John broke into the room but there was only a staircase. They all looked.
"Is she upstairs?", Belle asked.
"Probably.", John said.
"It can be a trap, my friends...", Richard said, as
he looked up and saw nothing but the darkness. The staircase seemed
to go up and up until the sky.
"It might.", they all sighed. John was once again silent.
"You hear something, John?", Belle asked.
"Only the voice of my lady."
"Where is she, can you tell?"
"No."
Belle stuck her sword on the ground and sat down, looking to
the staircase.
"We will never know what is in there if we don't go."
"Shall we go up, then?", Sir Paul said. "So let's
go before she finds us here."
"Morgana probably knows it already.", Belle chidded.
"If she comes in front of you, all I can tell you is: don't
stare into her eyes. If you do, you will die. She will chain you
into her world and you will never leave it."
Richard almost said, 'don't count on me'. He was afraid. He never wanted to be a knight and now he was about to fight a witch! He shouldn't get out of bed on the day those three men came seeking for help. Damned was the day he accepted to go to Camelot!
But he forgot all of those thoughts when he started to climb the stairs with his friends, Sir Paul leading the way, Belle shortly after him, then John and then George. The walls were getting darker, and suddenly, Richard wasn't seeing a thing in front of him. He knew George was in front of him because he could hear him walking, but that was all.
"Ouch!"
"What, Paul?" John's voice echoed in the air.
"There's a wall here."
"A wall!", Belle yelled. "We were fooled!"
"No, wait! Wait!", Richard said, trying to pass by George.
"George, is that you?"
"Yes, and you are standing on my toes!"
"Sorry, let me get through! Listen, we were not fooled. She's
behind it, behind this wall."
"Richard, how do you know it?"
"I know it the way I knew Morgana had taken Lady Guinevere.
She was trapped here to die. We have to take her out of here."
"But we can't see a thing! I know it's you here, but I cannot
see you. How can we make a whole wall come down, if we can't see
it?"
"Can you touch it?"
"Yes."
"See, here's my hand.", he said, placing his hand on
Paul's shoulders. "Lead me to where this wall is."
Paul took his friend's hand and placed on the wall. Blinded by the darkness, Richard touched it and tried to feel it.
"It's fresh.", he finally said. "John, come
to where my voice is. George, Belle, you too. Paul, come. Get
your hands on the wall. When I say go, you push the stones with
all your strenght. And don't stop pushing, you hear me?"
"Yes, we heard you.", Belle said. "My hands are
here. Friends?"
"I am here.", George said. "Are you sure this will
work?"
"Just PUSH!"