Bewitching The Beast

ales from

were stuck in a cabin out in the woods. The

er will come back?" murmured Valerie a

. "Our phones are dying and we're in our grandparent's cabin in the middle of the woods an

. Mom and dad are going to kill us

not like we've never been

ister was talking about, V

was never

" she said, rolling her eyes. "Really, you should pay more attention on detail

No need to rub salt on the wound, si

walked to her sister. "It'

never saw

ticeable," Valerie

key is here

from her black hair. "Good luck wit

doubt. "Like you know how

h me

own twin sister, worked with the pins, biting on her lower lip in concentrat

hen,

p in surprise

ust pure

chest open. Violet pointed the beam of the emergency light

turning away. "This is going

opped her, pulling at he

picked up one of the leather-bound books on top and opened

at the randomly opened page. "W

mind already racing with excitement. She turned to

us to devour," Violet said, the excitement in her voice dying, but she slump

o far away, there lived a place that lived in the past," she started to read a

fairytale book written b

light from Violet's hand. "Well, since we

ion. "Fine. Since we're both so busy, anyway, why not?" Her

Its Founders called it The Town. Mayhap they had forgotten to name it

xpand it and build a country in it. But centuries later today, peopl

" Violet interrupted. "The

ryly. "It's a story, Ve

xistence. No one above questioned the existence of thousands of scattered giant holes with high walls, or of the many hidden passages heavily guarded by the Town's Pass

Town's destruction. A common understanding existed still today: Those aboveground shall let The T

ne would think it is like fifty years ago or something. Just look

stration. "I can read t

just

interr

Violet

st of them without knowledge of the existence

. Such parks or woods had holes above them. The Townspeople could bask in the sunlight, experience snow and rain, watch the stars and even hear faint nois

ivileged by fate or misfortune and they all kept their adventures aboveground a secret. Those who knew of the passages were forbidden by the Lea

an or feel the breeze. Some knew there was a way out of the Town, while some had no idea at

the list went on. The world aboveground was but a mere illusion to the people below. It was a passing fancy that would cross a scullery maid's mind from time to time, or fill the dreams of a po

livable and save in the event of natural and human threats. Buildings were erected, water

and service people alike

o. They lived in a place frozen in time, a time long considered by the p

y anything about dragons or elves or anything. It speaks of normal people living hundreds of feet belowground. And things are quite pos

y. It can be

ut

t into our grandmother's chest. This is getting interesting,"

to tell-stories of love, adventures and mysteries; of handsome and not-so-handsome lords; of beauti