A Blood Red Top Hat

Chapter Thirty-One: Heart Of an Artic Fox

"You did not tell me that we are dealing with Julian2?!" For once, Wretched shouted with anger.

His face is flared with red as his foot step quickens and starts to grow heaviler. "I never thought you could feel fear." Swimming commented, her eyes darting from my face to his.

"What are we going to do?" I asked both of them. Wretched red faced turned and paced the other way, and Swimming basically shook her head.

"We are here, we can't go back." Swimming said quickly, maybe barly audible.

"Why?" Out of surprise, Wretched and I questioned at the same time. "Look for yourself." Swimming once again pushed open the wooden door that leads to the outside world.

We both gasps when the view came in, thousand and thousand of vines covered the whole area, roads blocked with heavily walls made out of vines, the world around us were covered in over growth.

"Great. Great. And F-ing great." Wretched walk out onto the vines that creep through cracks and holes.

"You think it's Wisteria's doing?" I kick a few broken vines that already slowly turning yellow, small particals of dust radiate from the broken vine as I kick it more.

"Wisteria's vines have Wisteria flowers on the ends and sidea, but this, this is just beans-"

"Beanz? Now are we dealing with that tiny asshole." Wretches fliped, his head whiping as he look around, probably for an exit.

"No turning back now, why not let's try go into the temple." I ask, Swimming hum in agreement yet Wretched didn't even reply.

"Wretched please-"

"Okay, fine!" He shouted, throw his arm into the air. "Happy now?"

I look at his face as the red fear and anger rose on his face, I stare long at it until the red fades and gesture him to come inside the lab again, which luckly he followed.

"Three of each." Wretched said as he gets to work, three time of each substance, three times he open the air holes of the Bunsen Burner( bunsen burners have 2 modes, one is the safty flame which the air hole is closed which the heat only reached around 100 degrees C, and second is the blue flame, air holes open so the flame could get more oxygen that turn the flame blue and concentrated, and reaches around 300 degrees C) and three times the lever to each flaskes and boiling tube.

"And let's see how a white solution turn into a raindow colored drink." Wretched take the flask off the tripod and slowly pour the substance into the filter funnel that leads to the three flaskes.

The liquid runs through, passing all of the flasks which surprisingly, flow into all three. A small sparkle shine inside the containers, and then a large shine, not eye hurting but it lit up the whole room, and there it is. The original liquid disappeared and now replaced with a sparkling liquid, glowing in different colors of the rainbows.

“Well that worked." Swimming exclaimed, I pick up on and examine it closely, still the same as looking at the far away, a bright and beautiful color painted the liquid.

I turn, seeing both of them already glass in hand. "Bottom's up." Swimming laughs as she click glass with Wretched. I giggles a bit and lift the glass to my lips, and they did the same.

With one breath, I swallowed it all, the taste wasn't horrible as I thought, it was quite pleasing, the mixture of strawberry and cream with a slight tint of chocolate caox my touge. It was quite tasty as it runs down my throat.

I put my glass on the table, and so did they. And that's when it kicks in, a tight feeling contract in my chest, my breathing was harder, and my legs feels numb. My limbs are shrinking, smaller and smaller, white fur start to cover my everywhere.

Before I know it, I was on all fours, under the table.

"What?" I asked, until I realize my mouth isn't move and that I am communicating with my mind, I gasp with my tine mouth as I turn around to see a grey wolf, and an orange tiger behind me.

"You are tiny." The sound of tiger poke through my head, Wreched? "Guys what am I?" I asked out of curious. My paws are too small to be a wold.

"Arctic Fox." The wolf replied, which is Swimming.

I look around at my body, and turn around to see a big fluffy tail wagging behind me, "you're cute." Swimming poked her paw at my face, and I pulled away from her touch and hisses.

"Come on guys." The tiger gesture, and we followed, everything is so different when in this form, the doot to the temple was so much bigger, the Mira on it was much more majestic with her/his wings spread.

"Come on door open." Wretched said. And somehow the door obeys. The bottom slid open, and the door moves up. Inside was dim, and slightly lit my candles, waves and waves of the smell of old books, ink and dust. Think layers of dust covered the walls and bookselfs. And it indeed sting my eyes, usually I bring my hands up to rub my eyes, but now I only have my little paws which doesn'f really do much in this scenario.

We move in, the only light that is guiding us is the small dim light of the forever burning candles, one large hallway fades into one big room, the hall way was extremely large, wide enough to fit 100 people shoulder to shoulder. And the ceiling was streched high I could barlg see the cracks and creaks between the stone.

"This this much more bigger than I expected to be." Wretched exclaimed and breathes out very loudly. We move forward, and till we meet in a centural point where a huge map of Jamaa was lay out on a large ebony table.

"Any idea where to find our guest Julian2? Or that other dude, Beanz." Wretched asked, "we should look around first, maybe we should spread out to cover more areas." Swimming asked, "Cliche much?" I asked and I look around the books and scrolls.

"You have a better idea?" Swimming replied harshly. I shook my head, this place is already very big to look around in one team. Swimming smirked, "Spirit, you can go that way- she point her snout forward. Wretched and I will go the other way."

"Why you and Wretched again?" I question, but they are already off. I rolled my eyes as I took off to my destination.

The road streched far, it was lined also with book shelfs that is tall enough to reach the ceiling. "Why did they go that way?" I mutter.

I walk and walk, nothing came into view, only book after books...until a pair of stairs came to view, and something much worst.

The muffled sound of a piano playing.