Thread:Abbykurle/@comment-33999335-20180520125803/@comment-30921738-20180602004757

(sorry jaiden if i ruined your plans with that secret encounter, but the mysterious creature only told the serpent where everyone was)

Akurle looked up at Buttons, who was looking quite nervous and distracted. "Are we close?"

"Yes." He was eying the trees suspicously. Suddenly he said "Wait! Stop."

Akurle stopped dead in her tracks. "What is it?"

Buttons sniffed the air. Having a better nose, Akurle did the same. She could smell something rotten and dead. Mr. Buttons wrinkled his nose in disgust.

"There is a monster that lives around here. Be careful, it could still be nearby."

"I thought you said this place was safe?" Akurle questioned.

"It is. The monster cannot touch salt, and my shelter is right along the ocean."

"Ocean? You mean we are are on an island?

Mr. Buttons nodded. "Now hurry." Akurle didn't respond and headed where the fat cat pointed. After a few minutes, she saw where the stink was coming from. A few paces away, there was a rotting, torn up carcass of some sort of animal. Blood was splattered all over the grass, and flied swarmed over the dead body. Akurle wrinkled her nose and hirried past it.

In no time, they had reached the shore. It was a short, steep cliff that headed down into the ocean. One part of the shore sloped down enough for someone to reach a path of rocks in the water leading to a small cave entrance on side of the cliff. The beginning of the stone path had a willow tree on each side, with leaves hanging down and covering it, making it well hidden. The cave itself had vines covering it.

"How do you keep monsters away? Not to be rude, but it is pretty easy to get to."

"First off, there are several large monsters that live nearby, and not many creatures go near them. The monsters cannot touch salt, and there is plenty of that in the water. Second, I have a few traps near the cave entrance."

Akurle stopped. "Traps?"

"Yeah. Don't worry though, they are pretty easy to avoid if you're smart. Now, hurry up!"

Akurle nodded and walked through the willow trees and onto the stone path. She Jumped from each rock to another, water from the coean spraying her. She jumped up into the cave.

Akurle looked ahead and saw a dead end. The walls were lined with cracks. Akurle pounded on the wall, but it was solid and didn't sound hollow.

"Now what? This is a dead end." She said, looking around for a way to get past.

"It is." Buttons jumped down and stuck his claw in a crack on the left wall. He pushed his claw backward, and a section of the wall slid away. Inside was a long tunnel with light on the other end.

"Nice." Akurle walked in and noticed how thick the sliding door was. That would be impossible to break. Buttons waited until everyone was inside before closing the stone door.

Akurle went down the tunnel and found herself in a large room. It was lined with stalactites. On the left side, a river passed through, and on the far side of the wall, there were a few shelves carved into the wall with bottles of liquid and herbs placed in them. There was also a rolled up peice of paper. On the right side, there were a few more shelves stuffed with berries, meat, stone bowls and a pile of dried leaves and moss on the floor as a bed. Glowing crystals stuck out of the ceiling and walls, lighting up the whole cave.

Akurle gaped, lost for words. Buttons gave up waiting for her and hauled Jetleap onto the moss himself. By the time he had started grabbing dried herbs and bowls of water, Akurle had recovered from her shock and started to help him.

"Make yourself comfortable. There is another room with more moss over there." He pointed to a hole nin the far wall next to the herbs. Inside Akurle could see moss covering the floor, along with twigs and dried leaves.

"Thank you, Mr. Buttons." Akurle muttered, still in awe.