THE BLUE FEATHER
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“Okay, okay, I’ll come. Bardala, you watch...” Tital started to
say before being broken off.
“You have to be kidding. I’m coming, too!” Bardala said, not
leaving any question that she wasn’t going to Vivia. She looked
around. “We are all a team, where you go, we all go. Everybody,
packup, NOW!” Bardala gave a look that seemed to shoot out
little bolts of lightning.
Fifteen minutes later, the whole crew was walking into the
dark, limestone cave. Zotz opened the portal door and walked in,
the crew followed along with their horses. The crew walked out
of the portal door, magically transported deep within Kukulcán’s
Pyramid. Tital carried his Staff of Power in one hand, and
Centella’s reins in the other followed. Bardala, holding Belleza’s
reins, was the last of the team of nine to come through the Portal
door.
“Where is this place?” Fernándo asked his son.
“We are now on a planet far from Earth. This is Vivia. We are
standing inside Kukulcán's Pyramid; but not to worry, we know
which passage will lead us to the outside,” Tital said to his father.
“Just follow Zotz; he'll lead us through the tunnels to the
entrance.”
“Is this the room where you found the old chest with the
Mayan sword and ceremonial bar?” Zotz asked.
“Yes,” Tital replied. “They are still packed on Lentito’s back.”
“This is the King’s chamber, see those logoglyphs all carved
into the walls?” Zotz said while he pointed to the glyphs. “They
tell the ancient story of Spirit Kukulcán. Some night around the
campfire, I’ll tell you what these glyphs say. Now follow me, we
need to get out of here and find out what’s going on in Dómpu