The Luna101: Book 1

Headquarters

I look up into the waitresses sparkling green eyes.

"Our home?" I say almost in a whisper.

"Yes, Your home. Oh! I forgot to introduce myself!!" Says the waitress.

"I am Ivy. Correct me if I am wrong but your names are Nina, Alicia and Samantha, Right?" Says Ivy.

"How did you know our names?" Askes Alicia.

Ivy pauses before saying, "You will learn soon enough".

"Come on! Let's get going!" She says.

"Wait ,what?! don't you have to stay on the train?" I ask.

"Nah, the Train will be fine" She says.

And with that we start heading for The Caves.

Suddenly a wet drop lands on my shoulder followed by another, and another, and another. It starts to poor. I flip my hood onto my head. And I look at Ivy. She is completely dry and is narrowing her eyes as if her least favorite person in the world is in front of her. Then she raises a hand up to the sky as if holding an invisible board. I gasp. As if by magic the dark clouds have opened up a hole that is following us everywhere we go, keeping us dry.

I stare at Ivy. She avoids my eye.

After what seems like hours we are stepping on to the cold rock of The Caves.

"I have some explaining to do" says Ivy as she picks up 3 oil lanterns from the wall.

"You make it sound as though you have done something bad." Says Samantha.

"Not really... Unless you count having something hidden from you for all of the 12 years you have been on this earth." She says handing us each an oil lamp.

"Don't you need one?" I ask.

"Thank you for asking but my eyes will do just fine." She says smiling a perfect smile.

I raise the lantern high in my hand and see something black dart across the cave floor.

"Uh..." Says Samantha as she looks around.

We are in a dark space that seems to go on forever. There are carvings on the walls and the floor is scattered with rat and mouse droppings. The ceiling is hanging with cobwebs and there is what looks like a smashed chandelier.

"Be careful where you are stepping there are a lot of... not alive rats" She says.

I am thankful that we are given a warning because the second I lifts one foot up I hear Alicia shriek. I turn around and see her staring at a large hairy dead rat. It looks very gruesome I do not want to know how it died.

"This way!" Calls Ivy.

I follow her voice until I can see her.

"Down here!" She says when Alicia And Samantha join me.

"ok" Says Alicia still looking shaken by the dead rat.

Ivy taps on a space on the floor with her knuckle.

Dust rises in a large cloud.

Ivy grabs my hand.

"Grab Samantha's and tell her to grab Alicia's!" Says Ivy through the thick dust.

I move my hand around until I find another hand.

"Samantha is this your hand?" I ask.

"yes!" Says Samantha's voice.

"Grab Alicia's!" I say.

"... Got it!" Says Samantha.

"Ready?" Says Ivy.

Before I can answer the dust is pushing us into a hole in the ground.