An isolated burial tomb stands in an obscure portion of desert, surrounded by harsh, swirling sands. It had the shape of a trapezoidal prism; like a pyramid cut from the side halfway up.

Three friends stood near the front entrance of the burial tomb; a Braixen, a Frogadier and a Quilladin. They were readying themselves to enter, but the inevitable question that had to be asked is, "Why?"

"Because it's there!" Kate the Braixen asserted her voice as she looked up at the tomb with confidence.

"Because there might be treasure," Cordon the Frogadier said while he rubbed his webbed hands together.

"Because it's a great place to start our first adventure!" Xis the Quilladin exclaimed with a large smile on his face.

"You'd think a grassland would be perfect for a first time adventure," Cordon said while shrugging and putting his hands out.

"Yeah, but we just have to take what we can get," Xis replied.

After the conversation had finished, Kate decided to move on to finally start the exploration.

"I think it's time to get this show on the road," Kate said as she took her first steps towards the old building. "Let's go." She beckoned for her friends to follow and flank behind her.

The front entrance was open and unguarded, which wasn't practical as it would send a formal invitation to thieves. However, it was good for Kate, Cordon and Xis, as they did not have to find a secret entrance using some sort of inane method.

As the trio peered into the burial tomb from the entrance, they could see that the interior was surprisingly well lit. There was a long corridor that extended for several meters, lined with evenly spaced torches on both of the sandstone brick walls. It looked disarmingly safe.

"Looks perfectly safe to me!" Xis said as he recklessly ran through the entrance and through the corridor, causing Kate to panic.

"No! Wait!" she wailed as she outstretched her arm out with futility.

But it was too late. Xis was already doomed to his fate... of reaching the end of the corridor completely intact. Not a single trap was sprung.

Kate let out a sigh of relief, while Cordon was indifferent. He had been like that the whole time, as if he didn't really care of what happened. Kate then ran through the corridor as quickly as she could, thinking that the speed would prevent any secret traps to trigger that were yet to be sprung. But that was disproved by Cordon; he just casually walked through the corridor, without a worry.

Cordon caught up with Xis and Kate while they were panting, silently and casually dropping a wave as he walked by.

"I wanted you to wait... because I wanted to go in first..." Kate wheezed in between pants.

"Sorry... I couldn't contain my excitement..." Xis said as he wiped a bead of sweat off his face. After recovering for a bit, the two met up with Cordon and looked around the room that they were in.

They were now in a rectangular room that was twice as wide as the corridor. From floor to ceiling were old, yellowed stone bricks that gave off a musty smell. The interior in general had that sort of atmosphere much like that of the burial tombs from the Earth country starting with the letter 'E'.

On the side opposite from the corridor were three open passageways; each was decorated with a color motif. The left one was red, the center one was blue and the right one was green. Everyone knew how this was going to pan out, so Cordon started taking the initiative.

"Well, see ya," he waved goodbye as he headed towards the blue passageway.

"Wait! I'm not ready yet!" Kate called out as she rushed towards the red passageway.

"So we're really going to split up?" Xis asked his friends as he made his way to the green passageway and looked over to the others. He felt rather concerned.

"Well there's three doors, and there's three of us, so..." he stated his reasoning.

"But who'll be there when a trap comes for you?"

"We'll be fine, Xis," Kate assured him with a smile. "I can guarantee that we'll be all back together in one piece."

After mulling it over for a little bit, Xis accepted her guarantee. He nodded at Kate and looked up ahead at his passageway with optimistic confidence.

"We'll enter when I say so," Kate said as she stuck out three digits of her paws. She then began counting down.

"3... 2... 1... Go!"

At the moment Kate said "Go!", the three headed deeper into their respective passageways.


AN: All of the passageways are now available to read! Which one will you choose first?