Sabrina wasted couple more minutes playing in the leaves before getting tired. after contemplating both directions, she headed upwards. There, on a small column, was a bowl of candy. Sabrina smiled as she looked at the sign that said 'Please only take one'. After slipping s piece in her pocket, she trotted out of the room an went down the corridor.
In the next room, there were a series of spots that looked weaker than the rest of the floor. She fell through one and ended up on a bed of red leaves. The girl crawled back through the whole and continued on. Sabrina had just entered the next room when her phone rang.
"Liebling, out of curiosity which do you prefer, cinnamon or butterscotch?"
"Uh, butterscotch I guess," Sabrina replied, a little weirded out by the random question.
"Thank you" The old women said cheerfully before promptly hanging up.
Just as Sabrina was about to explore the room further, her phone rang. Again.
"Hello, just to know, you don't dislike cinnamon do you?"
"I like cinnamon too," The orphan said.
"Okay, I won't bother you anymore,"
Sabrina wandered over to the sign, which read 'Three out of four rocks recommend you push them' she rolled her eyes before returning to the center of the room. In front of her was a medium sized rock and then a large button in the ground. Beyond that was a row of spikes and a doorway. She pushed the rock, but before it could hit the button, an odd creature approached her.
It looked like a bug, with a round body, sad eyes and two small wings. It whispered something that sounded like 'Whimsun' as it fluttered about.
"Look, I don't want to fight you" Sabrina said, and the small monster flew off, leaving three coins in it's wake. The girl pocketed the money, then returned to her task. She walked over the now-deactivated spikes into the next room. In front of her was bunch of weak-spots like in the previous room. She stepped carefully on the floor, and promptly fell through. Under the room lay a bunch of leaves and a single sign that read 'Don't step on the leaves'
Helpful Sabrina thought bitterly as she made her way back up. Five tries later, the girl was seriously considering calling Granny Relda to come and walk her through this labyrinth. Don't step on the leaves, don't step on the leaves, what did that even mean?
She smiled as she thought of an idea. The girl carefully memorized the path that cut the the leaves, that went back up to the room. There, Sabrina slowly replicated the path and didn't fall through. When she got to the other side, the blonde did a victory dance. Take that weirdos who make stupid puzzles to confuse people!
She walked triumphantly to the next room, surveying the scene before her. There were three grey rocks and several feet in front of them, were buttons in the ground. Behind that was a river with a bridge of spikes. Sabrina traipsed over to the nearest button, when a weird jello-like monster slid into her path.
It had no features, just a blob of jiggly black goo that looked like something you'd dig out of a trashcan. The orphan, not really knowing what to do, imitated it's wiggling movements. The blob seemed to approve, somehow, and slunk away leaving more money behind it. What was it with monsters leaving money when she defeated them?
Sabrina shrugged and went back to the rocks. Just as she was about to lay her hands on the last rock, it spoke up saying;
"Whoa there partner"
The girl blinked. The rock could talk. It didn't even have a mouth. It had a southern accent, when there wasn't even a south down here.
"Who said you could push me around?"
"Could you just, like move a little?" Sabrina asked in a dazed voice.
"HMM? You're asking me to over? Alright, just for you pumpkin." The sentient stone said, shifting forward a bit.
"Could you scootch over a little extra?" The orphan asked.
"You want me to move some more? Alrighty, how's this?" The rock replied, moving to the left.
"Not that way," Sabrina said, struggling to keep the annoyance out of her voice.
"That was the wrong direction? Okay, think I got it," The mineral said cheerfully, moving onto the button.
Sabrina let out a sigh of relief and went to cross the bridge. The rock then decided to slide back off the button, allowing the spikes do rise back up.
"Do you mind?" The girl snapped, whirling to face the stone
"You wanted me to stay there? You're giving me a real workout." The mineral complained, shifting back onto the button. Sabrina marched forward, keeping an eye on the button in case it decided to move again. She crossed the bridge quickly and finally exited the room.
Sabrina glanced around the sparse room. All that was there was a table with a wedge of cheese on it and a mouse hole. When she crossed over to the table, the girl found the dairy product was stuck to the table.
The thought of the mouse coming out to eat the cheese made Sabrina smile though.