That Time Tabitha Got Sent to the Forest of No Return

Entry 2: Tabitha Does Not Consent to This

"The Realm Between Life and Death? Am I dead?" The pink haired girl's eyes widened in disbelief. Before finding herself here, she remembered going for a nice walk at the park. What could have possibly happened? Horrific possibility after horrific possibility raced through her head, tears starting to well up in her brown eyes.

"Relax. You aren't dead," the luminous girl soothed.

"That's good." Tabitha suppressed a sniffle and glanced around. "If I'm not dead, then why am I here?"

"You're here because I summoned you here." The glowing figure stepped towards Tabitha. Somehow, her mound followed her. How did that even work? "I have a task for you."

"Are you a goddess?"

The figure (a literal goddess) nodded before continuing, "You are to go to The Forest of No Return."

"I don't much like the sound of this."

"It will be fine. You'll find your way out eventually. Probably."

"What do you mean probably?! I do not consent to this!" Tabitha's breaths came out quick, her heart racing.

"You don't have a choice." The goddess pushed her, knocking her over.

Tabitha fell back into some sort of hole in reality itself, water from The Realm Between Life and Death pouring into it. Tears streamed from the terrified girl's eyes as she continued to fall. Was she going to die? Was this it for her?

"I grant you the cheat of Curiosity. Have fun," the goddess's voice called out from above in an annoyingly cheerful tone.