Author's note: Alright guys, I have decided to upload some of the chapters that I have already written, as for the rest of the story, I still have to write up the endings, one each for Chaos, Tech and Kai and then another one to finish this story off but I have writers block for what I want to do for these chapters, I got some of Kai's written but I don't know where to go from what I have.
Anyhow, to make up for the long wait, enjoy a larger upload then usual, you will be getting three chapters today, maybe more if I can.
The disclaimer is in the first chapter and a reminder for you guys. I only own Kai, Tech and Chaos, who will be making a cameo in the next chapter, enjoy!
Having heard a lot about puzzles from her co-workers and having to solve a few herself when she went to Dire Grove, it only took Kai a few seconds to work out the puzzle that she had found on her way in, giving her a door handle that she put into her bag.
"I'm glad that I packed my most comfortable and sturdiest boots." Kai said as she looked at the staircase in front of her, seeing the castle in the distance. "I have a lot of walking to do."
She noticed that the King and Queen statues were missing something from their hands. "It looks like I'll be coming back here later, their is still something to find here."
After much walking later, Kai came to a stop in front of a fountain that had sparklies coming from it.
"Another item that I need." The teen said, taking her gloves off and rolling up the sleeves of her coat and the hoodie that she was wearing underneath it and wrapping waterproof bandages around her scarred left wrist after removing her bracelet and putting it in her subspace pocket. "And it has to be in water." After a few seconds of debating about it she wrapped both of her hands and wrists in the stuff. "Better safe then sorry." Kai muttered. "I can't have my gloves on all the time and with all of the briars around here, this is the next best thing, especially if I have to handle small items and do delicate work."
She shivered, despite the fact that she was wearing her usual t-shirt, a thick, long sleeved version of her usual sleeveless hoodie, a warm overcoat, a thick scarf, gloves, socks, her warmest jeans that were easy to move in and her most comfortable and sturdiest boots. "I should be warm but why am I feeling so cold?" She asked herself, she then shook her head. "I can't think about that right now. I have an item to find." She plunged her hands into the water, to search for the pieces of the item that she was looking for, trying not to cringe over the fact that she did not know what would be inside of it.
She finished piecing together what looked like half of a Sun Emblem. "That wasn't as bad as I thought it would be." Kai said as she replaced her gloves and pulled her sleeves down. She then placed it into her bag. "Now, where do I go? One door is locked and I need some sort of Emblem to open it and the other way is through a gateway, the only way forward for now is by going through the gateway."
She shifted her bag and headed through the gateway, to an area of the courtyard that had a strange circle of symbols on the ground, a swing set with a doll on and in the distance she saw what looked like a bell tower.
As soon as Kai had taken a few steps the circle lit up and a woman appeared. She introduced herself as Briar Rose and told Kai that she meant no harm, she then explained why the briars were growing again, her curse had returned and to break it, Kai had to find a way to wake her up but it wasn't going to be that easy, the Evil Godmother had returned and was in the castle. She then asked Kai to follow her and walked in the direction of the bell tower before she disappeared.
Kai sighed before she tested the swing to see if it was stable enough to sit on. It was and Kai sat down on it, thinking over about what had just happened to her.
"So, in order to complete my investigation here, I need to wake up Briar Rose and stop this Evil Godmother." She said before she yawned. "Now, I know why Chaos is so exhausted when she gets back from a case." Kai dug out a blanket and a pillow from her bag and got herself comfortable. "I need to sleep, I can't collapse from exhaustion in the middle of solving this case, that would be bad. A few hours won't hurt anyone."
She yawned again and fell asleep on the swing.
