I wince as I finally jump off the last ledge step. I look around. Poseidon was already here. He looks awful. His hair seemed to be pooling out blood or some kind of black ooze. It looked disgusting to tell the truth. He turns to me. His face... the cracks. I feel my face and realize it's happening to me as well.

"This isn't good." I say.

"No ****." Poseidon grimaces.

I wince as I take another step. I grip the ledge. I can feel the stiches breaking, one by one, snapping like a twig. I feel under my shirt, and I feel blood. A drop of sweat drips from my face. Ash slides down next to me and grabs my arm. Poseidon glares at him. I draw back.

"Little king, it took you long enough." Poseidon coughs.

"Better than what you look like waterspout." Ash says.

Poseidon turns without a second though or a second word. I let out a breath. At least he didn't yell at us. Ash grabs my arm and puts it around his shoulders once more, hate to admit it but I was actually glad he's here. He's always had my back since the ice cave and the skeleton army. I look around. Was it just me or was there eyes in the fog? There were these glaring glowing blue eyes in the fog. I bite my lip.

"Puck? What is it?" Ash asks.

I lift my head up.

"We're... being watched." I say.

Ash grips his sword I take out a dagger. My skin was tingling. My eyes were narrowing, and my ear was twitching. I look around. I'm not crazy, yet. Something was definitely around us. We were not alone. I feel something yank my hand. I turn and jump. A black woman fey was holding my hand. Bald with pointy ears, this is... surprising. 

"What wheres this dagger?" She asks looking up.

"Hey!" I yelp.

Ash takes out his sword. He was about to slam it into her. She pulls me to her. She lands onto a podium with me with her. I was dangling and she was gripping my hand along with my dagger. Her eyes narrow. Her teeth bare and she had long pointy ears.

"Let him go!" Ash darts forward.

She looks down at me.

"Hath, thou returned Aragon?" She asks.

I look down and realize what she meant.

"My dad?" I ask.

"Areth thou that son?" She asks.

I nod.

"Can you put my down please?" I ask.

She nods and releases me. Unfortunate, I was not prepared for her to just drop me. Ash grabs me like catching a damsel from a tower. I wince. She jumps down as if she faded like music. Ash puts me down. I realize she took my dagger. I turn and she was right behind us.

"Sisters, thou have seen twine guests." She says.

I look around and a thousand more eyes opened around us. I draw back. There were a lot more of them then they're of us. I take out my other dagger, but it gets swiped as well. I see the creatures who took it.

"Well, ice boy, this feels familiar." I say.