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Chapter Two

What is the use of a book with no pictures or conversations?

I was still falling. What was the deal with this hole, anyway? Did it go to China? I tried to grab a chair on the way down, but it literally threw me off it. I saw a light coming towards me. I covered my eyes, preparing myself for impact. Surely, at this rate, I was going to die. But, as I thought this, I felt myself slowing. Slowing so much, it felt like I was merely drifting down a calm stream. I opened my eyes and looked down. I could see the red and black tiled floor, and I could see muddy paw prints. My feet had barely touched the floor before I broke into a run, following the prints.

"Kaori!" I shouted. I got an answer, but not from her. I heard evil giggling. You know, like in those scary movies where there's a little girl who giggles and ends up killing people? That kind of giggle. I whipped around and saw nothing. I looked in every direction possible, but there was no scary, victim-stabbing girl. There was only a table, a door, and a mouse hole.

"Hello?" I called. My voice echoed around the room. The same evil giggle.

"Lost, hominid?" A girl's voice asked me in a sweet yet terrifying voice.

"Uh, kind of. Have you seen my sister? A big, white wolf has her and we really need to go."

"Are you frightened?" I scanned the room again, but found nothing.

"For my sister, yes. Also, I don't know where I am, so yes again."

"You know, Akamaru isn't the scariest being in this place."

"Akamaru?"

"He's also a dog, not a wolf."

"That thing was a dog?"

"Yes. But, sadly, I must leave now. The queen is getting restless and requests me presence. Have fun dying, hominid." One more shrill, girly laugh and the voice was gone. I looked around again and approached the door. It had one of those old-fashioned handle knockers and eyes. The eyes were shut and I heard... Breathing? The door was breathing... I grabbed the knocker and knocked.

"Jesus, knock my teeth out, why don't ya?" The door shouted, it's eyes opening.

"You talk!" I shouted, startled.

"Yeah, I can hear, too. I don't appreciate you shouting in my ear, thank you." The door said quite angrily.

"I'm sorry, you just startled me." I said, clutching my necklace. It's eyes went back to their lazy state, where they were only half open. It yawned and looked at me.

"What do you want, anyway? Why disturb me from my nap?"

"I-I...Have you seen.. Akamaru?" I asked. He door snorted.

"Of course I've seen Akamaru. Who can't see him, that beast... Why do you ask?"

"Well, he has my sister."

"That little pink thing?" I nodded. "I let them through, why?"

"Because I need my sister back. You see, our mother will be terribly worried if we don't return." The door laughed.

"Good luck getting her back. Akamaru grabs people for a reason. Most people may not know the reason, but he always has a reason."

"Well, can you let me through?" I asked. I heard laughter. It sounded like it came from about four people. I turned and saw nothing. Surprise, surprise...

"I can't just let you through. You must be crazy. You have to find your own way in, or find my key. But, considering Akamaru took the key, you're out of luck."

"Oh... Well, thank you anyway." The door rolled it's eyes.

"Good luck, hominid." With that, the door shut it's eyes and was snoring in seconds. I sighed and walked in the other direction. That's when I noticed a little glass bottle on the table. I grabbed it and examined.

"Drink me?" I asked out loud. The bottle was full of a dangerous-looking red liquid. I sighed. I might as well. I pulled out the cork and the liquid hissed. I took a deep breath and drank the liquid. Instantly, my body felt cold. Incredibly cold, like I had just taken an ice bath. The room started spinning, and I fell to my knees. My head started throbbing, so I covered my ears and shut my eyes.

I opened them when the room stopped spinning. Only, the room had gotten bigger. I stood up and looked around. Everything was bigger, even the mouse hole. So was the mouse that came out. It had sharp teeth and saliva dripping as it came at me.

"Oh Jesus!" I shouted and ran. It was chasing me, quickly gaining.

"Hominid, go in it's hole!" The door shouted. I don't know why I listened, but I did. I ran into the mouse's hole and kept running. Though I was completely enveloped in darkness, I didn't care. I kept running, expecting to run into a wall or a dead end. I heard the mouse behind me, so I stopped and pressed myself against the wall. It stopped and sniffed. I heard it scamper away. I sighed and continued running. I saw a little light approaching me. Safety! I continued running until I burst out of the mouse hole and into a beautiful garden. There were roses and lilies as far as my eyes could see. There were also dandelions, tulips, chrysanthemums, bleeding hearts, and every other flower I had ever seen. I walked among the flowers, feeling a little better.

That is, until I was smacked so hard I was sent to the ground. I spit out dirt and turned around. There was a leaf waving in the slight breeze. I stood up and it went for me again. I dodged it this time and broke into a run. Many leaves and roots after that tried to stop me. They whipped me, tripped me, smacked me, and tried to make me fall. I fell a few times, but I did a somersault and was running again.

Soon, I was out of the flowers and in an empty field. The sky was very dark gray, like it would start thundering any minute. What was this place?


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