A Pandas Instinct
Chapter One:
Discovery
It was a warm fall day when I stumbled over this tree root. I'd been walking through the woods absent-mindedly, thinking about the dream last night.
As I fell to the ground I saw...something shimmer on the forest floor.
This fall would change my life in ways I couldn't possibly imagine.
I landed with a painful thud but got up quickly, more interested in the shimmering object ahead of me. I fell to my knees to examine the mysterious object more closely. To my surprise, it was a necklace.
It had a jagged, oval shaped stone held by a strip of metal twisted around the top to hold it in place. This was attached to a silver charm with what looked like two hands between some kind of shape that could have been an arrow engraved in to it. This was on a silver chain that was also twisty and complicated. I gently touched the stone with my pointer finger.
The stone glowed a cloudy dark blue. As sudden as the glow had come, it faded away. I picked up the necklace and swung it so the stone was pointing down.
It began in a flash of light.
In the midst of where I was sitting, I saw a green light that seemed come from nowhere, like I had cut a hole through thin air.
I cautiously reached to touch it and as my fingers met with the tare, they went through. I stuck my head through, to find on the other side was some kind of stone ruins surrounded by odd green mist.
At this point I was so compelled I forgot were the other half of my body was. I leaned forward, and of course, there had to be a rock right in front of my foot. So, obviously I fell through the tare like a dolt. I grimaced at the pain in my leg.
Looking up at the tare, I didn't think it was at all in my reach.
I thought if anyone or anything I lived here (even though I wasn't sure why they would want to) they might think I was trespassing, and the thought of being trapped here got my adrenaline pumping. I slipped behind one of the vast stone pillars, out of sight.
For now?