Her shoes skidded on the lake surface as the pink haired girl came to a stop, her breaths coming out in light pants. A large hole (leading to who knows where) lay in the lake surface, looming menacingly before her. Reddish vapor rose from its depths, reaching up towards the heavens.
At the opposite side of the sizable opening, Tabitha's brown eyes found her other self. Her red eyed double met her gaze, a smirk on her face and a sparkle in her eyes. Beside the other her, Nymph was strung up on a silver cross, her wrists and feet bound.
"Welcome!" The other her shouted across the expanse. "Have you decided to join us?!"
"Give Nymph back!" Tabitha started a frantic dash around the hole's perimeter, worry on her face as she desperately tried to reach her bound friend.
"Can't say I didn't give myself a chance." The double shrugged before reaching into the thick red vapor. A ceremonial red dagger materialized in her grip, its edge coated with red water. Smirking, her red eyes studied the weapon, looking over the many arcane symbols glowing at the sides of the thing's blade.
"The time has yet to come." She turned her crimson eyes to her approaching self, a malicious grin spreading across her face. "How's this for a playmate?!" She stomped her right foot, and the lake lurched (nearly knocking her brown eyed self down). From the depths of the cavernous hole, a large red hand reached out.
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That Time Tabitha Got Sent to the Forest of No Return
FantasyHaving been summoned by a goddess, Tabitha finds herself being involuntarily sent to The Forest of No Return. Luckily, the goddess gives her the cheat of Curiosity to help with her exploration of the place.
