...The Symbols...

Dylan and Laila left their spot and headed towards Aaron, Annie, and Sarra to see what they found.

- What's wrong Aaron? What did you find?

- I don't know if it is something worth looking at or not, but I will show you anyway.

Aaron lifted Dylan to the top of the column.

- Look at that symbol, can you see it?

Dylan put his hand on the engraved symbol, it was too small but he could figure it out.

- It is too small but I can tell that it is a bow?

- What is this supposed to mean?

- Don't know, let's keep searching for symbols like that. Maybe we can figure out something.

Aaron Put down Dylan, who took right away his notebook.

- Listen to me carefully. If you find any other symbols, write them down along with their position and the column it has been engraved on. We must know all the information so we can analyze them.

- I understand the position, but how are going to write down the column. They all look alike.

- We will give them numbers. Let's start counting from this side. Do you see that column, on the front? It will be number one, then you have to count down the rest to figure out the number of the specific column. You know how to count, right?

- Shut up, do you think that you are the only smart person here?

- No, there are Sarra and Laila. Even the little Annie is as smart as her uncle.

Replied Dylan while patting Annie's head pat which made Aaron pissed off.

- I know that you are teasing me. I won't fight with you right now. There is a lot of work to do. Let's continue our search.

All of them went back to their spot. Laila wanted to change her curious partner, but she couldn't say anything. He was the one who approved her coming along with them.

" I must bear his questions for the time being. I don't have another choice. "

Every time Dylan looked at her, she pretended that she didn't notice him. He wanted to ask her more questions but he decided to not bother her for the time being.

" I will give you a break this time"

Suddenly she screamed:

- I FOUND ANOTHER ONE!

- Where?

- Here, at the bottom.

Dylan took a closer look at it.

- Mmm, this one is a bird.

- It is engraved on column number twenty.

- Okay, I wrote it down. let's keep searching.

After a while, Annie also found one.

- LOOK, DADDY! IS THIS A FIRE SYMBOL?

- Well done, dear. You did a good job

- This is so amusing. It's like we are playing. I wish mum was here with us, I miss her.

- Yeah, I miss her too. We will find uncle tarou then we will go back to our land and never leave it again.

At the end of the day, they checked all the columns.

- How many symbols did you find?

- We found eight, how about you, Dylan?

- We found four, which means there are twelve symbols.

- Yes, and they are all different.

- Let's go back to the hotel room first, we must rest for a while so our brains can solve this enigma.

After getting back to the hotel room and eating something. They gathered together to figure out the meaning of these symbols.

- So, let's see what we have here.

Dylan drew each symbol on a separate paper and spread them on a table in front of everyone.

- These are the symbols that we found " A lightning bolt, a trident, a hammer, a serpent, a sparrow, a Lyre, a bow, an Owl, a caduceus, a warrior helmet, a cornucopia and finally a Hearth fire.

- What do those symbols mean?

- I saw them before, but I forgot where!

- Maybe in one of the books that you read.

Laila put her hand on the papers while smiling

- I know what are these symbols mean.

- REALLY?

- These are Athena's gods' symbols.