I'll be posting new chapters as regularly as possible. For now, here's Chapter 1.
[size=20]Chapter 1[/size]
[size=12]Gemma clambered through the hole. There seemed to be nothing but inky blackness.
She continued regardless, and eventually bumped intoU A door, which seemed to be wooden. Strange. Not exactly the kind of thing you\d find in a burrow. The burrow itself was odd enough, though. It felt relatively spacious, and didn\t smell at all musty. It\s not exactly normal to come across a hole you could fit through, either. A muffled voice drifted through the door. It sounded female, and quite gentle. This was just the beginning.
The door suddenly opened, and something came out. It seemed fairly human, but simultaneously not. The creature was no taller than a 13-year-old, judging by the height of its eyes, which were huge. The pupils of them nearly filled the iris, giving them an almost cartoonish appearance. The same voice from behind the door spoke again.
]Who are you?^
Gemma was dumbstruck. It could talk. And in English, no less. She stammered.
]Frightened?^ The creature enquired.
]N-no. I\m not.^ Gemma lied.
The thing laughed.
]Well, you certainly seem like you are.^
]Anyway,^ The creature continued, ]Back to business. Who are you and why are you here?^
Gemma calmed down a little. ]My name\s Gemma. I think I\m lost and I can\t find my way home. I was looking for somewhere to sleep.^
]Lost, huh? We could give you a bed for the night, if you want.^
]Thank you.^
]I\ll take that as a yes.^ She then yelled back through the door. ]Darkfire!^
]Yes, miss?^
Another creature rushed through, even stranger than the last. This new creature\s voice sounded male and adult, but quite high pitched, and he was tiny - he only seemed to come up to the other\s chest. The eyes, however, were yet more bizarre. They were vivid green, had vertical, slitted pupils and shone in what little light there was, like a cat\sU But extremely large.
]Darkfire, fix the human a room. And quit calling me miss.^
]But it sounds professional, miss!^
]Professional? Maybe. Annoying? Definitely. Stop it.^
]Sorry m-^ Darkfire stopped suddenly. ^Sorry.^ He scuttled off, back through the door.
Gemma was confused. ]What are you? What\s your name?^
]You\ll find that out soon enough, and my name\s Murena.^ The first creature replied.
]Pretty name.^
]Common name.^
Gemma found herself the most confused she\d felt in her life.
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