is the murder weapon, not the killer. A horse will only act out this way with human intervention. If I had to imagine the scenario, the killer scared off the horse while the victim was near it and it ran away from the stables afterwards.
* Hasuro (serious): Which makes me believe that the killer must be trained in horse riding!
* Hasuro (smiling): Another reason why I believe this is a murder is because I examined the victim’s neck and found a sticky substance on it. The killer must’ve checked the victim’s pulse to make sure he’s dead and they left traces of dates behind!
* Zachary (curious): Miguel checked the victim’s pulse after finding the body, how do we know it wasn’t left by him?
* Madelina (serious): Because Uncle Mike is diabetic, he cannot eat dates!
* Zachary (smiling): So the killer eats dates and rides horses. Gotcha!

***In Cyrene.***

* Zachary (riding a camel; serious): If we want to save Madelina’s uncle, we really need to find Bellerophon’s killer as soon as possible.
* Zachary (covering his face): Unfortunately, it does not seem that our clues are helpful since all our suspects fit them!
* Zachary (crossing his arms): And speaking of them, none of them seem to have any resentment toward the victim so far.
* Zachary (pissed): We finally found Circe but she is denying any involvement in Persephone’s disappearance, despite us having evidence that she’s assisted Minthe and Clytie.
* Zachary (crossing his arms): But yeah… We shouldn’t be focusing on that, we should be focusing on rescuing Migue-
* Zachary (confused): Wait… What is that place? It looks like… A garden?

***In the garden.***

* Zachary (amazed): Wow… That’s one hell of a beautiful garden! Look at all these fruits!
* Zachary (smiling): It’s like… Autumn has never reached that place!
* Zachary (happy): They’ve got olives, pomegranates, figs, melons, oranges, apples and-
* Golden apple: …
* Zachary (amazed): Woah! Is that apple… Gold-?

*THUNK!*

* Zachary (startled; hurt): Ow! Did someone just throw a rock at me?!
* Arethus (furious): Get your hands away from the golden apple, you thief!

## Chapter 2

* Zachary (riding a camel; serious): If we want to save Madelina’s uncle, we really need to find Bellerophon’s killer as soon as possible.
* Zachary (covering his face): Unfortunately, it does not seem that our clues are helpful since all our suspects fit them!
* Zachary (crossing his arms): And speaking of them, none of them seem to have any resentment toward the victim so far.
* Zachary (pissed): We finally found Circe but she is denying any involvement in Persephone’s disappearance, despite us having evidence that she’s assisted Minthe and Clytie.
* Zachary (crossing his arms): But yeah… We shouldn’t be focusing on that, we should be focusing on rescuing Migue-
* Zachary (confused): Wait… What is that place? It looks like… A garden?

***In the garden.***

* Zachary (amazed): Wow… That’s one hell of a beautiful garden! Look at all these fruits!
* Zachary (smiling): It’s like… Autumn has never reached that place!
* Zachary (happy): They’ve got olives, pomegranates, figs, melons, oranges, apples and-
* Golden apple: …
* Zachary (amazed): Woah! Is that apple… Gold-?

*THUNK!*

* Zachary (startled; hurt): Ow! Did someone just throw a rock at me?!
* Arethus (furious): Get your hands away from the golden apple, you thief!
* Zachary (holding his injury; appeasing): Chill out, lady! We’re not here to steal anything!
* Arethus (frowning): Then what’s bringing you to Cyrene?!
* Zachary (sweating): We initially came here to meet someone, but got into a bit of trouble and are now investigating the murder of Bellerophon. We happened to ride by your garden and it peaked our curiousi-
* Arethus (shocked): Bellerophon was murdered?!
* Zachary (curious): So you know that man? I hope you don’t mind, but we would like to speak with you.

***Ask the garden guardess how she knows Bellerophon (1 star).***

* Zachary (thinking): If my knowledge is correct, I presume that this is The Garden of the Hesperides?
* Arethus (serious): You are correct. My name is Arethus, daughter of Nyx, the personification of Night.
* Arethus (blushing): The Queen of Olympus, Hera has employed me and my sisters of protect the golden apple in this garden so I apologize if I’ve acted a little hostile earlier…
* Zachary (curious): Our victim’s name seemed to ring a bell for you? Have you met him?
* Arethus (smirking): Yes, I have. I’ve caught him trying to sneak some dates out from the garden, so my sisters and I began throwing sticks and stones at him.
* Arethus (smiling): Eventually when we realized he meant no harm to us, we decided to let him go and we’ve let him come in and out from time to time.
* Arethus (lovestruck): I ended up catching feelings for him and we began dating. It was fun going out with him, I’ve often snuck out the garden with him where we did fun stuff like taking a dip in the Cyrene River. He also taught me how to speak Ancient Arabic and it became our love language!
* Arethus (sad): Bellerophon was an amazing man, so I can’t think of a single reason why anyone would want him dead!
* Zachary (sympathetic): You have our condolences, Arethus. We imagine it must be hard losing the person you love.
* Zachary (curious): But since you claim that Bellerophon often visited, I hope you have no problem with us sticking around to look for clues?
* Arethus (crossing her arms): As long as you’re not here to steal the apple, then I see no problem with you wandering the garden. However, I’ll have to talk to my sisters about this…
* Zachary (serious): Mia, while Arethus is talking to the other Hesperides, why don’t we take this chance to look around the garden? Maybe we’ll find something that relates to our case!

***Investigate The Garden of the Hesperides (Prerequisite: Ask the garden guardess how she knows Bellerophon).***

* Zachary (curious): Is that a saddle bag laying under the tree? But I don’t see any riding animals in the garden?
* Zachary (thinking): Besides being known for slaying the Chimera, Bellerophon was also well-known as the rider of Pegasus. Could he have left that bag behind?
* Zachary (serious): If so, I think we should search its content. What else is in the garden?
* Zachary (thinking): This choker… Where did I see it befor-
* Zachary (angry): Wait- Is that Rolland Overton’s choker?! What the hell is that cunt doing here?!
* Zachary (crossing his arms): To fill you in, Rolland is a satyr that me and my friends encountered back at Cambright. I can give you the details when we get back to the ship, but long story short- That guy is bad news!
* Zachary (confused): What do you mean that you already know- Did you guys meet him?! When?!
* Zachary (pissed): During Orion’s hunt?! How come no one told me about that?!
* Zachary (holding his anger): Anyway, lets go kick that faun’s ass!

***Catch Rolland (1 star; Prerequisite: Investigate The Garden of the Hesperides).***

* Trader 3 (smiling): Sir, we have Sagai, Safawi, Barhi, Zahedi and many more! Which dates would you like to buy?
* Rolland (wearing a cloak; thinking): Hmmm… I think I’m going to get some the Zahedi. Maybe a bit of the Sagai and… What kind of date is that one called-?
* Zachary (furious): ROLLAND!
* Rolland (shocked): Who’s calling m- OH NO!
* Rolland (panicking): Sorry, I have to go now!

*Rolland runs off.*

* Zachary (pissed): Oh no, you’re not getting off scot-free this time!

*Zachary catches Rolland.*

* Zachary and Rolland (Zachary; serious): There, I got him!
* Zachary and Rolland (Rolland; nervous grin): Zachary Riley, long time no see! How long has it been? 8 years? It’s great to see you again, buddy!
* Zachary and Rolland (Zachary; pissed): Do not “buddy” me, we are not friends! Now tell us what the hell you are doing in Libya?!
* Zachary and Rolland (Rolland; sweating): What? Is a man not allowed to enjoy a trip to the desert?
* Zachary and Rolland (Zachary; frowning): Can you explain why we found your choker in the Garden of the Hesperides?
* Zachary and Rolland (Rolland; nervous grin): Garden? What garden?
* Zachary and Rolland (Zachary; serious): I see there is no way of getting info out of you. Mia, lets just go back to the ship and throw in one of our cells?
* Zachary and Rolland (Rolland; panicking): Throw me into a what?! You can’t do this to me! I’m claustrophobic!
* Zachary and Rolland (Zachary; pissed): Too bad, you didn’t have an issue locking me up and my friends. Now shut up and move!

***Examine saddle bag (1 star; Prerequisite: Investigate the Garden of the Hesperides).***

* Zachary (indicating): I recognize this book! This is the Quran, it is basically the bible for those who are practicing Islam!
* Zachary (thinking): One of the pages is bookmarked and look, someone circled on one of the verses.
* Zachary (blushing): Unfortunately I don’t understand anything in Arabic expect “Al-salam alaikum” and “Shukran”. Madelina is part-Arabian so hopefully she understands what this verse means.

***Analyze the Quran (Prerequisite: Examine saddle bag).***

* Zachary (sympathetic): Hey, Madelina. How are you holding up?
* Madelina (frustrated): Terribly! Not only do I feel so worried for my uncle, but neither of my siblings want to talk to me!
* Madelina (sad): They’re already mad at me for going missing for almost a year, and Uncle Mike’s capture did nothing but add fuel into the fire!
* Zachary (encouraging smile): Things will get better, okay? We’ll find out who Bellerophon’s killer is and your uncle will be set free!
* Madelina (worried): I hope you are right, I feel really bad for dragging him into all of this…
* Madelina (serious): About the verse you asked me to translate, it says “That is Allah, your Lord; there is no deity except Him, the Creator of all things, so worship Him. And he is the disposer of all things.”
* Madelina: Allah is the name of the god who Muslims worship and the verse I read basically denounces all the others gods that other religions worship, this includes the Olympians and all the other Greek gods!
* Zachary (thinking): Why would Bellerophon circle on such a verse? Especially when he had met Athena. Heck, he’s literally a demigod himself!
* Zachary (covering his face): Of course! I’m such an idiot! This copy of the Quran isn’t his! Someone else must have circled on the verse and slipped the book into his bag to send a message! But who?
* Madelina (pissed): Glad you asked, because I saw a name labeled behind the cover page in Arabic and it translates to “Anir Aznag” A.K.A. the man who’s holding my uncle hostage!
* Zachary (crossing his arms): So Anir tried to challenge Bellerophon’s beliefs? I think this makes him worthy of another talk!

***Confront Anir for challenging the victim’s beliefs (1 star; Prerequisite: Analyze the Quran).***

* Zachary (serious): Sheikh Aznag, we found your copy of the quran in the victim’s saddle bag and we noticed you had circled on a certain verse, opposing the victim for his beliefs. Can you explain what you planned to get out of this?
* Anir (pissed): Because his beliefs are utter bullshit!
* Anir (serious): Everyone devout follower of Allah knows that there’s one god, one only- and it is He! Yet there Bellerophon is trying to convince everyone there’s up to gazillion?! Could you believe this?!
* Anir (pissed): Not only this, but he also had the audacity to call himself a “demigod” and boasted about how he’ll one day be up in the sky, sitting on a chair next to his so-called gods! Absolute blasphemy!
* Anir (crossing his arms): Don’t get me wrong now, I liked Bellerophon and so, I want to make sure he is following the correct path so when he dies he will not be burning in the fury of hell!
* Anir (pissed): But he kept doubling down, claiming that he met some goddess called “Athena” and he even tried to convince me that my fiancée was some evil, powerful sorceress!
* Zachary (shocked): Mia, did you hear this? It seems like our victim has crossed paths with Circe!
* Zachary (crossing his arms): And it doesn’t look like they were fond of each other. Funny Circe failed to mention that…
* Zachary (serious): I think our “reformed” witch deserves another interrogation!

***Ask Circe about her dispute with Bellerophon (1 star; Prerequisite: Confront Anir for challenging the victim’s beliefs).***

* Circe (checking her nails): Oh, it’s you again. I wonder what thing I did not do are you here to accuse me of again?
* Zachary (crossing his arms): We’re not done with Persephone yet, we are going to find out where she is whether you agree to help us or not, but we came to talk to you about other matters.
* Zachary (serious): Like you failing to mention that the victim knew your true identity!
* Circe (smirking): Don’t be ridiculous. Bellerophon’s time has come several millennia before mine! He doesn’t know who I am nor have we met each other before this week!
* Zachary (crossing his arms): Then why was he trying to tell your fiancé that you’re a witch?
* Circe (crossing her arms): I may have not been completely honest about me abandoning witchcraft…
* Zachary (pissed): Aha! We knew it-
* Circe (innocent smirk): But I swear! I’m not using it for any harm!
* Circe (pissed): But Bellerophon caught me while I was using the cauldron and he immediately connected to me being up to chaos, and threatened to tell the whole village that I’m a necromancer!
* Zachary (stumped): And so what? You killed him to cover your tracks?
* Circe (checking her nails): Oh please, I have managed to get away with murders for several years, if I had killed him I would never have done it so sloppily! Ha!

***In Cyrene.***

* Zachary (thinking): So far, it looks like two of our suspects had problems with the victim.
* Zachary (curious): Anir’s dispute with the victim seems to be rooted in religion, but do you believe he would go as far as to kill him over his beliefs?
* Zachary (crossing his arms): We all know Circe is shady, but she does have a point, if she was to kill the victim for uncovering her identity, she’d have probably used a slyer method to cover her tracks.
* Zachary (smiling): Since we are in Cyrene, why don’t we give the area another look? Maybe we could find something by the road!

***Investigate the road.***

* Zachary (shocked): Look at the rock! There seems to be something engraved on it!
* Zachary (squinting): But I can’t make out what it says… I think we might need our dusting kit for this.

***Examine rock (1 star; Prerequisite: Investigate the road).***

* Zachary (confused): What… What are these symbols?
* Zachary (blushing): It seems to be some Ancient language, but… I am not familiar with which one is it.
* Zachary (awkward grin): I know that would be expecting too much from her, but maybe Madelina could identify what those symbols are.

***Analyze ancient script (Prerequisite: Examine rock; Attribute: The killer knows ancient Arabic).***

* Madelina (annoyed): What is it with you guys assuming that just because I’m multiracial, that I know how to speak ALL languages?
* Zachary (blushing): So… We take it that you couldn’t translate the message..?
* Madelina (checking her phone): You are lucky that I happen to be friends with linguistic nerds. I asked someone to translate the script and here, they’ll explain what it says…
* Tahia (on the phone screen; crossing her arms): I don’t understand what the hell you all are doing and where you are finding all these foreign scripture.
* Tahia (eye rolling): However, the message you found is written in the Nabataean script, otherwise known as “Ancient Arabic”, and the message reads “Turn back to the land you have come from or your horse will be the cause of your demise, once again.”
* Tahia (weirded out): I do not know about you… But that sounds kind of like a threat, don’t you think?
* Madelina (glad): Well, thank you, Tahia.

*Madelina hangs up on her.*

* Zachary (thinking): “Your horse will be the cause of your demise, once again.” I remember something… Bellerophon’s first death was caused from him falling off his horse as he flew to Olympus…
* Zachary (shocked): And his current death was caused by him having his school smashed by a horse! That death threat is from the killer!
* Zachary (serious): And it tells us something about them- They know how to speak Ancient Arabic! Lets write this down!

***In Cyrene.***

* Zachary (glad): Mia, we managed to find one more clue against our killer!
* Zachary (crossing his arms): The problem though, is that it seems four of our suspects are familiar with the Ancient Arabic language…
* Zachary (thinking): And three of them fill all our killer’s attribute. So which one of them could be the culpri-

*AH!!!*

* Zachary (concerned): Did you hear this? Someone is screaming!
* Zachary (shocked): And it sounds like Madelina! She must be in trouble! Quick, lets go help her!

*They follow the scream.*

* Zachary (concerned): Madelina, what’s wrong?!
* Madelina (worried): You… Have… To help me! I’m… Having a panic attack!
* Zachary (confused): Over what?
* Pegasus (panicking): *NEIGH!!!*
* Madelina (scared): AHHH!!!

## Chapter 3

***In Cyrene.***

* Zachary (glad): Mia, we managed to find one more clue against our killer!
* Zachary (crossing his arms): The problem though, is that it seems four of our suspects are familiar with the Ancient Arabic language…
* Zachary (thinking): And three of them fill all our killer’s attribute. So which one of them could be the culpri-

*AH!!!*

* Zachary (concerned): Did you hear this? Someone is screaming!
* Zachary (shocked): And it sounds like Madelina! She must be in trouble! Quick, lets go help her!

*They follow the scream.*

* Zachary (concerned): Madelina, what’s wrong?!
* Madelina (worried): You… Have… To help me! I’m… Having a panic attack!
* Zachary (confused): Over what?
* Pegasus (panicking): *NEIGH!!!*
* Madelina (scared): AHHH!!!
* Zachary (chuckling): Is this what you’re scared over, Mads? It-s just a hors-
* Zachary (shocked): Wait- That’s a pegasus! THE Pegasus!
* Pegasus (worried): *Neigh!*
* Zachary (appeasing): Easy there, boy… No one’s here to hurt you…
* Pegasus (nervous): *Neigh?*
* Zachary and Pegasus (Zachary; nervous grin): See? We’re completely harmless-
* Zachary and Pegasus (Zachary; shocked): Hold up- Is that a branding?!
* Zachary and Pegasus (Zachary; concerned): Who did this to y-
* Zachary and Pegasus (Pegasus; startled): *NEIGH!!!*

*Pegasus flies away.*

* Zachary (shocked): Hey! Come back!
* Zachary (serious): Mia, you saw the brand on that poor horse’s behind?
* Zachary (pissed): This must be Bellerophon’s killer’s doings! They branded him and it caused him to get jumpy and kill his own partner!
* Zachary (crossing his arms): At least we know now that we should keep our eye on a branding iron…
* Zachary (curious): Anyway, since we’re close to the Hesperides’ garden, how about we give the area another look?

***Investigate golden apple tree.***

* Zachary (curious): This shield under the tree seems to have an illustration of Pegasus etched on it. Do you believe that it might belong to Bellerophon?
* Zachary (thinking): There seems to be a pinkish smudge smeared on it, do you think we should examine it?
* Zachary (shocked): Is that stick covered in blood?
* Zachary (blushing): Something while must have happened here, whose blood could that be?
* Zachary (serious): I think we should have April take a look at it, anything else you found?
* Zachary (scratching his head): Hmmm…. A photo album? Interesting..
* Zachary (crossing his arms): Ugh… It’s literally all photos of Rolland, I don’t think I wanna look further-
* Zachary (shocked): Wait a moment! Look! One of the photos taken is of him going horse riding with Bellerophon!
* Zachary (confused): So these two crossed paths? And they seem to be friendly too…
* Zachary (crossing his arms): Mia, I think we should go pay Rolland a visit in his cell…

***Ask Rolland about his relationship with the victim (1 star; Prerequisite: Investigate golden apple tree).***

* Rolland (pouting): Did you happen to bring any food with you, I’m starving!
* Zachary (crossing his arms): You can ask Mary if she’s got anything for you to eat. We came here because we’d like to ask you what’s your relationship with that man.
* Rolland (cross): What’s in it for you?
* Zachary (pissed): Because this man is the victim of a murder case we’re solving, so are you going to cooperate or not?
* Rolland (shocked): Bellerophon is dead?!
* Rolland (sweating): Hey, look buddy! I don’t know nothing about this man, he just asked me to help him look for some creature called the “Chimera” and that’s all!
* Zachary (confused): And why would he want help from you?!
* Rolland (shrugging): Us satyrs are known for our exploration and searching skills, so when he saw me wandering the village, he was like “Hey man! Do you want to help me hunt a monster down?”, and I thought “Why not?”
* Zachary (crossing his arms): And how did the partnership work out?
* Rolland (eye rolling): Not so well, he eventually decided I was “no good use” and ended the partnership!

***Examine Bellerophon’s shield (1 star; Prerequisite: Investigate golden tree).***

* Zachary (glad): Now that we collected a sample of the smudge, lets identify what it is!

***Examine pink smudge (1 star; Prerequisite: Examine Bellerophon’s shield).***

* Zachary (thinking): So the stain we found on the shield was a lipstick smear…
* Zachary (curious): I don’t know much about colors but doesn’t that lipstick shade match the one, the belly dancer was sporting?
* Zachary (serious): Looks like her relationship with the victim is more personal than what she let out. I think we should have another chat with her!

***Ask Af’aa if she was intimate with the victim (1 star; Prerequisite: Examine pink smudge).***

* Zachary (thinking): Af’aa, you told us earlier that you and the victim formed an acquaintance, but you failed to mention you two have gotten intimate?
* Af’aa (shocked): Oh no! You got the wrong idea, Bellerophon and I never got affectionate with one another!
* Af’aa (sad): However, we were also not just “acquaintances”, I… I owe my life to him.
* Zachary (confused): Can you explain what you mean?
* Af’aa (covering her face): Three days ago, I got attacked by a couple men from my tribe, who planned to… Defile me…
* Af’aa (serious): To my luck, Bellerophon happened to ride by and when he saw what the men were about to do, he rushed to them and beat them to the pulp!
* Af’aa (warm smile): If Bellerophon haven’t interfered, I would’ve been dishonored or worse… Killed. For that, I owed him so much.
* Af’aa (wiping her tears): Bellerophon was one of the kindest men I’ve ever met, and it pains me that he’s dead now…
* Zachary (sympathetic): Af’aa, we’re sorry to hear about the trauma you went through, we promise that we’ll find out who killed your friend and we’ll bring them to justice!

***Analyze bloody stick (Prerequisite: Investigate golden tree).***

* April (wiping her hand with cloth; impatient): I swear if this doesn’t get off, I’m killing that-
* April (awkward grin): Sorry- I was just trying to clean off the henna mess on my hands-
* April (pissed): I just don’t get why it’s taking so long to fade off! This is all Maverick’s fault, if he wasn’t messing with that stupid bird I wouldn’t be dealing with thi-
* Zachary (sweating): Uh… April, the results…
* April (blushing): Oh, I forgot about that, but anyway- The blood on the stick was a match to the victim’s.
* Zachary (shocked): So someone attacked him with the stick? Were you able to determine who?!
* April (thinking): I managed to find fingerprints on the stick and they seem to belong to some dark-skinned woman with blue eyes.
* Zachary (confused): A dark-skinned woman with blue eyes? Hey, isn’t that basically Arethus? Why’d she attack her own boyfriend?
* Zachary (crossing his arms): Yeah, Mia. I think we should go talk to her again!

***Ask Arethus why she attacked Bellerophon (1 star; Prerequisite: Analyze bloody stick).***

* Zachary (crossing his arms): Arethus, we found a stick in the garden covered with Bellerophon’s blood that had your fingerprints all over them. Can you explain why would you attack the man you claim to love?
* Arethus (furious): Because he’s a liar! He made me believe he loved me but it was all a LIE!
* Zachary (confused): Huh? Why would the victim do that to you?!
* Arethus (pissed): So he could gain my trust, and easily steal the golden apple to become a god! My sisters and I caught him on the act this morning and chased him away.
* Arethusa (sad): I thought our love was real… I thought I’ve finally found the man of my dreams but this whole time, he was only taking advantage of me!
* Arethus (crying): I feel like such a fool falling for his tricks! I can’t believe I let him do this to me!
* Zachary (sympathetic): Arethus, what Bellerophon did to you was such an asshole move, but we hope your broken heart did not sway you into doing revenge.

***At the village.***

* Zachary (serious): It appears that, expect for Af’aa, all our suspects had issues with the victim…
* Zachary (thinking): Anir because of religious differences and Circe because he caught her doing witchcraft and planned to expose her to the villagers…
* Zachary: The victim had partnered with Rolland to hunt Chimera but broke it up when he realized that the satyr was unreliable.
* Zachary (crossing his arms): And he also fooled Arethus into thinking he’s in love with her just so he can try and steal the golden apple from the Hesperides’ garden.
* Zachary (confused): But the question is, which one of them killed him?
* Zachary (covering his face): We need to find out fast or Miguel Huizar’s life will be at risk-

*AHHH!*

* Zachary (shocked): Did you hear the scream?! I think it’s coming from the stables!

***At the stables.***

* Zachary (confused): Jazmin Alonzo, what’s wrong? Why we’re you screaming?
* Jazmin (panicking): There’s… A horse!
* Zachary (chuckling): Obviously there’s horses in the stable!
* Jazmin (shocked): No, you don’t understand! That horse had wings!
* Zachary (confused): Wings?
* Zachary (shocked): Pegasus! He’s back!
* Zachary (Serious): Come on, Mia! Lets get him! And while I tame him, try to look for clues!

***Investigate saddle.***

* Zachary and Pegasus (Zachary; hushing): I think I managed to calm him down!
* Zachary and Pegasus (Zachary; curious): I’m going to take him to Hasuro to observe the seriousness of his injury and see if he could get any clues against the killer out of him. Did you find anything while I was dealing with him?
* Zachary and Pegasus (Zachary; shocked): That must be the be the branding iron used to burn Pegasus!
* Zachary and Pegasus (Pegasus; startled): …
* Zachary and Pegasus (Zachary; hushing): Hush… Calm down, we are not going to hurt you with it…
* Zachary and Pegasus (Zachary; serious): Mia, we should take that branding iron to Maverick!

***Analyze branding iron (Prerequisite: Investigate the saddle; Attribute: The killer has henna hands).***

* Maverick (confident): I looked at the shape of the brand and compared it to the burn on the winged horse’s bum and I confirm that this was what’s used to burn him!
* Zachary (glad): That’s cool! Did you find anything that could lead us to our killer?
* Maverick (scratching his head): Yeah, I found an odd brown substance mixed with the blood but obviously that isn’t my forte so I had April look into it instead…
* April (indicating): The substance Mickey found is a paste made of powdered leaves from a tropical shrub!
* April (crossing her arms): In other words, it’s henna. And I know this because I watched the henna artists make and draw beautiful designs on my hands before SOMEONE decided to mess it up!
* Maverick (scratching his head): Hey! I said I was sorry!
* Zachary (smirking): So the killer’s got hennaed hands? I hope they enjoyed the experience because the only thing that will be on their hands now are handcuffs!

***Analyze Pegasus (Prerequisite: Investigate the saddle; Attribute: The killer has A- blood type).***

* Zachary (sympathetic): Hasuro, did you look at the horse? How serious is the burn?
* Hasuro (smiling): It’s not that serious! It’ll heal away in a while. I gave him medication to speed up the recovery though.
* Hasuro (serious): Anyway, I looked at the horse’s hooves and they had the victim’s blood on them, so I can confirm he was the murder weapon!
* Hasuro (smirking): However, I also found someone else’s blood in the mixture- The killer’s!
* Hasuro (smiling): And I can confirm that the killer has an A- blood type!
* Zachary (glad): And I’ll write that down on our notes!

***At the village.***

* Zachary (serious): The killer may have thought they’re smart using an innocent animal to kill Bellerophon, but we’re about to rain on their parade. Lets go arrest them and prove Mr. Huizar is innocent!

***Take care of the killer now! (1 star; Killer arrested: Af’aa Althueban).***

* Zachary (confused): Huh? Where did Af’aa go?
* Zachary (whooping): Excuse me, Miss!
* Belly dancer (curious): How can I help you two?
* Zachary (serious): We are looking for a belly dancer called Af’aa Althueban, do you know where is she?
* Belly dancer (crossing her arms): Oh! Af’aa went to the abandoned city, but didn’t tell me what for. I have no idea why she would go there.
* Zachary (shocked): To Cyrene? She must be trying to run away!
* Zachary (serious): Quick, Mia! Lets go stop her!

***In Cyrene.***

* Zachary (whooping): AF’AA!!!
* Zachary (serious): We know that you’re in there, come out right now!

*Hisssss!*

* Zachary (startled): Did you hear that sound, Mia?!
* Zachary (wary): I think it is coming from the Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone…

***In the sanctuary.***

* Zachary (shocked): Look! It’s Af’aa! We found her!
* Af’aa (smirking): …
* Zachary (pissed): Enough with your games now, Af’aa! You are coming with us!

*Af’aa begins dancing.*

* Af’aa (belly dancing): …
* Zachary (confused): What the hell is she doing?

*She dances her way behind a column, facing away from the duo.*

* Af’aa (taking off her top): …
* Zachary (squinting): I can’t see. What’s going on?

*She uses her arms to cover her breasts and looks at the duo again.*

* Af’aa (smirking; covering her breats): *Hisssss…*
* Zachary (blushing): Holy fuck! She’s topless!

*She turns her back on them again and continues again.*

* Af’aa (belly dancing): …

*She pauses and looking at the duo again, she begins pulling down her skirt.*

* Af’aa (pulls down her skirt): *Hisssss…*
* Zachary (covers his eyes): Ah! I can’t see that!

*Zachary feels something rub his feet.*

* Zachary (laughing): Hey, Mia! You’re tickling me!

*He opens his eyes and sees...*

* Dragon tail: …
* Zachary (sweating): Is that…?

*He looks at Af’aa again an realizes that’s her tail.*

* Af’aa (staring): *Hisssss…*
* Zachary (shocked): *Gasps.*
* Zachary (whispering): Echidna…
* Af’aa (furious): *HISSSSS!!!*

*”Af’aa” starts breathing fire at them.*

* Af’aa (breathing fire): …
* Zachary (frightened; docking): Mia, RUN!!!

*Mia and Zachary dodge the attack and make a run for it.*

**You are now experiencing the story in third-person view.**

## The Kidnapping Of Persephone (4/6)

***In the village.***

* Zachary and Mia (on a camel; relieved; Zachary): Holy fuck, that was close!
* April and Maverick (Maverick; clueless): Are ya’ll okay? You look like you’ve seen a ghost?
* Zachary and Mia (Mia; frowning): Ghost? No. Try dragon!
* Yoyo, Ophelia and Hasuro (Ophelia; shocked): D-dragon?!
* Zachary and Mia (Zachary; covering his face): It’s complicated, but long story short- We went to Cyrene to chase after Bellerophon’s real killer and it turns out she was half- woman half-dragoness!
* Madelina (shocked): So he got killed by a supernatural creature?!
* Zachary and Mia (Zachary; serious): Not just any creature! I’m pretty sure what Mia and I encountered was Echidna- the mother of monsters!
* Yoyo, Ophelia and Hasuro (Hasuro; worried): Are you sure that was her? Aren’t there other She-dragons in the Greek realm?
* Zachary and Mia (Zachary; crossing his arms): If you mean Lamia, she is a half-woman half-snake, completely different species. Echidna is also the mother of Chimera, which is why I’m confident that this was her.
* Madelina (worried): But if that Greek hero was murdered by some supernatural deity, how are we going to prove that my uncle is innocent now?!
* Zachary and Mia (Mia; angry): Are you fucking serious, Madelina?! How selfish can you be?! Zachary and I nearly died back there and THIS is all what you care about?!
* Madelina (regretful): …
* April and Maverick (Maverick; eye rolling): You two are alive and safe now, so, I don’t see why any of us should be worried about you!
* Zachary and Mia (Mia; offended): Excuse me?!
* April and Maverick (Maverick; pissed): You heard what I said just right! Sucks that you and Zachary almost turned to ashes, but hey! At least you two made it out! Meanwhile, her uncle is still locked up and about to lose her head, so maybe think about that and see why she’d be more worried for him than you!
* Zachary and Mia (Zachary; appeasing): Can everyone please hold their horses? There’s no need for any fighting!
* Zachary and Mia (Zachary; sympathetic): Madelina, we’re going to go talk to the tribe leader and try to convince him into letting your uncle go. Hopefully the knowledge that “Af’aa” committed the murder and will be enough for a negotiation-
* Ophelia (squinting): Uh, guys… There’s someone running toward the village!
* Zachary and Mia (curious): Huh? Where?!
* Mia (confused): Hey, that’s Arethus! What’s she doing in the desert?!
* Ophelia (curious): You’ve met that gal?
* Mia (serious): Yeah, she looks in distress so something must’ve went wrong. We should go see what brings her here!

***You are now playing as Mia Loukas.***

***See what Arethus is doing in the desert (1 star).***

* Arethus (relieved): I’m so glad to have reached you! I’ve been following you and your male partner all the way from Cyrene!
* Arethus (panicking): My sisters and I need you back at the garden! The golden apple has been stolen!
* Ophelia (confused): Wait! Can someone here explain what is going on?! What the hell is that “golden apple”?!
* Arethus (serious): The golden apple is a symbol of immortality! Whoever eats it will never experience hunger, dehydration, illness or suffering of any kind. In other words, they’ll become immortal!
* Arethus (worried): In the wrong hands, it could be a dangerous weapon!
* Ophelia (worried): Do you and your sisters know who stole it!
* Arethus (panicking): That’s the point! We don’t know who the culprit is, and we fear it could be a savage! We need your help to find the apple before they eat it!
* Ophelia (terrified): Mia, we already have a lot in our hands, trying to find Persephone. The last thing we need is some immortal lunatic roaming around the globe!
* Ophelia (serious): Lets go to the garden and look for signs on the culprit’s whereabouts!

***Investigate the Garden of the Hesperides (Prerequisite: See what Arethus is doing in the desert).***

* Ophelia (worried): Mia, I can’t find anything that could tell us who the culprit is. What about you, any luck?
* Ophelia (curious): You think we should under that pile of apples? I guess we could find something under there.

***Examine pile of apples (1 star; Investigate the Garden of the Hesperides).***

* Ophelia (confused): Ugh… Nothing under there, just a goat horn!
* Ophelia (thinking): But there’s no goats in here… You think this thing was dropped by the thief?
* Ophelia (serious): If this is the case, we should have April examine it, maybe she could find something that could help us track the robber!

***Analyze the horn (Prerequisite: Examine pile of apples).***

* Ophelia (worried): April, did you find any information on the thief from the horn?
* April (thinking): Unfortunately, I could not but Zachary has something to tell you.
* Zachary (serious): Ophelia and Mia, that horn you found does not belong to a normal goat, this belongs to a satyr!
* Ophelia (shocked): So you’re saying the golden apple thief is a satyr?
* Zachary (crossing his arms): Yes, and I’m thinking about one satyr in particular. Ophelia, I believe you have met Rolland already?
* Ophelia (crossing his arms): Yes… He was an accomplice in Orion’s murders and was driving the RV he had forced me and Marigold Carson inside…
* Ophelia (shocked): And I just remembered something! One of his horn were broken and was bandaged to his head! Are you trying to say he could be the thief?!
* Zachary (thinking): That’s what I thought but… Mia and I have met him again and locked him up inside a cell in our ship, and if I remember correctly, both his horns were present, so I have no idea how one of them could end up in the garden?
* Ophelia (worried): Oh no… I have a bad feelings about this.. Mia, we have to go check his cell immediately!

***Check Rolland’s cell (1 star; Prerequisite: Analyze the horn).***

* Mary (scratching her head): Here is where we kept the satyr-
* Mary (confused): Huh? I swear he was there just an hour ago…
* Ophelia (worried): Captain Read, is something wrong?
* Mary (shocked): Well, y-yes… The satyr is gone!
* Ophelia (shocked): What do you mean he is gone?! Did he escape?!
* Mary (sweating): I think so… He’s not in where we left him… I don’t know how this happened?!
* Zachary (pissed): You’ve got to be kidding! How did he manage to get out so easily?!
* Ophelia (panicking): We can’t let him run away! We’ve got to go find him!
* Mary (crossing her arms): I don’t think it’s possible… It appears he’s taken one of rowing boats and made a run for it…
* Ophelia (worried): So… There’s nothing we can do about it?
* Ophelia (holding her head): This is a problem… But we have to go tell the Hesperides about this…

***Tell Arethusa and the Hesperides who stole the golden apple (1 star; Prerequisite: Check Rolland’s cell).***

* Hesperides (Hesperia; serious): Greetings, mortals. My name is Hesperia, I’m the oldest of the Hesperides. My youngest sister, Arethusa informed me that you went hunting for the one whose stole our golden apple!
* Hesperides (Arethusa; hopeful): Did you manage to get it? Is it with you?
* Ophelia (covering her face): We tried, but the thief has mounted a boat and fled the scene!
* Hesperides (Arethusa; shocked): Oh no!
* Hesperides (Hesperia; disappointed): Those… Were not the news I’ve been hoping for…
* Hesperides (Aegle; worried): But… That means you do know the identity of the thief, right?
* Ophelia (serious): Yes, he is a satyr by the name of Rolland Overton-
* Hesperides (Erytheia; laughing): HIM?! Thank goodness, we were all worried for a second!
* Ophelia (confused): Wait… Are you not worried about this?
* Hesperides (Erytheia; shrugging): What’s there to worry about some dumb satyr?!
* Ophelia (sweating): But the apple… It’s gone!
* Hesperides (Aegle; awkward grin): The tree will just grow another one!
* Hesperides (Hesperia; relieved): Like what Aegle said, our main concern that the apple may fall into the wrong hands, but seeing that the thief is, in Erytheia’s word, “a dumb satyr”… It does lift a little weight off our shoulders…
* Hesperides (Hesperia; warm smile): But regardless, thank you for trying to help us out. Please take this as a token of our appreciation…

***You are experiencing the story in third-person view.***

***Negotiate with Anir (1 star).***

* Circe (grinning): Anir, darling. Looks like you’ve got visitors.
* Anir (eye rolling): So, how is that investigation of yours going?
* Zachary and Mia (Zachary; serious): We wrapped it up and we can confirm that Mr. Huizar is indeed innocent! Bellerophon was killed by Af’aa Althueban!
* Anir (confused): Af’aa Althueban? Who is that?
* Zachary and Mia (Zachary; blushing): You don’t know her? She’s a belly dancer from your tribe…
* Anir (crossing his arms): Is she with you?
* Zachary and Mia (Zachary; sweating): I’m… afraid not. She fled the village so she could escape punishment…
* Zachary and Mia (Mia; serious): But we’ve done what we’ve told. We found Bellerophon’s killer, so will you free Mr. Huizar now?
* Anir (pissed): I’ve told you to BRING the killer to my tent for their confession! Am I supposed to trust your word that this lady you speak of, killed Bellerophon?!
* Zachary and Mia (Zachary; shocked):But… Miguel Huizar didn’t even confess for the murder! So why is HE being prosecuted?!
* Anir: Because there is evidence that he did it, while you can’t even prove the existence of the woman who supposedly committed the murder!
* Anir (crossing his arms): I’ve made my decision! Unless you get that so-called woman to confess, Miguel Huizar will be executed in sunset!
* Zachary and Mia (Zachary; desperate): But he’s innocent! We swear! Is there anything we could do for you to pardon him? Or at least reduce his punishment?!
* Circe (smirking): Actually, I think there’s something you could do…
* Anir (frowning): Shaheen, what the hell are you talking about?!
* Circe (sweet smile): Darling, please, let me speak…
* Circe (checking her nails): I am going to propose to you a deal and if you do your part, we might let Mr. Huizar go…
* Zachary and Mia (Mia; crossing her arms): “Might”?
* Circe (eye rolling): Alright, fine… We WILL.
* Anir (shocked): Hey, I didn’t agree for thi-
* Zachary and Mia (Mia; frowning): So what’s the “deal”?
* Circe (yawning): I am sure you know this already but there is a monster in Cyrene, who’s been terrorizing villagers that’s been scavenging for food and water.
* Circe (checking her nails): Bellerophon promised that he’d slay that monster who he called “Chimera”, but obviously he’s dead now and someone else needs to do the job instead…
* Zachary and Mia (Mia; crossing her arms): Your point?
* Circe (smirking): IF you managed to provide proof that you’ve slayed that creature, Mr. Huizar will be let go. Anything you’d like to add, darling?
* Anir (crossing his arms): Fine… I guess I’ll let the man go then..
* Zachary and Mia (Zachary; wary): What kind of proof are you looking for? I assume you want something specific…
* Circe (checking her nails): Just a vail of the monster’s blood. So, deal or no deal?
* Zachary and Mia (Zachary; whispering): What do you think, Mia?
* Zachary and Mia (Mia; resistant): Before we give our answer. Since you’re asking us to risk our lives, I think we deserve a much larger reward as well.
* Circe (grinning): So we’re being greedy now? What else do you want, silver? Gold?
* Zachary and Mia (Mia; serious): We want you to spare Miguel Huizar AND give us Persephone’s whereabouts!
* Circe (frowning): …
* Zachary and Mia (Mia; crossing her arms): So… Have we got ourselves a deal?
* Circe (crossing her arms): …
* Circe (smirking): Deal.
* Circe (indicating): But one more thing, I forgot to mention-
* Zachary and Mia (Mia; frowning): What?
* Circe (grinning): You have until the sun goes down to be done with the quest, or else… You know what happens I believe.
* Zachary and Mia (Mia; serious): Got it!

***Outside the tent.***

* Madelina (worried): So? Will he let my uncle go?
* Zachary and Mia (Zachary; blushing): I’m afraid not, but…
* Madelina (hopeful): But what?!
* Zachary and Mia (Mia; serious): Circe proposed a deal for us and if we complete our part of it, not only will your uncle be freed but she also promised to reveal where Persephone is being hid!
* Yoyo and Hasuro (Yoyo; happy): This is fantastic news! So what’s the deal?
* Zachary and Mia (Zachary; covering his face): She wants us to slay Chimera before the sun goes down!
* Yoyo and Hasuro (both shocked): WHAT?!
* April and Maverick (Maverick; shadow boxing): HIYA! Finally some action!
* Ophelia (terrified): No no no… This is horrible!
* Madelina (wary): Circe proposed this?
* Madelina (frowning): Yeah… I don’t like this, something tells me Circe won’t pay “her part” of the bargain…
* Zachary and Mia (Mia; pissed): Well, do you want to free your uncle or not?
* Madelina (serious): Of course I do, but-
* Zachary and Mia (Mia; crossing her arms): Then shut it. Anyone else wants to protest?
* Yoyo and Hasuro (Hasuro; confused): I just have one question… How are we going to kill Chimera?
* Zachary and Mia (Zachary; thinking): As far as I know, every monster has a weakness. For example, you know how Lykaon was sensitive to silver? Chimera might have one too or, she may have a weak spot that if we hit, we might be able to defeat her!
* April and Maverick (April; curious): And, do we know what her weakness is?
* Zachary and Mia (Zachary; confident): No, but I know someone who must know- Pegasus!
* April and Maverick (Maverick; laughing): You mean the horse?
* Zachary and Mia (Zachary; indicating): This might sound silly to you, but as an offspring of Poseidon, I have the natural ability to communicate with horses!
* Zachary and Mia (Zachary; serious): I could try to talk to him and hopefully he’ll give us advice on how to fight Chimera!

***You are now playing as Mia Loukas.***

***Ask Pegasus for advice to defeat Chimera (1 star; Prerequisite: Negotiate with Anir).***

* Pegasus (eating): …
* Zachary (apprehensive): Alright, so I did not use this ability for quite a while, so this may take me some time.
* Zachary (meditating): …
* Zachary (curious): Pegasus, can you hear me?
* Pegasus (serious): *I hear you brother, loud and clear.*
* Pegasus (curious): *What makes you wish to speak with me?*
* Zachary (serious): *We need your help, we need to slay Chimera!*
* Pegasus: *I thought so. But I fear that I cannot assist you. Athena gave me orders to assist Belle, and him only. I am not obliged to battle by your side.*
* Zachary (sweating): You got the wrong idea! We don’t want you to fight with us, although it would’ve been appreciated…
* Zachary (serious): We just want to know to know how you and Bellerophon defeated Chimera! Does she have any weak spots or something that she’s sensitive to, like gold, silver or-
* Pegasus: *Lead. She is sensitive to lead.*
* Zachary (curious): So, we just have to stab her with a lead weapon and that’s it?
* Pegasus (frowning): *It is not that simple, brother. The lead needs to be molten and it has to be poured into her mouth. Any one of them.*
* Zachary (confused): But how can we do that-?
* Pegasus: *That is for you to figure out.*
* Zachary (shocked): But-

*Pegasus flies away.*

* Zachary (covering his face): Great… He left.
* April and Maverick (Maverick; wondering): So? Did horsy say anything to you?
* Zachary (serious): Yeah, according to him we need molten lead to kill Chimera!
* Ophelia (clueless): But where do we possibly get lead from?!
* Zachary (thinking): I was thinking… Maybe we could find some lead equipment if we wandered around Cyrene…
* Zachary (serious): You guys stay by the campfire, Mia and I will go search the area!

***Investigate Cyrene (Prerequisite: Ask Pegasus for advice to defeat Chimera).***

* Zachary (curious): Did you find anything made of lea- Wait, what did you pick up?
* Zachary (thinking): Broken pieces of metal?
* Zachary (serious): If you think we should repair them, then go ahead. I wonder what it may be…

***Examine metal pieces (1 star; Prerequisite: Investigate Cyrene).***

* Zachary (thinking): Hmmm… A statuette…
* Zachary (indicated): Oh, yes. It just occurred to me! Back in the Ancient times, while most of the Greek statues were made of marble of course, there were certain cities that built theirs out of lead!
* Zachary (scratching his head): But I don’t know if Cyrene is one of those cities or not?
* Zachary (smiling): But hey, we can have April analyze the statuette just to be sure!

***Analyze statuette (Prerequisite: Examine metal pieces).***

* April (confident): I looked at the statuette and I can confirm that it is indeed made of lead!
* Zachary (happy): That’s great!
* Zachary (thinking): But… This is not going to be enough lead to kill Chimera with. We’ve got to-
* Maverick (holding pickaxes; grinning): Are you ready to break shit?!
* Zachary (shocked): Maverick! Where did you get these pickaxes from?!
* Maverick (smirking): I may have… Borrowed them from the village miners…
* Maverick (excited): But enough talking! Lets go wreck some statues!

***You are experiencing the story in third-person view.***

***By the campfire.***

* Jazmin and Buddy (Jazmin; yawning): We don’t mean to rush you, but… The sky is turning purple.
* Zachary and Madelina (Madelina; worried): Fuck! Has the lead molten yet?!
* Yoyo and Mia (melting lead; Mia; pissed): For fuck’s sake, Madelina! Can’t you be patient?!
* Jazmin and Buddy (Buddy; confused): What are you even melting lead for?!
* Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; crossing his arms): None of your business, fatso!
* Yoyo and Mia (Yoyo; frustrated): This is no use! The lead isn’t going to melt like this! We need something hotter!
* Hasuro and Maverick (Hasuro; curious): Zach… Do you think that she-dragon you and Mia encountered will be there to protect that Chimera creature?
* Zachary and Madelina (Zachary; unsure): I suppose so. Chimera is her daughter after all.
* Hasuro and Maverick (Hasuro; dream up): That just gave me an idea!
* Yoyo and Mia (Mia; curious): What is it, Hasuro?
* Hasuro and Maverick (Hasuro; smiling): You mentioned that Echidna is a fire-breathing monster. What if we can utilize her attacks to melt the lead in the cauldron? It’ll be a lot quicker than using the campfire!
* Zachary and Madelina (Zachary; impressed): Hey, that’s actually a really great idea?
* Jazmin and Buddy (Jazmin; confused): Echidna and Chimera? Aren’t those like mythological creatures? What are you, like 10?
* Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; crossing his arms): Again, that’s none of your business, so shut the fuck up!
* April and Ophelia (April; curious): So all what’s left is to decide what role each of us will have in the hunt?
* Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; serious): You’re staying behind and looking after the kids!
* April and Ophelia (April; pissed): Hey, that’s not your-
* Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; protective): You only ended up in this quest because you happened to be in the wrong place in the wrong time, if anything happens to you I am not going to forgive myself.
* April and Ophelia (April; disappointed): *sighs* If you insist…
* April and Ophelia (Ophelia; apprehensive): I’m staying behind too. Just so April could have some company.
* Yoyo and Mia (Mia; eye rolling): Figures. So it is settled- April, Yoyo and Ophelia are staying behin-
* Yoyo and Mia (Yoyo; determined): I am coming with you!
* Yoyo and Mia (Mia; shocked): Really, You?!
* Yoyo and Mia (Yoyo; nervous): Only as a sideline, so in case things go south, I’ll run back to the village for reinforcement.
* Zachary and Madelina (Zachary; curious): What about you, Madelina?
* Zachary and Madelina (Madelina; determined): Obviously, I’m coming! My uncle’s life’s at stake and I want to be as much help as possible!
* Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; confident): Enough chit-chatting now. We’ve got a monster to sla-
* Pegasus (grinning): *Going anywhere?*
* Zachary and Madelina (Madelina; terrified): AHHH!
* Zachary and Madelina (Zachary; shocked): Pegasus, you came back?!
* Pegasus (blushing): *Athena told me who I HAD to help, but she never said who I CAN’T. So I thought maybe you lot might want a little help?*
* Zachary and Madelina (Zachary; smiling): Might? We absolutely do need your help!
* Yoyo and Mia (Mia; curious): Zach, what did he he say?
* Zachary and Madelina (Zachary; glad): He’s with us guys!
* Hasuro and Maverick (Hasuro; glad): This is great! What we can do now is get two people to mount the Pegasus and carry the cauldron towards the air, and it’ll be easier to melt the lead by having Echidna attack from above!
* Pegasus (smiling): *Anyone wants to ride?*
* Zachary and Madelina (Zachary; smiling): Don’t mind if I do!

*Zachary mounts Pegasus.*

* Zachary and Pegasus (Zachary; offering his hand): Come on, Mads! Sit behind me!
* Madelina (nervous): Zachary, I… I don’t know about this…
* Zachary and Pegasus (Zachary; chuckling): He’s not gonna hurt you. What’s so scary about him to you?
* Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; laughing): Is that incident back at the military camp still haunting you?
* Madelina (embarrassed): You saw that?!
* Zachary and Pegasus (Zachary; confused): What incident is he talking about?
* Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; shrugging): Back at Graecita, she tried to ride a wild, winged stallion and he went gaga while she was on his back, and I guess the experience left her traumatized?!
* Madelina (eye rolling): You really had to air this out, did you?
* Yoyo and Mia (Yoyo; sympathetic): Madelina, usually when dealing with these kind of traumas, the best way to combat them is to revisit them.
* Zachary and Pegasus (Zachary; warm smile): Pegasus is a civilized horse and I’m sure he’s not going to do anything that would terrify you.
* Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; grinning): Besides, gods are known for having small d-

*The scene switches to Eva El Reina...*

* Eva (twirling her hair): You got me spinnin’ like a ballerina...
* Eva (affectionate): You're the bad boy that I always dreamed of!
* Eva (seductive smirk): You're the king and, baby, I'm the queen of....
* Eva (singing): Disaster! Disaster! Oh Oh Oh! Oh Oh Oh-

*Back to Maverick…*

* Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; grinning): -ks so you don’t have to worry about accidently kicking his nads!
* Zachary and Pegasus (Pegasus; offended): *NEIGH!!!'*

*Pegasus spits on Maverick.*

* Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; wiping his head): HEY!
* Yoyo and Mia (laughing): Ahahahahaha!
* Zachary and Pegasus (Zachary; holding his laughter): So, Madelina. Wanna give it another try?
* Madelina (hesitant): …
* Madelina (serious): … Fine!

*Madelina mounts Pegasus.*

* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Zachary; smiling): See, Madelina? Not so scary after all?
* Yoyo and Mia (Mia; eye rolling): Are you guys done acting lovey dovey? Remember, we still have a quest to do!
* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Zachary; serious): Sure, but before we go, there are certain people I’d like us to talk to first.

***In the Garden of the Hesperides.***

* Hesperides (Hesperia; curious): Mortals, what brings you into our garden this evening?
* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Zachary; serious): My ladies, we came to you asking for a favor.
* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Zachary; curious): We are aware that you are the nymphs of evening and golden lights of sunsets, so we were wondering if you could manipulate the sunset so it would be… Slightly longer…
* Hesperides (Hesperia; sweating): What you are asking for is… Against the laws of nature, do you understand?
* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Zachary; serious): We do but we are in a quest and we have a deadline. So we hoped you’d be kind enough to make this change just for today only.
* Hesperides (whispering to each other): …
* Yoyo and Mia (Mia; whispering): Do you think they would actually comply-?
* Hesperides (Hesperia; serious): My sisters and I have spoken and we agree to extend the sunset, but only for 30 minutes. This is all what we are able to.
* Hesperides (Hesperia; compassionate): Please make use of your time, wisely.
* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Zachary; grateful): Thank you, my ladies.

***Outside the garden.***

* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Zachary; relieved): I can’t believe this actually worked…
* Yoyo and Mia (Mia; glad): Good news, guys! We have 30 extra minutes to slay Chimera!
* Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; shrugging): That’s great. So do we start the hunt now?
* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Zachary; serious): Yeah, lets go!

***In Cyrene.***

* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Zachary; serious): So this is how it’s going to go. You all will wander the city by foot, while Madelina and I will be flying over you to make sure ya’ll are safe!
* Hasuro and Maverick (Hasuro; serious): First, we have to find the she-dragon! Where do you think she could be hiding?
* Yoyo and Mia (Mia; serious): Last time, Zachary and I found her in the Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone, chances are this is where she’s dwelling right now!
* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Zachary; determined): We’ll get the cauldron ready, but we’ll need you guys to keep her busy so she won’t wind up focusing too much on us!
* Yoyo and Mia (Mia; determined): Come on, lets go!

***Fight Echidna (1 star).***

* Echidna (neutral): *Hisssss…*
* Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; whistling): Woah! That is one hot dragon! Thank gods I asked April to stay behind!
* Hasuro and Maverick (Hasuro; chuckling): Even if she’s here, she’s not going to notice your boner, y’know?
* Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; pouting): Hey! You act like I’m packing a shrimp! It’s only below-aver-
* Mia (hushing): Be quiet! She’s going to hear us!
* Mia (serious): Yoyo, I think it’s best that you stand here. If you see that we’re struggling, you know what to do.
* Yoyo (hopeful): I do. Good luck, guys!
* Mia (taking a breath): Thanks, we’ll need it. Now come on, boys.

*They go inside.*

* Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; confused): Where did the hot dragon go?
* Mia (frowning): You know how reptiles are. They are very sneaky so we must keep a great eye on our surroundings…

*Echidna sneaks at them from behind.*

* Echidna (smirking): *Hisssss…*
* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Madelina; shouting): Mia, watch out!
* Mia (startled): Huh?!
* Echidna (furious): *HISSSSS!!!*

*Echidna faces the crew above.*

* Echidna (breathing fire): …
* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Zachary; in a hurry): Time to pull out the cauldron!

*They use the cauldron to dodge the attack.*

* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Zachary; happy): The lead has molten!
* Echidna (pissed): *Hisssss!!!*
* Maverick (excited; drawing his sword): Now’s my time to shine! Alala!
* Echidna (startled): *Hisssss?*

*Echidna pushes Maverick away.*

* Maverick (dazed): Ow!
* Mia (pissed; drawing her sword): Hey! Stay away from my friend, you-

*Echidna pushes her away too.*

* Mia (dazed): Ow!
* Echidna (laughing): Ha! You think you can kill me with swordplay, mortal?!

*She feels an arrow hit her.*

* Echidna (frowning): *Hisssss!!!*

*She looks at Hasuro.*

* Hasuro (sweating; holding a bow): Uh… Hi?
* Echidna (smirking): Arrows, seriously? That’s what you’re going to fight me with?
* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Madelina; shocked): Oh no! I have to help them out!

*Madelina pulls out Holly.*

* Madelina and Holly (Madelina; mounting Pegasus; chanting): CONFRIGO!

*This creates a blast next to Echidna.*

* Echidna (unharmed): *Hisssss!!!*
* Madelina and Holly (Madelina; shocked): What?! How did it not hurt her?!
* Madelina and Holly (Madelina; panicking): I have to use another spell!
* Madelina and Holly (Madelina; chanting): EXPULSO!

*The spell also fails to harm Echidna.*

* Echidna (grinning): Is this all you’ve got, witch?
* Madelina and Holly (Madelina; panicking): Why are none of the spells working against her?!
* Madelina and Holly (Madelina; chanting): AVADRA KEDAV-
* Zachary (mounting Pegasus; serious): Madelina, stop it! Her body is protected from magic, you’ll only wind up hurting our friends!

*Echidna manages to corner Mia, Hasuro and Maverick.*

* Echidna (grinning): You disappoint me, mortals. I thought you’d give a much better fight, but alas! Time to burn you all!
* Mia, Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; accepting): So this is where it ends, I guess? It was nice knowing you guys…
* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (terrified): NOOO!!!
* Echidna (about to breath fire): …
* Yoyo (terrified): STOP!

*Echidna stops.*

* Echidna (confused): Huh? Why am I listening to her?
* Yoyo (confused): Why is she listening to me? Is possible that…
* Yoyo (shocked): I can charmspeak?!
* Yoyo (excited): Oh my gods! I can’t believe this!
* Yoyo (holding her composure): I have to calm down… I need to use this ability to save my friends!
* Yoyo (taking a deep breath): Please hear me out. I know that you are a powerful deity but deep down, I believe you have a kind heart!
* Echidna (mesmerized): *Hisssss?*
* Yoyo (compassionate): So please… How about we resolve this peacefully and just let me and my friends go? This doesn’t have to end in bloodshed…
* Echidna (mesmerized): *Hisssss…*
* Yoyo (hopeful): It’s workin-
* Echidna (grinning): Nice try, little girl! But I am not swayed this easily!
* Yoyo (terrified): Oh no!
* Echinda (about to breathe fire): …
* Mia (shocked): Fuck! She’s going to kill Yoyo! We have to do something!

*Mia notices a blue gem on the monster’s navel which was shining.*

* Mia (thinking): Could this gem be… Her life source? Only one way to find out!
* Mia (serious): Hasuro, you see that gem on her naval? Shoot it!
* Hasuro and Maverick (Hasuro; shooting): Alala!

*Hasuro shoots the gem.*

* Echidna (in agony): AHHH!!!

*Echidna disintegrates.*

* Yoyo (relieved): Oh my gods!
* Mia (worried): Yoyo!

*Mia hugs Yoyo.*

* Yoyo and Mia (hugging; Mia): I’m so glad you’re okay!
* Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; shocked): Where did that dragon lady go?
* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Zachary; serious): She disintegrated to Tartarus and hopefully won’t be back until several years later!
* Hasuro and Maverick (Hasuro; confused): Just like that? With no body left behind?
* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Zachary; indicating): Echidna is a goddess so she cannot suffer a natural death. All what we did is lock her up until the next underworld breakout!
* Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; curious): So dragon lady is down, now we have one monster left to slay, but where do we find her?
* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Madelina; thinking): If Echidna was protecting Chimera, then she’s got to be nearby, right?
* Mia (observing): There’s a forest next to the temple…
* Mia (serious): Zach, could you please fly over it and see if Chimera is hiding there?
* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Zachary; serious): Sure. Come on, Pegasus. Fly us over there!

*They fly over there but return shortly.*

* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Zachary; scratching his head): Bad news. We were unable to see past the trees…
* Mia (covering her face): I guess we’re have to find her the hard way…
* Mia (serious): You and Madelina stay on air, we’ll send you a signal when we find the chimera!
* Mia (worried): As for you Yoyo, I think it’s best you return to the village.
* Yoyo (sweating): Oh, you don’t need to tell me!
* Mia (determined): Hasuro and Maverick, lets go!

***Look for Chimera (1 star; Prerequisite: Fight Echidna).***

* Chimera (sleeping): …
* Mia (whispering): We found her! She’s asleep!
* Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; grinning): That’s great! So we can just go ahead and kill her the-
* Mia (serious): It’s not gonna be this easy! Remember, she can only be killed by spilling lead into one of her mouths!
* Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; confused): But how can we get her to open her mouths without being burned or ripped to shreds by that lioness?!
* Mia (thinking): I don’t know, but right now we should not make any nois-

*CRACK!*

* Hasuro and Maverick (Hasuro; blushing): Sorry, I think I stepped on a branc-
* Chimera (Snake; startled): *Hisssss!!!*
* Mia (shocked): You idiot, you woke her up!
* Hasuro and Maverick (Dragoness; pissed): *HISSSSS!!!*
* Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; shocked): Guys, I think the dragon is about to blow us on fire!
* Mia (ducking): DUCK!
* Chimera (Dragoness; breathing fire): …
* Hasuro and Maverick (ducking): Ah!

*Chimera misses the group and ends up burning a tree.*

* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Madelina; shocked): Zach, look! I think they found her!
* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Zachary; serious): Pegasus, take us to that burning tree!

*Pegasus flies them above Chimera.*

* Chimera (Lioness; pissed): *ROARRR!!!*
* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Zachary; shocked): We have to do something to gain its attention!
* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Madelina; holding Holly; smirking): And this is where I come useful! EXPULSO!

*This creates a blast that takes Chimera by surprise.*

* Chimera (Doe; startled): *MAA!!!*

*Chimera looks up.*

* Chimera (Lioness; furious): *ROARRR!!!*
* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Zachary; impressed): Great job, Mads! Looks like we got its attention! Lets get the cauldron read-

*Suddenly, Chimera spreads its wings.*

* Chimera (Lioness; pissed): *ROAR!*
* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Zachary; shocked): WHAT-?!

*Chimera charges at them.*

* Chimera (Doe; angry): *MAA!!!*
* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Madelina; startled): AHHH!

*They dodge the attack.*

* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Zachary; displeased): Pegasus! You didn’t tell us she could fly?!
* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Pegasus; sweating): *It’s been ten thousand years, how am I supposed to remember everything?!*
* Chimera (Lioness; pissed): *ROARRR!!!*

*Chimera charges again.*

* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Zachary; startled): Ah!

*They dodge the attack again.*

* Chimera (Dragoness; annoyed): *HISSSSS!!!*
* Chimera (Dragoness; breathing fire): …
* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Zachary; ducking): DUCK!

*The flames miss them.*

* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Madelina; holding Holly; pissed): Alright, time for a counter attack! DEFENSIO!

*A defensive charge hits Chimera.*

* Chimera (Dragoness; startled): *HISSSSS!!!*
* Chimera (Lioness; furious): *ROARRR!!!*

*On the ground.*

* Hasuro and Maverick (Hasuro; shocked): We have to help them!
* Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; eye rolling): But how are we supposed to do that, genius? They’re on the sky and we’re on the ground!
* Mia (thinking): There has to be something I could do..

*She sees a vine.*

* Mia (dream up): Aha!

*Mia grabs the vine and turns it into a lasso.*

* Mia (spinning rope): YEEHAW!

*She throws it and it grabs the snake head.*

* Chimera (Snake; startled): *Hisssss!!!*

*Mia starts pulling.*

* Chimera (Doe; protesting): *MAA!!!*
* Mia (pulling): *grunting.*
* Hasuro and Maverick (Hasuro; serious): Come on, Rick. Lets help her!

*They all pull together.*

* Mia, Hasuro and Maverick (pulling): *grunting.*

*They manage to get her to the ground.*

* Chimera (Dragon; panicking): *HISSSSS!!!*
* Mia, Hasuro and Maverick (pulling; Maverick): How do we keep her down? We can’t go on pulling forever-
* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Madelina; holding Holly; chanting): INCARCEROUS!

*Several ropes start binding Chimera.*

* Chimera (Lioness; panicking): *ROAR!!!*
* Hasuro (relieved): Sheesh…
* Zachary, Madelina and Pegasus (Zachary; serious): The goat is the least likely one to harm us. Someone force its mouth wide open!
* Maverick (cracking his knuckles): Let me handle that!

*Maverick opens the doe’s mouth widely.*

* Maverick and Chimera (Maverick; impatient): Quick before it bites me!
* Zachary (carrying a pot): You put up a good fight, Chimera. But I fear its like to say goodbye.

*Zachary pours the molten lead in her mouth).*

* Chimera (in agony; Lioness): *ROARRR!!!*

*Chimera dies.*

* Hasuro (happy): We actually managed to defeat her!
* Zachary (smiling): Thanks for your help, Pegasus!
* Pegasus (appreciative): *You are most welcome, brother. I’ll be around if any of you need me.*

*Pegasus flies away.*

* Maverick (curious): So what now? Are we done?
* Mia (curious): Circe asked us to provide proof that we’ve slayed Chimera. Do any of you have a vial?
* Madelina (serious): I have this tube that Circe used to store her glamour. Is it okay?
* Mia (serious): Give it to me!

*Mia uses her sword to make the Chimera bleed and she fills the tube with her green blood.*

* Mia (smirking; holding tube): We’re done now. Lets head back to the village!

***At the village.***

* Jazmin and Buddy (Jazmin; furious): When is Madelina and the others coming back?! It’s dusk already, they’ve going to kill our uncle!
* Yoyo (concerned): They should be there any moment. I wonder what’s taking them so long…
* April (worried): Do you think they’re trouble? I didn’t even get to tell Mickey goodbye…
* Ophelia (relieved; shocked): I see them!
* Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; grinning): Did you guys miss us?
* April (relieved): Mickey!

*April throws herself to Maverick and kisses him.*

* April and Maverick (kissing): …
* Yoyo (hopeful): Did you guys find the Chimera?
* Zachary and Mia (Mia; glad): Yes, and we have proof that we slayed her!
* Jazmin and Buddy (Jazmin; pissed): Where have you and been?! It’s getting dark already!
* Madelina (panicking): Uncle Mike! We have to go give the blood to Circe right now!
* Zachary and Mia (Zachary; serious): You guys wait by the campfire. Mia and I will be in the tribe leader’s tent!
* Madelina (worried): I’m coming with you! I have to check that Uncle Mike is oka-
* Zachary and Mia (Zachary; covering his face): Madelina, this order includes you
* Madelina (shocked): But-
* Zachary and Mia (Mia; pissed): No buts! You’re way too emotional and you’ll probably get in the way of our bargain! So just listen to what we tell you and stay out of this!
* Zachary and Mia (Mia; crossing her arms): Zach, lets go!

***Free Miguel Huizar (1 star).***

* Circe (smirking): You have come just in time.
* Miguel and the guards (Miguel; gagged): …
* Zachary and Mia (Zachary; shocked): Mr. Huizar!
* Anir (serious): You know our deal, did you slay that monster?
* Zachary and Mia (Mia; holding tube of blood): We have and we’ve got its blood to prove it!
* Circe (checking her nails): …
* Circe (observes tube): Uh hmmm…
* Circe (smiling): I see…
* Zachary and Mia (Mia; whispering): Do you think she’s going to tell us where’s Persephone?
* Zachary and Mia (Zachary; whispering): What matters right now is Mr. Huizar’s life will be spared, we will discuss that later on-
* Circe (pissed): Anir, my darling! They’re trying to rip us off!
* Zachary and Mia (shocked): WHAT?!
* Circe (grinning): This is not the monster’s blood! We’re being bamboozled!
* Zachary and Mia (Zachary; panicking): That’s not right, it is her blood, we swea-
* Anir (furious): You take my bride for a fool?! I knew I couldn’t trust you foreigners! Guards, capture them!
* Circe (smirking): …
* Zachary and Mia (furious): You fucking bitch-
* Guards (Guard 1; pissed): Stay back, you are under apprehension-
* Madelina and Holly (Madelina; furious): I’ve heard enough! EXPULSO!

*A blast happens near the guards.*

* Guards (startled): AH!

*The guards get knocked out.*

* Jazmin and Buddy (Buddy; shocked): Was that… Magic?!
* Zachary and Mia (Zachary; shocked): Madelina, how did you-
* Madelina and Holly (Madelina; crossing her arms): I was eavesdropping from outside the tent. Had a feeling that old witch wouldn’t keep her deal! Now where’s my uncle?
* Miguel (gagged): …
* Madelina and Holly (Madelina; shouting): LIBERTO!

*Miguel was free of his bounds.*

* Miguel (shocked): AH!
* Miguel (relieved): Finally! I nearly suffocated from that gag!
* Miguel (shocked): Madelina, you’re… You’re a-
* Anir (shocked): WITCH!
* Madelina and Holly (Madelina; serious): I have no time to explain. Go with Jazmin and Buddy to the stables, and escape the village via camelback! Make sure that the other camels run away so no one could follow you!
* Miguel, Jazmin and Buddy (Jazmin; worried): But what about you, Madelina?!
* Madelina and Holly (Madelina; stern): I’ll be fine, I’ve got other work to do. Now go!

*Madelina’s family run away.*

* Circe (smirking): Looks like you’ve learned a lot since our last encounter…
* Madelina and Holly (Madelina; pissed): Yes, and I’m about to wipe that smirk off your face, bitch!
* Circe (performing magic): We’ll see about that!
* Mia (pissed): We have to stop her, she’ll get herself killed!
* Zachary (serious): Mia, wait! Lets not interfere now. Lets just give her a chance to do what she wants first…

***Watch Madelina fight Circe (1 star; Prerequisite: Free Miguel Huizar).***

* Circe (performing magic): AVADA KEDAVRA!

*Madelina dodges the attack.*

* Madelina and Holly (Madelina; shouting): DEFENSIO!

*A defensive charge heads toward Circe but she avoids it.*

* Circe (laughing): Seriously? A defensive charm? Are you even trying to kill me?
* Madelina and Holly (Madelina; pissed): Believe me, if it wasn’t for the fact we need you, I would not be holding back!
* Circe (grinning): Foolish girl. But this will be more fun. CRUCIO!

*Madelina dodges.*

* Madelina and Holly (Madelina; shouting): EXPULSO!
* Circe (startled): Ah!

*The spell hits Circe and she gets pushed against the tent.*

* Circe (dizzy): Ow!
* Madelina and Holly (Madelina; shouting): INCARCEROUS!

*The ropes of the tent suddenly bind Circe limb by limb.*

* Circe (fighting restraints): Hey-!
* Madelina and Holly (Madelina; hand on hip): Game over, Circe! You’re trapped now!
* Circe (laughing): A binding spell? How predictable! And I assume you believe yourself more powerful than I am now?
* Circe (smirking): You may have me trapped now, girl. But we both know you that without that wand of yours you’re nothing! You would stand no chance with me, having to perform magic with your hands!
* Madelina and Holly (Madelina; smirking): If this is your way to propose a rematch, it’s not working. I know better than to let my ego blind my priorities and common sense.
* Madelina and Holly (Madelina; pissed): Now tell us where’s Persephone! We know you helped with her kidnapping, so do not try claiming ignorance!
* Circe (pissed): You want me to be truthful? Then yes, I admit I’m involved in her abduction, but if you think I’ll give away her whereabouts, then you are a fool!
* Madelina and Holly (Madelina; frowning): So this is how we’re playing? Fine, lets see how long you’ll keep your moth shut!

*Suddenly, Circe’s bounds start to stretch.*

* Circe (in agony): AH!
* Madelina and Holly (Madelina; crossing her arms): So now you are going to tell us?
* Circe (laughing): You’re not going to kill me. You don’t have it in you, you’ve said it yourself.
* Madelina and Holly (Madelina; frowning): I said I wouldn’t kill you only because we need you, but I am not afraid to get you killed in the process of getting information.

*Circe’s bounds stretch harder.*

* Circe (in agony): AHHH!!!
* Zachary and Mia (Mia; pissed): Madelina, that’s enough-!
* Circe (panicking): Alright, I’ll tell you! I cannot take this anymore! She’s in Athens!

*Madelina stops stretching Circe’s limbs.*

* Circe (relieved): Persephone was kidnapped by a Greek hero called Theseus, who I believe you’ve heard about… He took her to his palace in Athens!
* Zachary and Mia (Zachary; confused): What would Theseus want from her?!
* Circe (eye rolling): He wants to marry her to a friend of his, by the name of Pirithous. They had previously tried to kidnap her several centuries ago but were caught on the act and punished. They decided to try again, this time more strategically and succeeded. Is that what you wanted to hear?
* Madelina (serious): Come on, lets go back to the ship.
* Circe (shocked): Wait! Where are you going?! You can’t leave me like this! Come back!

*The crew leave and Anir comes out of his hiding place.*

* Anir (nervous): Are they gone?
* Circe (pissed): You cowardly man! I can’t believe you just let me handle them in my own!
* Circe (eye rolling): Come here and untie my bindings!
* Anir (speechless): …
* Circe (confused): Are you listening to me-?
* Anir (furious): WITCH!
* Bedouins (furious; throwing rocks): Lets kill her!
* Circe (panicking): AHHH!!!

***In the ship.***

* Maverick (excited): Finally, back! Who wants to play video games with me?
* Hasuro (excited): I do!
* April (eye rolling; smiling): Gods, Maverick, you’re such a dork.

*Madelina calls her Uncle Miguel.*

* Madelina (on the phone): Hello? Uncle Mike?
* Miguel (on the phone; concerned): Madelina! Are you okay?!
* Madelina (relieved): I am.
* Miguel (shocked): What happened back there, are you-
* Madelina (covering her face): I’m afraid that I cannot explain this to you. I just wanted to check if you, Buddy and Jazmin managed to keep the Beduoin off your tracks.
* Miguel (serious): We have, we made it safely to Benghazi and we’ve booked a ticked to get out of Libya the next morning!
* Madelina (relieved): Good. I wish you all a safe flight.

*Madelina hangs up.*

* Zachary (concerned): How is your family?
* Madelina (warm smile): They are safe, thank gods.
* Mia (pissed): What you did back at the tent was absolutely reckless!
* Yoyo and Ophelia (Ophelia; hopeless): Not again…
* Madelina (annoyed): Mia, I am absolutely not in the mood to deal with this.
* Mia (eye rolling): Oh really? Yet you had no issue throwing yourself into a duel just a minute ago!
* Madelina (furious): We have Persephone’s whereabouts! What else do you want?!
* Mia (furious): We told you we had a plan and you were willing to ruin it just so you can play hero in front of your little brother and sister-!
* Madelina (laughing): A plan?! You mean the one that ended with you and Zachary about to get captured?!
* Mia (speechless): …
* Madelina (stumped): Did you seriously believe Circe would play all fair and square and honor her part of the deal? You remember what happened in your deal with Anne Bonny, someone slightly less sinister than she is, it was OBVIOUS that Circe was duping us!
* Madelina (angry): I warned you about this, but instead you chose to waste everyone’s time and risk our lives by going to slay Chimera!
* Madelina (eye rolling): Mia, either you are dumb for falling for Circe’s deal… Or… Oh! I know! You went to seek the thrill!
* Madelina (laughing): Yet I’M the one with the hero complex here for wanting to save my uncle’s life! Right? RIGHT?!
* Mia (furious): You-
* Hasuro and Maverick (Hasuro; sweating): Guys… I think you might want to watch this…
* Zachary (confused): Watch what?
* Mia (holding her fury): Lets see what this is about…

***At the wreck room.***

* Mia (serious): Hasuro, what’s the problem?
* Hasuro and Maverick (Hasuro; serious): Hush! Look at the screen!
* TV (Hyale; serious): Hello, I am Hyale from Olympus TV and I come to you with breaking news!
* Zachary (concerned): Oh no… This sounds serious. Everyone, be quiet and listen!

***Watch the news (1 star).***

* TV (Hyale; serious): We have received reports that Queen Persephone’s bull, Cerus was found causing havoc in the city of Barcelona!
* TV (Hyale; concerned): The streets are filled with panic and the authorities are working tirelessly to bring the situation under control!
* TV (Hyale; serious): The atmosphere here is one of fear and urgency. People are scrambling to find safety, seeking shelter in nearby buildings and taking refuge behind any available barriers. The sound of sirens fills the air as emergency services rush to the scene. Barcelona's residents are understandably terrified!
* TV (Hyale; concerned): Cerus has already left a trail of destruction in its wake. Several vehicles have been trampled, and there have been reports of injuries as people try to flee from the bull's path.
* TV (Hyale; serious): We will be providing updates as the situation unfolds. Stay tuned to Olympus TV for the most accurate and up-to-date coverage of the bull's rampage in Barcelona.

*The TV goes back to showing the video game Hasuro and Maverick were playing.*

* Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; holding a controller; eye rolling): Finally! Now we can play!
* Mia (shocked): Shit! I’ve completely forgotten about the bull!
* Yoyo and Ophelia (Yoyo; shocked): What are we going to do about this?! We can’t allow the bull to hurt civilians!
* Mia (serious): And we can’t let the authorities hunt it down! The bull needs to be back to the underworld!
* Madelina (panicking): My parents! They’re in Barcelona with my youngest two siblings! They’re going to get hurt!
* Zachary (appeasing): Everyone, calm down!
* Zachary (serious): Madelina, your parents are going to be okay. All of you should focus on our current mission which is heading to Athens to save Persephone!
* Zachary (determined): As for myself, I am going to take Pegasus and fly to Barcelona and deal with the bull!
* Madelina (shocked): What?! You mean all by yourself?!
* Mia (serious): I’m coming with you!
* Zachary (protesting): Mia-
* Mia (determined): No! I don’t want to hear this. You cannot go and handle the bull alone, you need someone to help you! I am coming with you whether you like it or not!
* Zachary (hopeless; smiling): *sighs* Sometimes, I really hate how stubborn you are…
* Madelina (determined): I’m coming too!
* Zachary (serious): Madelina, you’re staying behind!
* Madelina (begging): But-
* Zachary (sympathetic): Mads, do you think your parents will appreciate it if you flew to harm’s way just to save them?
* Madelina (sad): N… No…
* Zachary (compassionate): We promise you that your parents will be unharmed, just believe in us…
* Zachary (serious): Mia, lets go!

***On the deck.***

* Mary (curious): Aye! You two goin’ anywhere?
* Zachary (serious): Yeah, we’ll be heading to Spain using another form of transport. We want you to take the others to Athens!
* Zachary: Mia, now lets go search for Pegasus!
* Mia (smiling): I don’t think we have to do any searching.
* Zachary (confused): What do you mean?
* Pegasus (grinning): *Are you looking for someone, brother?*
* Zachary (shocked): Pegasus?! What are you doing here?!
* Pegasus (smirking): I’ve told you that I’ll be around. So, where do you want me to take you?
* Zachary (smiling): We want to go to Barcelona. There’s something we need to do there!
* Pegasus (serious): This is going to be a long journey, but I can manage it. Hope on!

*Zachary and Mia mount Pegasus and get ready to fly to Spain.*

***At an underground bunker in Nova Roma.***

* Audenzia (holding her womb): *Groan.*
* Livius (worried): Audenzia, are you feeling alright?
* Audenzia (reassuring smile): Yes, I’m fine. It just the baby, it’s kicking…
* Marissa (nervous): You don’t mind if I… Feel it…
* Audenzia (smiling): Course not! Come feel my womb if you wish!

*Marissa feels Audenzia’s womb.*

* Marissa (smiling): I can feel its little feet! You must be giving birth to a really hyper child!
* Claudilla and Anna (Claudilla; sad): This should have been me… I was the one who should’ve had a child first!
* Claudilla and Anna (Anna; curious): Did anyone notices that the swords had stopped clashing?
* Marissa (hopeful): Do you think they stopped fighting?
* Livius (reluctant): There’s only one way to find out. Ladies, stay behind me!

***At the palace.***

* Audenzia (worried): Livius, is the coast clear?
* Livius (nervous): Yes… It looks like no one is inside…

*Suddenly several soldiers enter the palace.*

* Augustus and his guards (Augustus; grinning): So this is where your emperor lives, I have to say he has very impeccable taste…
* Carolus (serious): Do not give him too much credit, the palace was built by his uncle, the late Claudius Messalinus. He has not stepped foot in the palace until nine months ago.
* Livius (shocked): Carolus?!
* Marissa (shocked): What is he doing with them?!
* Audenzia (pissed): He must have joined their side, I knew he couldn’t be trusted!
* Augustus and his guards (Augustus; serious): So that emperor of yours, where is he?!
* Carolus (crossing his arms): He must hiding inside some bunker to save his ass.
* Claudilla and Anna (Claudilla; confused): Livius, why does this man look exactly like you?!
* Livius (shocked): Now that you mention it- He does!

*Carolus notices them.*

* Carolus (smirking): Looks like he’s come to meet you. Your Majesty, why don’t you come and greet our guest?!

***Ask the mysterious man who he is (1 star).***

* Augustus and his guards (Augustus; grinning): Greetings, Your Majesty. I’ve been longing to meet you…

*Livius draws his sword.*

* Livius (holding a sword; pissed): Who are you?!
* Carolus (appeasing): Easy, Livius-
* Livius (nervous): Carolus, who is that man?!
* Augustus and his guards (Augustus; addressing his guards): Stay back, I can handle this…
* Augustus (grinning): How rude of me… I have forgotten to introduce myself.
* Augustus (smirking): I am Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus. I have been called many names but may know me as Octavian or Augustus, the first emperor of Rome!