Devil Says 'H!'

Chapter 29

With a heart that raced at a speed of a hundred miles per hour, Skylar slowly took a deep breath and released it out from her mouth. With a shuddering self, wondering what else might she have to fight, Skylar took a brave step, and went forwards. As Skylar had expected, nothing came to kill her as soon as she stepped inside the frame. But, by experience, Skylar knew that it would not be long until she would have a peaceful time, and trying to overcome her shuddering, she lifted her face up bravely, and walked forwards.

It was not long before Skylar felt as though she was being followed. She looked over her shoulder at every second, but she was not able to find anything behind her. She heard a soft shuffling pair of feet, but she did not know from where it was. Shaking her head, Skylar went inside, thinking that it would not be long before she fought something else.

Skylar passed the deserted lane in darkness, and she stood in front of a very short door that was fixed to a tall building. The wonderful thing about this was that the door did not even reach her shoulders and the building was built with old wooden palettes. Skylar thought that if she wanted to bring the building down, she would have to just snap her fingers and that would do the trick with the undying power of her everlasting flames.

With her heart loud in her ears, Skylar lifted her fist up, trying to knock on the door. But the door opened automatically, as she placed her hand near it, ready to knock louder. Shrugging her shoulders at the mysterious door, Skylar bent her head, afraid that she would knock herself, and took a step inside. As it had happened to her for so long, the door closed behind Skylar. She turned towards the door, just to make sure that it was definitely closed and shrugging her shoulders once more, she turned to her front. Skylar released a long breath from out of her mouth.

For the first time in her life, Skylar realized how wrong her judgment was. If she had thought that this building was made with dried and old wooden palettes, so that it would be easier to take down, she could not be more wrong. The building inside looked majestic and the walls were two times as thick as a normal wall. Skylar turned around her and stared at the rich interior. All of the walls were carved in, and it looked as though it was carved by actual labor work, and not by any machines. She lifted her head up and saw the gold and red mixed painting that looked just perfect. Not even a strand of a brush remained and not even a stroke looked wrong. She turned her head and stared around her once more. She remembered the words she had read on the frame she had seen at the entrance to the building.

Kingdom of the Powerful Gertrude - the Spear of Strength...

It was an actual kingdom. She was sure of that part.

"Hello Skylar..."

Skylar jerked and she lost the balance of her foot. She scrunched up her eyes in pain and bit her lips as she once again landed on her broken ankle, damaging it even more. The sudden voice, which she had even heard in the pentagon room, echoed around her once more. The room echoed the same words a thousand times in her brain, and shaking her head while trying to erase the sound, Skylar stood up painfully, thinking that she should not fall on her same foot once more.

Standing straight and looking up bravely, Skylar raised her voice. She raised her chin up, and looking nowhere in particular, Skylar greeted back.

"Hello!"

Skylar waited where she was. The voice did not reply her back. She waited a few more minutes and she thought that that would be the final form of greeting for now. She nodded at herself and stepped forwards.

The clearing led way into a wide corridor, and Skylar looked around her, as she noticed the gold plated windows. The lacy curtains ruffled in the breezy air, and Skylar saw that this corridor led another part into the left. Wondering what she should do, Skylar turned to her left and stood by the door frame. The ornate glass door was just closer to Skylar's height, and she bowed her head in fear of damaging her head. She looked at her feet and saw that she was standing on a soft red carpet. Skylar felt her insides rise into her throat as she saw that it was actually a carpet made with the insides of - she did not want to guess 'what's'.