One day, on a warm sunny morning, Celeste was on a call with her friends, telling them about the new animal her mother had gifted her the day before, on her birthday
"Guyss, guess whatt, My mom bought me a pet!!" Celeste announced, full of pride
As Solana stared at her in awe, Esmeray had a slight look of exasperation.
"Really?? What'd she get you?" Solana asked full of interest.
"Honestly Celeste, I don't think you're responsible enough, nor have the mental capacity to take care of a living being, no matter what it is." Esmeray added with a splash of sass.
"Well that was rude. But it's a snake and I named him peanutt. Isn't he adorable??" Celeste holds up a ball python, a mystic blacklace to be specific
"A snake? Doesn't that seem.. I don't know, dangerous?" Solana asked, her curiosity had peaked.
"A serpent, and I wonder how you'll manage without getting choked." Esmeray responded with a slight hint of amusement.
"And I wonder how you're so negative all the time, come onn, loosen up a bit! Also, does Celestia know about this? Solana asked Celeste politely. "Yeah! Mom got her an artic fox so we could both experience taking care of something" Celeste declared with pride
"Hm, interesting, But I wonder. Do you even have the supplies prepared for him?" Esmeray asked her with slight concern.
"Whatt, of course she does! Why wouldn't she?" Solana responded to the question, knowing it wasn't meant for her
"... I can buy them tomorrow..?" Celeste mumbled out.
Esmeray replied with, "Oh wow, so you don't have the supplies for a snake? Shame on you!"Andd, That's how I got Peanut! Now, you may be wondering who I am, so if you didn't know. Hi, my name is Celeste Harrings and those 2, are Solana Aelius and Esmeray Amaris La Morte (Yeah I know she has a long name), they're my best friends and we've been together for what, 8 years? Enough of that. So, a few months ago, I somehow convinced my mother to buy me a pet, a snake to be specific. And recently.. He's been acting a bit weird, like, almost human like. It's almost as if he.. Was a human trapped as a snake. Either that or he's just smart, probably the second option. No, hopefully the second option. The idea of humans being trapped in an animal's body sort of creeps me out.
So today was finally the last day of 10th grade, and the school let us bring our pets, Celestia, my twin sister brought her fox, Solana brought her puppy, and Esmeray got her owl into the school.
It was a normal day, except for the fact that all my classmates were talking about stuff. When suddenly, a girl I had never met approached me and said, "Woahh!! You have a snake, when did mom agree to that?!?" She had accidentally shouted in front of the entire class. And people started approaching me, Apparently I had piqued the ENTIRE class' interest and soon enough, I was friends with almost everyone in the grade.But I still hung out with Esmeray and Solana of course. Andd, the teacher didn't care a single bit. Like always, so nowadays whenever I go to school there's always people surrounding me trying to be my friends and stuff, Celestia has gotten a bit jealous, Esmeray got annoyed and normally gets them to leave while Solana just awkwardly stands next to me and stays quiet most of the time.
Enough of that, so lately I've been getting.. Unique dreams to say the least, of another world, fantasy animals, magic, and the weirdest thing is? Esmeray was a mage, and like, Solana was like a crusader thing from one of those animes. Nowadays, Peanut's been acting weird, he keeps escaping his cage and stuff, and gosh, it's been so annoying to get him back into his darn cage! Like, why’d he have to be a master at escaping?!
Celeste sighed as she put her pen back down and laid on her bed looking up at the ceiling and thought about life as she fell asleep with “Peanut” coiling up near her. Her notebook flipped to the first page, it read;
Ugh life is so annoying. I’m leaving first thing in the morning tomorrow, they won’t mind if I run away, right?
She jolted awake and looked around her. She was on a plateau. But the real question was.. How did she end up here..?
She looked beside her. No way… Was that..
Peanut...? But how? She wondered. When he suddenly glowed a bright white and turned into a human and stood up, Celeste scrambled to her feet as she accidentally knocked something over, as she looked over she had released that it was her backpack she had previously prepared for running away last night.She snatched it up quickly and checked inside to see if the contents remained. They had, but where were they..? Celeste quickly stood up and slid her pack over her shoulder just as Peanut- no, the man began to wake up, she hurriedly backed away and looked at the path they were on, was that a city up ahead? No way, theres no way she's in one of those cliché isekai animes, surely. Surely.
Just as the man sat up Celeste heard footsteps and looked behind her, wait.. Was that, Esmeray and Solana? That's not possible, it just couldn't! Something was off though, why were they dressed in a witch's outfit and a knight suit?
As they approached the two the man that Peanut had turned into stood up and looked at them. He was naked. Butt. Naked. How had she just realised that? Esmeray and Solana looked at each other, then at Celeste and the man.
Esmeray simply threw a pair of clothes at the man and Solana questioned,
"Gods, Sylvester you should really prepare clothes before turning human. No one wants to see your tiny di-" She quickly got interrupted by Celeste.
"Solana? Esmeray? How are you here? This is a joke. Ha. Ha. Where are the cameras. Where is this. And what are you wearing?"
Sylvester, now clothed, Solana and Esmeray hastily exchanged glances.
".... I.. We don't know what you're talking about. How do you know our names? I've never seen you around before. What's that?"
Esmeray gestured at Celeste's backpack.
"What do you mean!? I literally saw you yesterday!"
She replied in annoyance before Sylvester spoke up.
"I think you've got them mixed up with someone you might've known in the past."
Solana intervened that statement.
"Sylvester, you're no better you were shamelessly naked in front of this poor girl.""Anyways.. Since you're confused and don't know where you are, why don't you join us? We're heading to the capital anyways and you could settle in there." Esmeray voiced out her opinion.
"That's a great idea!"Word count: 1153
A/N:
Sooo, hi everyone! This is my first ever story so I'm sorry if it's bad and english isn't my first language, you call can call me Miki or just Author-chan, this book specifically is supposed to be styled as a light novel :D. Thank you so much for reading it!
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The Serpent's Secret
FantasyWhat happens when a normal girl, Celeste Harrings gets a not so normal snake and ends up in a fantasy world? This story follows along with the party's adventure in order to help Celeste and her snake find their way back home.