Okay, readers, you're in for a treat. Here is a new Spongebob story that I've been planning on writing.

Now, this is the second SB story that I'm doing this year. Unlike the previous story 'Squidbob and Spongeward', this story is going to be more original, efficient, engaging, and more dynamic, as this is my idea that I came up with myself.

Also, while this story will have humorous moments like the last story, this one will be more concise and have fantasy elements (which is why this story is labeled in the fantasy genre); specifically elements of Greek Mythology with mentions of Greek Mythological sea monsters, the appearance of at least one or two of them, and a trip to Atlantis which is ruled by King Poseidon. Now I'm well aware that Spongebob and his friends went to Atlantis before, but this Atlantis is going to be set up differently. It's being stylized to represent the city of Atlantis that is told in Greek Mythology. There may also be references to one or two epic poems of Greek Mythos. And I chose Poseidon instead of Neptune because Poseidon is the Greek God of the Sea and Neptune is the Roman counterpart. I'm going to be doing more research in this story in regards to the Greek Myths. This story won't be one-dimensional like the previous story. Okay, the last story wasn't one dimensional, but this story will be more concise and ambitious by contrast, if you know what I mean.

This is because I felt disillusioned with the direction the other story went down. Aside from that, I was also influenced by the SVTFOE story 'Marco at a Crossroads', in terms of doing a story that incorporates Greek Mythology. Plus, I wanted to do something regarding Greek Mythos. I just didn't know how to go about it. But after giving it some thoughts, I finally decided to do it for this series.

Of course, I'm still going to incorporate elements that are typical for the series. I'm blending that in with the stuff that I've wanted to write about. Trust me, everyone. This story is going to be good.

Something else that I'm going to do differently with this story that isn't typical for adventure stories for this series that I've seen is this: I'm going to have Gary accompany Spongebob and his friends this time. I'm doing this because Gary hardly ever gets to join in on adventures and he's usually left out, with a few exceptions. I felt this would be a good change of pace, and I hope you feel the same way too.

One last thing that differentiates this story from the other one is that I've already written all the notes for this story ahead of time so I don't stress out about it. Yes indeed, I'm going to enjoy writing this story more than I did the previous one.

Well enough with my jibber jabber, I guess it's time to start the story. I'll have a couple more things to say at the end, but for now, enjoy the story, everyone!

Disclaimer: All the rights to Spongebob Squarepants belong to the late Stephen Hillenburg and the Nickelodeon Corporation.

IN THE CITY OF BIKINI BOTTOM:

It was a beautiful day in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. The sun was shining, the scallops were chirping away, and no natural disasters have struck the city of any kind. Yes, it seems that today was going to be an outstanding day for everyone.

In particular, we see that the square-shaped yellow sea sponge known as Spongebob was taking his beloved snail Gary for a walk at the Bikini Bottom Park. Spongebob wanted to do this with him because today was just so nice out, and he hardly ever gets to take him for a walk anymore since the snail normally doesn't go anywhere. Although the mollusk would have preferred to stay at home and watch those Westerns that he's so fond of, he decided not to argue with his owner, because he would have been forced to go outside anyway.

While Gary felt indifferent about this, Spongebob was breathing in the fresh ocean air. But what they didn't know was that they would stumble upon something that would change everything.

As soon as Spongebob took a deep breath, he decided to comment on this glorious day.

"Ah, this is such a wonderful day," he said. "Today's such a nice day for us to go outside for a bit, huh Gary?"

Gary only looked on with a bored look in his eyes as he moaned.

"Meow... (I guess it is. But I'd rather be back at home on a day like this...)"

"Now look Gary, I'm only doing this for your sake," Spongebob had to tell him. "You always sit around at home and watch TV. There are days where you need to get some fresh air, especially on a day like this. Besides, you never go out anywhere on your own anyway. So I felt that taking you for a simple walk in the park would be a good idea for both of us."

"Meow. Meow. (Well when you do put it that way, I guess you do have a point. So maybe this was a good idea.)" Gary reluctantly admitted.

"See. I told you you would agree with me," the sea sponge gleamed while gushing. "I'm doing everything I can for my little Gare-Bear."

Silence then clouded the two of them as they continued their walk. As they were doing so, Gary was in serious thought. As much as he loves his owner with all of his heart, there have been numerous upon numbers of occasions where the snail got frequently annoyed with the sponge's antics and had often seen him as some 'kelp for brains'. Sometimes, all of the nautical misadventures that Spongebob goes on irritates the snail to no end; be it playing with Patrick, constantly annoying Squidward who wants to be left alone, hanging out with Sandy and also doing everything to impress the squirrel, and even doing extra work at the Krusty Krab for no extra pay, courtesy of Mr. Krabs. Heck, there were even times where Plankton had tried to take advantage of the sponge's naivety, which proved to be bothersome. And then there was the time where he invaded his dreams, which he was quite displeased with. Needless to say, a snail can only put up with so much.

However, for all its worth, Gary had to admit that he couldn't have asked for a better owner than Spongebob. After all, he does appreciate the times where Spongebob had fed him, had given him snail treats to his likeness, and then there was that one time where the young sponge gave the snail a red rubber ball meant as a snail chew toy. Even though he went overboard with choosing the ball over his owner, it was still something that he appreciated as a gift, even though he came to his senses and abandoned the ball just so he can have his owner back.

Not to mention the fact that Spongebob makes some of the best Snail Po in all of Bikini Bottom and by extent, the entire ocean, by hand no less.

Even though Papa-Bob gets on my nerves on several occasions, I admit he's a good owner and I do love him. Gary thought to himself. Oh well, I guess this is what I needed to clear myself anyway.

Letting out a sigh, Gary decided to go along with it as the two of them continued their walk in the park.

After several more minutes of walking, the two of them found themselves at the edge of the park, which looks like the part that nobody goes down towards. It was then Spongebob was wondering what they should do now.

"Hmm, I wonder what we should do today, on a nice day like this," he was unsure of what they should do.

"Meow… (I have to wonder the same thing too…)" Gary muttered under his as he gazed up ahead in indifference.

Just then, his eyes burst wide open as he then caught something mysterious up ahead. It was big, it was oval-shaped, it was metallic, and most of all; it was yellow. This caught the snail's attention as he figured out exactly what he could do.

"Meow. Meow. (I know what I can do. I can go on over and do my business on that yellow obstacle that's right ahead of us.)" Gary proclaimed.

This got Spongebob to gasp. He didn't care about what he was referring to since he was oblivious to it. He cared more about how his snail wanted to do his stuff on public property.

"Gary the Snail," he started to berate him. "You should be ashamed for wanting to deface public property that belongs to Bikini Bottom. I won't allow you to do it."

Right after he finished, Spongebob crashed right into the yellow obstacle in question. Gary was fortunate enough to steer clear and slither around the obstacle. When his owner fell onto the ground, the snail gradually approached him.

"Meow? (Hey, are you okay Papa-Bob?)," the snail asked in concern.

"Oh…uh…I think so," Spongebob murmured as he placed his right hand on his head. "All I did was hit this foreign yellow object…"

As soon as he finished that, he shook his head and did a double-take. Indeed, right in front of him was the yellow obstacle that Gary spotted just recently. The obstacle looked mysterious as he had no idea what it was.

"Huh, well what do you know," the sponge scratched his head. "I wonder what this thing could be."

"Meow. (Maybe you should find out for yourself.)" Gary encouraged dryly.

"Great idea Gary," beamed Spongebob. "You think of everything!"

Gary then reacted by rolling his eyes and then delivering a blank look towards the screen. As he did that, Spongebob worked on cleaning everything off, removing all the seaweed and algae that was covering it, and dusting off all the residue that was covering it, which resulted from being there for who knows how long. Once it was all cleaned off, Spongebob was amazed to see what it was. The yellow obstacle was revealed to be a submarine. A yellow submarine to be exact and it looks like it still works.

As soon as he observed it closely, the sponge gleamed in amazement.

"Check it out Gary," he cheered. "We just stumbled upon a yellow space ship! I'm going to check it out."

As he opened the door, Gary approached him with a look of annoyance.

"Meow. (It's a submarine, not a space ship)," he deadpanned.

"Oh peeshaw Gare-Bear," Spongebob waved that off. "I know a space ship when I see one. Why, I've driven one of these babies at least a couple of times, like the time when Patrick and I rode in one and delivered Krabby Patties to the citizens of Bikini Bottom."

"Meow… (Whatever you say…)" Gary didn't seem to care as his owner entered the submarine. The snail slithered right on in afterwards.

Spongebob had stopped short once he entered the sub entirely. He couldn't help but admire its sheer beauty. Even though there were some technological features present, the interior looked very primitive. The inside of it was identical to those submarines that were used during World War I and World War II. His eyes glistened upon observing everything.

"Wow. I didn't think the inside of this ship looked so…ancient," Spongebob was intrigued. "But I have to wonder, what in the name of Davy Jones is this ship doing here in the first place? Only Neptune knows how long this has been here…"

As Spongebob was trying to think of a conclusion for the presence of the sub, Gary was slithering around the submarine to find anything else that stood out. It was then the little mollusk came across something on a nearby stand. Getting curious about this, the snail went over and climbed up the wall and got onto the stand and saw what it was up close. It was revealed to be a tablet; a stone tablet for that matter. There was writing on the front and it looked ancient. Feeling obligated to let his owner know about this, Gary then called out to Spongebob.

"Meow! Meow! (Hey Papa-Bob, get over here! I found something that looks important!)" Gary hollered.

"You did," Spongebob raised an eyebrow as the snail nodded. "What did you find?"

"Meow... (I'm not sure…)," was the response that he gave as Spongebob walked over to see what it was. When he got up close, he saw the stone tablet and noticed that there was writing on it.

"Why Gary, there's some writing on this tablet," Spongebob picked up the stone tablet and examined it. "I'm going to read what it says."

"Meow. Meow? (Oh joy. Humor me by reading it, will ya?)" The snail retorted.

Spongebob rolled his eyes at that as he then read what was on the tablet. The message written on the front said the following:

Αν η περιπέτεια είναι αυτό που ψάχνεις,

Στη συνέχεια, αυτό το δισκίο θα προσφέρει μια ανταμείβοντας θεραπεία.

Ένα ταξίδι στην Ατλαντίδα, που κυβέρνησε ο Ποσειδώνας,

Περιέχει το μυστήριο θρυλικό Χρυσή Τρίαινα.

Με τη δύναμη της αστραπής και της θάρρος της φωτιάς,

Η χρυσή τρίαινα μπορεί να δώσει την επιθυμία κάποιου.

Ο θρύλος είναι τόσο πραγματικός όσο ο βαθύς ωκεανός μπλε,

Όταν χρησιμοποιείται, η τρίαινα μπορεί να κάνει το όνειρο κάποιου να γίνει πραγματικότητα.

Ο βασιλιάς Ποσειδώνας θα βάλει ένα αποσβεστήρα σε αυτή την αναζήτηση,

Αλλά αξίζει να δημιουργηθεί μόνο η ευτυχία.

To say that the sea sponge was having trouble making out what the message said was an understatement. He was confused by this and he had no idea what he was reading.

"Gee Gare, I can't read what is written here," he scratched his head in confusion as he put the tablet on the stand. "I don't understand what this tablet says at all."

Gary rolled his eyes and decided to examine this for himself. When he looked at the tablet, he was bewildered. While he couldn't translate what it said to English, he at least knew what language it was written in.

"Meow. (It's written in Greek, Papa-Bob.)," he pointed out.

Spongebob gave him a blank stare for a second and then took it as a joke, as he started laughing.

"Dahahahaha! Oh, that's a good one. Gary, you should know that I can't read or speak Greek," he wiped a tear of laughter from his left eye.

I shouldn't be surprised. Gary thought as he gave his owner another blank stare.

"Still, I think this might explain why I can't make out what it says," Spongebob picked up the tablet again and scratched his head. "Say, Gary, do you have any idea what we should do about this?"

"Meow. Meow. (Well don't look at me. I can't translate that message to English.)" Gary protested.

"Yeah, that's true. I never gave you any Teaching a Snail How to Translate to English lessons," Spongebob then came to the perfect conclusion. "Well, I guess there's only one thing for us to do."

Without warning, he slammed the submarine door shut, and he then started activating the submarine's main controls as he was going to pilot it. This got Gary concerned as he wanted to know what this was about.

"Meow? (Uh, what are you doing?)" Gary inquired.

"Why I'm riding this baby to the Krusty Krab of course," Spongebob answered as if it was obvious. "I'm going to show that tablet to Mr. Krabs, to see if he can understand what is written on it."

"Meow. (I sadly doubt that will work)," Gary moaned before asking. "Meow? Meow! (In any case, how do you suppose on driving and piloting that submarine? You can't even drive a boat properly, let alone get your driver's license.)"

"No need to worry Gary. I can drive this thing better than a boat," Spongebob waved confidently. "I've driven something like this before. I can do it again."

He then pressed a button on the control panel, which caused the submarine to lift itself off the ground and was now floating in midair. It was then he pulled down the lever, and when he did, the submarine took off at such a fast speed. Both of them were trying to maintain themselves while moving at this pace. It didn't help that Spongebob was steering the wheel in all directions, causing the submarine to swerve back and forth, much to Gary's chagrin, and what he expected to happen. But he was more worried about the speed they were going at.

"Meow!? Meow! (Papa-Bob!? We're moving too fast!)," he meowed loudly.

"I know we are Gary," Spongebob shouted back in response. "But I can't get it to slow down!"

"Meow! (We're dead!)" Gary declared in a panicked tone.

"Now Gare-Bear, everything will be okay," Spongebob assured his little companion. "I hope…"

"Meow… (Right…)" Gary muttered under his breath.

Without another word, the two of them continued to ride in the yellow submarine that was swerving in all directions in the air. It was a good thing that it wasn't on the ground, and there were no boats in front of them this time. Still, one can only wonder how long it'll be until the sub crashes. Despite this, the sub was heading straight in the direction that the Krusty Krab was in. Boy, is Mr. Krabs going to be in for a treat with this one…

DOWN AT THE KRUSTY KRAB:

Meanwhile, at the eating establishment that is called the Krusty Krab, we see the boss who runs the restaurant; Eugene Krabs, sitting at the desk in his office, sniffing his money and minding his own business. It may be true that business was kinda slow today, and he did give his frycook the day off, but that doesn't change the fact that he took running this business seriously, along with all the funds and profits that they receive.

There was no doubt that the crab is very cheap and has been a cheapskate, but most of the money that he's saved up was used to keep this restaurant standing, along with getting the right condiments, products, tables and more. Now running a business like the Krusty Krab was no fun and games. It requires all the right tactics, strategies and hiring the right employees who will not ask for any extra payment…at least that's what it takes from Mr. Krabs' perspective. Otherwise, with the right kind of tweaking and the proper setup of the establishment, everything should run smoothly.

Hmm, hmm, hmm. I love the smell o' me money this early in the morning. Mr. Krabs thought in amusement as he sniffed his money for a few moments or so.

Unfortunately, the moment had to come to end when he heard three loud bangs coming from next door; in the kitchen. This got the crab perplexed as he wasn't expecting anyone to be in the kitchen.

"Huh, wonder what that could be," he queried himself. "I bet someone's causin' a ruckus again."

With that in mind, Mr. Krabs stormed right out of his office and right into the kitchen to see what was all that noise coming from.

Instantly, he burst right into the kitchen and demanded an answer.

"A'right, what in blazes is goin' on in here!?" He barked right on cue.

To his surprise, his eyes grew wide with shock at what was shown before him. The person behind the banging was none other than Patrick himself. The pink starfish was seen with three jars of mayo that he took off the shelf; one of which he already opened up and dug both of his hands into it. He had scooped up a good chunk of mayo and was playing around with it as if he was trying to make something out of it.

Upon realizing what those 3 bangs were, he wanted to know more about what Patrick was doing.

"Mother of Neptune! Patrick, what is the meanin' of this!? What do you think yer doin' boy," the crustacean yelled out. "What are ya doin' messin' round wit me condiments!?"

This got Patrick's attention as he looked up calmly to the crab that shouted at him.

"Oh, hi Mr. Krabs," he greeted as if he was at home. "Don't mind me. I'm just trying to make some of this mayo into an instrument."

"But do ya have to do it with me precious profits," Mr. Krabs could care less about what Patrick was doing with the mayo, as he was more worried about what he was messing with. "Those jars o' mayo cost me a fortune!"

"Whatever. Look, all I am doing is making this mayo into an instrument, like a kazoo or something," Patrick did not pay attention to what Mr. Krabs said as something occurred to the dimwitted starfish. "Hey by the way, would you happen to have any horseradish that I can use too since you are in here?"

Somehow, this managed to get the crustacean's blood to boil as he felt steam coming out of both sides of his head. Not only did Patrick not pay attention to what he said about his profits. He also wants to use some horseradish to make an instrument as well. It's bad enough that the simpleton starfish caused havoc inside and outside of his restaurant, but he had to draw the line when Patrick started wasting away his money. Indeed. The crab was planning on lashing out at him, and he was prepared to chew out the starfish right then and there.

And he would have too, if it weren't for the fact that a yellow submarine crashed right through the back door of the kitchen, getting both Mr. Krabs and Patrick to jump at the sight of it. They were wondering what the heck was up with this.

"Great Barrier Reef! What in barnacle's name is this," the old crab demanded once again.

"Is it a life vest?" Patrick asked in a stupid but innocent manner.

Right on cue, Spongebob bursts open the door and steps out, revealing himself in the process.

"It's me," he chimed. "Ahoy there, Mr. Krabs, and Patrick!"

"Hi Spongebob," Patrick chimed back enthusiastically.

"Okay," Mr. Krabs was more focused on the submarine before him. "Was it you who was ridin' this doohickey right into the Krusty Krab?"

"That's right and Gary's with me too," he told him as the snail slithered out. "We found this yellow sub down at the park today."

"Meow. (Actually, I found it.)" Gary corrected.

"That is cool," said Patrick. "I'm glad that you found another space ship, buddy."

"Me too," Spongebob agreed.

As Gary had a blank look in his eyes, Mr. Krabs was taking all of this in. He had recently gotten rid of those 37,000 pounds of decorative deep-sea rocks to customers for a price after a lot of struggle, and now he's gone and done this? This was the second time that Spongebob came in with a submarine-like this one. But right now, other priorities had to be settled. With that, he shook his head.

"A'right now boy-o, I don't care about the whole story behind this. But I don't want this sub o' yers to scare away me customers," Krabs ordered. "Now I'm orderin' you to get it out o' me restaurant post haste, on the double!"

"But Mr. Krabs, you haven't heard the best part," Spongebob brought up. "Gary and I also found something inside the sub."

"What the devil are ya goin' off about?" Mr. Krabs questioned.

"We found a tablet," he took it out and showed it to him. "It's a stone tablet."

He showed it to his boss and he tried making out the message, but he couldn't understand it.

"Uh boy-o, I know that you are usually up to yer dilly-dallies that ya call 'fun', but I can't understand what this says," the crustacean confessed.

"Meow. (That's because it's written in Greek.)" Gary answered simply.

Mr. Krabs understood that and took a closer look. No luck. The crab shook his head again.

"Listen Spongebob, I don't mean to put a damper on this, but I can't make out what it says in Greek." Mr. Krabs had to inform him.

"That's okay, captain. I can't either," said Spongebob. "If only there was someone we know that could read in Greek and translate it."

"OH! OH! I KNOW HOW TO READ GREEK!" Patrick announced merrily as he jumped up and down.

"You do," this came as a shocker to Spongebob, as he never knew Patrick could read in Greek.

"Yup, I do. Just one question though," he queried dumbly. "What the heck is Greek anyway?"

"Meow… (No surprise there...)" Gary retorted as the atmosphere soured up.

"Nematodes, I guess Patrick can't read in Greek after all," Spongebob snapped his fingers. "So if Patrick can't read, and neither can Mr. K, who in Bikini Bottom can understand Greek just enough to translate it to English? Hmmm…"

As Spongebob was thinking about how to solve this, Gary was doing a little thinking too. It was then Gary came up with a brilliant idea, of whom could have the writing translated to English not by reading, but by using a translator. The snail was about to share this with his owner.

"Meow! (Papa-Bob, I know someone who can translate it and be the perfect solution to this!)," the mollusk meowed.

"Really," Spongebob looked thoughtful as he faced his pet snail. "Who do you have in mind?"

Gary was just about to answer his question. But before he could, someone else entered the kitchen. That, someone, was revealed to be Sandy; Bikini Bottom's sole squirrel resident who lives in her treedome. It appears as though she had heard a disturbance from afar, and she decided to check it out.

"Howdy guys. I just heard a crash comin' from the Krusty Krab while I was headin' down this way, and I'm just wonderin' what's goin' on in here," Sandy told them. "Y'all sound like you're holdin' a rodeo or somethin'."

"Meow... (There's your answer...)" Gary gave his owner a look.

Suddenly, Spongebob lit up at how Sandy arrived just in time. Not only was he happy to see her, but he bet that she could help him with translating the message that's written in Greek into English. Excluding Plankton, when it comes to geniuses in Bikini Bottom who make inventions for certain occasions, Sandy was the right person to go to.

Unsurprisingly, the sponge rushed right on over to his squirrel friend.

"Sandy! I'm happy that you're here," he shouted cheerfully. "I got some big news for you! Gary and I found this yellow submarine in the Bikini Bottom Park while I was taking Gary for a walk."

"Ah, so that explains why there was a ruckus goin' on here," Sandy deduced. "Your new submarine was the thing that made a hole in the wall."

"Yes it did, and that's not all," Spongebob had the stone tablet with him and showed it to her. "Gary and I also found this tablet inside the submarine that's written in Greek, and we would like to have some help with knowing what it says in English."

It was then that Sandy was started putting the pieces together as to what Spongebob wanted from her. It didn't take a genius to figure that one out.

"So, lemme see if I'm able to understand this," Sandy started to inquire. "Y'all want me to translate what this tablet says in Greek to English, is that correct?"

"Yes," Spongebob was a little over-excited when he said that, as he was very gleeful by this. This got the squirrel to smile.

"Well Spongebob, ah must inform ya that I can't read in Greek," Sandy then took out what appeared to be a translator device. "But with the aid of my translator device that I keep on hand at all times, I'll be able to find out what it says in English."

"That's what I was hoping you'd do Sandy," whooped Spongebob. "You know, you are a brilliant squirrel, Sandy. You never cease to impress me."

"Aw shucks Spongebob," Sandy was flattered by that comment as she blushed faintly.

"A'right! Out with it lassie," Mr. Krabs demanded. "Use that translator doohickey so we can see what that tablet says in English, pronto!"

"Oh! Oh! I wanna see what it says too," Patrick was also excited to find out what it says in English.

"Meow. (Let's get this over with.)" Gary let out a sigh, as he just wanted to know the translation already.

"Alright y'all, I'll do it," the squirrel told them. "Just gimme a minute to activate this translator and I'll translate your tablet lickity split."

Sandy then worked on turning on the translator for them, which was booting up while Spongebob, Patrick, Gary, and Mr. Krabs all gathered around her to see what the translation will be.

As soon as it was turned on, the squirrel held the device out and pointed the screen lens right over the stone tablet. She then pressed a button that scanned the Greek writing and proceeded on translating it. After the procedure was completed, Sandy saw the translation.

"Okay, guys. The translation has been completed. Y'all ready to hear the English translation," she has to ask them, which resulted in all four of them to nod. "Alright, here it is."

And she proceeded to read the translation that was shown. This is what she read to them:

If adventure is what you're looking for,

Then this tablet will offer a rewarding treatment.

A trip to Atlantis, ruled by Neptune,

It contains the mysterious legendary Golden Triune.

With the power of lightning and the courage of fire,

The Golden Trident can give one's wish.

The legend is as real as the deep blue ocean,

When used, the trident can make one's dream come true.

King Neptune will put a damper on this quest,

But only happiness is worth creating.

Once she finished reading it, Mr. Krabs suddenly got tense and was shocked by what was mentioned. Just the mention of 'Golden Trident' alone got him thinking to himself.

Call it a captain's intuition, but did Spongebob's squirrel friend just mention the Golden Trident? The old crab thought. I swear on me only mother's grave that I've heard all about the tales surrounding the legendary Golden Trident!

As he remained in thought, the others were all intrigued but perplexed by the English translation.

"Hey Sandy, did the translation just mention something about a Golden Trident?" Spongebob was the first to ask.

"And Atlantis?" Patrick questioned afterwards.

"Meow? (And King Neptune?)" Gary inquired as well.

"Yes. But hold up there folks," Sandy spoke up. "That's just a rough translation. This is the correct translation for the message. And it's written like a riddle too. I'll read it to y'all."

And she proceeded to read the correct translation of the riddle to all of them. This is what the final translation said:

If adventure is what thou seek,

Then this tablet will offer a rewarding treat.

A trip to Atlantis, ruled by Poseidon,

Which contains the mystical legendary Golden Trident.

With the power of lightning and audacity of fire,

The golden trident can grant anyone's desire.

The legend is as real as the deep ocean blue,

When used, the trident can make anyone's dream come true.

King Poseidon will put a damper on this quest,

But it'll be worth creating nothing but happiness.

As soon as she finished reading the riddle, Mr. Krabs decided to speak up after giving it some thought.

"Uh excuse me, lassie," he started. "I just wanna confirm it, but didn't ya mention somethin' about the 'Golden Trident'?"

"That I did," she nodded, confirming it to be true.

"Davy Jones' Locker! I've heard all about the legends of the Golden Trident," Mr. Krabs revealed. "According to all the sea tales I've been told, the legendary Golden Trident resides in the city of Atlantis. And it's under the rein and protection of King Poseidon himself. It is often considered to be the most powerful object to have ever hit the seven seas."

"Exactly," Sandy agreed with what Mr. Krabs revealed. "And based on how I interpret the riddle provided, the Golden Trident is capable of granting anyone's biggest desires and happiness."

"Wow. That is impressive," Spongebob pondered. "But I've got a question: why did one of the translations mention King Neptune when Atlantis is ruled by King Poseidon?"

"Well ya see Spongebob, the rough translation ended up identifying Poseidon as Neptune for some crazy reason," explained Sandy. "Not to mention both of them are called the God of the Sea."

"She's right boy-o, and from the tales I've been told back in my heyday, King Neptune is the Roman equivalent of King Poseidon; the Greek God of the Sea." Mr. Krabs added to her explanation.

"I see. I'm still impressed by this," Spongebob mused dreamily. "If I were to use that Golden Trident, I could peace and happiness to everyone in Bikini Bottom."

"Bah forget all that boy-o," Mr. Krabs barked before getting excited. "With that Golden Trident, I could use it to get all the riches that I could ask fer! I can see it already; gold, doubloons, jewels, diamonds, treasure, all the money that could find its way into the pockets of Eugene Krabs! Don't ya get it, lad? I've hit the motherload with this discovery!"

"Why that's not the only thing it could be used for you know," Sandy jumped in. "Wit that trident, ah could use it to come up with some new ideas for inventions that I've been sketchin' out lately, and it could make them a reality. Ah will also use it to aid in an invention I've been plannin' fer awhile, which could help wit makin' a potion or a pill; one that'll allow all of y'all sea critters to breathe on dry land without dryin' up."

"That would be amazing Sandy," Spongebob mused at the thought of that happening, and some other stuff popped into his mind that he didn't feel like sharing.

"Yeah, I like how this trident thingy works," Patrick whooped as he had an idea too. "Maybe if I get that giant gold fork, I could…uh…Oh, that's right! I could use it to get all of the ice creams that I could get, and I'll be able to wish up all of the flavors that exist in the ocean! It'll be just like a genie! I can taste those ice cream flavors already."

"Meow. (Well, now that I think of it, it would be pretty interesting to see that trident up close for myself.)" Gary comments about the Golden Trident as well.

"It sure would be interesting to see, Gare-Bear," the sponge responded. "And your wish is cool too, Patrick."

"Uh-huh," Patrick nodded stupidly, thinking that the Golden Trident was comparable to a genie.

"Well, what are we waitin' fer," Mr. Krabs had decided on their next course of action. "Let's get packin' and set sail fer Atlantis!"

"Wait a minute," Spongebob had to bring up an important fact. "You guys remember the last time we went to Atlantis, don't you? Isn't the way into Atlantis closed off from the last visit we made there?"

"That may be true Spongebob," Sandy was the one to answer. "But if ya found something as peculiar as a yellow submarine and a stone tablet with a riddle leadin' to Atlantis, then there must be an explanation for all of this."

"All the more reason fer us to shove off to the city o' Atlantis," the crustacean announced. "Congratulations Spongebob and Patrick. You two will be a part o' me crew fer this expedition. Consider this a special type of promotion."

"Hooray," the sponge and starfish cheered simultaneously.

"Did you hear Patrick," Spongebob was so psyched. "We get to go on another adventure together!"

"Yeah, I'm so excited, I can feel my skin tingling," Patrick was hyped up about the trip too.

"Well ah hope ya have room for one more Mr. Krabs because you can make that four people headin' to Atlantis," Sandy announced. "I reckon that I'm goin' wit y'all on this adventure yer goin' on."

Upon hearing that did Spongebob suddenly becomes even more overjoyed. He was already happy to be a part of Mr. Krabs' crew with Patrick, but having Sandy tag along with them was even more worth the trip. Truth be told, Spongebob has had a crush on Sandy for the longest time, for as long as he can remember at least. This has something to do with the fact that he always admired her, be it how they always practiced with karate, her ingenious ideas, and how she always makes things that much more fun for him. Not to mention Sandy was always there for Spongebob whenever he needed her, and he continuously looks up to her for help. On top of all that, he found the squirrel to be quite attractive whenever he enters her treedome and she's wearing nothing but a bikini. All of this has been going on since he first met her.

Just the thought of that caused him to blush slightly at the thought.

Fortunately, he shook off that naughty thought and he expressed his gratitude for her invitation.

"Sandy, I'm glad that you decided to join the crew and come along for the ride," he told her sincerely.

"Well yah know, it wouldn't be as fun without me," Sandy said playfully while chuckling.

"Exactly," the sponge smirked.

"O' course yer can join our crew lassie," Mr. Krabs was all for having her aboard. "As they say; the more the merrier!"

Spongebob nodded in agreement before he paused for a moment, turning his attention to his pet snail.

"Which reminds me," he then told his snail. "Gary, you are coming along with us for the quest too."

"Meow? (Do I have to?)" Gary was not expecting this. He didn't think his owner would have got him wrapped up in this.

"Yes, Gare. And I mean it too," Spongebob stood firm. "I never get to bring my Gare-Bear on adventures, because as we talked about earlier, you usually stay at home and watch TV. You miss out on all the fun that I go through with my friends. And besides, you weren't with us the last time we went to Atlantis. So I want you to be able to check out Atlantis for yourself."

Gary was pretty reluctant with wanting to go on this trip. He just wanted to go back home and watch TV. However, as he recalled, his owner has a point, given that he never gets to go on adventures with him or any of his friends. Combine this with how Spongebob would constantly pester him about this and it wouldn't be worth staying at home. Therefore, the snail decided to suck it up.

"Meow. Meow. (Very well, I'll go on this adventure with you guys. But only because I could use some amusement right about now.)," he gave in to his request.

"Now that's the ticket Gary," Spongebob gleamed. "Welcome aboard the crew Gare."

"Meow… (Of course…)" Gary sighed in defeat.

Then unexpectedly, Squidward Tentacles had entered the kitchen. The light blue octopus was right outside the kitchen in the boat that the cash register was in, and he was reading up on a story that he was checking out in his magazine. He didn't pay attention to anything they were talking about (he didn't care anyway), but it had finally caused him to break his concentration and lose focus on the article he was reading. Now he deserved some clarification behind the chatter in the kitchen.

"Alright, what's going on in here," he demanded. "I can't concentrate on the story I was reading with the lot of you yapping away."

"Hey, Squidward! You'll never guess what Gary and I found," Spongebob turned his attention to his octopus neighbor. "We found this yellow submarine in the park nearby when we were going for a walk, and we found a stone tablet inside the sub that was in Greek but Sandy translated it to English! We discovered that the tablet directs us straight to Atlantis where the Golden Trident is located! And Patrick, Gary, Mr. Krabs, Sandy and I are all heading out to Atlantis on a quest! How does that sound?"

"Why that sounds fascinating," a hint of sarcasm dripped from his tone before it changed to a nonchalant voice. "Good for you. Whatever."

"Hey Squidward, since we are just about to head out, why don't you come along with us for the ride," the sponge offered. "It'll be a lot of fun having you aboard on all of this!"

"Hard pass," Squidward abruptly declined. "It just so happens that I've got better things to do than to go on a trip to Atlantis. Besides, I'm not interested."

Spongebob was a little disappointed with how Squidward rejected the proposal. But he decided to accept his decision and not pester him about it. As such, he shrugged his shoulders.

"Okay. Suit yourself, Squidward," Spongebob went with it as Squidward turned around and started to walk out of the kitchen. "It's a shame too. You are going to miss out on all the fun, and you're gonna miss out on the opportunity of a lifetime. You won't be able to see the Golden Trident, which can be used to make anyone's biggest desires a reality."

Suddenly, this got Squidward to come to a complete stop, doing a double check on what Spongebob just revealed to him.

"Anything…I'd desire…?" Squidward wondered to himself as he started thinking about what the Golden Trident could bring him.

All of a sudden, Squidward started to have a fantasy, which showed him using the Golden Trident to bring forth an art museum that's entirely dedicated to himself. All the sculptures and paintings were depictions of Squidward in various styles and cultures. There were also poems that Squidward wrote himself that were on display. Then there were the classical compositions that were on plaques that the octopus wrote meant to be played on the clarinet. And speaking of the clarinet, there was also classical music being played on a clarinet he created himself. Yes, the entire museum was heavily Squidward themed as it was everything Squidward could desire, along with the residents of Bikini Bottom taking a liking to it and the museum becoming excessively popular.

As soon as the fantasy was done being depicted, Squidward was shown sighing happy, as he couldn't help but imagine all of his biggest dreams coming true. All because of the magic work of a Golden Trident, that was located in Atlantis. He had to get it. He needed to use it to make this happen.

But of course, he snapped right out of his thoughts as Spongebob gave his partings.

"Well, we're off Squidward. We'll see you later," this got Squidward to swiftly turn his head to see the five of them already entering the yellow submarine, and without him. In one quick movement, Squidward appropriately reacted.

"Wait, stop!" Squidward shouted, getting them to halt in their tracks as he approached them.

"I have given it some thought, and I've changed my mind," he insisted. "I'll be willing to join you boobs on this trip to Atlantis, but only because I can already taste that art museum that I'm going to get when I use that Golden Trident."

"Alright Squidward, I knew that you would reconsider," Spongebob was happy to see that Squidward was willing to join them after all. "Welcome to the pack Squiddy."

"Meow. (Glad to have you along for the ride, Squidbrain.)" Gary couldn't help but make a retort Squidward joining them.

"I heard that," the grouchy cephalopod bellowed at the mollusk.

"Meow. (Whatever.)" Gary would have shrugged his shoulder if he could, but instead, he gave him a dull look.

"A'right me buckos, since this matter has been settled, I demand all of ya to get into this sub so we can get this show on the road," Mr. Krabs commanded. "We are all makin' course fer Atlantis immediately since that's where we shall be headin' fer."

Without any arguing, all six of them gradually entered the submarine as Mr. Krabs was planning on piloting the sub to Atlantis, which is located within the Atlantic Ocean. Because Bikini Bottom was located in the Pacific Ocean, they were going to do quite a bit of traveling before they reach Atlantis. It didn't bother most of them though. It just meant that it would be worth finally getting to the Golden Trident and using it, assuming that they figure out a way to negotiate with King Poseidon when he finds out about them.

As soon as they were in the sub, the door was closed behind them, and Mr. Krabs operated the sub, piloting it like a sailor's ship.

"I can't believe this is happening," the young sea sponge was eager to set sail. "We're going on a trip back to Atlantis."

"Yeah, I can't believe it either," Squidward said dully.

"I bet that trident thing tastes like ice cream," the pink starfish commented. "I wonder what flavor ice cream it is."

"I don't think that the trident tastes like ice cream," Sandy corrected. "But in any case, I'm glad we're all goin' on this quest together. I'm especially glad to be accompanying ya, Spongebob."

"Oh Sandy, I couldn't have agreed more," Spongebob chimed.

"Meow. (I guess this won't be too bad, Papa-Bob.)" Gary meowed.

"You bet it won't be, Gary," the sponge told his snail. "Not only that, but this is also going to be fun."

"A'righty, is everyone ready to set sail in the submarine?" Mr. Krabs had to ask.

"Ready," everyone chimed in unison, including Squidward.

"Meow. (Ready.)," the snail repeated what the others said.

"Then let's man the lifeboats! All ashore that's goin' to shore," the crustacean declared. "Let's shove off!"

The submarine was lifted off the ground and was floating in midair again. Then with Mr. Krabs' good ship steering skills, the submarine left the restaurant and made a direct course to Atlantis. Before they completely left the vicinity, Spongebob had one question that he had to ask his boss.

"Hey Mr. K," he started to inquire. "Will everything be okay down here at the Krusty Krab?"

"Oh, I wouldn't worry about that one, laddie. Everything should be fine with me eating establishment," the crab assured his frycook. "And besides, it not like any whippersnapper is goin' ter break-in, nor was anyone spyin' on anything that we just discussed amongst each other."

"Yeah, you're probably right," Spongebob shrugged and sat down.

"Of course I'm right, me boy," Mr. Krabs told him.

Then the submarine took off and was completely out of sight. Their trek back to Atlantis was now underway…

RIGHT NEARBY – AT THE CHUM BUCKET:

Unbeknownst to them, someone was spying on them ala long spying telescope. That someone, in particular, was none other than Plankton. The little one-eyed dark green critter may have missed the part where the group mentioned the Golden Trident, but he spied on them long enough to see them take off. Even though he didn't know anything about the Golden Trident and its powers (yet), he did see their departure as an advantage to him. Walking through his domain; the Chum Bucket, Plankton started talking about what he just saw.

"Did you see that? Karen did you see what I just saw," he started boasting in excitement. "Those boobs left the Krusty Krab unguarded without any defenses or security checks watching over it! We're in the clear baby! This gives me the perfect opportunity to make off with the Krabby Patty Secret Formula once and for all, since no one's watching over it!"

Of course, Karen saw a flaw in that plan, since being the computer she is, she wasn't stupid. There were several occasions where Karen was irritated or annoyed with some of Plankton's lamebrain schemes of trying to make off with the secret formula to the Krabby Patties. Sometimes she has to wonder how she can put up with her tiny husband anyway. Regardless, she was willing to informing him about the problem behind that.

"Uh excuse me? Mr. Genius? Have you forgotten about something," she queried, with heavy sarcasm leaking when she called him 'Mr. Genius'.

"What's wrong this time, dear," Plankton didn't know what she was talking about.

"The last time Krabs left the Krusty Krab unguarded like this, he took the formula with him," Karen pointed out the facts. "And that was when Spongebob was still around. Even though they all left this time, it's likely that Krabs still took the formula with him so there wouldn't be any problems with his restaurant."

Undoubtedly, this got the little plankton enraged and frustrated with his wife. It's not fair. Every time he comes up with what he considers a brilliant scheme, Karen is always there to nag him, and to inform him of all the flaws that exist with his plans. It's as if she was programmed to supposedly bring his hopes down…all the time. That alone was a good reason for him to be frustrated. Plankton also has to wonder why he is willing to put up with his nag of a computer wife all the time. Gritting his teeth, Plankton expressed himself.

"Oh for clam's sake! You just have to bring down my enthusiasm, do you," Plankton snapped at her expectedly. "I'm telling you, Karen, you always get a kick at ruining all the fun that comes with my ingenious schemes!"

"I'm just telling you the truth, Sheldon, and maybe if you were to listen to me every once in a while, your plans wouldn't end in disaster." Karen fired back, calling him by his first name.

"Whatever. Just forget it," Plankton dismissed. "I'll just improvise by coming up with another plan."

"Oh wow, this I look forward to hearing," the computer said dryly. "Just what plan do you have in mind this time?"

"It's simple," Plankton ignored her sarcasm. "I'm just going to follow that yellow submarine that those fools are riding in, and head to the same location that they are heading for…where ever it is they're going to."

"Right and just how would you know where Eugene Krabs is going exactly?" Karen queried.

"Well, let's just say that I manage to plant a tracking device on that cheapskate a while back." Plankton told her confidently while folding his tiny arms.

It's true. Quite some time ago, Plankton had planted a tracking device on the back of the old crab when he was trying to steal the formula. Of course, like all his other attempts, it ended in a bust. However, it wasn't a complete failure, for he did successfully plant that device on him, and Mr. Krabs was entirely oblivious to it. This has something to do with how tiny the device was and it was barely noticeable by anyone without the use of a microscope. And it seems that the timing for doing that couldn't have come at a better time. Now Mr. Krabs and his crew were heading to Neptune knows where, and Plankton was going to be able to follow after them.

"Oh, well it seems that you've done something right for once," she had to admit, Plankton did something useful by putting that device on the crab without him noticing.

"You darn right it is Karen," Plankton then made it official. "Alright, it's final! I'm going to be going after those fools in that sub they are riding in, and you are coming with me, Karen!"

"Wow, you want me to go with you? Oh, gee, what do you need me for," Karen had a feeling as to why her husband was bringing her along. "Do you need me to come along with you so I can provide you with information, directions, and the likes?"

Plankton had a look of shock in his face for a minute with what Karen was implying. He looked like his only wife had caught a computer virus or needed to be defragged of some malfunctions.

"What are you talking about Karen," he expressed his surprise. "I'm bringing you along because you are my computer wife, and I do love you, and you mean the world to me."

It was at that moment where Karen felt a smile building up in her motherboard. She genuinely felt appreciative of her husband and what he said about her. Of course, she would have expressed her happiness…if it wasn't for the next comment Plankton gave to her.

"But I'm mostly bringing you along so you can provide me with information, directions, yadda yadda yadda."

Wow. Way to ruin a happy moment between us, why don't you Plankton? Karen was horridly displeased with Plankton suddenly being a jerk again.

"Oh goodie, what a surprise," you could hear slight venom in her tone that was as dry as a bone. "You certainly are something, you know that Sheldon?"

"Of course I am honey buns. Anyway, enough with the chitchat," Plankton ignored her tone and declared. "Let's get to work! Karen, I command you to prepare the Chum Ship that we are going to ride in just so we can follow after that sub!"

Right then and there, Karen had all the gals building up in her circuit and mainframe to protest and decline Plankton's orders. Nonetheless, she decides not to escalate things further and she obliged with his commands like he had programmed her for.

"Yes, master," Karen got to work on getting the Chum Ship all set for the two of them to ride in after that sub.

It took quite a bit of time for preparation to take place, but eventually, everything was all set. The Chum Ship was fueled up and everything was a go. The striking characteristic of the Chum Ship was that it looked like a miniature version of the Chum Bucket; being shaped like a bucket, but without the giant hand on top of the handle. There was a giant window on the front, and the abbreviations for Chum Bucket; C.B. was shown in big letters on the front. But the most shocking display was the rocket boosters on the back and the bottom. It was fit enough for both Plankton and Karen to ride in, and that's all that matters.

Plankton was in awe at the ship in front of him and was proud of being able to use it for this occasion. Turning to his computer wife, he decided to ask for the update.

"Alright Karen, is everything in check like I asked for," the plankton questioned her.

"Yes sir," the computer replied accordingly. "Everything is a go and ready to launch."

"Perfect," he praised her for a second before shouting. "LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD!"

Plankton and Karen stormed right into the Chum Ship and they started to get the ship activated and prepared for take-off.

In a matter of seconds, the roof to the Chum Bucket opened up automatically as the Chum Ship flew out of the opened roof and was soaring off. The roof did close up once the ship emerged from the inside, however.

Plankton was shown controlling the ship in his tiny seat while the radar that was installed was booted up and was being used to go after Mr. Krabs and his crew. This was done while Karen was right behind him, making sure everything is going smoothly and they were making a course for the yellow submarine. As Karen was taking in everything that was possibly in store for them, Plankton was shown musing about the possibility of succeeding for once.

"Heh heh heh, this is it, Karen," said Plankton. "We are finally making some progress. I can always feel the secret formula in the palm of my hands. Victory shall be mine!"

As Plankton let out his trademark evil laugh, Karen couldn't help but roll her pixilated eyes at that. Regardless, Plankton was looking forward to getting the Krabby Patty Secret Formula, for real this time.

But what Plankton was unaware of was that there was something bigger that was going on, and there was another secret regarding the trek that Spongebob and his pals were on and the purpose behind it. Plankton was in the dark about the Golden Trident for the time being, but he will learn about the legend behind it and its powers. And when he does, it'll change everything for better or worse, and Plankton will become even more determined than he is right now.

And thus, the trek to the city of Atlantis was getting underway. Indeed. This new adventure that Spongebob, Patrick, Gary, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, and Sandy are going on, as well as the plan that Plankton and Karen were aiming for accomplishing, was just the beginning for all of them...

END OF CHAPTER 1…

Yup, that's it for this chapter. I think I did a good job with this chapter. I felt more comfortable with creating this chapter than I did with the previous story. Still, I hope you enjoyed this chapter too, everyone!

Now first and foremost, this might seems slow to a couple of people, as there are not that many Greek Mythology elements, but I assure you; the future chapters will make up for that. This is just the beginning.

To some of you who may be wondering, I'm going to answer you right now; no, this isn't a direct sequel to Atlantis Squarepantis. Although there is a reference that they went to Atlantis before, the city of Atlantis going to be depicted differently, to fit the legendary city of Atlantis as it's told in Greek legends. I hope that I cleared this up by informing you of this.

Also, I decided on having Mr. Krabs know about the legends of the Golden Trident, based on the vast amount of sea tales that he was told in his youthful adult days. Now, this actually would make sense considering that Mr. Krabs has been around for ages, and he was once in the navy, where he probably heard about sea tales from his navy pals, and even his captain. This gives another side to him that isn't just about having a fetish for money. This characteristic of Mr. Krabs that I'm giving him for this story will be expanded upon in the next chapter.

And another thing that I should inform you all on, the stone tablet with that riddle I wanted to have it written in Greek as a puzzle. I did this because this story is going to be involving Greek Mythology, and I thought that it would make sense for it to be in Greek so there could be a puzzle behind it. This is also why I'm having Poseidon rule Atlantis instead of Neptune because Poseidon is the Greek God of the Sea, while Neptune is the Roman God of the Sea. There's also the fact that King Neptune in the series (NOT the movie) bears a strong resemblance to King Poseidon himself. Combine this with the fact that Neptune resides in Atlantis as shown in 'Neptune's Spatula', and the fact that the episode 'The Clash of Triton' shows him with a wife called Amphitrite and a son called Triton; along with how Amphitrite and Triton are the wife and son of Poseidon, you can understand why I am doing this.

Something else that I should clue you all in on is that one of the only similarities this story has with the previous story is that all of the elements here are going to be done in a way that makes enough sense for everyone to understand it. I don't want this story to become a bunch of written nonsense since that's not the intention. I want to throw that out there as well.

One last thing that I'd like to bring up with you all; I'm aiming at making this story at least 8 to 9 chapters at the most because I want this story to be longer than the previous one. A lot of the elements in this story will be flowing through it, and there will be some hints of Spongebob x Sandy [Spandy] in later chapters (those won't distract from the Mythos that'll be included though). With all this said, I hope you get a kick out of this story and look forward to the incoming chapters.

Now I've already told you guys that I have all the notes written out, so I know exactly how I want this story to go; from beginning to end. However, that doesn't mean that I don't appreciate any help or advice that you may want to provide for me with this story. So if any of you have suggestions or whatever that you want me to incorporate in this story, feel free to do so by leaving the suggestions in the reviews.

Outside of that, constructive criticism is also allowed. If you guys have any criticism that has to do with the story (and is constructive), I encourage you to do so. If there aren't any problems with this chapter, then you can leave a review and let me know how much you like this story.

Another thing I'm encouraging this time around is for readers to add this story to their favorites and follow this story too. If you want to add this to your favorite stories and/or follow this story, you are more than welcome to do so. It would make me proud to see how many people support this story and I would gladly appreciate those that do.

Otherwise, that's all that I have for now. The trek to Atlantis will be shown in the next chapter, with Mr. Krabs showing and displaying how he's knowledgeable on all the sea tales, Plankton will learn of the Golden Trident and make a change in his plan, and some other stuff will be featured too. You'll have to wait to see it for yourself. So until the next chapter, I hope you look forward to the future chapters and thank you for reading this chapter!