Previously: I am finally exploring the world in ages. The last chapter was covered up in a ride of emotions between me and Leo and now he is about to get killed.
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Leo puts his head back quickly and touches his cheeks.
"What's happening!?"
His face had a terrified look. I analyse my surrounding and pull Leo's sword out of his side belt.
"What are you doing?" Leo shouts in panic as I guard him.
(If his chubby cheeks were targeted. Then it surely means someone has their eyes on this carriage or more specifically Leo.)
I grab the door and slam it open followed by Leo's sudden screeching noise.
(Seriously.. when will he start behaving like a Duke?)
I get out of the carriage slowly and wait for a moment for the culprit to show up or pull out any attacks on me.
....
(That's it, enough waiting. The culprit must be invisible so I have to figure his location myself.)
I inhale a deep breath then I start swinging the sword like a professional sword master.
"Heyah! Huwah! Come out filthy robbers. I am going to take your life today!"
After swinging the sword for quite a few time. I stop my performance and stand in place, waiting for the robbers to show up.
"Why is this place so silent?" I ask in a frustrated tone.
Leo climbs down from the carriage and stands beside me. His eyes also interrogating the place.
"If there is nothing here then where did that arrow come from?" Leo asks as my eyes wonder off to the next carriage.
(It's been so quite over there even after I showed such marvelous sword skills. At least Clara would have shouted, knowing her personality.)
I step towards the deserted carriage and my voice echoes.
"Oldy! Clara! Are you guys there?"
I open the door and a danger alert goes in my head.
(It's empty.. where are they?)
I quickly shift my head towards Leo to inform him and...
"Leo?"
Pure silence covers up the atmosphere. Not a living being could be seen anywhere. Everyone was gone and I was the only one left in the middle of the forest.
(This is so irritating, I can never understand fantasy novel logic. But I have to find them no matter what, they should be somewhere in the forest right?)
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Fog covers up the Ozone layer of the forest. The sun is already taking leave from it's work and going home, same applies to the birds. Except for one wo(man), who is still searching for his comrades in this deep forest.
"Clara! Oldy! Leo~"
I can barely keep my balance while I walk through the forest. My face is filled with mud and my body is leaning on a stick. My shoes almost torn as exhaustness fill my body.
(Why do bad things keep happening to me!?)
[Flashback]
First I fall down a bush while searching for others and roll down to the ground. Then a wild boar chases me and I fall inside the river.
Then a monkey steals my shoe and I have to chase the monkey for 1 hour. Then a stick fall on top of my head and I grab the stick and get my shoe back.
[End of colourful visuals]
(I seriously think this world has some serious map issues. How is it possible for everything to look the same?!)
I walk like a disabled person followed by a loud growling sound that comes from my own stomach.
"I'm hungry" I cry and rub my stomach with one hand.
(Wish there was a candy house like Hansel and Gretel.)
Suddenly a misty delicious smell spread among the air and tingles my nostril.
....
"Is that chocolate?"
I drop the stick from my hand and start flying, following the sent, which moves like a snake.
(Now I know why Tom went flying when he smelled food.)
My body keeps flying while my legs and arms hang in the air. My eyes drowsy or like I am being hypnotized.
My view leaves the conjusted forest and enters an empty ground which was circled around with trees.
Saliva drips from my mouth at the given side.
(That looks delicious!)
A small house was presented in front of me that was covered in cookies and chocolates. The glass was made with sugar syrup hardening and the walls were made of fudge cake.
I finally stand on the ground, my gaze still fixed on the house as I wobble my way across the distance.
(Yummy food~)
I go ahead and start chomping down the cake walls but my face becomes confused.
(Why is it not coming off?)
I bite harder into the cake wall, which makes an unpleasant sound.
(Aren't fudge cakes supposed to be soft?)
The noise increases with my chomping followed by a door opening sound.
"Scarlet?"
I stop my biting by hearing the familiar sound and turn back to see Leo, Clara, Oldy and others standing in front of me accompanied by an old lady.
(Why are there so many old ladies here.)
"Leo?" I speak in a sleepy tone.
"Why are you eating the wall?" Leo asks.
I raise my eyebrows in confusion.
"Wall? But I'm eating a cake." My eyes were halfway from closing it's lids.
"What are you saying? That's not a cake-"
Suddenly My whole world starts spinning and Leo's words come to my ears as nothing more but gibberish.
I blink several times to get my vision right but it only makes it worse.
(I don't know why but is it Leo or a roasted Turkey speaking?)
I rub my eyes to get a proper view.
(No that's a Turkey.)
My mouth drips a waterfall again as I jump on the turkey and start biting it's wings aka arms.
"Ouch! Let go"
(Why is the Turkey making noise?)
I raise my head and look at the Turkey who had Leo's head attached to it's body.
"Leo Turkey?"
I tilt my head as the hybrid Turkey shouts.
"Why are you biting me!?"
My head snaps from the day dreaming process and a view of me on top of Leo is presented as a result of it.
Leo struggles to get out as I scratch my head.
"Ummm..what are you doing here? And where is my Turkey?"
Leo let's out of groan of frustration as the strange lady comes forward.
"You must be hungry dear, come get some food inside the house."
I look up at the old woman and scream in amusement.
"Aren't you the witch of Hansel and Gretel!?"
Leo pushes me off and sits up, rubbing his arms.
"What are you saying? this lady helped us when we were lost."
"Oh"
I look at the old lady then stand up as everyone starts moving towards the small house.
(I am pretty sure that's the lady from a fairy tale.)
I take a last look at the forest while moving inside and an uneasy feeling spreads across my body.
(Somehow I don't feel good.)
.....
A view of a small family dinner is seen, where oldy slurps his tea, Clara eating potatoes, Leo being a meal himself I mean reading his book.
Background characters being what they are and me being unstable both mentally and physically as I drink some weird purple soup.
(Not gonna lie the soup tastes delicious even if it looks like a garbage.)
The round table was filled with different kind of foods while the weird lady was washing dishes.
"By the way I've been meaning to ask you guys that, how did you guys get lost? didn't you all disappear out of nowhere."
The whole table glares at me as I have just asked if they had parents or not.
(Haha, they look quite intimidating.)
Suddenly Leo stands up from his royal looking chair and gives me a weird look.
"Tch!"
(Tch? Did he just-)
"You're voice is too annoying."
"Excuse me sir, what-" I look at Leo as he leaves followed by the others.
(Why did their behaviour become so weird?)
I scratch my head again and suddenly the view behind me crushes down like puzzle pieces and behind those puzzles of morning reveals a night sky.
(Wait it was night all along!?)
My mouth flings open and my eyes desperately search for a living being around me. When a realisation hits my head for the millionth time.
(Come to think of it, when Leo and others got kidnapped it was almost evening and it's been a few hours since then. So how can it suddenly be morning?)
I stand up and run towards the exit only to find a balcony.
(What is actually happening?)
My eyes freez in time, the balcony was really high. I look around to see nothing but a high edge tower now.
(When did I get transmigrated into tangled?)
In a blink of moment, my head gets hit by something and my vision becomes dark, just to wake up inside the same carriage I was riding before.
(Was that a dream?)
To be continued