Month: December 2020

The bubbling sound drew nearer from the right. “We have to go to the left,” said Jade, “But just to be safe, we should make sure it cannot reach us. Lumira, if you could close up both overhead and the right corridor.” “Yessir,” Lumira said and she started waving her arms around just enough to look impressive and finally raised the palms of her hand as if to signal the ceiling that it shouldn’t even try falling on them this time. “Done.”  “Follow me,” said Jade and she led the party into the left corridor, making sure to stick to…

“Did you hear that?” Iratus whispered to the others, “I recognize that voice! That’s Jade!” “Oh, no!” gasped Acantha. They heard a thump right in front of them and then they saw Jade fall from above. “Hiya guys!” she said cheerfully, ignoring the droning voice that shouted at her from above.  Jade had jumped off the bridge and had landed in an open hallway leading into a cave. Her friends were holding on to the wall for dear life. Jade frowned, but quickly skidded over and pressed herself to the wall as her friends were doing. “Ya’ll left me!” she…

Jade felt a lot better now that she did not have a drowning body. There was the icy tunnel that she knew from what Morpheus had shown her. It was cold, but in a pleasant way, it reminded her of home. Her true home. A light welcomed her and she smiled at it. Finally, she was at peace. But then she chocked and started coughing, retching and she fought for air. She water seeped from her mouth and tiny bits and pieces that were not water. Her head was throbbing and she opened her hurting eyes. It was warm, but…

Jade stepped onto a wooden platform. It reminded her of the town square in the desert Truepath settlement, except this was in a jungle, high up in the trees and with cats. Pamu stood next to a wooden building with a leafy roof. Jade waited for Morn, Iratus and Acantha to join them on the platform and together they walked into the building. Inside the sat eight cats, large and small, striped and spotted, only two of them looked exactly alike. So much so, that Jade guessed they were brethren. Pamu, who was the smallest among his fellow cats, took…