“What was that…” Ava asked. “Why were they transported back to the beginning?”

“I don’t know.” Fatheriam admitted.

“Let’s see if we can try again,” Sassy suggested.

Once again, the two characters ascended. This time however, they were knocked back down and a light greyish haze blanketed the outer perimeter of the labyrinth.

“Okay, so it looks like we won’t be able to fly over to the middle.” John said. “It looks like the only way for us to get to the middle is to enter the labyrinth.”

“Now, it would seem to me that our characters will naturally face challenges in the maze.” Sassy replied, “Because of course, nothing is ever that easy.”

“It says here that they will encounter Click.” Fatheriam replied, his finger scanning the lines of the manuscript.

“Man, I hate that guy,” John exclaimed. “He always seems to find my last nerve. What does he want this time.”

“You know his usual speal of following the rules he laid down and how there are consequences of the actions that we do etc.…

“You see, this is why I really hate that stupid tablet.” John replied. “I really wish that I could land a few shots on him every once in a while.”

“Well, it says here that you did land a few hits on him,” Jocren replied, reading from the manuscript. “Lucky, I wanted to hit him first.”

“Sweet, I landed a hit on him.” John replied. “But wait, this is the first time this has ever happened. What was different this time, compared to all the other times?”

“I believe that we somehow caught him unaware, so that he didn’t have time to throw up his defenses,” Sassy replied. “We can definitely use this knowledge in the future.”