Pick Your Path: Book 1

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You dash across the room, dodging the two fighting half-breeds, and dive behind the desk. Ellie headbutts Will, sending hims staggering to the side. You duck behind the desk as a stray ball slams into the wall behind you. Ellie's staff smacks against the desk as she brings it up to block Will's ball. Your hand taps against a hard case of some sort behind you. You turn around to reveal a black case. It had a number combination lock on it.

" Look for a combination.." you scan the room. There wasn't a combination in the room you were in right now, but there might be one in the room next door. The game terrain was the entire den area, after all. You leave your hiding spot, dodge around Ellie, and run into the next room. You past by a sheet with three numbers in next room. You grab it and continue your dash. You hear Ellie break away from Will and charge after you. You take a sharp right and immediately, your feet slide out from underneath you as you tumble down a steep and slippery slope. You hear Ellie skid to a halt at the top of the hill. You hear a pair of wings and a roar as something large dives down the slope after you.  You hear talons scraping against the stone as whoever's pursuing tries to snag you. The talon slams into the ground next to you, getting stuck in the cracks in the stone. Your pursuer gives what sounded like a cross between a screech and a roar as it tried to free it's talon. It was probably Will.. " When will this slope end?!" you thought just as the ground below you drops off abruptly. You yelp as gravity took over and pulled you downwards. The case you had was still with you. You scramble to undo the number lock. " 34, 12, 2" the case unlocked, revealing what was inside. A small package with the words ' throw me' written on it.. How is that supposed to help?! " Oh, well. It's worth a shot.." you take the package out and toss it upwards. A golden brown gryphon dives into the cliff as the package begins to expand. It grows in size to a small raft. You grab the raft as It falls past you and sit yourself into it. What does it do? Does it fly or is there.. You hear the sound of water rushing below you. " A river!" you howl as the raft lands in with a loud splash. The gryphon shrieks, flapping upwards, to avoid the spray of water. The river immediately begins to carry you downstream, away from the gryphon. You dive into a tunnel, the gryphon stops at the entrance. He couldn't get it.. The tunnel entrance was too small..

Your raft bounces along with the current as you cling on. The water doesn't seem to have an end to it.. Maybe it leads to a lake..? " Or maybe a waterfall.." you shiver at the thought of plunging down one of those.. The raft takes a sharp left turn, throwing you against the side of the raft. Small, glowing crystals sat against the walls of the tunnel. At first there were few, but as you traveled, more and more appeared. The crystals soon lit the entire tunnel, allowing you to see where you were headed. The river was rather shallow, you could see the river stones at the bottom. They glowed, reflecting the crystals against the walls. A small tunnel was sitting in the wall to your left. It looked like it lead somewhere, but how could someone even get up there? A light shines from a hill ahead as you approach the end to the tunnel. You shut your eyes as your raft slides downwards towards the exit. Water soaks the raft and you as the raft slides out, bringing a wave of water. You reopen your eyes to see a large and spacious cavern. The sunlight streamed in from a hole in the roof. There was an entrance to another tunnel on the opposite side of the cavern and a tunnel that lead upwards on land. Your raft drifts to the stone at the side of the lake. You carefully get out and drag the raft out with you. It might be useful for later. The land tunnel was a few feet in front of you. It lead upwards with a few doorways that lead to rooms, possibly other tunnels. You couldn't hear anything echoing down the tunnel, so there was a good chance that Ellie and Will won't find you, even with the're half-breed senses. They might have followed the river elsewhere. A bag drops from the open roof by a brown eagle, Cassie. You look inside the bag to find a blanket, food and a set of clothes. 

The game will continue through the night.

Just keep an eye out for Will and Ellie and you'll be fine.

" So the game's continuing through the night.." you mused, the sun was starting to set, streaks of orange and yellow painting the sky. " Might as well get ready." you shove your raft back into the water and drift over to a dry ledge that stuck out over the water. You clamor up the rock and secure the raft to a nearby crystal against the wall. You finish the sandwich Cassie had dropped in as night falls and the stars twinkle above. You wrap the blanket around yourself and lean back against the cavern walls. The stars were certainly beautiful tonight. Not a single cloud hid their beauty. You decide to turn in for the night after taking one last look at the dimly lit surrounding. No sign of Ellie or Will.. " That's good.. I'll be able to get some rest, at least until the sun rises tomorrow.. I'll decide where to go then. Might as well enjoy sleep while I can.."

Travel down the water tunnel? Go to page 73

Go up the land tunnel? Trug up to page 74

Well, (Y/n)'s probably going to end up lost.. I'll try going to the cavern later, maybe tomorrow? First I have to shale off Will first. He doesn't stand a chance against me. ~E

Hey, Ellie, you can't blame me for losing (Y/n), his/her raft went down a small tunnel. Too small for me to follow! It's not my fault!! ~W