Amy and Nox

The Hidden Camp

Amy POV

We had been traveling down the road for days. There didn't look like an end in sight. I worried that wherever we stopped, there would be something that attacked us. 

When we would stop at night to sleep, I wouldn't be able to fall asleep. I kept my eyes open thinking that there was a threat in the night. Most of the time it was a nightmare of Dorothy sneaking up on me and taking me or Nox. Both of which end in us never seeing one another ever again.

I couldn't shake those feelings. Even when Nox would try to comfort me, and lure me into oblivion, I would usually wake after an hour.

What made everything worse was that Nox hasn't talked to me since we started down. Every now and then he would give a reassuring smile or look, or maybe a quick hand squeeze, but nothing more. Not a single word though. It unnerved me, but it wasn't something I was going to push. 

Keeping going, we traveled, hoping that at one point we would find other Ozians that could help us in our search.

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One day while traveling down the yellow brick road, it began raining. It wasn't a complete abnormality for Oz, just uncommon for the summer months. Nox took my hand without saying a word and we run for cover. Hiding in what looked like an abandoned Muchkin home. Walking in their was a door in the floor. Nox and I shared a look of wonder and worry, but both understanding each others look of the need to explore it, so we opened it and started down. 

As we entered and started down the spiraling stair case, the door hatch shut on it's own. The loud creaking noise startled me, that I jumped. "shhhhh!!" Nox said to me. I mouthed a quick apology and we continued down.

The sight in front of me was grand. It was an underground empire of Munchkins. From ground to ceiling it was houses on the side. In the center it looked like a temple. Nox and I hid behind a large pillar, as the munchkins began circling around the temple, and what looked like the leader began to speak.