A/N: Did not have internet for the longest while, but i have escaped purgatory. I expect uploads to be much swifter now. And i can get back to writing the story.. hehehe
"Mom, I'll be home by 11 o'clock," Kagome called over her shoulder as she slipped on her comfortable loafers, she knew better than to wear heel when sh was basically a bull in a china shop when it came to her level of clumsy. Her mom had given her the go ahead to celebrate graduating with her friends tonight. They were going to a club, her first one and hopefully now that she was legal, she'd get to experience more.
"Okay, be safe." Her mom replied from the vicinity of the kitchen.
Skipping down the three steps outside her front door, Kagome felt herself being tugged towards the old well house. It was where her grandfather could be found many a time praying for his family and their future, She felt a tear roll down her cheek at the thought, her grandfather was no longer around. She had hoped that he would make it to see her graduate, but he had passed on a few months earlier. She opened the door and leaned against the well,
"Well, Jiji, I did it, Just like you said I would. I really wish you could have seen it for yourself."
With a sigh, Kagome peered over the lip of the well, staring into the darkness below. Then she saw a twinkle, she though her eyes were deceiving her until she saw the twinkle again. Her thoughts forgotten, she decided to climb down to find out what was at the bottom of her old dried up well, it would be neat if it had suddenly started collecting water again.
Climbing carefully down the inside of the well, the rocks worn smooth from collection of water over years past made it slightly difficult, she was very glad she had forgone the heels. Just as she had that thought, a loafer slipped off her foot and n her surprise, she slipped. Her lipped formed a small 'o' of surprise as weightlessness filled her consciousness for a few moments before she landed hard on her side.
"Augh." She groaned, that was going to leave a mark.
She tried to move her head and felt a wave of dizziness swamp her. 'Maybe I fell harder than I thought, I'll just wait for a few minutes before I try to move again,' she thought. Five minutes later, she rolled to her feet, pulled on her lost loafer and started to climb up the well, by the time she got to the top, she had broken a sweat, She sprawled over the lip attempting to catch her breath before lugging the rest of her body over the edge. She landed on something soft and took gulping breaths of air. When she had steadied herself, she decided to look what she had landed on and was surprised to see lush green grass. Her mind wasn't fully processing this information as yet when she looked up and instead of seeing the four walls of the well house, she saw a large meadow of grass that ended abruptly where tall trees glided across the land.
'Okay, this is a really vivid dream,' she thought as she chuckled nervously. 'Okay, let's explore this dreamworld'. She got to her feet and promptly stubbed her toes against the side of the well, as pain shot through her foot, so did the realization that this was not a dream as people do not feel pain in dreams. Presently her mind went into overdrive, the well was real and present, meaning that this might be some weird alternate reality or judging from the surroundings, a different point in time.
'Think Kagome', the first thing to do would be find people, someone to explain where or when she was. She rallied her courage and squared her shoulders and walked towards the section of the forest that seemed the thinnest, there she discovered a slightly overgrown footpath and followed it diligently.
