Chapter 3- Mara

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Kaylie and I returned home to chaos. Zoe was sitting at the dining table watching tik toks and Jamie and Harry were having a sword fight with plastic lightsabers. Jay was being the responsible elder brother and commentating on their fight. Thank goodness that Jack was at his college dorms otherwise we'd have one more person to deal with. Gloria was with the horses in the back and Dad was plowing the fields to add new seeds.

Kaylie walked up to them and grabbed a spare lightsaber and said threateningly "ok, so either yall clean this up or you all are on Jack's washing duty.", banging the saber on her hand menacingly.

"Lighten up UwU, Ongaurd!" I say, playing along with the boys game. I try and land an attack on kaylie but she grabs the sabre from hand

"You're gonna have to try harder than that, Mari!" She says playfully. Soon the whole room is in an all out war, with even Zoe and Jay joining in.

It all came to a stop when Dad walked in. He saw the chaos and grabbed a broom. "Come on guys, I told you this last time. All battles must be done outside. So shoo!" He says, gesturing his hand outside and sweeping his broom at our feet.

Kaylie and I watched as Zoe and Jay grabbed their horses and went for a ride whilst Jamie and Harry continued their epic battle out in the corn fields. "You up for a walk, Le-le?"I ask, "Yeah. C'mon storm, let's play fetch." We pick up our backpacks and walk deeper into the property.

After a few rounds of fetch, Storm stops and starts barking at something in the distance. "What's wrong, Storm?" Kaylie says worryingly. Storm takes off at something in the distance and Rosa starts running too. We follow them until they halt to a stop in front of a well. "I don't think this was here before." I look over to Kaylies backpack, it's glowing! I notice mine is glowing too. We take out the crowns, connect the wings then hold on to Storm and Rosa while the light gets brighter and brighter and somehow we have ended up in the well.

"What just happened!?!?" Kaylie says, freaking out. "I think we're in the well" I say. "No kidding!" Kaylie says sarcastically. She starts cracking her wrists again. I shudder. I really hate that noise. I turn my attention away from Kaylie and look around. I notice that the area is really big and there are tunnels covering the walls. "Kaylie! KAYLIE! Look at the tunnels, if you squint hard enough there is light coming from the other end" I say. "What are we waiting for! Get me out of here!" She says, running toward the tunnel I had pointed at. I follow behind her and we are almost there when I hear the sound of a lever being flicked.

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