Phantoms!

Nobody knew about the phantoms living deep inside the cavern... A whole swarm of them. The King lived deep in the heart of the cavern. He was profected with a wall of glowing purple crystals, which were guarded by heavy phantoms in every direction.

Peck sat beside Liza underneath a Weeping Willow tree. Liza was watching a ladybug crawl up the rough bark of the tree, and Peck was picking daisies and making daisy chains. The sun was high in the sky, and there were no clouds to be seen, and a breeze blew gently through the trees.

"It's a nice day, what are we going to do today?" asked Liza.

"Something really fun! Let's go down the the cavern, I don't think we've been there before!" exclaimed Peck, jumping up and moving the leaves from the Weeping Willow like natural curtains. She pointed North towards the cavern. Liza got up, and they both padded over to the cavern, far away in the distance.

The cavern was giant, and jagged rocks stuck out like fangs. Something glowed from deep inside the cavern, in some sort of secret passageway, in the shape of a hole. A strange purple light was bouncing off of the rocky walls, and Liza and Peck were imediately drawn to it.

"Do you hear that? It's weird!" said Peck, tilting her head. What Peck and Liza were hearing was indeed real, but they did not know what it was, or where the sound was coming from. It was an electrical whirr, perhaps coming from what was emitting the purple light too...

Deeper into the cavern, Liza and Peck came to another opening. A secret passageway. Peck climbed into the hole and crawled forward, following the purple light which was getting brighter. Liza could only just fit through.

Peck jumped out of the hole, and her eyes fell upon a large glowing crystal. It was whirring like they both heard before... Liza touched it. It was warm, and her fur started to show square spirals of glowing purple light, and she gasped, and stumbled towards the wall closest to her, and her fur stopped glowing. She places a paw on the wall the steady herself, and suddenly, pictures of creatures started to appear on the wall. The picture resembled some sort of war, there were black creatures with tentacles, and on the opposing side, there were pictures of animals.

"Do you think this is what they painted on the wall after they attacked Jamaa?" asked Liza, staring at the paintings in awe.

"I think so... It looks like a victory on their side. I think this is when the Phantom King stopped Zios and Mira from protecting Jamaa, and that's how they could win over us..." Peck replied, pointing at the top of the wall, where a large creature had its long, black tentacles wrapped around Zios, and under that, a creature had it tentacles wrapped around Mira...

"Um... Are we in a... Phantom Cavern?" asked Liza, quivering a little, she stepped back.

"I think so, but we should be oka-" She was interrupted with an almighty great bang. The ground trembled and rocks fell from the ceiling.

Liza and Peck turned around swiflty, and they both screamed...

TO BE CONTINUED