Abyss

t w e l v e

Scarlet's POV

I woke up to screams and wails as usual and to my dismay Beatrice was not in bed beside me for the fifth time in a row. She leaves early in the morning and returns in the evening with food for all of us.

What work does she have here? Where does she go? I made a metal note to ask about it later.

Anyways, I cleared my head and walked down to the waterfall to swim. I dived in.

I swam because the water was my freedom, my release from the ordinary rules, a chance to experience weightlessness. When swimming I am a bird, able to glide and fly in the blue. I could swim forever, dive forever, be here in this underwater world forever. There is something about the motion of it that becomes natural after a while. I'll always need the air and the sunlight, to feel the water wash over my skin, it feels like the reason I was born.

And so, I swim when I can and rest when I must because there isn't anything else to consume my time of day.

I saw Chae walking towards me, I was pleasantly surprised.

"here to swim? Woooooooooowwwwwww look at youuuu, playing 'Khatron Ke Khiladi'" "getting over your fears, I love that for you, come on." I call her in.

"Just to clarify: I am not here to swim but to take a bath."

"To take a bath? Here? Why? You know you can take a bath in the bathroom, right? That kind of what it's for..."

"wait what?! I have been traumatizing myself to take a bath, for you to now tell me that I could've peacefully been doing that in the bathroom!"

"Omg, I'm leaving." Why would he lie to me? Ah, ofc to mess with me.

"byyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeee" I get up and go back too.

* the next day *

The next morning, I was woken up by a sweet "good morning" with a blinding smile.

"Good morning" "wow Sky, your morning voice is so sexy."

"I- *flustered face* *Scarlet.exe has stopped working*

"Anyways, want to go on an adventure with me?"

"sure." I got grabbed by the hand and dragged out.

We were running through a luscious forest. The forest was large and gloomy. Its canopy was ruled by sycamore, larch and juniper, their crowns allowed cascading lights to shimmer through for a patchwork of ferns to claim the moss-covered grounds below. Coiling branches dangled from every tree and a range of wild flowers which desperately tried to claim the last remnants of light, added playful elements to the otherwise unvarying landscape. A discord of wild noises, which were caused by birds and insects echoed in the air and formed a chaotic orchestra with the trickling sounds of the waterfall.

We go forward through the delicate portal revealed only with the right elements. I am immediately met by a beautiful world. A huge majestic castle, pretty gardens, beautiful lakes, rare birds singing, etc. There is something strangely beautiful about this isolated world of dismay. A seemingly pristine landscape awaits me and a sea of time to explore in it.

Soo... turns out Beatrice is one of the head servants of Persephone, the queen of Hell and Hades' heart. I think the queen likes me, yooooooooooooooooooooo. She even allowed us to work for her. Also, the queen is like having a baby. I even met Beatrice's bestie, woo young. He looked so cheerful and happy but from his body we can tell he is badly abused at home. We came back to take Chae and Jinyoung to the mysterious world. While Beatrice and Jinyoung were chatting, we went out exploring with woo young. We got closer to each other, he is so loud and energetic. And good at singing and dancing. Woo young offered us to eat and drink {we are both over 21 here} at his house.

[a/n – What we work for the queen as = me – queen's servant; Jinyoung – guards; Chae – overseeing the food supply trade.]  

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Love you Chae Chae!!!!!💜💙💙💜💙💜