In The Depths Of The Ceiling

Episode 1: Entering the Ceiling

"Goodmorning Candy!" Said Amaya as she walked into the kitchen, pulling down a hatch that lead up to the ceiling.

"Amaya what are you doing?" Asked Candy who was sitting on a dinning room chair in front of the table. "Don't go in the ceiling."

Amaya groaned. "But Candddyyy I want to know whats up here! Please tell me!" Amaya tried to continue climbing the stairs that lead into the attic, no one who lived in this mansion had any idea what was in Candy's private room, the ceiling. It was the only room only she had access to. The rest of Amaya and Candy's family never questioned it, but Amaya did, and today she would find out.

Candy gently grabbed her and yanked her down. "Amaya no."

Amaya waited for a few minutes, sitting sadly in front of her bowl of soup for Candy to finally leave so she could go into the attic once more. When she finally did, Amaya stepped onto the ladder leading up to the attic and into the wooden room. It was cold and there was cobwebs all around.

"Why would Candy spend so much time in here?" She wondered, looking around.

The back of the attic was really dark, and it was so dusty Amaya couldn't sense anything. There was a slight scratch of claws padding quickly across the dark spot.

"Who's there?" Whined Amaya, she really shouldn't have disobeyed Candy..

She stepped forward, creeping closer to the darkness. Suddenly she bumped into something soft and fluffy. The light hanging above her flashed on and a black dog with red fur mixed in with white speckles stood there, starring at Amaya with her tongue lolled out. "Oh. Pepper. Why are you up here?" Amaya asked, looking at one of her pet dog.

Pepper didn't say anything, just wagged her tail.

Then Amaya noticed the diamond in Peppers mouth.

"Pepper whats that?" She asked, trying to take it from the dog.

Pepper, thinking this was a game of tug of war, pulled the opposite direction, sending Amaya into the wall. "Ow! Pepper!"

Pepper barked and bounded away from Amaya towards the ladder.

"Aren't you curious how the light magically turned on, Amaya?" Asked a voice.

Amaya shamefully looked down at the wooden floor, foot gently tapping the wood. "I'm sorry Candy.. I shouldn't have come up here without permission."

Candy sighed and pat Pepper. "It's alright Amaya."

Pepper bounded forward and leapt down a hole in the floor, it looked like a dark tunnel that lead somewhere deep underground.. but that was impossible because below this attic was the kitchen?

Amaya walked over to the hole and looked down. "Candy what is this-" The board she was standing on collapsed and she shot down the tunnel, it was like a slide that lead into a very large room.

Amaya hit the ground, her clothes now covered in dust.

Candy was standing in front of her, how Candy got down here before Amaya she'll never know.

Amaya coughed and stood up. When the clouds of dust cleared she looked around the room, in front of her was a giant dog statue, and half of her pet dogs paraded around it, barking in unison.

She opened her mouth to say something but Candy pushed her into another tunnel.

"Nevermind that." She said.

Amaya didn't bother protesting, she actually couldn't say anything while looking at the room she was in now. It was so.. pink? Pink trees, rivers, grass, animals. Speaking of animals.. Unicorns.. Fairies?.. Instead of thinking of some sentence to question this mythical room she just walked over to a unicorn, speechless as it kneeled down to let her climb on, once she had, the unicorn rose and walked throughout the room. 

Candy followed behind her, looking back at the Mythical room as if she had never seen it before either.

Amaya looked down at her from the back of the unicorn while they walked.

"So uh you knew about this or..?"

She looked up at Amaya, "Ye- nooo I didn't, nope this is all a mystery."

Amaya tilted her head, then she said happily, "Oh! Okay! Anyway where to next?" Amaya asked as she climbed off the unicorn, it trotted away.

Candy looked at a wall then touched it with her hand, it lit up and a secret door slid open.

Skeletons. So many skeletons.

"Ehhh OKAY LETS CLOSE THIS." Candy snapped the door shut and started walking away quickly. But Amaya heard a faint bark and placed her hand the same way Candy did, the door slid open again.

One of Amaya's pet dogs, Luna, bounded out. But Luna was no longer a pure white dog, she was now completely bone, living bone. And her collar glowed a bright green color.

Candy couldn't believe what she was looking at. "Uh...." She started mumbling silently in disbelief, pointing at Lunas collar.

Amaya said quietly. "Uhm.. Is it.. raidoactive?.."

Candy looked at Amaya. "I have no idea if it's safe to go into that room.."

Just then a skeleton raised his bow, pulling back an arrow.

Candy glared and knocked the bow from the skeletons hands. "TOM! YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THAT."

The skeleton started to cry.

"Shame on you Tom. I tipped you a 10 dollar bill when you delivered that pizza." Mumbled Candy.

Tom looked at Candy, expressionless (Though that could just be because he's a skeleton.) and shot Luna in the side, she didn't get hurt though because the arrow just tapped her bone.

Candy yelled at Tom, "TOM! NO!"

Luna bounded up and grabbed the arrow, dropping it in front of Tom and barking frantically. Tom then took the arrow and shot it across the room, Luna chased after it.

"ALRIGHT. I'VE HAD ENOUGH ADVENTURE FOR TODAY." Candy whistled and the same unicorn cantered forward, halting for her and Amaya to climb on. "Take us to tunnel A-4 please, the exit in the statue room." said Candy.

The unicorn whinnied in reply and took off cantering to the exit.