The Shadow Realm

Chapter 4

Four Hours earlier.

As her flight landed, Webby admired her surroundings with awe and excitement. Briefly, she wondered what the triplets would say about this place. Louie would probably complain about the lack of signal on his phone. Dewey would want to rush out into the jungle, Huey would probably check his guidebook for flowers or fauna or try to get a badge. At this, Webby smiled a bit.

"Alright! Adventure we-I go!" raising her arm she let out a battle cry and ran through the airport until she got through the exit.

And what awaited outside was more than she could have possibly imagined. There was a city yes, but within sight she could see the jungle. Pulling out her map she stuck out her tongue as she traced her fingers through the path she would take. "Alright, good. Let's go! Right Lena?" She grinned down at her shadow and then folding her map back up she raced through the city towards the jungle beyond.

Once she reached the Jungle she quickly found the right path to take and started her journey. Being as careful as she could, she made her way through the jungle. Luckily she had brought a small knife to chop away branches and defend herself from the snakes and spiders she would run into. The dense canopy had blocked a lot of the light and since it was midday she could still see her shadow. Every once in a while she would glance back at it but it disappointingly remained her own.

Getting a bit tired of the silence she began to talk like Lena was there. "You know Lena, I always wanted to go on adventures like this with you. I thought together we would really kick butt right? I could see us scaling walls and getting out of death traps. Those Venation Sacrificial Chambers are strangely elaborate and deadly come to think of it." She paused and glanced back once more. Seeing nothing change she continued on. "Honestly, I love Huey, Dewey and Louie. They were...are my first friends outside of the manor. They accepted me for who I am. I trust them with my life and they have really helped open my eyes to the world outside. But still..." She smiled sadly. "There are just some things I can't talk to them about. When you came into my life I felt like everything fit so perfectly. Even without Unc-Mr. McDucks acknowledgment." It was true those biting words still hurt. But Webby was tough. She could weather anything, she believed that. She was brought up to be strong of will and heart. And she loved her Granny who raised her to be that way.

"Granny's going to be really mad when she finds out what I did." Chuckling a bit, She dodged a viper attacking her from her right. Tiptoeing around a spider web she didn't break her gaze to the ground. "It's funny, I never thought I would run away like that. Huh..This is my first real adventure alone. Feels kind of...lonely."

"Hey Lena." At this rate Webby was desperate to keep talking. "Have you heard of this movie? It's really obscure. Its called Silver Sleuths: Secret of Bunny Mountain. Its about these two girls who go on adventures together. Kind of like us huh? They go through this mountain to find treasure and end up finding more about themselves in the process and each other. You you kind of remind me of one of the girls." She grinned. "Tough and lonely, but welcoming of friends with a slight edge." Humming, she felt herself slip into one of the songs of the movie.

"If you wait for an answer

From somewhere up above

You may never hear the laughter

You've been dreaming of

Now were flying so high

With the world down below

Spread your wings across the sky..." Before she could finish she slipped and fell down a rather steep cliff. Letting out a gasp, she reached within her pack and grasped her grappling hook. Aiming it above her she pressed the button and the hook flew out, grabbing the edge of the cliff, Webby felt her body violently jerk and she was left suspended with the tops of trees barely brushing her feet below.