Kaoden had actually fallen into a huge hole in the cave. After falling for about 5 seconds he fell into an underground lake. He swam to the surface, and looked around him. About fifty feet from him there was land(or rock from the cave). He swam to it. Once he got out of the water he looked around. He had fallen far from the upper levels of the cave, and he couldnt find a way to climb to the surface. He turned around, and saw a dark tunnel. He decided since he couldnt find his way back up he should try to go see if the tunnel could lead him out. Adalia was still shouting "Kaoden, are you there!", but Kaoden was too far down to hear her. So he entered the tunnel. He walked in total darkness for about two minutes. He lost all senese of direction quickly. But he walked into something. He put out his hand and felt what it was. He felt a handle and pulled. It was a door. He had found a door to a underground chamber in the cave. There were some torches on the walls that lit it up. The floor was filled with dead skeletons. In the center of the room was a chest. Kaoden decided to open it. Inside there was some golden coins and diamonds. Kaoden digged into the gold and uncovered a skeleton clutching a large golden staff that had a head of a dragon(at the top). Kaoden picked up the staff, and as he did it glowed. There was some mystical power in the device he held. And he was eager to know what it was.
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Hormon and his army had almost caught Kaoden and Adalia, when they jumped off their horses and ran into the cave. "Stop!", he told his army. He pointed a little to the side of the cave. From a fair distance he saw Starstrom, Jill, and the children running towards him. The Centaur was trying to shoot him, but did not succeed. Hormon's army started shooting at the kids. The kids were outnumbered, and from Hormon's point of view, it looked like they were fleeing for their lives into the cave. The soldiers asked Hormon if they should go after the children. "No." Hormon said laughing. "The children think they are running to safety when they are really running into a dark, twisted maze filled with horrors, that even I would fear. They are all going to die." Hormon then traveled back to his castle. While he was eating dinner(a Narnian knight. Hormon likes to eat his prey alive so he can hear them cry in pain.) he felt something inside of him. It was like a magical force calling to him. He turned to the cave. His eyes grew wide open. He dropped every thing. And ran to his room. He turned to his wall and shouted in the tounge of the demon gods "Gathro esar Fithro Gamar!". Suddenly the wall opened a portal. Hormon walked inside it. It lead to his hidden lair. He found himself in a dark room filled with dead bodies. Spiders, bugs, and snakes were crawling/slithering all over the place. Hormon then breathed fire on the bodies and lit a fire so he could see better. He walked down a spiral starcase(while stepping on several bugs) that led to another room. This room was filled with books of spells, crystal balls, magic mirrors, wands, etc. He had been collecting magical possesions from the dead villains of Narnia. He walked toward a mirror. "Show me the staff!" The mirror revealed to him Kaoden, in the chamber in the cave, holding the golden staff. "So it has been found! That is why it is calling to me. The staff belonged to one of my great ancestors, Hathgrond. An evil god who created this staff to destroy and takeover Narnia, and every other world. The staff was powerful, and with it Hathgrond tookover Narnia, and several other worlds. But then that accursed lion Aslan killed him! And he hid the staff. Now that it has been found, I must have it!! With it I can rule every world. I will start with Narnia, then I will destroy the earth which these childish brats came from! But first I must kill Kaoden. Kaoden is a skilled warrior who has been able to slay the living. But can he slay the dead?" He turned to the mirror and looked at the skeletons, and with a spell to bring them alive he shouted "Unradie dramui sathronama, esta rithrfista!" The skeletons came to live. Hormon then whispered "Eat his flesh!"
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Kaoden was still examining the staff when he heard movement. He turned around. The skeletons had stood up, and they were walking toward him.