Unknown…2 hours before the eclipse…

“Where are we?” Dr Escobar opens her eyes. She looks around and notices that they are inside a cage. She notices that there are 6 students with her; Stefan, Angel, Crespo, Madeleine, Marinette and Antoine.

“Doctor, you are awake…that’s a relief…” Stefan, who is holding her smiles with tears.

Dr. Petra Escobar (Age 57) is a Biology Professor...she is a genius that knows about all the life forms on earth. She has brown hair, white skin and hazel eyes.

“Stefan, what happened?”

“I don’t know myself, I was knocked unconscious and woke up here…last thing I checked we were at the temple of the Sun and then…”

Stefan Albu (Age 16) is a student who comes from Eastern Europe. he wears a black cape (Similar to Kirito from SAO) and fingerless gloves. He is nerd-looking, white skin, has black long hair, glasses, brown eyes and he is a bit overweight.

“We were brought here by a man wearing a robe and a skeleton mask…we are no longer in the Pyramid of the Sun” Angel Cortes replies to Stefan; “However, we also lost consciousness…”

Angel Cortes (Age 17) is the next head of the Crespo Royal Family. He has a muscular body, long hazel hair, and yellow eyes.

“That’s right…what I heard, they want to make us living sacrifices…” Crespo replies in a calm manner.

Crespo Cortes (Age 17) is a muscular body guy. He has brown skin, yellow eyes and brown hair.

Crespo makes a small movement and for a blink of a second, he touches Marinette’s elbow. -TCH- Marinette looks at him with disgusts:

“Don´t you dare cross to this side you salute” (Filth)

Marinette LeFleur (Age 16) is a duchess in the royal family of France. She has white skin, blonde hair and blue eyes, she has a “royal personality” and likes to be treated as a princess.

Crespo gets angry and replies “Well we don't want you getting near Sucios come queso” (Dirty cheese eaters)

“What did you say? '' Marinette screams with anger. “You heard me, or are you also stupid…” Crespo makes fun of her. Both of them glare at each other.

“Sheesh, why does it have to be so hot…I’m boiling here…and it stinks like a pig…but I guess that’s the Spanish natural odor…” Madeleine chuckles as she makes fun of Crespo.

Madeleine Le Fleur (Age 16) is a duchess in the royal family of France; she also has white skin, blonde loose hair but reddish eyes.

“I had it…you bitch!” Crespo gets closer to her. Antoine gets in front of them; “I won’t let you touch my sister…”

Antoine LeFleur (Age 17) is a French duke who has white skin, blonde colored hair and blue eyes.

“Oh so you want to fight?” Angel also steps forward. The Spanish and the French glare at each other with killing intent.

“THAT’S ENOUGH!” Stefan screams with anger. The five of them look at him, Stefan with tears in his eyes continues to speak:

“You don’t get it do you? Leticia died…one of our classmates died in front of your eyes, am I right Antoine?”

Antoine remembers Leticia getting pulled into the mirror.

“I heard that our other classmates were attacked by Quetzalcoatl…we are in a cage, imprisoned by who knows what…and you heard that we are going to be sacrificed and still…you guys are fighting…what the hell is wrong with you people?”

“Leticia died?” Dr. Escobar trembles as she cries; “It’s all my fault…it’s because that man in the skeleton mask threatened us… and…”

“Doctor, that’s enough…the past is the past…” Stefan looks at her and nods in agreement; “She sacrificed herself to save Ana and these idiots are still fighting…”

“Idiots?” The five of them stare at Stefan. Stefan shakes his head; “That’s right, idiots…you are still fighting for some stupid thing that I don’t care…”

Madeleine begins to speak; “How dare you, our families have been at war for centuries now…we can’t just act like…”

“War? Centuries? Are you even listening to yourself? Right now, in the present…right here, we are not at war…we need to survive…tell me…if you die now…will the war end?”

Everyone looks at Stefan with guilt. Stefan sighs; “That’s what I thought…now then, let’s focus on escaping here…”

“That geek is right? We are members of the Mages Association…we are part of the same group…right now, we must work together…just like before, when Ana and I worked together…we can do it…” Antoine looks at the 5 of them and encourages them.

Stefan looks confused; “Geek?”

“He’s right…I’m sorry for being an idiot…that was so rude of me…please forgive me girl…” Angel apologizes. “I’m sorry too…” Crespo also apologizes as he lowers his head.

“No, we are sorry as well…” Madeleine and Marinette apologize as well. Stefan still looks confused; “Geek?”

“I’m so glad that you are getting along…it was our goal to help you guys, that’s why me and my husband decided to take you on this trip…” Dr. Escobar smiles at them. Everyone looks embarrassed. Antoine makes a small cough; “Okay, now, we must focus on how to escape…”

“You can´t escape, if you try you will be burnt alive.” Everyone hears someone approaching them. A boy and a girl walking towards them, the boy is holding a device from Yggdrasil called Translanguaging. This device permits them to communicate with each other without speaking the same language.

“YOU’RE THE KID FROM BEFORE, WHO ARE YOU?” Madeleine asks the children. The boy looks at the Spanish students with rage:

“My name is Adihe Martin Cortes, son of Hernan Cortes”

Everyone looks surprised, the Spanish students exclaim:

“You liar, Hernan Cortes died five hundred years ago, how can you be his son”

“I am, and she is his daughter; Xochitl Monroy Cortes…”

Dr. Escobar walks in front and says:“I believe in you.”

“Doctor, are you crazy, he's lying” Angel exclaimed as he continues to speak:

“We are from the Cortes royal family, and the only son our ancestor had was Martin Cortes”

“Ay hijos, you need to understand that history is something that can be changed. My husband has researched this area for years now…he has found that there have been stories of Hernan Cortes living on the Island of the Dolls with two children. I believe that is you and the girl am I right?”

“Yes, that man was my father until he betrayed my mother and us 500 years ago and that makes me furious.” Adihe replies releasing Quetzalcoatl, now with black feathers in his body, red eyes and feathers red and purple in his head.

“What happened to the Serpent?” Dr. Escobar asks with a worried face.

“This is the Corrupt form of a God...this happened because of your fault…let’s go…”Adihe and Xochitl walk away with Quetzalcoatl disappearing.

A portal opens, El Muerto comes out of the portal and sees the students and the Doctor; “Ahh, so you’re awake…that’s excellent…we need to move now…”

“Move? Where?” Stefan asks El Muerto. “You’ll see…for now, let’s play a little game…”

(SSSLLLAASSHHHH)

El Muerto cuts the cage open; “I will let you guys go…if you can survive escaping…”

“Escaping? What do you mean?”

“Take a look around…” El Muerto points up. Everyone looks around. Angel asks El Muerto; “Are we inside a cage?”

“Not quite…”

“LOOK OUT!” Crespo tackles Angel. -PPUUMM- “Ouch, what was that for?”

Angel sees a current of magma; “Don’t tell me that’s…”

“You guessed it, we are inside a Volcano now…you have one hour to escape from here…if you can then I won’t kill you…however…”

“I see…so this is a game to you…”

“It is…now then, shall we get started?” El Muerto opens a portal and slowly walks towards it; “Good luck…”

“What do we do?” Everyone looks frightened. Antoine grabs his sister’s hands; “We need to move…we must escape…”

“Wait, but it can be a trap…” Angel looks worried, Antoine has a frightened expression; “I know, but if we stay here…we will also die…”

Dr. Escobar walks next to him; “I agree…everyone, we must be cautious…we don’t know where we are exactly, and we might be out of time…Antoine, you will guide us…Angel, Crespo, check the rear…”

Everyone nods in agreement. Angel takes a deep breath; “The wind blows east…that means there is an exit nearby…”

The group decides to move slowly, following a trail. “Hey guys…are you all wizards?” Stefan makes a random question. Antoine looks at him; “Don’t say stupid things…can’t you see the situation that we’re in right now?”

“I know that…but you think I’m stupid or something? I saw the techniques that you did when that skeleton attacked us…Antoine, you used fire and Ana used earth…” Stefan makes everyone stop. Dr. Escobar notices everyone looking nervous and sighs:

“I understand now…you are all part of the Mage's Association, am I right?”

“Wait, you knew?” Madeleine looks at her with surprise. Dr. Escobar nods in agreement. “SO YOU WIZARDS! THAT’S SO AWESOME!” Stefan jumps with excitement.

“You got it wrong, we are mages…not wizards…this is not Harry Potter…” Antoine replies as he looks at Stefan. “Antoine, why did you tell him?” Marinette exclaims. Antoine sighs with his eyes closed; “Look, we are in a dangerous situation right now…we can’t be fighting among ourselves and we can’t hide it anymore…from what I can sense, we are about to face great dangers…”

Crespo walks next to Stefan and grabs him from his shirt neck; “Now listen up…whatever you do…don’t go screaming what you will see okay…if you do, I will break every bone on your body got it…”

Stefan nods nervously. Crespo looks at Dr. Escobar; “Teacher, how do you know about the Mage's Association?”

“I am an old woman, and I have traveled to Europe…I encountered some mages there a long time ago…but to be honest, I am not interested in studying mages…so I decided to ignore it…but right now, we must focus on escaping…”

“Okay everyone, get closer, I’m going to get us out of here in an instant…” Crespo closes his eyes, everyone gets together. Crespo puts one knee down and his hand on the floor as he focuses; “En la libertad tu estas presente, ha llevarme a donde os mi elección; Transport de vent” (In freedom you are present, you have taken me where you are my choice; Wind transportation) Massive wind gathers beneath everyone’s feet. -GYYAHHH- The girls panic as the wind lifts up their skirts; “This is so indecent!” Madeleine exclaims with Marinette nodding. Dr. Escobar also holds her skirt as she looks with surprise.

Angel gives a thumbs up to Crespo. This creates a whirlpool that elevates everyone; “Now then, let’s go…” The wind whirlpool moves forward at high speed. El Muerto appears from the shadows as he chuckles; “Let the experiment begin…”

After a few minutes, the group traveled around the cave but couldn't find an exit…little did they know that they were slowly surrounded by purple smoke…

“I don’t feel so good, frère (brother)…my head hurts…” Madeleine sits down. Marinette notices her sister swearing; “Chère sœur (Dear sister), you’re burning up…are you feeling…” Marinette also falls into her knees. Crespo stops advancing as he looks at Antoine; “This is strange, it feels as if we have been traveling in circles…” Crespo undoes his technique as he breathes heavily; “I feel as if I drained all of my mana…but this technique doesn’t require all…”

Angel feels weak as well; “I feel weak…what is happening? It’s as if…I used all of my mana…”

(PPUUMMM)

Stefan and Dr. Escobar fell unconscious. Antoine notices his sisters also losing consciousness; “What is going on?” Antoine opens his eyes wider; “I see it…we are surrounded by some strange fog…”

Crespo and Angel both see it as well. Crespo punches the ground; “When did this happen?”

“It must have been that man’s intention all along…”

(CLAP CLAP CLAP)

“So you notice, good for you…” El Muerto walks towards them; “You were part of an experiment that feature our specialty gas that drains mana…as I see now, it will drain mana immediately to those who don’t use it and for guys…I’d say 60%...”

“Damn you…” Angel falls to his knees.“It took you 15 minutes to discover it…not bad…did you notice that you were going in circles?”

“Circles?” Crespo opens his eyes wider. -SNAP- El Muerto snaps his fingers and creates a portal; “That’s correct, you’ve been passing through the portal all this time…the exit is over here…”

El Muerto points behind them, the guys see an exit guarded by a giant golem. “It can’t be…we were that close?”

“I don’t blame you, this gas also affects your 5 senses…now then, how will you defend yourselves against this…”

El Muerto slowly disappears in the portal.-RRRAAAWWW- The giant golem heads toward them.

The golem is 7 feet tall with a muscular body, huge muscles. The face is similar to a lion with glowing yellow eyes.

“Angel…now…” Crespo and Angel lift their hand and gather wind; “Corrent de vent” (Wind Current) Both of them create a giant wind current dispersing the gas. Antoine heads towards the golem; “I don’t have enough mana, but if I can just distract that thing…” Antoine gathers mana in his hand and creates flames; “Take this; Bombes à balles incendiaires” (Flame Bullet Bombs)

(PUM PUM PUM)

Antoine makes a pistol form from his hand and fires multiple flame bullets towards the Golem. After firing multiple times, Antoine falls into his knees; “I am almost out of mana…merde!” (Damn it)

“ANTOINE…LOOK OUT!” Crespo screams, Antoine lifts his head and sees the golem straight at him. -PPUUMM- The golem punches Antoine and sends him towards the wall. Antoine falls about to lose consciousness. “ANTOINE!” Angel creates a wind sword and attacks the golem. -SSSLLAASSHHH- Angel tries to cut the golem but it has no effect.

Crespo attacks the Golem from behind, gathering wind in the palm of his hand and attacking the Golem. -PPUUMM- The golem blocks the attack with ease. “Maldicion, I don’t have enough…” The golem interrupts Crespo and grabs him by the neck. The Golem grabs Angel by the neck as well.

“AAHHHH” The Golem starts to choke both of them, Angel begins to lose consciousness; “It can’t be, we are going to die here? I am so weak…” Tears come out of Crespo as he also feels the same way.

“ANGEL…CRESPO…” Antoine stretches his hand; “If only I was…stronger…”

(STEP STEP STEP)

At that moment, they hear footsteps approaching them; “Sheesh, you guys are such weakling…I, Alexa, am really bored of your show…” Alexa goes towards their direction, the Golem notices her and lets the guys go.

(RRRAAAWW)

The Golem heads towards Alexa. -RRRIIINNNGGG- “Ohh, I got more followers…great…” Alexa looks at her phone without care.

“The monster is going to kill her..” Antoine tries to move, Angel and Crespo look at the golem approaching. -PPPUUUMMM- “You’re bothering me…” Suddenly, a force pushes the golem to the wall without her letting go of her phone.

The guys are in awe upon seeing the attack. Alexa sighs and put her phone away; “I guess, I have no choice…you made me angry.” Alexa looks at the golem. She lifts her hand and shows her ring, her ring is the same as Uriel’s however, she has a blue gem. Alexa closes her eyes and chants:

“Mi vida es la melodía del Mariachi, el arte es mi sangre, la tradición es mi alma, el honor es mi misión. Cancion Del Charro” (My life is a Mariachi Melody, art is my blood, tradition is my soul and honor is my mission. Charro Song)

Blue flames come out of Alexa’s ring changing her into a female version of the Mariachi attire:

The suit consists of a long embroidered black skirt, reaching the ankles, a white dress shirt, chaps, serape and a red pitea belt. Her hair is a ponytail with a red ribbon; she has a long tuft on the right side of her face, and she wears a Mariachi Sombrero. She also wears the traditional black charro jacket embroidered with flower patterns. On her hip, she has a sword with blue gloves.

(BBBAAADDUUUMMMPPP)

“This mana…it’s enormous…” Crespo opens his eyes wider upon feeling the enormous mana. Alexa takes out her sword and makes a stance; Her sword is a cutlass. A short, broad slashing sword with a straight or slightly curved blade sharpened on the cutting edge, and a hilt often featuring a solid cupped guard.

The golem attacks once again; “Arte del Mariachi: Melodía de la Guitarra-Primera Cuerda: Mi ( E )” (Mariachi Art: Guitar Melody- First String: Mi (E))

Alexa swings her sword; the air begins to move as manna becomes visible in the form of strings cutting the Golem into multiple pieces destroying its heart in an instant.

The guys look at her in shock; “She killed the monster in an instant…who is she?”

Alexa takes out her phone and continues to walk. Antoine lifts his body; “Thank you for helping us…”

“Helping you? Don’t make me laugh, you imbecile…” Alexa continues to walk; “I don’t help weaklings…”

“You didn’t have to destroy my golem…” El Muerto walks towards her. Alexa continues looking at her phone; “Well, that thing attacked me…make sure you have those things tamed…”

“Right…my master did mention that you were coming…I apologize if that troubled you…”

“I don’t care…just a warning, Uriel and his gang will probably be coming…”

“I know, I was expecting that…”

“Excellent, just one request…leave Uriel to me…” Alexa makes a sinister smile as she releases mana. Alexa continues looking at her phone as she walks away. El Muerto approaches Antoine, who is slowly closing his eyes:

“I told you…escaping is impossible…”

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Hotel Mexica; Conference Room…

At the same time that the events in the Volcano were happening…a reunion was held to determine the group’s next course of action…In the room the ones present are; Uriel, Kasumi, Alejandro, Marjorie, Ana, Johanna, Sister Veronica, Giovanni, Dr. Ortiz and Felicitas.

Kasumi stands up and begins to explain; “The situation is the following; El Muerto is working with those children; Adihe and Xochitl to revive the Golden Key in which the location is unknown. They revived the Aztec God Tezcatlipoca by sacrifing Leticia Marino.”

Ana looks down as she remembers Leticia’s smile as she was being dragged into the mirror; “It was all my fault and now she…”

“Leticia is alive…don’t worry, I will find a way to get her out…” Uriel looks at Ana with confidence.

“T-T-Thank you…” Ana blushes as she avoids looking at him. Both Marjorie and Kasumi get jealous. Kasumi continues to speak; “Ahem…moving on, El Muerto plan all of this…he manipulated Dr. Ortiz and Dr. Escobar into separating us…”

“Sorry to interrupt but who is this El Muerto?” Giovanni raises his hand. Kasumi replies; “El Muerto has been a mysterious figure that we from Yggdrasil and Uriel have clashed on multiple occasions…apparently, he wants the Golden keys…”

“I see…so basically, we have been dragged into a domestic problem that you guys have with him…” Sister Veronica points out to the others. She and Kasumi exchange looks with killing intent.

“Basically, they want the Golden Key…according to Marina…the Golden City was inside a Volcano…and the Volcano that’s closest to this location is the famous Volcano Popocatepetl.iThe key is located inside the temple but it can only be activated by the sacrifice of a person. That is why they kidnap the others…”

“I see that explains the Aztec’s sacrificial ritual.” Dr. Ortiz comments out loud. Uriel continues to explain; “The Aztecs heard that the “key to the other world” where the Gods lived would be open with the sacrifice.``

“They want to sacrifice Cortes because of their hate towards him…right?” Ana asks Uriel who nods in agreement; “This is hard to understand, but Adihe and Xochitl are the offsprings of Hernan Cortes and Marina. Marina is a ghost who has been looking for her children all this time…you all know her as La Llorona…”

“Wait…wait…you met La Llorona…now that is awesome…” Alejandro looks at Uriel with “star shaped” eyes. Kasumi grabs his shoulder; “This is no time for fanboying idiot…”

“Sorry senpai…”

Everyone chuckles. Felicitas stands up and walks towards him; “Fufufu…Muchacho, you sure have gotten into a mess…La Llorona, Cortes, kidnapped students and now Aztec Deities and the Golden key…you sure like to keep things lively.”

Felicitas looks at him; “I see..so her soul is inside you…” Uriel nods in agreement. Kasumi continues to explain the plan:

“Now then, we are gathered here to form a temporary alliance with our organizations…from our end…Yggdrasil decided to save the captured students…”

Marjorie stands up; “From the Mages Association, we were informed to rescue the hostages…” Giovanni also stands up; “We were tasked with the same mission…our involvement with external affairs is prohibited…”

“That’s fine…I don’t want you guys getting involved with this fight…” Uriel looks at everyone; “My mission is to get the Golden Key…and nothing else…”

“I see…very well…I will stay and watch over the students that El Muerto left here…I need to analyze them to see if they don’t have any effects…” Johanna replies, Kasumi looks at her; “I placed them under a barrier just in case…”

“Thank you, that was so thoughtful of you…”

“The Golden key will appear when the Lunar Eclipse begins…that will be at midnight tonight…” Uriel comments to the others. Alejandro looks at his cellphone; “It’s 10pm, that’s in two hours…”

“Now the problem is arriving there…” Giovanni stands up and looks at his cellphone; “According to the map, we are 70 kms away from the Volcano…it will take us at least 1 hour to get there if we take a sports car…how are we going to reach there on time?”

“Don’t worry about that…” Felicitas looks at Uriel; “It’s time for a training session…”

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Outside the Hotel…

Felicitas decided to take Uriel outside…The goal for the group is to get to the volcano as fast as they can…Johanna decided to go and check with the students who were unconscious and attend Dr. Ortiz 's wounds…

“Now then, time for our second lesson to begin. Uriel do you know what a Mariachi is?” Felicitas asks Uriel, Uriel looks at her confused; “A mariachi are a group of singers who follow the traditional folk songs from Mexico…am I right?”

“W-W-Well yes…but the true meaning of a Mariachi is something that you must discover…just like the true definition of El Charro…”

“What are they talking about over there?” Alejandro, and the others only observe from a distance, hiding behind the wall.

“Ssshhhh…let's hear…” Ana interrupts Alejandro, Alejandro looks at everyone staring at him. Alejandro laughs nervously; “Sorry…”

“Yes, I know…a Charro, is a horsem…” Felicitas interrupts Uriel by putting her finger in his lips; “That’s enough muchacho…like they say in spanish; ‘Hay pájaros en el alambre’...let’s keep that a secret…”

Note: Hay pájaros en el alambre means there are birds on the wire. A popular saying in Mexico that people say when they are people hearing private conversation. They often say that referring to “let’s talk later …”

Uriel looks at the others who are observing from afar. The others panic and try to hide. Uriel sighs; “I understand…now then, what is the meaning of the Mariachi?”

Felicitas looks at the full moon; “Uriel, this is something that I wanted to tell you…My grandfather was the original Charro Negro, Nemesio Santacruz…”

Uriel opens his eyes wider. Everyone else looks surprised except for Giovanni and Sister Veronica. Felicitas looks at Uriel; “Since you are his successor, in a way, we are like family…you would be my grandpa…fufufu…”

Uriel looks confused as he thinks about what Felicitas just said. Felicitas continues to speak:

“My grandparent invented the Mariachi as he said that the Mariachi are in a sense, the most elegant and the most free singers of all…Mariachi have the freedom to sing, and dance and drink all they want…they have the freedom to have fun while they perform…that’s what a Mariachi is…Freedom…”

“I see…”

Felicitas shows her ring to Uriel. The ring is the same as Uriel 's however, she has a pink gem in the middle; “Now then, let me tell you the chant of the Mariachi…I know you have heard about this one before…” Felicitas closes her eyes; “Mi vida es la melodía Del Mariachi, el arte es mi sangre, la tradición es mi alma, el honor es mi misión. Canción Del Charro'' (My life is a Mariachi Melody, art is my blood, tradition is my soul and honor is my mission. Charro Song)

Pink flames come out of Felicitas’s ring changing her into a female version of the Mariachi attire; The suit consists in a long embroidered black skirt, reaching the ankles, a white dress shirt, chaps, serape and a red pitea belt. Her hair is a ponytail with a pink ribbon; she has a long tuft on the right side of her face, and she wears a Mariachi Sombrero. She also wears the traditional black charro jacket embroidered with flower patterns. On her hip, she has a sword with pink gloves.

“Wow, she looks so pretty…” Marjorie, Ana and Kasumi look at her with “star-shaped” eyes. Uriel looks at her with surprise; “This mana is incredible…” Felicitas makes a pose; “So what do you think of this old woman…am I still attractive?”

Uriel avoids looking at her, blushing; “Shut up”

“Fufufu…you sure are shy…now then, only the chosen Mariachi have the ability to use this…we can receive this power from those who El Charro Negro chooses… as for you…you are different from motives that you already know right?”

Uriel nods in agreement, Felicitas smiles; “Now then, change into your Charro Form as well…”

Uriel extends his right arm to the side, holds it with his left arm and begins to chant:

“YO SOY EL JINETE, YO SOY INICIÓ, YO SOY EL FINAL. ¡YO SOY EL CHARRO NEGRO!” (I am the horsemen, I am the beginning. I am the end, I am El Charro Negro).

Uriel is wearing a special charro suit, which consists of long, tight black colored pants covered with decoration on the sides. He has a long bolero coat with golden buttons white gloves, and a special pitea belt made of silk. He had a white button shirt with a black vest, a silk tie and a large round sombrero hanging from his neck.

“WOOW…HE LOOKS SO HOT!” Marjorie, Kasumi and Ana look at him with “heart-shaped” eyes. “He does look cool…” Sister Veronica comments with an embarrassed tone. Noticing that the girl are going crazy, Giovanni and Alejandro cry as they think:

“Uriel…I really hate you!”

“Fufufu…you are quite popular…” Felicitas chuckles as Uriel looks embarrassed; “Well…how are we going to get to the volcano…”

“Well…first of all…Uriel, you will use the song field to locate them…after that, you will open the portal that connects to the volcano…”

“Song field…but that’s more than 70 kms away…it would be impossible…besides…”

“Uriel, you are a Mariachi remember…Mariachi have freedom…you have the freedom to expand your powers as much as you want…give it a try…remember…you must breathe slowly…”

Uriel nods in agreement and closes his eyes; “I need to do it…for her…” Uriel thinks about Leticia; "Campo de la Canción; Principio" (Song Field; Beginning) Uriel releases sound waves around the area.

“Excellent, now expand it all the way to the volcano…the trick to sense the presence of Quetzalcoatl, which you already know…locate him…”

(BADUMP BADUMP BADUMP)

Uriel expands his Song Field; “Where are you?” Uriel feels the presence of thousands of animals and plants. He also feels for the people who surround the area. The amount of sounds and rhythm overwhelm Uriel.

(BBBAADDUUUMMPPP)

Uriel falls to his knees and breathes heavily; “Damn it…” Everyone looks worried. Alejandro screams; “URIEL, ARE YOU ALRIGHT BUDDY?”

“Shut up…idiot…” Uriel glares at Alejandro. Felicitas sighs with her eyes closed; “I see…you exhausted your mana…am I right?”

Everyone hears about that. Uriel breathes heavily, feeling frustrated. Felicitas chuckles; “Well, you did fight a God and survived…tell me something…why did you fight a God?”

“...” Uril doesn’t say a word, his eyes slightly move to his right. Felicitias looks at everyone and sighs; “I understand…you did it for them…Muchacho, there is something that you need to understand…I know that you already know but El Charro Negro is a being that exist between the world of the dead and the living…he is meant to be a solitary being that travels around collecting souls…”

Uriel lifts his head and looks at Felicitas with a somber expression; “I am sure that you remember what happened with Serena Draculus right?”

“Serena Draculus? Draculus?” Everyone except Alejandro is shocked. Alejandro looks at them; “What are they talking about?”

Felicitas lowers her head; “My grandpa decided to leave us…because of the burden he carried…”

“I see…” Uriel lowers his head thinking about a girl named Serena.

“It’s your fate…”

“NO…YOU’RE WRONG!” Uriel turns behind him, Marjorie walks towards them with a determined expression; “You’re wrong…nobody is born into this life to be alone…not even El Charro Negro…”

“Marjorie…” Uriel looks surprised. “What is that girl doing?” Kasumi looks at her with jealousy thinking; “I wanted to say that…”

“Even if you feel that way…Uriel, you are not alone…You have friends and family who care about you…and we are not a burden to you…” Marjorie crouches down looking at him. Felicitas sighs; “Look niñita, even if you say that…he will eventually end up alone…it happened to my grandfather, his predecessor and it happened once to him…”

“She’s right, I have always been alone…and even if I find people that I care about…they will eventually…”

“That may be…but never forget this…I already told you before, I will always be with you and I will be your wife because I love you…”

Marjorie grabs Uriel’s face, she closes her eyes and gets closer to him. Suddenly, Marjorie kisses Uriel in the mouth.

“WWWHHHAATTTT?” Everyone is in shock upon seeing Marjorie’s actions. “How indecent.” Sister Veronica avoids looking. “W-W-What the hell! What is that girl doing!” Kasumi acts with rage as “flames” surround her.

“Transfert de mana” (Mana Transfer) At that moment, Marjorie releases a powerful aura that surrounds her and Uriel. Temperature slowly drops and ice covers the floor.

“Fufufu…I see now, you wanted to give him mana so that he could gain confidence…” Felicitas chuckles as she takes a few steps back.

(BBBOOOMMM)

Marjorie finishes kissing Uriel. She smiles at him as she is slowly about to faint. Uriel catches and carries her in his arms as he stands up; “Marjorie, why did you do that?”

“I gave you my mana…well almost all of it…I may be a Mid-level Mage but I am not a fighter…I would only be a burden if I go with you…that’s why, I chose to give you my power…because even if you said that your priority is the Golden Key, I know that you will help everyone…”

Marjorie puts her hand on his cheek; “Remember that you are not alone…” Marjorie closes her eyes.

“Oh my…Uriel, you sure are a womanizer, I wonder when you will give one kiss to me…” Johanna appears in front of him. Uriel hands over Marjorie to her; “Please take care of her…”

“Don’t worry…I am a Doctor after all…” Johanna walks away from Uriel. “MARJORIE!” Alejandro and Ana run towards them. Johanna looks at both of them; “She’s fine, she is only exhausted from giving Uriel her mana…”

“What a relief…”

Uriel walks next to Felicitas; “Enjoyed your kiss, you gigolo?” Uriel doesn’t say anything as he extends his hand; “Thank you, Marjorie…”

(PPPUUUMMM)

Uriel creates a giant portal. “Ahh, you did it…well done, Muchacho…”

Uriel looks at everyone; “Time to go…”

“Hahaha…with a kiss from a hot girl like her, I could even open 20 portals…right Bambino…” Giovanni jokes around. Sister Veronica walks next to him; “How indecent…”

“Senpai, time to go…” Alejandro pulls Kasumi, who was “transformed” into a statue upon seeing Marjorie kiss Uriel.

“I will go too…” Dr. Ortiz approaches them; “I know of a path that will let you to the center of the volcano…I have been studying this region for 30 years…I can help you…”

“Wait, this could be a trap…” Giovanni looks at Uriel. Uriel sighs; “I don’t mind…if it is a trap then we fight…besides, I don’t sense that he is lying…”

“Thank you…” Dr. Ortiz walks with them. Sister Veronica looks at Johanna; “Members of the Church will arrive to guard this place…you will be safe…”

“Very well…” Johanna replies, she looks at Uriel and winks at him; “Good luck…” Uriel and the others cross the portal as they head towards the Volcano.

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After being thrown back into the cell…the group awaits for their unknown fate…the others fall asleep except for Dr. Escobar…

Adihe and Xochitl act like guards as they await for El Muerto’s new instructions. Xochitl sleeps in Ahide’s lap as she begins to cry; “MAMA”

“You miss your mother don’t you?” Dr. Escobar asks Adihe, and Xohitl wakes up. Adihe glares at her:

“That doesn’t concern you. You’re just like the rest of them.”

“So you can speak our language huh?” Dr. Escobar smiles at Adihe who replies:

“Of course we can, thanks to the Gods we understand every language on earth.”

“Now that is interesting, why do you want to kill the Cortes, if you are a Cortes as well?” Dr. Escobar asks Adihe, he lowers his head:

“Our father denied us on that day, he killed many of our people and our mother, and I saw how he stabbed her heart out thanks to Quetzi’s memories…”

“I see you lost your mother.” Dr. Escobar looks at the sky; “You know I had two children just like you.”

Those words catch Adihe’s attention; “Really?”

“Indeed, they were beautiful and I loved them so much…but on that day…5 years ago…on January 31st… A huge earthquake hit the city we live in and killed them.”

Dr. Escobar begins to cry as she remembers her children.

“What were their names?”

“Mauro and Sandra, they looked exactly like your age, when I see you, you and your sister, you remind me of them.” Dr. Escobar replies crying. Adihe walks towards her and asks:

“How did they die?”

“A building collapsed when we were trying to get out, and my children fell, when we found them it was too late.” Dr. Escobar replies. Adihe Touches his heart; “We also fell off a pyramid as it collapsed but we were lucky that day.”

Xochitl gives her a flower, and smiles at her:

“Mama always told us to smell a flower if we felt sad. Dr. Escobar smells the flower:

“Thank you, it smells wonderful.”

Xochitl smiles back at her.

“The effect of the gas seems to have passed…” Crespo whispers to Antoine who analyzes his body:

“Indeed, maybe I can use my techniques now…” Antoine looks down; “We were so naive…I never thought we would have been beaten that easily…”

Madeleine holds his shoulder; “Antoine calm down…I understand it but we must stay strong…”

Antoine looks at Madeleine and Marinette; “You’re right, I must be brave…I am your older brother after all…”

“Hey hermano…I wonder how Ana is doing?” Angel asks Crespo. Crespo chuckles; “That girl is strong, she will probably return with reinforcements…don’t worry about you idiot…”

Stefan looks away as he thinks; “Aww man…I feel so left out and hungry…but I guess this is normal…”

Suddenly, a portal opens beneath the prisoners and everyone falls. They fall near a passage of magma; “What going on? Where are we?” Stephan asks as he looks around. The others look around asking the same question.

El Muerto appears before them; “WELCOME TO THE ECLIPSE SHOW!”

The Sun begins to cover the moon creating a Lunar Eclipse, the small red light begins to shine in the center of the volcano, and the level of Magma begins to lower down, slowly the path becomes safe to walk.

El Muerto opens four portals, suddenly four golems.

The golems are 7 feet tall with muscular bodies, huge muscles, the face is similar to a lion with glowing yellow eyes. They have fangs and claws, the golems roar.

(RRRAAAAAWWW)

(GGYYAAHHHH)

The twins scream with fear. Angel, Crespo and Antoine get in front of them; “Stay behind us…”

“Relax, they won’t do anything to you…Now walk” El Muerto begins to walk, the golems split up. One heads to the entrance of the volcano, one stays there and two are behind the students.

“We need to find a way to escape…” Antoine whispers to Crespo. Crespo nods in agreement. El Muerto hears their conversation. In a blink of an eye, El Muerto kicks Crespo, sending him towards the wall.

(PPUUUMMM)

“CCRREESSPPPOOO!!!” The twins run to help him. El Muerto looks at Antoine; “I told you…escaping is impossible…”

The twins help Crespo stand up. El Muerto looks at them; “Now then…keep moving forward or I’ll start killing you…one by one…”

(GULP)

Stefan takes a big gulp; “This is bad…I want to run but if I do that…I’m dead…I wonder…what would Goku do in this situation?”

The group continues to walk, following El Muerto and with the Golem behind them. As they arrive at the end of the tunnel, everyone is surprised as they see a Giant Golden Temple, the light of the Eclipse makes it shine bright, and there are golden pillars making a path, with Aztec Symbols surrounding them.

There is a city inside the Volcano that it’s completely covered in Gold. The buildings, the roads and the statues of people are all golden. As the lunar eclipse slowly begins, the amount of lava slowly disappears, revealing a golden road that leads towards the Golden Temple.

Everyone looks surprised; “It can’t be, it should be a legend…” El Muerto extends his arms:

“WELCOME TO THE GOLDEN CITY OF HALONA!”