Cinderella's Locket

Chapter 3: Refreshing

Yes, a stopover inside the tunnel.  We went in and iced teas were ready.  The glasses had an irregular shape and a lemon was placed on each glass.  Soft waterproof chairs were set beside the glass table.  I sat on one and grabbed my glass.  The iced tea was cool and refreshing.  It wasn't just plain iced tea, it was a magical one, it was made with a pinch of griziet, an ingredient that's only available in this part of the country.  Griziet is from a unique plant whose leaves aren't green but light blue and all you have to do is to extract the flavor from it.  No side effects but too much will make it overpowered.

We finished our iced teas, fixed ourselves and continued swimming through the tunnel.  Music started playing in the background.  Sunlight started to shine down at us.  We went up to get some air and I saw trees around us.  There's also grass?!

"Where are we?" I asked as I pulled up my goggles.

"At the nearby lake." Kaleb floated.

"Lake?! You connected the pool the lake?!"

"Yes. Why? You don't like it?"

"That is so freaking awesome, dude!"  I splashed around with my flippers.  I saw Kaleb went up but I didn't mind him then he started fiddling with the medium sized tree beside the lake.  Then he called me, "Hey, Camzy, come see this."

I went up to see what he's up to.  The grass was neatly mowed and a picnic cloth and basket were placed on top of it.  I practically ran towards the basket but Kaleb stopped me, "Wait." then he whistled, this time, it was ear piercing.  A moose and a rabbit came.  The moose was just a year old and the rabbit maybe two years old?  They looked normal but how they act?  No way.

The moose had a basket hanging on its antlers, juice basket, I guess.  The rabbit, on the other hand was wearing a suit and readied the eating area.

"How did you-?" I asked.

"I just talked to them. By the way, they'll be eating with us."  The rabbit turned to us and offered fluffy pillows for us to sit on.  I sat on mine and Kaleb on his, amazingly, the pillow didn't get wet.  The rabbit opened the basket and laid down the food.  The moose sat beside me (I didn't know moose can sit) and the rabbit beside Kaleb.  I got the vegetarian meal.  It was made of zucchinis, celeries, some kind of secret sauce and ingredients.  I told Kaleb that I like to eat vegetables for my morning snacks and he remembered.  Kaleb got the egg sandwich, the rabbit got the carrot cake and the moose got the fried fish.

After we ate, the rabbit and the moose gave us some alone time.  Kaleb "dragged" me into his treehouse. We went to his bedroom and all I saw was our pictures all over the place.

"It took me months to complete it." he flashed his perfect smile as leaned on the wall.  Something caught my eye, a message.

I love you, Camille.

It was painted on the wall, using the finest brush and font.

"Wow.."

"Try twirling around."  I did what he said and the place shifted into a palace.

"Welcome to my home." Kaleb already changed into a silver colored shirt and jeans.  I looked at the place with awe.  I want to run around this place.  This place is even bigger than our whole campus at home.  I turned to face Kaleb.

"Wait a minute, what are you? Who are you?" I asked with my stern face.