I have not written an Underland fic in about six months. I deleted my other one because there was no way that I was ever going to do anything with it. But I hated the thought of not trying one last time to write a good Underland story so I have decided to write this. I haven't read these books in over a year so right now Wikipedia is the only thing helping me.
Gregor and the Hidden Prophecies
Chapter 1
"You should be quiet." Gregor whispered. "You don't want to get caught."
Lizzie jumped. "Gr-Gregor?"
"Yes?"
Lizzie turned to face her brother. She was standing in kitchen, getting batteries and flashlights. "Are you going to tell?"
Gregor lifted up his own backpack. "What do you think?"
The eight year old smiled. "So you're going too?"
Gregor nodded. "Ready?"
"You're going to let me go?"
Gregor shrugged. "We'll have to go back home eventually but…for now, sure."
"Can we take boots?"
Gregor closed his eyes. "I don't think we should. Mom would flip."
"Yeah but she's going to get upset that we didn't take her." Lizzie warned.
The boy sighed. "I know but we shouldn't take her."
"It's not fair Gregor!"
"Lizzie-"
"It's not fair!"
"Okay, okay, shut up. I'll take her. Happy?"
"Yes."
The boy sighed, walking back into the bedroom where his youngest sister slept. It was hard going into that room, knowing that his grandmother had slept in that room before she past. It had been six months now since the 12 year old had been to the Underland. Now that his grandmother had passed, they were going to be moving in two weeks. Gregor wanted to go back to the Underland one last time before he was forced to put it into his past forever.
"Boots." The boy whispered, picking up his sister. "Boots."
Boots opened her eyes slowly. "Breakfast?"
"No." Gregor walked out of the room carrying her. He walked into the living room, where his other sister was waiting for him. "Ready?"
Lizzie took a deep breath before nodding. "Yes."
Gregor opened the front door, backpack on his back, Boots in his arms, with Lizzie following. Should he be doing this? Things were so hard in now for his mom. Them leaving could kill her…not that he cared. She knew where he wanted to be but she kept him here. This was pay back. They walked to the washroom and Gregor sat Boots down. Gregor had pulled back the grate that his mother had nailed down yesterday. He had been planning for a long time to do this. It wasn't until her heard Lizzie, the quiet, afraid, one willing to do it that he forced himself to go. Gregor stuck his in and looked down. His hair moved as the currents traveled downward.
He looked at his sister. "I'll go first."
Lizzie nodded. "Okay."
Gregor picked up the toddler and jumped down the grate, his eight-year-old sister right behind him. So started their descent into the Underland. After the fall ended and they landed on the ground, Gregor looked around.
"Gregor?"
"Yeah Liz?"
"You do know the way…don't you?"
"Of course." Gregor closed his eyes and clicked his tongue. The sound waves bounced off the tunnel walls. He had been practicing his echolocation since he left. Part of him knew that he would come back eventually and know why was he going to let Ripred get him cornered in a dark room. "Don't you know?"
"No! Can we just go?"
"Yeah." Gregor started walking as Lizzie started to look in her bag for a flashlight.
"Wait up Gregor!"
The boy sighed, waiting for his sister. Lizzie glared at him, slightly angry at him. Gregor smiled at her. "Sorry. I'm in a hurry."
"Why? We'll probably be down her for awhile."
"What makes you say that?" Gregor was truly just making conversation.
"Mom will probably know that we came down here but Dad may not let her come get us."
Gregor shook his head. "I bet that by tomorrow, we'll be home and grounded."
"I don't get grounded!"
"Yet."
The eight year old sighed. "Are you…scared?"
"Of what?"
"Moving."
Gregor thought for a moment before speaking. "No, not scared. Do I want to move? No but what choice do we have?"
"Well…we can refuse to go back home! They can't force us!"
Gregor was shocked by his sisters' sudden rebelliousness. It was a trait that he didn't realize his sister had. "That wouldn't be right Liz."
"Yeah. I know. But I don't want to leave!"
The boy shook his head. "Let's just stop talking about it and have a good day to day."
"Fine."
"Gregor." Boots yawned. "We eat?"
"No. Maybe we can when we get to Regalia." Gregor smiled. "Maybe you can even see Temp. You remember Temp."
"Yes! We see Temp."
Gregor chuckled a little at Boots eagerness. "I'll talk to Luxa about it. And, of course, we'll see Hazard too."
"And Ripred!" Lizzie added.
Gregor sighed, like he didn't want to see the rat. "I suppose we could…"
"Of course we will! Or I will at least. He'll probably get mad at you for not practicing your echolocation."
"I have to practiced!"
"Sure Gregor." He sister said with a smile. "Isn't it weird that we haven't seen anyone yet?"
"Nah, they're probably all busy." Gregor said with a forced laugh. It was weird. He figured that he would at least see a scout of something but he saw no one. He tried to shake the feeling that something was wrong but he couldn't. Did something happen? Or was he just being paranoid?
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