Xochimilco

Near Xochimilco, in the south part of Mexico City. Located near the rivers, a little house stands in it. The small house is located at the bottom of the temple. The house looks in ruins, there are no doors or windows, the roofs have large holes…At that house, two small siblings live there in a very tough situation…

Note; This conversation is Ancient Aztec…

“Xochitl, it’s going to rain, finish your meal and open your umbrella.” A silhouette of a boy speaks as he stands in the door.

“Alright I will Adihe.” The silhouette of Xochitl replies as she drinks from a broken glass. Adihe looks at a small serpent; “Quetzi, what’s wrong? You look troubled”

“It looks like someone evil has arrived in this area…We must be careful; it looks like he has the same mana as the one who killed your mother.”

Adihe gets furious;”Perfect, I will get my revenge against that monster…”

“Brother, you’re scaring me…” Xochilt trembles, Adihe notices and hugs her; “I’m sorry Xochilt, I didn’t mean to scare you…”

Lightning strikes down illuminating the house revealing how the siblings look like.

Adihe (Age 10) has black hair, yellow eyes and brown skin. He is wearing a blue sweater with black shorts and sandals.

Xochitl (Age 8) has long brown hair with pinkish colored eyes and brown skin. She is wearing a small brown dress with some decorations and sandals.

Rain pours down as Xochitl opens the umbrella, Adihee sits next to Xochitl and hugs her. Xochitl cries:

“I miss my mama.” Adihe looks up and says: “I miss her too.”

Quetzi the serpent stays close to them; “SSS…I’M SORRY, I PROMISE THAT I WILL PROTECT BOTH OF YOU WITH MY LIFE!”

A few meters away from where the siblings live, a silhouette slowly approaches them. Lighting falls once more revealing to be El Muerto; “The great God Kukulkan lives there, I can’t believe how low he has fallen…”

“Well dear, it’s because the Godly power was stolen a long time ago…” El Muerto hears someone approaching him. El Muerto jumps back as he sees a silhouette asking:

“Who are you?”

The silhouette slowly walks towards El Muerto slowly; “I am a humble old lady taking a walk, that’s all…” The silhouette comes out of the tree into the light revealing to be an old woman.

“I didn’t sense her…when did she arrive?” El Muerto is on the defensive. The old woman chuckles:

“Calm down young one, I am here to help you…my name is Bella…”

“Bella?” El Muerto notices a crow landing on her shoulder and a black cat cuddling her leg; “Those animals, they have mana with them…it’s something weird…”

Bella has the appearance of an Old woman. Her skin is brown with wrinkles, she has a little hump on her back, and has only one eye open. She has white hair without brushing.

“I came here to help you. You see, I have with me part of Kukulkan’s power…” Bella shows El Muerto a sphere filled with mana from different colors. El Muerto walks forward:

“Why do you have that power with you…don’t tell me that you’re…”

“Let’s keep it a secret, for now here…be creative and convince the children to help you…” Bella throws the sphere to El Muerto; “Use this with the Gem of Kukulkan and you will release its power…have fun…”

Bella slowly disappears along with her cat and crow. El Muerto looks at the orb and slowly walks towards the house where the children are located.

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Hotel Mexica; Estado de México

(SSSPPPLLLAAASSHHH)

“Take this”

“GYYAHHH”

The students decided to go and have fun in the pool. All the girls play in the water. Alejandro, Crespo and Angel play with the girls as well. Antoine decided to swim across the pool. Raul types on his computer on a beach bench. Stephan draws on his sketchbook. The professors are looking at them as they eat dinner at a table next to the pool...

Everyone has fun, the only students missing are Leticia and Uriel.

“Catch Alejandro…” Marjorie throws a beach ball. Alejandro catches it and throws it back:

“Catch!”

“This is so much fun right?” Marjorie says with a smile. Alejandro smiles back, nodding in agreement. Marjorie looks around:

“Hey, where’s Uriel…”

“Oh, he said he had something to do…” Alejandro replies. Marjorie lowers her eyes; “Oh, I see…”

“But don’t feel bad, I’m sure he’ll come…”

“Well, I hope so…I mean I want him to see my new swimsuit…” Victoria says as she steals the beachball. Marjorie gets angry and makes a fake smile; “Well, he won’t pay attention to you because he will be only looking at me…”

Both of them “release flames” with fake smiles. Alejandro chuckles nervously; “Calm down girls…”

Angela uses the opportunity and hugs him from behind; “Alejandro, want to play with me?”

Alejandro blushes for a moment and nods in agreement. Meanwhile, the LeFleur and Cortes stare at each other. Antoine begins to speak:

“Let me start by saying that Uriel knows about our Organization…”

TCH- Ana looks angry; “You had to open your mouth…”

“No Ana, it was both of us…we had no choice…” Angel steps in and avoids starting another conflict.

“So what do we do now?” Madeleine asks the others.

Marinette asks; “So…is Uriel that strong?”

“Yes he is…and we must avoid making him angry…”

Everyone looks tense. Suddenly, a beach ball hits Antoine.

(PPUUMM)

“OUCH!”

“Sorry, can you pass it back?” Marjorie waves with a smile. Crespo looks at the others and suggests:

“Well, for now, let’s just enjoy our time here…El Charro Negro said that he wasn’t interested, besides…we are just investigating, we won’t interfere right?”

Everyone nods in agreement, and heads with Marjorie’s group to play. Marjorie looks at the door asking herself:

“Where could Uriel be?”